Chapter 1344 - Ploy
Liu Wuxie gasped with every step and circulated the Desolate Devouring Art. Inside the Divine Sun-Shooting Tower, spiritual energy ran far denser than outside; it surged like a torrent and poured into his desolate world.
Though his true essence drained quickly, the Desolate Devouring Art kept him balanced, so he didn't need pills or astral stones like the other humans struggling to keep pace.
"Look at Liu Wuxie! The spiritual energy is visible around him!" the followers cried, eyes wide. Its density was so high that anyone else would have burst under it.
"We can't measure that brat's physique through normal standards," a pinnacle Primal Origin Realm cultivator said with a wry smile.
Liu Wuxie kept a steady pace as weaker competitors slipped from the first tier and fell out of the race. Only dozens of powerful demonic beasts and abyssal devils matched his speed, each still a threat for the champion's spot.
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Four days passed, and the eighth level of the Divine Sun-Shooting Tower lit up. Everyone tensed up; no one knew who would take first place.
"The competition this year is fierce," murmured a Comet Temple elder.
In past years, participants would still be on the seventh level by now.
"I wonder where Liu Wuxie is—and if he'll keep creating miracles," whispered a Nine Dragon Palace elder.
People worried less about their own disciples than about Liu Wuxie, watching to see if he would shatter the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain's record and make history. No one had ever taken first in all four events.
The Heavenly Dragon Sect wore grave looks. They cared less about first place than about Liu Wuxie's survival, knowing the Grand Unity Sect would set traps inside the tower to kill him.