"It's fine. Those little monsters are not as dangerous as they seem to be. Just follow my lead!" Rocky
assured the four women after he figured out the attacking patterns of the monsters.
Since the four women had complete trust in Rocky, they all nodded and followed closely behind him.
Then, soon enough, under Rocky's guidance, the five of them were able to get past the monsters and
go down another floor.
Meanwhile, outside the Holy Heaven Palace, the representatives from various forces were still paying
close attention to the progress of the first batch of Spiritual Emperors that entered the Myriad-tribulation
Devil Den.
"Chief Colton, what is so intriguing about the Myriad-tribulation Devil Den? It seemed that it is one of
the hardest areas in the entire test," one of the representatives asked. The other Spiritual Emperors
also wanted some information since not many of them knew what could be found inside the cave.
"Strictly speaking, the Myriad-tribulation Devil Den is home to demonic spirits. It is more than a
thousand meters deep and has hundreds of floors beneath the ground. It is also enveloped by an
abysmal power, which in turn makes the monsters residing there more powerful and terrifying than the
ones that can be regularly seen in the Ethereal Region. These monsters possess all kinds of strange
abilities. Therefore, even if one is strong enough but doesn't have high comprehensive talents, they will
still find it difficult to surpass the floors. Moreover, the deeper they go into the den, the stronger the
monsters they will encounter. In this challenge however, if one can reach the one-hundredth floor, they
will pass the test," Colton explained in detail.
"But the most interesting feat of the den is that it will absorb the spiritual power of the Spiritual
Emperors inside it. As one goes further down, the rate of losing their spiritual power will increase. In
other words, among the tests, the Myriad-tribulation Devil Den is the ultimate one. Once a Spiritual
Emperor can reach all the way down to the one-hundredth floor, they have a chance of breaking
through to the Shura Realm."
"What? The Shura Realm? Are you sure about that?" The big shots from the various forces instantly
looked at each other and caused quite a commotion after hearing what Colton said.
After all, the Shura Realm was said to be impossible to attain by the members of the human race and
the spiritual race.
Meanwhile, another group of Spiritual Emperors had just finished undergoing trials from different areas.
Now, they also arrived at the entrance of the Myriad-tribulation Devil Den, ready to take on the hardest
trial that they could experience yet. Among these Spiritual Emperors were some Godly Geniuses,
including Israel and Gloria.
Without wasting any time, they entered the den and proceeded to the first floor.
However, upon seeing the firepower of the monsters that could even dissolve the walls of the cave,
many Spiritual Emperors had to retreat quickly.
"What is with these monsters? Their looks are deceiving!"
"The monsters on the first floor are already this powerful? This is insane. What kind of ferocious beasts
are waiting for us on the next floors?"
"I don't know. But what I'm sure of is that if we are not careful enough, we are going to die in here!"
"Well, there's no use being scared. We have to somehow try to get past them in order to move on!"
However, at this moment, Gloria, who had blended well with the other Spiritual Emperors, did not really
take the feisty monsters seriously. Instead, she just rushed forward without any hesitation, confronting
them head-on.
Immediately after, she was able to pass through several of those monsters.
At the same time, she became the sole focus of the attacks. The green fireballs came at her from all
directions, and Gloria somehow felt that an invisible force was putting a powerful pressure on her.
However, with her strength, it wasn't really a huge deal. She just maintained her composure and swiftly
shuttled through the remaining monsters and reached the other end of the floor.
Seeing this, several other Spiritual Emperors also started climbing down the cave.
Only a few Spiritual Emperors at the primary stage and the medium stage were left at the entrance,
hesitating a bit after learning how dangerous this place was.
On the other hand, the first batch of the Spiritual Emperors, who had entered the Myriad-tribulation
Devil Den earlier, had already gone deeper into the cave. Of course, the ones taking the lead were the
three premium-stage Spiritual Emperors.
Then, Seth and the other Spiritual Emperors from the spiritual race were just a few floors behind.
Following behind were Michelle's group and some other Spiritual Emperors at the primary stage.
Lastly, Rocky and the four women were having the slowest progress.
Some very eager Spiritual Emperors at the medium stage had been rushing down the floors with all
their strength, thinking that the faster their progress was, the sooner they could get out of the den.
However, before they could even reach the twentieth floor, these Spiritual Emperors were already
panting heavily. It seemed that a huge chunk of their spiritual power was already sucked away without
them noticing. When they realized what was happening, it was already too late. After all, it was
impossible for them to recover their spiritual power inside the Myriad-tribulation Devil Den. Hence, they
could only rely on their remaining spiritual power to complete the test, which would be rather impossible
at this point.
The first thirty floors of the den were actually not too dangerous even for ordinary primary-stage
Spiritual Emperors. As long as they could efficiently control their spiritual power and prevent losing too
much of it, it would be rather easy for them to reach the thirty-first floor.
About four hours later, most of the Spiritual Emperors from the first batch had already passed through
the thirtieth floor. In fact, the three premium-stage Spiritual Emperors had already gotten to the fortieth
floor.
More surprisingly, the second batch of the Spiritual Emperors, who entered the Myriad-tribulation Devil
Den, was progressing very quickly. Two of the premium-stage Spiritual Emperors, including Israel,
would soon catch up to Rocky's group.
After another two hours, the gap between the two batches of Spiritual Emperors was indeed erased.
Israel and the other premium-stage Spiritual Emperor from the second batch had overtaken most of the
Spiritual Emperors from the first batch and had caught up with the three premium-stage Spiritual
Emperors on the lead. At this point, they formed the leading group, which was already about to enter
the fiftieth floor.
The new second group of participants was mostly comprised of medium-stage Spiritual Emperors.
Among them, the Spiritual Emperors of the spiritual race, including Isabel, were the ones performing
remarkably.
Then, the third group was mostly made up of primary-stage Spiritual Emperors, although there were
still some medium-stage Spiritual Emperors among them. But in this group, the limelight was
completely taken over by geniuses like Seth and Michelle.
As for Rocky and the four women, they were still at the end of the group, and it seemed that they did
not really intend to treat the test like a race.
At this point, even Gloria had already surpassed Rocky and the girls. Although she actually wanted to
be with Rocky, she could not do it since she couldn't let others know her identity. Moreover, Rocky had
given her an important task, and that should be her priority.
Another four hours elapsed, and the situation inside the cave had just gotten fiercer.
The seven premium-stage Spiritual Emperors, who were now in the lead, had already passed through
the sixtieth floor. Although they had already reached quite far, it could be seen that they were still rather
relaxed. At the same time, the second group had just entered the fiftieth floor.
However, this was where the difference in strength started to become evident. Since the Spiritual
Emperors at the primary stage obviously had limited strength, after surpassing the fortieth floor, they
felt the disadvantages in almost all aspects. The pressure they felt doubled and even geniuses like
Michelle and Seth deemed that they were about to reach their limits. At this point, their speed gradually
decreased, and they sensed that their bodies were becoming rather heavy.
Before they could get past the fiftieth floor, the medium-grade Spiritual Emperors, who were part of the
third group, had just overtaken Michelle and Seth, relying solely on their brute strength.
Soon enough, the distance between them became even wider.
Eventually, as they felt the limitation of their strength, Moore and some other primary-stage Spiritual
Emperors chose to give up. With that, they quickly took out their own teleportation rune and exited the
cave. Fortunately, since they were just primary-stage Spiritual Emperors, covering the thirty floors
meant that they already passed the test.
Now that some of the Spiritual Emperors had already begun withdrawing from the test, the competition
became even more intense. At this point, not many primary-stage Spiritual Emperors remained inside
the cave. At the same time, the people watching outside the Holy Heaven Palace were so eager to see
who among the participants would be able to reach the farthest.
Of course, many were eyeing Seth and Michelle. Right now, people think that they were the strongest
primary-stage Spiritual Emperors left. Hence, they wanted to see for themselves how far these two
could go compared to their fellow participants on the same level.
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