The night was cool as water.
Mo Yue leaned against the head of the bed, her smooth skin shimmering like mutton-fat jade.
"That force within him must be removed, otherwise the Soul Hunt cannot fully take effect, and it can only be secretly employed while he’s unconscious each time, with effects far less evident than when he’s awake."
She murmured to herself, her willow-like waist slightly furrowed.
"Fine, I’ll just have to suppress that force with the ’Golden Snake’ each time he’s unconscious, then perform the Soul Hunt, otherwise, the plan four years later might hardly unfold."
As she spoke, a rare blush spread across her exquisite face. "I’ll take a little loss, let this adorable guy feast his eyes..."
Netherworld Ancient City, located in the western City of Death in the Sakla Desert, is also one of the bases of the Blood Sect on the Profound Cyan Continent. Due to its proximity to the vast desert, the temperature difference between day and night is extreme.
Su Chen had an unusually restless night. It wasn’t just because he couldn’t adapt to the abnormal temperatures here, but also because the night’s scenes, constantly haunting his mind, left him unable to sleep.
After barely enduring until dawn, just as he was too tired and wanted to take a nap, Mo Yue arrived unexpectedly.
She wore a playful smile, her expression appearing somewhat sly to Su Chen, who was convinced his bad luck was about to start again.
"Little guy, time to get up."
Mo Yue leaned down beside Su Chen’s ear, her breath fragrant as orchids as she spoke.
Su Chen, weary with half-opened eyes, mumbled, "Where did you go last night? I didn’t see you at all."
"Hehe, you’ve learned to miss me so fast? Not bad, not bad."
Mo Yue’s icy fingers brushed across Su Chen’s neck, causing him to shiver, "What are you doing?"
"Today you have to challenge the second level."
Mo Yue sat at the edge of the bed, smiling lightly as she spoke.
Su Chen twitched at the corner of his mouth, quickly getting up as he retorted, "If you all want to kill me, just say it, no need to torture me in these various ways!"
"Tsk tsk tsk, such a temper, do you want me to cool you down?"
Mo Yue made a gesture of undressing, teasing, and Su Chen quickly backed away, "I’m up, move aside."
Mo Yue suddenly burst into a girlish laugh.
After laughing, her expression turned serious again.
"The second level of Bloody Heaven is not as easy as the first. If you want to give up now, I won’t force you."
Su Chen thought he had misheard, blinked, but soon snorted, "Would you really care about my life or death? You’d be happier if I got in but couldn’t get out, right?"
Mo Yue shook her head slightly, stood up, and with her back to Su Chen, said, "Although I wish you had the power of a Beast Lord now, reckless advancement in cultivation will only bring regret over loss. If you’re truly struggling, you could take a break before deciding."
"No need, I’m fine, and I also want to see what rewards the second level has."
Su Chen suddenly declared with determination. That profound gaze surprised Mo Yue when she turned around.
After a long time, she nodded and said, "Then, I wish you success."
Su Chen pursed his lips, "I’m not entering the tower to train because of your Blood Sect, I’m doing it for the rewards inside."
Mo Yue smiled lightly and nodded, "After breakfast, Ghost Howl will take you to Bloody Heaven."
With that said, she turned and left the room, leaving Su Chen with a figure full of endless imagination. ...
Outside the vast and magnificent tower, this time, Su Chen no longer appeared as disheveled as he was yesterday. When they saw Ghost Howl and Su Chen, the guards of Bloody Heaven nearly cried out in surprise.
"Lord Ghost Howl, what’s going on here?"
The guard with short blood-red hair asked tremulously. Encountering a challenger twice in two days, and the same person no less, was shocking.
"He’s challenging the second level, open the seal."
Ghost Howl retained his corpse-like face. Su Chen looked up at him and suddenly found himself not as annoyed.
The guard scurried off to open the seal, watching the two enter Bloody Heaven and sighed with emotion once more.
"My goodness, could this young man be a monster? He came out covered in blood yesterday, and today he’s back to challenge again?"
The guard with short blood-red hair exclaimed in shock. In his view, having been injured so badly in the first level, the second level surely meant a one in ten chance of survival.
"Hehe, I think he’s courting death, yet Lord Ghost Howl, if he thought well of him, why let him come so soon? You know, this time the second level’s guard is Zhao Tianjing, the Demon Lord of Chaos!"
Another guard sighed, his voice filled with regret.
Unfortunately, Su Chen had already entered the tower and couldn’t hear their discussion...
Still passing through the narrow and dark passage. But this time, they didn’t go straight; instead, they turned a corner midway. After the turn, not far ahead, they arrived in front of a massive spiral staircase.
Su Chen looked up at this magnificent staircase, sighing inwardly.
Solely in height, this staircase exceeded a hundred meters and spiraled and hovered in midair, resembling a flying dragon. Ghost Howl, observing his expression, said indifferently, "This is the only path to reach the second level, you must ascend on your own, I will wait below."
Upon hearing this, Su Chen suddenly asked a rather silly question, "What if I can’t come down?"
"You don’t need to worry about that, someone will notify me when the time comes."
Ghost Howl said coldly, then turned his back, not looking at him again.
Su Chen smacked his lips, then ascended the stairs without looking back. Only after he had gone up did Ghost Howl slowly turn around, eyes fixed straight on his ever-rising figure with a rare expression of anticipation on his face.