"Eleven steps to go! Stick to it, or you'll lose your years of effort!" Minos encouraged, giving the creature a push upwards, surprising the being.
"If you have the strength to go ahead, why do you want to steal my cultivation?"
"If I can go to level 6 on my own, then with your help I can go to level 7, maybe dream of level 8 of the pyramid. Why settle for just level 6?"
With these words, Minos would help that being reach step 597 with just his encouragement, until he reached this point in his ascension, feeling his bones making cracking sounds, while the pain was excruciating enough for him to scream.
He gathered all his strength and jumped forward, throwing himself over the alien's body to take him to the entrance of level 6.
When he reached that level, Minos did what he had promised his ally, stealing the alien's cultivation base to strengthen himself.
