At this moment, Sen Lei was completely immersed in tempering his body, to the point where he even forgot the passage of time. His mind was fully absorbed in this world.
Right now, the only thing in his mind was the flowing star river.
"Thump thump!" The strong and powerful heartbeat of Sen Lei was the only sound in this quiet starry sky.
Sen Lei's body was undergoing a huge transformation, with a blood-colored giant beast and a figure wielding a powerful axe and giant sword appearing intermittently.
Suddenly, the power of the stars flowed, and Sen Lei opened his eyes, feeling that he was getting closer and closer to the second stage of Blood Burn.
He summoned the Blood Hand, which at this moment had become more ferociously blood-red, with fingers resembling slender, withered branches that seemed capable of sucking blood.
Sen Lei knew that in the near future, once he awakened, his arms might become even more terrifying!
Sen Lei stood up, fully accustomed to the spiritual pressure of this space. He picked up the ink bamboo in the void.
As he looked at the ink bamboo, he suddenly noticed that it seemed like an eye was looking at him through the black ruler. This feeling was very creepy, startling Sen Lei.
"How could this be?" Sen Lei couldn't find a reason. Upon closer inspection, he found that the ink bamboo was just a rusty black door plank, with nothing special about it.
Sen Lei flipped through the ruler's surface and thought to himself, "Maybe I'm overthinking it."
Feeling the abundant blood spirit power within him and the strong blood energy in his arms, Sen Lei looked forward with confidence in his heart: "Sixth level! Here I come!"
Outside world
Su Xin looked at Qingfeng and frowned, "Who in our Rad Academy has ever entered the sixth level?"
Everyone also looked at Qingfeng, filled with questions.
Qingfeng calmly said, "No one has entered. This star path comes from a secret realm in the upper world. Its exact origin is known only to the dean. Nowadays, people believe it's used for testing and tempering."
Su Xin nodded and said, "It seems that this Prince Senluo might be able to step into the sixth level and uncover its secrets."
At this moment
Everyone outside was silent, closely watching the name engraved on the fifth level.
They all had the same thought in their minds.
We are about to witness the birth of a legend!
In the fifth level
The barrier shattered.
"Hmm~, Bacal! Bacal!" A huge light shadow filled this dark void.
Sen Lei stared blankly at the light shadow.
"Light City Lord, Seghart!" Sen Lei exclaimed.
The Light City Lord, the palace dungeon of the Sky City, is the highest guardian of the Sky City, a strange object that emits light all over its body, controlling the only exit of the Sky City Tower that leads to the upper world. Its creator was Dragon King Bacal, who took over the only passage to the upper world—the Sky City—to fully realize his ambition of dominating the heavens.
Back then, Bacal feared that the people of the heavens would descend to the lower world to reclaim their magic power, thus creating the Light City Lord Seghart.
However, Bacal had perished five hundred years ago. The Light City Lord, unaware of its master's demise, continued to fulfill its mission, never leaving its post. Even after gaining sentience, it firmly believed its master would return.
Looking at the object he had imagined, Sen Lei was momentarily at a loss, unable to discern whether this Light City Lord was a figment of his imagination or truly existed in this world.
Suddenly, the Light City Lord shouted, "My master! Bacal wants me to guard the Sky City! My master Bacal instructed me to guard the Sky City, and anyone who approaches shall be obliterated!"
Seeing the frenzied city lord, Sen Lei felt a bit sad. Waiting for its master for five hundred years, still not forgetting its oath, how loyal must it be.
Seghart's story is quite tragic.
Bacal initially used special magic to create a powerful warrior of light, the Light City Lord Seghart, to guard the Sky City. Carrying out its master's instructions, Seghart didn't spare anyone who dared to intrude upon the Sky City. This vigilance lasted for hundreds of years. As Bacal fell, Seghart's magical power gradually weakened, and its strength waned.
Facing the challenges of countless adventurers, it found itself increasingly powerless, yet it knew it couldn't let anyone pass through the Sky City. This was Bacal's instruction and the entirety of its existence. So even after being defeated numerous times, it would rise again, protecting the final barrier of the Sky City.
If Bacal were alive in this world, he would be particularly gratified and moved.
But Sen Lei couldn't indulge in this sadness. After all, this was an imagined monster, and he had to use all his strength to defeat it!
And also to set it free!
"The Light City Lord, at the sixth level of the Spirit Sea realm!"
It was a full three levels above Sen Lei!
"Bacal! Bacal! Commanded me to guard..." Seghart kept repeating its words, seeming almost insane.
"Rage Force: Berserk Mode!"
Bathing in a red blood aura, Sen Lei's eyes gradually turned blood-red.
Sen Lei felt the power surging through his body, with the blood energy madly flowing into his left hand.
"Come on!" Sen Lei shouted wildly.
At this moment, wielding the black ruler, Sen Lei seemed like a living demon god!
The Light City Lord's palm suddenly transformed into a light whip, striking towards Sen Lei.
The power of that light whip caused even the void to ripple.
Sen Lei quickly dodged, knowing that if this whip struck him, there would be no need for words, it would certainly result in severe injuries!
Because he felt that the Light City Lord's power was extremely solid, not like a mere illusion could produce.
This situation made Sen Lei's brow gradually furrow.
"Kazan!"
With the Blade Soul's support, Sen Lei wielded the giant ruler infused with Kazan's power and struck towards Seghart.
In fact, the ghost power Sen Lei was currently using was minimal. He didn't even know how to summon and use it, all relying on the power contained in the patterns within the ink bamboo.
As expected by Sen Lei, the attack that could instantly kill illusions in the previous levels was swallowed by Seghart's glowing body without causing any ripples.
The city lord roared, "Those who approach the Sky City shall be executed without mercy!" Countless thunderbolts fell along with the words.
Sen Lei stepped on the Seven Star Steps, continuously dodging the thunderbolts.
Amazement filled his heart.
"This can't be killed at all!"
At this moment, the Light City Lord was bathed in thunder, making it impossible for Sen Lei to get close.
"Bacal! Bacal!"
The city lord still called out its master's name.
Sen Lei suddenly remembered what Seria had said before entering the dungeon.
"Seghart, the city lord, ties his existence and loyalty to Bacal. As long as Seghart believes Bacal still exists, no one can kill Seghart."
"Then what if he knows?" Sen Lei seemed to know what he should do.
Sen Lei shouted, "Your master Bacal is dead! He was killed by Mechanical God Haywire with a quantum bomb!"
In fact, in terms of morality, Bacal was a good person. At that time, he wanted to prevent the invasion of other apostles and waged a war to defend the heavens, banning the use of magic by the heavenly people because he knew magic was useless against the apostles. However, this led to much resistance! As the tenth apostle, the Tyrant King, he learned at the last moment that apostles cannot kill each other.
But he was ultimately killed by the adventurers summoned by Alice through a space-time rift while he was seriously injured and escaping.
The Tyrant King had fallen!
At this moment, the continuously descending thunderbolts suddenly disappeared, and Seghart froze.
The forest seemed to freeze along with Sen Lei's breathing.
"Isn't this an illusion? Why is it becoming more and more real?"
"What did you say?" Seghart spoke a coherent sentence at this moment.
Sen Lei was a bit at a loss.
"I, I said your master, the Tyrant King, was killed by the adventurers!"
"Impossible! My great Tyrant King did so much for the heavens! Damn adventurers! All of you die!" Seghart suddenly went berserk.
Seeing the Light City Lord's sudden rampage without any warning,
Sen Lei was completely dumbfounded.
"Oh no! What have I done?!"