In the end times, many children bring more blessings. I pick up a goddess every day.

It suddenly accelerated... The black mist claws on its right hand condensed again... and grabbed Liu Yang's head... The claws were extremely fast... Almost in the blink of an eye, they arrived in front of Liu Yang... The breath of death had already enveloped his whole body...

At this critical moment... Liu Yang's future deduction finally caught the gap in the Ghost King's attack - the moment its claws fell... the blood-red crystal on its chest would be briefly exposed to the air... without any defense...

"Now!" Liu Yang's eyes shone brightly... He used the last bit of spiritual power in his body... activated space teleportation... and instantly appeared in front of the Hell Ghost King's chest... At the same time... He concentrated all the remaining power in the Ten-Faced Spirit Heart... including the power of reincarnation and the power of law that he had absorbed before... into his right fist... and smashed it hard at the blood-colored crystal...

"No——!" The Hell King roared in terror... It wanted to retreat... wanted to mobilize the power of the underworld to defend itself... but it was too late...

"Ten Spirits Return to One, Shattered Core!"

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Liu Yang's fist slammed down hard on the blood-colored crystal... "Crack!" With a crisp sound... the blood-colored crystal instantly became covered with cracks... The netherworld power within the crystal gushed out like a flood... The Hell Ghost King's body began to tremble violently... It let out a shrill scream... The black mist on its body began to dissipate... Its bones gradually weathered...

"My... Netherworld... My... Purgatory..." The Hell King's voice grew weaker and weaker... Its body began to crumble like sand... and eventually turned into black dots of light all over the sky... and dissipated into the air...

With the death of the Ghost King of Hell... the entire Netherworld Purgatory began to change - the black miasma gradually dissipated... the blood color on the ground slowly faded... the wailing ghosts also turned into white points of light... slowly rising into the air... as if they had found liberation... the black rocks in the distance began to collapse... revealing a golden staircase leading to the top of the tower...

Liu Yang slumped on the ground... gasping for breath... His spiritual power was completely exhausted... The light of the Ten-Faced Spiritual Heart had become extremely dim... There were even tiny cracks on some of the faces... But his eyes were extremely bright... Because he knew... He had finally passed the 74th floor... and was only one step away from the top of the Tower of Babel...

From deep within the miasma... Su Qingyao's voice rang out... with a hint of fatigue... and also a hint of relief: "Liu Yang... you win... you are the first... to pass through the Netherworld Purgatory... The top of the Tower of Babel... at the end of the golden stairs... there you will find the answers you seek..."

Liu Yang slowly stood up... holding the Ten-Faced Spirit Heart in his palm... He looked at the golden staircase before him... the staircase radiated a warm and sacred light... a stark contrast to the purgatory before... He took a deep breath... and stepped onto the staircase...

With every step he took on the stairs... he could feel a gentle force surge into his body... repairing his damaged body and spiritual power... the light of the Ten-Faced Spiritual Heart gradually recovered... he knew... the true destination was just ahead... and the secret of the top of the Tower of Babel... was about to be revealed before his eyes...

The holy light of the golden staircase gradually dissipated under his feet... As soon as Liu Yang stepped onto the 75th floor... he felt a damp and cold earthy smell hit him in the face - this was actually an underground cave without sunlight... Only a few faint blue phosphorescent lights flickered on the rock wall... barely illuminating the surrounding rugged stalagmites and bottomless gullies... The ground was not solid rock... but covered with a thick layer of dark brown rot... It was as soft as mud when stepped on... and he could faintly hear the "crunching" sound of bones breaking from below... as if countless souls were buried under the rotten soil...

"Roar--!"

A dull roar echoed from the depths of the cave... shaking the rocks on the rock wall to pieces... Liu Yang clenched his Ten-sided Spiritual Heart... his spiritual power quietly circulated... his eyes warily looking towards the source of the sound... only to see a huge black shadow slowly crawling out of the dark ditch... it was the controller of this level - the Dark Demon...

Its appearance was far more hideous than that of the Hell King: it was fifty feet tall... its body was like a swollen pile of rotten flesh... its surface was covered with layers of dark grey scales... a sticky dark green liquid oozed out from the gaps in the scales... when it dripped onto the rotten soil, it emitted white poisonous smoke... dyeing the surrounding phosphorescent lights a strange green... it had no distinct head... only a wrinkled tumor protruding from the top of its body... three blood-red vertical pupils split open on the tumor... dim green will-o'-the-wisp flickered in its pupils... it could see through the darkness and clearly see what was happening a hundred meters away... A thick tentacle extended from each side of the tumor... There were no suction cups at the end of the tentacles... Instead, there were two rotating black cyclones... Tiny bone blades were constantly shooting out from the cyclones... They landed on the rock wall and carved out dense holes... The most frightening thing was its "feet" - rather than feet... they were ten thick, ochre-colored roots... The surface of the roots was covered with barbs... They were deeply embedded in the rotten soil and rock layers... They could move quickly... and sense the vibrations of the surrounding ground... Any living creature that approached could not escape its detection...

"Human... crushed... my 'food'..." The dark demon's voice seemed to come from deep underground... carrying a damp, rotten smell... The tumor on its head squirmed slightly... Its three vertical pupils locked onto Liu Yang... "This layer... is my cage... You will become... nutrient for my roots..."

Before he finished speaking, the rotten soil beneath Liu Yang's feet suddenly rolled violently. Two ochre-colored roots shot out from the ground like poisonous snakes. The barbs at the end of the roots flashed with cold light and entangled his legs. At the same time, the stalagmites on both sides of the rock wall suddenly snapped and broke, revealing the hidden arrows inside. The arrow shafts were pitch black, and the arrowheads were coated with the same dark green venom as the earth demon's juice. Hundreds of hidden arrows rained down on Liu Yang's vital points.

"Another trap!" Liu Yang's eyes glared... Lightning flashed suddenly under his feet... He teleported to a huge rock on the left... A hidden arrow brushed past the edge of his clothes... It hit the rock and began to corrode it... In just a few breaths... Deep pits were melted into the hard rock... And the two roots did not retract after missing the target... Instead, they slammed into the rock... With a "boom", the rock was instantly smashed to pieces... Amidst the flying debris... More roots emerged from the ground... Like a huge net... continuously compressing Liu Yang's range of movement...

"The traps on this floor are connected to the power of the Earth Demon... If we destroy one, new ones will appear!" Liu Yang quickly assessed the situation... He raised his right hand... The two sides of the Ten-Faced Spirit's mind, representing "Golden Sharp" and "Wind Howling", lit up simultaneously - countless golden sharp edges condensed into a rain of swords... shooting towards the surrounding roots... At the same time, a strong wind howled... forming a swirling wind wall... blocking all the flying bone blades and hidden arrows...

"Ding ding ding—" The golden sword collided with the roots... making a harsh metallic sound... although it could leave scratches on the surface of the roots... it could not cut them off; the wind wall blocked the hidden weapons... but it could not stop the vibration of the ground - the ten roots of the dark earth demon exerted force at the same time... the ground of the entire cave began to undulate violently... surging towards Liu Yang like waves... with each undulation, new roots and hidden arrows would burst out... as if the entire cave had become a trap to hunt him...

"I can't let it lead me away!" Liu Yang took a deep breath... and injected the "force of gravity" into the ground... He pressed his hands on the rotten soil... A lavender gravity aura spread out with him as the center... The originally undulating ground was instantly flattened... Those roots that were about to emerge were also nailed to the ground by gravity... unable to move... The dark earth demon let out an angry roar... The tentacles on both sides of the tumor on the top of the head waved violently... Two black cyclones expanded instantly... Countless bone blades enveloped Liu Yang like dark clouds... At the same time, the scales on the surface of its body suddenly opened... Thousands of dark green poisonous moths flew out from the gaps in the scales... When the poisonous moths flapped their wings, they would sprinkle poisonous powder... The poisonous powder would ignite a dark green poisonous fire when it fell on the ground...

Liu Yang did not dare to be careless... He activated the power of "Eternal Freeze" and "Burning Heaven" at the same time: his left hand condensed a huge ice shield... The surface of the ice shield was covered with ice crystal patterns... It blocked most of the bone blades; his right hand swung out a ball of golden flame... The flame exploded when it landed on the swarm of poisonous moths... Forming a wall of fire... Burning all the poisonous moths and poison powder... But this short defense also exposed his flaw - the dark demon seized the opportunity... The tumor on the top of his body suddenly split open a huge hole... Spewing out a stream of dark green venom from his mouth... The venom turned into a huge net in the air... Covering Liu Yang's head...

"Human... has been poisoned..." The dark demon sensed Liu Yang's weakness... Ten roots simultaneously emerged from the ground... Its massive body quickly moved towards him... The three vertical pupils on the tumor flashed with excitement... "Soon... you will become... a part of me..."

Just then... Liu Yang suddenly noticed a detail: every time the Dark Demon moved... the rotten soil beneath its body would bulge regularly... and the location of the bulges coincided with the frequency of the phosphorescent light flickering on the rock wall - this was no coincidence... rather, the Demon was using its roots to sense the location of traps... and simultaneously using the trap's energy to strengthen itself! And the tumor on the top of its body... although seemingly weak in defense... was always protected by roots and cyclones... and its three vertical pupils could even predict its attack trajectory in advance...