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

After more than half an hour of thrilling travel... Liu Yang finally arrived at the center of the Sea of ​​Meteorites...

There is a huge circular platform here... The platform is made of silver-white metal... It is engraved with complex runes... It emits a faint light...

In the center of the platform... is the teleportation array leading to the 98th floor...

But Liu Yang didn't step forward immediately...

He could sense... the space around the platform was becoming more unstable... hiding a huge danger...

Sure enough... just as he was about to step onto the platform... the starry sky around the platform suddenly distorted...

Countless thick purple lightning bolts shot out from the void... like a giant electric net... enveloping the entire platform...

At the same time... the space below the platform began to collapse... forming a huge black vortex...

A gravitational pull stronger than any before emanated from the vortex... as if it was about to swallow up the entire platform and everything on it...

"It's finally here..." Liu Yang's eyes glared... He clenched the black sword in his hand...

He could feel it... This was the final test of the 97th floor...

Only by breaking through this lightning grid... and resisting the gravitational vortex below... can one successfully step onto the platform... and enter the teleportation array...

He took a deep breath... and raised his inner Qi and lightning control abilities to their peak...

His hair moved without a breeze... He exuded a powerful aura...

&34;Lightning control...&34;

Liu Yang stretched out his right hand... and clenched it towards the incoming purple lightning...

In an instant... the violent purple lightning seemed to have met its nemesis... and instantly became docile...

They twisted and tangled in the air... eventually transforming into tiny streams of electricity... that were absorbed into Liu Yang's body... transforming into his own strength...

This is an advanced application of his lightning control ability - swallowing lightning...

But the number of lightning bolts was too great... and their power was extremely strong...

Even with Liu Yang's ability... he couldn't swallow it all...

Some of the lightning that escaped the net still struck his body...

Liu Yang activated his Qi shield... and blocked the lightning bolts one by one...

At the same time... he teleported... his body quickly shuttled through the cracks in the lightning... constantly approaching the platform...

The gravity below was getting stronger and stronger... pulling at his body... making his progress slow down...

But he was determined... and took every step steadily...

He devoured and resisted the lightning... while resisting the pull of gravity... step by step, he approached the teleportation array in the center of the platform...

The distance is getting closer...less than ten meters...

At this moment... an even more terrifying energy wave came from the void...

A purple lightning column, several times thicker than all the previous ones... like the wrath of a god... suddenly struck down from the sky... directly on Liu Yang's head...

At the same time... the gravitational vortex below suddenly intensified... Liu Yang's body was instantly pulled down nearly a meter...

This is the final and most powerful blow...

&34;Secret Skill: Black Thunder Dragon Slash!&34;

Liu Yang roared, pouring all the lightning energy he had just absorbed and his own true energy into the black sword...

He no longer retains any power...

The black and purple lights on the black sword intertwined... forming the shadow of a giant thunder dragon...

The Thunder Dragon roared deafeningly...with a devastating aura...and charged towards the terrifying pillar of lightning...

"BOOM!!!!"

A loud, earth-shattering bang...

The Thunder Dragon and the Lightning Pillar collided...

Violent energy spread in all directions... The entire meteorite sea trembled violently...

Countless small meteorites were turned into dust by this energy impact...

In this violent energy storm... Liu Yang's body was shaken so much that his blood and qi surged... A trace of blood oozed from the corner of his mouth...

But his eyes remained firm...

He seized the momentary gap created by the energy collision and launched a final teleportation...

His body flashed like a streak of black lightning... instantly piercing through the energy storm... and landing steadily in the center of the teleportation array...

The moment he stepped onto the teleportation array... the surrounding lightning grid and gravitational vortex receded like the tide...

The teleportation array shone brightly... emitting a dazzling blue light...

Liu Yang breathed a sigh of relief... and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth...

Although he paid a small price... he successfully passed the level...

Level 97... Cleared!

Without stopping, he stepped into the light of the teleportation array...

A blue light enveloped his body... and transported him to the even more mysterious and dangerous 98th floor...

Even though the road ahead is unknown... Liu Yang's eyes are getting brighter and brighter...

Every challenge...is a growth...

He was confident... no matter what awaited him on the 98th floor... he could handle it calmly... and keep moving forward...

Tower of Babel...Entrance to the 98th floor...

Liu Yang stood with his hands behind his back... his black windbreaker rustling in the invisible air... his eyes were calm and composed... as if he was about to step into not some dangerous secret place... but simply his own backyard...

"Interesting..." Liu Yang smiled faintly... "Someone specially prepared such a great gift for me..."

He could clearly sense... the spatial laws of this level were completely different from those of the previous 97 levels... the air was filled with a spiritual energy so dense it was almost tangible... yet mixed with a biting chill and the heart-pounding force of thunder and lightning... this wasn't a naturally formed level... but rather one forcibly transformed by humans—a small world of immortal cultivation that merged the two extreme forces of ice and thunder...

Without even thinking... Liu Yang guessed who was behind this... In the entire world of immortal cultivation... the only person capable and motivated to do this... was Su Qingyao, the eldest daughter of the Su family, whose ancient heritage he had "robbed" of her and who had always held a grudge against her... There was no one else to think of...

"You want to stop me this way?" Liu Yang shook his head... a hint of disdain flashed in his eyes... "You're still too naive..."

He stepped into the gate of light... and instantly disappeared...

The scene before my eyes suddenly changed...

Liu Yang found himself in a massive ice cave...surrounded by thousand-foot-high ice walls...smooth as a mirror...reflecting a faint blue light...the air temperature was shockingly low...an ordinary cultivator would be frozen in an instant, let alone cultivate...

"Roar!"

A roar broke the silence...

Deep in the ice cave... hundreds of ice-type monsters of various shapes were staring at him with eager eyes... There were "Ice Armor Bears" covered with ice crystal armor... There were "Ice Flame Lions" that could spit out air a thousand degrees below zero cold... There were also "Ice Shadow Leopards" that were as fast as ghosts... Their cultivation base was at least at the Golden Core Stage... The leading ones had even reached the Nascent Soul Stage!

If any other cultivator of the same level faced such a scene, they would have been frightened out of their wits...

But Liu Yang just glanced at him calmly... His eyes didn't waver at all...

"Eternal Frozen..."

He whispered softly... without even using any spiritual power...

The next second...something strange happened...

Those hundreds of ferocious monsters... seemed to have been paused... their movements instantly frozen... and then... a thick layer of ice spread across their bodies at a speed visible to the naked eye... In a mere breath... all the monsters were transformed into lifelike ice sculptures... maintaining their pouncing and roaring postures... completely devoid of life...

The entire Wanbing Cave... instantly fell into absolute silence...

Liu Yang didn't even spare a glance at the ice sculptures... He continued walking... towards the teleportation array deep within the ice cave... His "Eternal Freeze" wasn't just any ordinary ice spell... but rather a crude application of the laws of time and space... capable of infinitely slowing the flow of time on the target... until it came to a complete standstill... essentially freezing everything... more than enough to deal with these monsters who relied solely on brute force...

[Level 2: Thunderstorm Corridor]

Passing through the teleportation array... Liu Yang arrived at the second level...

This was a long, narrow corridor... On either side were swirling dark clouds... Countless purple lightning bolts darted and roared through the clouds like giant dragons... From time to time, lightning bolts as thick as bowls struck the stone slabs of the corridor... Unleashing dazzling light and destructive force...

At the end of the corridor... there stood a figure...

He was a middle-aged cultivator in a purple Taoist robe... his face stern... his body surrounded by dense arcs of lightning... emanating the terrifying pressure of a late Nascent Soul... He was the great thunder master Su Qingyao had specially invited—Master Lei Xiao...

"Boy... if you know what's good for you, retreat obediently..." Master Lei Xiao's voice was like thunder... "Otherwise... today I will make you die in this thunderstorm corridor!"

Liu Yang stopped and looked at Master Lei Xiao. He said calmly, "Get out of the way..."

"Arrogant!" Master Lei Xiao was furious... "Since you don't know how to live or die... then don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"Thunder God's Wrath!"

He formed seals with his hands... muttering something... and in an instant... the dark clouds in the sky rolled violently... and a purple lightning column as thick as a bucket, carrying a devastating force... struck Liu Yang head-on! This blow... was enough to severely injure an ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator!

Facing such a terrifying attack... Liu Yang remained calm...

"Teleport..."

Just two simple words...

Just as the lightning column was about to hit him... Liu Yang's figure suddenly disappeared from where he was... and appeared behind Master Lei Xiao...

"What?!" Master Lei Xiao's pupils suddenly shrank...his face was full of disbelief...he hadn't expected that the other party actually possessed such a strange teleportation ability...and the speed was so fast that he couldn't react at all!

"Your attack... is too slow..." Liu Yang's voice rang out in Lei Xiao Zhenren's ears... with a hint of teasing...

Without waiting for Master Lei Xiao to turn around... Liu Yang raised his right hand... and a fine streak of lightning condensed from his fingertips... This lightning was not a violent purple... but a deep black... seemingly weak... but it contained a heart-pounding aura of destruction...

"Lightning Control..."

Liu Yang flicked his finger lightly... and the black lightning, as if alive... instantly penetrated into Master Lei Xiao's body...

"what--!"

Master Lei Xiao let out a shrill scream... The lightning energy within him seemed to have met its nemesis... It instantly became chaotic and violent... His meridians were torn apart... His Nascent Soul trembled violently within his dantian... It could collapse at any moment... His proud lightning cultivation... was vulnerable in front of Liu Yang...

Liu Yang didn't kill him completely... he just crippled his cultivation... then turned and headed towards the next teleportation array at the end of the corridor... He wasn't interested in wasting too much time on someone who was being used as a pawn...

Master Lei Xiao collapsed to the ground... watching Liu Yang's retreating figure... his eyes filled with fear and despair... He finally understood... that he and the other person were simply not on the same level...