Thousand Demon Peak, the storage place of Thousand Demon Tower.
At the top of the mountain is a bluestone square with a size of 100,000 acres. In the center of the square is a huge golden tower with flashing light. The tower is engraved with some monster patterns. It is the Thousand Monster Tower.
More than a thousand monks gathered near the Thousand Demons Tower. Most of them were Qi Refining monks. They were the disciples of each outer peak who had advanced to the final round. They came to enter the Thousand Demons Tower to determine their ranking.
Snow-winged ice centipedes, eight-winged thunder-fire centipedes, and golden flying boats landed in the Bluestone Square one after another. Shen Long and other Qi Refining monks walked to the ground.
There is a cyan jade table at the entrance of Thousand Demons Tower, and two foundation-building monks are sitting behind the cyan jade table.
Liu Xian, Liang Ying, and Wang Chong walked towards the blue jade table to register.
Choosing the top fifty in the Thousand Demon Tower can prevent the outer peak disciples from cheating. In the past, the competition was held from beginning to end at the outer peak. Some peak leaders accepted bribes or favoritism, and operated in secret, and capable disciples failed to advance to the top five. 10. People who build relationships and flatter people can advance to the top fifty and take away the rewards, so the Yuling Sect changes the rules. The disciples who advance to the final round enter the Thousand Demons Tower. It is open and transparent, and it is difficult to cheat.
In order to maintain relative fairness, Chuang Thousand Demon Tower has made strict restrictions. First of all, second-level talismans and talismans cannot be used. Secondly, top-quality magic weapons cannot be used. The total number of spiritual beasts, birds, and insects cannot exceed three. One-time spells cannot be used. There cannot be more than three weapons, and there cannot be more than three talismans to trap enemies. This is to restrict rich women like Ning Qianqian.
The Yuling Sect has a long heritage. Some Qi Refining monks have inherited a large number of spiritual fields, spirit beasts, insects, shops, etc. from their ancestors. They have strong financial resources. If there are no restrictions, this will be very unfair to those Qi Refining disciples with average wealth. , in the long run, the sect’s resources will fall on the wealthy disciples, and it will be difficult for the disciples with average wealth to get ahead.
Of course, in addition to the small competition and the big competition, the Yuling Sect also has many channels for advancement, such as making great achievements, mastering a skill, breaking through the eighteenth floor of the Thousand Demon Tower, etc.
Shen Long and others were standing near the Thousand Demons Tower. They could clearly see the situation on the first fifteen floors of the Thousand Demons Tower, where some Qi Refining monks were breaking through.
It is free for Xiaobi to enter the Thousand Demons Tower. Normally, he needs to consume good deeds to enter the Thousand Demons Tower.
Shen Long's eyes fell on the fifteenth floor. Lin Sisi was breaking through the level. Her opponents were six first-level monsters, Ice Crystal Scorpion, Fire Cloud Clam, Wind Chasing Tiger, Blue Thunder Eagle, Howling Wind Wolf and Lihuo Falcon.
Lin Sisi released the purple-striped fire centipede, the two-headed eagle and the powerful golden-backed ape. She held a small sword with purple light in her hand, and seven small purple swords attacked the chasing tiger, howling wolf and blue thunder eagle.
After more than two years of entry, Lin Sisi and the other seven had no interaction with Shen Long and other new disciples, and they had never been to Qingyun Peak.
Shen Long asked Sun Sen that Lin Sisi was not considered a disciple of Qingyun Peak. Since she lived in Golden Toad Peak, she was a disciple of Golden Toad Peak. No matter how good Lin Sisi's ranking was, it had nothing to do with Qingyun Peak.
That's okay, otherwise seven of the top fifty would have to be given up.
Lin Sisi wielded the Zimu Sword, which was also a set of magical weapons. She controlled the Zimu Sword to attack three monsters, and at the same time used the powerful talisman to help her spirit beasts destroy the Ice Crystal Scorpion, Fire Cloud Clam and Li Huo. Falcon, divide and destroy them.
This strategy was very successful. All six first-level monsters were eliminated by her, and she reached the sixteenth floor.
"Someone broke into the sixteenth floor."
someone exclaimed.
The Qi Refining monks in Qingshi Square all looked towards the sixteenth floor of Thousand Demon Tower. As soon as Lin Sisi appeared on the sixteenth floor, seven monster beasts appeared and attacked Lin Sisi.
Lin Sisi took a blue pill, controlled the mother-child sword to attack the monsters, and at the same time released spiritual beasts and insects to help her break through the level.
Liu Xian and other foundation-building monks were not interested in watching, and gathered together to chat and reminisce.
Lin Sisi's strategy was still to divide and annihilate them, but this time it didn't go so smoothly. The Scarlet Flame Tiger, the Powerful Giant Ape and the Howling Wind Wolf rushed from the front, the Blue Thunder Eagle and the Wind Chasing Eagle swooped down from high altitude, and the Snow Cloud Spider and blood-eyed toads attacked from the left and right sides.
Lin Sisi raised her right hand, and three golden talismans flew out. Howling Wind Wolf, Green Thunder Eagle and Wind Chasing Eagle immediately avoided them. The three golden talismans exploded and turned into dozens of thick golden iron chains, entangled Red Yan tiger, snow cloud spider and blood-eyed toad.
Demon Locking Talisman!
The Howling Wind Wolf, Blue Thunder Eagle and Wind Chasing Eagle rushed over. Lin Sisi quickly sacrificed five fire snake talismans and transformed into five red fire snakes to greet them. At the same time, she controlled the mother-child sword to attack them.
The three monsters were trapped by the Demon Locking Talisman and could not escape for a while. Lin Sisi first controlled the mother-child sword to attack the monsters trapped by the Demon Locking Talisman, and then dealt with them before dealing with the other four monsters.
Lin Sisi's strategy was very successful. The first-order monster was trapped and could not block the attack of the Zimu Sword. She was covered with multiple defensive light curtains, which the Howling Wind Wolf, Blue Thunder Eagle and Wind Chasing Eagle could not break through for a while. To defend against the light curtain, Lin Sisi's spiritual beasts and insects will also help.
In less than half a quarter of an hour, she defeated seven monsters and reached the seventeenth floor.
Lin Sisi's mana was severely depleted and her face turned pale. After taking a Qi Restoration Pill, her pale face slowly returned to rosy.
As soon as eight monsters appeared, they released spells to attack Lin Sisi, including red fireballs, silver lightning, yellow soil cones, white ice cones, cyan wind blades, etc.
Lin Sisi released the spiritual beasts and insects to help, while controlling the mother-child sword to attack the monsters.
Each level breaker can only use three enemy-trapping talismans. She has already used three demon-locking talismans and can no longer use them.
The monsters on the seventeenth level were much more powerful. It didn't take long for Lin Sisi's spirit beast and spirit insect to be injured. If she continued to fight, her chances of winning were slim, and the spirit beast and spirit insect might be killed.
She gave up on breaking through, all eight monster beasts disappeared, and Lin Sisi was sent out of the Thousand Demon Tower.
"Who is this senior sister! She's so amazing!"
"I have seen her before. This is Junior Sister Lin from Golden Toad Peak. She is a relative of Master Chu's Taoist Companion and comes from the Lin family in Hongye Ridge."
"The Lin family of Hongye Ridge, no wonder they are so powerful. What a pity, I thought she could break through the eighteenth floor in a row!"
"If it is so easy to break through the eighteenth floor, I don't know how many disciples have broken through the eighteenth floor."
The disciples talked a lot and expressed their opinions.
"The disciples of Qingyun Peak have entered the Thousand Demons Tower to pass the level. Come and line up quickly."
A foundation-building monk shouted loudly.
Qin Shan quickly walked over with Shen Long and others and lined up to register.
Gu Tianhong was the first to enter the Tower of Thousand Demons. As soon as he entered the first floor, two mountain-pushing beasts appeared. It was only the early stage of the first level. The mountain-pushing beasts rushed towards Gu Tianhong quickly.
Gu Tianhong released the golden-winged thunder lion, purple-striped fire centipede and ice wind lion to attack the two mountain-pushing beasts.
Soon, the two early-stage first-order mountain-pushing beasts were eliminated. Gu Tianhong came to the second floor, and three early-stage first-order monster beasts appeared.
Gu Tianhong easily passed through the first ten floors with the help of the Golden Winged Thunder Lion, Purple Striped Fire Spider and Ice Wind Lion. When he reached the tenth floor, his opponent was a late first-order blood-eyed toad.
Shen Long also entered the Thousand Demons Tower and began to break through the levels.
As soon as he entered the Thousand Demon Tower, two first-level fire cloud clams appeared, more than ten feet away from him.
The two fire cloud clams opened their bloody mouths, each spitting out three bowl-sized red fireballs, heading straight for Chen Long. At the same time, two long red tongues flew out, heading straight for Chen Long.
Shen Long swayed and avoided three red fireballs. He raised his right hand and a giant fireball as big as a water tank flew out and hit a long red tongue.
There was a huge explosion, and the billowing flames drowned the Fire Cloud Toad's tongue.
A fire cloud clam let out an extremely painful hissing sound, rolled back its tongue, and a giant fireball the size of a water tank hit it. It wanted to avoid it, but a thick green vine broke out of the ground and wrapped around its neck. Before it had time to break free from its hind limbs, a giant fireball hit the Fire Cloud Clam's body.
There was a loud noise, and the giant fireball exploded, turning into billowing flames and drowning the figure of Fire Cloud Toad.
Before the flames dissipated, another giant fireball hit.
After ten breaths, the two Fire Cloud Clams were destroyed by Shen Long. When he reached the second floor, a Howling Wind Wolf, a Scarlet Flame Tiger and a Pushing Mountain Beast appeared, all of them Early stage of first level.
Shen Long raised his right hand, and a giant fireball flew out. Before it hit the monster, he released a third giant fireball. The attack speed was extremely fast.
"Who is this senior brother? He's a bit unfamiliar, and his casting speed is so fast. He must have perfected the fireball technique to perfection!"
"This is the new Junior Brother Shen. He is very talented in spells and has mastered five first-level spells to perfection."
"It seems that there are many powerful characters among the new disciples this time. The competition in three years will be even more difficult."
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The qi-refining monks watched other qi-refining monks pass the level and expressed their opinions.
With the help of five first-level spells of Great Perfection, Shen Long was unstoppable and soon reached the tenth level. His opponent was a late-level first-level ice crystal scorpion.
The Ice Crystal Scorpion opened its mouth and sprayed out more than a dozen white ice picks, heading straight for Chen Long.
Shen Long stepped back and avoided more than a dozen white ice picks.
He raised his right hand, and a ray of green light flew out and submerged into the ground. A green vine as thick as an adult's arm broke out of the ground and wrapped around the body of the Ice Crystal Scorpion.
A large white cold air surged out from its surface, freezing the green vines. It struggled and tore off the green vines easily. A giant fireball also hit it, and the billowing flames flooded the ice crystal scorpion's body.
Shen Long raised his hands together, and giant fireballs flew out, hitting the Ice Crystal Scorpion one after another.
There was a huge explosion and the fire raged.
Seven giant fireballs hit the ice crystal scorpion one after another, and the ice crystal scorpion was also killed. Shen Long came to the eleventh floor. This time his opponents were a late first-order mountain-pushing beast and a purple-striped fire centipede.
Shen Long released the fire rock beast and iron-tailed scorpion and asked them to deal with the purple-striped fire centipede. He dealt with the mountain-pushing beast, and at the same time took a Qi Restoration Pill to restore his mana.
At this time, Gu Tianhong was on the fifteenth floor. He faced the attacks of six late-level first-order monsters and felt extremely strenuous. The Golden Winged Thunder Lion, Purple Striped Fire Cockroach and Ice Wind Lion were all injured.
He held a red flying knife, and five red flying knives went straight towards the six late-stage first-order monsters.
Mother-child blade!
Gu Tianhong has many clan members in the Yuling Sect. He is the son of the head of the Gu family and is relatively wealthy.
Qin Bao was on the fourteenth floor. He faced the attacks of five late-stage first-order monsters and felt extremely strenuous.
He did not have a complete set of magic weapons. He made a living by hunting monsters. At that time, he teamed up with many Qi Refining monks. Now he was left to deal with five first-level monsters alone. The pressure was too great.
He raised a powerful golden-backed ape, which was only in the middle of the first level.
Not long after, Qin Bao was defeated and was teleported out of the Thousand Demons Tower. The powerful golden-backed ape was also seriously injured.
Qin Bao sighed. He was able to cultivate to the ninth level of Qi Refining and raise a powerful golden-backed ape. This is very good among casual cultivators, but it is still far behind the disciples who came from cultivating families such as Gu Tianhong and Tang Yuting. .
He has passed the thirteenth level, which is considered a good result.
He looked towards the Thousand Demons Tower and was a little surprised to see Shen Long breaking into the twelfth floor.
"Someone has broken into the fourteenth floor, it's Senior Sister Ye."
Li Lei said.
Ye Yuqing was a talisman maker, and with the help of Qingfeng Tiger and Green Thunder Eagle, she sacrificed more than a dozen fire snake talismans, which turned into a dozen feet-long red fire snakes and attacked five first-order monsters.
Ye Yuqing's talismans seemed to be endless, and he kept throwing them out. Someone calculated that after reaching the fourteenth floor, the talismans that Ye Yuqing sacrificed were worth more than two thousand spiritual stones. Only a talisman maker would dare to be so extravagant.
Liang Ying, Liu Xian, and Wang Chong were chatting. Liang Ying glanced at the Thousand Demons Tower and said: "Junior Brother Liu, there are many good talents among the new disciples this time! If they advance to the foundation building stage, you and Senior Brother Xu can get a sum of resources for cultivating immortals."
If the disciples of the peak are promoted to the foundation building stage, the peak master and the deputy peak master will be regarded as having made a meritorious service and will receive a sum of immortal cultivation resources as a reward. The more disciples who advance to the foundation building stage, the richer the rewards will be. Yulingzong’s move is out of hope. The foundation-building monks at Feng cultivate their disciples carefully.
Liu Xian smiled and nodded, and said: "There are indeed many good seedlings this time. Next time we open the mountain to recruit disciples, the new disciples should be placed in your Qingmei Peak."
Every time the Yuling Sect opens its gate, new disciples will be placed in the outer peaks. This time the new disciples will be placed in Qingyun Peak, and next time they will be placed in other outer peaks to enrich the strength of other peaks.
"I hope! Not every time you open a sect to recruit disciples, you will receive good seeds. There are now ten vacancies in the Seventy-Two Shows. Senior Brother Xu has been practicing in seclusion, hoping to get a good ranking in the sect competition. !”
Liang Ying said.
"Which Foundation Establishment cultivator in our sect doesn't want to become the Seventy-Two Show? I have only been in the Foundation Establishment stage for a short time, so I will not participate in this competition. Senior Sister Liang is not weak and should get a good ranking."
Liu Xian complimented.
While they were chatting, Shen Long had already reached the fifteenth floor. His opponents were Ice Crystal Scorpion, Scarlet Flame Tiger, Green Thunder Eagle, Lihuo Falcon, Pushing Mountain Beast, and Howling Wolf, all of whom were at the late first level.
As soon as Shen Long appeared, they released spells to attack Shen Long.
A thick blue water curtain appeared on his body surface, and the fire rock beast was released at the same time.
Iron-tailed scorpions are not resistant to beatings and are easily killed by six late-stage first-order monsters.
Intensive spells hit the blue water curtain one after another, and the aura of the blue water curtain was slightly dim.
The Scarlet Flame Tiger, Howling Wind Wolf and Pushing Mountain Beast rushed over, trying to break through Chen Long's defense with their huge bodies.
A thick green vine emerged from the ground and wrapped around the body of the mountain-pushing beast. At the same time, two demon-locking talismans flew out and exploded instantly in front of the Scarlet Flame Tiger Box Xiaofeng Wolf. Countless golden talismans Wen Kuang surged out, transformed into a dozen thick golden iron chains, entangled the bodies of Scarlet Yan Tiger and Howling Wind Wolf, and locked them to the ground.
Shen Long used his son-in-law blade to attack other monsters, and at the same time released giant fireballs, hitting the mountain-pushing beast.
The explosions continued, the rolling flames engulfed the body of the Mountain Pushing Beast, and the ground was baked red by the high temperature.
The Blue Thunder Eagle, Li Huo Falcon and Ice Crystal Scorpion wanted to attack Shen Long at close range, but were blocked by four sub-blades.
Shen Long focused on taking care of the Mountain Pushing Beast, while the Fire Rock Beast dealt with the Ice Crystal Scorpion.
Not long after, Shen Long seized the opportunity, his four blades emitted yellow light, circled, and headed straight towards the mountain-pushing beast that was submerged in the rolling flames.
The mountain-pushing beast had been severely damaged by multiple giant fireballs, and the four blades easily tore it into pieces.
After dealing with the Mountain Pushing Beast, Shen Long attacked the Howling Wind Wolf instead. The Howling Wind Wolf struggled hard and pulled the golden chain with a rattling sound, but it was of no use. The rolling flames enveloped the Howling Wind Wolf's body.
The green thunder eagle opened its mouth and sprayed out a stream of cyan lightning as thick as a baby's arm, attacking Shen Long. Shen Long's figure swayed and avoided the cyan lightning.
More than a dozen sharp blue wind blades shot out, and Shen Long once again used the wind control technique to avoid them. On the other hand, the Howling Wind Wolf was trapped by the Demon Locking Talisman and became a dead target, allowing Shen Long to attack.
While Shen Long used the wind control technique to avoid the attacks of the Fire Falcon and the Green Thunder Eagle, he also released the fireball technique to attack the Howling Wind Wolf and Scarlet Flame Tiger. The Ice Crystal Scorpion fought with the Fire Rock Beast.
Not long after, Howling Wind Wolf and Scarlet Flame Tiger were killed by Shen Long one after another, and his pressure was greatly reduced. As a result, only Ice Crystal Scorpion, Lihuo Falcon and Blue Thunder Eagle were left.
They were obviously no match for Shen Long. Shen Long adopted a divide-and-annihilate strategy, killing the Ice Crystal Scorpion first, then the Lihuo Falcon, and finally the Blue Thunder Eagle, and successfully passed through the fifteenth floor.
Gu Tianhong failed to break through the sixteenth floor, and neither did Ye Yuqing and Ye Yutang.
As soon as Shen Long appeared on the sixteenth floor, seven monster beasts appeared, and his eyes fell on the Snow Cloud Spider and Fire Cloud Clam.
He knew that he could not get past the sixteenth floor.
Even if you can't get through the sixteenth floor, if you kill a few more monsters and stay longer, your ranking will be higher.
Intensive spells flew in, seeming to drown Shen Long's figure.
Shen Long reacted quickly. He swayed to avoid these spells. He raised his right hand and a giant fireball flew out and hit the Snow Cloud Spider.
He used his son-in-law blade to attack four monsters, and at the same time took a breath-reviving pill.
With a loud rumbling sound, the seven monster beasts continuously released spells to attack Shen Long, but most of them failed. Shen Long was too flexible. They wanted to attack at close range, but were blocked by four sub-blades.
Shen Long seized the opportunity and released a giant fireball that hit the Snow Cloud Spider. A sheet of red flames engulfed the Snow Cloud Spider's body.
Before the flames dissipated, another giant fireball hit.
After being hit by seven giant fireballs in succession, the Snow Cloud Spider was severely injured and its breath was weak. A yellow flying knife shot out and cut the Snow Cloud Spider in half.
Qingfeng Tiger and Howling Wind Wolf pounced on Shen Long and released azure wind blades at the same time. Li Fire Falcon and Red Fire Crow kept hovering in the sky. They flapped their wings lightly and each released a dozen red fireballs, which hit Shen Long. dragon.
Snow Cloud Python and Fire Cloud Clam released spells to attack Shen Long. Fire Cloud Clam spit out its long tongue and went straight towards Chen Long.
Shen Long glanced at the fire rock beast and saw that it had been injured.
"I gave up trying to break through."
Shen Long said decisively, if the fight continues, the fire rock beast may be severely injured.
He is self-aware and knows that he can't get through, so it would be nice to be able to kill a Snow Cloud Spider.
As soon as he finished speaking, all these monsters disappeared.
Shen Long put away the fire rock beast, was sent out by the Thousand Demon Tower, and slowly landed on the ground.
He walked towards Qin Bao, Ye Yuqing, Ye Yutang, Li Lei and others. Li Lei smiled and said, "Congratulations! Senior Brother Shen, your ranking is definitely not low."
Li Lei stopped at the 13th floor, and Shen Long reached the 16th floor. His ranking is definitely not low.
Shen Long chatted with them and learned that Ye Yuqing and Ye Yutang also broke through to the sixteenth floor. They killed four monsters and then stopped breaking through.
Han Shi and Wei Yue were breaking through the level. They both passed the 16th floor and reached the 17th floor. Han Shi killed two monsters and then stopped. Wei Yue just killed one monster and stopped. .
Half an hour later, Shen Long and other Qingyun Peak disciples finished their breakthrough, and Liu Xian went to collect the ranking list.
"Han Shi ranked first, Wei Yue ranked second... Li Lei ranked fiftieth, please take a look at your results!"
Liu Xian finished reading the ranking list and handed it to Han Shi and others for review.
Shen Long ranked 25th, Ye Yuqing ranked 16th, Ye Yutang ranked 17th, Gu Tianhong ranked 20th, Tang Yuting ranked 21st, and Qin Bao ranked 38th.
Ye Yuqing had too many talismans in her hand. After clearing the level, all the talismans he used could be used to buy two high-grade magic weapons.
"Okay, come back with me!"
Liu Xian released the Snow Winged Iceworm and walked up, followed by Shen Long and others.
The snow-winged ice centipede flapped its wings lightly, soared into the sky, and flew high into the sky.
Returning to Qingyun Peak, Shen Long saw many Qi Refining monks gathered at the entrance of Qingyun Palace, and Qian Dafu was also inside.
The snow-winged iceworm landed at the entrance of Qingyun Palace, and Shen Long and others walked down.
Liu Xian took out the ranking list and read out the list of the top fifty in front of everyone. The relatives and friends of the disciples who were ranked in the top fifty looked happy, while the losers looked depressed.
"I hope you can learn from them. I hope you can get a good ranking in the competition three years later. Now rewards will be given out based on the ranking. The first place, Master Nephew Han, can practice in Qingyun Palace for one year and will be rewarded with two thousand pieces of spirit." Stone, a medium-grade magic weapon and two bottles of spirit-feeding pills, Wei Yue can practice in Qingyun Hall for eleven months, and will be rewarded with two thousand spirit stones and two bottles of spirit-feeding pills... Li Lei can practice in Qingyun Hall One month, you will be rewarded with three hundred spiritual stones and a bottle of Qi Accumulating Pill."
Liu Xian said slowly.
There are many stone chambers built in Qingyun Palace, which are full of spiritual energy. Qi refining monks will practice faster in the stone chambers of Qingyun Palace.
Shen Long can practice in Qingyun Temple for half a year, and he also has a thousand spirit stones and a bottle of spirit feeding pills, which is a lot of rewards.
At different peaks and falls, Xiaobi's rewards are different.
Taking Qingyun Peak as an example, the more disciples who advance to the foundation-building stage, the more immortal cultivation resources Qingyun Peak obtains from the sect, and the higher the welfare benefits of Qingyun Peak disciples, and vice versa.
Ye Yuqing and Ye Yutang can practice in Qingyun Temple for eight months, and they also have a thousand spirit stones, a bottle of spirit-feeding pills and two bottles of Qi-nourishing pills.
"Disciples who have not made it into the top fifty should not be discouraged. They should practice harder and strive to get a good ranking in the next competition. Disciples who have made it into the top fifty should not be complacent. Some disciples are out on missions or have something to do. You are trapped, or you are cultivating in Qian, and you have not participated in the small competition, so you can squeeze into the top fifty. In the big competition three years later, I hope to see your name on the award list, are you confident?"
Liu Xian said.
"have."
Shen Long and others said in unison, their voices carried far away.
"Okay, if you can get a good place in the competition, I will celebrate it for you."
Liu Xian said.
"Yes, Master Liu."
Shen Long and others agreed.
Liu Xian gave a few instructions and asked them to go about their business. He returned to Qingyun Temple to practice.
"Congratulations! Senior Sister Ye, Senior Brother Shen, Senior Brother Qin, and Senior Brother Li."
Qian Dafu congratulated them.
"Junior Sister Ye, Junior Brother Shen, and Junior Brother Li have agreed to come to my place for a few drinks. They must come. Junior Brother Qian is also coming. See you at Songtao Courtyard in an hour."
Qin Bao said enthusiastically.
None of the four Shen Long refused and agreed.
Returning to Qingmeiyuan, Shen Long walked into a secret room, took out the Spirit-Making Pagoda, and injected mana into it. After a burst of dazzling blue light, a powerful suction force emerged out of thin air, sucking him into the Spirit-Making Pagoda.
(End of chapter)
