A farm that breeds gods and demons
Chapter 717 - 549: Hungry Ghost

Chapter 717: Chapter 549: Hungry Ghost

Su Yu’s eyes widened and his heart pounded. Just as he was certain he had caught sight of the legendary "Noah’s Ark", it suddenly vanished as if it was just a mirage. Following this, he noticed a pair of cold eyes in the distance, they bore into him as if penetrating through the void.

The owner of these chilling eyes seemed to sense Su Yu observing the real world outside the "Bronze Tower" through the invisible barrier. The look in those eyes was unspeakably terrifying and eerie. Su Yu only caught a glimpse of it and immediately broke out into a cold sweat.

Mysteriously, even though he could still sense the presence behind the eyes, he could no longer see the figure or even the eyes themselves.

This unsettling feeling sent a shiver down Su Yu’s spine. Right after that, a faint voice echoed: "This insignificant creature, how can it... see outside... it seems to sense... a strange... train of thought..."

Immediately after, Su Yu’s head throbbed with agonizing pain, as if someone was gripping his brain with five fingers, ready to crush it into pieces.

At the very same moment deep within his mind, Su Yu sensed an unpredictable ripple. Guided by a newly manifesting will, he automatically blurted out, "Presumptuous—"

As if obeying a divine command, his headache disappeared instantly. The unseen hand that was clutching his brain seemed to let go, and Su Yu found himself drenched in cold sweat, collapsing onto the floor, completely drained.

"Su Yu—!" Ma Ziye and others were stunned. They had no idea what had just occurred in that fleeting moment. All they saw was Su Yu staring blankly at the invisible barrier, then he turned deathly pale, and collapsed.

"I’m...I’m fine..." Su Yu recovered after a while, wiping his forehead and finding it drenched in sweat. No, it wasn’t just sweat, there was a trace of blood as well.

Su Yu felt his heart clench and hastily touched his head. To his shock, he found a bloody wound. Could it be that during that split second, five fingers had actually pierced into his skull, clenching his brain?

The terror and eeriness turned Su Yu’s face even paler than snow. His special power’s healing properties gradually kicked in, slowly regenerating the bloody punctures.

"Su Yu, why are you bleeding?" Ma Ziye noticed the blood on his hand. Her face turned pale. How did Su Yu suddenly get injured? Was it a clandestine attack? However, they did not notice anything unusual nor did they see any enemy.

Su Yu shook his head, slowly standing up, and said, "I’m okay. It’s something I brought upon myself." His mind was filled with the glimpse of the "Noah’s Ark", those icy eyes, and the ominous voice.

All of these were beyond his comprehension, making him feel as though a bucket of ice-cold water had been poured over him, clearly making him realize that his power was still extremely limited. In the eyes of some beings, he was deemed even less significant than an ant.

Thinking of the "Bronze Towers" he had seen earlier, if their present world was also within one of those "Bronze Towers", then could the six-layered "Bronze Tower" imply the existence of six worlds?

Sensing Su Yu’s thoughts, Ada declared, "Correct, the Bronze Towers are passages to the Upper Realm. We are in one of the towers right now. There are six layers of such passages, and what we have endured is just the first layer. We have to endure all six layers before we can truly arrive in the world above. Seems like getting out of this ’Bronze Tower’ world won’t be easy."

Ada’s abrupt inclusion in the conversation was rather unexpected, causing Ling Sha to exclaim in shock, "So is our world one of the six levels? And we’ve only made it through the first? We still have to go through five more worlds like this?"

On hearing this news, Yang Yue and Zhu Xiuqi turned deathly pale. They assumed they had made it through the passage to the Upper Realm and were on the verge of entering their ideal world, only to be hit with the news that there were still five more layers waiting for them. The resultant disappointment left them crestfallen.

Yano nodded and said, "Exactly, that makes sense. If we want to enter the Upper Realm, we still have a long way to go. Unless we gain enough strength, we can’t rise to the top, even if we make it to the Upper Realm."

Ada continued, "In these Bronze Towers, no foreign power can interfere, not even the summoning of godly beasts. Rumored gods can’t manifest here either."

At this, Su Yu got an idea. If this " Bronze Tower" world was as bizarre as he thought, then couldn’t this be a place where even the Maya Pillar Gods couldn’t find him? However, he quickly dismissed the idea. While he could hide here, his friends and family couldn’t. Besides, according to the myths, the world would undergo a great catastrophe in the Fifth Solar Epoch, a little over a year from now. He couldn’t idle away his time in the Bronze Tower just to avoid the Maya Pillar Gods.

Rumors circulated that the "Bronze Tower" world could have as many as six levels. Everyone looked at each other in dismay as a horrific scream and the sounds of a fight suddenly came from far away.

Alarmed, Ling Sha said: "Let’s go check it out," and immediately took the lead.

They couldn’t pass through the invisible wall on one side, so they headed toward the misty area on the other. The screams and fighting had come from somewhere beyond the fog.

Su Yu and the others followed Ling Sha, rushing into the mist. The fog felt like a wall and, once they passed through it, their surroundings brightened suddenly. The fog was completely gone, revealing a vast Dark World before their eyes. The heavenly ladder that had allowed them to ascend had disappeared; there was no turning back. Even if they wanted to, they could not return to their previous world. They have indeed arrived in the world of the second layer.

This world appeared gray and hazy, even darker and gloomier than the previous world. It was filled with barren, rocky hills and boulders. Amid the stony terrain, countless exposed skeletal remains created a terrifying atmosphere.

At the moment, the 150 warriors who arrived before them were fighting a group of strange creatures in the distance, with casualties on both sides.

Ling Sha emitted a long howl and swiftly transformed into a formless black fluid, charging into the battlefield without maintaining any shape.

Having reached the first-level Bronze Warrior realm, Yano summoned a blue smoke sword from his black smoke sword, demonstrating a new ability he had learned. Wielding this bronze-level blue smoke sword, he joined the battle and easily killed a beast with one slash.

The creature that was battling the hundred or so Bronze Warriors was a grotesque monster with a large belly and bones as thin as wood. With his ’Sacred Eye’ activated, Su Yu learned that this beast is known as the "Hungry Ghost Beast".

Name: Hungry Ghost Beast, Strength: One-star Beast General. It’s an evil creature born from the bodies of various creatures that have died and been infected by forces of a different dimension. Ever hungry, it needs to continually devour various foods. It has a skeleton and skin stronger than steel. Its fangs can easily tear apart steel and rocks, making it extremely powerful.

Su Yu watched as a two-meter-tall Hungry Ghost Beast grabbed a Zero-Level Bronze Warrior in its arms. In one swift motion, it bit off half of the warrior’s scaled head. Fresh, red blood mixed with brain matter spattered out.

As hundreds of Hungry Ghost Beasts lunged forward, the line of over a hundred Bronze Warriors that had come with Su Yu rapidly fell apart. Tens of warriors lost their lives. The remaining ones began to retreat frantically and then they saw Su Yu.

Without a word, Su Yu charged forward like a swift arrow.

He didn’t merely intervene to save the Bronze Warriors but also aimed to kill the Hungry Ghost Beasts and absorb their energy crystal cores.

Upon entering the Bronze Realm, Su Yu realized how simple his current realm was, closely resembling the initial Black Iron Realm. It seemed that as long as he gathered enough power, he could naturally evolve to the next level. Right now, all he needed to do was kill monsters and consume their energy crystal cores.

Even though shapeshifting his body into Adept Fluid gave Su Yu strength hundreds of times that of a similar-ranked warrior, the energy he needed to progress was also many times more than that of a similar-ranked warrior. The amount of energy required to form a bronze droplet was enormous.

Su Yu assumed the form of a human-sized Giant Lizard and charged forward. By casting "Eight-step Soar", each step corresponded with a Hungry Ghost Beast’s death. He crushed their iron-hard skin and broke their bones with every stomp.

Su Yu kept fighting. The Hungry Ghost Beasts, with their strong skeletons, didn’t die instantly, but they fell in waves. Su Yu took advantage of their fallen state and continued to stomp.

In the back, folks were watching Su Yu’s figure continuously soaring. Beast after beast laid slain under his feet, and a large amount of Bronze Crystal Cores flowed into his body.

In the blink of an eye, Su Yu had slain hundreds of Hungry Ghost Beasts. Taking a pause, he looked ahead and saw there were still two to three hundred more. He grimaced slightly, raising his hand and activating the combined attack skills of "Black Flame Hell". (To be continued. Please visit www.qidian.com for new Chapters, to support the author and for legal reading.)