In an era where everyone is cultivating immortality, the system wants me to become a demon?

Chapter 353 Xuan Haoran, have you ever been defeated?

A massive, dark wave crashed down, completely engulfing Xuan Haoran in its spray.

But all the viewers believed that the Divine Child Xuan Haoran would not fall so easily.

Sure enough, after the black mud wave subsided slightly, this ordinary-looking young man with dead fish eyes resurfaced on the surface of the black mud, his clothes clean as new.

They are a perfect example of remaining untainted by the mud.

However, the expression on the face of the Divine Child of Heavenly Evolution was quite interesting.

There was bewilderment and confusion, as well as a bitter feeling of being the foolish son of a victim's family.

However, the Nine Extremes Exquisite Pagoda's attacks showed no mercy just because he was the original owner's foolish son; bolts of lightning suddenly enveloped him.

Before the thunderstorm even got close, a large number of electric arcs caused his hair to explode like dandelions.

Boom boom boom——

Like a small boat sailing on a stormy sea, he was completely swallowed up by the thunderstorm.

Fortunately, his ability to foresee the future prevented him from being defeated by the thunderstorm. He barely made it through the thunder pool, climbed the spiral staircase, and headed towards the second floor.

He had a vague feeling that something even more exciting was waiting for him on the next level.

This is the intuition of someone who can foresee the future.

This made Xuan Haoran deeply aware of the difficulties ahead.

The second floor of the Nine Extremes Exquisite Pagoda.

After climbing the last slippery step covered in black mud, a crimson and eerie scene, identical to that on the first floor, appeared before Xuan Haoran.

He glanced around and his gaze settled on a pink-haired girl not far ahead.

"Wuji, you're here too."

Xuan Haoran greeted Qi Hanyue, then smiled and said:
"I never expected you to start studying diligently. I thought you would just keep slacking off."

Do you think it's because I don't want to give up?

Qi Hanyue really wanted to say that.

However, she ultimately held back. Being ambitious and striving for excellence was a virtue, and she couldn't reveal her shortcomings to the enemy.

There's no reason to boost others' morale while diminishing your own.

She slightly raised her chin and said in a deliberately haughty manner:

"Hmph, I've never given up. I just feel that the average opponents are too weak, which is why I can't muster any enthusiasm."

"Only someone like you is barely qualified to make me exert my strength."

Xuan Haoran smiled, did not refute, but simply asked:

"So what surprise did you and Su Yuan prepare for me on this floor?"

The pink-haired girl didn't speak, but one figure after another appeared behind her.

A total of 159 people!
Those were all the participants in this sword-testing tournament, excluding those who were eliminated, the twenty members of the Xinghe University team, and Su Yuan's four-person team.

This naturally includes Guo Zhengyi, the second-ranked scholar in the Federation, Yang Hong, the third-ranked scholar in the Federation, and a total of nineteen other prodigies who have mastered the complete Divine Transformation inheritance.

"Nineteen complete Nascent Soul inheritances... no, perhaps twenty-two Nascent Soul inheritances are all here, to come and deal with me together?"

"Such a strong team, and Su Yuan only placed them on the second level? What other tough challenges await me?"

Xuan Haoran's eyelids twitched, and he almost had the urge to turn around and leave.

But considering the consequences of retreating without a fight, Xuan Haoran ultimately held back.

Losing face for himself and his father is a small matter; being caught by Wuluo Zhenjun, who is watching from outside the tower, and then being hung up and beaten, with all his game collections confiscated, is a big deal!

He couldn't help but sigh inwardly:

"I didn't actually want to come here to hold any sword-testing tournament."

"Fate has given me a revelation: in this battle, I will suffer the most terrible defeat of my life, which will be the beginning of my descent into the abyss..."

"In order to thwart the arrival of fate, I had already specially brought out the Nine Extremes Exquisite Pagoda to divide the enemy, but in the end, I still ended up being besieged."

"The identity of the person who caused my crushing defeat is already very clear in the revelation of fate: it's that brat Su Yuan."

"I, Xuan Haoran, have lived my life on thin ice, and I truly do not know if I will ever reach the other side."

With such a heavy heart, Xuan Haoran faced the 'Xuan Tian Team', which consisted of 160 people including Qi Hanyue!
Of course, Qi Hanyue was definitely not the one at the very front.

Before Xuan Haoran could make a move, she frowned, shielded her family members in front of her, and cheered them on.

The members of the Xuan Tian Gang lived up to expectations, swarming forward and surrounding Xuan Haoran, bombarding him with all sorts of powerful divine techniques as if they were free.

This scene thrilled the viewers watching the live broadcast. But as the fight progressed, Qi Hanyue noticed something was wrong.

Of all those attacks, it seems like very few actually hit Xuan Haoran himself.

Strictly speaking, the attack did not even hit Xuan Haoran!
Each of the followers acted like a traitor, attacking nearby comrades and severely injuring the followers of the corrupted divine kingdom, who were then forcibly teleported away by the power of teleportation.

Even if they were trapped in the black mud, there was no way to save them.

After all, the black mud can only give them full mana, but it can't restore their health.

In less than a few minutes, nearly 30 of the 159 school team members had been eliminated, and Xuan Haoran had not even made a move during this time.

Although those eliminated were mostly lower-grade school team members, it was still quite astonishing!
"hiss--"

Qi Hanyue gasped in shock, thinking fearfully:

"I finally managed to get command of these family members from Su Yuan. If I send them all away, will Su Yuan hang me up and beat me?"

"...Probably not, after all, he told me that these relatives are no longer of any use."

With a mix of trepidation and anticipation, the girl continued to observe the development of the battle.

At the same time, Xuan Haoran also discovered the vulnerability of these 159 school team members.

Let's not even talk about those who didn't receive the complete Divine Transformation inheritance.

Those people were already weak, so even if there were many of them, they wouldn't have much of an impact on him.

Even those nineteen powerful individuals with complete Nascent Soul inheritances and unpredictable methods posed only a limited threat to him.

But something was wrong, because Xuan Haoran didn't believe he had the ability to kill nineteen Foundation Establishment Peak geniuses with complete Nascent Soul inheritances in one go.

Even with his miraculous power of defeat, it was impossible for him to affect these nineteen people all at once.

Normally, it would be good if it could affect half of the people.

However, the reality was quite different. All nineteen prodigies were struck by fate, and their low luck meant that their attacks could only land on their nearby companions, causing them to hurt each other.

Xuan Haoran quickly realized where the problem lay.

These nineteen prodigies are truly extraordinary.

During the fifteen days they spent inside the tower, they seemed to be drained dry time and time again, leaving them extremely weak even with the blessing of the black mud.

It's like the dregs of medicine that have been squeezed many times by the ancient demonic sect, the Hehuan Sect.

In such a weakened state, the power of their respective Nascent Soul transformation abilities was greatly reduced, and it's hard to say whether they even had half of their peak strength.

At the same time, because they were too weak, death was triggered on them with unimaginable ease.

He can win this battle, and he will have plenty of energy left after winning.

However... the more he won here, the more Xuan Haoran felt that the 'gift' Su Yuan had prepared for him on the next level was very dangerous.

The fact that Zhu Tianqing could use a divine power she shouldn't have learned suggests that Su Yuan has the ability to extract other people's power and transfer it to another person.

The nineteen prodigies were so exhausted that Su Yuan had clearly exploited them more than once.

Then the problem is coming.

Where did all that supernatural power that was squeezed out go?
With this worry in mind, Xuan Haoran kept urging the Fate Defeat Technique, and without lifting a finger, it took him a full two hours to eliminate all 159 members of the school team.

Only Qi Hanyue remained.

Xuan Haoran let out a long breath, suppressing his inner exhaustion, and looked at the pink-haired girl.

Qi Hanyue immediately took a step back warily, and said, appearing somewhat fierce but actually weak:
"Don't come any closer! I'm not afraid of you!"

Xuan Haoran remained silent, watching as the pink-haired girl retreated a kilometer away.

He shook his head, did not pursue Qi Hanyue, and went directly up the spiral staircase to the third floor.

He had no supplies along the way and had to conserve his strength.

The battle between the Divine Child of Heaven on the second floor had all the spectators outside the tower in a frenzy.

To defeat 159 opponents single-handedly and emerge unscathed is simply outrageous.

In this battle, although Guo Zhengyi and other members of the school team still performed like humans, the combat power they unleashed was enough to leave any high school or college student in awe.

They understood that geniuses of this caliber would normally be top-tier players in actual combat.

The reason it felt like playing against bots was entirely because Xuan Haoran was too strong!
"The Divine Child of Heavenly Evolution is awesome! There are only about 180 people in the school team inside the tower, and he wiped out nearly 90% of the enemies in one go. Winning will be a piece of cake for him."

"However, if the Celestial Evolution Divine Child encountered such an enemy on the second level, the enemies on the next level must be even stronger!"

"I'm more interested in knowing who turned the tower into this and corrupted so many of the school team's geniuses."

(End of this chapter)