Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Yang Ping'an returned to the Death God's Palace and felt as if he had been reborn. His heart became incredibly calm, and he even felt that his spiritual power had become incredibly strong, as vast as the ocean. His soul power had also unknowingly broken through to level ninety-seven.

"Thank you, Lord Death!"

The King of the Uncanny simply nodded slightly: "Not bad, very good. In just three months, you have traversed the Netherworld Path. It seems that your inner strength is stronger than I imagined, or rather, your determination to become the Grim Reaper is much stronger than I thought."

Yang Ping'an merely bowed slightly: "Thank you for your kindness, Lord Death. May I ask, Lord Death, does this Netherworld Path truly exist?"

The King of Eeries let out a strange laugh: "What difference does it make whether the Netherworld Road exists or not? Anyone who is obsessed with this road, or obsessed with their own feelings, will get lost on the Netherworld Road and become nourishment for it."

Yang Ping'an carefully observed his body before speaking after a while: "Lord Death, why do I feel that my mental strength has increased significantly, and even my body has changed?"

The Mysterious King spoke calmly: "The Netherworld Path allows you to relive this life, amplifying your senses and emotions a hundredfold. Unless you have a firm mind and a clear goal, you cannot traverse this Netherworld Path."

"Especially the latter part of the Netherworld Road, that doesn't just represent your life choices, it also represents the place where you fear the most in your life. Only by overcoming fear can a person truly become strong and have a sliver of hope to become the Grim Reaper."

As the King of the Uncanny finished speaking, a voice appeared in his mind again: "The second of the Nine Trials of Death: Pass the Tower of Death. There is no time limit. Failure to pass the trial results in death."

As the voice in his mind fell, the location of the Strange King changed drastically, transforming into a huge tower, hundreds of meters high, with the words "Tower of Death" inscribed on its surface.

Yang Ping'an had no reservations and stepped directly into the Tower of Death.

As soon as we entered the tower, the door closed immediately, and we seemed to have entered a very dark and eerie space, with only faint blue light shining through.

Yang Ping'an was shocked. He felt that all of his spirit rings were unusable, and even his spirit bones and spirit tools were unusable. Moreover, his spirit power had dropped to level ten, which was only the level before he obtained the spirit rings.

Just as Yang Ping'an was in surprise, a dark aura appeared around him, making the gloomy environment seem exceptionally eerie.

Yang Ping'an was startled and quickly turned around and jumped away from the spot. He saw that a horse hoof had appeared in the original spot, which looked extremely terrifying.

Only then, with the help of the eerie blue light, did Yang Ping'an discover that a skeletal warhorse had appeared, and judging from its soul power level, it was estimated to be five hundred years old.

At this moment, Yang Ping'an was very clear that if this was the Tower of Death, one would generally have to climb the tower, and the higher one climbed, the more dangerous it would become. In particular, according to Yang Ping'an's earlier estimate, this Tower of Death should have reached a height of one hundred floors, which meant that each floor was a test, and only by passing one hundred floors could one pass the second test of the Grim Reaper.

Seeing the skeletal warhorse galloping rapidly towards him, seemingly possessing immense charging power, it was probably among the top of the five-hundred-year-old soul beasts.

Yang Ping'an didn't care about anything else. He jumped to avoid the skeletal warhorse's charge and punched its head. But even with his punch, the skeletal warhorse actually used its body to push against him. The man and the horse collided instantly and were both pushed back several meters.

Yang Ping'an felt a slight pain in his hand. This skeletal warhorse probably had amazing defense and decent speed. Its only drawback was that its attack methods were relatively limited, only able to charge and trample with its hooves.

In particular, Yang Ping'an felt that the skeletal warhorse seemed to be a real living thing, with a certain kind of thought, and it exuded an aura of darkness.

Seeing the skeletal warhorse charging towards him again, Yang Ping'an sneered. This skeletal warhorse was indeed quite powerful, but he had mastered countless combat techniques over the years. This was the biggest difference between a titled Douluo and an ordinary Soul Master.

Yang Ping'an dodged the skeleton warhorse's attack with another leap, then his five fingers, as sharp as lightning and like steel claws, grabbed at the skeleton warhorse's neck.

The skeletal warhorse seemed to be in great pain when Yang Ping'an grabbed it, and actually let out a neigh and kicked out with one hoof.

Yang Ping'an didn't care about hooves or anything like that. He pointed his fingers like a sword, and a sword aura flew out from his fingertips, piercing the eyes of the skeleton warhorse. Then, with all his might, he chopped off the entire head of the skeleton warhorse with a hand chop.

With Yang Ping'an's full-force attack, the skeletal warhorse died instantly, its body seemingly losing some kind of support, turning into countless bones scattered on the ground.

Yang Ping'an did not leave the place. Instead, he carefully considered the battle situation of the skeleton warhorse. Judging from the strength, he was suppressed to the tenth level of soul power. In terms of strength and speed, he seemed to be very similar to the skeleton warhorse. In other words, the test of the Grim Reaper was to test his combat ability, and the focus was probably on the ability to fight beyond his level.

Especially at the moment the skeletal warhorse died, it felt as if some inexplicable power was flowing from it, as if it was beginning to merge into his own body. The entire Tower of Death was like a great formation, or rather, like an arena, where the victor could obtain everything.

The skeleton warhorse likely lost the power that sustained it in battle the instant it died, which was probably the power of darkness or the power of death.

Yang Ping'an thought carefully for a while, and even searched carefully around the skeleton warhorse's corpse. After confirming that he had found nothing, he walked towards the stairs leading to the next floor of the Tower of Death.

However, when Yang Ping'an entered the second floor, his face immediately darkened. There were two skeletal warhorses on the second floor, and their physical attributes were very similar to his own. If this was going to happen, wouldn't he be fighting two against one? Especially since the Tower of Death had a hundred floors, wouldn't he end up fighting a hundred against one hundred enemies with very similar physical attributes?

Soon, relying on his combat experience, Yang Ping'an quickly defeated the skeleton warhorses and crossed several flights of stairs. In particular, when Yang Ping'an entered the ninth flight of stairs, nine skeleton warhorses appeared at the same time. Each one was extremely fast and had a strong charging ability. If he were caught, it would be very dangerous, especially since Yang Ping'an was only at the level of an ordinary person.

After Yang Ping'an exhausted all his efforts and pushed his strength to the limit, it took him half a day to defeat the nine-headed skeletal warhorse. He was sitting on the ground, panting heavily, and even had several broken bones in his body.

Yang Ping'an spent a full day resting and recuperating before preparing to enter the tenth floor.

It seems that with each level of testing, the space undergoes a change, and the body and stamina can recover quickly, somewhat like recovering to the state of a Title Douluo. However, once you step into a new floor, you will immediately be suppressed.

However, when Yang Ping'an stepped into the tenth floor, he was immediately shocked and even felt like cursing.

The tenth floor does not have ten skeletal warhorses, but only one. However, this skeletal warhorse is extremely large, with a body length of five meters and a height of over two and a half meters, basically twice the size of an ordinary skeletal warhorse. Its strength is probably terrifying, no weaker than a two-thousand-year-old soul beast.

Especially its speed, which is several times faster than that of ordinary skeletal warhorses, almost forming a shadow, making it impossible to defend against.

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Yang Ping'an leaped and bounded up and down the floor, trying his best to dodge the attacks. Occasionally, he would use his sword energy or claws to attack, but unfortunately, given the skeleton warhorse's defense and agility, it was impossible to inflict fatal wounds.

As time went on, Yang Ping'an felt that his soul power was being consumed very quickly. If he didn't take any action, he probably wouldn't be able to defeat the skeletal warhorse in front of him.

However, due to physical limitations, the only thing he can use now is probably his self-created soul skills. But before becoming a soul master, he can only release some subtle sword energy, which is relatively weak.

At this moment, he seemed to suddenly realize that his own strength was not enough to defeat this skeletal warhorse, and he would probably have to borrow strength. Yang Ping'an was also very familiar with the method of encouragement. You should know that before Yang Ping'an became a Soul Master, he worked in a blacksmith shop and thought about some chaotic cloak hammer techniques.

Without boasting, Yang Ping'an used his fists as hammers to launch continuous attacks on the skeletal warhorse, using its momentum against it. After each punch hit the skeletal warhorse, he used the recoil and the technique of the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique to attack again from other directions.

After striking more than thirty times using the opponent's force against them, his fist seemed to possess immense power. Finally, at the limit of his body, Yang Ping'an gritted his teeth, put all his strength into his fist, and punched the skeletal warhorse on the head with an extremely exaggerated posture.

With this final blow, Yang Ping'an shattered the entire head of the skeletal warhorse into pieces, barely managing to pass this level.

Yang Ping'an himself was panting heavily on the ground, having almost completely exhausted his strength.

After resting for another day, Yang Ping'an finally arrived at the eleventh floor.

After entering the eleventh level, I felt that the suppression on my body had lessened a lot, and my soul power had actually reached around level 20. At the same time, I was able to use the first soul skill of the Golden Dragon, which made me very happy.

But when he saw the scene before him, he couldn't help but swallow hard.

Because what was before them was no longer a skeletal warhorse, but a three-headed, black-bodied bone-melting snake, a full eight meters long and the size of a football in diameter, probably a soul beast approaching a thousand years old.

If it's just one of these three-headed bone-melting snakes, I shouldn't have any problem dealing with it, especially now that I can use my first soul skill. But what if it's nineteenth level and there are nine three-headed bone-melting snakes? How am I supposed to fight them then?

Before Yang Ping'an could react, the Three-Fight Bone-Melting Serpent pounced like lightning. Its scarlet forked tongue seemed to indicate its power, and its huge fangs even seemed to have a trace of blue light on them, suggesting that it was a highly venomous snake.

At this moment, Yang Ping'an couldn't help but complain: What on earth is this Grim Reaper doing? Is this even a human being capable of passing this test? This is only the eleventh level; what will the final top level bring? They might unleash a bunch of Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears! Even a true god wouldn't be able to pass, let alone him. (End of Chapter)