Chapter 360 - The Devil on the Ninth Floor (Part 2) (1/2)
“Koo-chee! Koo-chee, Koo-chee!” The Koo-chee beast, as if realizing Xiao Chen’s thoughts, ran circles around him.
“Brother Koo-chee, my cultivation has been restored. Why don’t you stay up here?”
“Koo-chee! Koo-chee!” The beast kept shaking its head, indicating that it was coming along. Xiao Chen nodded. “Alright. You should be fine if you’re careful.”
The pair of human and beast once again entered the underground levels of the tower. When they passed by the third floor, the man chained to the large pillar was still going berserk. “Kid! Hurry up and undo my seal! I’m the Devil King that dominates the Three Realms! When I get out, I promise I’ll make you my general!”
“If you’re the Devil King, then I’m the Devil Emperor,” Xiao Chen muttered. He ignored the man and returned to the sixth floor.
The Great Devil imprisoned on the sixth floor detected his aura at once, as well as his much greater strength. He said coldly, “Huh, did you come for revenge, kid? You can try it! Hahaha…” A flurry of wind whizzed toward Xiao Chen but with a stretch of his hand, he instantly produced a Barrier that blocked the incoming force.
The Great Devil was dumbfounded. This kid had gotten far stronger, he thought. Xiao Chen composed himself before removing the Barrier. Even though his cultivation was back, he wouldn’t provoke the man with words. He saluted the devil and said, “I’m just a passerby. Please forgive me if I disturbed you.” He didn’t stick around and made a beeline for the Barrier opening leading to the seventh floor with the Koo-chee beast.
“Wait! Kid, what are you doing? Are you going downstairs?” The Great Devil suddenly stopped him.
Stunned, Xiao Chen turned around. “Do you know the prisoner on the ninth floor? If you do, I hope you’ll tell me who it is.”
This time, the Great Devil fell into contemplation and only raised his head after a long while. He looked a lot less overbearing than before as he replied solemnly, “When I was imprisoned here seven hundred years ago, he was already here. Every time he wakes up, I would feel very ill at ease. I have once dominated the world, but he’s the only one who has ever made me feel so insecure. Kid, I advise you not to dig your own grave!”
“I see. Thank you for your information.” Xiao Chen saluted him before continuing to walk to the Barrier opening with the Koo-chee beast.
“Koo-chee! Koo-chee!” The man’s warning seemed to have made the Koo-chee beast hesitate. But it didn’t take long before it ran past the Barrier and opened a nick in it.
Xiao Chen indeed had no idea where this Koo-chee beast came from. Not even he could easily shatter such a Barrier, but the creature could effortlessly do so, regardless of Barrier.
The evil Qi on the seventh floor was incredibly dense, and the grim bawling and wailing never stopped resounding. Xiao Chen could feel his scalp tingling. There were numerous devils imprisoned on this floor. Even though these fiends weren’t as strong as the Great Devil on the sixth floor, they prevailed in terms of numbers.
Meanwhile, the eighth floor was vacant. Xiao Chen could faintly hear the sound of dripping water in the distance. Even though no devils were imprisoned on this floor, he felt incredibly stifled. This feeling appeared to have originated from the ninth floor—the Avici level.
When they arrived in front of the opening of the Barrier of the ninth floor, the Koo-chee beast started yelping nonstop. Xiao Chen looked at it. “Don’t be scared, Brother Koo-chee. No matter what happens later, all you have to do is take cover behind me.”
“Koo-chee!” The Koo-chee beast nodded. Then, it ran into the Barrier, only to be bounced back with a small yelp. It rolled a few times on the floor.
“Wuu… Koo-chee…”
“Keep calm, Brother Koo-chee.” Xiao Chen helped the beast up. The Barrier of the ninth floor was far stronger, he thought. “Brother Koo-chee, let’s work together and split open this Barrier.”
“Koo-chee! Koo-chee, Koo-chee!” The beast nodded.
The pair of human and beast started working together to break the Barrier. It took them fifteen minutes to finally make a small gap in the Barrier. The creature slipped in, with Xiao Chen slowly crawling through. Once he was inside, he felt that inexplicable feeling again. Once again, he wondered about the identity of the prisoner on the ninth floor.
The further he went down the tower, the stronger that feeling became. Moreover, Xiao Chen could feel the powerful energy coming from a seal. Fifteen minutes later, he arrived at the end of the steps, and what he saw shocked him to the core!
In the distance was a Buddhist altar. The exterior of the altar was shrouded in layers of mystic arts glowing in gold. From the looks of it, there were at least twenty or thirty layers of such strong mystic arts. In the middle of the altar was a cyan-robed prisoner, the same man that Xiao Chen saw in his dream.
The man had gold chains, covered in charms, securing all his limbs. The eight ten-feet-tall stone monuments that lined the outer ring of the altar were also covered in countless golden charms. Then outside of them were eight ancient statues of Buddha, with a Buddhist magic tool hovering above each of their heads: Vajra Scepter, Prayer Wheel, Great Buddhist Bell, Bodhi Prayer Beads, Soul Subduing Bell…
The eight ancient statues of Buddha and eight great Buddhist tools unwaveringly suppress the man.
Xiao Chen felt a jolt in his core. Was that the devil being imprisoned in the lowest level of the Wuyin Monastery’s tower? But who was he? From this angle, Xiao Chen could only barely make out the man’s side-profile. It was a handsome face. Even though imprisoned, even though fast asleep, the man still exuded an aura that disdained the world.
Who was this cyan-robed man? Why did he give off a familiar, amiable feeling? Right at this moment, the Frigid Jade Pendant resting on his chest trembled.