Chapter 292: Mutation of the Nine Nether Tower! (Four Updates)

This scene was far too familiar.

But even as Chu Liuyue watched, her heart still gave an uncontrollable, violent thud.

Why could Tuanzi even eat *this*!?

Previously, when it had eaten that mass of primal force from Heng Jingchuo, she thought that was enough to leave anyone speechless. She never imagined that now, it could even devour a barrier filled with such overwhelming pressure so easily and effortlessly!

This wasn't an osmanthus cake!

Too shocked, Chu Liuyue found herself unable to utter a single word for a moment. She could only stare blankly as Tuanzi broke off another piece and popped it into its mouth.

Chu Liuyue even saw that the piece of barrier still carried unburned, dormant black karmic fire.

But Tuanzi didn't seem to care at all.

Due to a slight mishap, one of the whiskers by its cheek was singed off. Fortunately, it changed angles just in time, successfully getting the piece into its mouth and swallowing it with gusto.

The surrounding black karmic fire was still burning wildly, but Chu Liuyue suddenly felt that this stuff didn't seem all that formidable.

—No matter how vigorously it burned, wasn't it all just solved by Tuanzi eating and swallowing it whole!?

Watching Tuanzi diligently break off another piece, her eyelid twitched.

If anyone else saw this scene, heaven knows how many jaws would drop!

"Tuanzi, is it tasty?"

She endured it, but in the end, she couldn't help but speak up.

Hearing this, Tuanzi stopped. Its eyes sparkled as it looked at her, nodding its head frantically.

Tasty!

Super tasty!

It was much better than that "Moon-Devourer" thing from Heng Jingchuo last time!

By comparison, what had it been eating before was all garbage!

Chu Liuyue was startled by its enthusiastic reaction, and her eyelid twitched involuntarily.

Just what kind of thing had she brought back...

After the previous few incidents, Chu Liuyue had already guessed that Tuanzi was no ordinary Blood Mink; in fact, it was quite different from other magical beasts.

She had never heard of any magical beast that fed on primal force.

She hadn't noticed it before, but later she discovered that Tuanzi didn't seem to like eating normal food.

What it loved most was primal force, and specifically in large, massive clumps.

Like this silver barrier right now.

This thing was also condensed from primal force, and the pressure it contained was extremely strong.

Chu Liuyue had no doubt that this barrier could indeed block cultivators below the Seventh Rank.

Therefore, Tuanzi's behavior looked even stranger at this moment.

As Tuanzi ate frantically, the hole in the barrier grew larger and larger, and the previously rampant black karmic fire seemed to sense something was wrong, retreating one after another.

But Tuanzi was faster, eating up all the flaming pieces of the barrier one by one.

Chu Liuyue watched quietly, the waves in her heart failing to subside for a long time.

That originally extremely high-end silver barrier soon became nothing but broken ruins, eventually being completely dealt with by Tuanzi.

And her hand, which had been swallowed by it, had been released at some unknown point.

Only after swallowing the last bite did Tuanzi finally rub its round belly and let out a satisfied burp.

"Burp—"

Chu Liuyue: "..."

If Heng Jingchuo could see this scene, he would finally be able to rest in peace.

How many people in this world had primal force that could receive the same treatment as this powerful barrier?

Looking at it this way, Tuanzi had actually been quite compromising when it agreed to swallow his mass of primal force back then.

Chu Liuyue stared at the fragmented remains of the barrier, unable to recover her senses for a long time.

After a while, she looked gloomily at Tuanzi

"Tuanzi, tell the truth. You didn't come here just to eat this, did you?"

Tuanzi suddenly let out a sneeze.

"Achoo!"

Chu Liuyue: "..."

Was that... a guilty conscience!?

Chu Liuyue pressed her forehead in helplessness.

The barrier of the seventh floor had been eaten by Tuanzi just like that. This matter would definitely attract the attention of the Academy's elders!

It wouldn't be long before they arrived.

Of course, whether they could even reach this floor was another matter.

But if people found out, she felt she truly wouldn't be able to explain it.

—Was she supposed to tell everyone that she was brought up here by Tuanzi, and that it was also the one that ate the barrier!?

Seeing that Chu Liuyue seemed very troubled, Tuanzi hurriedly flew over, pounced into her arms, and nuzzled her pleadingly.

Chu Liuyue's neck felt itchy, and she couldn't help but laugh.

Both annoyed and amused, she pulled Tuanzi down

"Stop acting cute. Tell me, what do we do now!?"

With such a massive hole, how was she going to explain this!?

Tuanzi blinked its eyes, thought for a long time, and then extended a paw, pointing upward.

Chu Liuyue's brow twitched violently, and an even more ominous premonition surged in her heart.

"You... you want to go up!?"

Sensing a hint of threat, Tuanzi nodded timidly.

How far had they even gotten...

If they didn't go up, wouldn't this whole trip have been for nothing?

Chu Liuyue's hands trembled slightly as she repeatedly muttered in her heart

*This is my magical beast, if I kill it, it's gone. This is my magical beast, if I kill it, it's gone. This is my magical beast, if I kill it, it's gone...*

But she didn't want to die either!

Finally unable to restrain herself, Chu Liuyue pinched its fleshy cheek hard.

"Tuanzi, do you realize your master only has one life! If it's gone like this, it's really gone!"

Tuanzi blinked, then clasped its two paws together and performed a polite bow, looking incredibly eager to please.

Chu Liuyue closed her eyes.

"Go!"

***

When the seventh-floor barrier was eaten by Tuanzi, Elder Wei Yun, who was napping in a chair outside the Nine Nether Tower, suddenly snapped his eyes open!

He looked up at the Nine Nether Tower in utter shock!

"This is—"

This movement was wrong!

He had guarded the Nine Nether Tower for many years, yet he had never felt such a fluctuation!

Over the past half year, there had been occasional anomalies in the Nine Nether Tower, but they had always remained within a controllable range, so even including the Dean, they hadn't taken them to heart.

But now...

*Boom!*

The gates of the Nine Nether Tower suddenly swung open!

Several figures were thrown out one after another by a powerful force!

They were the students who had been practicing inside the Nine Nether Tower!

Cries of alarm rang out continuously; clearly, these people had not yet realized what was happening!

Some of them, unable to withstand the impact of the force, even spat out blood.

They were in an utterly wretched state.

Elder Wei Yun's heart instantly hung by a thread!

In all these years, such a situation had never occurred in the Nine Nether Tower!

He stood up abruptly and, without a second thought, struck a palm against the black jade stone before him!

A bright pillar of light shot into the sky!

"Anomaly in the Nine Nether Tower! Except for teachers and elders, all students must retreat immediately!"

Elder Wei Yun let out a fierce shout! His voice instantly carried far and wide!

The students being expelled from the Nine Nether Tower were all startled by this, and then hurriedly evacuated!

At the same moment, everyone else in the Academy saw that pillar of light!

"Level One Alert!? What happened to the Nine Nether Tower!"