Jiang Feng had consumed so many bloodlines since he entered the game to the point where he could not even remember.

  With his Seventy Two Change ability, he could transform into the form of a majority of monsters.

  However, he had used his humanoid, monkey, dragon and white tiger forms the most. Therefore, he used these four forms most of the time.

  Afterward, he had even spent most of his time between his humanoid and monkey form. He had never thought of using another monster’s form to fight.

  Not only was he unfamiliar with the form and skills, but it would also be awkward using them as well.

  However, when fighting the Great Saint version of himself, he realized that the Shifter Emperor’s growth was not only fixed to one aspect. With his multiple forms, they could all unleash different levels of power.

  The Shifter Emperor’s strategy in fighting was very simple. That was to remain mysterious and ever-changing, just like the Eight Front Formation.

  When he reached that conclusion, he had become inspired.

  He had decided that he would need to be familiar with the combat styles of all his forms. When he could do so, his overall power would increase as well.

  “Dimension Door!”


  When he revived once more, he did not wait for his duplicate to attack. With one teleport, he moved a hundred more steps to the other end of the stairs. His duplicate also teleported next to him in the next second. This time, his duplicate transformed into a gigantic ape and smashed him to death with its palm.

  That was the power of the Greater Sacred Master. Their normal attacks could not be blocked by Saints and Lesser Sacred Masters. Not to mention that Jiang Feng’s stats had not even reached the level of Saint yet. At most, his power was only slightly greater.

  When the group of people at the base of the stairs saw Jiang Feng being killed three times, they all shuddered.

  They could feel pain when they die, and that was the same as players.

  And the pain that players feel when they die was much more intense than being attacked. If they were to die continuously, it would be similar to being stabbed by knives a few times.

  Park Eum-uk gulped and said, “I wonder how many times we have to die to climb up the stairs. This must be a form of torture.”


  Xuanyuan Qi then said, “If you want something, then you have to work for it. The Shifter Emperor is already around 600 steps further away from us. If we don’t catch up, then what happens next would have nothing to do with us!”


  With that, Xuanyuan Qi gritted his teeth and jumped, flying toward the top end of the Heavenly Stairs.

  Whoosh!

  It was not long before a red sword flew toward him and killed Xuanyuan Qi in the air instantly.

  “Sh*t! Let’s do this!” When Johns saw what had happened, he stopped watching and also quickly used his teleportation skill to rush through the stairs.

  When the other dozen people saw it, all of them were not willing to fall behind and rushed toward the Heavenly Stairs.

  They had no idea how many tests they had to pass before being able to meet Zhuge Liang, but they did know that once they complete this test, they would have a greater chance to recruit Zhuge Liang.

  Little Modi was the last one to climb the stairs.

  The moment he started climbing, his path was blocked by another little Modi that looked exactly like him.

  Little Modi scanned at his other “self,” and blinked. Then, he took out the meat of some unknown monster and said, “Little brother, have some meat. Can you let me pass?”


  Little Modi’s duplicate stared at him. He did not even look at the meat that little Modi took out. Instead, a chain that seemed to be made out of pure darkness appeared in his hand and he used it to whip little Modi.

  “I am angry!”


  When he saw that his other “self” was attacking him so brutally, little Modi cried out in anger. Black miasma surrounded him. His form could no longer be seen as the black miasma continued to expand. His duplicate’s attack did not hit him but struck at the black miasma.

  In the next second, the black miasma was all drawn back in. Next, little Modi appeared not far from behind Jiang Feng. He was climbing up very speedily.

  After Jiang Feng had been revived and saw that little Modi had caught up with him, he was slightly surprised and then let out a proud smile. “My son is so powerful!”


  “Time Stop!” When his duplicate was going to attack him again, he quickly used his Time Stop skill.

  In the next second, everyone present was holding still. He quickly used a few teleports and appeared on the staircase’s 700th step.

  “Damn it, what kind of skill is this?!”


  As Jiang Feng’s skill had an area of effect, everyone else was also affected by it. The moment that the effect of the Time Stop was dismissed, everyone was killed by their duplicates. That made them incredibly angry.

  But when they were revived, they saw that Jiang Feng was already halfway through the Heavenly Stairs. They all became anxious and used their ultimate skills to do their best to chase after him.

  All of them were considered to be the elites among the elites. They had plenty of powerful skills. When they focused solely on rushing ahead, they could still do it very quickly.

  But what made everyone suspicious was that when Jiang Feng had almost reached the top, he stopped and transformed into a White Tiger and attacked his duplicate that had caught up with him.

  His duplicate then became a Green Dragon as it fought him.

  Next, he transformed into a Vermillion Bird, and his duplicate into a Black Tortoise.

  In less than five minutes, he kept on changing his form into that of various monsters, and so did his duplicate.

  After dying many times, Jiang Feng transformed into a monkey and attacked with the sword-form Deicide in his hand.

  His duplicate had also become a monkey and was using a sword-form Deicide, crossing swords with him.

  Whoosh!

  Both of them pulled away from each other. Next, the Deicide wielded by his duplicate began to vibrate, and a sword chi in the shape of a fan began to expand outward.

  Jiang Feng, who was about 20 meters away, could not even react to what had happened before feeling the pain that came from his body. He looked down, and several holes had already appeared on his body, instantly killing him again.

  “Sword of Time!” Jiang Feng became excited after he was killed.

  The sword just now did not simply stab him from nowhere. That skill made the flow of time faster and focused only on the sword. That was why he sensed that his duplicate did not even move when it struck him.

  The reason that he was so excited was because of this moment.

  Since the duplicate was him at the Greater Sacred Master level, then he must have already learned all the moves for the Sword of Time. If he could see the attacks, then it could help him perceive and master all the subsequent moves in a shorter time frame.

  The first move of the Sword of Time, Time Break, was already extremely powerful. If he could learn another one, his power would become even stronger.

  That was why he waited at the edge of the Heavenly Stairs and did not reach the end.

  It was a good chance for him to perceive and master his skills, and he did not want to miss that opportunity.

  When he was waiting to be revived, he closed his eyes to recall how his duplicate had used that skill.

  After he had been revived, Jiang Feng then copied what his duplicate did. Deicide, in its sword form, began to vibrate as it attacked.

  “Sword of Time, Moment!”


  Whoosh!

  Deicide began to spin, and a fan-shaped Sword Chi appeared.

  Next, everything became slow. The Sword Chi quickly went through the body of his duplicate.

  The moment that dozens of Sword Chi pierced through the duplicate, his duplicate disappeared, and he could hear the voice of the system.