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Chapter 833: Pulled Back to Reality
Dead.
Or rather, the Nightmare Demon Emperor's external spirit body was gone.
That's right. In the eyes of these veteran generals, this Nightmare Demon Emperor, whose movements were completely frozen, had already been utterly obliterated by Ling Zhan.
And the moment that thought settled—
Crack!!
The screen, frozen for a full five seconds, suddenly emitted a crisp shattering sound.
Immediately after…
Whoosh!!
The entire Demon-Slaying Corps erupted in an uproar of shock!
"Holy shit! The sky just split into three pieces!"
Amidst the exclamations—
Two terrifyingly deep fissures tore through the heavens and earth, splitting the entire nightmare space into three sections.
The cracks were incredibly smooth and neat, like a mirror's surface.
Clearly—
This was the result of that non-specialist's twin-blade uppercut!
"What kind of insane uppercut is that!?"
"He actually cut through the Nightmare Demon Emperor's entire domain space!?"
"Damn! Am I dreaming…?"
"Look at the sky! That's the Nightmare Demon Emperor! It's been sliced in half too!"
"Wait… That doesn't seem to be its true body! Look at that sphere!"
Only now did the crowd notice that as the nightmare space was torn apart, a massive black eyeball—about three meters tall—fell from the sky, screeching in agony.
On the ground, Ling Zhan didn't even spare it a glance. His Thousand Mechanisms Ring transformed into the 'Armor-Piercing Blazing Sun Longbow,' and he casually drew an arrow.
Swoosh!!
A golden feathered arrow shot out like lightning.
It pierced straight through the black eyeball plummeting from the sky.
Splurt!!
The black eyeball had seemingly no combat ability at all. It was effortlessly skewered by Ling Zhan's arrow, crashing to the ground and dissolving into a disgusting pool of foul-smelling blood.
Buzz!!
Detecting the complete death of the Nightmare Demon Emperor, the gateway to the fifth floor opened at that moment.
Without looking back, Ling Zhan stepped into the portal—his confidence utterly unwavering.
"Ah…"
"So that was the Nightmare Demon Emperor's true body!"
"It only had one life!?"
The realization finally dawned upon the crowd.
The Nightmare Demon Emperor had only been imprisoned here after being taken down by multiple level 190 powerhouses. On top of that, no one had casually challenged the Zero Number Abyss Tower over the years.
Even among the top ten of the Demon-Slaying Corps, they usually only used the first three floors for training.
Because starting from the fourth floor, it became a life-or-death battle.
These Demon Emperors, who knew they would be caged like livestock for life, wouldn't let any intruder go free. Even if they had to die, they would take a bite out of their opponent.
But now that the Demon-Slaying Trial had begun, in order to overturn the high-ranking officials' decision to make a non-specialist their chief instructor, they had to push forward at all costs.
After all, in their minds, if they couldn't break through, then this non-specialist definitely couldn't either.
"That kid… It seems like he saw through the Nightmare Demon Emperor's true body from the very start."
"How did he figure it out?"
General Eugene was silent for a moment before he couldn't hold back his question.
He wasn't the only one.
The other three generals also had no answer.
They only knew the Nightmare Demon Emperor's secret because they had participated in the operation to capture it years ago.
It could only be said—this non-specialist was becoming more and more unfathomable.
Even these veteran generals were beginning to feel like they had been completely surpassed.
"The fifth floor of the Zero Number Abyss Tower will take two minutes to unlock its seal. In the meantime, let's check on the other challengers."
At that moment—
Elder Su smiled faintly and deliberately made his suggestion.
As soon as he said this—
The expressions of the three generals beside him turned sour.
This old bastard!
That was too much!
As veterans, they knew the true capabilities of the top ten members of the Demon-Slaying Corps.
There was no way they could match Ling Zhan's speed—they were probably still stuck before the third floor.
After all, the second floor wasn't exactly easy.
It was swarming with Demon Generals, plus elite-level gatekeeper Demon Emperors at the 170-level threshold.
Talents like Moldes, Ye Qingling, and Basil could definitely handle it.
But it would take time.
Since most of these monsters had multiple lives, they had to be killed repeatedly.
Compared to Ling Zhan's absurd efficiency, there was simply no comparison.
Unfortunately…
The cameras on the second floor had been completely destroyed, so there was no way to even review the footage.
Otherwise, they would have loved to see how Ling Zhan had cleared it at lightning speed.
Under Elder Su's command, the staff had no choice but to switch to the other Zero Number Abyss Towers.
The screen shifted—
The first challenger shown was Armand, ranked fourth.
As expected, he was still on the second floor, struggling to clear mobs.
As a Master of Calamity, his skills focused on poison, bleeding, crippling effects, and other debuffs.
A class that inflicted slow damage over time.
But since the monsters had multiple lives—
He was stuck there.
This Armand had been the loudest in his taunts earlier.
Yet now, drenched in sweat, his status-based playstyle was starting to show its weaknesses.
In the Ten Thousand Demons Battlefield, status-based classes had a tough time.
The problem was that these Ten Thousand Demons creatures weren't like ordinary monsters—they had ridiculously high resistance and self-healing abilities.
Even with grievous wounds, they could still regenerate.
"Armand isn't looking too great…"
"Yeah, no need to keep watching. He has no hope. Next."
The crowd shook their heads.
Maybe it was because Ling Zhan had cleared so quickly, but at first, they had assumed the Zero Number Abyss Tower was easy.
Now, seeing Armand sweating bullets, they were abruptly pulled back to reality.
The second camera feed—
Showed Ye Qingling.
This prodigy from the Dragon Kingdom lived up to her reputation as a Grand Celestial Master.
She had already engaged the Demon Emperor on the third floor, gaining an early advantage.
However, judging by her state, she would still need more time to clear it.
The feed then cycled through several more challengers.
The results were… underwhelming.
Even Moldes, ranked first, was still stuck on the third floor, seemingly struggling with mana depletion, constantly repositioning while waiting for his mana to recover.
"Hmm…"
"Not a single one of them is keeping up with that non-specialist."
"Damn! Is not having a class really that OP!?"
"What baffles me is—where is he getting all those attribute points from? The power fluctuations he emits in combat give me goosebumps!"
"…"