The ruins had been hidden behind that broken gate, isolated from the rest of the zone. There was a good chance that the location hadn't been affected by the Blood Moon Frenzy. Even if it had been affected, Levi was now a peak Super Soldier. It should be a breeze for the current him to kill any creature he encounters.

He looked down at the little thief, still sleeping peacefully in his palm, and made his decision. The rewards were just too valuable for him to leave and come back for later on.

Levi retrieved a spare set of clothing from the spatial ring he had taken from Marcus.

The clothes were a bit large on him and were completely black in color, but they were intact and clean, which was all that mattered.

He dressed quickly, securing the little thief in a makeshift sling against his chest so his hands would remain free.

With his preparations complete and his body fully recovered, thunder crackled around him as Levi activated Thunder Step and blurred out of the cave in a flash of lightning.

The entire forest had been destroyed by the beast tide as trees, branches and corpses scattered around the entire place.

Levi's new Void Step Boots made it easier to move through the uneven ground.

He was like a ghost riding on thunder as he moved through the forest.

When mutated plants lashed out at him with their thorny vines, he simply leaped into the air and used the boots' ability to solidify space, changing direction mid-flight to avoid the attacks entirely.

At that moment, a pack of berserk Rank 5 wolves with glowing berserk eyes and spit dripping down their fangs ambushed him from a tall patch of grass.

Levi didn't even slow down as he activated Inferno Slash for just a moment. A wave of flame erupted from the blade and sliced through the entire pack, slicing them all into two prices each.

The smell of barbecue wafted out through the entire forest but Levi had vanished before he could even smell it.

It took him twenty minutes of running in high-speed to reach the place where the ruins were located.

The broken gate was still there, standing between the two towering cliffs exactly as he remembered.

He immediately walked through the broken gate, and just as before, the world around him shifted and changed.

The desolate rocky landscape vanished, replaced by that endless starry void and the magnificent staircase stretching upward into infinity.

The sight took his breath away even though he had seen it once before. The scale of the construction was simply awe-inspiring and the statues lining both sides were carved with such skill and detail that they looked ready to come to life at any moment.

The gods on the right side radiated an intense light of divine power while the he demons on the left exuded demonic waves of chaotic energy that seemed to want to devour everything in sight.

There were ten checkpoints each and at each checkpoint, treasures could be seen in the outstretched hands of the demon and gods.

Levi eyes brightened with greed as he set his eyes on the treasures.

While he could see the treasures exactly and could only see glowing lights, he was certain that they were good stuffs.

He had changed significantly since his last visit to this place. His cultivation had advanced from level 7 to level 9 and also, his physique had increased by hundreds of points, and most importantly, he had mastered both the Divine Heaven Breathing Technique and the Demon Breathing Technique, allowing him to harmonize them into the complete Heavenly Demon Breathing Technique!

Levi inhaled and didn't directly climb the stairs yet.

He sat at the foot of the stairs and proceeded to circulate the Heavenly Demon Breathing Technique.

Instantly, his cells compressed as the Astra energy within them were squeezed dry as they were sucked to the center of his chest like a vortex.

Instantly, they compressed and then started to condense from gaseous state to liquid state. In the blink of an eye, the a golden liquid had formed as it settled at a spot close to his heart.

Levi activated the Astra Void Breathing Technique and instantly activated 2030x cultivation speed.

Instantly, masses of Astra energy surged into hi as though he was a vacuum.

Levi suddenly thought of something. Instead of actually absorbing the energy and then damaging his meridians in the process and then absorbing them into his cells after which activating Heavenly Demon Technique to turn them into golden energy, he could simply active Astra Voud Energy and while the mass of energy was flowing into him, he could simply chose to not and on it and just activate Heavenly Demon Breathing Technique to turn them into golden elixirs.

As the thought formed Levi immediately got to action.

The moment the mass of energy surged into him, he immediately activated Heavenly Demon Breathing Technique and instantly the surge of astra energy was forcefully compressed and then transformed into two golden elixirs!

"Hm!"

Levi was stunned. 2000x only formed two golden elixirs and not the 20 he had expected.

Levi frowned but couldn't figure out the reason why.

He sighed and then repeated the process until he had twenty golden elixirs floating near his chest.

Levi then began his ascent. The moment his foot touched the first step, that familiar crushing pressure descended upon him, attempting to force him back down.

But this time, it as completely different. The pressure before was as though gravity had increased by 10 times but now, it felt as though it was just 2 times gravity.

He activated his Heavenly Demon Breathing Technique, and the two circulation methods spiraled through his meridians in perfect harmony.

The divine energy from the Heaven Breathing reduced the pressure from the god side of the staircase, while the demonic energy from the Demon Breathing countered the pressure from the demon side. The two opposing forces neutralized each other within his body, creating a state of perfect balance.

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