The ground, littered with corpses, allowed him to cast "Death Exchange Technique (Tier Two) (Level 301)" anywhere he pleased.

This was the Ascended form of the "Death Substitute" Magic.

The "Death Exchange Technique" no longer required swapping before taking damage. Instead, it activated the instant damage was received, swapping in a corpse to take the hit. The damage would be transferred to the corpse, which would bear the full force of the attack.

This improved his margin for error. Additionally, its activation range, the number of consecutive uses, and the minimum required size of a corpse had all been enhanced.

Beyond that, there was one more, most valuable qualitative improvement.

He could finally use corpses that he hadn’t killed himself. Now, any corpse would do.

But the cost also increased accordingly.

"Death Replacement" only required one soul with Spirituality at least equal to his own, but triggering "Death Exchange Technique" cost three.

On the previous 99 floors.

The strongest were only Tier Five King Level Demons, but by the 99th floor, their number had increased to 100...

In terms of numbers, they completely overwhelmed his Summoned Creatures.

Lu Cang had to use "Source·All Laws" to summon eighty stronger Void Summoned Creatures. Combined with his original twenty, this brought his forces to a hundred, matching the enemy’s numbers.

After that, it was a matter of dividing their forces and picking the demons off one by one.

The battle was so brutal that a good dozen of his Void Summoned Creatures were destroyed.

However, almost as soon as one of the summoned creatures was destroyed, Lu Cang would summon a new one to take its place.

They were inexhaustible.

If his opponent were an entire nation, facing an assault like Lu Cang’s... the despair would be unimaginable.

After killing one with all your might, there were still ninety-nine left.

And after killing that one, a new one would appear in an instant.

The Summoning from "Source·Awakened Void" didn’t require Magic Power to maintain; after the summon was complete, it no longer consumed any Magic Power.

This was unlike the "Awaken the Void" Magic itself, which required a continuous drain of Magic Power after summoning.

This was the perpetual nature of his Root Magic.

However, Lu Cang really didn’t care about that bit of Magic Power consumption.

’I wonder what a true Summoner is capable of...’

It seemed the Summoner Profession didn’t just use Magic for Summoning, but also various rituals and contracts, and they had a much wider variety of buffs for their Summoned Creatures.

...

Despite the sheer number of enemies on the 99th floor, Lu Cang cleared it without any real danger.

Lu Cang easily reached the 100th floor.

Finally.

The final floor.

’Is this... a Tier Five, Nation Destruction Level Demon?’

The terrain of the 100th floor was no longer a vast plain or a Forest suitable for a grueling battle.

Lu Cang was currently standing on a cliff.

Looking down, he saw a... living city.

Flesh writhed and blood flowed. He could see the city’s blood vessels and channels, as countless tendrils of flesh and blood spread out and crept across the land.

A Tier Five Nation Destruction Level Demon.

Rather than calling it Nation Destruction...

It was itself a sprawling city.

Even from his high vantage point on the cliff overlooking the plains, it was a city of flesh and blood so vast he couldn’t see its end.

Compared to this, the massive Nation Destruction Level Demons he summoned seemed minuscule.

If his Void Summoned Creatures were giants the size of the Oriental Pearl Tower...

...then the Demon before him was the entire city of Shanghai.

A colossal city!

The difference in their sizes was beyond comparison.

Now he understood why Tier Five Nation Destruction wasn’t simply the next step after Tier Four Nation Destruction Level.

The gap was just that huge.

But he had heard that the upper limit of Tier Five didn’t stop there... Tier Five Demons had a level above Nation Destruction, which was Submerged Land Level.

As its name implied, it could sink an entire continent.

It seemed that for each Tier, Demons would have one additional, higher Grade.

But after Tier Six, there were no more records of this kind in the demon bestiary.

He didn’t know if it really stopped there, or if... no one had ever seen one, which was why there were no records.

’Do I have to destroy this entire, massive Demon...?’

Lu Cang sized it up from the cliff.

It was just too big.

’Is it as big as the City in the Circle?’

’Even if it isn’t, it’s probably close.’

Lu Cang began to analyze the situation. ’It should have a weak point, something like a heart. Flesh-and-blood Demons usually have abilities like Rebirth and recovery. Just hacking away at its body probably won’t do much.’

’Winning with your head, not just with stats—that’s the difference between a person and a Demon.’

’The month is War and Fire, which means Fire Spells are much more powerful than other Magic. I could consider using a Sea of Fire...’

’Souls... 320,460,000...’

’With this many souls, completely annihilating it might not be out of the question.’

’But that’s a last resort. I’ll save that for later.’

Although souls were easy to come by now, Lu Cang didn’t plan to spend all of them in one go.

’Let’s try this first...’

Lu Cang gripped his Magic Staff and raised it toward the distant city of flesh.

This Magic Staff increased his casting range by a huge amount, far beyond what the previous 5 gold coin staff could compare to.

Distant Gaze Hour

Quality: Top-grade

Casting Element Enhancement Rate 100%

Special: Moderately increases maximum Magic casting distance (activated by Level 1 Mage)

Special 2: Greatly increases maximum Magic casting distance (activated by Level 2 Mage)

Special 3: Extremely increases maximum Magic casting distance (activated by Level 3 Mage)

Special Enchantment Effect: Spell Coverage Range Enhancement (Extreme)

...

This Magic Staff increased his maximum casting range to 15 kilometers.

"Soul Tearing and Spirit Stealing (Tier Four)"

A direct attack on the soul!