The tenth layer of the Tower of Stolen Gold.
Twenty formations intertwined and overlapped, shifting and changing as they did so.
Flower Butterfly Immortal was once again the first to charge forward, followed closely by Qiānlíng, then Lord Qianxing in third place, Xuan Yun in fourth, and Mu Lingyao as the fifth to rush up.
Whoosh!
Flower Butterfly Immortal's figure appeared on the eleventh layer. Qiānlíng, Lord Qianxing, and even Mu Lingyao also successfully emerged on the eleventh layer.
"Wahahahaha!"
When Mu Lingyao found herself successfully standing on the eleventh layer, she could no longer contain her excitement and let out a triumphant laugh.
"This Grandaunt succeeded! I finally broke my own record! Wahahahaha!"
Mu Lingyao was simply too excited and overjoyed. Standing on the eleventh layer, she planted her hands on her slender waist, looked down at Liu Shuangyan's livid face below, and shouted triumphantly, "Liu Shuangyan, you little wench! Open your frog eyes wide and see clearly—this Grandaunt has successfully broken her own record! Wahahaha! You just wait obediently to kneel and kowtow to me! Wahahahaha!"
Mu Lingyao's triumphant, maniacal laughter was as shameless and wild as could be.
And the more maniacally she laughed, the more wretched Liu Shuangyan's expression became at that moment.
Earlier.
Qiānlíng's analysis was correct. Liu Shuangyan's purpose in dragging Flower Butterfly Immortal and Mu Lingyao into this bet was indeed to use their fame to hype her own reputation, thereby making more people aware of her.
If she was fortunate enough to break the record, she could trample Flower Butterfly Immortal and Mu Lingyao underfoot in front of everyone and become famous overnight in the Dual-Pole Celestial Domain.
Even if she was unlucky and failed to break the record, it didn't matter. She knew very well how difficult breaking her own record would be. That's why she dared to gamble. In her mind, if she couldn't break the record, then Flower Butterfly Immortal and Mu Lingyao certainly couldn't either. In that case, although the bet would be void in the end, once news of this matter spread, her own fame would still increase.
But she had never imagined that this time, she would be miserably eliminated as early as the fourth layer.
Even more unimaginable was that after her elimination, Mu Lingyao had instead succeeded in breaking her record.
This meant she would have to kneel and kowtow to Mu Lingyao.
It wasn't that she hadn't considered the possibility that she might fail to break the record while Flower Butterfly Immortal and Mu Lingyao both succeeded. But she had only considered it; considering it did not mean she could accept such a cruel outcome.
Within the arena.
Liu Shuangyan wasn't the only one disheartened and furious with shame. Xuan Yun was as well.
Because among the five, Flower Butterfly Immortal, Qiānlíng, Mu Lingyao, and Lord Qianxing had all successfully broken through to the eleventh layer. Only he himself had been miserably eliminated.
Although his bet with Gu Qingfeng was about whether Gu Qingfeng could reach the twenty-seventh layer, how far he himself progressed was irrelevant and wouldn't affect the outcome.
However.
Being the only one eliminated among the five was something the proud and arrogant Xuan Yun simply could not accept. He felt utterly humiliated, especially since, like Mu Lingyao, he had attempted the tenth layer multiple times. This time, Mu Lingyao broke her record, while he did not. Xuan Yun also felt his face burning with shame.
Most importantly, Qiānlíng had actually managed to break through to the eleventh layer this time, which made Xuan Yun feel even more bitter, as if he had suffered an unprecedented humiliation!
He stood in the empty teleportation formation, his handsome face ashen, fists clenched tightly, his entire body trembling.
"Wow! Sister Flower Butterfly, Sister Ling'er, and Sister Lingyao all successfully reached the eleventh layer! Sister Lingyao even broke her own record this time! I'm so envious of them."
Watching Mu Lingyao, Flower Butterfly Immortal, and Qiānlíng standing on the eleventh layer, Qiānniǎo couldn't help but cheer excitedly!
"This girl Mu Lingyao is really getting carried away. She's about to forget her own name."
Gu Qingfeng looked at Mu Lingyao, who was beside herself with delight on the eleventh layer, and shook his head with a laugh. "And this is in front of a huge crowd. If there were no one around, this girl would probably start dancing a striptease."
Indeed.
If there weren't so many people watching below, Mu Lingyao really felt like performing a seductive dance to express her excitement.
"Yaorao, don't get distracted."
Seeing Mu Lingyao's delirious delight, Flower Butterfly Immortal was also quite helpless.
"What's there to be afraid of? This young lady has already broken her record. Even if I get eliminated next time, it doesn't matter! La-la-la! I laugh triumphantly, triumphantly... Laughing so hard you all wrench your backs..." Mu Lingyao was simply too excited; excited enough to start humming a little tune.
The thirty formations of the eleventh layer condensed and manifested, alternating and shifting.
Flower Butterfly Immortal once again took the lead, being the first to stand on a teleportation formation. Soon after, Qiānlíng also stepped onto a formation.
When it was Lord Qianxing's turn, he hesitated. Not only did he hesitate, he seemed deeply agitated.
Ever since Liu Shuangyan was miserably eliminated on the fourth layer, he had been restless, constantly worrying that Flower Butterfly Immortal and Mu Lingyao would break their records. But as feared, Mu Lingyao had ultimately broken her record, meaning Liu Shuangyan would have to kneel and kowtow. As Liu Shuangyan's fated immortal partner, he naturally did not wish to see such a thing happen.
In Lord Qianxing's mind, if he could break his own record, he might salvage some face later. But now, with Mu Lingyao humming her little tune nearby, he found it impossible to concentrate, which only infuriated Lord Qianxing further.
"Mu Lingyao! Please don't disturb me!"
"Did this Grandaunt disturb you? Can't this Grandaunt be happy on her own? This Grandaunt just likes humming tunes."
Mu Lingyao faced Lord Qianxing and loudly hummed her tune: "I laugh triumphantly, triumphantly, laughing so hard you bastards wrench your backs, wrench your backs..." Still humming her little song, Mu Lingyao randomly selected a teleportation formation and stepped right onto it. As she left, she didn't forget to throw a provocative, coquettish glance at Lord Qianxing, saying, "Young Lord Qianxing, you take your time slowly deducing. This young lady will go ahead and wait for you above."
Only Lord Qianxing remained on the eleventh layer. The more he tried to calm down, the less he could concentrate. Seeing the condensed formations already beginning to fade, Lord Qianxing grew anxious. He could no longer care about anything else and randomly selected a formation, charging onto it.
With a flash.
As the formation activated, Lord Qianxing found himself standing in the empty space of the Tower of Stolen Gold.
Clearly.
He had been eliminated.
Looking around, he saw only himself there. As if realizing something, he looked up. Sure enough, on the twelfth layer of the Tower of Stolen Gold, Flower Butterfly Immortal, Qiānlíng, and Mu Lingyao were prominently standing there. This infuriated Lord Qianxing, who roared toward Mu Lingyao on the twelfth layer, "Mu Lingyao, I'm not finished with you!"
"Oh my! I didn't expect my luck to be so good. I just picked a teleportation formation at random and still made it to the twelfth layer! This Grandaunt's luck today is truly exploding!"
Perhaps deliberately wanting to provoke Liu Shuangyan, Mu Lingyao said triumphantly, "Liu Shuangyan, how come your Young Lord Qianxing got eliminated? How could he get eliminated just like that? Oh, what a pity! This Grandaunt still wanted to ascend the eighty-one layers together with your Young Lord Qianxing, flying side by side as a pair? Wahahahaha!!"
It must be said that Mu Lingyao's sarcasm was in no way inferior to Liu Shuangyan's. With this one remark, she not only made Liu Shuangyan tremble with rage but also turned Lord Qianxing's face green with fury.