Time flew. After Gulie defeated all the puppets on the first floor, Luosa finally led him up to the second floor of the Combat Pagoda. The trial remained the same—ten Golden Core Stage puppets—but this time they were forged from solid metal and stone, making them virtually indestructible.
Upon seeing these puppets, Luosa was reminded of the first time he met Gulie, back when Gulie had been beaten into the shape of a fat pig on the second floor of the Combat Pagoda, his face bruised and swollen in a thoroughly comical fashion.
The second floor possessed ten times the normal gravity, but this time Gulie did not appear utterly wretched. Though his movements were somewhat slow and unaccustomed, his eyes burned with battle intent as he stared at the ten metal-stone puppets.
Chapter 85