A ten-thousand-year life in one minute (Part 1)
Bai Zemin didn't care if the treasure waiting for a worthy master at the top of the Staircase to Heaven was a sword, a chest armor, or a seemingly useless stone. All he needed to know was that at the top was a Demigod grade treasure, that alone was enough for him to know that he needed to get it no matter what.
More importantly, what Bai Zemin could not allow at any cost was allowing the Demon Lord or any of his lackeys to obtain the treasure at the peak of the staircase. Even if the treasure was not intended for direct battle, neither Lilith nor anyone else could rule out the possibility that the treasure had some skill attached to it capable of tilt the balance of the combat towards its owner.
He glanced over his shoulder at Seraphina and the rest of the evolvers before calmly saying, "I'll go first. You guys follow close behind me."