Chapter 267: The Trial and Reward
Translator: Transn Editor: Transn
The tower had nine floors with each being over a hundred meters tall.
Currently, everyone was gathered before the closed gate on the first floor of the tower.
"When will this gate open?" some impatient fellow asked.
'I'm not sure. I've waited a whole day already!"
"The gate's extremely tough. Even attacking it will not work!"
"Sigh… Must we keep on waiting?"
Everyone was disappointed. Although the tower looked incredible, it was infuriating that they could not get in. Despite this, no one chose to leave.
Everyone was waiting for a chance that the tower's gate would open by itself.
Meanwhile, Leng Yunfeng was standing in front of the crowd and was looking at the closed gate with a frown.
After a moment of thought, Leng Yunfeng looked toward the few other Top 100 Talents that were present and asked, "Feng Xiu, Xin Wuming, Ji Xuehan and Jiang Cheng. How about the five of us combine forces to break the gate?"
Leng Yunfeng was the first one to arrive at the tower. He had already tried to break the gate open and had failed.
Now, he was thinking of join forces with the four other Top 100 Talents for another attempt.
"I agree with your suggestion. We'll try it together." A pleasant voice was heard. It was Ji Xuehan who had spoken.
Ji Xuehan was a tall beauty that wore a white dress. It gave off an air of coolness and left people a feeling of being unapproachable.
She was ranked No. 89 in the List of Top 100 Talents and was even above Leng Yunfeng and Xin Wuming.
At this moment, there were five masters from the Top 100 Talents at the tower. One of them was Jiang Cheng who was ranked No.97.
"Alright, let's do it!" Feng Xiu agreed with a nod. Xin Wuming and Jiang Cheng then followed the suit as well.
"Okay, let's do it together!" Leng Yunfeng yelled.
Then, the five of them released their Genuine Vitality and their powerful aura swept across the surrounding area like a storm.
"Back up now!"
Everyone else was alarmed and quickly backed up to a safe distance.
However, there were a dozen people who stayed put. Apart from Su Mo, the rest of them were all extraordinary experts at the Lv 3 True Spirit Realm, including Jin Yang.
Five dazzling rays lit up in the next moment. Five attacks, including fist radiance, sword Qi, saber radiance, and palm print, all struck toward the gate ferociously.
With the five attacks, the sky changed and it felt like the world was collapsing.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The attacks struck the gate and sent a deafening bang several dozen miles out along with a terrifying shock wave that shot out from the gate.
Some martial artists, who were weaker than the Lv 3 True Spirit Realm, were hit by the shock wave and started spitting blood, even though they had retreated several hundred meters.
Su Mo's clothes were also flapping rapidly from the shock wave. He squinted his eyes and thought, "Each of these five people is incredibly strong and their strength is unmeasurable!"
Crack!
After being blasted by the attack from the five experts, a tiny gap in the gate opened with a cracking sound.
Everyone was overjoyed to see that the gate could be opened with brute force.
"Everyone, let's attack together! Anyone can get the treasures inside with their own strength!" Leng Yunfeng turned and yelled at the crowd.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Everyone flew back and started to prepare their attacks.
Although they could not win against geniuses like Leng Yunfeng, they stood a chance as long as they could enter the tower.
Su Mo did not hold back and struck the gate with a punch as well.
Boom!
Thousands of attacks blasted the gate. It trembled and slowly opened under the eager gazes of everyone.
After the gate opened, all that could be seen in the tower was a glaring white light.
No one dared to enter the tower recklessly as they worried that there might be a powerful attack formation at the entrance.
"Ha ha! I'll be going in first!" Xin Wuming l laughed and said. He then dashed through the entrance and disappeared from everyone's sight.
Xin Wuming was extremely confident in his strength. Even if there was a powerful formation, he believed that he could get out unharmed.
When everyone saw that Xin Wuming had entered the tower safely, they started rushing into the tower.
Su Mo also went in with a flash.
Swish!
After entering the tower, Su Mo found himself in a vast space of whiteness that was surrounded by a bowl-shaped light shield.
Su Mo was surprised when he glanced around and saw no one else, "Could the people that have entered the tower become separated automatically?"
After a brief thought, Su Mo punched the light shield with a little effort, but his fist radiance collapsed as soon as it made contact with the light shield and did no damage at all.
"It's tough!" Su Mo frowned and thought to himself.
It was as if he was entrapped in the bowl-shaped light shield with nothing around him.
At this moment, the air in front of him trembled vigorously. The white light gathered and became a human-like figure in a second.
The figure of white light was shaped like a man but had no facial features. It also held a sword that was similarly formed by the white light.
"This is…"
Su Mo was confused and stared at the figure with uncertainty.
Swish!
The figure stepped out and stabbed toward Su Mo right away.
"Early Lv 3 True Spirit Realm!"
As soon as the figure moved, Su Mo found that its cultivation was higher than his.
However, Su Mo was not impressed by its strength. He unsheathed his sword and slashed the figure in two with one strike.
The figure dissipated and a square white-jade box flew in from beyond the light shield before Su Mo grabbed it.
Su Mo's eye lit up when he opened the jade box. There was a blue, egg-sized fruit in the box that gave off an intense fragrance.
"Lower Lv 3 Spiritual Fruit!" Su Mo smiled. It seemed that the fruit was his reward.
He instantly realized that the Ethereal Territory was a training ground for the disciples of the post-archean power, the Ethereal Shrine. This tower should be a trial for the disciples, and as long as one could defeat the figure of white light, they would be rewarded.
As expected, the surroundings changed after a while and Su Mo appeared in a bigger light shield.
As of now, Su Mo had left the first floor of the tower and entered the second floor.
Meanwhile, the figures of white light appeared before Su Mo again, but this time, there were two figures at once and they were identical.
"Middle Lv 3 True Spirit Realm!"
Su Mo smiled. The figures that he needed to fight with had a higher cultivation than before.
Right after the figures formed, they attacked Su Mo from both directions with destructive rays of sword radiance.
However, their strength was insignificant compared to Su Mo's current power.
Swoosh!
A thick stream of sword Qi shot out and slashed through the two figure's waist, dissipating the white light into tiny fragments.
Then, another white jade box flew over to Su Mo, and he found a scroll inside.
Chapter 268: Su Mo's Expectations
Translator: Transn Editor: Transn
"The Lower Lv 3 Cultivation Skill, Purple-dazzling Method!"
Upon seeing this scroll, Su Mo could not help shaking his head.
This scroll was quite good and was even a post-archean cultivation method, making it more powerful than Primordial Qi Manual that Su Mo had cultivated. But he did not want it now.
He wanted to obtain an Upper Lv 3 cultivation skill. Of course, it would be best if it was beyond Upper Lv 3.
All of a sudden, the space shifted and the figures of white light showed up again.
This time, there were four stronger figures who had all reached Late Lv 3 True Spirit Realm.
While the talents were fighting in the skyscraping tower, a lot of people were sent flying out of the tower from its gate. They seemed very upset.
"Damn it! How could I defeat two figures that are two levels above me?" cursed a tall, strong young man.
Another youth, who had just come out from the tower, scornfully said, "Well, you met only two. I went to the third floor and fought against four figures. Their cultivation exceeded mine by three levels!"
Everyone standing outside looked very disappointed. They had now realized that the tower was a trial and they would be rewarded for every floor that they could clear. However, they had already been disqualified.
They then looked up at the tower. At that moment, the three floors at the bottom of this gigantic tower were radiant and dazzling.
Suddenly, the fourth floor lit up.
"Someone has entered the fourth floor!"
"Yup! He must be a genius on the List of Top 100 Talents! I think it might be Feng Xiu!"
"…"
The crowd was widely discussing it. Although they had failed, they stayed around to see if anyone could make it to the ninth floor.
In the white bowl-shaped light shield on the third floor, the four figures dashed at Su Mo after they had formed.
"Vanish!" Su Mo said coldly.
Simultaneously, a sword radiance struck out as Su Mo sent four attacks that killed the figures instantly.
Now, Su Mo could easily defeat the four figures at Late Lv 3 True Spirit Realm without even using his physical strength.
Another white jade box flew to Su Mo. He opened it and saw another scroll.
"The Medium Lv 3 Martial Skill, Magic Sky Leg Techniques."
As soon as he saw the scroll, Su Mo sighed again. It was leg techniques rather than swordsmanship.
As the surroundings swiftly shifted, Su Mo entered the fourth floor.
On this floor, eight figures appeared. Their cultivations were at Peak Lv 3 True Spirit Realm.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The eight figures fanned out and rushed at Su Mo.
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They drew out their swords and attacked Su Mo at the same time. The eight sharp Sword Qi combined together and then formed a strong storm, fiercely moving toward Su Mo.
"Destroy!"
Su Mo was covered in a dazzling golden light. He stepped forward instead of retreating and split the Sword Qi storm.
"Boom!"
He dispersed the storm and immediately rushed toward the eight white figures.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The sword radiance turned into an illusion and then cut the eight white figures to pieces.
"What's the reward this time?" Su Mo murmured.
His eyes brightened with hope.
"Swoosh!"
It was a long, purple wooden box this time, instead of a white jade box.
Upon seeing it, Su Mo knew that it was definitely not a scroll.
Su Mo took the box and opened it. As he expected, it contained a beautiful golden longbow.
"The Medium Lv 3 Naturesound Divine Bow!"
There was a line of words at its center.
"It's pretty nice. I can give it to Luo Qianfan," Su Mo thought.
Luo Qianfan had helped him many times. Sending Luo Qianfan the longbow as a present was a good way to show his gratitude.
Su Mo put it away. Suddenly, the space shifted again and he arrived on the fifth floor.
Meanwhile, on the sixth floor, Xin Wuming's evil aura surged and he violently chopped his opponents with his long saber.
Xin Wuming was at Peak Lv 3 True Spirit Realm. His opponents were 32 white figures on the sixth floor, whose cultivation had reached Middle Lv 5.
"Die! Die! Die!" Xin Wuming roared with killing aura and unstoppable Saber Qi.
However, the 32 white figures were also mighty warriors and they fiercely attacked Xin Wuming together.
The entire space was filled with howling Saber Qi and collapsed Qi force, together with incessant explosions.
The fight lasted a full 15 minutes.
All the white figures had disappeared, leaving only Xin Wuming.
"Poof!"
Xin Wuming spat out a mouthful of blood with a pale face.
Even though Xin Wuming's combat strength was very strong, his victory was hard-earned because the cultivation of the 32 figures was higher than his by over two levels.
On the fourth floor, Jin Yang fought with all his effort. He was swinging his long saber and forcing the white figures back.
Jin Yang was at Middle Lv 3 True Spirit Realm. Hence, the figures he was fighting with had all reached Lv 4.
Jin Yang's combat strength was indeed powerful. Within moments, he had destroyed all the white figures.
As soon as Su Mo entered the fifth floor, 16 figures of white light formed.
"Early Lv 4 True Spirit Realm!"
Su Mo squinted. Every time he reached a higher floor, the number of the figures would double and their cultivation also increased by a level. Just now, the cultivation of the figures exceeded his by two levels.
"Attack!"
This time, Su Mo took the initiative before the white figures could begin their attack.
Like a ray of golden light, Su Mo rapidly rushed at a white figure, violently brandishing his long sword.
Holding a sword, the white figure tried to withstand his onslaught but was still destroyed by Su Mo.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
The other 15 figures suddenly attacked Su Mo together.
"Haha!"
Su Mo laughed loudly without any fear. As his sword radiance flashed, all the figures vanished.
Su Mo's physical strength was already equal to the power of a Lv 4 True Spirit Realm martial artist. Combining that with his Genuine Vitality, how could he fear a dozen figures at Lv 4?
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
With the eruption of sword will, Su Mo darted in front of the figures as fast as lightning and fiercely cut them to pieces.
Before long, the 16 figures of white light had been destroyed by him.
Not long after, another white-jade box flew to him. Su Mo was very excited.
When he opened it, as he expected, the box contained a scroll. He took a deep breath and opened to the first page.
"The Medium Lv 3 Martial Skill, Dragon-ridding Palm!"
Su Mo sighed again and disappointedly shook his head. "Why is it so difficult to get a book of powerful cultivation skills or swordsmanship!"
But the palm manual was also quite good. Although he focused on practicing swordsmanship, Su Mo could also practice other martial arts techniques.
Moreover, he was still continuing the challenge. Since the rewards improved as he went higher, he might even obtain an Upper Lv 3 scroll later. Thinking of that, Su Mo continued with eager expectations.
After a short while, Su Mo entered the sixth floor.
Meanwhile, about 900 people who had failed the trial stood outside the tower. There were only 30 or 40 people left inside.
Everyone looked up to the sky and saw the seventh floor emitting a ray of golden light, which proved that someone had entered it.
However, within a dozen seconds, the light went out.
"What's going on? Did the challenger on the seventh floor lose?"
"Who arrived on the seventh floor? Feng Xiu?"
"It might be Ji Xuehan!"
"That person will be expelled immediately after his failure. We'll soon discover who he is!"
The crowd was talking actively. After a while, a bloody figure flew out from the gate of the tower and crashed to the ground.