Chapter 49: Four-Seal Symbolist Outside the Symbolist Tower
After Zhou Tong entered the seventh floor, Han Yun couldn't hide his smug expression. "Yan Xuan, it looks like you've lost this tower battle again."
Hearing this, Yan Xuan smiled faintly. "Han Yun, you're celebrating too early. We don't know who the winner will be yet!"
"Yan Xuan, I'd like to see how long you can keep up this facade." Han Yun sneered, turning his gaze to the Symbolist Tower. His eyes widened in shock. "How... how is this possible?"
At the seventh floor of the tower, two more light dots had appeared.
"Haha, Han Yun, looks like your Tianhuo City made the trip for nothing." Yan Xuan laughed heartily.
"Hmph! There's nothing to be proud of!" Han Yun's face turned dark. "Even if Yan City has two people on the seventh floor, they will soon be overwhelmed by the pressure and be forced to leave."
Yan Xuan retorted, "That's not necessarily true!"
Inside the Symbolist Tower, Seventh Floor
The mental waves on the seventh floor were as dense as thick liquid, and the pressure had increased significantly. Zhou Tong was no longer relaxed, feeling as if he were carrying a mountain on his shoulders with each step.
His clothes were already soaked with sweat.
"Hmm?" Suddenly, the sound of footsteps approached, revealing Xiao Tian and Zi Yue appearing on the seventh floor.
"How... how did they get here?" Zhou Tong was shocked. Reaching the seventh floor required the strength of a three-seal symbolist. Zi Yue, however, was clearly a two-seal symbolist. It was apparent she had reached this floor with Xiao Tian's help.
Zhou Tong focused on Xiao Tian, realizing how formidable he was. Bowing slightly, he asked, "May I ask for your name?"
"My name is Xiao Tian," he replied.
"I didn't expect that besides the one in Tian Du City, there would be someone so extraordinary from Yan City. It seems I underestimated your Symbolist Association," Zhou Tong admitted. "But this time, I am determined to win the tower battle."
"Oh, really?" Xiao Tian smiled and began walking towards the eighth floor. In no time, he not only caught up with Zhou Tong but also surpassed him by a large margin.
"Zhou, my friend, I'll be waiting for you on the eighth floor." Xiao Tian chuckled and stepped through the mental barrier.
Watching Xiao Tian disappear, Zhou Tong gritted his teeth and quickened his pace. However, he could only reach three steps from the eighth floor before collapsing to one knee.
"I can still do this!" Zhou Tong used his hands to support himself, but after one more step, he could no longer move forward.
"I can't believe I lost!" Zhou Tong smiled bitterly, feeling defeated. He had been confident of his victory but was now faced with an unexpected defeat.
Outside the Tower
"Wow!"
"Someone entered the eighth floor!"
"How is that possible? Even a three-seal symbolist finds it difficult to reach the eighth floor!"
"Who could it be?"
"It must be Zhou Tong from Tianhuo City!"
"Pfft, it's clearly Xiao Tian from Yan City!"
Ignoring the crowd's debates, Yan Xuan's eyes sparkled with excitement. He knew it had to be Xiao Tian who reached the eighth floor. Zhou Tong was strong, but Xiao Tian was far superior.
Contrasting Yan Xuan's excitement, Han Yun's face grew darker. He knew Zhou Tong's strength, and without a stroke of luck, reaching the eighth floor was almost impossible for him.
Eighth Floor
Upon reaching the eighth floor, Xiao Tian released his three natal spirit symbols. The powerful mental waves were devoured by the symbols voraciously.
Earlier, he couldn't openly absorb the mental energy due to the presence of others, but now he could.
Xiao Tian planned to advance to a four-seal symbolist here. Simultaneously, he approached a stone monument, touching it lightly to release a wave of mental energy. This energy formed a complex array of runes in mid-air, forming a mental array.
"The Creation Symbol Array!" Xiao Tian had known about this mental technique beforehand, so he wasn't too excited. He gestured, absorbing the mental runes into his mind.
Rather than practicing the Creation Symbol Array immediately, Xiao Tian sat down to focus on absorbing the mental energy around him. His soul power grew rapidly with each passing moment.
After an unknown amount of time, the three vortexes of his natal spirit symbols merged into one, emitting a powerful soul wave.
"Hum, hum!"
The merged vortex transformed into a profound light symbol, which split into four smaller spirit symbols. The integration triggered a soul storm within his Niwan Palace, scattering the surrounding mental pressure.
"Swish!" Xiao Tian opened his eyes, which shone brightly like stars, before gradually returning to normal.
"Whoosh!" He exhaled deeply and stood up. Now, he was a four-seal symbolist.
Knowing the strain his breakthrough had put on the Symbolist Tower, Xiao Tian decided not to continue absorbing the energy to avoid depleting it entirely, which would surely earn him complaints from Master Yan.
Gazing towards the ninth floor's entrance, he thought, "Now, to obtain the map of the two Ancestral Symbols!"
With this resolve, he moved towards the ninth floor. The mental barrier was stronger, but for a newly advanced four-seal symbolist like Xiao Tian, it was easily breached.
The ninth floor was smaller, with dusty floors and no mental waves or pressure, making it unsuitable for training.
Xiao Tian scanned the floor, his gaze settling on the walls adorned with complex runes, forming two ancient symbols.
(End of Chapter)
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