Chapter 591

Chapter 591: Breaking Through the Levels of the Tower (Part 2)

In the Biluotian secret realm.

At the fifth layer of the Ancient Tower of Heaven, a massive male lion lay howling before Wang Chen, its flames slowly extinguishing as its battered body visibly crumbled and disintegrated.

A fiery red lion’s heart detached from the corpse and floated upward.

"Challenge of the fifth layer of the Tower of Heaven successful!"

A grand and mechanical voice echoed throughout the fiery and lava-filled space.

Wang Chen collected his spoils.

This seemingly simple action felt like it drained all his strength, and beads of sweat formed on his forehead.

"Do you wish to challenge the sixth layer of the Tower of Heaven?"

Wang Chen ignored the voice that sounded again, sitting down to swallow a Healing Pill as he began to regulate his breath.

The Heavenly Net for Exorcising Evil on his right arm glowed lightly, its pure spiritual energy continuously flowing into his body, replenishing his exhausted energy field.

Although he had won, Wang Chen appeared quite miserable at that moment.

He was nearly completely naked, and his Immortal Body, as strong as it was, bore long scars all over.

These scars were all from sharp claws, and in the deepest parts, one could see white bones. However, since his muscles and tendons were locked, no blood flowed.

Though his Immortal Body was powerful, with a Defense reaching the level of a Golden Core, it did not mean Wang Chen was invincible; as he sustained more and more damage, he could still be overwhelmed.

If not for that, the Tianlong Temple would have already dominated the Mountain-Sea Realm!

At the first layer of the Ancient Tower of Heaven, Wang Chen’s opponent was a puppet leopard.

He defeated it easily.

At the second layer, he faced three puppet leopards.

At the third layer, there were nine!

Finally breaking through, a new guardian puppet appeared in the fourth layer.

The Fire Lion he had just defeated had power comparable to a top-tier Purple Palace Battle Cultivator, and it possessed special abilities. Its claws had biting strength that even his Immortal Body could not completely withstand.

Wang Chen had used all his strength to win against it.

Now, he was completely out of energy; how could he immediately take on the next layer of challenges?

In fact, Wang Chen was seriously considering whether to take his winnings and leave, abandoning the idea of continuing to break through.

According to the rules of the Ancient Tower of Heaven, he had the time of an incense stick for recovery or to think.

After the incense stick burned, Wang Chen leaped up from the ground.

"I want to challenge the sixth layer!"

With the power of elixirs and the Exorcising Net, along with his Immortal Body’s incredible recovery ability, the scars on his body had mostly vanished, leaving only a few shallow white marks.

His magical energy had also mostly recovered, making it no problem to battle through another layer.

If the Ancient Stone Tablet was the key to breaking through the tower, then the Heavenly Net for Exorcising Evil was undoubtedly Wang Chen’s unique ability for overcoming challenges.

Without this unique ability, he would never have been able to restore his spiritual energy in such a short time.

The most important thing is that the spiritual energy conversion from the Exorcising Net has no side effects, which surpasses any elixir.

Elixirs are three parts poison; if one blindly relies on them for recovery, the accumulated poison within one’s body will eventually become a bomb that might explode at some critical moments!

As soon as Wang Chen’s words fell, the surrounding space began to change dramatically again.

Having battled through five layers, he was quite accustomed to such situations, so he stood quietly in place, waiting.

The flames dissipated, and the lava sank into the ground, accompanied by rumbling sounds as towering peaks rose around Wang Chen.

Suddenly, a tender green sprout emerged at his feet and rapidly spread out.

In the blink of an eye, the small sprout grew into a large tree, and a dense forest covered the rolling mountains.

The gentle sound of flowing water could be heard as a stream meandered past Wang Chen.

After following the stream for a hundred steps, he came across a massive rock covered in moss.

A branch reached out from the crack in the rock, and green buds bloomed, quickly transforming into beautiful flowers.

As the flowers opened and fell, they gave rise to three Tongtong fruits.

The Tongtong fruits grew at a visible speed, becoming vibrantly colored and exuding a captivating fragrance.

The surrounding space suddenly fell silent, and everything stopped changing.

It was as if time had frozen at that moment.

Wang Chen’s gaze sharpened.

Reverse Spirit Tongtong Fruit!

The fruit produced by this little tree growing in the rock crevices was exactly what Yin Sùlán had described—the Reverse Spirit Tongtong Fruit!

Wang Chen had never seen the Reverse Spirit Tongtong Fruit before, but his senior sister had described it in great detail, matching all the characteristics she mentioned, so he believed it to be true.

But was this merely a coincidence, or was there more to it?

Before Wang Chen could ponder further, a tall figure shifted from illusion to reality before the giant rock.

The guardian boss of the sixth level of the Ancient Tower of Heaven was not a puppet beast.

Instead, it was a cultivator!

He stood nearly nine feet tall, heavily muscled, with fierce leopard-like eyes and a broad nose, wielding a Large Axe.

Though they were separated by several dozen steps, Wang Chen could still sense a powerful aura emanating from him.

However, the burly cultivator gave him a peculiar feeling.

It felt somewhat like the presence of Evil Spirits.

Heroic Spirit!

In an instant, a piece of information popped into Wang Chen’s Sea of Consciousness.

It came from the Ancient Stone Tablet.

For centuries, the Biluotian secret realm had moved randomly throughout the Mountain-Sea Realm, appearing time and time again and attracting countless cultivators to explore.

A select few lucky ones gained opportunities within the secret realm, but more perished there.

The essence, energy, spirit, and bodies of these cultivators all fused into the Biluotian secret realm, becoming nourishment for it.

Additionally, a few powerful souls transformed into heroic spirits.

These spirits were then captured by the Tower of Heaven.

Imprisoned as tower spirits!

The cultivator standing before Wang Chen was one of them.

If Wang Chen wanted to succeed in this challenge, he must defeat this higher-level Purple Palace heroic spirit!

However, the battle did not erupt immediately, as the force binding Wang Chen’s movements still held him immobile.

After appearing, the burly cultivator blinked, his expression shifting from confusion to calm.

He looked down at the Large Axe in his hand, then turned to glance at the massive rock behind him.

Finally, his gaze locked onto Wang Chen.

"Turns out I am already dead."

The burly cultivator sighed deeply, murmuring to himself, "Time and fate!"

As he spoke, his expression suddenly turned ferocious, and a hint of indescribable malice flickered in his gaze as he stared at Wang Chen.

"Boy from the West Sea Sect, are you after the Reverse Spirit Tongtong Fruit?"

The burly cultivator chuckled menacingly, "I died right here. Humans die for wealth; birds die for food. I suppose it’s a meaningful death. Are you ready to meet your end?"

Suddenly, he raised the Large Axe, its blade glinting ominously.

Just as the burly cultivator’s words ended, the ground before Wang Chen suddenly bulged, and five weapons burst forth from the earth.

They hovered in front of him.

A knife, a sword, a spear, a staff, and an axe!