Chapter 313
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Chapter 313 Battle Begins!
These warriors hadn’t even steadied themselves when they heard exclamations from behind, and they all raised their heads to look at the tower.
As they looked up, they saw the sixth floor of the Nine-Story Tower radiating a dazzling light!
“My goodness! The sixth floor! Someone actually managed to reach the sixth floor!”
“That’s not the point! The point is how much time he spent! How long has it been since the fifth floor lit up? How did he already rush to the sixth floor!?”
“I, I think… there must be a mistake, let’s quickly ask the stall owner!”
Everyone looked toward the stall, only to discover that the stall owner in the gray robe was also looking up with his mouth wide open at the sixth floor glowing with light, his face full of disbelief.
He had no idea what was happening either!
Logically, if no one triggered the trial restrictions inside the Nine-Story Tower, none of the floors would light up!
Each floor lighting up proved that someone had triggered the restrictions on that level!
Just as the stall owner was filled with doubt, the seventh floor of the Nine-Story Tower lit up with a bright light!
It had been less than three seconds!
“This, this…” the stall owner looked up at the Nine-Story Tower with wide eyes, his throat moving but unable to speak.
The others in the square were also frozen in place.
Qin Yimo, who was sitting on a stone bench at the edge of the square, was no exception.
Her knowledge of the Nine-Story Tower was limited to the information her subordinates had given her.
But now, hearing the exclamations around her and seeing the extremely shocked expressions on people’s faces, she understood how incredible this scene was.
“Who is advancing so quickly? Could it be Qin Lang?” Qin Yimo’s beautiful eyes flickered as she looked up at the brightly lit seventh floor.
Just then, the eighth floor lit up.
The people in the square could no longer exclaim in surprise.
They had become numb, just staring blankly at the Nine-Story Tower, silently waiting for the ninth floor to light up.
Many warriors who had been killed by monsters in the illusions inside the Nine-Story Tower and teleported out also recognized the special situation, and all turned to watch the top of the tower.
Before today, no one had ever reached the ninth floor of the Nine-Story Tower!
But from the current situation, it seemed this record was about to be broken!
As all eyes were focused on the tower, the ninth floor of the Nine-Story Tower still hadn’t lit up.
Based on the previous speed, it took about three seconds per floor.
But now, more than a minute had passed since the eighth floor lit up.
The ninth floor still hadn’t illuminated.
“Looks like he’s encountered resistance! The ninth floor isn’t so easy to conquer!”
“Damn! Reaching the eighth floor is already impressive! Previous challengers only reached the fifth floor at most!”
“Wait, something’s not right… this person is advancing so quickly, can he even obtain the treasures on each floor? Probably not, right? He only spent one or two seconds on each floor…”
As the ninth floor remained dark, discussions erupted throughout the square.
…
Inside the Nine-Story Tower, eighth floor.
“I knew the person who created this magical item had bad intentions.”
Fang Yu was now in a dimly lit location.
This illusion was probably the creator’s vision of hell.
A group of ugly monsters charged toward Fang Yu, but he didn’t even bother to dodge.
As long as one firmly believed that everything around was false, the illusion would collapse on its own.
No matter what illusion one faced, this method always worked.
The claws of these ferocious monsters struck at Fang Yu, but passed through his body, unable to cause any real damage.
The reason Fang Yu couldn’t enter the ninth floor was because this so-called Nine-Story Tower had no restrictions set up to access the ninth floor!
In other words, there were indeed good things in the Nine-Story Tower, but they were all hidden in places that normal warriors couldn’t reach!
How treacherous.
Besides the ninth floor, there were indeed many items placed on the other eight floors.
But those things were all worthless junk, like middle-grade magical items and low-grade pills.
The profits the stall owner made from each opening of the Nine-Story Tower were at least twenty times the value of these scraps!
Indeed, these trial grounds that required payment to enter were all scams.
“No choice, I’ll have to deliver justice myself.”
Fang Yu’s lips curled into a slight smile as he stomped forcefully on the ground.
“Bang!”
The ground beneath his feet shattered.
At the same time, Fang Yu flew straight upward.
In the illusion, above was a blood-red sky.
But Fang Yu’s divine sense could see the true situation inside the tower.
It was just a wall.
“Bang!”
A muffled sound, and stones scattered.
Fang Yu successfully arrived at the ninth floor.
There were no more illusions here, just a small room.
No lights, no decorations of any kind.
On the ground in front of Fang Yu was a box made of steel.
Judging by how securely it was locked, this box could be called a safe.
“The good stuff should all be in here.”
Fang Yu walked forward and slapped the surface of the box.
“Clang!”
A heavy metal collision sound rang out.
Then, cracks appeared on the surface of the box, quickly shattering completely to reveal what was inside.
Cultivation manuals, high-grade pills, thousand-year-old medicinal herbs, and several magical items.
The aura Fang Yu had sensed earlier with his divine sense was likely emitted by those medicinal herbs.
The reason the owner of the Nine-Story Tower placed these things on the ninth floor was to use their unmaskable aura to attract more warriors into the tower.
He probably never dreamed that the Nine-Story Tower would attract an unreasonable bandit like Fang Yu!
“What cultivation manual is this? North Sea Divine Technique? I think there used to be a second-grade sect called North Sea Sect…”
“Ghost Subduing Technique… isn’t this the secret method of the Five Paths Sect?”
“And the Void Sword Technique…”
Looking at the cultivation manuals in the box, Fang Yu’s eyes flashed with surprise.
He had heard of almost all these cultivation manuals; they were secret techniques from sects that existed thousands of years ago.
Most of these sects had disappeared and vanished from the world.
Yet their secret techniques still had surviving copies! And not just from one sect, but from several!
“Who is the owner of this Nine-Story Tower? How could he have…”
As Fang Yu was pondering, his expression suddenly changed.
Within the range of his divine sense, he felt an extremely cold and sinister aura approaching!
…
In the square, the ninth floor still showed no light.
Instead, a series of loud noises suddenly came from inside the Nine-Story Tower, shocking everyone present.
Obviously, the monsters on the eighth floor were extremely powerful! Otherwise, they couldn’t have caused such a commotion!
Just as everyone was staring at the Nine-Story Tower, a black figure quietly walked into the square.
His face was covered with a black cloth, revealing only a pair of grayish-white eyes.
He walked neither fast nor slow, without making the slightest footstep sound.
“It’s in there…”
The masked man looked toward the Nine-Story Tower, and a strange light flashed in his grayish-white eyes.
After using a secret technique last night to locate the dragon’s aura, he knew that the dragon’s essence had most likely been absorbed by Fang Yu.
He needed to kill Fang Yu to reclaim the dragon’s essence!
“Previously you destroyed my ghost path avatar, and now you’ve taken the dragon’s essence…”
“This time, I will kill you completely and refine you into a human path!”
The masked man walked straight toward the Nine-Story Tower.
Just then, a flash of white light suddenly appeared in front of him.
A warrior who had been teleported out happened to stand right in front of him.
“Bang!”
The masked man didn’t dodge at all and collided directly with him, causing the warrior to stumble.
The warrior looked displeased and stepped forward, reaching out to grab the masked man’s shoulder, saying, “Hey, are you blind when you walk?”
Without looking back, the masked man raised his left palm and slapped backward!
“Slap!”
This slap landed squarely on the warrior’s cheek.
Fresh blood spurted from the warrior’s head!
People nearby heard the sound, turned to look, and screamed in terror!
“Murder! Someone’s been murdered here!”
The others in the square had been focusing on the Nine-Story Tower, but hearing this scream, they immediately turned to look.
Seeing the corpse, everyone’s expressions changed dramatically!
Someone dared to kill in broad daylight!?
The masked man paid no attention to the commotion around him and continued walking toward the Nine-Story Tower.
“Boom!”
But at that moment, the top of the Nine-Story Tower suddenly exploded!
A figure flashed out from the top of the tower, falling toward the ground.
The masked man stopped and no longer moved forward.
He raised his head to look at the figure in the sky.
But as he looked up, all he saw was a fist glowing with golden light!
