The Three Sects choosing these itinerant martial artists naturally would not select them casually. They would definitely impose stringent screening on these martial artists, including their past.
No matter what, overpowering the Three Sects’ head disciples twice in a row was plenty for him to become the subject of everyone’s talk.
One time could be said to be a coincidence. If it was twice, then it probably was not what a coincidence or luck could explain.
In comparison, Ye Yuan who was the hottest topic in the beginning was no longer popular at this time.
Nobody would pay attention to a failure. Ye Yuan entering the second level with a buzzer beater was already not viewed optimistically by many people.
This Vast Heaven Pagoda had always been about fighting for number one. It had yet to be heard of who wanted to fight for the last place.
Originally, everyone was all anticipating Ye Yuan creating a miracle. But now, they focused their gazes on Liu Hong.
Actually, the Vast Heaven Pagoda’s first three levels did not have much worth to see.
There was not the slightest bit of suspense about prodigious talents like Qin Yan, Guo Taoqun, and Yin Yanhua passing through the first three levels.
If one had to say what was worth watching, it was only who would be the first one to charge into the next level.
Originally, everyone was the most optimistic about Ye Yuan. But Ye Yuan actually stayed in the first level alone for three whole days!
Later on, everyone focused their eyes on the Three Sects’ head disciples and did not expect a huge dark horse to actually charge out, overpowering the Three Sects’ disciples.
The Vast Heaven Pagoda’s trial this time could be said to among the most exciting and exhilarating times. It was opened for others outside the Three Sects.
To the Three Sects, they obviously did not wish for their own disciples to lose in their own territory.
But to the itinerant cultivators and the other sects, they did not say it verbally. They earnestly wished for somebody to step forward and wreck the Three Sects.
This mentality of sour grapes, many people had it.
Hence, when everyone saw that Liu Hong was the first one to charge into the third level, each and every one of them was like being injected with stimulants, praising him to the skies.
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Ye Yuan was currently following a routine: killing monsters and training, continuously absorbing and converting the nameless essence energy.
After a day, a horrifying essence energy storm howled within the beast horde.
The essence energy storm was extremely turbulent, strangling the nearby demonic beasts to death in succession.
After a day of slaughter, the nameless essence energy in Ye Yuan’s essence energy sea already accumulated to the size of two bowls.
The nameless energy contained within the Aurora Electric Lions’ bodies were clearly much more than the first level’s demonic beasts. Ye Yuan only used a day’s time and accumulated to around the first level’s nameless essence energy.
After a period of time, Ye Yuan broke through to the Fourth Level Sea Transformation smoothly. His essence energy sea surged once again, reaching a circumference of 150 feet!
“This nameless essence energy is indeed incredible! With my current essence energy potency, winning, even killing Second Level Soul Seas, shouldn’t be any problem! But there is an extremely wide gap between each Soul Sea Realm’s small boundary. Although I broke through to the Fourth Level Sea Transformation now and I might have the power to contend with Third Level Soul Seas, to match up against Fourth Level Soul Seas, it’s absolutely impossible to win.” Ye Yuan estimated his current strength.
All along, Ye Yuan could basically cross a major realm to fight the enemy.
Even when facing the disparity between the Lower Three Realms and Middle Three Realms, he could completely ignore it too.
But with the increase in realm, his limitations of crossing boundaries to battle clearly became increasingly more too.
The huge disparity between Soul Sea Realm and Sea Transformation Realm was seriously too great. Ye Yuan wanting to match up against Fourth Level Soul Seas with Fourth Level Sea Transformation basically did not have too much hope.
“This nameless essence energy is extremely powerful. If it can erupt instantaneously, it might be able to severely wound those at the Fourth Level Soul Sea Realm. But the nameless essence energy, using a bit, will make them a bit lesser. Unless it’s a last resort, best to not use it,” Ye Yuan muttered to himself.
Although the nameless essence energy was powerful, the biggest issue was that it could not be produced again.
Regardless of how Ye Yuan absorbed the outside world’s essence energy, it had no way of converting into the nameless essence energy.
The nameless essence energy could only be a trump card. Unless there were no other alternatives, it could not be used.
Previously, Ye Yuan used over a dozen drops in the first level. That already gave him unbelievable heartache.
“With my present strength, I should be able to sweep away these Aurora Electric Lions! Other people entered the third level two days before me. In addition to yesterday’s one day, three days have passed. They should all have already entered the third level. It’s time to go to the entrance area to the third level. This second level’s time limit is the same: three days. I still have two day’s time.”
Ye Yuan’s figure moved. Thousand Flowing Petals was executed along, and he rushed over towards the entrance area to the third level.
After breaking through to the Fourth Level Sea Transformation, Ye Yuan’s spirit, qi, and vitality all reached the peak state. His essence energy sea was three times bigger when compared to at the Second Level Sea Transformation!
In his current state, even if he did not utilize essence energy, it was also sufficient to kill off all the Aurora Electric Lions!
. . . . . .
Two days later, Ye Yuan became the topic of discussion once more. Because he stayed a full three days in the second level one more time.
The other people already charged into the second level on the first day and used two days to charge into the third level. Which was also to say that Ye Yuan was now three whole days slower than them now!
“What is it with this Ye Yuan? Stayed a full three days in the second level again. He wouldn’t be treating clearing the checkpoints like a vacation, right?”
“Wonder if he can charge to the third level at the last moment this time or not.”
“This . . . It’s really hard to say. If he can still rush in at the last moment this time, then it should be deliberate. It’s just, I don’t know why he needs to stay a full three days.”
“Who knows. The time is about to arrive! En? Name disappeared. Quickly see if he entered the third level or not!”
“There! Indeed there! What is he trying to do? Why must he insist on staying a full three day’s time on each level?”
This time, nobody doubted if Ye Yuan had the strength to pass through anymore.
The first time could be said to be a fluke. But entering at the same time the second time, it was clearly intentional.
Except that nobody could figure out what Ye Yuan was trying to do.
“This stinking brat. What the hell is he doing? Teasing with this sort of thrill each time! What if it just missed by a bit? Wouldn’t it waste all the previous efforts?” Ren Xingchun panted heavily once again and could not refrain from grumbling.
They could not be blamed for this either. After all, there had never been anybody who would do this sort of foolish thing, killing off all the demonic beasts at each level.
Even now, nobody thought that Ye Yuan was actually doing such a thing as well.
They felt that Ye Yuan definitely found a place to hide and made use of the eleventh hour to spurt towards the next level.
“Huhu, City Lord Ren, calm down. Ye Yuan isn’t a frivolous person. Him doing this surely h
as his reasons. In this Vast Heaven Pagoda, it’s also not whoever clears the round fastest can walk to the end,” Qi Hai reminded Ren Xingchun, suddenly appearing beside him.
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“Oh? Old Hai, is it possible that you know what Ye Yuan is doing inside?” Seeing Qi Hai’s attitude, Ren Xingchun was slightly surprised.
Qi Hai smiled slightly and said, “Ye Yuan’s level is different from the others. The things that he sees are naturally different too. There are countless demonic beasts in the first level and second level. Furthermore, these demonic beasts are not corporeal bodies, an excellent venue for training and tempering. If my conjectures are correct, he should be borrowing these demonic beasts to temper himself. That’s why he would hang on to enter the next level each time.”
Ren Xingchun’s eyes went wide. Even though he was very confident in Ye Yuan, wasn’t this too exaggerated?
Even Soul Sea Realm martial artists did not dare to stay in a level for too long. Ye Yuan dared to stay alone until the time was almost up?
Furthermore, without other people pinning them down, how did he charge past alone?
“Old Hai, even though Ye Yuan’s strength is pretty good, he’s at the Sea Transformation Realm after all. Training inside like this, I’m afraid that his essence energy can’t sustain!” Ren Xingchun said tactfully.
These words sounded like concern on the surface, but actually, it was reproaching that Ye Yuan was messing around too much.
So many demonic beasts inside, if his essence energy were exhausted and he got eliminated, just how unjust of a matter would that have to be!
If he was really eliminated, forget about him, this City Lord; even Ye Yuan himself would not be able to preserve his face either!
“Huhu, you this old man are losing yourself in concern. Furthermore, this grandson of yours, you yourself probably still don’t have much understanding. Ye Yuan appears very impetuous when doing this, even somewhat disregarding consequence. But after the matter, you’ll discover that he already calculated every single thing. Him stopping the Purple Mansion Sect, detaining Qin Hongtao’s grandson, eradicating the Heavenly Evil Sect, which incident wasn’t carried out after scheming? Relax, this boy will be fine!” Qin Hongtao said very affirmatively.
Ren Xingchun thought about it. It seemed to be truly as Qi Hai said.
His understanding of this grandson of his was really pitiably little. Of course, this was also related to Ye Yuan deliberately keeping him at a distance.
This boy’s temper was even worse than his. The two people frequently could not even see eye to eye. If he did not yield in the end, this boy could even poke a hole in the sky!
Qi Hai was very confident in his judgment. But he could not dare dream that Ye Yuan’s final goal was actually to kill off all the demonic beasts in a level either!
If he knew what Ye Yuan was doing inside, it was uncertain if he could still be so composed.
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After entering the third level, Ye Yuan suddenly noticed that it was much more spacious.
Within the first level and the second level, it was densely populated with demonic beasts. Especially the first level, that sort of density simply gave people a feeling of their scalp tingling. Just those numbers made people feel despair.
But after Ye Yuan entered the third level, he suddenly discovered that the demonic beasts did not seem to be as many as before.
He had already entered this level for some time and actually did not even see a single demonic beast!
It could not be to the extent where these demonic beasts were all killed by other people, right?
Ye Yuan was three days behind the rest. So, at this time, the third level should have already been void of other people long ago.
The other martial artists should have already cleared the third round or were already kicked out.
Which was also to say that currently in the third level, there was only Ye Yuan alone!
The one and only person!
“Strange. Even if this third level’s demonic beasts would have some reduction, it can’t be diminished to such an extent either, right? Just what on earth happened?” Ye Yuan said depressedly.
Since he could not meet demonic beasts, Ye Yuan simply just flew towards the entrance to the fourth level.
Ye Yuan was also rather looking forward to it now. Because after clearing the third level, there would be an interim reward.
If it was before coming in, Ye Yuan absolutely would not be looking forward to it like so. Because cultivation methods and martial techniques and whatnot, he really was not lacking any of them.
Just the Spirit Bristle Nine Yang Divine Art was enough for him to cultivate to the Divine King Realm. Why would there be a need to take such a superfluous action to learn other cultivation methods?
Even if he knew that Lu Linfeng soared from here, Lu Linfeng’s level was merely just slightly stronger than him.
To really talk about interest, Ye Yuan was just interested in the things after the sixth level.
But now, Ye Yuan’s thinking completely changed.
This Vast Heaven Pagoda was too mystical, to actually have this sort of thing like the nameless energy. Then what would the rewards for the first three levels be?
Because the path was free and unobstructed, Ye Yuan’s speed was exceptionally fast. He only used two hour’s time and was about to reach the fourth level’s entrance already.
However, everything before his eyes left Ye Yuan staring wide-eyed and his mouth agape.
“F*ck me. Are you shitting me?” Ye Yuan looked at the scene before his eyes and could not help rolling his eyes.
. . . . . .
At the same time, in a nameless space, a group of martial artists was currently discussing fervently.
“Finally passed the third level and can obtain the first stage’s reward!”
“Yeah. Although the demonic beasts’ rank only increased a small boundary with each round cleared, it feels more than several times more powerful! This fourth level, I can’t clear it no matter what!”
“Those Blue Sand Beasts were really hard to tangle with! I almost succumbed in the third level! If I couldn’t even pass the third level, this trip would be considered wasted.”
“Yeah. The Blue Sand Beasts are extremely formidable existences among Tier 3 demonic beasts too. Although the few of us are Soul Sea Realms, being surrounded by so many Blue Sand Beasts was really enough for us to die.”
Very clearly, the third level gave considerable pressure to these Soul Sea Realms.
One should not look at how each level’s demonic beasts only raised by a small boundary. The increase in the degree of difficulty was not simple.
Facing never-ending attacks, no matter how powerful the martial artist, they would be exhausted to death too.
Ye Yuan’s control over essence energy was so subtle and he nearly screwed himself to death, let alone other people.
Furthermore, these demonic beasts were not ordinary demonic beasts. Their strength in the same rank was very formidable too. If one did not have the corresponding strength, they would simply be unable to breach through the encirclement.
Entering the Vast Heaven Pagoda this time, a total of 300 people entered. Yet, only less than 20 people were still inside this nameless space right now.
These people were all the same; they were all all Soul Sea Realm experts. Sea Transformation Realm martial artists were already wrecked by those demonic beasts until not even dregs were left.
The only Sea Transformation Realm martial artist surviving was just Ye Yuan alone.
Right at this time, an archaic voice suddenly sounded out, “Welcome to the inheritance space. Congratulations to everyone for successfully clearing the Vast Heaven Pagoda’s first three levels. I’ll give you each your corresponding rewards according to your performances in the first three levels.”
Guo Taoqun was the second to enter the namel
ess space. After entering the nameless space, he had been staring at the entrance all this while, wanting to see Ye Yuan’s silhouette.
But sadly, he did not even see a freaking shadow all the way until this voice sounded out!
Could it be that Ye Yuan really failed?
But how was this possible?
Guo Taoqun and Qin Yan exchanged glances, both looking absent-minded.
Just what in the world happened to Ye Yuan, to actually fail?
“May we ask Senior, there should still be one of us who hasn’t arrived yet, right?” at this time, Yin Yanhua suddenly spoke.
Everybody fell silent. They all knew who Yin Yanhua was talking about.
“He’s different from you guys,” said the voice, after musing for a moment.
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“Damn. Is this to let I, Little Lord, to review the troops? So many Armored Diamond Bulls are here just to wait for me?”
Only seeing the scene before his eyes did Ye Yuan finally know why he did not run into demonic beasts along the way.
All the demonic beasts were already gathered here, waiting in battle formation!
In front of Ye Yuan, it was all herds of large black bulls as far as the eyes could see, stretching to infinity.
These big black bulls were blazing with anger and seething with killing intent as if they had long been awaiting him.
Of course, Ye Yuan was still currently unaware that what those people previously encountered were all Blue Sand Beasts and not the Armored Diamond Bulls!
This Armored Diamond Bulls belonged to the category of extremely formidable existences among Tier 3 demonic beasts.
The skins of these large black bulls were coarse. They had thick flesh. Ordinary attacks simply had no way of penetrating their defense!
Under normal circumstances, even peak Crystal Formation Realm human martial artists had no way of breaching middle-stage Tier 3 Armored Diamond Bulls’ defense too!
One could imagine just how freakish this demonic beast was.
More importantly, this type of demonic beasts even had the bull-species’ savageness. Its offensive power was extremely formidable.
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