Chapter 303 Straight to the 29th floor? What a prodigy!

Until Jiang Yun began to enter the tower.

Everyone's eyes were fixed firmly on the third obsidian tower.

Above Tower Three.

Ever since the crystals representing the floor levels began to light up one by one from the first floor at a nerve-wracking steady pace, the entire Trial Square had fallen into a strange silence.

There was only the sound of suppressed breathing.

And the faint but clear hum when the crystals lit up.

Floor one, floor two, floor three... floor ten, floor eleven... the speed at which the light climbed was too fast, too steady, as if he wasn't challenging the peril-filled Myriad Beast Trial Tower, but rather climbing an unobstructed staircase.

"...How long has it been?"

In the crowd.

A student's Adam's apple bobbed.

He asked his companion in a dry voice.

"I-I don't know... it seems like it hasn't even been two minutes?"

His companion's eyes were wide.

Staring intently at the crystal that had already lit up to the eighteenth floor.

His voice was airy.

"Two minutes... eighteen floors?"

Someone nearby sucked in a breath of cold air.

"Is he freaking running up the stairs?!"

"The Sacred Student... doesn't he need to adjust his state? Doesn't he need to observe the Vicious Beasts' weaknesses? He just... crushes them directly?"

More people's faces were filled with disbelief.

After the initial shock passed.

Some less-than-harmonious voices began to whisper in certain corners.

"Tch! What's there to be surprised about?"

A disciple dressed in brocade robes, clearly from a prominent family, curled his lip.

His tone carried a deliberate dismissiveness.

"Don't forget, our Heavenly Saint Student is a solid Gold Rank Four. Gold against Silver Rank and Bronze, isn't that just pure Realm suppression? If I went up, I could do it too."

"Exactly."

Someone immediately chimed in.

It was a branch family disciple of the Lin family who had been intimidated by Jiang Yun before; he now lowered his voice and said sourly.

"He's just taking advantage of his high Realm. The first twenty floors of this Trial Tower are meant for Silver Rank; for a Gold Rank like him to barge in, isn't it just like playing? He's just picking up the benefits of the win-streak ranking for free."

These words resonated with many who also felt sour or held a subtle hostility toward this Heavenly Saint Student from a small place like Jiang Yun.

"That's right, he was Gold Rank when he enrolled; his starting point is much higher than ours."

"Hmph, he just got lucky and had a good Awakening for a talent. If I had those kinds of talent resources, I wouldn't necessarily be worse than him."

"Just watch, the real test is after the twenty-first floor. Gold Rank against Gold Rank, that's when we'll see his true colors."

"I bet he'll be done by the twenty-fifth floor at most. The further he goes, the stronger the Vicious Beasts; can he really keep one-shotting them?"

Although these discussions were quiet.

In the increasingly silent square.

Amidst these various whispers.

Above Tower Three.

The crystal for the twentieth floor.

Lit up steadily.

After a brief, almost negligible pause.

The crystal for the twenty-first floor suddenly burst with a light brighter than any previous floor!

"Twenty-one! He's entered the twenty-first!"

A scream pierced through the suppressed discussions.

Boom!

The crowd went into a complete frenzy!

"A twenty-one win streak! He's tied Senior Qian Luoyun's record!"

"No! He broke it! The record Senior Qian Luoyun set when he enrolled has been broken by Jiang Yun today! It seems this is even more impressive!"

"Look at the win-streak ranking!"

Someone pointed to the massive jade monument standing on one side of the square.

On the jade monument.

Originally sitting high.

At the top of the win-streak ranking was the name Qian Luoyun.

The numbers following it blurred and fluctuated.

The next moment.

A new name, carrying a brilliant golden light.

Boldly appeared above it.

[Tower Three win-streak ranking · First Place: Jiang Yun (21-win streak)]

"Sacred Student Jiang Yun has become number one!"

Exclamations rose one after another.

Those who had previously voiced doubts and spoke sarcastically now looked as if they were being choked, their faces turning red and white.

Realm suppression?

Picking up freebies?

But these solid golden words of a twenty-one win streak and reaching the top of the ranking were like an invisible slap, making their cheeks sting.

The brocade-robed disciple who spoke first.

Unable to save face, he argued stubbornly.

"What's the rush! He just relied on his Realm advantage to quickly pass the lower floors and get the win-streak title. The real highlight is the floors after twenty-one! Gold Rank Vicious Beasts, let's see how easy it is for him then!"

His words.

Barely allowed some equally unwilling people to find a point of support.

Right!

The previous ones were a massacre!

The ones after are the real hard battles!

Everyone's gaze.

Involuntarily focused once more on the crystal for the twenty-first floor that had just lit up.

Anticipation, doubt, tension, curiosity... all sorts of emotions intertwined.

Making the air in the square seem to freeze.

"It moved! It moved again!"

They didn't have to wait long.

Only about a dozen breaths of time.

The crystal for the twenty-second floor.

Lit up immediately after!

"Floor twenty-two! A one-shot?!"

Someone shouted out in shock.

"A Gold Rank two Vicious Beast... in a dozen breaths... how is this possible?!"

Before the wave of shock could settle.

The crystal for the twenty-third floor lit up without warning!

Followed by... floor twenty-four!

Floor twenty-five!

Floor twenty-six!

One floor after another, the speed at which the crystals lit up, though slightly slower than when he was clearing the Silver Rank floors, was still incredibly short, almost all within a minute!

As if the person inside the tower wasn't in a life-and-death struggle.

But rather conducting a methodical cleanup!

"F-floor twenty-six... Gold Rank Six..."

Someone muttered to themselves.

The expression on their face was already near numbness.

"His battle beasts... don't they need to consume spiritual energy? Don't they need to catch their breath? How is it possible to fight continuously and still one-shot those above his rank?!"

The voices of doubt grew weaker and weaker.

Replaced by a deep sense of horror.

Those who were originally waiting for a hard battle, hoping Jiang Yun's speed would slow down, now felt a chill rise from the soles of their feet.

Before they could digest this horror.

Floor twenty-seven, lit!

Floor twenty-eight, lit!

"Floor twenty-eight! Gold Rank Eight!"

A student shrieked.

Their voice even changed pitch.

"The same... same Realm as Senior Feng Qianyuan, who was defeated by Jiang Yun in an instant yesterday!"

This sentence.

Was like a thunderclap.

Striking everyone's mind!

Yesterday at the Colosseum.

Jiang Yun defeated Feng Qianyuan, who was tenth on the earth ranking and Gold Rank Eight, securing victory with that terrifying fire Domain.

Today.

In this Trial Tower.

Facing a Vicious Beast that was also Gold Rank Eight... looking at the speed the crystals lit up.

It was clearly another massacre!

What did this mean?

It meant that Jiang Yun's true combat power was far more than what he showed yesterday!

He might... still not be giving his all!

This realization.

Made countless people's scalps tingle.

Those Prodigies at the top of the earth ranking.

Their expressions were now incredibly grave.

Especially several in the top ten of the earth ranking, even the top three of the earth ranking; their gazes were sharp as eagles, locked onto the tower, their brows furrowed.

This unstoppable and bottomless display from Jiang Yun made them feel an unprecedented pressure.

This new Heavenly Saint Student.

Was definitely not just lucky.

Everyone's gaze.

Involuntarily turned toward the twenty-ninth floor.

There, it was still dark.

After the twenty-eighth floor lit up.

The tower fell into a brief silence.

One minute passed.

Two minutes passed... there was no movement on the twenty-ninth floor.

This pause.

Was in stark contrast to the previous storm-like progression, and instead allowed everyone's tightly wound nerves to relax slightly.

"He stopped... he finally stopped!"

"I told you, how could he keep one-shotting his way up! The twenty-ninth floor is Gold Rank Nine; facing an enemy five ranks higher, he's definitely run into trouble!"

"Five minutes! It still hasn't lit up! It looks like this floor is giving him a hard time!"

"This is normal! If he could even easily one-shot a Gold Rank Nine, would he still be human?"

Those doubters who were previously discouraged.

Seemed to have found a chance to breathe again.

Although they didn't dare to loudly disparage him anymore, their whispers inevitably carried a sense of "as expected" and "this makes sense."

Lin Yao was mixed in the crowd.

Because he had held a grudge against Jiang Yun since the last incident.

A bit of color returned to his pale face.

He stared intently at the twenty-ninth floor.

Praying maliciously in his heart.

"Get stuck! Better yet, get seriously injured and come out! Let's see you be arrogant then!"

Zhao Tiezhu and the other two had palms full of sweat from tension.

Silently cheering for Jiang Yun in their hearts.

The deans on the high platform.

The Prodigies at the top of the earth ranking.

They all held their breath.

Floor twenty-nine, Gold Rank Nine.

This was a massive threshold.

If he could cross it, the significance would be extraordinary.

After all, this Heavenly Saint Student was only Gold Rank Four!

For every rank crossed.

This combat power would be extraordinary.

Just as this anxious waiting continued for nearly five minutes.

Hum!

The crystal for the twenty-ninth floor.

Lit up suddenly without warning!

The brilliance was even more dazzling than any floor before!

"It lit up! Floor twenty-nine! He passed!"

Exclamations erupted.

But this time.

The emotions mixed in the exclamations were much more complex.

Some were relieved.

"It finally lit up; it seems he won after a hard fight."

Some were even more horrified.

"Five minutes, five ranks higher, he actually won!"

And some felt deep awe.

"Gold Rank Four beating a Rank Nine... what a monster!"

Those who were just muttering that this was normal now looked like they were being choked, their remaining words stuck in their throats, their faces incredibly embarrassed.

Defeating a Gold Rank Nine Vicious Beast in five minutes.

You call that running into trouble?

This is freaking powerful suppression!

"Five ranks higher... unheard of..."

An older student muttered.

His gaze toward the tower was filled with awe.

"Feng Qianyuan's loss... really wasn't in vain..."

Those who had watched the battle yesterday.

Were now completely convinced.

"Our Saint is truly a monster..."

Such an evaluation.

Echoed in the hearts of countless people.

In the shadows.

Those Prodigies of the earth ranking.

Including several of the top three of the earth ranking.

Luo Qingshuang, Xiao Chen, and Lei Qing, their expressions were grave to the extreme.

Jiang Yun used this solid record.

To announce his arrival.

It was definitely not as simple as just holding the title of Heavenly Saint Student.

He already possessed the terrifying strength to threaten or even shake their positions!

"Brother Jiang! You're so freaking awesome!! Five ranks higher!!!"

Zhao Tiezhu could no longer contain himself.

He jumped up, waving his fists.

His face was flushed with excitement as he roared at the top of his lungs.

Lin Kuo and Xiao Yutian followed closely behind; the three of them ignored the various looks from around them and vented the excitement and pride in their hearts to their hearts' content.

After the brief clamor.

A new, even more fervent anticipation spread across the square like wildfire.

Everyone's gaze.

Focused once more, all turning toward the one that had not yet been lit.

The thirtieth floor!

Floor thirty, Peak Gold Rank 9!

Truly the first Realm below amethyst rank!

If floor twenty-nine proved that Jiang Yun possessed world-shaking combat power to fight above his rank, then floor thirty was a test to see if he truly deserved the title of number one below amethyst rank!

To challenge? Or not to challenge?

If he challenges, can he succeed? balance

Facing the theoretically strongest opponent of the same rank.

Can he continue the miracle?

If he succeeds... then today will surely forge a new Legendary!

Countless gazes became incredibly fervent.

Countless hearts were in their throats.

Even the experienced deans couldn't help but lean forward slightly, their eyes full of scrutiny and anticipation.

The top three of the earth ranking, Luo Qingshuang, Xiao Chen, and Lei Qing, all straightened their backs in unison, their eyes sharp as knives, and their Qi faintly fluctuating around them.

They.

Were the currently recognized peak of the Gold Rank in the academy.

If Jiang Yun wanted to touch the title of number one, he would ultimately need to pass through them, these great mountains.

And floor thirty.

Might be the first touchstone.

The entire Trial Square.

Was silent, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Only the towering Tower Three stood quietly.

The crystal of the twenty-ninth floor glowed, while the thirtieth floor above it remained dark, like a silent giant beast, waiting for the challenger to arrive.

Everyone's breathing slowed down at this moment.

Waiting.

For the next moment.

To see if the light would flare up once again.