Chapter 304 The Divine Roc Appears! Thirty Floors Passed!

Inside the tower.

The thirtieth level.

This was no longer a simple stone room or wilderness scene.

Instead, it was a gray, chaotic space where heaven and earth had yet to be divided.

The ground was made of hard, dark crystals that seemed to absorb all sound; the ceiling was high and distant, with illusory stars flickering faintly.

The air was as heavy as mercury.

Every breath carried a stagnant resistance, and an invisible pressure permeated every inch of space. It was a power field infinitely close to the Amethyst Rank, even simulating a rudimentary form of Law transformation.

Jiang Yun stood in the center of the space, panting slightly.

Beside him.

The Storm Thunder Sparrow, Little Skylark, hovered there. Its originally majestic posture was now slightly withered, and a few feathers at the edges of its magnificent wind and thunder wings were charred and curled—traces left from the fierce battle with the Gold Rank Nine Vicious Beast on the 29th floor.

Although victorious, the consumption was truly significant.

And now.

The thirtieth level.

About fifty meters opposite them.

The guardian of this level.

A behemoth that almost filled the end of their vision was locking onto them with cold, cruel dark-gold vertical pupils.

Jiang Yun's gaze was solemn as his thoughts moved slightly.

The data entries manifestation ability belonging to his SSS-Rank Talent quietly activated.

Immediately.

Rows of information streams, emitting a faint blue light and visible only to him, appeared beside the massive body of that Vicious Beast.

[Race]: Abyss Demonic Rock Colossus (earth/dark attribute)

[Realm]: Peak Gold Rank 9 (infinitely close to Amethyst, preliminary simulation of Earth Heaviness and Darkness Erosion Law transformation)

[Aptitude]: diamond rank peak

[Talent Skills]:

Earth Pulse (Excellent)... Rock Armor Armament (Extraordinary)... Shadow Devour (Extraordinary)... Earth-Shattering Shockwave (Epic)... Indestructible Rock Core (Epic)... (More skill info omitted)

[Evolution Path]: Evolvable... "Peak Gold Rank 9... Half-step Amethyst, and it even simulated Law transformation."

Jiang Yun felt a chill in his heart.

This Demonic Rock Colossus not only suppressed Little Skylark by six full Realms, but its defense, strength, and those two attacks with preliminary Law characteristics far exceeded any previous opponent.

"Screech!!!"

Little Skylark let out a clear cry that carried exhaustion but remained unyielding.

Wind and thunder power gathered between its wings once again.

Just now.

It had already exchanged several rounds with this colossus.

The rapid impact of the Storm Wings' full-power explosion was slowed by the opponent's exaggeratedly thick rock armor and the Earth Heaviness field permeating its surroundings, greatly reducing its power.

Most of the violent lightning from the summoned Thunderstorm was deflected and swallowed by the shadow power flowing on the colossus's surface, with the aftermath only leaving shallow marks on the rock armor.

The most powerful Thunder Strike.

Although it tore open a crack.

It was quickly repaired by the Indestructible Rock Core flickering with an eerie light inside the colossus.

And the colossus's counterattack.

A massive rock fist wrapped in the power of Darkness Erosion.

An Earth-Shattering Shockwave that shook the entire space.

Both forced Little Skylark to push its speed and Wind and Thunder Body Protection to the limit to barely dodge or withstand them, consuming a huge amount of energy.

After a few rounds.

The colossus still stood like a mountain.

Its dark-gold vertical pupils even showed a hint of anthropomorphic mockery and impatience.

While Little Skylark's Aura.

Was already unstable.

"I can't let this drag on any longer."

Jiang Yun's eyes turned sharp.

Starting from the twenty-sixth level.

He had tried to fight mainly by relying on the beast taming armor condensation Armguard to borrow the power of Little Fire and Little Skylark, but as the levels got higher, the borrowed power became insufficient to display the true essence of beast taming skills.

On the twenty-seventh level, he summoned Little Skylark's true body. Relying on its diamond rank peak Aptitude, powerful skill system, and wind and thunder extreme speed, it crushed everything in its path until it encountered some resistance on the twenty-ninth level.

But the thirtieth level.

This threshold was simply too high.

Although Little Skylark was strong.

After all, it was six minor Realms behind.

The opponent also had the enhancement of pseudo-Laws.

"Little Skylark!"

Jiang Yun pondered for a moment and shouted in a deep voice.

His voice was clearly transmitted through the stagnant space.

"Use your full-power strike to finish it! I'll create an opportunity for you!"

At the same time his voice fell.

On Jiang Yun's left arm.

The patterns of the beast taming armor condensation Armguard instantly appeared and glowed brightly!

By now, he was even more proficient with the Armguard's abilities.

This time.

He wasn't simply borrowing power; instead, he poured his own majestic Gold Rank Four Beast Taming Power, along with the pressure of his Brick Stone Rank Divine Sense, unreservedly into the Armguard. Then, through the contract link, he used a method of guidance and enhancement to reverse-buff Little Skylark!

"Feel my power, and then... show the true majesty within your Bloodline!"

"Screech!!!!"

Seemingly receiving the dual enhancement of its master's Beast Taming Power and Mental Energy, Little Skylark looked up to the sky and let out a long cry. The previous exhaustion was swept away, replaced by an ancient, noble, and violent Aura originating from the depths of its Bloodline!

A dazzling blue-purple wind and thunder light erupted from Little Skylark's small yet terrifyingly powerful body!

That light was so intense.

It instantly dispelled the gray gloom of the space.

It even suppressed the turbid earth-dark light emitted by the Demonic Rock Colossus.

The colossus seemed to sense a threat.

It let out a dull roar like the earth cracking.

Its fists slammed heavily onto the ground!

Rumble!

The Earth-Shattering Shockwave centered on it, turning into visible earth-yellow circular ripples mixed with corrosive dark energy, spreading crazily toward Jiang Yun and Little Skylark. Everywhere it passed, the dark crystal ground shattered inch by inch!

Jiang Yun was prepared. He stepped on the ground, golden light flashing around him as he pushed his physical strength to the limit, forcefully resisting the first wave of the strongest vibration.

Simultaneously.

His Divine Sense condensed into a needle.

And stabbed fiercely toward the colossus's head.

It wasn't an attack.

But the most direct interference and provocation!

"Look over here! Big guy!"

The sharp impact of Brick Stone Rank Divine Sense.

Caused an extremely subtle stagnation in the colossus's movements. Its dark-gold vertical pupils involuntarily turned toward Jiang Yun, and the spread of the shockwave also experienced a momentary instability.

Now is the time!

"Little Skylark! Divine Roc True Form!!"

Jiang Yun's roar and intent.

Were like the final bugle call!

The wind and thunder light erupting to the limit around Little Skylark suddenly collapsed inward, then exploded in a more violent and vast posture within a thousandth of a second!

"Qiang!!!"

It was no longer the clear cry of a sparrow.

But a sharp screech of a roc that could pierce gold and crack stone, sounding as if it came from the primordial Chaos!

The sound contained supreme majesty.

Carrying a Bloodline pressure that made all things bow their heads!

Within the light.

Little Skylark's figure disappeared.

In its place.

Was a massive, majestic, and divine phantom that existed between reality and illusion!

It resembled a giant eagle.

Yet it was millions of times more noble and sacred than any hawk or falcon.

Its wings spread.

Over ten meters wide.

The left wing was composed entirely of a cyan, pure-to-the-limit storm. Countless tiny wind blades flowed and cut like feathers, making a terrifying whistling sound.

The right wing was a deep purple, entirely woven from violent lightning. Electric snakes danced wildly, and thunderous light illuminated the world, emitting a destructive Aura.

The phantom's head was blurred, but a pair of eyes sharp as heavenly blades and radiating blue-purple divine light were exceptionally clear, coldly looking down at the Demonic Rock Colossus below.

It was exactly Little Skylark's Legendary talent skill!

Divine Roc True Form · Embryonic Form!

Although it was only an embryonic phantom, a trace of the ancestral Soul Aura belonging to the Ancient Wind-Thunder Divine Peng had majestically descended!

It was a pressure that transcended the level of ordinary life!

The originally imposing Demonic Rock Colossus.

At the moment this Divine Roc phantom appeared.

Its massive body suddenly froze!

The shadow power flowing on its surface fluctuated violently and dissipated as if it had met its nemesis, and that simulated Earth Heaviness field was even more shaken by the higher-level Bloodline pressure!

In its dark-gold vertical pupils.

For the first time, a clear fear belonging to a beast was revealed!

The Divine Roc phantom did not pause for a moment.

It raised its majestic head composed entirely of storm and thunder, and toward the Demonic Rock Colossus below, which was struggling to move under the Bloodline suppression, it let out another Soul-piercing screech!

Immediately.

Those wind and thunder wings that covered the sky.

Flapped fiercely toward the Demonic Rock Colossus!

[Divine Roc True Form · Talent Skill: Wind and Thunder Heavenly Punishment]!

It wasn't any of Little Skylark's original skills.

But an attack.

Instinctively triggered when manifesting the Divine Roc True Body · Embryonic Form, containing a trace of true Divine Roc power!

The left storm wing whipped up a destructive cyan tornado, where every wisp of wind was as sharp as a divine weapon.

The right thunder wing struck down a world-ending purple thunder-fall, where every bolt of electricity was as thick as an ancient tree.

Wind and thunder perfectly merged at this moment.

Turning into a terrifying light pillar several meters in diameter, entangled in cyan and purple and filled with an ancient, primeval Aura. It descended with a posture that tore through the Void Realm and shattered all things!

The Demonic Rock Colossus let out a desperate roar.

Desperately activating all its power.

Its surface rock armor became thick to the extreme.

Shadow power tried to envelop its entire body.

The Indestructible Rock Core's eerie light flashed wildly.

However.

Before the Wind and Thunder Heavenly Punishment containing a trace of primordial ancestral Soul power.

All this resistance appeared pale and powerless!

Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

An indescribable loud noise exploded in the thirtieth-level space.

The entire Trial Tower seemed to vibrate with it!

The blue-purple light pillar submerged the Demonic Rock Colossus.

The thick rock armor, capable of withstanding the impact of epic skills, shattered and vaporized like paper.

That troublesome Shadow Devour power instantly purified and dissipated before the ancient wind and thunder, which were extremely yang and strong, cleansing all evil.

Finally.

The light pillar accurately hit the flickering Indestructible Rock Core inside the colossus's chest!

Crack... Bang!

After a crisp cracking sound.

Was the muffled sound of the core exploding.

The Demonic Rock Colossus's massive body stiffened.

The light in its dark-gold vertical pupils rapidly dimmed.

In the next moment.

Its entire body, starting from the hit core, quickly disintegrated into the finest dust and light points, vanishing more completely and quietly than any Vicious Beast on previous levels.

The wind and thunder gradually subsided.

The massive Divine Roc phantom slowly dissipated.

Revealing Little Skylark's true body once again.

Its wings hung low as it landed beside Jiang Yun.

It affectionately rubbed against his body.

But its Aura was already weak to the extreme.

Clearly, manifesting the Divine Roc True Body · Embryonic Form had consumed almost all its power, making even maintaining flight somewhat difficult.

Jiang Yun touched Little Skylark distressedly.

And withdrew it into the Beast Taming Space to recover.

With the enhancement of the Beast Taming Space's Heaven-Defying characteristics.

Little Skylark would only need a moment to recover.

As the Demonic Rock Colossus completely vanished.

A unique, exceptionally dazzling and solid dark-gold spiritual light slowly drifted out from where it had disappeared.

This spiritual light was only the size of a fist, but its internal fluctuations and light intensity far exceeded the sum of all spiritual light imprints accumulated from the previous twenty-nine levels!

It was like a king descending; the moment it appeared.

The layer of pale gold gauze around Jiang Yun, formed by previous spiritual lights, automatically retreated and dimmed, as if subjects welcoming a monarch.

The dark-gold spiritual light leisurely drifted in front of Jiang Yun.

Hovering quietly.

Emitting a profound and powerful Aura.

"Is this... the special imprint for clearing the thirtieth level?"

Jiang Yun understood in his heart.

He reached out to touch it.

The moment his fingertips touched the dark-gold spiritual light... Outside the tower.

In the silent Trial Square.

Tens of thousands of gazes were fixed as if welded.

Firmly locked onto that patch of dark crystal on the thirtieth level of the third tower.

Time seemed to be infinitely stretched at this moment.

Every second was as agonizing as a century.

Five minutes... ten minutes... there was still no movement on the thirtieth level.

"As expected... is it still not working?"

Someone murmured in a low voice.

Unsure if they were disappointed or relieved.

"The thirtieth level... Peak Gold Rank 9, half-step Amethyst... it's too difficult."

"Reaching the twenty-ninth level was already a miracle; the thirtieth level... perhaps it was never meant to be challenged by the Gold Rank."

"It seems his limit is here. But it's already terrifying enough..."

Whispers rose again.

Those who had been slapped in the face and felt frustrated earlier now seemed to find a gap to breathe.

Although they didn't dare to openly disparage him anymore.

The complex meaning in their tone.

Could not be hidden.

Lin Yao was hidden in the crowd

His eyes were fixed on the thirtieth level.

Shouting frantically in his heart.

"Fail! Get out! Stop right here!"

Deep within the various inner courts.

Several Inner Court Deans also frowned slightly.

Dean Zhan Qiong whispered.

"The thirtieth level is a qualitative change, absolute combat power that is the first below amethyst rank. No one has ever cleared it while in the Gold Rank. If he can come out within half an hour, it would be astonishing. Now, fifteen minutes have passed..."

However.

Before his voice could fall.

Buzzing!!!!!!!!

A vibration and roar far more profound, low, and seemingly originating from the tower's core suddenly rang out!

Immediately following.

At the focus of all gazes.

That patch of dark crystal on the thirtieth level of the third tower.

Without any warning.

Erupted with an unprecedentedly brilliant light!

That light wasn't a single bright white.

Instead, it presented a noble dark-gold hue.

Like liquid gold flowing.

Or like a sleeping ancient god opening its eyes!

The radiance soared into the sky.

Almost illuminating half the sky above the Trial Square!

Even the other lit crystals on the tower.

Under the reflection of this dark-gold light.

Appeared pale and eclipsed!

"The... the thirtieth level... is lit?!"

"It's actually dark-gold! Dark-gold! I've never seen the tower lamp light up in this color!"

"Passed! He passed the thirtieth level! Gold Rank Four... passed the guardian of the Peak Gold Rank 9!"

"My god... he really did it! The first Realm below Amethyst... he broke through it!"

"This isn't a normal pass! This phenomenon... this must have triggered some hidden rule! I've never seen this before!"

After a brief dead silence.

Was a complete boil like a landslide or a tsunami!

Exclamations, screams, and unbelievable shouts completely drowned out the entire square!

Countless people sprang from their seats.

Their faces flushed, gesturing wildly.

As if the ones who passed the thirtieth level were themselves!

Zhao Tiezhu and the other two were shouting and jumping, tears streaming down their faces, calling Jiang Yun's name with all their might, excited to the point of madness.

In the inner court.

All Inner Court Deans stood up abruptly.

There was no longer any calm on their faces.

They were filled with shock and joy.

Data streams flashed frantically in Dean Ming Jing's eyes.

"Dark-gold Glow... the highest specification recognition from the Trial Tower! The record... no, history has been rewritten! Clearing the thirtieth level while only at the Gold Rank!"

Dean Zhan Qiong took a deep breath.

His voice carried an irrepressible excitement.

"Good kid... good kid! Clearing the thirtieth level at the Gold Rank, with the Dark-gold Glow upon him... he's going to blow the roof off!"

Those prodigies at the top of the Earth Rankings.

Especially Luo Qingshuang, Xiao Chen, and Lei Qing.

Their faces were solemn to the extreme.

Deep in their eyes, besides strong wariness.

There was an unspeakable Battle Intent being ignited.

Jiang Yun, with this Dark-gold Glow of the thirtieth level, officially announced that he was qualified to enter the Domain they occupied, and even... challenge their authority!

No! He was even more terrifying than them!

And in the crowd.

Lin Yao's face was as pale as ash, and he stumbled back.

He slumped onto the ground.

His eyes were hollow.

The face that had been slapped by Jiang Yun earlier hurt even more!

His last bit of fantasy.

Was completely shattered along with that soaring dark-gold light.

The gazes cast by the people around him.

Were no longer of sympathy or indifference.

But of naked disdain and distance.

His words just now had been heard by everyone around him.

Who would still care about a clown who repeatedly made wrong judgments and had a twisted mindset?

The dark-gold radiance lasted for a full ten breaths.

Before slowly receding.

But the thirtieth-level crystal still maintained a bright dark-gold luster, separated from the other levels like the most dazzling crown on the tower.

The waves in everyone's hearts.

Were even more surging than that light, unable to be calmed.