147: Guixu Tower, a force that breaks all laws

When Lin Tian’s words, filled with helplessness and indulgence, “Alright, then I’ll play with you all,” echoed in the silent stone hall, everyone present felt an extremely absurd, time-space-disordered sensation.

That was the “Three Trials of Guixu”!

That was an ancient record sealed for thousands of years, one that even young Divine-Grade Experts failed to break!

That was hailed as the “absolute yardstick” for measuring the potential of a Prodigy of an era!

Such a sacred, such a solemn ultimate trial, in this man’s mouth, was actually… just a game to “play with his female companions”?!

Arrogance!

This was more deeply ingrained than any previous instance, as if he didn’t even put the ancient heroes in his eyes… ultimate arrogance!

In the corner, Gu Fan, who had just recovered a trace of his senses, heard this and felt his Qi and blood surge again, a sweetness in his throat, almost spitting out another mouthful of old blood.

And City Lord City Lord was even more furious, his beard bristling and eyes wide. He snorted coldly, thinking to himself, “Good! You ignorant brat! I’d like to see how you’ll ‘play’ in front of that ‘Stele of Mental Energy’ later, the one that can even shatter Mental Energy!”

He was determined to see Lin Tian make a fool of himself.

However, just as Lin Tian was about to step onto the testing platform of that “Stele of Mental Energy,” he suddenly stopped, turned his head, and looked at the three giant stone steles with an “uninterested” gaze, shaking his head.

“Too slow.”

He uttered three words indifferently.

Then, under everyone’s astonished and perplexed gazes, he directly ignored the trial of the last stage and walked straight to the deepest part of the stone hall.

There, stood an ancient, weathered nine-story black pagoda that seemed to be integrated with the entire Guixu City… the guixu pagoda.

“Your Highness Lin Tian, this is…” City Lord was stunned and subconsciously asked.

“This game of testing one stage at a time is too time-consuming.” Lin Tian didn’t look back, his voice was flat, yet carried an undeniable dominance, “Let’s start the real ‘Trial’ directly.”

The real Trial!

guixu pagoda!

A monstrous wave instantly surged in City Lord’s heart! He had intended to use the “Three Trials of Guixu” to regain some face, but he didn’t expect that the other party didn’t even have the interest to “play,” and was going straight to challenge the final, and most crucial… guixu pagoda!

He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart, and forced a smile back onto his face, announcing loudly, “Good! Since Your Highness Lin Tian has such courage, then let it be as you wish!”

“I announce that the final stage of the ‘Guixu Trial’ — ‘Brave the guixu pagoda,’ is now officially beginning!”

With a wave of his hand, the long-sealed nine-story black pagoda emitted a dull roar, and the tightly closed giant stone gate at the base of the pagoda, inscribed with ancient runes, slowly opened.

“Everyone,” City Lord introduced to all the Prodigies present, “This pagoda, with its nine floors, is the true core of my Guixu City! Each floor contains different Law trials originating from the Eye of Guixu, with difficulty increasing geometrically!”

“According to the rules, the one who ultimately clears the highest number of floors will not only receive the ‘Platinum Pass’ I promised earlier, but also… a random ancient Legacy from this pagoda!”

As soon as these words were spoken, a brilliant light instantly burst forth from the eyes of Saint Arthur, Thor, the Thunder God, and others!

To contend for that sole priority exploration right, they no longer hesitated, transforming into streaks of light and rushing into the opened stone gate first!

...Outside the guixu pagoda, on the huge monitoring light screen, more than a dozen light dots representing various Prodigies lit up.

They entered quickly, but their progress was… infuriatingly slow.

“Oh my god! The first floor’s ‘Heart Demon Illusion’ is actually so terrifying?! Look, that Saint from the Holy Temple struggled for a full three minutes before barely getting through!”

“The second floor’s ‘Puppet Army Array’ is even more perverse! Those are a thousand combat Puppets, each with strength comparable to Peak A-rank! Thor, the Thunder God, although brave, is also trapped within, finding every step difficult!”

Looking at the light screen, at the top Prodigies, famous in the outside world, now struggling arduously in the first and second floors as if stuck in a quagmire, the local Cultivators of Guixu City all showed a trace of proud honor.

This was the foundation of their Guixu City!

Just then, another light dot lit up.

It was Lin Tian.

He finally also stepped into the guixu pagoda.

Everyone’s gaze instantly focused on that newly appeared light dot! They wanted to see how much faster this incredibly arrogant fellow could be than the others!

However, the scene that followed almost made their eyeballs pop out of their sockets!

The light dot representing Lin Tian, after entering the first floor’s “Heart Demon Illusion,” didn’t even… stay for a single second!

It just… passed right through?!

Inside the pagoda, first floor.

As soon as Lin Tian stepped in, the surrounding scenery instantly changed, transforming into a Heart Demon Illusion filled with endless temptation and terror. Countless Incarnations of his deepest desires and phantom enemies of his greatest fears surged towards him from all directions!

However, before they could even get close.

Within Lin Tian’s Soul Origin, which had long since transformed into an Eternal Particle Body and was almost god-like, the golden light cluster representing the Heart of God merely trembled slightly.

Buzz—!

A supreme, Holy Light filled with purification and order erupted with a roar!

The entire Heart Demon Illusion, like ice and snow exposed to sunlight, instantly vanished into thin air!

“Is that all?”

Lin Tian curled his lips, took a step, and directly entered the second floor.

Second floor, Puppet Army Array.

A thousand combat Puppets, clad in heavy armor, wielding sharp blades, and with auras comparable to Peak A-rank, their eyes glowed red as they sensed his entry, surging towards him like a tide!

Facing this steel torrent that would make any S-Class Expert’s scalp tingle.

Lin Tian didn’t even have the interest to make a move.

He merely activated the most basic, pure Physical Body aura of the Pangu Body.

Then, like a human-shaped, never-extinguishing golden meteor, he directly, all the way, charged straight through!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

A series of dense, popping metal shattering sounds echoed throughout the entire space!

Those A-Class Puppets, made of indestructible special alloys and capable of withstanding energy cannon bombardment, were as fragile as paper in front of Lin Tian’s unreasonable, pure Physical Body aura!

All the Puppets that stood in his path, without exception, were completely smashed into flying, primal metal fragments by that terrifying impact!

He, forcibly, carved out a… broad path through that steel torrent!

...Outside the pagoda.

On the monitoring light screen.

Under everyone’s already stunned and numb gazes.

The golden light dot representing Lin Tian soared upwards frantically, at an incredible, crushing speed that completely defied all their understanding!

First floor! Cleared in seconds!

Second floor! Cleared in seconds!

Third floor! Still cleared in seconds!

While all the other Prodigies were still struggling in the first and second floors, finding every step difficult as they tried to break illusions and fight Puppets.

Lin Tian’s light dot had already left them far behind, like a miracle, directly breaking through the barrier of the third floor and reaching the fourth floor… a Domain that was still unknown to everyone!

This immense, chasm-like disparity in strength plunged all the spectators into a dead silence of… shock and… speechlessness.