67: Chapter 67: Clearing the Ninth Floor of the Star Tower – The Rewards Are Incredibly Powerful!

"Are you that Lin Feng who has been in the limelight lately?"

Young Master Zhao Tianxing looked Lin Feng up and down a few times and let out a heavy snort.

"I've heard your name. A mud-legged bumpkin who cleared the grand exam with a perfect score."

Although he called him a genius, the contempt in Young Master Zhao Tianxing's eyes could not be hidden.

"How about it? Interested in becoming a high-level security guard for my Zhao Consortium?"

"I guarantee you'll be satisfied with the benefits, just like these two pieces of trash."

As he spoke, Young Master Zhao Tianxing pointed smugly at the two Tier 5 bodyguards beside him.

How arrogant!

Gu Ze gritted his teeth in anger, but since he was only at Tier 3 strength and couldn't possibly beat the Tier 5 bodyguards across from him, he could only stare helplessly.

A cold glint flashed in Lin Feng's eyes.

A chilling murderous intent instantly spread through his mind.

"Forget it, Lin Feng... don't cause trouble."

Tang You gently tugged at the corner of Lin Feng's shirt and whispered, trying to dissuade him, "The Zhao Consortium is deeply rooted in the Imperial Capital, and its scale is more than ten times larger than our family's."

The girl was simple-minded and terrified that Lin Feng would provoke a local snake he couldn't afford to offend just for her sake.

Two Tier 5 Deities as bodyguards.

Behind them stood a super conglomerate with a Tier 7 powerhouse.

Hearing such a terrifying background, ordinary people would probably be scared out of their wits on the spot.

However.

What did these titles have to do with Lin Feng?

Lin Feng couldn't even be bothered to waste a single word; he simply swung his fist and smashed it over!

After stepping into the Tier 5 sequence, a deity already possesses the great power to slightly alter the laws of physical reality.

This heavy punch looked plain and unremarkable, but in reality, it compressed terrifying spatial laws, carrying a force of at least tens of thousands of pounds!

Although Young Master Zhao Tianxing's two bodyguards were also Tier 5, they were all shoddy goods propped up by drugs; they were simply incomparable to a combat-hardened veteran like Lin Feng, who had fought his way out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

In the blink of an eye.

Two dull thuds were heard.

Young Master Zhao Tianxing's two personal bodyguards were like they had been hit head-on by a heavy truck; their feet instantly left the ground, and they flew backward like torn sacks, crashing heavily into a green belt dozens of meters away, where they passed out on the spot.

"You! You actually dare to hit people directly!"

Young Master Zhao Tianxing's scalp went numb with fright, and he shrieked aloud.

He completely hadn't expected this mud-legged bumpkin from out of town to dare to make the first move on the streets of the Imperial Capital.

What made him feel even more terrified was that the strike Lin Feng had just unleashed clearly possessed the aura that only a Tier 5 Deity would have!

During the live broadcast of the grand exam, this kid was clearly only Tier 4! How could his promotion speed be faster than drinking water!

"Private fighting between deities is strictly prohibited in the real world! If you have the guts, let's go to the virtual pod and fight a Divine Domain Battle!"

Young Master Zhao Tianxing's legs went weak, and he shouted stammeringly.

He himself was only a half-baked Tier 4.

Facing a Tier 5 powerhouse who could already alter the laws of reality, staying here was purely asking to be beaten up one-sidedly.

"Fight a Divine Domain Battle?"

Lin Feng slowly retracted his fist and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

This request was exactly what he wanted.

It would be perfect to chop up this playboy's exclusive territory and feed it to his own Taotie as a snack.

Just as Lin Feng was about to accept the challenge.

An aged yet infinitely majestic voice, like a booming bell, instantly covered the entire plaza of Starry Sky University.

"Little ones, welcome to Starry Sky University. I am the principal here; you may call me Elder Long."

Immediately following this, a terrifying pressure that could not be described in words pressed down heavily on the shoulders of every freshman present, as if it were physical.

The ten thousand prodigies in the plaza stopped their movements in unison and looked up at the sky.

They saw an elderly man with silver hair and a vigorous spirit, standing with his hands behind his back, floating quietly ten thousand meters in the air, looking down at the crowd below with a kind face.

"Is this old man the principal of Starry Sky University?"

Lin Feng's pupils suddenly constricted.

The supreme powerhouse who had suppressed the commanders of the two major military regions to the point where they didn't dare to breathe with just one sentence at the grand exam awards ceremony was none other than this person!

The Tier 9 True God who had secretly spied on the Chaos Territory in the exam hall must also have been him!

Never in his wildest dreams did he expect that this anchor of the Great Xia Alliance would personally step down to serve as a university principal.

And he was a genuine Tier 9 powerhouse at that!

Under this vast pressure of the Tier 9 True God, Lin Feng felt the flow of spiritual power in his body become extremely sluggish.

All the spatial laws around him had been forcibly taken over and drained by this Elder Long.

Since the principal had come out to clear the field.

The matter of settling scores with this idiot rich second-generation heir would have to be postponed.

Under the direction of the school instructors.

The ten thousand freshmen quickly lined up in formations and gathered obediently in the central plaza.

Elder Long's figure flickered, and he landed steadily on the leadership platform at the front of the plaza, followed by a long line of school executives with terrifying auras.

"Being able to obtain an acceptance letter from our Starry Sky University shows that you are all the most top-tier monstrous geniuses in the entire alliance."

"However! Here, you will spend four long years of brutal special training! Only those who reach the Tier 5 Deity standard are qualified to receive a diploma and walk out alive!"

Tier 5 Deity?!

Upon hearing this passing grade, a wail of despair immediately erupted from the freshman formations below the stage.

Most of the people standing here were at the Tier 3 level, with only a very small fraction of the top ones having touched the threshold of Tier 4.

The difficulty of rushing to Tier 5 within four years was simply appalling.

Tier 5, huh...

Lin Feng lowered his head to check his combat power panel.

It seemed... he wasn't that far from Tier 6 either...

"Next, I will briefly talk about the school's ironclad rules..."

Elder Long stood on the stage, reciting the freshman code of conduct in an aged and thick voice.

It was all the usual rhetoric repeated every year.

"Everyone look up and see this tall tower in the center of the plaza; it is called the Starry Sky Tower!"

"The Starry Sky Tower is our school's highest totem and the sole standard for your final exams and graduation certification!"

"As long as you successfully clear the fifth floor, you meet the graduation requirements!"

Another classic tower-climbing challenge mode.

Lin Feng couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Although the trope was very cliché, one had to admit that this kind of challenge mode made results clear at a glance, and it was indeed the fairest teaching method.

Four years to reach Tier 5.

For these geniuses who were able to get into the highest institution of learning, it was hopeful if they worked hard.

Therefore, the true core resources of this university must all be hidden within this Starry Sky Tower and extraterritorial combat.

All the freshmen's eyes were drawn to the ancient building in front of them.

The Starry Sky Tower had a total of nine floors, and each floor independently contained a dangerous different-dimensional plane.

To challenge it, one just needed to use the special deduction pods inside the tower.

"Clearing the fifth floor allows you to graduate smoothly."

"If you can clear the seventh floor, the school will issue a third-class exclusive scholarship!"

"If you clear the eighth floor, you will receive a second-class exclusive scholarship!"

"If anyone has the ability to clear the ninth floor..."

Elder Long stopped halfway, paused deliberately, and revealed an inscrutable smile.

"Principal! What kind of treasure is this scholarship actually giving out! It wouldn't be just sending us off with some ordinary divine power, right!"

In the crowd, a bold male student shouted at the top of his lungs.

The surrounding students immediately burst into laughter.

Those who could stand here were either children of conglomerates with mines at home, or grassroots monsters with gifted talents.

For these two types of people, the thing they lacked the least was basic divine power points.

"The scholarship, of course, won't be handing out such vulgar items. The reward the school has prepared for you is... a High-Level Elemental Energy Core!"

Elder Long chuckled and dropped a bombshell that instantly plunged the entire audience into dead silence.

Elemental Energy Core!

Hearing this term.

Even Lin Feng couldn't help but gasp.

This was a rare treasure used by high-level deities to break their limits and assault the True God realm!

It was truly worthy of being the Great Xia Alliance's most awesome top institution.

Even a scholarship prize was handed out so lavishly!

"Students who feel their strength is solid enough can go in at any time to try their luck."

Elder Long encouraged everyone to be brave and try, smiling.

Although he knew in his heart that among this bunch of rookies, 99% of them wouldn't even be able to survive past the fourth floor...

"Damn! The rewards are so generous! Let me go test the waters first!"

This blockhead Gu Ze, with his hot blood rushing to his head, was the first to raise his hand and strode toward the entrance of the Starry Sky Tower.