249: The Final Beast

After this breakthrough in seclusion, Lin Chen’s Energy Points were no longer enough for him to break through to the next realm.

Comprehending 1% of the Taiyi Great Dao required 10,000 Energy Points.

Reaching complete comprehension would require 1,000,000 Energy Points.

“I’m so short on Energy Points…”

“I must make a good haul on this first level of the Black Tower.”

Lin Chen thought to himself, his figure quickly rushing towards a realm gate.

Along the way, he discovered many safe houses that had already been used.

Once a safe house was used, it would lose its defensive effect.

Those Dao Realm and Venerable Realm trial-takers could only hunt some Dao Realm level exotic beasts in the early stages.

As the difficulty of the exotic beast tide increased, in the later stages, they could only keep fleeing… Lin Chen estimated that very few Dao Realm cultivators would be able to pass the first level of the Black Tower.

He estimated that very few would remain in the end.

However, Lin Chen guessed that Venerable Realm and Dao Realm trial-takers were separated, and the Venerable Realm area should be relatively easier.

Soon, Lin Chen arrived at another area through a realm gate teleportation array.

He found that this area had only a handful of trial-takers, who were currently hiding in safe houses.

Outside the safe houses, there were swarms of exotic beasts.

These trial-takers all looked terrified, already imagining their ultimate fate.

Once the safe house’s invincibility time was up, they would be torn to shreds by these exotic beasts!

Lin Chen shook his head slightly; the fate of these trial-takers was already sealed.

Certain death!

The Black Tower was likely also a place for the ‘Abyss’ to screen geniuses, or to test seeds.

It was simply not something ordinary beings could challenge.

This could be seen from the points leaderboard; currently, only Lin Chen and Ye Shaoyang had obtained substantial points.

Even the prodigies of the great empires were now few and far between… Roar—

An Imperial Rank exotic beast discovered Lin Chen, and the entire exotic beast group immediately erupted.

Inside the safe houses, the surviving trial-takers looked at Lin Chen in surprise.

“Is that him? I know him!”

“This human is a god of slaughter; he massacred countless beings from various nations during the previous ranking war!”

“Why didn’t he enter a safe house? There are Imperial Rank exotic beasts out there now!”

“…”

Lin Chen ignored those trial-takers and directly attacked the distant group of exotic beasts.

There were even more exotic beasts here than in the previous area, with over 300,000 Quasi-Emperor Realm exotic beasts, and even one terrifying exotic beast suspected to be in the Seven-Step Emperor Realm.

Lin Chen fought quickly, his true spirit eliminating exotic beasts below the Five-Step Emperor Realm before he swiftly fled.

The trial-takers inside the safe houses looked on in shock.

“He… what did he just do?!”

Howl—

Hundreds of Imperial Rank exotic beasts arrived near the safe houses, but instead of finding the culprit, they furiously attacked the safe houses.

Bang, bang, bang—

More than a dozen safe houses shook violently, like duckweed in water, threatening to collapse at any moment.

This terrified the trial-takers.

“Damn it! It must be that Wang Feiyu who did something to anger these exotic beasts!”

“Did you notice that all these exotic beasts are above the Four-Step Emperor Realm?!”

One trial-taker suddenly realized something and said in horror.

“Could it be… that Wang Feiyu instantly killed the other exotic beasts?!”

Immediately, these trial-takers showed looks of horror; they knew what this meant.

“Look at the points leaderboard!”

One trial-taker shouted, seemingly having discovered something incredible.

“It… it really was him; Wang Feiyu’s points have increased by several hundred million!”

Hiss—

Immediately, the trial-takers in the dozen or so safe houses gasped in unison, utterly shocked.

One must know that they were all at the Dao Realm Ninth Level; they could accept Wang Feiyu’s abnormal ability to kill Quasi-Emperor level exotic beasts before.

Now, facing Imperial Rank exotic beasts, they could only hide in safe houses, barely surviving, while Wang Feiyu could freely hunt outside.

Immediately, these trial-takers’ emotions became complex, with envy, jealousy, and unwillingness… Lin Chen once again stepped onto a realm gate teleportation array; he was now racing against time, gaining three to four hundred million points for every exotic beast group he eliminated.

The first level of the Black Tower was vast, and Lin Chen kept moving around, hunting everywhere.

Later, even exotic beasts at the Nine-Step Emperor Realm level appeared, which Lin Chen found outrageous.

He sensed that he was locked onto by the exotic beast’s aura before he even got close.

Frightened, he immediately returned to the realm gate teleportation array.

After that, Lin Chen became increasingly cautious in his hunting.

After all, if his dream body died, he would miss out on the Black Tower’s ultimate opportunity.

Time flew by, and there were only 3 hours left until the end of the Black Tower’s first level trial.

At this time, Lin Chen was also in a safe house.

He watched the outside world, his eyes filled with apprehension.

At this moment, the exotic beasts outside were all at least Imperial Rank!

There were many exotic beasts at the Nine-Step Emperor Realm level, and even a few auras were exceptionally terrifying, comparable to the powerhouses of the great empires from before… Lin Chen couldn’t help but sigh, this first level trial of the Black Tower was too abnormal!

If one didn’t find a safe house, they would be instantly annihilated by these exotic beasts!

Taking a look at the points leaderboard, Lin Chen found that there were less than 500 Dao Realm level trial-takers still alive.

The elimination rate of this Black Tower’s first level was too high!

The trial-takers who survived now were the lucky ones.

For example, they went to areas where safe houses hadn’t been discovered; a safe house could maintain absolute safety for 5 hours, and there were many of them, so they survived by relying on these.

Lin Chen just sat cross-legged quietly, waiting for the Black Tower trial to end.

Just then, his brow suddenly twitched violently, and a bad premonition arose in his heart.

Lin Chen suddenly stood up, watching the outside world vigilantly.

Within the Taiyi Great Dao, there was a branch law—the Law of Karma and Destiny.

This law, taken alone, was comparable to a top-tier Great Dao.

Although Lin Chen had only comprehended 1% of the Taiyi Great Dao, his ability to predict good and bad fortune was much stronger than before.

He had absolute faith in this warning.

“Something bad is definitely going to happen!”

“This Black Tower’s first level trial might not be that simple!”

Lin Chen walked to the vicinity of the safe house’s door, his true spirit extending outwards, carefully sensing.

There were less than 10 minutes left until the time ran out.

What could happen in such a short amount of time?

Just then, Lin Chen’s pupils suddenly contracted.

He abruptly sensed an aura far exceeding the Half-Step Emperor Realm.

20,000 light-years away, a terrifying giant beast, over a hundred million kilometers in size, appeared.

The giant beast seemed to sense Lin Chen’s prying, and its enormous pupils glared in the direction Lin Chen was in.

Boom—

A terrifying true spirit force surged over, instantly piercing through the safe house and striking Lin Chen’s true spirit.

Lin Chen looked horrified, suddenly flying backward and crashing into the wall.

“This is… an Emperor Realm level exotic beast!”

Lin Chen slowly stood up; he no longer dared to peek at that terrifying exotic beast.

“Fortunately, the safe house blocked the exotic beast’s true spirit impact.”

The terrifying exotic beast’s true spirit impact, weakened countless times by the safe house, still caused considerable damage to his true spirit.

After recovering, Lin Chen felt lingering fear.

“It seems this safe house might not be safe against that suspected Emperor Realm level exotic beast.”

At this moment, Lin Chen’s brow twitched more and more violently, and his heart also began to contract fiercely.

Just then, that ethereal voice sounded.

“The Final Beast has descended!”

“Trial-takers, you must find a way to survive the last 5 minutes to pass the first level trial and receive generous rewards.”

“Friendly reminder: Safe houses are no longer safe…”