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Feeling the terrifying Physical Strength of his body, Lin Chen was filled with boundless fighting spirit.

Too strong!

"Is this a Source-level body technique?"

Lin Chen was excited.

One must know that with his current Golden Body Realm, if he were to use a Limit-breaking body technique to enhance his Physical Strength, he might not even be able to increase it by 1x... And this was only a Source-level elementary body technique. What if it was a higher level?

Lin Chen's eyes gleamed.

However, for higher-level body techniques, the system would need to be upgraded at least twice more before it could possibly deduce them.

Lin Chen would be using the Extreme Path Blood Burning Art for a long time.

"I just don't know how strong 500 trillion Dragon Elephant Power is."

Lin Chen became expectant, thinking he might be able to contend against an Eight-Step Emperor Realm, or even a Nine-Step Emperor Realm, with his body technique!"

He had the time wheel to defend his true spirit, so he wasn't afraid of true spirit attacks.

Unless the gap was too large, such as an attack from a Half-Step Great Emperor Realm expert... Lin Chen's breakthrough this time seemed to take a long time, but in reality, less than an hour had passed in the outside world.

He put away the time wheel and stayed in the Origin Chamber for another ten days, refreshing the cooldown of the time wheel.

Then, he thought of exiting the Origin Chamber, and immediately felt a repulsive force.

Buzz—

The next moment, Lin Chen's figure appeared in the Exchange Hall.

At this time, there were no trial-takers in the hall. He guessed they were probably all still in the Origin Chamber.

He had the time wheel stacked with the time acceleration multiplier of the Origin Chamber, so relatively speaking, the time he used was not long.

There were still ten days until the second layer opened.

Lin Chen's single seclusion now lasted several hundred years; this amount of time was merely a blink of an eye for him.

With nothing else to do, he continued browsing the exchange interface...

Time passed quickly, and soon, an hour was up.

The trial-takers appeared in the hall one after another.

Lin Chen's gaze shifted, sweeping over the many trial-takers.

Including himself, there were a total of 33 trial-takers who passed the first layer of the black tower this time.

Only 30 trial-takers were currently in the hall; Ye Shaoyang and Lin Sha of the Qilin Clan should still be in the Origin Chamber.

Their points were higher, so they likely exchanged for 2 hours, or even 3 hours, of cultivation time in the Origin Chamber.

Lin Chen also noticed that the strength of these 30 trial-takers had greatly improved.

They had all, without exception, broken through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm.

12 trial-takers had broken through to the Seven Tribulation Quasi-Emperor and above!

Among them, a young man from the Angel Empire had even reached the Nine Tribulation Quasi-Emperor level!

Seeing this, Lin Chen couldn't help but exclaim that this Origin Chamber was too heaven-defying!

Under his 30,000x comprehension amplification, it only took him one year to break through to the Two-Step Emperor Realm.

These trial-takers could also stack their comprehension to about 20,000x by exchanging for some auxiliary treasures.

The Origin Chamber was called the Origin Chamber because the aura of the Source Great Dao was incredibly rich within it, allowing these trial-takers to better comprehend the Great Dao mysteries.

As for the true spirit aspect, there were corresponding illusionary trials in the chamber, so these trial-takers were able to reach such a realm within 114 years.

Just as Lin Chen's thoughts were racing, the young man from the Angel Empire looked in his direction.

There was a hint of killing intent in his eyes.

Soon, led by the young man from the Angel Empire, 11 late-stage Quasi-Emperor trial-takers came before Lin Chen.

This young man from the Angel Empire, named Tian Xuan, first observed Lin Chen's martial arts realm with a puzzled expression.

Upon realizing that he couldn't see through him, his eyelids twitched slightly, as if he had some reservations.

However, he quickly regained his arrogant expression.

He knew Lin Chen was strong, but after this seclusion.

He believed his strength must have surpassed this human boy.

"Boy, you slaughtered my clan's geniuses before. In the second layer, I will definitely kill you!"

Other geniuses from the Four Great Empires followed behind him, all clamoring now.

Lin Chen scoffed at this, sweeping his gaze over these geniuses from the Four Great Empires, and said:

"You don't even have the right to speak to me."

"Scram!"

Lin Chen said indifferently.

Immediately, Tian Xuan and the others were furious, looking at Lin Chen with killing intent, but alas, this was the Exchange Land, where they could not fight each other.

"Boy, you just wait for me!"

"Don't let me run into you on the second layer!"

Tian Xuan roared with a ferocious expression.

Just then, a young muscular man with his upper body exposed walked over.

He stood beside Lin Chen, looking at the many imperial prodigies with hostility.

The newcomer was Savage Iron.

Savage Iron, protected by Lin Chen's clone when the ultimate beast descended, luckily survived.

He was very grateful to Lin Chen; if it weren't for Lin Chen, his true spirit would have long since returned to the river of time... Savage Iron, protected by Lin Chen's clone, also obtained a large number of points at that time, and this time he exchanged for many rare treasures to aid his cultivation.

His martial arts realm had reached the Seven Tribulation Quasi-Emperor level, and he was one of the 12 trial-takers above Seven Tribulation Quasi-Emperor that Lin Chen had just seen.

Tian Xuan stared at Savage Iron, his expression slightly stunned, then he said with a threatening look:

"Are you from Man Country? I remember your Man Country isn't far from my Angel Empire."

"Are you standing with this human boy to oppose my Angel Empire?"

"Or is this human boy from your Man Country?"

Savage Iron's face stiffened upon hearing this. He naturally knew the power of the Angel Empire.

Any Half-Step Great Emperor Realm super expert from the Angel Empire could destroy their Man Country!

However, at this moment, he still stood resolutely beside Lin Chen.

"My personal actions have nothing to do with Man Country!"

"However, if you move against him, I will not stand by and do nothing."

Savage Iron said, full of killing intent.

Tian Xuan and the others burst into laughter upon hearing this.

"How ridiculous... Fine, I'll take care of you on the second floor as well."

Tian Xuan finished with a sinister expression, and then the group left.

Lin Chen watched them the entire time as if they were fools.

Quasi-Emperor?

Lin Chen didn't know who gave them the courage; he was already very benevolent for not actively seeking trouble with these imperial prodigies.

During the first layer of trials, he didn't have time to deal with these idiots, but in the second layer, he wouldn't mind crushing these jumping insects... Then Lin Chen smiled and looked at Savage Iron.

"Aren't you afraid of bringing disaster upon your Man Country?"

Savage Iron said respectfully:

"Sir, I thought of these things from the moment I decided to follow you."

"If my choice is detrimental to my homeland, I will leave Man Country and follow you to the death!"

Lin Chen smiled slightly, saying:

"No need for that. Since you are with me, I naturally won't let you suffer such injustice."

"I admire your character very much."

"I have a few Battle Skills here that are quite suitable for you. You can take them and study them."

What Lin Chen gave him were several Limit-breaking Great Dao Combat Skills and Great Dao Fusion Battle Skills that he had discarded.

Savage Iron's eyes lit up immediately upon seeing this, his expression extremely excited.

He himself only mastered one Half-Step Limit-breaking Battle Skill. The Battle Skills Lin Chen gave him could help him complete his own Battle Skills, and he might even have a breakthrough... Lin Chen waved his hand, then found an empty spot to sit down, quietly waiting for the second layer of trials to begin.

Time flew by, and Lin Sha and Ye Shaoyang also returned to the hall one after another.

Lin Chen was surprised to find that Lin Sha had actually broken through to the One-Step Emperor Realm!

And Ye Shaoyang, wearing purple-gold battle armor, had even reached the Four-Step Emperor Realm!

This made him very confused.

Was it a seed imprint?

Or did this Ye Shaoyang have a heaven-defying opportunity?

Lin Chen shook his head slightly. Whatever it was, he had to eliminate all these threats in the second layer of trials!

For the next few days, they waited quietly in the hall.

Out of 33 trial-takers, not a single one withdrew!

Because they knew that this black tower trial was a great opportunity.

Having tasted the sweetness, how could they possibly give up... Soon, ten days passed.

In the hall, the ethereal voice sounded again.

[The second layer trial of the Black Tower is about to begin!]

[Countdown one minute. Trial-takers who wish to withdraw may do so now!]

The eyes of the many trial-takers were firm, yet held a hint of greed.

Withdraw? Only a fool would withdraw.

They were even impatient at this point... [The second layer trial begins!]

Buzz—

A suction force came, and Lin Chen and the others' figures instantly disappeared.