260: Four kinds of weirdness

“While the Wraiths aren't very strong yet, I need to harvest more Energy Points.”

Ye Shaoyang’s matter was just an interlude; as long as he had enough Energy Points, Lin Chen feared no reincarnated old demon or peerless prodigy!

Subsequently, Lin Chen’s main body and eight avatars continued their frenzied hunt.

The world on the second floor of the Black Pagoda was simply too vast, and the Illusionary Fiends were sparsely distributed. Lin Chen often only reached a gathering place for Illusionary Fiends every two or three hours.

One day later.

A new type of Wraith finally appeared in the second floor trial space.

This type of Wraith was also recorded in Lin Sha’s memory, named Nightmare Wraith.

These Wraiths were illusory and without physical form; they could hypnotize living beings to sleep, then enter their dreams to kill the hypnotized beings.

The Nightmare Wraith’s hypnotic ability was extremely perverse, capable of hypnotizing living beings several realms higher than themselves.

Within dreams, these Nightmare Wraiths’ strength would be greatly enhanced, and they would be nearly immortal!

Millions of years ago, the emergence of Nightmare Wraiths caused countless deaths and injuries in the Endless Realm… There were two ways to kill a Nightmare Wraith.

The first was to escape the dream.

At that time, the Nightmare Wraith would reveal its form.

Once the dream was broken, the Nightmare Wraith would enter a period of weakness, and attacking then would allow one to kill it in one fell swoop.

However, to escape a dream, one’s true spirit must be strong enough, at least two realms higher than the Nightmare Wraith to have a chance… The second method to deal with a Nightmare Wraith was to kill it within the dream using powerful strength!

This method was even more difficult!

Nightmare Wraiths within dreams had their strength greatly increased.

Moreover, they could freely change the dream environment, confuse the living beings within the dream, appear and disappear unpredictably, and were extremely difficult to deal with… However, the strongest Nightmare Wraiths appearing now were only around the Four-Step Emperor Realm.

With Lin Chen’s true spirit realm, he could easily escape the dream.

“It’s only been a little over a day, and new Wraiths have already appeared. If these Nightmare Wraiths were any stronger, even I wouldn’t be able to escape the dream.”

Nightmare Wraiths were clearly more difficult to deal with than Illusionary Fiends.

Lin Chen estimated that the trial participants would likely be completely wiped out… Lin Chen did not stop his hunting pace; with the appearance of Nightmare Wraiths, his hunting efficiency actually increased.

Another day passed.

A new type of Wraith appeared again—the Corpse Wraith.

This type of Wraith was formed from living beings after death. Each Corpse Wraith had extremely strong physical defense and carried corpse poison.

If a living being was infected with corpse poison and not treated in time.

Then, in a short period, they would be completely corroded by the corpse poison and also turn into a Corpse Wraith without independent consciousness… The appearance of Corpse Wraiths slowed down Lin Chen’s hunting efficiency because the physical defense of these Wraiths was simply too perverse!

Wraiths had no true spirit, so they were not afraid of true spirit attacks.

The system could not directly devour Wraiths; their bodies had to be shattered before they could be converted into Energy Points.

The strongest Corpse Wraiths appearing now had already reached the Six-Step Emperor Realm level.

Lin Chen had to expend some effort to shatter a Corpse Wraith.

It was now the fourth day of the second floor trial.

Three types of Wraiths had appeared, and their strength was growing stronger and stronger.

Lin Chen even sensed Wraith auras above the Seven-Step Emperor Realm several times.

Facing Wraiths of that level, he would avoid them in advance.

After all, he was currently focused on Energy Points, and the higher the efficiency, the better.

For the next few days, he planned to hunt as many Wraiths as possible to obtain Energy Points.

When he could no longer contend with the Wraiths, he would immediately enter the sixth layer of space-time and simply wait for the trial to end.

Time was pressing now; every minute and second was crucial for Lin Chen.

Here, a single hunt would yield hundreds of thousands of Energy Points. If he left the Black Pagoda, it would not be so easy to obtain Energy Points… In the next few days, no new Wraiths appeared.

However, the strength of the Wraiths grew stronger and stronger, with even Wraiths at the Nine-Step Emperor Realm level appearing!

Fortunately, Lin Chen had the All-Encompassing Eye to detect those powerful Wraiths in advance, avoiding many unnecessary troubles.

And so, it was the last day of the second floor trial.

On this day, a new type of Wraith appeared again—the Domain Wraith!

Domain Wraiths had no physical form; wherever a Domain Wraith was located, there would be a massive domain, and within the scope of the domain, all rules would change!

Different Domain Wraiths had different domain rules.

For example, in the domain where some Domain Wraiths resided, all Grand Dao abilities would be sealed, and living beings could only exert physical strength within the domain.

Those living beings who followed the martial path would find encountering this type of Domain Wraith catastrophic.

There were also Domain Wraiths whose domains reflected all attacks back onto the attacker.

Facing this type of Domain Wraith, one could only kill it by exchanging injuries!

In short, the domains where Domain Wraiths resided had different rules.

However, these rules were not insurmountable; as long as one's own strength exceeded the Domain Wraith by two realms or more, one could break free from the domain rule restrictions.

The domain rules controlled by Domain Wraiths were all beneficial to themselves, which was also the powerful aspect of Domain Wraiths.

Among the four types of Wraiths that had appeared so far, only Illusionary Fiends were easier to deal with; the other Wraiths were all very troublesome.

Lin Chen had now recalled all his avatars.

As for Savage Iron, Lin Chen directly had him temporarily hide inside the avatar’s Inner World.

Now, the Wraiths in the second floor trial world were growing stronger and stronger, and Lin Chen no longer planned to continue hunting.

In his true spirit perception, Wraiths above the Seven-Step Emperor Realm were already very dense.

If he were to encounter a powerful Nightmare Wraith or Domain Wraith, his dream body might fall into their trap… So, his main body also entered the sixth layer of space-time.

He planned to quietly wait for the trial to end here!

Taking advantage of this time, Lin Chen also tallied his gains from the past few days.

At this moment, in his Inner World, there were piles upon piles of black creation crystals.

These were all refined after he killed Wraiths.

Among these creation crystals, the highest level was only the Seven-Step Emperor Realm.

He specifically targeted Wraiths at the Eight-Step Emperor Realm level to ensure the high efficiency of his hunting.

As a result, Lin Chen’s achievements were astonishing!

There were 23 creation crystals at the Seven-Step Emperor Realm level.

There were 88 creation crystals at the Six-Step Emperor Realm level.

The lower-grade creation crystals, such as Five-Step and Four-Step, totaled over 3000!

Don't let the mere few thousand pieces deceive you; these were all refined from Emperor Realm level Wraiths!

This was equivalent to Lin Chen killing over 3000 Emperor Realm Experts!

If it weren't for the Wraiths increasing in strength too quickly, Lin Chen could have harvested even more.

Wraiths were not afraid of true spirit attacks, so each time Lin Chen had to engage in close combat.

Additionally, there were far fewer Wraiths compared to the first floor, so the hunting efficiency naturally couldn't compare to that during the first floor trial.

However, the Energy Points harvested far exceeded those from the first floor trial!

After all, one creation crystal at the One-Step Emperor Realm level yielded 60,000 Energy Points!

Absorb!

With a thought from Lin Chen, the piles of creation crystals in his Inner World instantly transformed into vast energy.

A long time passed.

Energy Points: 63.2 million

The Energy Points harvested this time were over 120 times more than in the first floor trial!

Looking at such a large amount of Energy Points, Lin Chen’s expression was exceptionally excited.

He was now just waiting for the trial to end, and then he would use the time acceleration of the Origin Chamber to break through his realm!