276: Hundred before harvest

After mastering the Return to One Secret Art, Lin Chen could simultaneously stack both physical and weapon enhancements when using combat techniques!

This was incredibly terrifying!

Previously, Lin Chen never cared about weapons because he was a body cultivator, and his physical body was already comparable to a weapon.

But now it was different; with a weapon, his strength could increase significantly!

If he mastered a high-grade weapon, he might even possess Great Emperor Realm combat power while still in the Half-step Great Emperor Realm!

Suddenly, Lin Chen thought of something: high-grade weapons could actually be exchanged in the Exchange Land!

Luo Tian's greatsword was probably also exchanged in the Exchange Land.

Because the Black Tower Trial initially only allowed participants to carry supreme-grade weapons.

As the trial participants' realms increased, the only way to obtain weapons was to exchange them in the Exchange Land.

However, weapons in the Exchange Land were extremely expensive!

This was why Luo Tian only exchanged for a ninth-grade Emperor Artifact... Lin Chen also had some weapons, but the highest grade among them was also only a ninth-grade Emperor Artifact.

"Those factions with many surviving trial participants should have enough points to exchange for higher quality weapons."

Lin Chen's eyes lit up. Of course, he had to save his points for Energy Points.

As for weapons, he could just snatch them... A ninth-grade Emperor Artifact could amplify the Great Dao's power by 900 times.

And above Emperor Artifacts were Primordial Artifacts!

A first-grade Primordial Artifact, like the first stage of Primordial-tier Forged Body, could amplify the Great Dao's power by 1500 times!

By then, Lin Chen's Taiyi Blade Art would be able to amplify by over 7000 times!

When he was at over 6000 times, he was already comparable to the peak late-stage Half-step Great Emperor Realm... Moreover, Lin Chen had now comprehended the final stage of the Taiyi Blade Art.

The final stage could command all nine previous stages of the blade art, merging and stacking their power!

This was the true Taiyi Blade Art!

Once the blade was unleashed, everything would be annihilated... There were less than 6 days left until the end of the fourth floor trial.

Next, Lin Chen continued his hunting operation.

His targets were also the top 100 ranked factions!

Trial participants ranked in the top 100 had at least reached the Half-step Great Emperor Realm!

And the creation crystals refined from Half-step Great Emperor Realm beings provided around 3 million Energy Points!

During this day, because he was in seclusion, he only passively accepted challenges, so his ranking dropped to outside the top 1000, and he hadn't received a challenge in a long time.

Lin Chen brought up the virtual light screen and looked at the faction leaderboard.

He found that most of the top ten ranked factions were idle.

"These factions currently holding steady in the top ten are actually only temporary; the truly powerful factions might make their move on the last day,"

Luo Tian said from the side.

Lin Chen nodded; it was indeed so.

Even if one successfully challenged and entered the top ten now, they would only become a target for everyone.

After all, the top ten represented gaining qualification to advance to the fifth floor trial!

There was still plenty of trial time, and Lin Chen didn't plan to challenge the top ten factions yet. His gaze lingered on those factions within the top 100.

After observing for a while, he directly chose the idle faction ranked 89.

Buzz—

A ripple swept over Lin Chen and Luo Tian, and their figures instantly vanished.

When they reappeared, they had already descended upon the continent of the faction ranked 89.

This faction had 2 trial participants, both in the early-stage Half-step Great Emperor Realm.

Early-stage Half-step Great Emperor Realm was the ceiling for ordinary trial participants.

But for Lin Chen, it was too weak... not even as strong as the few factions that had challenged him before.

He directly killed these two trial participants with a casual strike.

6 million Energy Points obtained!

Luo Tian didn't make a move throughout. Although he was surprised by Lin Chen's Chaos Creation Palm, he didn't ask too many questions... With the faction battle victory, the Endless Realm faction gained the win points of the two trial participants' faction, and its ranking immediately rose to 80th!

Lin Chen continued to select from the top 100 factions; he wasn't concerned about his own ranking right now.

Buzz—

The next faction battle began again!

After a few rounds, Lin Chen found that the strength of the trial participants in these top 100 factions was mediocre.

The strongest he encountered was a mid-stage Half-step Great Emperor Realm.

There were even Nine-Step Emperor Realm factions mixed among them... Those Nine-Step Emperor Realm factions must have been frantically matching with weaker factions, gaining enough win points to naturally have a high ranking.

However, such factions would just be giving away points in the end... Four days later.

At this point, Lin Chen's ranking had already reached first place!

He had swept through all of the top ten factions!

The trial participants in the top ten factions were stronger, but only to a limited extent.

The top ten factions generally had mid-stage Half-step Great Emperor Realm experts guarding them, so ordinary factions couldn't do anything to them.

After this round of challenges, the Endless Realm's win points were overwhelmingly first!

Many times, before Lin Chen even had time to choose a faction to challenge, some factions would actively challenge him...

Now, the Endless Realm was once again famous among countless trial participants!

Many trial participants even personally witnessed the Endless Realm's ranking soar all the way to first place.

Lin Chen also knew that he must have been targeted by those truly powerful factions now.

The Black Tower rules only stated that the top ten ranked would qualify for the fifth floor trial.

It did not mention any rewards for the first place.

However, Lin Chen guessed that first place must come with astonishing benefits!

So, this time, he absolutely had to secure the first-place position!

Over these four days, Lin Chen was very fortunate to obtain a first-grade Primordial Artifact long blade, and his combat power greatly increased once again.

And his Energy Points had accumulated to an astonishing over 900 million!

With more than a day left, continuing to sweep through the top 100 factions was like harvesting leeks...

Luo Tian was numb by this point; he had been following Lin Chen all along.

He had already guessed that the mysterious crystal was likely related to Lin Chen's cultivation.

After all, normally, a genius of Lin Chen's caliber would just challenge the top ten factions directly, yet he repeatedly challenged weaker factions.

The ultimate goal all pointed to that mysterious crystal!

His horizons were quite broad, but he had never seen such a crystal, which made his curiosity reach its peak.

However, he couldn't very well ask, as he was now essentially bound to Lin Chen, having become his follower...

Time flew by, and Lin Chen's journey of challenges never stopped.

Until that ethereal voice sounded again.

【The fourth floor trial will end in 12 hours!】

【From now on, you can only challenge factions ranked higher than your own!】

【The battle for the top ten ranking must be decided within 1 hour!】

【After the fourth floor trial ends, the first place will be rewarded 300 billion points, second place 200 billion points, and third place 100 billion points.】

"Has it finally begun?"

Lin Chen smiled slightly. Now that the Endless Realm faction was ranked first, he could only quietly wait for challengers to arrive.

Those factions that had not yet made a move did not need to hunt trial participants for Energy Points like Lin Chen did.

So they would only make their move on the last day.

Being powerful allowed them to easily secure a spot!

If Lin Chen didn't need Energy Points, he would also choose to make his move at the very end.

He glanced at his system panel.

His Energy Points had now accumulated to over 1.2 billion!

Lin Chen nodded in satisfaction. By then, he would also get the 100 billion clearance points, plus the 300 billion points for first place!

That would be at least another 2 billion Energy Points!

Buzz—

A ripple swept across the sky.

The next moment.

10 figures appeared in mid-air!

These 10 figures were all Half-step Great Emperor Realm, and among them was a human youth in a silver robe, whose aura was exceptionally terrifying.

Lin Chen's eyes narrowed slightly.

That was a late-stage Half-step Great Emperor Realm!