282: monster

After the system upgrade, deducing an ultimate-level Great Dao Combat Skill requires 100 million Energy Points. One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, which is equivalent to a top-tier Great Dao level, only requires 50 million Energy Points.

Lin Chen previously had 49 billion points remaining from his 70 billion reserved points, and he converted all of them into gui pearls.

These gui pearls provided Lin Chen with 294 million Energy Points. Adding what he had left before, his total Energy Points now amounted to 342 million. "It's enough to deduce combat skills."

Subsequently, Lin Chen directly consumed 150 million Energy Points to deduce Great Dao Combat Skills and enhance One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.

Buzz—

The Great Dao Combat Skill deduction column on the system panel began to flash rapidly. The combat skill deduced this time should be of the high-tier Origin level, and Lin Chen was incredibly excited.

A Great Dao Combat Skill of this grade had already reached the pinnacle of the Origin level; its power must be terrifying!

The rarity of Origin-level combat skills could be seen from the fourth layer of the trial.

So many peerless prodigies who had comprehended ultimate-level Great Daos couldn't create even a mid-tier Origin-level combat skill, let alone a high-tier one. Lin Chen knew that when he went to the Primordial World for the seed's final trial, he would likely encounter even more monstrous prodigies.

At that time, mastering high-level combat skills would be an advantage for him!

With the system's help, he had no bottlenecks in creating combat skills!

As the system upgraded, he might even be able to create combat skills that surpassed the Origin level. This time, the deduction of combat skills took a very long time. One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones took a year, while the Taiyi Great Dao's combat skill took nearly 10 years!

Lin Chen looked at the system panel, his expression excited.

Great Dao Combat Skill: One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones (High-tier Origin) (0 / 50 million Energy Points)

Taiyi Returning to Void Slash (High-tier Origin) (0 / 100 million Energy Points)

(Blade art, fused with the ultimate attack power of the Taiyi Great Dao. Once the blade is unleashed, all laws are shattered!)

Two high-tier Origin combat skills!

Lin Chen couldn't wait to see how powerful these two combat skills were!

High-tier Origin-level combat skills were extremely difficult to comprehend. With a 20,000-fold comprehension boost, Lin Chen spent nearly 5 years to fully master them!

The Taiyi Returning to Void Slash's attack power could only be known through actual combat, so he would have to wait until the fifth layer of the trial began to test it.

Lin Chen mainly wanted to see the clone technique of One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.

Buzz—

The next moment, 35 wisps of green smoke appeared, transforming into Lin Chen's likeness.

All these clones possessed the same combat power as Lin Chen!

"Including the clone with Savage Iron, that's 36 bodies!"

"It seems the number of clones has directly doubled!"

Through the combat formation's amplification, Lin Chen could now gain an additional 3600 times Great Dao power amplification!

"I wonder how much Great Dao power amplification a high-tier Origin combat skill can provide..."

If judged by the amplification increase pattern of the initial and mid-tiers, the current high-tier Origin combat skill could amplify Great Dao power by at least 6000 times!

Lin Chen's Golden Body had also reached Elementary Grade Three Forging, which could further amplify Great Dao power by 5500 times!

Calculated this way, if Lin Chen used a first-grade Elementary Artifact to cast this high-tier Origin-level blade art, plus the combat formation amplification from 36 clones, the final amplification would be 17,500 times!

This was an extremely terrifying amplification!

Compared to the amplification level before his breakthrough, it had doubled!

Moreover, Lin Chen had now comprehended 31% of the Origin-level Taiyi Great Dao, so its power was naturally incomparable to before.

Lin Chen couldn't even imagine what level his true combat power had reached. "I wonder if I can contend against Emperor Realm Experts!"

Lin Chen felt anticipation in his heart. He now only wanted a hearty battle to properly integrate the power he gained after his breakthrough.

However, the Emperor Realm was not so easy to contend with. At this point, Lin Chen's Energy Points were almost spent. Besides breaking through his realm to increase his combat power, he had another method.

That was to acquire a high-level weapon!

However, this matter couldn't be rushed. He was currently using a first-grade Elementary Artifact longblade, and weapons of this caliber were exceptionally expensive.

The Exchange Land could exchange various weapons, even Emperor-level weapons, but that required a huge amount of points to exchange.

For instance, his first-grade Elementary Artifact longblade required 100 billion points to exchange!

A second-grade Elementary Artifact cost 500 billion points!

A third-grade Elementary Artifact cost 1 trillion points!

A fourth-grade Elementary Artifact was already an Emperor-level weapon, requiring 10 trillion points to exchange!

With those points, Lin Chen would rather convert them into Energy Points first. "I wonder if those nine have exchanged for high-level longblades..."

Lin Chen's eyes suddenly lit up. Now he just quietly waited for the fifth layer of the trial to begin.

He didn't know exactly what the fifth layer of the trial was, because Ye Shaoyang's previous life had not obtained those 10 slots.

One must know, the value of these 10 slots was immense!

Countless Black Tower Trial participants from different dimensional worlds competed for the slots; those who hadn't comprehended ultimate-level Great Daos were simply not qualified!

At this moment, Lin Chen recalled Old Lei's words.

Old Lei once said that without obtaining the Black Tower's ultimate opportunity, there would be no chance in the Primordial World's seed final trial. He originally thought the Black Tower Trial only involved the hundreds of millions of trial participants in the Endless Realm, but he didn't expect it to be so abnormal.

However, since he had come this far, Lin Chen would certainly not give up!

One day later, Luo Tian finished his seclusion. This time, through cultivation in the Origin Chamber, he not only fully mastered the Spirit-Extinguishing Divine Nail and Hunyuan Battle Art, but his martial arts realm also broke through to the mid-stage Half-step Great Emperor Realm.

Lin Chen also left a clone in his Inner World, accompanying him out of the Black Tower. Soon, the ten-day rest period ended, and Lin Chen's figure disappeared again.

The next moment, he returned to the floating continent where the Endless Realm was located.

Lin Chen immediately released his true spirit. He discovered that near his continent, there were nine other floating continents, and on these continents were the other nine trial participants who had obtained slots!

"Are the ten of us supposed to compete for first place?"

Lin Chen became confused; if so, it would be too cruel. Just then, that ethereal voice sounded.

[Fifth Layer Trial: Demon Invasion!]

[Endure 10 demon invasions to pass the fifth layer trial!]

[Demons descend in waves daily; the trial ends after 10 days!]

[Survive 10 days to pass the fifth layer trial!]

Demons?

Lin Chen's expression froze. This layer was actually no longer a trial participant battle.

Could these demons be something similar to the Weird (mysterious/eerie) entities?

Lin Chen suddenly recalled the oppressive feeling at the end of the first and second layer trials.

"This layer's trial, will there also be Emperor-level demons appearing at the end..."

Just as Lin Chen was momentarily stunned, a faint light suddenly erupted in the sky, and a giant teleportation channel appeared!

Subsequently, tens of thousands of strange-looking beasts, radiating a dark, eerie glow, rushed out of the channel!

Lin Chen watched this scene in shock. These beasts had blood-red eyes, and they all charged towards him, a bloodthirsty aura permeating the entire continent!