222: I am Zhao Gongming!

Theoretically, with my current strength at Jiang Lou Initial Stage, I should be able to reach the hundredth floor.

I stopped after reaching the fortieth floor previously.

"Then, the speed run begins."

Jiang Yuan smiled and activated the Dream Tower.

Now, with his Jiang Lou strength, he could easily crush the Xuan Xiao Late Stage opponents in the Linglong Pagoda illusions.

He didn't even need to make a move himself.

After Jiang Yuan entered the Linglong Pagoda, a blue quality card immediately appeared in his hand.

[Wicked Stone Demon Immortal · Shi Ji]!

It hadn't been long since he returned from the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield, and although he had successfully crafted a purple quality Summoning Card, he had failed several times when trying to upgrade the [Seventy-Two Transformations] series of cards.

Jiang Yuan felt that he might have run out of luck, so he didn't continue to upgrade Shi Ji's quality.

As for Nezha?

Nezha still had a very important material card for quality enhancement that he hadn't found yet.

Waiting for an auspicious day.

After Jiang Yuan summoned Shi Ji, Shi Ji immediately understood the situation.

"It's a good chance to test their strength."

Shi Ji smiled faintly, activating [Undead Enslavement] to summon.

Subsequently, an entire Undead Enslavement squad appeared before the two of them.

"I'll go first!"

Upon entering the battlefield, Salami of the Bone race stepped forward immediately upon seeing the opponent and said to everyone.

Jin Shanshan and Re-Zero had no objections.

And since the two of them had no objections, the other Undead Enslavement naturally wouldn't object either.

After all, Salami, Re-Zero, and Jin Shanshan were the three strongest among the Undead Enslavement.

Therefore, within the Undead Enslavement, apart from Shi Ji's commands, all other matters were decided by them.

Salami's opponent was a Xuan Xiao Late Stage opponent.

At this time, Salami had already reached the Fourth Realm, Jiang Lou due to Jiang Yuan.

Being able to barely challenge opponents above their level, they didn't pay much attention to these opponents whose realms were even lower than their own.

Even the Undead Enhancement Card Master understood this, so he didn't use any Amplification Cards.

Just leave everything to Salami.

Salami stepped forward, facing a few tree demons, and with a flick of his hand, a whip made of bones appeared out of thin air and lashed out at the tree demons.

"Crack!"

With a crisp sound, a tree demon instantly exploded.

Salami didn't hesitate, swinging the Bone Whip, and in just two or three moves, he annihilated all the tree demons.

After the few tree demons were eliminated, Jiang Yuan returned to the white small room, and three card choices appeared before him.

There was nothing good, so Jiang Yuan casually picked one with higher value and put it away, then continued the challenge.

Dream Tower speed run.

Basically, Re-Zero and Jin Shanshan didn't even need to make a move; from the fortieth floor onwards to the hundredth floor, Salami fought almost entirely by himself.

Occasionally, Jin Shanshan would step in to allow Salami to rest briefly.

In a short while, he reached the hundredth floor.

At this point, the opponent's strength had also risen to Jiang Lou Initial Stage, the same as Jiang Yuan and his companions.

"Let me go first, still."

As an Undead Enslavement summoned by Shi Ji after using the Taia Sword, Salami's strength was still very strong.

Although he couldn't reach Nezha's monstrous level of combat power, he was still considered a First Sequence Race.

Although he only barely reached First Sequence.

However, with Shi Ji's Taia Sword's blessing, Salami was now almost at the level of a normal First Sequence combatant.

Roughly equivalent to Mu Qianshan without the Zifu Sword.

However, if Salami, Jin Shanshan, and Re-Zero cooperated, coupled with the Undead Enhancement Card Master's amplification, the three of them would be roughly equivalent to two Mu Qianshan in their normal state, wielding the Zifu Sword.

This was why both Shi Ji and Jiang Yuan wanted to acquire Ancient Capital Si Dan.

If they had Ancient Capital Si Dan, Salami, under the combined buffs of the Taia Sword and Ancient Capital Si Dan, could single-handedly match Mu Qianshan wielding the Zifu Sword.

Unfortunately, Ancient Capital Si Dan escaped last time.

Putting aside other things, professions like Summoning Card Master, Beast Tamer Card Master, and Amplification Card Master generally have terrifyingly strong life-saving abilities.

Just like Ancient Capital Si Dan, who escaped from his hands time and time again.

Next time he encounters him, he will definitely kill him first!

He couldn't give him another chance to escape.

Jiang Yuan's thoughts drifted, and in a short while, Salami had already reached the one hundred and fifth floor.

However, at this floor, Salami was already struggling a bit.

When they reached the one hundred and sixth floor, Jin Shanshan and Re-Zero also joined the battle.

After breaking through the one hundred and tenth floor, Shi Ji's Undead Enslavement began to struggle.

Upon reaching the one hundred and fifteenth floor, they suffered their first defeat.

"Hmm, together they can roughly challenge a Jiang Lou Mid Stage opponent, which isn't bad."

Jiang Yuan nodded, and a blue card in his hand glowed, and Nezha appeared in the arena.

"Nezha, it's up to you now."

After Jiang Yuan and Nezha high-fived, Nezha, fully equipped, stepped onto the stage.

[Three Heads Six Arms] activated!

Wielding two Fire Tipped Spears, a Qiankun Bow, one hand grasping a Zhentian Arrow, and the other holding a Qiankun Circle.

Huntian Ribbon wrapped around his body, and Wind Fire Wheels under his feet.

"Watch me!"

Nezha nodded excitedly, and the room changed again.

From a small white room, it transformed into a desert, but Nezha showed no expression other than excitement.

In the desert, an Earth Element Spirit Race fellow quickly appeared.

The Earth Element Spirit Race, with the desert as his home ground, was incredibly agile while traversing the sand, and could even manipulate the sand to form a gigantic sand giant.

Just now, Salami and the other Undead Enslavement were defeated by the sand giant.

However, this posed no great challenge for Nezha.

The moment the Earth Element Spirit Race fellow appeared, the Qiankun Circle was hurled over.

For the Dream Tower, where cooldowns reset on each floor, Nezha's Qiankun Circle's [Universe Throw] was a monstrous ability.

Without a cooldown, it meant it could be used directly on every floor.

Used once per floor, and the first use doubled the damage.

Who could withstand that!

The Qiankun Circle descended, instantly killing the Jiang Lou Mid Stage Earth Element Spirit Race.

Although without Ancient Capital Si Dan's buff, Nezha's Qiankun Circle's damage was significantly lower.

But even so, it was still easy to kill the opponent one realm higher.

After all, the Earth Element Spirit Race was not a race with heaven-defying defensive capabilities.

The only race with truly strong physical defense before the Sixth Realm was the Beastmen.

Even the Beastmen were somewhat insufficient.

After Nezha made his move, the Dream Tower's floor count, which had just slowed down, surged again, reaching the one hundred and twentieth floor in no time.

At this point, the opponent's strength had also reached Late Stage.

Nezha could no longer instantly kill the opponent.

But even if he couldn't, after a single blow from the Qiankun Circle, Nezha could still finish off the opponent in two or three moves.

Occasionally, when encountering a group of opponents, Nezha would be a bit slower, but each floor was cleared in less than five minutes.

When the floor count reached the one hundred and thirtieth floor, Shi Ji and Nezha began to fight together.

Adding the Undead Enslavement and the Bone Spirit Army used as cannon fodder.

But even so, they almost failed at the one hundred and thirty-fifth floor.

If not for good luck, and Jiang Yuan using the Linglong Pagoda to block the opponent's attack, they would have suffered their first defeat.

When challenging above one's level, minor levels within a major realm are relatively simple.

However, challenging a major realm's strength is extremely difficult.

Every major realm's strength increase is a sublimation of power, and it's not that easy to challenge above one's level.

Even if the current one hundred and thirty-something floors were only Da Liang Initial Stage strength.

But Nezha and Shi Ji were only at the Fourth Realm, Jiang Lou strength.

They were First Sequence Race strength, and the opponent was also First Sequence Race strength.

"It's already very good, a whole major realm."

Jiang Yuan smiled, comforted the somewhat dejected Nezha, then smilingly took out a purple quality card.

"Next, want to meet our new partner?"

Jiang Yuan smiled, while Nezha and Shi Ji's eyes lit up, curiously looking at the purple quality card in Jiang Yuan's hand.

"Of course!"

After Nezha nodded, the card in Jiang Yuan's hand rotated from showing its side to showing its front to Nezha and the others.

Nezha and Shi Ji only saw a tall, upright man in the card, and the next second, the card shone with a purple light.

"Pindao Zhao Gongming, greets fellow Daoist."

After the purple light faded, a man wearing a black robe with gold-trimmed dragon patterns, and a copper coin-shaped ornament hanging from his waist, appeared.

The black-robed young man, upon seeing Jiang Yuan and Nezha, slightly curved his lips into a faint smile and spoke to the three of them.

"Zhao Gongming!"

Nezha was startled, and so was Shi Ji.

They hadn't expected that Mu Qianshan's third companion would be Zhao Gongming.

Although they were Summoning Cards created by Jiang Yuan and had lost some of their past memories, they still remembered some things.

For example, Zhao Gongming!

That was the mighty being who once knocked him off his Wind Fire Wheels with three whips.

Although he had just started out back then, and the other party was already a powerful being who had achieved cultivation, he had indeed been defeated by him.

But now, he had actually become his teammate?

"Mm-hmm, hello, fellow Daoist, I'm Nezha, you should know me."

A hint of mischief flashed in Nezha's eyes, then he formally introduced himself to Zhao Gongming.

"Uh, because I'm the first, you can call me Senior Brother."

Nezha said, rubbing his hands, slightly embarrassed.

Jiang Yuan and Shi Ji chuckled, and Zhao Gongming also laughed: "Do you really want me to call you Senior Brother?"

"Uh, if possible."

Nezha rubbed his hands again, looking up at Zhao Gongming with anticipation in his eyes.

His height was only about 1.6 meters, while Zhao Gongming's height was over 1.8 meters, subtly taller than Jiang Yuan, who was 1.81 meters.

Nezha muttered to himself, why didn't Jiang Yuan make him taller back then?

Speaking of which, when will I get Heaven and Earth Avatar!

"Of course not."

Zhao Gongming smiled and then reached out to ruffle Nezha's head, but Nezha, with a displeased expression, slapped his hand away.

You don't call me Senior Brother, yet you want to touch my head?

Go dream on!

"Alright, alright, stop playing, hurry up and challenge the Dream Tower. This month is almost over, and after we go back, we still have to challenge the fourth-year promotion ranking."

Watching the two of them playing around, Jiang Yuan quickly stepped in to stop them.

After challenging the Dream Tower, he would start challenging the fourth-year students.

The higher the ranking, the richer the rewards he could receive.

Although Jiang Yuan had already obtained many resources in the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield, no one would dislike having too many resources.

"Okay."

Zhao Gongming smiled and nodded, and then a purple quality equipment card reappeared in Jiang Yuan's hand.

It was Zhao Gongming's weapon, the Steel Whip.

With the Steel Whip in hand, Zhao Gongming's combat power directly increased by eighty percent.

Jiang Yuan's heart stirred, and the white small room scene instantly transformed, appearing in a city filled with a sense of technology the next second.

After challenging so many floors of the Dream Tower, Jiang Yuan also roughly understood the relationship between the scene and the race appearing on that floor.

However, in this futuristic world full of technology, the race they faced should be the Mechanical Race.

As expected, the next second after they appeared, a Mechanical Race fellow emerged.

The Mechanical Race fellow's mechanical eyes scanned the four of them, and the next second, a pile of blue quality cards appeared around the Mechanical Race person.

Subsequently, a silver-white combat mecha successfully combined.

"Charge!"

Nezha roared, charging forward as the vanguard, while hurling the Qiankun Circle, he had already drawn his Qiankun Bow.

At the same time, when Shi Ji used her Undead-type skills, the Undead Enslavement she summoned also launched an attack.

However, Jiang Yuan was currently watching Zhao Gongming.

This was Zhao Gongming's first battle, facing such a powerful opponent, he wondered how well Zhao Gongming would perform.

Nezha charged forward, and Shi Ji also launched her attack.

Zhao Gongming, however, unhurriedly formed a hand seal, and the next second, a black tiger appeared beside him.

The black tiger, upon seeing the mecha opposite, suddenly grew a size larger.

Its already four to five-meter-long body now directly transformed into about ten meters.

The gigantic body suddenly pounced out, tackling the mecha, which had been staggered by the Qiankun Circle, to the ground.

Its huge tiger claw rose, turning into a blur in the air, bringing with it the sound of rushing wind, and slammed violently towards the mecha's head.

However, the mecha had already reacted at this point, crossing its arms above its head, blocking the black tiger's strike.

But at this second, the Zhentian Arrow arrived.

At the same time, Zhao Gongming had also arrived beside the mecha's head at some unknown point.

To Jiang Yuan and Shi Ji's surprised expressions, Zhao Gongming casually brought down the Steel Whip in his hand.

"Boom!"

The mecha's head instantly exploded, and mechanical fragments flew out!