220: Chapter 223 Fighting all the way to the 29th floor

The Twenty-Sixth Floor.

Just as Lin Yi steadied his footing, the world suddenly lit up.

His opponent on this floor was a Martial Artist in silver armor who controlled thunder.

He held a long spear; before the spear tip even moved, thousands of thunderbolts were already slithering around him.

Thunder is the most rigid and intense element.

It is extremely fast.

It is almost specifically designed to break the entanglement of water forces.

The Martial Artist in silver armor took a step forward, his entire body turning into lightning, and the long spear instantly pierced toward Lin Yi's chest.

Lin Yi did not retreat.

The Twenty-Fifth Floor had just completed a part of his understanding of the Fourth Stage of the True Intent of Water.

Water does not just flow; it can also submerge.

It does not just neutralize force; it can also swallow force.

Facing the thunder now, he did not use water waves to block it head-on; instead, he compressed the water forces around him to a great depth.

The lightning rushed in like it was piercing into a deep pool.

The speed remained fast.

Yet it was slowed down by layer upon layer of heavy water forces.

Lin Yi swung his blade horizontally.

A black blade light swept across the waist and abdomen of the Martial Artist in silver armor.

The thunder burst and dissipated.

The Twenty-Sixth Floor, cleared.

The Twenty-Seventh Floor.

The opponent was a rock giant.

Its Divine Body was formidable, and its defense was extremely high.

It was not skilled in speed, nor did it have any flashy techniques; it simply pressed toward Lin Yi step by step.

With every step it took, the battle platform seemed as if it were about to collapse.

Lin Yi unleashed three strikes in succession.

The first strike only cut half a foot into the rock giant's chest.

The second strike was still mostly blocked by the opponent's Divine Body.

It was not until the third strike that he saw clearly the core location where the opponent's power was concentrated.

The black blade light narrowed into a line, slicing into the deepest part of the crack in its chest.

Boom!

The rock giant's massive body crumbled from within.

The Twenty-Seventh Floor, cleared.

The Twenty-Eighth Floor.

The opponent on this floor finally made Lin Yi pause for a little longer.

It was a blurry shadow.

It had no fixed form.

It was like wind, yet also like mist.

Every time it attacked, it grazed the edge of Lin Yi's perception.

It did not collide head-on with Lin Yi, only circling around him to harass, attack, and retreat.

Lin Yi's True Intent of Water could cover his entire body, but it was very difficult to completely lock onto the opponent.

Ten moves.

Thirty moves.

Fifty moves.

Lin Yi had not yet unleashed a heavy strike.

He was waiting.

When the shadow opponent passed behind him for the sixty-third time, the water patterns under Lin Yi's feet suddenly retracted.

The water forces that had been spread out were all compressed back within three feet of his body.

The shadow thought it had found an opening and instantly thrust out a silent short blade.

And it was at this very instant that the water forces around Lin Yi suddenly sank inward.

Like a deep pool closing in.

That shadow was forcibly slowed down for half a breath.

Half a breath was enough.

Lin Yi struck back with his blade.

The shadow split down the middle and dissipated into countless mist.

The Twenty-Eighth Floor, cleared.

Outside the Hunyuan Tower.

There were more and more people in front of the light screen.

Lin Yi's name, which no one had cared about at the beginning, was now being repeated by many people.

"It's the Twenty-Eighth Floor."

"Divine Body Realm First Stage, first time entering the tower, and he cleared the Twenty-Eighth Floor."

"In today's batch of tower challengers, this result is already ranked quite high, right?"

"You have to look at the Realm. If he were in the Divine Body Realm Triple Stage, the Twenty-Eighth Floor wouldn't be too outrageous, but he is only in the Divine Body Realm First Stage."

"And he is from the Jiuzhou World."

"Where exactly is the Jiuzhou World? Has it been found?"

"No, it's too remote; it's not even marked on the ordinary star charts of the Divine Kingdom."

On the high platform, several deacons were no longer sitting idly.

Message talismans flew out one after another.

After the Twenty-Fifth Floor, they could be handed to an Elder.

After the Twenty-Eighth Floor, it was no longer just ordinary attention.

Because Lin Yi had not stopped yet.

The Purple-Clothed Woman looked at the light screen and said softly:

"He is about to enter the Twenty-Ninth Floor."

The Grey-robed Elder also fell silent.

The Twenty-Ninth Floor.

The final major hurdle before the thirtieth floor of the Divine Body Realm Hunyuan Tower.

Being able to reach this point could no longer be explained by a simple Top-grade Divine Body.

Divine Body, Dao, technique, and combat Heart-Nature—none could be lacking.

More importantly, Lin Yi was only in the Divine Body Realm First Stage.

If he were allowed to step into the Divine Body Realm Triple Stage and challenge it again, what kind of result would he achieve?

No one knew.

But many people had already realized that this young man from a nameless Small World might truly be able to bring some surprises to Hunyuan God City.

The Twenty-Ninth Floor.

Lin Yi appeared on a new battle platform.

This time, the battle platform was very ordinary.

No black water.

No thunder.

No mountains.

And no environmental suppression of any kind.

There was only a grey stone platform, open on all sides, with a low sky.

But as soon as Lin Yi stepped onto it, he felt a pressure different from all the previous floors.

It did not come from the world.

It came from his opponent.

At the end of the battle platform, a figure slowly coalesced.

It was a Man in Plain Clothes.

A wooden blade hung at his waist.

His appearance was ordinary, and his aura was not intense.

If he were placed in a crowd, he wouldn't even make people take a second look.

But the moment he appeared, Lin Yi's hand was already gripping his blade hilt.

This person was very dangerous.

The Man in Plain Clothes looked up at Lin Yi.

"The Twenty-Ninth Floor."

"Defeat me to enter the Thirtieth Floor."

After he finished saying this, he did not immediately draw his blade.

He only reached out and slowly gripped the wooden blade at his waist.

At that moment, it was as if countless blade lights appeared before Lin Yi's eyes.

Each one was extremely faint.

Yet each one pointed toward his weak points.

Lin Yi's eyes narrowed slightly.

On the previous twenty-eight floors, the opponents all had their own characteristics.

There was thunder, black water, movement techniques, defense, and blade and sword techniques.

And this Man in Plain Clothes before him had no obvious inclination.

Because he himself was the blade.

The wooden blade was drawn half an inch from its sheath.

Clang!

A very light sound rang out.

A blade mark suddenly split the Void Realm in front of Lin Yi.

Too fast.

There was almost no process of drawing the blade.

Lin Yi blocked horizontally with his blade.

Clang!

Sparks exploded.

His arm sank slightly, and his body retreated half a step.

The Man in Plain Clothes' wooden blade was now completely unsheathed.

He walked over one step at a time.

No Killing Intent.

No anger.

Only a blade that was pure to the extreme.

Lin Yi raised his pitch-black long blade, his Battle Intent condensing bit by bit in his eyes.

This floor was no longer just about sharpening his blade.

This floor was a roadblock.

Outside the Hunyuan Tower, on the light screen, Lin Yi's name stopped at the Twenty-Ninth Floor.

The discussions in the plaza also gradually quieted down.

Everyone knew.

Whether or not he could rush to the Thirtieth Floor depended on this hurdle.