225: Chapter 228 Re-entering the Chaos Tower

When Lin Yi returned to the Hunyuan Tower square, there were significantly more people than there had been three months ago.

It was not just those challenging the tower.

There were also many deacons, guardians, and young Geniuses from various factions.

Three months ago, Lin Yi of the Jiuzhou World challenged the tower for the first time, stopping at the thirtieth level while in the Divine Body Realm First Stage.

This result had circulated throughout Hunyuan God City for quite some time.

Later, when Lin Yi went into seclusion, many thought he would settle down for at least several decades.

After all, the thirtieth level was no ordinary checkpoint.

It was the threshold for seeds of the World Realm.

Many Geniuses, after touching this level for the first time, would seclude themselves for a long time to slowly replenish their Foundation, Cultivate Divine Ability, polish their Essence, and then attempt it a second time.

Yet, Lin Yi had only used three months.

"He is here."

Someone spoke in a low voice.

Many gazes immediately looked over.

"So fast?"

"It has only been three months, and he is going to challenge the tower again?"

"Is he in a rush? The thirtieth level cannot be passed just by Cultivating for three months."

"Wait, his aura..."

Someone stopped mid-sentence, their voice suddenly cutting off.

Because they discovered that the aura on Lin Yi had changed.

Three months ago, when he had just entered the Divine Body Realm, although his Divine Body aura was formidable, it clearly carried the sharpness of a newcomer.

But now, that aura was much more composed.

The power of his Divine Body was restrained, yet heavier.

The Grey-robed Elder was also in a corner of the square.

He looked at Lin Yi, his gaze slightly narrowing.

"Divine Body Realm Triple Stage?"

The Purple-Clothed Woman stood beside him, her expression also changing.

"Three months, from the Divine Body Realm First Stage to the Triple Stage?"

The Grey-robed Elder slowly let out a breath.

"It seems he consumed quite a lot of resources these past three months."

The Purple-Clothed Woman said, "Even with enough resources, not everyone can refine them so quickly."

The Grey-robed Elder nodded.

"Top-grade Divine Body."

"It can consume even more than we thought."

Lin Yi did not pay attention to the surrounding discussion.

He arrived at the registration desk and handed over his Hunyuan Genius Token.

The Purple-Clothed Woman took the token and glanced at him.

"Second time challenging the tower?"

"Yes."

"Still the Divine Body Realm Hunyuan Tower?"

"Yes."

The Purple-Clothed Woman did not try to persuade him again.

Three months ago, she had warned Lin Yi that it was too hasty to challenge the tower right after entering the Divine Body Realm.

Now, Lin Yi had already proven with his results that ordinary judgments did not apply to him.

She raised her hand and pointed.

The light gate opened.

"I wish for you to pass the thirtieth level this time."

Lin Yi took the token.

"I will."

After the words fell, he stepped into the light gate.

The square became much quieter in an instant.

Countless gazes were fixed on the light screen high above.

They all knew that there was no suspense for the first twenty-nine levels.

What they really wanted to see was the thirtieth level.

Level one.

The battle-axe Martial Artist had just condensed, and Lin Yi had already struck with his saber.

One slash.

The battle-axe broke.

The figure dissipated.

Level two.

Level three.

Level four.

Lin Yi did not stop.

Three months ago, when he first challenged the tower, he would observe his Hunyuan Tower opponents slightly for the first dozen levels.

Now, there was no need.

What he needed to see, he had already seen.

What he needed to learn, he had already integrated into his three months of seclusion.

Level ten, passed.

Level fifteen, passed.

Level twenty, passed.

Level twenty-five, passed.

Outside the Hunyuan Tower, the level numbers on the light screen jumped continuously.

The discussions in the square also became quieter and quieter.

It was too fast.

Faster than the first time.

The first time, Lin Yi had clearly paused at the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-fifth levels.

But this time, those checkpoints that had once allowed him to sharpen his saber could no longer stop him.

"Level twenty-six."

"Level twenty-seven."

"Level twenty-eight."

"Level twenty-nine!"

In front of the light screen, everyone stared at that name.

Lin Yi.

Jiuzhou World.

Divine Body Realm Triple Stage.

Level twenty-nine.

Inside the twenty-ninth level.

The Man in Plain Clothes with the wooden saber appeared again.

He was still like the last time, quiet, ordinary, without any superfluous aura.

The wooden saber left the sheath by half an inch.

Saber marks appeared out of thin air.

Lin Yi held his saber horizontally.

Clang!

This time, he did not retreat more than ten feet.

He only retreated half a step.

The Man in Plain Clothes drew his wooden saber completely and walked forward.

Lin Yi also walked forward.

Two streaks of saber light met in the center of the battle stage.

No True Intent of Water momentum.

No external release of Divine Body pressure.

It was still saber against saber.

But this battle was already different from three months ago.

Three months ago, Lin Yi had to strip away True Intent of Water, Divine Body, and Essence to barely return to pure saber work.

Now, he did not need to strip them away.

Because these things no longer interfered with his saber.

The Top-grade Divine Body was the Foundation of the saber.

The True Intent of Water was the flow of the saber.

The Black Demon War Heaven Body was the explosion of the saber.

"One Blade Slashes One World" was the sharpness of the saber.

Everything was within the saber.

The Man in Plain Clothes slashed over.

Lin Yi met it with a slash.

Clang!

The wooden saber was shaken away.

Lin Yi stepped forward.

The second slash fell.

The Man in Plain Clothes blocked with his saber, his figure retreating.

The third slash.

The fourth slash.

The fifth slash.

Three months ago, the two had fought nearly a hundred slashes here.

This time, after twenty-seven slashes, Lin Yi cut the wooden saber in half with one slash.

The figure of the Man in Plain Clothes slowly dissipated.

Level twenty-nine, passed.

Lin Yi did not stop.

The light and shadow shifted.

He arrived at the thirtieth level again.

The Black-Clad Swordsman stood in the center of the battle stage.

He was still in that same appearance.

Black clothes, long saber, calm expression.

As soon as Lin Yi appeared, that slash had already arrived.

Exactly the same as three months ago.

No time to observe.

No time to build momentum.

The first slash seemed as if it wanted to press the entire battle stage into the blade's edge.

Lin Yi raised his saber.

Clang!

The blades collided.

The battle stage shook.

Lin Yi's sleeves fluttered, but he did not retreat.

The Black-Clad Swordsman's eyes did not change, and the second slash followed closely.

Water ripples flashed and vanished under Lin Yi's feet.

It was not an external release of momentum.

Instead, it was pressed into his body, pressed into his saber.

The pitch-black long saber slashed horizontally.

Clang!

The second slash was blocked.

The third slash fell.

Lin Yi stepped forward.

This time, he was no longer led by the rhythm of the Black-Clad Swordsman.

The power after mastering the divine body chapter of the "Black Demon War Heaven Body" surged within his Top-grade Divine Body.

The cultivation of the Divine Body Realm Triple Stage was fully unleashed.

The fourth level of True Intent of Water flowed steadily.

On the pitch-black long saber, the Saber Intent condensed into a single line.

The thirtieth level tested one's overall capability.

Then he would use his overall capability to break it.

Boom!

The Black-Clad Swordsman's third slash was shaken back by Lin Yi head-on.

Outside the square, the light screen remained on the thirtieth level.

No one knew exactly what was happening inside.

But time passed, bit by bit.

Lin Yi had not come out yet.

"He is holding on."

"This time, he is holding on more steadily at the thirtieth level."

"It is not holding on."

The Grey-robed Elder suddenly said.

The Purple-Clothed Woman looked at him.

The Grey-robed Elder stared at the light screen, his voice deep:

"This time, he is winning."

Inside the thirtieth level.

Lin Yi and the Black-Clad Swordsman had already exchanged over a hundred moves.

Three months ago, he could only probe, only defend, only barely force the opponent back one step.

But now, he had truly caught up to the rhythm of the thirtieth level.

The Black-Clad Swordsman's saber was still complete.

Power, speed, technique, Essence, and Divine Ability remained combined as one.

But Lin Yi's saber was no longer fragmented.

The two hundred and sixteenth move.

The Black-Clad Swordsman slashed toward Lin Yi's glabella.

Lin Yi did not block his glabella.

He slashed three inches below the opponent's saber momentum.

Clang!

The saber momentum paused.

Lin Yi followed up with a second slash.

The True Intent of Water was pressed into the blade, like the deep sea rolling backward.

The Black-Clad Swordsman retreated half a step.

The third slash.

The black saber line of "One Blade Slashes One World" slashed into the gap that opened in that instant.

The Black-Clad Swordsman raised his saber to block.

But this time, he was a fraction of a second too slow.

The black line swept past.

A saber mark split open on the Black-Clad Swordsman's chest.

His body began to dissipate.

The voice remained calm.

"Thirtieth level, passed."

Outside the Hunyuan Tower.

The light screen jumped.

Lin Yi, thirty-first level.

The entire square was quiet for a moment.

Then it erupted into an uproar.

"He passed!"

"The thirtieth level passed!"

"Divine Body Realm Triple Stage, second time challenging the tower, passed the thirtieth level!"

"Lin Yi of the Jiuzhou World really fought his way through!"

On the high platform, several deacons took out their communication talismans almost simultaneously.

"Report to the Elder immediately!"

"He didn't stop at the thirtieth level, he passed the thirtieth level!"

"World Realm seed, confirmed without doubt!"

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

"It is the thirty-first level now."

The Grey-robed Elder's eyes also became completely serious.

"Now, let us see how much further he can go."

Inside the Hunyuan Tower.

The thirty-first level battle stage appeared.

Lin Yi held the pitch-black long saber and slowly let out a breath.

The thirtieth level, passed.

But he knew this was not the end.

The next time that would truly shake Hunyuan God City would not be the thirtieth level.

But higher.