226: Chapter 229 The Thirty-Fifth Floor, the Elder Arrives in Person

Level 31.

Lin Yi had just steadied himself when he felt the pressure between heaven and earth change once again.

The thirtieth level was a threshold.

After crossing it, every subsequent level was no longer just a simple increase in difficulty.

On the battle stage, a red-haired man slowly coalesced.

He held a long staff, his body wreathed in flames, his aura as scorching as a furnace.

The moment the flames rose, the entire battle stage felt as if it had been thrown into a furnace.

Lin Yi raised his eyes.

The Dao of Fire.

The red-haired man did not waste words; he swept his long staff across horizontally.

Boom!

A sea of fire spread out.

Lin Yi did not force the fire down with True Intent of Water.

While it is true that water and fire oppose each other, simply using water to extinguish fire would be too shallow.

He took a step forward, his fourth-stage True Intent of Water circulating. The deep blue water force did not rush toward the sea of fire, but instead cut in along the edges of the flames.

Water does not extinguish fire.

Water merely causes the fire to lose its Foundation.

As the flames dispersed, Lin Yi slashed through with his blade.

The red-haired man's figure collapsed.

Level 31, passed.

...

Level 32.

The opponent was a woman clad in golden armor.

Her speed was not fast, but the long sword in her hand was extremely sharp.

Every sword strike that fell seemed to want to slice the space into thin sheets.

Lin Yi used over seventy moves on this level.

The Dao of Metal is incomparably sharp.

If not for the fact that he had already achieved a Top-grade Divine Body and the divine body chapter of One Blade Slashes One World was more harmonious, had it been his first time attempting the tower, he feared he would have been stuck on this level for a long time.

In the end, Lin Yi caught the moment the opponent's sword momentum turned back, slashed in with a black blade line, and shattered the long sword in the golden-armored woman's hand.

Level 32, passed.

...

Outside the Hunyuan Tower.

The atmosphere before the light screen had completely changed.

Previously, when Lin Yi passed the thirtieth level, there was a sensation in the plaza.

But as his name continued to jump to Level 31 and Level 32, many people instead slowly quieted down.

They realized that Lin Yi had not passed the thirtieth level by luck.

He was still climbing higher.

"Level 32."

"Divine Body Realm Triple Stage, second time attempting the tower, and he has already reached Level 32."

"This is no longer just an ordinary World Realm seed."

"How long has he been Cultivating?"

"I don't know. The Jiuzhou World is too remote; we can't find complete information."

On the high platform, several deacons no longer dared to use only ordinary transmission talismans.

One of them took out a silver jade talisman and said in a deep voice:

"Notify the Elder."

"It is not a brief report."

"Ask the Elder to come and see for himself."

The Purple-Clothed Woman's expression shifted slightly upon hearing these words.

Asking an Elder to come see for himself was completely different from submitting a record.

This meant that Lin Yi was now qualified to enter the sight of certain true high-level figures.

The Grey-robed Elder looked at the light screen without refuting this.

"It is time to ask."

"If you wait any longer, and he truly rushes past Level 35, you deacons won't be able to handle the fallout."

...

Level 33.

Lin Yi encountered a Daoist in green robes.

The green-robed Daoist stood in the center of the battle stage, with no weapons on his person.

Yet, with a wave of his hand, four types of power—Wind, Fire, Thunder, and Water—appeared simultaneously.

It was not a simple piling up.

But rather, they cooperated with each other.

Wind aided the fire's momentum, Thunder was hidden within the Water, and the Water, in turn, restrained Lin Yi's blade path.

This was the first time since entering the tower that Lin Yi had encountered an opponent who truly used multi-Dao coordination.

He did not win immediately.

After fighting for over two hundred moves, he finally slashed through the junction where the Wind and Fire met with a single blade strike, then used his True Intent of Water to suppress the opponent's Water-Thunder changes.

The green-robed Daoist's figure dissipated.

Level 33, passed.

Lin Yi did not immediately enter the next level.

He stood on the battle stage, closing his eyes for a moment.

This level had touched him more than Level 31 or Level 32.

Between different Essences, they do not only restrain each other; they can also propel each other.

This had some commonality with the Water-Fire combination he intended to pursue in the future.

He had not yet truly begun to Cultivate the Dao of Fire.

But this battle was like opening a door for him in advance.

He could not yet see what was behind the door.

But he already knew that the path truly existed.

A moment later, Lin Yi opened his eyes.

"Continue."

...

Level 34.

The opponent was a White-Haired Elder.

He appeared elderly, but possessed terrifying close-combat pressure.

Fists, palms, elbows, knees—every part of his body was like a divine weapon.

This level did not test blade skills.

It tested the Divine Body and Divine Ability.

The White-Haired Elder engaged in close-quarters combat, giving Lin Yi almost no opportunity to create distance.

The effect of the divine body chapter of the Black Demon War Heaven Body after entering the introductory stage was fully demonstrated on this level.

Without this Divine Ability to support his Top-grade Divine Body, even if Lin Yi's Divine Body quality was higher, he would have been pressured extremely uncomfortably by the opponent.

The two fought head-on in the center of the battle stage.

Fists struck the blade.

Elbows pressed against the edge.

Palms shattered the water force.

For the first time, obvious wounds appeared on Lin Yi's body.

However, these wounds were quickly healed by his Top-grade Divine Body as soon as they appeared.

After three hundred moves.

Lin Yi suppressed the White-Haired Elder's fists with one blade strike, and the power of his Black Demon War Heaven Body erupted, forcibly breaking through the opponent's close-range suppression.

Subsequently, his blade light pierced through the opponent's chest.

Level 34, passed.

Outside the Hunyuan Tower, the light screen flickered.

A low gasp sounded in the plaza.

"Level 34."

"One more level, and it will be Level 35."

"Level 35 is different from everything after Level 30."

"Being able to pass Level 35, within the Divine Body Realm, already places one among the truly top-tier group."

"Is he really just from a Small World?"

No one answered.

Because no one knew.

Just then, the space above the plaza fluctuated slightly.

A middle-aged man wearing grey-white robes stepped out from the Void Realm.

The moment he appeared, several nearby deacons stood up and saluted simultaneously.

"Greetings, Elder Zhou."

The middle-aged man in grey-white robes waved his hand, his gaze landing directly on the light screen.

"Is this the Lin Yi?"

"Yes."

A deacon immediately said:

"He is from the Jiuzhou World, has a Top-grade Divine Body, and reached Level 30 on his first attempt while in the Divine Body Realm Single Stage."

"Three months later, he attempted it again at the Divine Body Realm Triple Stage, and has currently reached Level 34."

Elder Zhou's eyes finally changed.

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

"Yes."

"Having enough resources is one thing, but being able to refine them so quickly without an unstable Foundation is another."

Elder Zhou looked at the light screen and said slowly:

"Keep watching."

"If he can pass Level 35, send news of him to the Inner Court."

The expressions of the several deacons shifted in shock.

The Inner Court.

That was no longer the level of attention from ordinary Elders.

...

Level 35.

Lin Yi appeared on the battle stage.

On this level, the battle stage had no special environment.

There was only a black-haired youth standing there.

The black-haired youth held a long blade in his hand.

His aura was calm.

Yet it made Lin Yi immediately think of the Black-Clad Swordsman from Level 30.

Not identical.

But similarly complete.

But Level 35 was deeper than Level 30.

The black-haired youth looked up.

"Level 35."

"Defeat me to enter Level 36."

As his voice fell, the black-haired youth struck with his blade.

Boom!

Blade light slashed over.

Lin Yi met it with his blade held horizontally.

The moment the two blades collided, he knew that he could no longer rely on testing and grinding slowly on this level.

The opponent on Level 35 was a step further in completeness than the one on Level 30.

Cultivation, Divine Body, blade techniques, Essence, and Divine Ability—all were pushed to the limit.

Lin Yi's eyes darkened.

His Top-grade Divine Body operated fully.

The divine body chapter of the Black Demon War Heaven Body erupted.

His fourth-stage True Intent of Water pressed into the blade's edge.

The divine body chapter of One Blade Slashes One World transformed into a line of black light.

This battle, from the very first blade strike, was with full force.

Outside the Hunyuan Tower.

Before the light screen, everyone was holding their breath.

Lin Yi's name stopped at Level 35.

Elder Zhou stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the light screen, his eyes showing true anticipation for the first time.

"Let me see."

"Whether a Top-grade Divine Body from the Jiuzhou World can truly cross this level."