228: Chapter 231 Thirty-Six Floors, Breaking Records

The thirty-sixth floor.

The world was dim.

Lin Yi stood in the center of the battle platform, clearly feeling that the power of his Divine Body within him was still vibrating after he had just passed the thirty-fifth floor.

He had won that battle.

But it was not an easy victory.

The last seven saber strikes from the black-haired youth on the thirty-fifth floor had forced out almost all of his inconsistencies.

If he hadn't managed to truly fuse his Top-grade Divine Body, the fourth level of True Intent of Water, the Black Demon War Heaven Body, and One Blade Slashes One World into a single strike at the very last moment, he might not have made it through.

And now, the thirty-sixth floor had arrived.

In the distance, that tall figure slowly turned around.

He wore dark gold battle armor and held a thick, heavy saber in his hand.

That saber was very heavy.

Just by hanging there, it felt as if it were suppressing an entire world.

He looked at Lin Yi, his eyes empty, devoid of any emotion.

"The thirty-sixth floor."

"Defeat me to enter the thirty-seventh floor."

As soon as the words fell.

The man in the dark gold battle armor took a step forward.

Boom!

The entire battle platform sank violently.

It was no illusion.

The stone surface beneath Lin Yi's feet had actually collapsed by half an inch.

The next moment, the dark gold saber was already slashing toward him.

This strike did not have the precise, extreme chain suppression of the thirty-fifth floor.

Instead, it was more overbearing.

Heavier.

More direct.

It felt as if it didn't care at all what changes Lin Yi might make; as long as the saber fell, all changes would be crushed.

Lin Yi held his saber horizontally to meet it.

Boom!

The two sabers collided.

Lin Yi's arm shook, and his entire body retreated three steps.

With every step he retreated, a spiderweb-like pattern of cracks appeared on the battle platform beneath his feet.

So heavy.

The opponent on this floor didn't just have a heavy saber.

His Divine Body was heavy too.

His intent was heavy too.

His Divine Ability was heavy too.

All his power was condensed into a single word: "Press."

Lin Yi had just steadied his form when the second strike from the man in the dark gold battle armor descended.

Boom!

The third strike.

The fourth strike.

The fifth strike.

Each strike descended like a mountain crashing down.

Lin Yi blocked continuously, retreating continuously.

The thirty-fifth floor tested overall harmony.

The thirty-sixth floor, however, seemed to be asking him:

Can your whole self withstand true, heavy pressure?

Outside the Hunyuan Tower.

In front of the light screen, everyone held their breath.

Lin Yi's name remained on the thirty-sixth floor.

It did not disappear immediately.

Nor did it continue to jump.

This meant he was still fighting.

Elder Zhou stood on the high platform, his eyes unblinking.

The deacon beside him whispered:

"Elder, the thirty-sixth floor... how long has it been since someone passed it?"

Elder Zhou did not answer immediately.

A moment later, he said:

"In the Hunyuan Tower of the Divine Body Realm in the eastern region of Hunyuan God City, the highest record for nearly ten thousand years has been the thirty-fifth floor."

"If he can pass the thirty-sixth floor, he will have broken a record of nearly ten thousand years."

Several deacons felt a shock in their hearts at the same time.

A record of nearly ten thousand years.

The weight of these words was too heavy.

The thirtieth floor was the threshold for World Realm seeds.

The thirty-fifth floor was for the truly top-tier batch of World Realm seeds.

And the thirty-sixth floor represented that he had already crossed a line that countless Geniuses of the Divine Body Realm had failed to cross for nearly ten thousand years.

The Purple-Clothed Woman couldn't help but ask:

"Can he pass?"

Elder Zhou was silent for a moment.

"Difficult."

He paused, then added:

"But if he were an ordinary person, he wouldn't have made it here."

...

Inside the thirty-sixth floor.

Lin Yi was forced back again by a strike.

The Qi and blood in his chest surged.

The pitch-black saber emitted a low tremor.

The man in the dark gold battle armor's saber technique didn't have many tricks.

But every strike pushed power, Divine Body, intent, and Divine Ability to the extreme.

This was not crudeness.

It was simplicity born of extreme density.

Lin Yi tried to use True Intent of Water to neutralize the force.

Just as the water momentum arose, the dark gold saber pressed directly into the depths.

Water can neutralize force.

But if a mountain sinks into the deep sea, the sea will also be pressed down.

He tried to strike the nodes.

But the opponent's power was too thick, and the nodes were not exposed.

He tried to cut through the pressure with One Blade Slashes One World.

He could cut through a portion.

But the next strike immediately pressed back with even greater weight.

There was no impatience in Lin Yi's eyes.

Instead, they became increasingly calm.

The thirty-sixth floor was indeed strong.

But it also allowed him to see another problem in his own system.

He could unify his power.

But it wasn't thick enough.

His blade could already twist all his power together, but when facing this kind of pure, heavy pressure, it wasn't stable enough, heavy enough, or resilient enough.

Water doesn't just flow.

It doesn't just sink.

Water can also carry all things.

Great rivers carry boats.

The deep sea carries mountains.

Not all pressure needs to be neutralized.

Some pressure must be withstood first, then reflected back.

The man in the dark gold battle armor slashed again.

This strike was heavier than before.

Lin Yi did not retreat.

Water ripples spread beneath his feet.

But this time, the ripples did not flow outward, nor did they sink downward.

Instead, they layered upon one another like countless ocean tides supporting him from beneath.

He held the pitch-black saber horizontally.

Boom!

The dark gold saber pressed down.

Lin Yi's body sank violently.

His feet stomped two cracks into the battle platform.

But he did not retreat.

For the first time, he did not retreat.

The blade of the man in the dark gold battle armor pressed against the pitch-black saber, and the terrifying weight crashed down layer by layer.

Lin Yi's Top-grade Divine Body roared within him.

The divine body chapter of the Black Demon War Heaven Body operated to the extreme.

The fourth level of True Intent of Water transformed into the momentum of the deep sea supporting him beneath the blade.

He did not immediately counterattack.

Instead, he withstood it.

He withstood the first layer.

He withstood the second layer.

He withstood the third layer.

Until that heavy pressure stacked to its limit, and the momentum of the man in the dark gold battle armor finally showed a momentary lag.

It was this very moment.

A bright light flashed in Lin Yi's eyes.

"It's my turn."

He flipped his wrist.

The water momentum, which had been pressed to the extreme, surged back.

The pitch-black saber slashed upward from below.

Boom!

For the first time, the dark gold saber was knocked aside.

The figure of the man in the dark gold battle armor leaned slightly backward.

Lin Yi stepped forward.

The first strike slashed through the heavy pressure.

The second strike pressed into the opponent's center.

The third strike, all power unified.

Top-grade Divine Body, Black Demon War Heaven Body, fourth level of True Intent of Water, One Blade Slashes One World.

Plus the momentum of bearing and reflection he had just comprehended.

All pressed into this one strike.

The black saber light was not a thin line.

It was like the deep sea turning over.

The man in the dark gold battle armor held his saber with both hands and slashed down head-on.

Two streaks of saber light collided in the center of the battle platform.

Boom!

The entire battle platform split from the middle.

Several places on Lin Yi's robe were blasted to shreds, and bloodstains appeared on his shoulder and chest simultaneously.

The long saber in the hand of the man in the dark gold battle armor also developed its first crack.

Lin Yi did not stop.

He knew the opponent had not yet been defeated.

He stepped across the cracked battle platform.

The fourth strike.

The fifth strike.

The sixth strike.

Each strike withstood the opponent's heavy pressure and then reflected that pressure back.

The man in the dark gold battle armor retreated for the first time.

One step.

Two steps.

Three steps.

When the ninth strike fell, the dark gold saber finally shattered.

The tenth strike slashed through the dark gold battle armor.

Crack!

The battle armor split open.

The figure of the man in the dark gold battle armor paused slightly.

Lin Yi took his final step, and the pitch-black saber descended from above.

"Break."

The black saber light pierced through the body of the man in the dark gold battle armor.

His figure began to dissipate.

His voice remained calm.

"The thirty-sixth floor, passed."

Outside the Hunyuan Tower.

The light screen jumped.

Lin Yi, thirty-seventh floor.

The entire square fell into instant silence.

It wasn't quiet.

It was as if everyone had had their throats choked by that line of text.

The thirty-seventh floor.

He passed.

He really passed the thirty-sixth floor.

The next moment, a wave of noise exploded.

"The thirty-seventh floor!"

"He passed the thirty-sixth floor!"

"He broke the record!"

"Divine Body Realm Triple Stage, second time entering the tower, and he broke a record of nearly ten thousand years!"

"Jiuzhou World's Lin Yi! He really broke the record!"

On the high platform, Elder Zhou's expression changed completely.

He turned his head abruptly.

"Notify the Inner Court."

"And the side of the World Realm Master Yuan Xing."

"Immediately!"

The deacon hurriedly said:

"It has already been sent."

"Send it again!"

Elder Zhou's voice was unprecedentedly serious.

"Tell them, Lin Yi has passed the thirty-sixth floor."

"Divine Body Realm Triple Stage, Top-grade Divine Body, Saber Dao Genius, fourth level of True Intent of Water."

"This child is not an ordinary World Realm seed."

"He has the hope of reaching the True God Realm!"

In the square, everyone was looking at that name.

Lin Yi.

Jiuzhou World.

Thirty-seventh floor.

The name of this Small World, which no one had ever heard of, was, at this moment, truly branded into the eyes of everyone in Hunyuan God City.

And inside the Hunyuan Tower.

On the thirty-seventh floor battle platform.

Lin Yi held the pitch-black saber, his breathing slightly uneven.

He had passed the thirty-sixth floor.

But the consumption was great.

Before him, a new opponent was coalescing.

The aura was deeper than that of the thirty-sixth floor.

Lin Yi looked at that figure, no intention of retreating in his eyes.

He simply said in a low voice:

"Continue."