552: Chapter 555 A System Above the Level of Youluo?

"Looking at his appearance, he doesn't seem like a descendant of the Origin God Clan."

A Guardian frowned.

He asked.

"Maybe he's just some lucky child with Heaven-Defying Luck?"

Another Guardian guessed.

"That's unlikely, right?"

"I heard the last lucky person who managed to enter the Secret Realm was from eons ago."

"That person has now become the God of Origin."

"You Luo, how can I challenge the Ascension Tower?"

Lu Chen walked straight to the crowd.

He asked.

"Host, you can initiate a challenge at any time."

"Then what are we waiting for? Quickly tell me the challenge procedure."

Lu Chen said impatiently.

"Host, you only need to shout loudly, 'I want to challenge the Ascension Tower,' and the Secret Realm's Law will directly teleport you to the base of the tower."

Lu Chen cleared his throat and was about to speak.

"What does he want to do? Challenge the Ascension Tower right after arriving here?"

"Does he know how precious the cultivation opportunities here are? Does he understand the rules here?"

"Young man, are you sure you want to challenge the Ascension Tower now?"

"Not Cultivate here for a while longer?"

"Six months is enough time to increase your strength several times over."

A kind-faced old man smiled and persuaded him.

"Thank you for your kind intentions, Senior."

"But I have already reached the Peak of my strength in the Three-Dimensional Space. Cultivating here is meaningless to me."

"I will return to Cultivate for another five months after I achieve a Breakthrough to Four-Dimensional."

Lu Chen said in a calm tone.

But the implication of his words sounded incredibly arrogant to everyone present.

It was as if challenging the Ascension Tower was merely a sure-fire small matter for him.

After all,

not everyone could walk out of the Ascension Tower alive.

"Hmph, what a country bumpkin!"

"If he doesn't solidify his Foundation now, even if he manages a Breakthrough, it will just be a castle in the air, vulnerable to a single blow."

"Seeing as you are a lucky child, this old man will offer you some advice: Cultivate properly here first, build a good Foundation, and then challenge the tower."

"The Foundation is the most crucial thing!"

Another elder snorted coldly and admonished him with an icy tone.

"Thank you for the reminder, Senior, but I really don't need it."

Lu Chen responded faintly.

He prepared again to call out to the Ascension Tower.

"This young brother is quite confident."

"If that's the case, do you dare to spar with me?"

A voice suddenly came from behind Lu Chen.

"Host, you must be wary of this person!"

"He also possesses a System, but I cannot investigate its origin."

"This means the opponent's System is either at my level or stronger than mine!"

Lu Chen's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Are you sure? Does that mean his achievements and Foundation might be higher than mine?"

"Not necessarily, Host. I am not omnipotent."

"Before upgrading, my abilities were also limited."

"If we had met before my upgrade, I could have only helped you reach the level of a 'Four-Dimensional Monarch,' and the path beyond that would have been up to you to walk."

"But now, I have broken through the limitations and become a true 'Infinite System.'"

"However, Host, in the vastness of the Myriad Dimensions, there might truly exist other powerful Systems, but that doesn't mean their Hosts can surpass you."

"You are unique."

"Can he detect your existence?"

Lu Chen asked with some worry.

"No."

"However, if we had met before my upgrade, your secret would likely have been completely spied upon by it."

You Luo said with a hint of mockery in her tone.

Lu Chen looked at the young man behind him.

This person's strength was comparable to a Four-Dimensional Lifeform possessing one hundred gray marks.

"Brother, what are you looking at? Dare you have a match with me?"

The young man provoked again.

"A match is possible. But what is the reward for winning?"

"Let's bet on our remaining cultivation time in the Secret Realm."

"I have five months left. If I lose, those five months go to you."

"If you lose, you either answer one of my questions or give me your remaining time."

The young man curled his lips into a confident smile.

He could sense that Lu Chen was definitely not an ordinary person.

But his System could not probe Lu Chen's background.

This was the first time he had encountered such a situation since he began to Cultivate.

He had to figure out Lu Chen's true background.

"You Luo, is this acceptable?"

Lu Chen asked the System in his mind.

"It is acceptable, Host."

"But it must be in the form of a fair duel, and the Bloodlines of both parties cannot originate from the same Origin God Clan."

Lu Chen nodded.

"That sounds quite interesting. Let's settle on that then."

Just as the two were about to make a move, another voice chimed in.

Lu Chen's transcendent, sage-like demeanor was nearly shattered by these successive interruptions.

He really wanted to curse out loud.

"Gentlemen, could you wait five days?"

"I also wish to join this competition and add to the excitement."

"As an apology for disturbing you two, I am willing to offer one billion Origin Stones, split equally between you two."

"That should be fair, right?"

A young man, handsome to the point of being demonic, walked over slowly.

His strength was actually comparable to Lu Chen's.

He wore a gentle smile on his face.

"I have no objection."

The young man who had proposed the match immediately agreed.

"Good, very fair."

Lu Chen also nodded.

"Excellent. Elder Yun, give the Origin Stones to the two sirs."

The handsome young man commanded with a smile.

He then closed his eyes and began to regulate his breathing.

"I want to join too!"

"Count me in!"

Soon, more and more young people joined this competition.

The daily lives of the descendants of the Origin God Clan were usually dull and monotonous.

This sudden competition instantly piqued everyone's interest.

In the end, a total of twelve descendants of the Origin God Clan joined the competition.

This meant that Lu Chen and the later handsome young man each received one point four billion Origin Stones.

All those Guardians stared in dumbfounded silence.

Just now, they were earnestly persuading Lu Chen to solidify his Foundation.

But in the blink of an eye, their own juniors were eagerly signing up to participate.

However, on second thought,

these descendants of the Origin God Clan were born with incomparably strong Foundations,

so there was no need to worry about an unstable Foundation at all.

Under these circumstances, this competition was indeed a good show...

It could determine the victor and allow the winner to claim all the remaining cultivation time of everyone else.

Five Days Later

Host: Lu Chen

Rank: Twenty-Seventh Rank

Strength: Four-Dimensional, 132 million gray marks

Spirit: Four-Dimensional, 132 million gray marks

Soul Skill: Max Level Comprehension

System Ability: Myriad Manifestations Creation

Over the past five days,

Lu Chen's strength had surged to an incredible Realm.

All the Trial Participants in the Origin Dimension had also completed their respective Cultivation.

"Can we begin?"

The young man who also possessed a System spoke, his gaze sweeping over the people around him.

His name was Lin Fan.

"We are ready anytime."

Everyone responded in unison.

"Why don't we make tower climbing the competition? The winner will win all the remaining cultivation time in the Secret Realm from the losers."

Lin Fan's voice was full of confidence.

The others nodded one after another, raising no objections.

"Challenge application approved."

The Guardian's voice echoed everywhere,

announcing the formal start of this competition.

Instantly,

a massive tower, thirty-six stories high, rose from the ground.

It stood against the sky, emitting a heart-palpating pressure.

This was merely a projection of the main tower.

Where the real Ascension Tower was hidden, no one knew.

Everyone took their positions,

holding their breath while waiting for the competition to begin.

A beam of light descended.

All the contestants vanished.

Immediately afterward, the first floor of the giant tower flickered with a faint light,

signifying that everyone had entered the first floor.

No one had managed to step onto the second floor yet.

Lu Chen suddenly opened his eyes.

He found himself in an endless expanse of space,

so vast it seemed to have no end.

Even with his Four-Dimensional perception fully extended, he could not find any boundary.

"System, what exactly am I facing here?"

Lu Chen asked, filled with curiosity.

"Host, I do not know either."

"I only know that anyone who leaves this place will not remember anything that happened here."

"This is truly... mysterious,"

Lu Chen muttered to himself, his interest growing stronger. "But the answer will be revealed soon."

Boom!

The space violently cracked open with a hideous fissure.

A figure abruptly appeared in front of Lu Chen.

This person was clad in a set of streamlined, high-grade battle armor, exuding a solemn Aura.

Name: Kolaiweiertun (Soul Imprint)

Rank: Twenty-Seventh Rank

Combat Power: One Hundred True Dimensional Forces

Lu Chen's insight talent instantly activated.

"One Hundred True Dimensional Forces?"

He mused, "It seems the difficulty of every floor is standardized."

A flicker of doubt crossed Lu Chen's mind.

Did this tower not adjust its difficulty based on the challenger's strength?

But this seemed unfair to those who exhausted all their strength to surpass their peers.

To awaken the most basic Four-Dimensional Life Axis from this tower,

a challenger's strength needed to be at least a hundred times that of an ordinary Twenty-Seventh Rank expert.

"I don't have time to waste on opponents like this,"

Lu Chen murmured to himself.

His gaze had already shifted toward the area above the thirtieth floor.

According to the System,

the strongest expert in the entire Origin Dimension had only reached the thirtieth floor back then.

"Kid, you're only fifteen?"

Kolaiweiertun's tone carried a hint of playfulness.

Lu Chen remained silent, his eyes calm and unwavering.

In this life, he was indeed only fifteen years old.

But counting the years from his previous life, his age had long surpassed that number.

"You should leave as soon as possible. With your strength, you are not qualified to awaken the Fourth Axis here."

Kolaiweiertun's tone was full of disdain.

A faint curve appeared on the corner of Lu Chen's mouth.

"Who are you?"

"I am the First Guardian of this tower, Kolaiweiertun."

The other party answered coldly.

"Oh, I know that."

Lu Chen's tone suddenly turned sharp. "But you are just a wisp of a Soul Imprint, right?"

"Are you still alive? Where is your main body right now?"

Kolaiweiertun's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Hmph. Kid, you are not worthy of knowing my origin."

Lu Chen's expression remained unchanged as he continued to press.

"Besides you, there are thirteen other challengers."