62: The system crashed! He messed up the first level!

At the same time.

Tower of Heaven, Central Monitoring Room.

In the monitoring room, everyone's hearts were in their throats.

On the screen, it was a vast expanse of white; nothing could be seen.

"It's over!"

"Resisting the lightning head-on, even if he were made of iron, he'd still lose a layer of skin!"

"Quick! Check his life signs!"

However.

The next second.

When the white light on the screen dissipated.

Everyone was petrified.

On the screen.

Lin Yuan was still standing in the same spot.

Not only had he not turned to dust, but... not even the edges of his clothes were damaged.

He stretched, and his bones let out a series of "crackling" sounds.

A look of contentment appeared on his face.

"Refreshing!"

In the monitoring room, there was a deathly silence.

"Wha... what just happened?"

A researcher's voice trembled.

"Data! Look at the data!"

The senior researcher pointed at another screen, looking as if he had seen a ghost.

The curve representing Lin Yuan's vital signs, instead of dropping after being struck by lightning, had actually... shot up a segment!

"This... this is impossible!"

"He's... absorbing! He's absorbing the energy of the lightning!"

As soon as this conclusion was announced, the entire monitoring room erupted into chaos!

Captain Qin Zhan stood in front of the screen, his lips trembling.

He remembered the accident report from the Jiangcheng Branch Bureau.

"He's not absorbing energy; he's pumping water!"

"No, not even a water pump is as fast as him!"

It turned out... everything written in the report was true!

This scoundrel!

He treated the Tower of Heaven's trial as a buffet!

...Inside the Lightning Purgatory space.

Lin Yuan felt completely comfortable.

That lightning strike just now was like a powerful tonic!

It had forcefully broken a crack in the bottleneck that had been stuck at 39.9%!

[Divine Body Power: 39.95%...]

Not enough!

Still a little short!

Lin Yuan looked up at the dark void, his eyes filled with longing.

"Bring more!"

"Is this all you've got? Just tickling me?"

He shouted loudly at the sky.

As if to respond to his provocation.

"Boom! Crack! Boom! Crack! Boom! Crack!"

Three even thicker bolts of lightning, one after another, descended from the sky simultaneously!

"Haha! Good!"

Lin Yuan burst out laughing.

His Primordial Thunder God Body circulated frantically!

A visible energy vortex began to form, centered on him!

Three bolts of lightning struck him at the same time!

This time, Lin Yuan didn't even flinch!

Vast lightning energy surged into his limbs and bones!

The barrier that had hindered his advancement let out "cracking" sounds under this violent power!

[Divine Body Power: 39.98%...]

[Divine Body Power: 39.99%...]

[Divine Body Power: 40%!!!]

Boom—!

The moment the number on the panel jumped to "40%"!

Lin Yuan felt the D-Class Peak cyclone within his body explode!

The gaseous energy instantly underwent a qualitative change!

It transformed into a surging torrent, roaring through his meridians!

A sense of power, several and even dozens of times stronger than before, emerged from every cell in his body!

[Congratulations, Host! Realm breakthrough!]

[Current Realm: C-Class - Surging Current Realm (Initial Stage)!]

[Electromagnetic Induction (Elementary) — Electromagnetic Induction (Intermediate)]

He made it!

Lin Yuan clenched his fists, feeling the new power within him.

This was the world of C-Class!

However.

Before he could finish celebrating.

He suddenly realized that the surrounding environment seemed a bit off.

Those previously violent "lightning bolts" now resembled startled little rabbits; not only did they dare not approach him, but they began to flee in all directions.

The entire Lightning Purgatory space trembled violently!

"Hmm?"

Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow.

"Trying to run?"

"After entering my stomach, you still want to run?"

He sneered.

"Get back here!"

[god-tier charging system: Maximum power output!]

[Devour Mode, activated!]

Rumble—!!!

All the fleeing lightning, all the energy hidden in the void, were uncontrollably pulled back by a suction force!

Target — Lin Yuan!

"Burp~"

Lin Yuan let out a satisfied burp.

The last arc of electricity was also absorbed into his body.

The entire world fell silent.

Darkness, deathly stillness.

The previously violent Lightning Purgatory seemed to have never existed.

[Trial... Trial...]

The voice in the space sounded again, but this time, it was full of stutters and static.

[First layer... pa... passed...]

[Cal... calculation error...]

[Alert! Alert! Trial Space Number One energy... energy... depleted!]

[System... cra... crashing...]

"Zzzzt—"

With a soft sound.

The voice completely disappeared.

Lin Yuan stood in the darkness, pouting.

"That's it?"

"It's only been a few minutes?"

"The quality is too poor; I'll have to give it a bad review later."

He muttered as he opened his virtual panel.

[Host: Lin Yuan]

[Realm: C-Class - Surging Current Realm (Initial Stage)]

[Divine Body: Primordial Thunder God Body]

[Divine Body Power: 45.8%]

[Unlocked Abilities: Electromagnetic Induction, Palm Thunder, Lightning Step]

Looking at the new panel, Lin Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

Not bad, not bad.

Not only did he break through his realm, but his power also increased so much.

This Tower of Heaven truly was a good place!

However, Lin Yuan did not know that his "good place" had already caused a huge uproar in the outside world.

In the Central Assembly Plaza, the light screen displayed everyone's progress in real-time.

"Look, Zhao Yi from the Modu Branch Bureau has already reached the seventh floor!"

"The Zhenhai Military Region is also fierce; they're already on the sixth floor!"

"Huh? Look at that... Lin Yuan from the Jiangcheng Branch Bureau, why is he still on the first floor?"

At these words, everyone's gaze converged on the end of the light screen.

Indeed, while most people had already entered the fourth or fifth floor, Lin Yuan's name still clearly displayed "First Floor," appearing particularly glaring.

"Pfft! I thought he was so amazing."

"The first stage, Lightning Purgatory Survival, you just have to get through it, and he can't even pass that?"

"I said, how could a D-Class be so powerful? He's just a opportunistic waste; when things get serious, his true colors are revealed."

"It seems the team competition was just a stroke of luck; his individual strength is not worth mentioning at all."

On the high platform, Captain Qin Zhan's face was also constantly changing; what exactly was this kid up to?

Just as everyone thought Lin Yuan was about to be eliminated, in that Lightning Purgatory space, Lin Yuan stretched, still feeling a bit unsatisfied.

"Is this all the energy? Not even enough to fill a tooth gap."

As his voice fell, that voice finally sounded again, but it sounded weak and breathless.

[First layer... pa... passed...]

[Now teleporting to... Second Layer...]

A pillar of light enveloped Lin Yuan.

"Forget it, let's go to the next stage."

Lin Yuan pouted, and his figure disappeared into the light.