67: Chapter 67 The Tower of Babel, Battle Power Ranking Soars

He returned to his residence.

Adopting an attitude of study, Fang Zhuo logged into the group's internal network, opened the group handbook, and began flipping through it page by page.

He had no choice; after that conversation with the woman from the Supervision Department, he realized just how many good things were inside Starry Sky Group, the premier martial artist group of the Blue Moon Federation.

Besides the High-Civilization Gravity Chamber, resources like the 'Phoenix Meat Field' were things he absolutely had to understand.

Not looking would have been a mistake.

"Heaven-Reaching Tower...!" Fang Zhuo discovered another excellent place for cultivation.

What could he say about this? He had only found out after being here for several days. He certainly couldn't take the blame himself; at the very least, the biggest portion of the blame had to be placed on Wang Jinhua.

It was all that guy's fault for finding a novice like Manager Tang Lan, who had never been to the group's headquarters, to be his guide.

After Wang Jinhua finished handling the contract upgrade and saw he couldn't squeeze out any usage time for the gravity chamber, he just brushed off his butt and left.

Fang Zhuo read at a glance, quickly figuring out what the 'Heaven-Reaching Tower' was.

The 'Heaven-Reaching Tower', as the name implies, is a tower that can reach the sky...

Of course, the sky mentioned here does not refer to the sky above, but specifically refers to the Flying Martial Artist among the six major stages of the Blue Moon Federation's martial arts!

"By passing all the assessments of the 'Heaven-Reaching Tower', one can become a Flying Martial Artist!"

This was the first sentence of the introduction about the 'Heaven-Reaching Tower' in the group handbook, but Fang Zhuo didn't really believe it; even reaching the Transcendent level was incredibly difficult.

How could one become a Flying Martial Artist just by completing some assessments?

The 'Heaven-Reaching Tower' is a trial ground. Martial artists enter the tower with their consciousness, where the tower manifests exotic beasts. Killing the exotic beasts within the time limit counts as passing.

The tower is divided into six levels, with each level increasing in difficulty.

Fang Zhuo looked down and immediately understood, mentally cursing that the first introductory sentence was clickbait!

"Hmm... new members will receive a cash reward for passing the 'Heaven-Reaching Tower' for the first time."

"Breaking records can also earn rewards of usage time for the High-Civilization Gravity Chamber?"

Fang Zhuo immediately became interested; he would have to find time to give it a try. The High-Civilization Gravity Chamber is a great place!

He had only stayed there twice and had already used it to break through to become an Advanced Martial Artist.

Usage time is definitely the more the better!

It has miraculous effects on breaking through bottlenecks. Speaking of which, Brother Wang is so crazy about getting usage time; he must also be wanting to break through the Transcendent bottleneck and become a Flying Martial Artist, right?

"Hubby, your Starry Sky Group really has so many good things."

Bai Shiwei tilted her head beside Fang Zhuo, watching along with him, drooling with envy.

As the premier martial artist group of the Blue Moon Federation, Starry Sky Group naturally possessed a grand demeanor; apart from charging copyright fees for secret manuals, there were no confidentiality requirements for other information.

"Yes, it's a pity that resources like the High-Civilization Gravity Chamber can't be used by you." Fang Zhuo felt a bit regretful; the system's return resource coefficient was related to Bai Shiwei's Life Level.

If he could, Fang Zhuo would naturally want Bai Shiwei to improve as quickly as possible.

After coming into contact with rare resources like 'phoenix essence blood', he realized the true power of the system, or rather, where its true utility lay.

It was for the return of these top-tier treasures!

If Bai Shiwei could become an Advanced Martial Artist one step ahead, the return coefficient would increase to 8 times? Then when he received the rewards in the contract, he would possess a full 8 portions of phoenix essence blood!

This was equivalent to two years of production from the 'Phoenix Meat Field'!

"That's normal. After all, the High-Civilization Gravity Chamber is the only one in the Federation. Your group members are all lining up to use it, so how could it be given to outsiders?"

Bai Shiwei was quite open-minded about it.

After reading the introduction to the 'Heaven-Reaching Tower', Fang Zhuo temporarily closed the group handbook and turned to open the internal combat power ranking of the group.

Advanced Martial Artist Group:

1. Zhao Chuan, Life Level 39, Body Control at Micro-Perception Perfection, Thunder Fire Blade 4th layer, combat power increase 27.2 times (8 * 3.4).

2. Zhou Zeyu, Life Level 39, Body Control at Inner Sight Minor Success, Sky Light Flash 3rd layer, combat power increase 23.4 times (9 * 2.6).

...

9. Meng Fan, Life Level 37, Body Control at Micro-Perception Perfection, Thunder Fire Blade 3rd layer, combat power increase 20.8 times.

"This ninth-place Meng Fan... why is it highlighted in red?"

Fang Zhuo moved the cursor to this line, and a prompt immediately appeared: this was a new member who had joined the group within one year.

A new member breaking into the top ten of the combat power ranking... it turned out to be so difficult; after all this time, there was only one person.

Looking at it this way, the people from the Supervision Department actually thought quite highly of him?

Fang Zhuo continued to scroll down.

With his current information, where would he rank among the group's Advanced Martial Artists?

After flipping through several pages, Fang Zhuo finally found his name.

862. Fang Zhuo, Life Level 29, Body Micro-Control Perfection, secret manual cultivation unrecorded, combat power increase 5.6 times (8 * 0.7).

"Hmm... the information on this list hasn't been updated. And the group's combat power increase calculation needs to be associated with the weapon realm...?"

Fang Zhuo read the introduction; the list initially only recorded the information from when he processed his identity card, at which time he was only a Level 29 martial artist.

Subsequent updates are synchronized with the group's 'Heaven-Reaching Tower'.

He scrolled down a bit more and found that there were over a hundred Advanced Martial Artists below him.

"Not bad. With a Life Level of 29, to be ranked higher than so many Advanced Martial Artists shows that my Body Control really has a significant advantage."

Fang Zhuo calmly continued to scroll down and found the Transcendent ranking.

Transcendent Martial Artist Group:

1. Wang Jinhua, Life Level 49, Body Control at Soaring Minor Success, Thunder Fire Blade 6th layer, combat power increase 120 times (24 * 5.0).

2. Yan Long, Life Level 49, Body Control at Inner Scene Perfection, Clear Wind Blade 6th layer, combat power increase 80 times (16 * 5.0).

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"Combat power increase 120 times?!"

Fang Zhuo's pupils constricted slightly: "Body Control at Soaring... Great Success! Brother Wang's comprehension is not inferior to mine..."

Body Control at Soaring is a realm that only Flying Martial Artists possess.

No wonder Wang Jinhua had been at the top of the Transcendent ranking in Starry Sky Group for several years, enjoying many titles like the Blue Moon's Number One Transcendent and Invincible Transcendent.

"Enough looking... time to sleep, tomorrow I'll continue grinding the Thunder Fire Blade!"

Fang Zhuo turned off the light screen and looked at Bai Shiwei beside him, raising his eyebrows.

"Okay..."

Bai Shiwei understood immediately; Fang Zhuo was going to help her with extra cultivation. With a slightly flushed face, she picked up her lace underwear and went to the bathroom first.

At night, the sound of waves roared, and the large flat was filled with the atmosphere of joy.

...

The next day.

When Bai Shiwei woke up, her beautiful eyes were even brighter.

"Hubby, my Life Level has loosened again, that... the effect over these two days is almost catching up to half a sun-moon pill. Does this have anything to do with your Martial Aspect?"

"Perhaps."

Fang Zhuo felt it was mostly likely true; his Martial Aspect, Scarlet Flame, caused his body to contain the essence of the sun.

This was perfect for having a miraculous effect on the Martial Aspect Heaven-Swallowing Python.

"Today I'm going to the Heaven-Reaching Tower for trials; you practice the blade technique on your own first."

"Okay."

Bai Shiwei nodded.

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Level 100.

In front of the Heaven-Reaching Tower of Starry Sky Group, there was no one on duty.

After Fang Zhuo stepped out of the elevator and looked from afar, he saw a small, not-so-tall tower standing in the center, surrounded by some group martial artists dressed in training clothes.

Most of them had their eyes closed in concentration, their expressions tense.

"To think it can accommodate so many people at the same time..." Fang Zhuo walked up with large strides, found an empty spot, and sat down cross-legged as well.

Focusing his consciousness, he immediately entered the Heaven-Reaching Tower.

"Welcome to the Heaven-Reaching Tower. First-time login detected. Current Life Level is 30. You can challenge the first level (restricted to Life Level 30~34)."

"Please note! Death inside the Heaven-Reaching Tower will cause trauma to your consciousness. Please do your best."

"First level, Stage A trial, time limit 3 minutes, kill 10 Level 32 exotic beasts, Green Barbarian Ox. Do you accept the challenge?"

"Yes."

Fang Zhuo confirmed with his mind, without much hesitation.

Although he had never fought exotic beasts in real combat, in his college martial arts education, knowledge about exotic beasts was widely taught. Exotic beasts below Level 40 are often weaker than martial artists of the same level.

One reason is their low intelligence, and the second is that they only have physical bodies but lack technique.

With his Body Control at Micro-Perception Perfection and relying on the secret manual Thunder Fire Blade, his combat power increase reached 8 times. He estimated that dealing with Level 34 exotic beasts would not be difficult.

In an instant, the endless starry sky background disappeared, the field turned into a desert, and ten Level 32 Green Barbarian Oxen appeared out of thin air around him.

Fang Zhuo moved his feet lightly, turned sideways to find a good angle, and raised his hand to strike with his blade.

With a "whoosh" sound, the air was torn open, leaving behind a pale red blade shadow.

It was none other than the Thunder Fire Blade!

Swish, swish, swish; the ten Green Barbarian Oxen that had rushed over with red eyes immediately had three of them die.

At this very moment, the group's combat power ranking updated.

529th place, Fang Zhuo, Life Level 30, Body Control at Micro-Perception Perfection, Thunder Fire Blade 1st layer, combat power increase 8 times (8 * 1.0).

Fang Zhuo went from 862nd place to 529th place in one go.