Chapter 288

49 layers!

Not long after, Lu Xun rushed to the 49th floor and successfully passed.

He really can.

Fu Yue and Fu Xue had anticipated this earlier.

They all knew that Lu Xun had killed four Six Realm demon cultivators.

Fu Yue also personally witnessed Lu Xun slaying Six Realm demon beasts and war insects.

However, when Lu Xun killed them, he used a special means that could immobilize.

In the Heavenly Dao Tower, if Lu Xun dared to use such a means, it would likely backfire on himself.

So on the way here, both Fu Yue and Fu Xue repeatedly warned Lu Xun not to lightly use this means.

Unless they decided on a final all-out effort.

Then it wouldn't matter.

In the Heavenly Dao Tower, only one's own combat power is tested.

No external forces can be used.

Moreover, all opponents are at the peak of the Five Realms, not only are their means and combat power growing stronger, but their numbers also keep increasing.

This ultimately left the two women with doubts in their hearts.

Until now,

Lu Xun has cleared the 49th floor.

Lu Xun's ranking could possibly enter the top 1000 of the Five Realms.

Whether he can make it in, they are also unsure.

Because there are over a hundred Five Realm cultivators stalled at the 49th floor.

When everyone is stalled at the 49th floor, it comes down to who cleared it in the shortest time.

The shorter the time, the naturally higher the ranking.

Lu Xun, not wanting to use too many means, actually did not have a short time clearing the level.

So they don't know whether he can make it in.

With his monstrous talent, clearing the 50th floor is not difficult.

The two women are actually quite confident in Lu Xun.

The 50th floor is very difficult, because one must defeat 16 copies of oneself.

On such integer-numbered floors, the time requirement is relaxed considerably, extended to ten minutes.

Hah.

At this moment, inside the Heavenly Dao Tower, Lu Xun successively struck out, eliminating each 'self' one by one.

The simulation of the Heavenly Dao Tower is indeed formidable.

Upon reaching this floor, other cultivators find it hard to hide, as the 16 'selves' have strength close to their own.

With so many of them and such great strength, even a genius-level Five Realm cultivator can easily be brought to their knees on this floor.

This floor also serves as the dividing line between ordinary geniuses and peerless geniuses.

Only by clearing it can one be considered a peerless genius.

From this perspective, Lan Xing still has a considerable number of geniuses; among the top 1000 Five Realm cultivators, only over a hundred are stuck at this floor.

Many more are stuck at the 59th floor.

Given the population here, Lan Xing has already passed over a dozen ancient road nodes, and is itself not weak, which is why the number of geniuses keeps growing.

For Lu Xun, this floor posed little difficulty; he merely raised his sword intent a bit and disposed of the 16 'selves'.

His sword intent is too overpowered.

Ordinary Five Realm cultivators, even monster-level geniuses, basically have their sword intent at the Transformation stage.

Few reach the late Transformation stage.

Lu Xun, however, has already reached the Annihilation stage, indeed the Destruction stage.

This gave Lu Xun ample room to maneuver.

Passed!

Just like that, Lu Xun cleared the 50th floor.

Then he continued to press upward.

51, 52 all the way to 59, 60.

The crucial point has arrived.

That is the 60th floor.

This floor requires battling 32 copies of oneself.

Furthermore relaxed in time, one must settle the battle within 12 minutes.

This floor has stalled the vast majority of Five Realm cultivators.

On integer-numbered floors, contrary to expectation, they don't test cultivation; Lu Xun should be able to manage.

Outside, Fu Xue speculated.

Fu Yue gave an 'hmm'.

He must be an Eastern genius, so young, appearing to be a newcomer.

Good heavens, there are already enough Eastern geniuses; why must they keep producing so many talents?

We don't know how many floors he can clear.

In the hall, many foreigners stretched their necks to watch.

"It's over, it's over~"

After eleven and a half minutes, a new number appeared on the stone tablet.

60!

This meant that Lu Xun had cleared the 60th floor.

"Really cleared it!"

"Impressive."

Many foreigners in the hall clicked their tongues in amazement.

"Now we just wait to see if he can make it to the 70th floor."

Fu Yue showed an expectant expression.

Between the 60th and 70th floors, the faceless ones themselves are quite formidable.

Among the top 1000 of the Fifth Realm, over two hundred have cleared the 60th floor, and they are all monster-level geniuses from various countries.

The 50th floor is the boundary between ordinary geniuses and peerless geniuses.

The 60th floor is the boundary between peerless geniuses and monster-level geniuses.

Above the 60th floor, basically everyone is a monster-level genius.

Since it's the Fifth Realm, cultivation takes more time, so worldwide there are still over two hundred of them.

"Got stronger."

After the 60th floor, the faceless ones are indeed stronger, and their numbers are greater as well.

The initial number was six.

Each floor up adds another six.

The difficulty keeps increasing.

Of course, for Lu Xun, it's actually not much of a challenge.

It's just that Lu Xun needs to gradually employ more methods.

What he uses are naturally immortal and martial methods.

As long as he doesn't use magic or demonic power, there will be no problem.

If he uses magic, the Heavenly Dao Tower will judge it as the Sixth Realm.

Or rather, magic of the Sixth Realm.

Then he will be required to retake the challenge.

Lu Xun's magic cultivation will also be exposed because of that.

So, magic definitely cannot be used.

To be safe, Lu Xun didn't even use the power of Chaos, lest the Heavenly Dao Tower simulate it.

Even so, Lu Xun still managed to clear all the way to the 69th floor.

Then, in one go, he reached the 70th floor.

This floor is the boundary between monster-level geniuses and the top-tier geniuses.

The top-tier geniuses are like Murong Wan and Liu Xingchen, who possess innate constitutions and have also opened exceptionally powerful Heaven Earth Meridians.

Chu Youqing naturally counts as well, for she has an ancient spirit root.

Monster-level geniuses mostly stay between the 60th and 69th floors.

Only the top-tier geniuses of the entire Lan Xing have a hope of breaking through the 70th floor.

This floor is indeed tough to handle.

A full sixty-four 'selves'.

They need to be dealt with within fourteen minutes.

Of course, these sixty-four aren't really completely 'selves'; in terms of defense, they can't match your own.

That is, as long as you can withstand their attacks and break through their defenses, it's easy to settle.

Unlike cultivators at the peak of the Fifth Realm, who often have trump cards for dealing with the Sixth Realm and above, making it actually not easy to kill them.

"Heh."

Lu Xun's sword, like a startling rainbow, took down each of those 'selves' one by one, quickly disposing of them.

"No difficulty."

This floor still poses no difficulty for him; it just takes a bit more effort.

"70th floor!"

"Oh buy cake!"

Outside, exclamations rang out.

Fu Yue and Fu Xue, the two women, were actually not that surprised.

With Lu Xun being so heaven-defying, it would be surprising if he couldn't clear it.

"Sister, how many floors do you think he can clear?"

Fu Xue asked her own sister.

"Eighty floors should be no problem."

Fu Yue gave her guess.

On the current ranking list, the highest hasn't reached eighty.

It only reached seventy-nine.

However, someone has reached eighty before.

And not just one.

Among those who reached the 80th floor, there is one person— their father.

When Fu Xue attempted the ninth layer of the Six Realms, she couldn't get past the 80th floor.

She felt that even if she went to the peak of the Six Realms to attempt, she still couldn't pass.

On integer floors, the test is not cultivation, because no matter how strong your cultivation, the "self" simulated by the Heavenly Dao Tower will be just as strong.

"So many..."

The 80th floor requires defeating 128 "selves".

The time limit is 16 minutes.

The number doubles, but the time only increases by 2 minutes; this floor's difficulty is too great.

Even if it's Lan Xing's top genius, they'd get stuck here.

Even if the powerful fighter Liu Xingchen came, they'd probably have to kneel.

At this point, the Heavenly Dao Tower's simulation of tower challengers is already very accurate.

Although the Stellar Battle Body is strong, the opponent simulated by the Heavenly Dao Tower is equally strong.

The number is still that terrifying.

"Come on."

Lu Xun's internal true qi circulated, employing higher-quality true qi and fiercer sword intent.

He finally raised his sword intent to the Extinction level.

When the Extinction-level sword intent emerged, combined with high-quality true qi, killing the "selves" was incredibly fast.

This moment,

Even 128 "selves" couldn't withstand Lu Xun's killing.

"Passed!"

"Indeed passed!"

Several minutes later, the two women exchanged a glance and took a deep breath.

Being able to clear the 80th floor, regardless of realm, signifies that Lu Xun's talent is no less than their father's, an ancient reincarnated being.

"80th floor, my heavens..."

"Pastry seller, we've witnessed history today!"

The surrounding foreigners were shocked to the point of being unable to cope.

"Is he still going up?"

At this moment, Lu Xun hasn't stopped; he's still pressing upward.

81, 82... up to 90!

So far, at least at the Fifth Realm level, no cultivator has ever cleared this floor.

As for the Sixth and Seventh Realms, the ranking list likewise has none.

Whether there was before, nobody knows.

"256..."

This time we need to deal with 256 "selves".

After Lu Xun displayed the Annihilation-level sword intent, these 256 "selves'" sword intent also reached the Annihilation level, and their true qi purity matched Lu Xun's.

Thus, Lu Xun further raised his sword intent to the Destruction level.

His true qi was likewise increased, thereby barely breaking through this floor at the last moment.

"God, he broke the record!"

"Hiss~"

All the foreigners were about to be scared silly.

Lu Xun this time directly shattered the record of the High Martial Era!