Chapter 72

Outside the Spiritual Realm Tower.

For half an hour, Xu Que's wooden tablet had been floating at the position of the sixth floor. The crowd under the tower had been staring at the wooden tablet the whole time, not feeling bored or dull at all. The whole scene was filled with a tense and shocking atmosphere.

"So powerful! It's been nearly half an hour, and he's still persisting on the sixth floor."

"This is already the greatest success. No matter how long he can persist, this definitely breaks the record of all geniuses in the five kingdoms throughout history!"

"That's right. It is said that the nine-star artifact refining master of the Wood Origin Kingdom once stepped into the sixth floor of the Spiritual Realm Tower for half a step when he was at the Golden Core Stage Perfection. But he was only half a step in before being forcibly expelled, yet he has always been the record holder for the highest in the five kingdoms."

"I didn't expect that this record would be broken by a Heaven's Chosen of our Fire Yuan Kingdom today, stepping into the sixth floor at the Golden Core Stage Perfection and persisting for half an hour. This is truly the glory of our Fire Yuan Kingdom!"

"How much longer do you think he can persist?"

"Maybe he'll come out soon. After all, it's been half an hour."

"I think no matter how heaven-defying he is, he'll probably come out in a few sticks of incense."

"That's right, forcing it will instead damage the Divine Soul and lead to more losses than gains, becoming a useless person from then on."

The crowd discussed one after another, and they all felt that Xu Que would come out soon.

The Seventh Elder was incredibly nervous, his palms almost sweating, and his eyes were shining brightly.

"I didn't expect my Heavenly Fragrance Valley to have such fortune. A hundred years ago, there was a Heaven's Chosen girl with Ice Spirit Root, who is now the Empress of the Water Origin Kingdom. Now, there is about to be another one, who will be at least a nine-star alchemy master in the future!" The old man was indeed too excited. A Golden Core Stage youth could persist for half an hour on the sixth floor, which showed how powerful his Divine Soul Power was. If he entered the Heavenly Fragrance Valley and inherited the path of alchemy, within a hundred years, the Heavenly Fragrance Valley would definitely be able to become a hegemon of the Eastern Wasteland Continent!

"Whoosh!"

Just at this moment, the wooden tablet on the tower suddenly moved!

Everyone stared at it, then opened their mouths wide, full of horror and disbelief.

"How is this possible?"

"Holy crap!"

"Am I dreaming?"

Many people couldn't help but curse, venting the horror in their hearts.

Hearing the movement, the Seventh Elder also suddenly looked up at the Spiritual Realm Tower, then was stunned for a moment: "Huh? Where did the wooden tablet on the sixth floor go?"

Following that, he looked slightly upward, and he was scared silly.

"Se... seventh floor?" The Seventh Elder almost screamed, his voice completely off-key, and his heart was simply exploding.

Stepping onto the seventh floor with the cultivation of the Golden Core Stage, this... how is this possible?

"No, no, absolutely impossible. I have spent my whole life on the path of alchemy and have taken countless pills to nourish the Divine Soul, and only then could I barely reach the seventh floor of the Spiritual Realm Tower. This black-robed youth is clearly only ten-something years old, how could he do this?" The old man's face was full of horror, and his voice trembled continuously.

The few Heavenly Fragrance Valley disciples beside him were also already blank-eyed, their brains completely blank!

Originally, they were still guessing how long Xu Que could persist on the sixth floor, but no one expected that suddenly, that guy would rush to the seventh floor.

Without warning, without preparation, he was simply about to go to heaven!

"El... Elder, he... he has already reached the seventh floor."

"Huh?... Ah! Yes! I saw it."

"That's not it, Elder. The Empress is currently in seclusion on the eighth floor. If he were to..."

"Uh..." The old man was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Don't worry, the seventh floor must be his limit. Even if it's not his limit, the entrance to the eighth floor has already been sealed, and he can't possibly pass through!"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting cool. Reward: 50 Acting Cool Points!"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting cool. Reward: 60 Acting Cool Points!"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting cool. Reward: 80 Acting Cool Points!"

At this moment, several system notification sounds echoed in Xu Que's mind.

But he had no time to care, because at this moment, he was almost lying on the floor of the seventh floor, his face pressed tightly against the floorboards.

Very embarrassed, and fortunately, no one could see his current situation, otherwise they would definitely have laughed to death on the spot.

Xu Que was completely crushed by the Divine Soul suppression force that had condensed into a mist, his Divine Soul almost cracked and was in a state of fragmentation.

But he still gritted his teeth and persisted, letting the system activate the automatic tempering function.

As long as he endured for another half an hour, this Divine Soul Power would increase by 80%, which was 30% higher than on the sixth floor!

"Come on, come on, if you have the ability, crush me to death. Otherwise, when I reach the top of the tower, I'll definitely pee all over your tower!" Xu Que gritted his teeth and cursed, his voice somewhat hoarse, as if his throat had been affected by that suppression force.

And at this moment, almost directly above Xu Que on the eighth floor, separated only by a ceiling.

A woman who was as beautiful as a startled swan and breathtakingly beautiful was sitting cross-legged, seemingly in a state of seclusion and cultivation, her body covered in frost, emitting a bone-chilling cold.

Perhaps hearing some movement, the woman suddenly opened her beautiful eyes.

These were deep eyes, the pupils as black as ink, as if they contained everything, accommodating the entire vast universe, and even as if the sun, moon, and stars were all revolving in her eyes, mysterious and attractive!

"The sound just now, was it... a heart demon?" The woman frowned slightly, muttered to herself in her heart, and then closed her eyes again, without the slightest movement!

Soon, half an hour passed.

Xu Que was finally a good man again, his Divine Soul Power increased by another 80%. He immediately sprang up from the ground, raised his head proudly, and tilted it slightly upward at a forty-five-degree angle.

His eyes were full of disdain, and he looked at the thin "clouds and mist" in the tower, snorting coldly: "Just by relying on you to move a hair of mine, how naive!"

After speaking, he patted the dust off his chest and stepped toward the stairs to the eighth floor.

His walking posture was simply arrogant, and his face seemed to be written with the six characters "I am invincible in the world", completely forgetting the fact that he had just been pressed to the ground by the "clouds and mist" for a full half hour.

Fortunately, those "clouds and mist" didn't have intelligence, otherwise they would definitely have rushed up, slapped Xu Que's arrogant face a few times, and then scolded "let you act cool"!

However, when Xu Que swaggered to the stairs, before he could take a step up, he was blocked by an invisible wall in front of him.

With a "bang", he was bounced back, his nose aching for a while.

"Damn, what a despicable method, actually setting up a restriction here!" Xu Que touched his nose, glared, and looked suspiciously upstairs.

He had already determined that there was definitely someone on the eighth floor. Although the aura was very subtle, with his powerful Divine Soul now, he could completely perceive it.

"However, if there's just someone inside, why set up a restriction?" Xu Que touched his chin and pondered carefully.

Finally, he reached two conclusions: either the person upstairs was imprisoned here, or... there was a very precious treasure hidden upstairs!

"I choose the second conclusion. Hiding it like this must mean there's something good. It's just right to go up and continue tempering my Divine Soul." Xu Que made up his mind and had to go up and take a look.

He reached out and touched the restriction in front, pressing slightly, and immediately felt a burst of power rebounding.

"This seems to be 'four ounces to move a thousand pounds'. The harder I push, the more it rebounds. What if I use clever force?" Xu Que thought for a moment, stood in place, closed his eyes, and mobilized all the Divine Soul power in his body.

Whoosh!

The majestic Divine Soul power instantly condensed into a ball, as if an invisible big palm appeared in front of Xu Que.

With a thought, he relied on the invisible Divine Soul power and slowly pushed toward the restriction barrier!

Sure enough, the screen sank completely, and nothing bounced back.

"Hehe, playing this game with me, you're far off." Xu Que sneered, topped with Divine Soul power, and pushed forward step by step.

His whole body was stuck in a rubber band, constantly pulling and squeezing one end of the rubber band inward. The higher he went, the greater the resistance his Divine Soul power received!

However, heaven rewards the diligent, and Xu Que used his terrifying Divine Soul power to push one end of the barrier and climbed to the eighth floor.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, with a muffled sound of air exploding, the barrier broke, and Xu Que's whole body was suddenly pushed into the eighth floor by a huge force.

"Huh?"

Under the layers of hazy clouds, two light sounds rang out at the same time.

One came from Xu Que, and one came from a blurred figure in the clouds.

Xu Que saw her, and his body was also impacted by that huge force, flying toward that figure, unable to stop.

Until he was only a dozen centimeters away from that figure, and just as he was about to crash into her, Xu Que discovered that there was an ice wall blocking him, and then... his whole body crashed into it.

"Bang!"

Another loud noise, Xu Que penetrated through the ice wall, fell directly in front of that figure, only a dozen centimeters away, and his whole body was unable to move, as if there was an invisible force in front, behind, left, and right, trapping him firmly in place!

"Holy crap, I'm stuck!"

Xu Que cursed in his heart, and at the same time turned his head to look at the person sitting cross-legged in front of him.

Then, the two of them were almost looking at each other, and the next moment, they were both dumbfounded at the same time.

Xu Que's heart felt as if it had been hit hard by a heavy hammer, thumping, almost exploding!

In front of him was a woman, a woman whose skin was like grease and who was breathtakingly beautiful.

More importantly, this breathtakingly beautiful woman was sitting cross-legged on the ground, also looking at Xu Que in astonishment.

At this moment, Xu Que's mind was almost blank. Since transmigrating to this world, he had seen too many beauties, such as Xiao Rou, such as Su Yunlan, such as that Princess Yan Yang and Zi Xuan...

But the appearance and temperament of the woman in front of him almost defeated all the women with an overwhelming advantage.

She was truly too beautiful, so much so that Xu Que subconsciously had a thought—"This is a woman like a fairy"!