King of Ten Thousand Years

”Hee hee, how heartless of you...”

The palace-robed beauty appeared strangely behind Luo Tian, her slender, elegant hand nearly touching the back of his neck.

SWISH!

The immense Fighting Spirit Qi that had been descending upon him suddenly vanished.

It was all an illusion!

’What a brilliant Illusion Technique! I let my guard down...’

Luo Tian looked surprised.

When he had blasted the false Xia Bingyue, he thought he had broken the Illusion Technique and wouldn’t be deceived again.

But unexpectedly,

the palace-robed beauty had cast a layered Illusion Technique.

After the First Layer failed,

she had followed his train of thought to create a Second Layer, tricking him into thinking he had already succeeded.

In an instant,

the palace-robed beauty’s elegant hand was about to strike the back of Luo Tian’s neck.

Faced with an Attack from a Spirit Sea Second Layer expert,

any Sunshine Student would have been instantly eliminated if they were hit.

Luo Tian didn’t even bother to dodge. He activated his Celestial Furnace Treasure Body, and a Cyan Jade Light Membrane covered his skin. His muscles bulged as he radiated an immense, oppressive pressure.

BAM!

The palace-robed beauty’s palm landed as if striking a divine statue; Luo Tian didn’t budge an inch.

A white mark appeared on the Cyan Jade Light Membrane, but his defense wasn’t broken.

”How could this be...”

The palace-robed beauty’s face turned pale with horror.

WHOOSH!

Her body flickered, splitting into two identical figures that fled in opposite directions.

”Hmph!”

Luo Tian snorted. He activated his Creation Technique, and the two palace-robed beauties in his line of sight dissipated like smoke.

Then, he thrust his hand out and grabbed at the empty air to his left.

VWOOM-SWISH!

A colorful, ethereal light flashed in the air. The palace-robed beauty materialized, her neck already caught in Luo Tian’s grip.

”You... How did you find me...”

The palace-robed beauty’s face was deathly pale as she questioned him in terror.

Her mastery of the Illusion Technique was profound enough to distort her target’s vision and create countless illusions.

Yet before Luo Tian, she had nowhere to hide.

CRACK!

Luo Tian applied force, snapping the palace-robed beauty’s neck.

WHOOSH!

The palace-robed beauty’s body disintegrated, transforming into a vast surge of Fighting Spirit Qi that poured into Luo Tian.

This time, it was real.

In truth, with Luo Tian’s immense Spiritual Power, he would have been difficult to affect had he not let his guard down and been led by his own assumptions.

Just then,

SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

Nangong Yu and Li Yao stepped onto the Ninth-Layer, both looking somewhat spent.

”So fast! He already cleared the Ninth-Layer?”

Nangong Yu’s pupils contracted.

”This is impossible! The prototype for the Ninth-Layer’s guardian is the wife of the Sun Chasing Holy Mansion’s founder, a legendary master of the Illusion Technique.”

Li Yao was even more shaken and found it impossible to believe.

After becoming a Sunshine Student, Li Yao had tried to clear the Ninth-Layer.

But each time, he had been eliminated in a state of confusion, completely powerless to resist.

As Luo Tian was accepting the baptism of Fighting Spirit Qi,

Nangong Yu and Li Yao were both confronted by the palace-robed beauty.

A strange scene unfolded.

Shouting in alarm, Nangong Yu and Li Yao began attacking the empty air.

Influenced by the Illusion Technique, neither of them noticed the palace-robed beauty who had appeared behind them.

SMACK! SMACK!

A slender, elegant hand struck both of them on the back of the neck, knocking them unconscious.

「Outside the Spirit Fighting Tower.」

The crowd of students stared at the ninth layer of the Spirit Fighting Tower, buzzing with excitement.

First, one person had entered the Ninth-Layer, followed by two more.

Three great geniuses were challenging the legendary Ninth-Layer at the same time.

It was a grand spectacle not seen in a century!

However, this situation lasted for only a breath or two.

VWOOM-SWISH!

Two of the Array Light Rings on the Ninth-Layer suddenly dimmed.

Immediately, two unconscious figures were transported outside the Spirit Fighting Tower.

They were none other than Nangong Yu and the Seventh Prince.

”Th-That was too fast!”

Many students stared blankly, unable to process what had just happened.

The Ninth-Layer of the Spirit Fighting Tower truly lived up to its legendary status. The difficulty was appalling.

Even Sunshine Students were eliminated in an instant.

Nangong Yu and the Seventh Prince were quickly revived.

”Is this the gap between us?”

Nangong Yu took a deep breath, his expression complicated.

After advancing to the Spirit Sea Realm,

his true strength was comparable to the top three on the Human List, yet he had been instantly defeated on the Ninth-Layer.

It was unimaginable that Luo Tian had cleared the Ninth-Layer so casually.

”Only Luo Tian is left.”

”Can Luo Tian clear the legendary Ninth-Layer?”

The students’ gazes were once again fixed on the Spirit Fighting Tower’s Ninth-Layer.

At this moment,

on a distant cliff, the Elders and Mentors of the Holy Mansion were also watching the Ninth-Layer with anticipation.

After all, in the last century, Luo Tian was the genius with the greatest hope of clearing the Ninth-Layer.

Just then,

SWISH!

The light on the Ninth-Layer went out.

’So fast... Did he fail?’

Lin Dongfeng and the other members of the Holy Mansion High Level felt a faint trace of disappointment.

The battle on the Ninth-Layer had ended far too quickly. He had clearly been eliminated.

But in the very next moment,

VWOOM!

the tenth layer of the Spirit Fighting Tower erupted in a brilliant flash of Array light, a truly magnificent sight.

”The tenth layer!”

Outside the Spirit Fighting Tower, the crowd boiled over in a sensational uproar.

’Luo Tian... cleared it?’

Lin Dongfeng, Nangong Elder, and the others were shaken to their core. Their pupils constricted as a sharp glint flashed in their eyes.

That was the legendary Ninth-Layer, a floor no one had cleared in nearly a century.

They had originally thought that even if Luo Tian could clear it, it would require a bitter struggle. Since it ended so quickly, he must have been eliminated.

Who would have thought that Luo Tian would clear the Ninth-Layer with such ease.

”Elder Lin, congratulations! Your student has broken a century-old record.”

A Mentor congratulated him.

”At this rate, do you think Luo Tian has a chance to clear the unprecedented tenth layer?”

Nangong Elder couldn’t help but speculate.

”Extremely difficult.”

Lin Dongfeng’s expression was grave.

After all, Luo Tian’s Cultivation was still only at the Half-step Spirit Sea Realm.

No Sunshine Student in history had ever cleared the tenth layer.

The difficulty of the final layer was nothing short of a nightmare.

「At the same time.」

Luo Tian stepped onto the tenth layer of the Spirit Fighting Tower.

’The final layer. What kind of opponent will I face?’

Luo Tian was a little curious.

After clearing the Ninth-Layer, he had undergone a baptism from the immense Fighting Spirit Qi. His Essence, Qi, and Spirit had reached a state of Perfection, and the True Qi within his Qi Sea had been honed to its absolute limit.