Urban Powerhouse: Chaos Supreme

After the Illusion Realm Mountain fell into silence for about half a minute, it suddenly erupted in a buzz of noise. Everyone revealed expressions of shock, staring at the Illusion Tower not far from the suspended Illusion Realm Mountain, their hearts shaken to an unprecedented degree.

Liu Qingyang, Wu Mi, Liu Yiyi, and other women of extraordinary beauty couldn’t care about their loss of composure, slightly opening their cherry-like lips, their charming faces full of surprise.

”This fellow is truly something.” A young man in white clenched his fists, a sharp light also emanating from his dark eyes. This was none other than the first youth who passed through the Illusion Tower, Lord Tao.

Lord Tao deeply gazed at the floating tower in mid-air, which had a total of nineteen floors, his blood surging within his body. That little fellow, whom he had never considered a rival, had grown to such a level in just four years, his advancement speed incredibly astonishing.

”He spent a full three months on the first eighteen floors. Why did he need less than a minute to pass the nineteenth floor?” Feng Rupei widened his eyes, palms trembling slightly, evidently also shaken by Lin Mo’s incredible speed.

Ying Chengfeng, hands clasped behind him, shook his head and said, ”This guy, I almost got fooled by him myself.”

”Fooled? Has Lin Mo been holding back all along?” Su Yuanfan slightly furrowed his brows, looking at Ying Chengfeng with a puzzled expression.

”Yes, this boy has been using the power within the Illusion Tower to temper his soul. Upon reaching the nineteenth floor, finding he could no longer refine his soul, he showed his true strength!” Ying Chengfeng nodded slowly, with a hint of joy coloring his lined face.

Upon hearing this, the Seven Sect Masters and protectors standing beside Ying Chengfeng once more showed expressions of shock. Using the Illusion Tower to refine the soul? Wasn’t that equivalent to standing still while being attacked, using beasts of the illusion to attack the soul, sharpening it!

Having all traversed the Illusion Tower themselves, they knew well the unbearable pain of soul attacks.

”If he hadn’t deliberately delayed, perhaps he’d need only half a month to pass the Illusion Tower!” Ying Chengfeng shook his head, his gaze gleaming with a keen light.

”This guy is really harsh on himself!” Su Yuanfan was stunned, facial muscles twitching slightly, while the others felt a chill from the self-abusive manner in which Lin Mo let his soul be pummeled, something they couldn’t bring themselves to do.

”To achieve greatness, one must endure hardship. This one will surely achieve great things in the future.” Ying Chengfeng seemed in high spirits, stroking his beard as he murmured.

”Even if he has exceptional talent, how do we prove he isn’t colluding with the Demon Clan as a spy?”

Amidst the surprise and excitement, an inappropriate elderly voice sounded, Duanmu Lei’s face dark with an insidious look in his eyes, who snorted softly.

”If Lin Mo really is with the Demon Clan, would they send a top-notch genius to our Seven Sects?” Ying Chengfeng stared directly at the other, undeterred.

”Elder Duanmu, your word alone isn’t enough to prove he’s not of the Demon Clan.” Duanmu Lei’s body emitted a powerful aura, snorting coldly.

”Look quickly, Lin Mo hasn’t appeared yet; he’s going to break through...” Suddenly, a shout from the mountaintop broke the tense atmosphere between Duanmu Lei and Ying Chengfeng.

Once more, all turned their astonished gazes toward the Illusion Tower not far from the Illusion Realm Mountain. Not only them, but tens of thousands of disciples from the Illusion Realm Mountain all looked there, where the originally nineteen layers of the tower seemed to conceal yet another.

People of the Seven Sects knew there were only nineteen layers in the environment. How could there be twenty!

Even Ying Chengfeng and Duanmu Lei, elders not lacking in strength, now had extremely serious expressions, showing shock and amazement.

”Impossible, how could there be a twentieth layer?” Duanmu Yin clenched his fists, already deeply affected by Lin Mo passing the nineteenth layer, and now Lin Mo was even breaking through to a second layer, something never seen in Mystic Realm Sect history.

”Twentieth layer?”

Lord Tao also gazed intensely, looking of surprise in his eyes, toward the distant tower.

Within the illusion, the twentieth layer, tall buildings rose from the ground—the commercial buildings, residential areas, street shops—all identical to those in Jinling, with Lin Mo standing on a street, surrounded by emptiness.

At the end of the street, a young man with black hair and eyes slowly walked toward Lin Mo; upon closer inspection, the young man looked exactly like Lin Mo, except exuding a fierce dark aura.

”The twentieth layer is myself?”

Lin Mo’s lips curved into an odd smile.

After fighting for an unknown amount of time, the buildings had fallen into ruins, both Dark Lin Mo and Lin Mo himself were extremely battered, their faces bruised, Dark Lin Mo possessing the same strength as Lin Mo himself, including the same Martial Arts, Magic, and Law Comprehension.

If the fight were to continue, both would end up defeated.

”I am myself, without needing a second me, nor anything affecting my true heart!” Lin Mo wobbled as he stood, eyes sharp and shimmering, clenching his fists and surging forward again.

Dark Lin Mo also raised his head, eyes deep like the starry sky, his whole body emitting a frosty aura.

The two collided once more, this time Dark Lin Mo dissipated completely like shattered fragments, while the surrounding ruinous buildings faded away, returning to a white void state.

Lin Mo clenched his fists, his lips forming a faint smile, within his Divine Sea, two Soul Flames had melted together, transforming into a peculiar pale purple flame, with the soul aura once again rising, now comparable to Star Sea Level High Practitioner soul strength.

”Golden Core, here I come!”

Biting his teeth, Lin Mo controlled his Flexible Fire of the Divine Sea to slowly extract a thread, approaching the spiritual energy vortex within the Divine Sea like a delicate egg, then merging with it, continuously using Soul Flames to govern and condense the vortex.

Accompanying the Soul Flames’ impact, the already intensely viscous spiritual energy vortex finally displayed signs of solidification, this revelation greatly delighting Lin Mo, who for three whole years couldn’t condense his Golden Core.

At this moment, he had waited too long. Immediately, Lin Mo sat cross-legged in the void, slowly using Soul Flames to penetrate the spiritual energy vortex, causing the soul vortex to begin constantly compressing and solidifying...

Outside the Illusion Tower, everyone saw the twentieth layer of the tower finally becoming solid, falling silent.

”He actually broke through the Illusion Tower’s twentieth layer!”

”That’s unbelievably amazing...!”

”Two super geniuses have emerged from our Seven Sects...”

Those who once doubted Lin Mo’s ability to break through the Illusion Tower now had faces flushed red, as if slapped hard with salty-soaked hands, feeling burning pain.

Seeing Lin Mo break through to the Illusion Tower’s twentieth layer naturally brought joy and scorn among the Seven Sect Disciples. Joy belonged to those friendly with Lin Mo, including most from Yu Lan Star, whose stature rose alongside Lin Mo and Lord Tao’s fame.

Those like Duanmu Yin and Duanmu Jinglin, who had grievances with Lin Mo, naturally felt troubled; the stronger Lin Mo became, the less they had a way to tarnish or surpass Lin Mo.

The wonderful continues tomorrow.