"Just as I thought. I'm still far behind. Even going all out, I probably wouldn't be a match for this replica. At the sixth layer, the replica's combat strength increases by fifty percent. No wonder the records say that only a handful of geniuses have ever cleared the sixth layer."
"I really wonder what methods they used..."
Jiang Shu had been forced to bring out his Roc Demon Wings and flee at speed. Dao patterns burst forth as he planned to wait until his Yuan Power and Spiritual Power had recovered somewhat before fighting the replica again. After that, he would simply lose and return to the base.
He would go take a look at the Merchant Guild.
He had a vague suspicion that advancing further through the Eternal Tower would inevitably require access to some of the secret realms behind the Merchant Guild.
Only by gaining something from those secret realms could he break through his bottlenecks amid the struggle and rapidly increase his combat strength.
For instance, he could comprehend a law in a secret realm that he had never studied before. Then, on the Eternal Tower's sixth layer, he could keep working to master that law, rapidly boosting his combat strength until he caught up to or even surpassed the replica. Only then would he have a chance of winning.
But that meant challengers had to steadily accumulate their understanding of the laws, consuming even more of their energy.
Challengers had to choose the path best suited to them. Comprehending more laws wasn't always better.
Only true geniuses could keep accumulating more, then unleash an explosive surge of progress when they reached the Tenth Order.
Whoosh!
Space surged as Jiang Shu's figure streaked through the sixth layer.
The Eternal Tower contained its own space, and each layer