Tower Battle Begins

Ever since his first attempt at artifact refining, Lin Mu had fallen in love with it. He had the Myriad Gold Merchant Association acquire a great deal of materials, all of which he refined into Spirit Treasures. His techniques became increasingly proficient, though everything he made was only Low Grade Spirit Treasures.

Lin Zhentian, Lin Ken, Lin Mang, and Lin Xiao each received one, while the rest were placed in the clan treasury to reward those who had contributed to the family.

Lin Mu had also refined a pair of daggers for himself. They were made from a Mysterious Thunder Stone mixed with several other materials, and he named them the Mysterious Thunder Twin Daggers.

Their primary purpose was not to fight enemies. Lin Mu had seen Lin Dong use Spiritual Power to control the Shattered Yuan Shuttle in flight, and he wanted to try it himself, so he refined these Mysterious Thunder Twin Daggers.

Otherwise, he truly would not have thought much of a Low Grade Spirit Treasure. He had already decided that he would exchange for a more powerful Spirit Treasure from the system in the future, one that was at least Heaven Grade. Anything of too low a grade was beneath his notice.

Before he knew it, nearly another two months had passed.

Name: Lin Mu

Primal Energy Cultivation: Form Creation Realm, Great Completion

Spiritual Power Cultivation: Low-Level Spirit Talisman Master

Martial Skills: Through-the-Back Fist [Perfect], Collapsing Thunder Fist [Perfect], Four Seal Art [Perfect]

Spiritual Secret Technique: Shadowless Needle [Perfect]

Cultivation Arts: Lightning Primal Energy Art / Spirit God Art

Life Talisman Seal: Thunder Sky Seal

Special Item: Mysterious Thunder Twin Daggers

Pure Yuan Pills: 10638970

A month earlier, Lin Mu had raised his cultivation to the Great Completion stage of the Form Creation Realm. Now, despite having over ten million Pure Yuan Pills, neither his Primal Energy cultivation nor his Spiritual Power cultivation could be raised any further.

The Symbol Master Tower Battle was finally about to begin. Groups of Symbol Masters from Tianhuo City had gradually arrived in Yan City, where they were aggressively issuing challenges to gauge the strength of Yan City's Symbol Masters.

Lin Mu was not even interested in the official Tower Battle, much less these preliminary probes. He ignored them entirely. Lin Dong, however, was quite interested. He defeated Tianhuo City's Symbol Masters and seized three Ice Profound Swords from a Symbol Master named Cao Zhu.

These Ice Profound Swords were not even Low Grade Spirit Treasures, but Lin Dong liked them very much. After all, he did not have a decent weapon at the moment. The Shattered Yuan Shuttle was not even as useful as these Ice Profound Swords.

Lin Dong had originally wanted Lin Mu to refine a Spirit Treasure for him. Though Lin Mu looked down on Low Grade Spirit Treasures, Lin Dong desperately wanted one. Yet Lin Mu refused to make one for him, saying that such a Spirit Treasure was too beneath his status and that he would refine a better one for him in the future. This made Lin Dong complain endlessly, though he did not dare say it aloud.

After a few minor interludes, the true Tower Battle was finally about to begin.

When Lin Mu, Lin Dong, and Ziyue arrived at the Yan City Symbol Master Association, the vast courtyard was already crowded with people. The shaded bamboo groves were also filled with clamorous voices.

"Girl, you know this place better. Lead the way," Lin Mu said.

"Hmph!" Ziyue snorted coldly, but she obediently led the way ahead.

Following Ziyue deeper into the Symbol Master Association, they soon arrived beneath the Symbol Master Tower. Powerful Spiritual Power fluctuations emanated from the tower, yet Lin Mu's expression did not change in the slightest.

The Symbol Masters beneath the tower were clearly divided into two groups: Yan City's Symbol Masters on one side and Tianhuo City's Symbol Masters on the other. Not long after Lin Mu's group arrived, several people approached them.

"Hehe, you must be Brother Lin Dong," a silver-robed man said with a smile to Lin Dong, his gaze then sweeping over Lin Mu and Ziyue.

"Xiaodong, do you know him?" Lin Mu asked, taking an immediate dislike to the man.

"No." Lin Dong shook his head.

"His name is Liu Long. He is the second senior brother of Cao Zhu, the one Lin Dong defeated two days ago," Ziyue whispered beside Lin Mu.

Lin Mu rolled his eyes at Ziyue. He had not actually wanted to know the man's identity. She really had no tacit understanding at all.

"What happened two days ago was Cao Zhu's recklessness. I hope Brother Lin Dong can be magnanimous," Liu Long said with a smile, though a sinister glint lurked beneath it.

"What if we refuse to be magnanimous?" Lin Mu said with a smile, completely disregarding convention.

Hearing Lin Mu's words and seeing Liu Long's ugly expression, Ziyue nearly burst out laughing. But she felt it was inappropriate and forcibly held it in.

"I am asking Brother Lin Dong to be magnanimous. What does it have to do with you?" Liu Long said, his face livid.

"I refuse too!" Lin Dong immediately said.

"Hmph. More friends mean more paths. For the sake of three Ice Profound Swords, leaving a bad impression among Tianhuo City's Symbol Masters is not a wise choice," Liu Long said threateningly.

"Can you represent Tianhuo City's Symbol Masters?" Lin Mu said disdainfully.

"Since that is the case, I will not force the matter. However, you two are presumably participating in the Tower Battle as well. Hehe, the Tower Battle is quite dangerous, so you should be very careful," Liu Long said with a sinister smile.

Lin Mu's group of three looked at Liu Long as though he were an idiot. He actually dared threaten them. He was simply courting death.

"Can people fight inside the Symbol Master Tower?" Lin Dong asked Ziyue.

"As long as you still have the strength to act while enduring that Spiritual Power pressure, it is within the rules," Ziyue said.

"Then there won't be a problem," Lin Dong said with a smile.

After the three waited for a while, Master Yan entered alongside Han Yun, the president of Tianhuo City's Symbol Master Association.

"Teacher!" Ziyue called respectfully.

"You're here." Master Yan smiled and nodded. With the Lin brothers present, there was simply no suspense regarding the outcome of this Tower Battle.

"The time is about right. Let us begin," Master Yan said to Han Yun beside him.

"Mm." Han Yun nodded.

"Everyone, there are not many rules for the Tower Battle. Whoever climbs the highest and holds out for the longest will be the final victor."

"Additionally, I advise everyone that if you cannot endure it, you should know your limits and not force yourselves."

"Of course, I also hope that any sparring between you will stop at the appropriate point."

After Master Yan briefly spoke a few words, virtually no one took them to heart.

"Open the Symbol Master Tower!"

Master Yan led three middle-aged Symbol Masters to the side of the Symbol Master Tower. Vast Spiritual Power surged from the three of them, forming a rune that imprinted itself precisely into a groove on the tower.

"Rumble!"

At once, the entire Symbol Master Tower began to tremble. The tightly shut stone doors slowly split apart, and an incomparably powerful Spiritual Power fluctuation spread from behind them, directly forcing the Symbol Masters standing nearby to stagger back in disarray.

"The Spiritual Power pressure is a bit too weak," Lin Mu muttered. If the others heard him, they would surely curse him to death. A Spirit Talisman Master joining the Tower Battle was bad enough, yet he even thought the Spiritual Power pressure was too weak.

"The Symbol Master Tower is open. The Tower Battle begins now!"

As Master Yan's voice fell, everyone rushed inside as though they had been injected with stimulants. Seeing that Lin Mu had not moved, Lin Dong and Ziyue did not hurry either.

"Why are they rushing in so fast? It's not as though whoever arrives first wins the Tower Battle," Lin Mu complained. He then stepped forward and slowly walked inside, with Lin Dong and Ziyue following behind him.