Entering the Three-Step Tower! A Huge Breakthrough! White Demon Gale!

Since Lin Yu was now a member of the Azure Hunter's Lodge, Old Man Bao didn't ask him for a deposit—after all, he was right there and couldn't run off anyway. They had worked together a few times before, so there was a degree of trust.

Time passed bit by bit. During this period, Lin Yu pushed his condition to its absolute peak. Within his spiritual world, three nebulas and one star dust all radiated a brilliant, shimmering light.

That's right, Lin Yu had put pitifully little effort into his Summoning Element. He still hadn't broken through to Advanced Mage, and he didn't even have a Dimensional Summon beast. The main reason was that after wandering around the Summoning Plane a few times back then, he simply couldn't find a summoned beast that suited him. He planned to take his time and pick carefully.

But that careful picking had dragged on until his Summoning Element was about to break through to Advanced, and he still hadn't found a suitable summoned beast.

As one of the Pearl Institute's most important treasures, the Three-Step Tower was always kept on the Main Campus. Yet today, an exception was made for a freshman from the Green Campus.

"This is the Three-Step Tower. I've made all the arrangements—go ahead and enter to cultivate without worry." Dean Xiao brought Lin Yu before the tower, gave him a couple of instructions, and then left directly.

"Got it!" Lin Yu nodded, then followed a senior student's lead and walked straight into the Three-Step Tower. Feeling the dense elemental energy swirling around him, a smile spread across his face.

"No time to waste—I'm heading straight to the third floor! Some Advanced Mages with exceptional mental strength can make it to the second floor. But I'm different—I have four elements, abundant magical energy, and incredible mental fortitude. I can charge straight to the third floor!" Lin Yu didn't want to squander this precious opportunity, so he looked up at the third-floor platform with pure excitement. Then, enduring the immense mental pressure, he climbed directly to the third floor. Fortunately, once he made it up there, the oppressive mental force vanished.

"Eighty times the cultivation speed, plus this Nebula Magic Tool of mine boosts nebula cultivation by 2.5 times. That's two hundred times—one day of training equals two hundred days!" Feeling the surging elemental power around him, Lin Yu's eyes gleamed with exhilaration. "First, I'll break through the Summoning Element to Advanced!"

Having made up his mind, Lin Yu focused all his attention on the Summoning Element star dust. In just half a day, the star dust directly broke through to an Advanced-level nebula. With that, all four of Lin Yu's elements had reached Advanced.

"Good. I still have six and a half days left—time to tend to the other three elemental systems." Unsurprisingly, his elemental systems received the most attention from Lin Yu. Under his special care, the Fire Element broke through to the second level first, its nebula expanding more than twofold—undeniably the big brother of the group. Next came the Wind Element, which also broke through to the second level. The Water Element was a bit trickier; Lin Yu spent a lot of time controlling the Star Particles, as he still couldn't release a Water Element Star Chart. Fortunately, it all worked out in the end, and the Water Element reached the second level as well.

In Lin Yu's Spiritual Universe, four nebulas brimming with magical energy drifted slowly through the cosmos, showcasing their unique charm.

"What a shame—the third floor's effect isn't permanent. With the Nebula Magic Tool's boost, the two-hundred-fold speed dropped to a hundredfold after five days. And now that all three elemental systems have broken through to the second level, the speed has slowed even more. I've got two days left—I'll use them all to break through the Fire Element's Advanced third level!" After setting his goal, Lin Yu quickly threw himself into action. In an instant, the Fire Element nebula radiated a terrifying light once more, its expansion rate surging wildly.

Two days passed quickly. In Lin Yu's mind, the Fire Element Nebula surged once more, blazing with a terrifying cyan flame—the color of the Azure Profound Earth Flame.

Clearly, Lin Yu's Fire Element had directly broken through to the mid-tier third level.

"Summoning Element mid-tier, Water Element mid-tier second level, Wind Element mid-tier second level, Fire Element mid-tier third level!"

"Right now, my strength has taken another massive leap!"

"Even more importantly, my Fierce Fist has reached the fifth level!"

"A fifth-level Fierce Fist—its power is absolutely beyond imagination!"

Good thing he was inside the Three-Step Tower. If he were out in the wilderness, he'd have already fired off a Level Five Fierce Fist to test the heat!

Lost in thought, Lin Yu walked out of the Three-Step Tower.

Gazing at the bright, sunny sky, Lin Yu was in an excellent mood!

What made him even happier was that the moment he stepped out of the Three-Step Tower, Ling Ling brought him some good news.

"We got our hands on a top-tier Spirit-level Wind Seed."

"As for the Water Element Spirit Seed, it'll probably take a while."

Ling Ling said directly over the phone.

After hearing this, Lin Yu praised the efficiency of the other colleagues at Azure Hunter's Lodge.

Then he headed straight for Azure Hunter's Lodge.

He was curious about what kind of Spirit Seed it was.

At Azure Hunter's Lodge, Lin Yu arrived quickly.

"Good lad, you're carrying such heavy fire energy!"

"Broken through again!"

Old Man Bao sensed the formidable fire aura on Lin Yu the moment he arrived, even without a close inspection.

Lin Yu just smiled and nodded, acknowledging it.

Ling Ling was a bit surprised too, but she didn't forget the purpose of this visit.

"White Demon Gale."

"A Wind Seed born from a swirling air current in an underground cavern!"

"It provides a threefold magic amplification, with a special effect that sends wind blades mixed into the gale!"

"But it's a bit unruly."

Ling Ling introduced the Wind Seed's fearsome qualities directly, then hesitated slightly as she mentioned the drawback.

"Unruly? No problem."

"I want to see just how unruly it really is."

A smile spread across Lin Yu's face.

Then he took the Spirit Seed and walked into the meditation room.

"Grandpa, do you think he can pull it off?"

"This thing is worth over thirty million."

Ling Ling watched Lin Yu's back with some concern.

He was her partner, after all—she wanted him to grow stronger so nothing unexpected would happen later.

"Don't worry."

Old Man Bao wasn't too concerned, his expression utterly calm.

"Heh, they say you're unruly?"

"But I don't buy it."

Lin Yu muttered softly, then placed his hand directly into the White Demon Gale, preparing to absorb the Spirit Seed.

At first, the gale resisted fiercely, but Lin Yu was completely unfazed, overpowering it with sheer force. No matter how it struggled, it was useless.

Before long, a white glow emerged from Lin Yu's Wind Element Nebula, tinged with a hint of demonic energy.

Clearly, he had successfully absorbed the Wind Seed.

His Wind Element magic amplification had directly tripled, and it now carried an added mental pressure effect.

That was no joke.

After absorbing the Wind Seed, remembering he hadn't seen Xin Xia in days, Lin Yu paid and quickly left the place.

But behind him, a dark shadow quietly watched him depart.