A Thousandfold Critical Strike

Clang~!

The two sabers collided once more.

This time, the man in black staggered backward dozens of steps, while Lu Yun remained utterly unmoved.

"This..."

"He's so strong! This kid's combat power is actually this terrifying!"

The man in black was momentarily dumbfounded.

Clearly, their combat strength had been roughly equal not long ago. How had Lu Yun seemingly become a completely different person in just a few dozen seconds? His combat power was simply crushing him one-sidedly.

"Again!"

The man in black raised his saber, intending to continue fighting Lu Yun.

However, before he could make a move, cracks visible to the naked eye appeared across his body.

The next second.

The man in black's head fell from his neck. Immediately afterward, his entire body disintegrated and turned into a cloud of ashes.

[ Ding! Detected that the host is using the Thousand Mountains Saber Technique... ]

[ Saber technique experience +1 ]

[ Congratulations, host! A 1000x critical strike has been triggered, saber technique experience +1000 ]

At the same time, the system's prompt suddenly resounded in Lu Yun's mind.

"One thousand... a thousandfold critical strike?"

This time, it was Lu Yun's turn to be dumbfounded.

"Could it be that after defeating an opponent of equal strength, the critical strike multiplier automatically upgrades as well?"

With that question in mind, he summoned his attribute panel again.

System fourth stage activated: 1000x critical strike multiplier

Host: Lu Yun

Martial skills: Thousand Mountains Saber Technique (lv120 83%), Primordial Unity Fist (lv36 72%)

Strength level: Early Star-Gathering Realm

Looking at the data on the attribute panel, Lu Yun even suspected that he was hallucinating.

This was too unbelievable!

Based on his previous experience, every time the system unlocked a new stage, it automatically added another hundredfold critical strike.

And since the previous stage had been a three-hundredfold critical strike multiplier, Lu Yun had thought this time it would be a four-hundredfold critical strike.

Who would have thought...

This time, it had jumped straight to a thousandfold critical strike.

"Could it be that defeating an opponent whose strength is neck and neck with mine can greatly increase the critical strike?"

For a moment, Lu Yun was somewhat stunned. He had not even had time to properly react to stepping into the legendary Star-Gathering Realm.

He only felt the hot blood in his heart blaze completely to life.

At this moment.

He could hardly wait to ascend to the second floor at once and see what kind of opponent he would encounter next.

"You have passed the first-floor trial of the Unfixed Pagoda. You will soon face your second-floor challenge!"

Immediately afterward.

The Pagoda Spirit's slightly mechanical voice sounded in his mind.

"Then I'll trouble you with it!"

Lu Yun smiled and nodded.

"Then I'll trouble you with it!"

Lu Yun smiled and nodded.

In an instant...

Endless white light flooded the entire space, and Lu Yun felt as though he had fallen into a void.

Everything before him was pitch-black. He could see nothing, only vaguely sense dense energy flowing ceaselessly in all directions.

When he opened his eyes again, he had already arrived at the entrance to the second floor.

Of course.

At almost the same time, some people had already ended this Unfixed Pagoda assessment ahead of schedule.

Ever since entering the pagoda, Lu Yun had not known how the others were doing. But to him, the most important thing now was to clear the trials as quickly as possible.

"Haha! Someone has finally come up."

"Foolish human, you managed to defeat one yourself. But what will you do when facing two of yourselves?"

Suddenly, two men about the same height as Lu Yun appeared on his left and right.

Like his previous opponent on the first floor, they wore black robes, and their facial features could not be seen clearly.

"Hm? No way?"

"They're actually..."

"Two Early Star-Gathering Realm warriors!"

One had to know that, up to this point, even counting the newly advanced Lu Yun, there were only six human warriors who had reached such a legendary realm.

Yet.

On this tiny second floor, two Early Star-Gathering Realm warriors had appeared at once.

Even though they were not real beings, Lu Yun still found it unbelievable.

He truly could not guess how the Pagoda Spirit had accomplished such a thing.

"If..."

"If I keep growing stronger, can the Pagoda Spirit still simulate warriors similar to me?"

As his thoughts whirled like lightning.

Lu Yun had no time to think further before the two simulated warriors attacked in an instant.

Even more frighteningly, their speed was almost identical to Lu Yun's.

No matter how Lu Yun dodged, it was difficult for him to find an opportunity to escape this storm-like barrage of attacks.

At the critical moment.

The system's prompt sounded in Lu Yun's mind again.

[ Ding! Detected that the host is using Primordial Fist... ]

[ Fist technique experience +1, 1000x critical strike triggered, experience +1000! ]

[ Congratulations, host! Primordial Unity Fist has risen from lv36 72% to lv52 97%! ]

[ Ding! Detected that the host is using Primordial Fist... ]

[ Fist technique experience +1, 1000x critical strike triggered, experience +1000! ]

[ Congratulations, host! Primordial Unity Fist has risen from lv52 97% to lv86 32%! ]

In no more than a few minutes, Lu Yun's proficiency in the Primordial Unity Fist had risen dramatically.

Moreover, he could feel the bottleneck of his Early Star-Gathering Realm beginning to loosen silently.

"Damn! After unlocking the thousandfold critical strike, the speed of my strength growth is far faster than before."

"I feel..."

"I'm about to break through again!!!"

At this point, although Lu Yun still appeared to be on the defensive, his tightly furrowed brow had gradually relaxed.

He silently calculated how much longer it would be before he could take the initiative and attack.

Just as he twisted aside to evade the pincer attack of the two men in black again, his eyes suddenly lit up.

At some unknown moment.

The attribute panel abruptly appeared before him, and many of the values on it had changed drastically.

System fourth stage activated: 1000x critical strike multiplier

Host: Lu Yun

Martial skills: Thousand Mountains Saber Technique (lv120 83%), Primordial Unity Fist (lv135 67%)

Strength level: Mid-Star-Gathering Realm

"Hahaha! I've finally reached the Mid-Star-Gathering Realm!"

"So what if the Pagoda Spirit can simulate me? Such simulated people can only retain their original strength, while I can keep breaking through in battle!"

For Star-Gathering Realm warriors...

Although every breakthrough in a minor realm was as difficult as climbing to the heavens, once the bottleneck was broken, even advancing merely from the early stage to the middle stage brought a difference that was fundamentally beyond imagination.

It could be said.

At this moment, even if Lu Yun used only one hand, he could easily fight one against two without the slightest pressure.

When he saw the men in black leap into the air again and pounce toward him from front and back.

Lu Yun sneered inwardly. This time, he did not choose to dodge. Instead, he kicked off violently from the ground and shot upward to meet them.