Leaving a Name on the Stone Stele

Although those eighteen black-clad men had reached the Late-Stage Star-Gathering Realm, their divine senses were not particularly sharp.

Seeing Lu Yun standing there in a daze, like an old monk in meditation, they could not help but close in around him, clearly intending to launch an attack first.

Yet Lu Yun paid them no mind at all. He remained motionless, quietly sensing the surging spiritual power within his body.

Abruptly.

One of the black-clad men gave an order, and the other seventeen attacked in unison.

A violent wave of air swept outward.

Lu Yun still neither dodged nor evaded.

At the very instant that the storm of attacks was about to reach him.

Lu Yun finally made his move.

With a flash of his figure, he instantly rushed before one of the black-clad men.

That black-clad man wanted to evade, but it was already too late.

With a dull bang.

Lu Yun directly smashed the man's head apart.

A cloud of blood sprayed out, but before it could hit the ground, it instantly turned into flying ash, as though it had never existed.

Immediately after...

Lu Yun once again appeared like a ghost before another black-clad man.

Again, it was only one punch.

That black-clad man's head was forcibly reduced to powder.

In less than two seconds.

Two Late-Stage Star-Gathering Realm black-clad men had completely vanished.

And this time.

After succeeding, Lu Yun did not pause in the slightest.

Grasping the Ancient Moon Elephant-Trunk Saber, he charged toward the several black-clad men nearest to him.

Those men had not even had time to react before Lu Yun cut them all apart with a single slash.

In the blink of an eye...

The number of black-clad men present had already been cut in half. Yet the remaining men seemed not to know fear at all, instead surrounding Lu Yun once more.

"Good!"

Lu Yun shouted, and his speed was even faster than before. In the blink of an eye.

He had struck after them yet arrived before them, the long saber in his hand carrying incomparably savage force as it slashed viciously across one black-clad man's waist after another.

Crack...

That man was cut directly into two pieces.

Soon, the second, third... and ninth black-clad men suffered the same fate.

There was no suspense whatsoever.

Within several breaths.

All eighteen black-clad men had vanished without a trace.

When the last black-clad man disappeared, the system notifications in Lu Yun's mind finally stopped as well.

Just as he was about to catch his breath, an abrupt change occurred within his qi sea and dantian.

Beside the star that had originally condensed successfully, another one had appeared at some unknown time.

"Fuck!"

"What is going on?"

"I originally thought that Star-Gathering Complete Realm meant condensing one star within the dantian."

"But now another one has appeared."

He hurriedly opened his attribute panel. Beside the realm category, the original one-star had truly become two-star.

System Phase Five Activated: 2000x Critical Strike Amplification

Host: Lu Yun

Martial Techniques: Thousand Mountains Saber Technique (lv213 19%), Primordial Unity Fist (lv215 24%)

Strength Level: Star-Gathering Complete Realm (Two-Star Stage)

Lu Yun's memories contained very little information about this situation in the Star-Gathering Realm.

Presumably, too few people knew about it. It seemed he would have to wait until he got out to find out more.

But no matter what, his strength had increased tremendously once more.

"Haha!"

"The sixth floor!"

Lu Yun was in excellent spirits. He even began looking forward to the enemies ahead.

When he had first entered the pagoda, he had only been at the initial stage of the Star-Gathering Realm. Yet in less than half a day, he had become a supreme expert at Star-Gathering Complete Realm.

What was even more surprising was that another unknown star had condensed within Lu Yun's dantian.

Just as Lu Yun remained inside the pagoda, feeling delighted, the woman in red standing outside abruptly widened her eyes, her face full of disbelief.

"Impossible!"

"I already adjusted the trial mode to Hell difficulty. No one should have been able to pass the fourth stage."

But.

Whether she believed it or not, Lu Yun had already arrived at the fifth floor of the Unfixed Pagoda, calm and composed.

This time.

Thirty-two black-clad men appeared at once.

Their auras were even more powerful than before.

However, Lu Yun felt somewhat disappointed, because he could now clearly sense his opponents' strength.

To his regret, these black-clad men were all only at the Star-Gathering Peak Realm.

However.

For the current Lu Yun, this level of strength was like using a butcher's cleaver to kill a chicken—far too easy.

After all.

He was now a dignified Star-Gathering Complete Realm expert, and two spiritual energy stars had condensed within his dantian.

For an expert of his level, let alone a mere thirty-two black-clad men, even another hundred would not be able to withstand a single move from him.

After the thirty-two black-clad men appeared, Lu Yun merely shook his head and lightly swept his saber through the air.

"Swish swish swish swish swish swish swish~~~"

He could not even be bothered to waste words. In an instant, he drew his saber and cleaved all thirty-two black-clad men to death.

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

[Martial technique experience +10]

[Congratulations, host! 2000x critical strike triggered. All martial technique experience +20000]

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

[Martial technique experience +10]

[Congratulations, host! 2000x critical strike triggered. All martial technique experience +20000]

Almost simultaneously, the crisp and pleasant system notifications arrived right on cue.

The spiritual power in Lu Yun's qi sea surged wildly several times over once more.

"Then let's continue..."

Lu Yun had now lost interest in the Unfixed Pagoda. Since there were no Star-Gathering Complete Realm black-clad men on the fifth floor.

That should mean the Pagoda Spirit could at most create black-clad men with Star-Gathering Peak Realm strength.

Not long afterward.

The sixth floor.

It was much as he had expected.

Although the number of black-clad men kept increasing, their strength remained fixed at the Star-Gathering Peak Realm.

Along the way, Lu Yun dealt with every enemy with hardly any effort at all, and soon reached the eighth floor of the Unfixed Pagoda.

And this floor.

Was also where the Martial God Baili Yuchen had been stopped back then.

At the same time.

In the outer region of the Unfixed Pagoda, the stone stele that had previously been activated by the Pagoda Spirit suddenly emitted a dazzling light.

At this moment.

Lu Yun's name slowly appeared upon it.

Eighth Floor, Lu Yun!

When Lu Yun's name slowly emerged on the stone stele, everyone on Bluestone Square almost simultaneously turned their gazes toward it.

Very soon, waves of discussion rose and fell, resounding across the entire square.

"What is going on? That fellow named Lu Yun has actually entered the eighth floor!"

"That is absolutely impossible! Throughout all these years, apart from the Martial God, no matter how great someone's martial talent was, no one had ever reached the eighth floor."

"I think it is very possible. Eastern King Gu Yuanwei personally escorted him here earlier, which means he must possess extraordinary talent. I simply did not expect his talent to be no less than the Martial God's!"

"Exactly. If there is no mistake on the stone stele, this youth's future achievements will definitely not fall below those of the Martial God!"

"Heavens! I only came to watch the excitement, yet I actually witnessed the birth of a peerless heavenly prodigy!"

"Good thing I did not offend him before he entered the pagoda! Otherwise, I would probably regret it until my intestines turned green by now."

"Haha... that is true!"

Naturally, Lu Yun had no way of knowing what was happening outside. All of his divine sense was focused on sensing the energy fluctuations around him.

Because...

Even through logic alone, one could understand just how monstrous the trial that even Baili Yuchen, the greatest genius of the human race, had failed to pass must be!

What awaited him next would surely be an earth-shaking battle.