He Just Couldn't Stop

"This... how is this possible!"

He looked at the floor count displayed on the light screen-not his own floor count, but Wei Yi's.

Han Wenshu's eyes instantly widened, filled with unimaginable shock.

"How is this possible!"

Han Wenshu kept screaming inwardly, but he could find no answer.

The forty-first floor!

He had never imagined that Wei Yi would reach the forty-first floor of the Beast Soul Tower in one go.

It far surpassed his record.

He knew his own strength very well. Even if he risked his life and used every ounce of strength he had for sucking milk, drinking water, and screwing, he could never reach that floor.

Yet a newcomer like Wei Yi had done it.

And with so many people watching, cheating was virtually impossible. There was no way to cheat in the Beast Soul Tower either, so... this was essentially a fact.

I lost?

I lost to this newcomer?

At that thought, Han Wenshu instantly looked utterly bereft.

He slumped to the ground.

Just a moment ago, he had been imagining how much his reputation would grow and what benefits he would gain this time. But in reality, the heavens had played an enormous joke on him.

Thinking back on his behavior just now, he had been nothing short of a clown...

Han Wenshu wanted to cry but had no tears.

"I... I really brought this on myself!"

The only thought in his head now was regret.

Had he known this would happen, why would he have provoked Wei Yi? If he had not provoked Wei Yi, how could any of this have happened afterward?

He could imagine that once word of this spread, he would probably become the laughingstock of the entire outer sect.

At the thought of that situation, Han Wenshu practically wanted to smash his head against something and die.

Wei Yi, hurry up and fail so you get kicked out of the Beast Soul Tower.

The higher your record, the greater the sensation you cause, and the greater the chance that I, Han Wenshu, become a laughingstock. So... hurry up and fail!

His eyes fixed unblinkingly on the light screen before him, Han Wenshu kept repeating this inwardly.

There was nothing else he could do now.

Praying that Wei Yi would fail soon and finish with a slightly lower record was the only thing he could do at present.

But...

Wei Yi's performance did not grant his wish.

The screen beside the Beast Soul Tower flashed, and the floor information changed again-

Wei Yi: forty-second floor.

Clearly, in that short time, Wei Yi had advanced another floor.

This immediately set off another flurry of discussion among the spectators.

By now, nearly two or three hundred people had gathered near the Beast Soul Tower, some newcomers and others veteran disciples. Their incessant chatter made it sound like a noisy vegetable market.

"He actually cleared another floor! The forty-second floor-I heard an inner sect senior brother say that dozens of third-rank elite demonic beasts appear there, I think."

"That terrifying? Dozens of third-rank elite demonic beasts? If it were me, I probably wouldn't even last a round or two."

"This newcomer really is going to defy the heavens!"

"Exactly! If newcomers are all this ridiculously badass now, how are veteran disciples like us supposed to survive? We can't even show our faces anymore."

Hearing everyone's animated discussion, Han Wenshu grew even more dejected.

However, Wei Yi, who was inside the Beast Soul Tower at that moment, would not spare any consideration for his feelings.

In fact, Wei Yi had long since put him out of his mind. He was not even giving the so-called contest any thought.

He had already fallen completely into the rhythm of madly grinding experience.

Slaying demonic beasts nonstop, harvesting experience nonstop...

System notifications rang out incessantly.

Wei Yi simply could not stop.

In truth, judging solely by his cultivation, Wei Yi should not have been this "crazy." After all, his cultivation was only at the tenth-stage martial master realm. Even with the powerful Purple Haze Heart Technique and his pure True Qi, he could not possibly have been much stronger than Han Wenshu, who was at the second-stage great martial master realm.

What truly allowed Wei Yi to sweep through like splitting bamboo was the power of his silver-rank bloodline and the Crimson Crystal True Flame he wielded.

The eruption of his silver-rank bloodline power allowed Wei Yi to sustain his fighting strength for a long time.

Using the Crimson Crystal True Flame was like giving a tiger wings.

Even against those third-rank elite demonic beasts, the Hero Sword imbued with Crimson Crystal True Flame remained terrifyingly lethal. Swish, swish, swish, swish-sword light flashed, demonic beasts lost their heads, and as he employed the Blackwater Movement Technique, his figure darted like lightning.

"Ding! Player Wei Yi has slain a third-rank demonic beast soul. Cultivation has not broken through; unable to gain cultivation experience. Thirteen Life-Seizing Swords experience +600."

"Ding! Player Wei Yi has slain a third-rank demonic beast soul. Cultivation has not broken through; unable to gain cultivation experience. Thirteen Life-Seizing Swords experience +700."

"Ding! Player Wei Yi has slain a third-rank demonic beast soul. Cultivation has not broken through; unable to gain cultivation experience. Thirteen Life-Seizing Swords experience +660."

"Ding! Player Wei Yi's LV13 Thirteen Life-Seizing Swords experience is full. Automatically advanced to LV14."

Only after a long time had passed did the accumulated experience finally level up the Thirteen Life-Seizing Swords again.

At LV14, the Thirteen Life-Seizing Swords once again gained a noticeable increase in power.

Wei Yi finally stopped, a trace of irrepressible delight appearing at the corners of his mouth.

If leveling up the Thirteen Life-Seizing Swords during his earlier battle with Huo Tianlu had been a stroke of luck, then this time, it truly was the result of hard work.

After grinding monsters and fighting for so long, Wei Yi could not help feeling a little tired. Both his mental and physical stamina had been greatly depleted.

"The forty-sixth floor. I didn't expect to get this far in one go..."

"It must have been an hour."

Wei Yi smiled wryly.

Without his noticing, so much time had already passed.

This should be about enough. Han Wenshu is probably only capable of reaching the thirties. Otherwise, he wouldn't have said that earlier. Beating him won't be a problem.

In that case, I can end this.

He looked around the empty, mysterious hall before him.

Wei Yi sighed.

After some thought, he ultimately abandoned the idea of continuing.

It was not that he could not, but that it would be too much of a strain. After all, the demonic beasts appearing next would be stronger and more numerous. Even if he could grit his teeth and push through, he would have to give it everything he had.

There was simply no need.

After all... if he wanted to grind experience here, he could return whenever he liked. It only cost a thousand taels of silver.

"Then, out I go."

With that thought, Wei Yi willed it, and the space around him instantly changed.

The void twisted.

A mysterious spatial force surged out and enveloped his entire body. Immediately afterward, Wei Yi felt the scene before his eyes change, and he plunged into darkness.

When he opened his eyes again, he was already standing outside the Beast Soul Tower.

What appeared before him... was a dense sea of people.

Unfamiliar faces all crowded toward him in a frenzy.

The noise and startled cries surged like a tide.

Wei Yi blinked. Faced with the scene before him, he was momentarily dumbfounded. Could someone tell him what exactly was going on...?