"Come on!"
Lu Qingshan had needed to use the surrounding environment just to defeat the Azure Sky Demon Apes on the previous floor, but this time, after a low shout, he charged straight at one of the Ziqian Myriad Snakes.
"Hiss! Hiss!"
Seeing Lu Qingshan move, the surrounding Ziqian Myriad Snakes quickly turned into streaks of light and rushed toward him. The one closest to him swung its enormous tail with particular ferocity.
Whoosh!
With a thought from Lu Qingshan, the Mountain Suppression staff in his hands smashed straight toward the Ziqian Myriad Snake's tail.
In fact, when Lu Qingshan had challenged this floor of the Trial Tower before, he had not dared clash head-on with these Ziqian Myriad Snakes at all.
But things were different now!
Bang!
With a dull crash, the Ziqian Myriad Snake that collided with Lu Qingshan instantly let out a piercing wail. Its enormous tail had been completely shattered in the collision.
After shattering the Ziqian Myriad Snake's enormous tail, the Mountain Suppression staff in Lu Qingshan's hands continued with undiminished momentum, smashing viciously into its massive head.
Bang!
After another dull crash, although the Ziqian Myriad Snake's enormous head did not burst apart outright, the terrifying force Lu Qingshan unleashed had already shaken its insides into mush. Naturally, the Ziqian Myriad Snake died on the spot.
"The first one!"
After killing the first Ziqian Myriad Snake, Lu Qingshan quickly turned his gaze toward the others.
With the enhancement of the second level of his Earth Domain, his movements this time could certainly be called incredibly fast.
Even after he successfully killed the first Ziqian Myriad Snake, the others had not yet had time to surround him.
For precisely this reason, Lu Qingshan quickly charged toward another Ziqian Myriad Snake closest to him.
It had to be said that the power of Earth Domain Second Level was absolutely beyond anything the first level could match.
Previously, Lu Qingshan had always struggled immensely when challenging the eighth floor of the Trial Tower. Even giving it his all, he had been unable to clear it.
But now that he had comprehended Earth Domain Second Level, none of the Ziqian Myriad Snakes could pose any threat to him anymore.
In just over ten minutes, all ten Stellar Level One Ziqian Myriad Snakes fell at his hands.
After killing all ten Stellar Level One Ziqian Myriad Snakes on the eighth floor of the Trial Tower, Lu Qingshan was transported straight into the ninth floor.
Following exactly the same pattern as before, his opponents on the ninth floor were ten Stellar Level One Sky Wolves.
The strength of these Star Level Sky Wolves was far beyond that of the Ziqian Myriad Snakes on the eighth floor. Their speed, in particular, was terrifyingly fast.
Fortunately, what Lu Qingshan had comprehended was the Earth Domain, which was already particularly adept at defense. Moreover, his Earth Domain had now reached the second level, greatly enhancing both his movement techniques and the power of his attacks.
Thus, after a grueling battle lasting eighteen minutes, Lu Qingshan finally killed all ten Star Level Sky Wolves on the ninth floor of the Trial Tower.
After killing these ten Star Level Sky Wolves, Lu Qingshan was soon transported into the tenth floor of the Trial Tower!
His opponents on the tenth floor were once again a hundred Azure Sky Demon Apes, all of them Stellar Level One.
In fact, if these hundred Azure Sky Demon Apes on the tenth floor of the Trial Tower had been as strong as those on the seventh floor, the current Lu Qingshan would have been capable of clearing this stage.
Unfortunately, although these Azure Sky Demon Apes were also Stellar Level One, they were considerably stronger than those Lu Qingshan had encountered on the seventh floor. They were only slightly weaker than the Sky Wolves on the ninth floor, yet there were a full hundred of them.
Under these circumstances, Lu Qingshan naturally had no chance of clearing this stage.
Surrounded and attacked by a hundred Stellar Level One Azure Sky Demon Apes, Lu Qingshan did not even have time to kill a single one before dying at their hands.
After his death, Lu Qingshan was naturally kicked out of the Trial Tower.
And now, his Trial Tower level had become 10.0!
Before the blue stone stele at the entrance to the Trial Pagoda.
Just as Lu Qingshan was kicked out of the Trial Tower, many of Heavenly Pillar Mountain's First Grade Elites had already gathered here.
The rankings of these First Grade Elites for the past year were about to be revealed and would shortly be updated on the blue stone stele before them.
Clad in Azure Battle Armor, Terrance was chatting with several companions whose rankings were close to his and with whom he also got along fairly well.
"Terrance!"
One genius from the Fox-kin Race said with a smile, "I heard you completed ten assessment missions this year, and even raised your Trial Tower level a little. Surely your ranking will improve this time!"
"How could it be that easy?"
After hearing the Fox-kin Race genius's words, Terrance quickly shook his head and said, "It's not as though you don't know how hard the geniuses around our ranking push themselves. Although I've improved a little this time, at most, I can only ensure my ranking won't drop!"
Of course, although Terrance said this aloud, inwardly he still felt that his ranking could improve this time.
I should have a chance of breaking into the top fifty overall this time!
Terrance thought to himself, Although my accumulated foundation is a little weaker than those geniuses in the top fifty overall, I'm a spirit reader, after all. Whether I'm challenging the Trial Tower or completing adventure missions, I have a certain advantage!
I already ranked in the fifties a few years ago. With so much improvement this year, I'll definitely be able to break into the top fifty overall!
As for the next step, it's to reach Wind Domain Second Level as soon as possible. At that point, my strength will be enough to break into the top ten overall!
While these various thoughts flashed through Terrance's mind, the rankings on the blue stone stele before the First Grade Elites changed again.
NO.1: Parich (Star Level Ninth Stage spirit reader); NO.2: Bonas (Star Level Ninth Stage warrior); NO.3: Liu Guangyuan (Star Level Ninth Stage spirit reader)
Watching this year's rankings update, Terrance soon saw his new ranking on the stone stele-
: Terrance (Stellar Level Seven spirit reader)!
"This..."
After seeing his ranking, Terrance felt a little frustrated. I'm actually still one place short of breaking into the top fifty overall!
Could someone have improved even more than I did over the past year?
But just then, cries of astonishment suddenly rang out beside Terrance.
"How is this possible? How could Lu Qingshan rank thirty-sixth? Wasn't he always near the bottom?"
"That's impossible! Could there be a mistake in the rankings?"
"How could there possibly be a mistake in the rankings?"
Hearing these words, Terrance was suddenly startled as well.
When he looked up at the blue stone stele ahead again, he soon found Lu Qingshan's name many places above his own.
: Lu Qingshan (Star Level Second Stage warrior)!
Lu Qingshan's ranking clearly looked no different from the entries before and after it, yet to Terrance's eyes, it was especially glaring!