After all, Lu Qingshan possessed the Late Bloomer Destiny!
With the blessing of the Late Bloomer Destiny, the longer he possessed it, the more terrifying his comprehension would become.
His cultivation speed already far surpassed Terrance's now, let alone in the future.
For Terrance, the moment he had joined Heavenly Pillar Mountain alongside Lu Qingshan and become a First Grade Elite had also been the moment when the gap between them was smallest.
After that, as time continued to pass, the gap between him and Lu Qingshan would only grow wider!
Once the rankings update this time, I imagine Terrance will stop seeing me as a rival!
After that thought flashed through his mind, Lu Qingshan soon reached the designated area. He put the consciousness-sensing helmet on his head and directly transported himself into the space on the Trial Tower's Tenth Layer.
The opponents on this layer were a hundred Stellar Level One Azure Sky Demon Apes. In his previous attempts at this stage, Lu Qingshan's best result had been killing just five Azure Sky Demon Apes.
But now that his Earth Domain had reached the third stage, he had enough strength to deal with these hundred Stellar Level One Azure Sky Demon Apes.
After spending around fifteen minutes on the Trial Tower's Tenth Layer, Lu Qingshan finally killed the last Azure Sky Demon Ape with the Mountain Suppression staff in his hands, successfully clearing the Trial Tower's Tenth Layer!
After that, Lu Qingshan was naturally transported into the Trial Tower's Eleventh Layer.
The opponents on the Trial Tower's Eleventh Layer were a hundred Stellar Level One Ziqian Myriad Snakes. Each Ziqian Myriad Snake was much stronger than the Azure Sky Demon Apes on the previous layer. Even though Lu Qingshan's Earth Domain had reached the third stage, facing so many Ziqian Myriad Snakes still put him under considerable pressure.
In the end, Lu Qingshan killed only 27 Ziqian Myriad Snakes before falling under the remaining Ziqian Myriad Snakes' combined assault, after which he was kicked out of the trial space.
At this point, his Trial Tower level had become 11.2!
"11.2?"
After learning his Trial Tower result, Lu Qingshan, who had been kicked out of the Trial Tower, finally showed a slight smile. "A Trial Tower result like this should put me at least in the top five among the First Grade Elites!"
Fifty years ago, only three First Grade Elites had been able to clear the Trial Tower's Tenth Layer;
However, over the past fifty years, another super genius among the First Grade Elites, who had cultivated for nearly two thousand years, had reached the Third-Stage Domain and then successfully cleared the space on the Trial Tower's Tenth Layer!
Aside from them, no one else had managed to clear the Trial Tower's Tenth Layer.
For precisely this reason, after clearing the Trial Tower's Tenth Layer, Lu Qingshan would rank at least fifth based on his Trial Tower result alone.
Even though the overall rankings combined Trial Tower results with adventure mission results, the Trial Tower results carried greater weight, so Lu Qingshan would at least be able to break into the top ten overall.
After breaking into the top ten this time, I can spend some time accumulating energy next!
At this moment, Lu Qingshan was also secretly making plans. With the help of Evolution Spirit Liquid, I'll need no more than a few decades to cultivate to Star Level Ninth Stage!
In truth, Lu Qingshan felt that even spending a few decades was something of a waste.
After all, the true top geniuses in the universe could all use Nutrient Pods to help evolve their physical attributes.
When he cultivated using Evolution Spirit Liquid, he had to spend a great deal of time absorbing the cosmic energy it contained to improve his physical attributes, and during that time, he could not do anything else;
But if he soaked in a Nutrient Pod, the incomparably precious Nutrient Solution would actively evolve the user's physical attributes, without requiring the user to spend any time at all. Even while soaking in a Nutrient Pod, users could connect their consciousness to virtual space.
Of course, given Heavenly Pillar Mountain's power, providing Evolution Spirit Liquid for free to nurture Star Level geniuses was already very good. Lu Qingshan naturally would not ask for too much.
He still had plenty of time to cultivate in the future anyway, so spending some time accumulating energy was worthwhile.
As various thoughts flashed through his mind, Lu Qingshan also quickly headed out of the Trial Pagoda.
By the time he reached the Trial Pagoda's entrance, quite a few First Grade Elites had already gathered there. Many of them had even gathered around Terrance, who had just reached the Domain Second Layer.
Seeing this, Lu Qingshan did not pay it much mind. Instead, he quickly walked over to Beavis, the Werewolf Race genius, and greeted him with a smile. "Brother Beavis!"
During the period just after Lu Qingshan had joined Heavenly Pillar Mountain, Beavis had been on quite good terms with him;
But later, when Lu Qingshan suddenly reached the Domain Second Layer, Beavis had reduced his contact with Lu Qingshan somewhat because the gap in their rankings was too great.
Only after Lu Qingshan later took the initiative to talk with Beavis several times did he begin interacting with Lu Qingshan as he had before.
Still, Lu Qingshan's breakthrough had also given Beavis some encouragement. Originally, Beavis had generally ranked around 110th. Though he was not at the bottom, he was not far from it.
But over these past fifty-odd years, Beavis had cultivated much harder than before, and his overall ranking had now reached around ninetieth.
Improving his ranking so much in such a short time could be considered very good indeed!
"Brother Qingshan!"
Seeing Lu Qingshan come over to greet him, Beavis was also very happy.
After they had chatted for a while, Beavis noticed Lu Qingshan looking in Terrance's direction and quickly offered some comfort. "Brother Qingshan, you don't need to feel too down!"
"Even if Terrance surpasses you in the overall rankings, he's merely benefiting from his advantage as a spirit reader!"
"You reached the Domain Second Layer decades before he did. In the future, you'll definitely reach the Third-Stage Domain before him too!"
"I understand!"
Knowing that Beavis had clearly misunderstood, Lu Qingshan offered no explanation. He merely nodded slightly in acknowledgment.
Just like that, time passed, second by second.
Before long, the rankings on the blue stone stele in front of everyone changed again.
NO.1: Parich (Star Level Ninth Stage spirit reader); NO.2: Liu Guangyuan (Star Level Ninth Stage spirit reader); NO.3: Bonas (Star Level Ninth Stage warrior)
As this year's rankings updated, the first thing everyone checked was not even their own ranking. Instead, they all looked to see exactly where Terrance had placed-
NO.9: Terrance (Stellar Level Seven spirit reader)!
But after seeing Terrance's ranking, no one grew as excited as expected. Instead, they all froze in place.
Because above Terrance's ranking, they had actually seen a name that should not have appeared there-
NO.6: Lu Qingshan (Star Level Second Stage warrior)!