The instant the cold, mechanical voice fell silent:
Dozens of yards away, a flash of white light appeared, coalescing into a muscular man dressed in a short, close-fitting blue outfit.
The man's expression was indifferent. The moment he appeared, he drew the heavy saber from his back and charged at Chen Qingyu.
"Tsk, tsk."
Sensing the man's presence, Chen Qingyu could not help but chuckle.
"Is this all you've got?"
He stood where he was, not even bothering to move, and watched the man in the close-fitting outfit charge over and slash straight at his head.
Boom!
His protective True Qi flared in response, and the instantaneous backlash shattered the saber into several pieces.
Terrifying force traveled along the heavy saber into the man's body, making him vomit blood, convulse all over, and collapse to the ground.
His protective True Qi had shaken the man to death.
"How pitifully weak."
Chen Qingyu shook his head.
This was probably a Blood Sea Realm cultivator who had opened only one martial meridian at each stage, advancing with a total of just nine martial meridians and thirty-six acupoints-the most ordinary and weakest kind.
In terms of the abundance and strength of his True Qi, the man probably did not possess even a hundredth of his.
He could crush the man to death with a single finger.
Chen Qingjie really wasn't wrong. The first floor is the easiest; anyone could clear it.
Hopefully, the difficulty of the later floors will give me a pleasant surprise.
An instant later:
The man's corpse vanished in a streak of white light.
The cold, mechanical voice instantly rang out beside Chen Qingyu's ears:
"Congratulations, challenger!"
"You have cleared the first floor of the [War God Tower]!"
"You have received a reward of ten Great Void Points!"
"The War God Rankings are now available. Access to the [Combat Victory Platform], [Samsara Altar], and [Martial Practice Hall] has been unlocked!"
"Would you like to leave the War God Tower or continue the challenge?"
Without hesitation, Chen Qingyu declared:
"I want to continue the challenge."
The next moment, a pillar of white light surged down with a roar, enveloping Chen Qingyu's body.
The dazzling light made him narrow his eyes.
When he could see his surroundings clearly again, he found himself in another identical, pure-white space, only this one was somewhat larger than the last.
"Welcome to the second floor of the War God Tower!"
"Your opponents will appear shortly. Challenger, please prepare!"
The instant the cold, mechanical voice fell silent:
Dozens of yards away, two flashes of white light appeared and coalesced into two figures:
An indifferent young woman wearing a black silk dress and holding a sharp sword, and a short, stocky young man wielding a long black metal staff.
The instant they appeared, neither said a word. Their figures flickered, and they split off in two directions to attack Chen Qingyu.
"Ah..."
Chen Qingyu yawned, remaining lazily motionless.
A few breaths later:
Chen Qingyu watched the two charge over, only for his protective True Qi to rupture their internal organs and kill them.
"Quite a bit stronger than the first floor, but still trash."
Chen Qingyu offered this assessment silently.
For an ordinary Blood Sea Realm martial artist, fighting two opponents of the same realm alone was fairly difficult.
But to him, opponents of this caliber were nothing more than ants, no matter how many came. They could not pose the slightest threat.
"Congratulations, challenger!"
The cold, mechanical voice rang out again:
"You have cleared the second floor of the [War God Tower]!"
"You have received a reward of thirty Great Void Points!"
"Would you like to leave the War God Tower or continue the challenge?"
Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Qingyu declared:
"I want to continue challenging the [War God Tower]."
"Come on, give me something difficult."
In an instant, another pillar of light descended from above, enveloping his body and taking him to the next floor...
A few breaths later...
"You have cleared the third floor of the [War God Tower]!"
"You have received a reward of one hundred Great Void Points!"
"You have cleared the fourth floor of the [War God Tower]!"
"You have received a reward of three hundred Great Void Points!"
"Would you like to leave the War God Tower or continue the challenge?"
Listening to the prompts beside his ears, Chen Qingyu exhaled a breath of stale air.
On the third floor, he had killed five opponents with the backlash of his True Qi.
On the fourth floor, he had used his protective True Qi to withstand the damage and defeated all ten opponents with one punch each.
The opponents on the fourth floor already had foundations roughly equivalent to opening four martial meridians at each stage.
The opponents on the fifth floor will be even stronger. They'll probably pose a slight threat to me.
Thoughts raced through Chen Qingyu's mind.
He had yet to reach the introductory level in his three martial skills, which currently counted as a weakness.
If he cultivated the Great Radiance Body Refining Method to the introductory level, opponents with fewer than seven martial meridians per stage would not be able to breach his defenses at all.
It's about time the warm-up ended.
He smiled faintly and declared:
"I want to continue challenging the [War God Tower]!"
Another pillar of white light surged down, enveloping Chen Qingyu's body.
When he could see his surroundings clearly again, he had arrived in another pure-white space, many times larger and at least several hundred yards across.
"Welcome to the fifth floor of the War God Tower!"
"Your opponents will appear shortly. Challenger, please prepare!"
The cold, mechanical voice had only just fallen silent:
Dozens of bursts of white light erupted in every direction around Chen Qingyu, and figures began to coalesce.
"What?!"
Chen Qingyu's expression shifted slightly as his gaze swept rapidly over them:
"Thirty? The difficulty jumped this much?"
Looking closely:
Among these thirty people were both men and women, mostly young adults or youths. As soon as they appeared, they immediately organized into formations, displaying considerable order.
In just an instant:
Seven or eight of them held hidden weapons such as throwing knives and meteor darts, and even two wielding longbows and sharp arrows had already taken aim at Chen Qingyu.
Among the remaining people, those whose cultivation methods and martial skills excelled at direct combat formed two squads and charged at Chen Qingyu from two directions.
The others automatically formed a reserve force, roaming around the outside and searching for opportunities to rush in with surprise attacks.
This was nothing less than an army of martial artists with practiced coordination!
Not good!
Chen Qingyu darted about, dodging two arrows that shot toward him. His True Qi surged as he waved his hands repeatedly, knocking aside the dense barrage of hidden weapons.
"Hiss..."
He suddenly sucked in a breath and raised his hand to look. A cut had actually opened across his palm, and a little blood seeped out.
"Damn it!"
He cursed:
"You asked for this."
He abruptly drew a deep breath, opened his mouth, and blew with all his might:
Rumble!
As the air shook, vast True Qi condensed into terrifying ocher gales that blasted in every direction like a sandstorm sweeping across heaven and earth.
Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Transformations-[Flying Sand and Moving Stones]!
Wherever the sandstorm passed:
The hidden weapons and arrows shattered outright, turning to powder in an extremely short time.
The yellow sandstorm blotted out the sky and covered the earth. As it swept over the martial artists, their protective True Qi immediately collapsed, and their flesh, skin, sinews, and bones all turned to sand.
In mere moments, thirty Blood Sea Realm martial artists had been blown into powder while still alive.
"Phew..."
Chen Qingyu stopped his divine ability and regulated his breathing, looking slightly fatigued.
Although the great divine ability [Flying Sand and Moving Stones] possessed incomparable power, it consumed far too much True Qi.
Even with his abundant True Qi, those few short breaths had actually consumed a tenth of it!
"You have cleared the fifth floor of the [War God Tower]!"
"You have received a reward of one thousand Great Void Points!"
The cold, mechanical voice suddenly grew resounding, reverberating through the pure-white space:
"Congratulations! You have entered the War God Rankings of [Divine Capital Changluo]!"
"Your current rank is two hundred and seventy-second!"