Chapter 417 - 344: Star Tower Sixth Floor
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Star Tower, sixth level, the moment Chen Sheng stepped in, he felt as if the surrounding space had solidified.
This level of the tower was even more spacious, with the cold murderous intent in the starlight cast by the Star Crystal Sky Window at the dome.
No illusion beast appeared immediately at the center of the area, but there was an array pattern on the ground, ten times more complex than that of the fifth level, with deep purple Primordial Magnetic Power flowing through the array pattern, emitting a low humming sound.
"Buzz——"
The array map suddenly lit up, intertwining starlight and Primordial Magnetic Power into a beam of light, within which a Star-devouring Primordial Magnetic Beast of a size comparable to mountains slowly formed.
It had nine heads and nine tails, each head’s magnetic crystal glowed with a dark golden light.
At the end of the nine tails were tangible Star Power Chains, and the Primordial Magnetic Mist around it turned into scale-like armor, each scale bearing different star runes, vaguely forming a Circulation Star Orbit prototype.
Before Chen Sheng could catch his breath, the illusion beast roared fiercely, with all nine heads rising simultaneously, and the nine tails swept across the heavens.
In an instant, countless dark purple claw shadows emerged from the void, covering the firmament.
Where the claw shadows passed, space shattered like glass, and terrifying streams of primordial magnetic particles surged from the cracks, colliding and exploding with a power that could dissolve everything.
"The advanced secret technique of the fifth level’s ripple."
Chen Sheng’s pupils contracted abruptly, a storm surged in his heart.
This move not only retained the penetrative power of Primordial Magnetic Oscillation, but also added the tearing power of space shattering, covering the entire area with no dead angle to evade.
"Such potent power, this move simply has no solution, taking it head-on means certain death!"
At the juncture of life and death, Chen Sheng dared not hesitate for a second.
He erupted with thousands of black and white energies, interweaving into countless tiny Yin Yang Fish in the air, densely blocking in front of him.
As the Yin Yang Fish rotated, they formed layer upon layer of a defensive net, and he activated the Five Elements Sword Escape.
Around him, gold, wood, water, fire, and earth Five Elements Spirit Light flickered, and his body transformed into a green light, trying to teleport and distance himself.
However, just as the Yin Yang Fish collided with the claw shadows, the illusion beast’s form suddenly transformed into scattered starlight, disappearing without a trace.
Chen Sheng’s Five Elements Sword Escape had just merged into the void when he felt the space in front of him suddenly twist, and a deep starry tunnel cracked open out of nowhere, a rumbling of starry operations emanating from within.
Immediately, a giant hand covered in star-patterned armor stretched out from it, with a vortex of rapidly rotating primordial magnetic particles swirling in its palm, descending with crushing might.
"What speed!"
Chen Sheng’s face changed dramatically, and primordial spirit power operated frantically, barely capturing the illusion beast’s trajectory:
"There’s a trace of the Circulation Star Orbit Rhyme of my master!"
He could clearly feel that before the giant hand fell, the primordial magnetic particles in its palm had formed a cage of heaven and earth, locking his body tightly, suppressing even the Five Elements Sword Escape from operating, leaving him no escape.
At the moment the giant hand was about to fall, Chen Sheng had only one thought, to fight desperately!
He suddenly turned, the Yin Yang Five Elements Dao Rhyme on the sword boiling madly, the black and white energies and Five Elements Spirit Light intertwining into a beam of light, at the top of which, the Annihilation Dao Rhyme condensed into a cold star.
"Yin and Yang evolve into Five Elements, Five Elements transform into Annihilation!"
With all his might, Chen Sheng struck the final sword, a sword carrying an intention that could dissolve everything without any earth-shattering sound.
Where the sword light passed, even fragments of space were thoroughly annihilated, bearing a sense of finality.
Yet, just as the sword light was about to touch the giant hand, the illusion beast’s form reformed behind the giant hand.
The space and time around it became blurred and distorted, as if trapped in another dimension, yet its body became increasingly distinct and real.
The star patterns on the nine heads and nine tails simultaneously lit up, emitting light as dazzling as a star.
The sword light struck the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light around the beast’s body, disappearing without a trace like a mud ox into the sea, not even a ripple could be stirred.
"Such powerful defense!"
Since mastering the "Yin Yang Five Elements Annihilation Calamity Resolution," this was the first time his sword technique was completely dissolved.
The giant hand was already at close range, the high-temperature particle flow in its palm scorching his skin painfully.
At this moment, the token mark on his forehead suddenly lit up, and a gentle yet irresistible star power enveloped him.
The next moment, Chen Sheng’s figure vanished from the sixth level and reappeared on the plaza outside the Star Tower.
He lowered his head to look at the token on his waist, the originally dim fifth star on it was now shining brightly, signifying his achievement in passing the fifth level.
Chen Sheng raised his hand to touch the star patterns on the token, replaying the moves of the sixth level illusion beast constantly in his mind.
The all-encompassing claw shadow, the star orbit tunnel of instantaneous movement, the unsolvable primordial magnetic defense, each move had a crushing advantage.
He murmured to himself, his eyes full of gravity:
"In attack, defense, and speed, I’ve been left in the dust."
"Venerable Wuyue’s secret technique is perfect, yet it never gave me such a suffocating sense of being overwhelmed."
"The road of cultivation is long and obstructed, I still have a long way to go!"
Chen Sheng took a deep breath, preparing to return to his palace to continue cultivating in closed-door training.
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On the plaza, everyone saw the green light on the sixth level flicker for an instant before dimming rapidly.
The words "Life-Annihilating" disappeared from the sixth level, reappearing at the fifth level, only the scale of the fifth level was brighter than before.
Apparently, reaching the sixth level was the limit!
Seeing this scene, everyone was not surprised, their faces even showed a bit of understanding.
One disciple sighed:
"The sixth level is the threshold of Refining Void Great Power, where the illusion beast can evolve into a star orbit tunnel, for Prince Life-Annihilating to venture briefly was already a heaven-defying act."
Another disciple added:
"Indeed, to pass the sixth level and reach the seventh, one must fully master the standard Integration Secret Technique to Great Success, that’s strength enough to contend with a Refining Void Great Power."
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In the Star Hub Hall, a figure in a Purple Gold Daoist Robe sat cross-legged, it was the Daoist Palace’s master, Dharma Master Hong Jue.
At this moment, the message from the Star Tower caught his attention, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and those eyes, seemingly containing the birth and destruction of countless galaxies, slowly opened.
"Broke into the sixth level."
Dharma Master Hong Jue’s voice was deep and distant, like the roar of stars circulating, yet carrying a bit of human warmth:
"This little guy actually gave me a small but pleasant surprise."
He had already foreseen Chen Sheng’s progression through the fifth, sixth, and even seventh levels.
But he never imagined it would happen so quickly.
At this moment, merely half a month had passed since he bestowed the cultivation technique, he hadn’t even personally guided him, yet this little guy managed to force his way into the sixth level.
Dharma Master Hong Jue gently waved his sleeve, the void in front of the Star Disc rippled suddenly, and a semi-transparent light screen appeared, clearly showing the scene of Chen Sheng’s trial.
The resilience in battling the Star-devouring Primordial Magnetic Beast on the fifth level, the determination in facing the giant hand in the star orbit tunnel on the sixth level, and the final annihilation sword light that fused Yin Yang with Five Elements, every detail was vividly visible.
Initially, his pale golden eyes scanned calmly, but when he saw Chen Sheng taking a firm stand against the illusion beast on the sixth level with that sword, a flash of light crossed his eyes:
"What a prodigy of enlightenment, to grasp a few legal principles within half a month, and integrate them into the sword dao, forming his Annihilation Sword Technique!"
Time slowly passed.
On the light screen, the image of Chen Sheng being ejected by the Star Tower’s power gradually faded, but Dharma Master Hong Jue still stared into the void, his gaze slightly contemplative.
Finally, he made up his mind:
"So be it, as a gift from the heavens, he should be well-fashioned."