Walking out of the martial arts training ground, Zhang Ruochen arrived at the second level of the third floor of the Martial Tower.
“Among the young martial artists this year, it seems like no one has been able to break through the second level of the third layer. This level definitely won’t be as easy as the second level of the second layer.”
Zhang Ruochen stared at the text on the wall, looking at the rules for breaking through this level.
“So it’s that simple.”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and opened the door to the second level of the third floor of the Martial Tower.
It was also a thirty-metre long enclosed corridor, only three metres wide, and on the left and right sides of the corridor, there were nine metal bronze figures standing.
A total of eighteen metal bronze men!
According to the introduction above the rules for breaking through, each bronze man’s body weighed a thousand pounds, all of them had been refined by a refiner, with inscriptions engraved on their bodies, inlaid with spirit crystals, and their bodies were just as hard as True Martial Treasure Weapons.
In the realm of refiners, they were referred to as – Refiner Warriors.
The strength and speed of each Weapon Refining Warrior was comparable to a peak late Xuanji Realm martial artist.
It was important to know that the body of an Artifact Refining Warrior was like copper and iron, with infinite strength and no flaws. Therefore, in a true battle, a single Weapon Refining Warrior could resist a Xuan Extremity Realm Minor Extremity Position martial artist.
In other words, Zhang Ruochen was now facing eighteen martial artists that were comparable to the Xuanji Realm Minor Extreme Levels, and moreover, he was still inside such a narrow passageway.
It was almost impossible for a mid Xuan Polarity Realm martial artist to walk through this passage.
“Zixi, Prince Huo Xing, and Yao Qingtong are all at the Xuan Extremity Realm’s Small Extremity Level, so they must have faced eighteen refining warriors comparable to the Xuan Extremity Realm’s Large Extremity Level. No wonder they all lost! This level, it’s too perverted!”
Zhang Ruochen put away the Flashing Soul Sword because, the requirement of this level was that one could not use weapons.
“Let’s battle!”
Zhang Ruochen rolled up both of his sleeves, his eyes gradually becoming determined as he took a step and stepped into the passage.
The bodies of the two Refinement Warriors standing at the very front moved slightly, and two flames emerged from a pair of dark, Avray concave eyes.
The sound of metal clashing rang out, and the two Refiner Warriors came to life.
“Wow!”
The two refiner warriors struck at the same time.
The Weapon Refining Warrior on the left swung his fist towards Zhang Ruochen’s face, fire emanating from above his fist like a fiery fist, erupting with terrifying power and turning into a heat wave surging towards Zhang Ruochen.
The Weapon Refining Warrior on the right stretched out a steel thigh, carrying a wave of cold energy as it swept towards Zhang Ruochen’s lower disc.
Their speed was incredibly fast, and being in a narrow space, there was no way to dodge.
Zhang Ruochen’s body tilted back slightly, dodging the metal fist of the Alchemy Warrior on his left. At the same time, he quickly struck out another palm, striking the chest of that Refiner Warrior.
“Boom!”
Zhang Ruochen’s palm force was so strong that with a single palm strike, he knocked that one Alchemy Warrior backwards on top of the wall, and the entire wall shook slightly.
However, that one Weapon Refining Warrior did not suffer any damage and immediately attacked towards Zhang Ruochen again.
“Immortal body?”
Zhang Ruochen’s speed was much faster than the Alchemy Warrior, and he had previously taken three steps in a row, dodging the chain of attacks from those two Alchemy Warriors.
However, an even greater crisis appeared.
It was because Zhang Ruochen took three steps forward, waking up the two Refiner Warriors in front of him.
The two Weapon Refining Warriors in front and the two Weapon Refining Warriors behind them surrounded Zhang Ruochen in the centre and attacked Zhang Ruochen at the same time.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
The four Alchemy Warriors, eight metal arms, and eight long metal legs, all greeted Zhang Ruochen.
In all directions, all of them were filled with palm shadows and foot shadows.
The true qi in Zhang Ruochen’s body raced, and his legs moved rapidly, either kicking sideways or sweeping horizontally. Both arms kept waving, either as palms or blocking.
“Barbarian Elephant Chi Earth!”
Zhang Ruochen struck four palms in a row within an extremely fast speed.
“Boom!”
All four Refining Warriors were sent flying out by Zhang Ruochen, some hitting the walls, some falling to the ground, literally falling in pieces.
As Zhang Ruochen continued to walk forwards, two more Weapon Refining Warriors attacked him at the same time, and the four Weapon Refining Warriors behind him got up from the ground and chased after him once again.
“No way! It must be a quick battle, if I am surrounded by eighteen Weapon Refining Warriors, I will definitely lose.” This thought flashed rapidly through Zhang Ruochen’s mind.
“Boom!”
Zhang Ruochen’s legs crouched down and his arm slashed out diagonally, sending the left one of the Weapon Refining Warriors flying backwards and smashing the four Weapon Refining Warriors that were chasing after him to the ground.
Accelerating his pace, he charged forwards.
“Dragon Elephant Returning to the Field!”
“Flying Dragon in the Sky!”
“The savage elephant chases the earth!”
……
“Boom Boom!”
Zhang Ruochen’s speed was extremely fast, walking through the long corridor with a sweeping momentum.
After he walked through the long corridor, all eighteen Refining Warriors stood back in their original positions, standing still.
Zhang Ruochen looked at a bruise on his arms and sighed, ”After all, it’s flesh and blood, it’s too much of a disadvantage to fight against these Alchemy Weapon Warriors! However, it’s finally broken through!”
Zhang Ruochen continued to walk forward and entered the third level of the third level.
“Pervert! He actually broke through the second level of the third layer unharmed, with his ability, he might be able to break through the third level of the third layer.” Duanmu Xingling tightly squeezed a pair of snow-white jade hands and stared at the aura mirror.
One must know that the first time she entered the Martial Tower, she also failed to break through the second level of the third tier.
In the history of the Western Academy, there were only a total of three freshmen who entered the Martial Tower for the first time and were able to break through the second level of the third floor.
Zhang Ruochen was the fourth.
Duanmu Xingling said, “Sister Dust, do you think he can break through the third level of the third floor?”
Huang Yichen pondered for a moment and said, “In the history of the Western Academy, there was only one freshman who had broken through the third level of the third tier, and that was the guardian of the Martial Tower, Luo Xu. Since Zhang Ruochen was able to defeat Luo Xu at the same realm, he might be able to break through the third level of the third tier.”
“Moreover, if he broke through the third level of the third tier, there’s no need to break through the first level of the fourth tier because, when he was at the first level of the second tier, he had already broken through the first level of the fourth tier.”
The first level of the fourth layer was to catch Luo Xu’s nine fists.
Zhang Ruochen had caught Luo Xu’s nine punches at the first level of the second layer.
Duanmu Xingling’s eyes blinked gently as if she was thinking about something, saying, ”If he breaks through the first level of the fourth layer, he will definitely overshadow us and become the number one figure of the Martial City Academic Palace. It is estimated that even the inner palace of the Martial City School Palace will be stirred.”
Huang Smokey said, “What do you mean?”
Duanmu Xingling smiled brightly and said, “If he breaks through the third level of the third tier, we will step in to stop him and prevent him from entering the fourth tier.”
Huang Yichen nodded and said, “There can be. Since those male trainees in the Western Academy are saying that we are female devils, we should do what female devils should do. For example, suppressing newcomers.”
“It’s not suppression, we’re saving him. If he acts too contrary, it might not be a good thing for him!” Duanmu Xingling looked like she was trying to convince herself, and even nodded gently, saying to herself, “Everything I do is for his good.”
However, the evil smile on her face betrayed her.
Looking at her that way, she didn’t look like a thirteen or fourteen year old girl, but more like a little devil.
The third level of the third tier was somewhat similar to the third level of the second tier, both were equally a ten foot square pool, and both were equally counting ripples.
The difference was that this time it was two silver coins falling into the pool at the same time, creating two ripples.
The martial artist had to be in two minds, staring at the two ripples at the same time, without any negligence.
Moreover, two silver coins falling into the water at the same time would also form a great disturbance to the martial artist’s observation, undoubtedly adding another level of difficulty.
In order to achieve two minds at once, one had to cultivate their spiritual power to above the twentieth rank.
If one wanted to count the number of ripples in both places, a mere twentieth-order mental power was far from enough, and one would need at least a twenty-fifth-order mental power in order to do so.
One must know that other than those weapon refiners, alchemists, and beast masters who specialised in cultivating spiritual power, other martial artists would not waste their time on cultivating spiritual power at all.
If one didn’t deliberately cultivate their spiritual power, a Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artist would only be able to reach the intensity of the twentieth to twenty-fifth rank.
It was almost impossible for a young martial artist to pass this level.
Of course, for Zhang Ruochen, his spiritual strength was at the 30th rank or above, so this level was not that difficult for him.
When the water surface was completely calm, Zhang Ruochen lifted his inscription pen and wrote down the number of ripples he observed on top of the jade tablet, and thus passed this level with ease.
“The best of this year’s freshmen have only broken through the first level of the third tier. Now that I’ve broken through the third level of the third floor, I should be able to securely become the number one freshman this year. The fourth level of the Martial Tower, it’s better not to go through it, performing too demonically might not be a good thing.” Zhang Ruochen’s mind thought so.
He wasn’t a person who liked to be in the limelight, and it wasn’t like he would be rewarded more for breaking into the fourth floor of the Martial Tower. Since that was the case, he would just take what he could get and leave the Martial Tower now.
As Zhang Ruochen’s mind was thinking this, two stunningly beautiful women walked out from the metal gate, blocking his way.
“Zhang Ruochen, you don’t need to go to the fourth floor of the Martial Tower.”
With her hands behind her back, Huang Yichen stood straight with a very haughty expression, gently tilting her snow-white chin as she stared condescendingly at Zhang Ruochen below.
Her height was almost around one metre seventy-five, and standing on top of the ladder again, she appeared even taller, with a slender waist and long legs, her figure was simply perfect to the extreme.
Zhang Ruochen stood at the bottom, looking at Huang Yichen’s scourgeously beautiful face, and said, “Since I’ve broken through the third level of the third floor, why can’t I go to the fourth floor?”
Originally, he had no intention of going to the fourth level of the Martial Tower, but being warned against going to the fourth level of the Martial Tower was another matter.
What exactly were they up to?
Zhang Ruochen naturally recognised these two beautiful senior sisters in front of him, they were both Xuan Ranking experts with powerful cultivation, they were practically lawless in the West Courtyard, even those older trainees were very afraid of them.
However, so what?
Zhang Ruochen didn’t eat their set, anyway, this was the Martial Tower, there was no fear that they would make a move to kill him.
Huang Yichen said solemnly, ”We are saving you, not harming you. If you perform well enough, you will naturally be able to obtain a large amount of cultivation resources and become an important cultivator of the Academy Palace. However, if you perform excessively well, it won’t be a good thing for you, but will instead bring you the trouble of killing.”
“That seems to make a bit of sense.”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and added, “But, I’m not related to you guys, isn’t it too unreasonable for you guys to be so concerned about my well-being? What exactly is your purpose? Tell me straight!”
