"Everyone who failed the fourth level should have come out by now."
Yin Meng looked around at the people, even Du Linxiao, ranked fourteenth on the Holy List, had come out; the difficulty of the fourth level was evident. Yet among these figures, Ye Xuan was nowhere to be seen.
Ye Xuan must have passed the fourth level.
Even his girlfriend, Ling Qianxue, seemed to have passed it.
"It seems Du Linxiao really stumbled this time, failing to even pass the fourth level, what a pity."
Beside Yin Meng, a grey-robed young man shook his head, none other than Baili Ruofei.
"That’s right. We’ve got two dark horses this time, Ye Xuan and Ling Qianxue from Snow God Mountain. It looks like they’ve both passed the fourth level."
"Yes, neither of them even rank on the Holy List, yet they possess such strength, it’s really surprising."
In everyone’s eyes, Ye Xuan was just a newcomer who was only now making a name for himself. In the eyes of these veterans from the Holy List, he seemed somewhat less substantial. However, this time, both Ye Xuan and Ling Qianxue had surpassed the fourth level; without a doubt, this achievement alone put them above the rest.
Martial God Tower, fifth level.
Ye Xuan, having passed the fourth level, stopped at the entrance to the fifth level.
"The Demon Clan’s ancient saint in this fourth level was truly no simple matter; it probably weeded out quite a number of people."
Ye Xuan’s body had several spots that were slightly scorched; the recent battle had been quite dangerous for him too; a slight misstep and even he couldn’t have passed, falling victim to a minor slip.
There are seven levels in total in the Martial God Tower, and judging by the situation, the difficulty of the fifth level will certainly not be small, not to mention the seventh.
Turning over his palm, a translucent gemstone appeared in the center of his hand; this gemstone was no ordinary object, but rather the coveted Sacred Spirit Stone from the Martial God Tower, highly beneficial for the cultivation of the Sacred Body—once past this point, such an opportunity would no longer be available.
The energy contained within a Sacred Spirit Stone was astoundingly potent. This energy, known as Sacred Energy, greatly enhanced the Sacred Body.
Feeling the strong fluctuations from within the Sacred Spirit Stone, Ye Xuan’s eyes also shone with a keen light, but this single Sacred Spirit Stone was clearly not enough to satisfy him.
"I wonder what kind of challenge awaits on the fifth level."
Ye Xuan then looked ahead, knowing that to obtain more Sacred Spirit Stones, he had to move on through the fifth level.
However, just as Ye Xuan took a step forward, the surrounding space suddenly transformed, and in the blink of an eye, it had turned into an endless starry sky. Before him was a void, and within that void, a black hole vortex slowly rotated, voraciously consuming the energy around it.
"Is this an illusion?"
Ye Xuan looked slightly astonished; he could hardly believe the Martial God Tower could achieve this extent, creating a space from an external void out of nowhere.
Even Martial God practitioners couldn’t generate a void space.
In a blur, Ye Xuan felt the black hole suddenly draw near and, like a giant void beast opening its mouth, it swallowed him whole.
Ye Xuan’s body was consumed by darkness, torn into pieces by the chaotic currents of the void.
However, the next moment, the black hole reappeared and a figure emerged unscathed from it—it was indeed Ye Xuan.
This level of Illusion Realm couldn’t hinder him at all.
Yet, the trial of this layer was not over, as the second layer of the Illusion Realm enveloped him.
At this time, in another layer of space, Ling Qianxue was also facing the trial of the Illusion Realm.
However, the Illusion Realm she faced was somewhat different from Ye Xuan’s, for the greatest obstacle appearing in her Illusion Realm was Ye Xuan himself.
In the space of her Illusion Realm, she was in the Heavenly Martial Hall of the Tiannan Region, where Ye Xuan was currently on a killing spree.
Even Ling Jingtian had died at the hands of Ye Xuan.
The Illusion Realm was exceptionally realistic, striking directly at the heart.
Ling Qianxue didn’t even blink; her figure flashed and she appeared in front of Ye Xuan, striking without hesitation. Her sword had already pierced Ye Xuan’s heart.
"Boring Illusion Realm."
Ling Qianxue sheathed her sword, and the space around her collapsed immediately.
The so-called Illusion Realm seeks the flaws in one’s heart, finds them, and then strikes while the iron is hot.
Fear, hatred, pain... these negative emotions are the flaws in one’s heart. If one cannot suppress these negative emotions, they will be infinitely magnified by the Illusion Realm, ultimately leading to death by the Illusion Realm.
Of course, there was no risk to life in the Martial God Tower, but one would be transported out and lose the qualification to challenge the tower again.
However, from this situation, it seemed the Illusion Realm could not stop Ling Qianxue.
Outside the Martial God Tower, the crowd had grown and was bustling.
Since even a few of the top fifteen on the Holy List had been eliminated, following in the footsteps of Du Linxiao.
"Ye Xuan still hasn’t come out; has he possibly passed the fifth layer?"
Many people were eagerly discussing, and the fact that Ye Xuan hadn’t appeared even by now hinted that he had most likely passed the fifth layer.
"Not just Ye Xuan, but also that Ling Qianxue, could they have passed the fifth layer?"
"No way, the fifth layer is the Illusion Realm layer; its difficulty is immense. These two are merely newly-risen talents, yet they managed to pass the fifth layer?"
"If they did pass the fifth layer, then there are three gemstone rewards. If it’s really like you say, then these two have truly struck gold."
A gemstone, in their view, was a peerless treasure; obtaining one was already an immense merit, let alone getting three at once, which was undoubtedly a tremendous opportunity.
"With Ye Xuan’s capabilities, reaching the sixth layer shouldn’t be a problem, but for Ling Qianxue to also pass the fifth layer is indeed surprising."
Yin Meng wasn’t surprised about Ye Xuan reaching the sixth layer, since Huo Yuan, ranked thirteenth on the Holy List, had died at Ye Xuan’s hands. With Ye Xuan’s superior strength over Huo Yuan, reaching the sixth layer wasn’t strange, but it was astonishing that Ling Qianxue could also reach the sixth layer.
"Not only is Ye Xuan exceptionally talented, but the woman he likes is also an extraordinary anomaly," Qin Wuyan and others looked at Ye Xuan enviously. His strength had advanced by leaps and bounds, already beyond ordinary, and even the woman by his side was extraordinarily gifted. Currently, two-thirds of the high-ranking experts on the Holy List had been eliminated from the Martial God Tower, leaving behind mostly those who are within the top ten.