Fantasy: I Am the Villain.

Chapter 329 The Nine-Level Trial (Part 9)

Chapter 329 The Nine-Level Trial (Part 2)

A desolate sound echoed continuously in this space.

A cloud of mist slowly rose from the center of the hall, climbed to the top, and then gradually solidified into a long pillar with dragon patterns. A spiral staircase formed of spiritual light descended from the top of the pillar.

"A very interesting design, going up a ladder to the second floor..." Bai Ke murmured to himself as he put away the Soul Devouring Token.

Lin Yun and the others gathered towards the steps. Feng Yu asked Bai Ke with a surprised expression:

"You brat, why was your last palm strike so powerful? I really don't understand it, since the power it contained wasn't that strong."

"The cultivation technique I practice is more effective against enemies with soul-like forms. This boy is ultimately a soul, which is why I was able to inflict such great damage on him," Bai Ke replied.

That's true. The Nine Yang Heavenly Scripture is an extremely Yang cultivation method, and it does indeed have the powerful attribute of restraining souls and evil spirits.

However, the main reason for such powerful damage is still due to the title of "Soul Reaper" that Bai Ke obtained after killing Ling Feng and Nan Wenyang, who possessed his body.

This allows him to deal ten times more damage to spirit-type creatures!

He certainly wouldn't tell Feng Yu so bluntly, because that would mean he'd have to make up some lies to explain, which would be very troublesome.

With these thoughts in mind, Bai Ke didn't elaborate further. He took the lead and climbed the spiral staircase upwards, saying softly:

"Let's go, let's go to the second floor!"

The group followed closely behind and soon arrived at the second floor.

The layout of this floor is not much different from the first floor. The biggest change is that there are four small tables in the center of the hall, each with a different style of small box on it.

Bai Ke stepped forward first and opened the boxes one by one. Inside each box was a bottle of elixir, an ancient book, a magical artifact, and a talisman.

"This must be the reward bestowed by the Immortal Imprisonment Tower for clearing the first level." Bai Ke casually picked up the bottle of pills and asked the group, "This bottle of pills is labeled Qi-Replenishing Pills. Elder Lin, do you recognize it?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yun stepped forward, took the medicine bottle, opened it, sniffed it, and then smacked his lips, saying:

"Hmm... This ancient Qi-replenishing pill should be around grade six, suitable for Nascent Soul stage cultivators to use for quickly replenishing spiritual power. Let's give it to this little girl."

After saying that, Lin Yun stuffed the medicine bottle and tossed it to Tian Xin.

Tian Xin caught it immediately, feeling incredibly flattered.

Even though I was completely insignificant in the battle on the first floor, they still gave me a reward. It's practically like getting something for nothing...

Thinking this, Tian Xin silently lowered her head, still feeling somewhat guilty.

As soon as one reward was distributed, Feng Yu rushed over impatiently, scanning the remaining three rewards on the table.

Upon seeing the talisman, his eyes lit up, and with lightning speed, he put the talisman and the box into his storage bag, a smug look on his face.

"It's just a high-grade Xuan-level array-breaking talisman, why are you so excited?" Lin Yun looked at Feng Yu's treasure-like expression with disdain, then turned to Bai Ke and asked:

"There's one more mid-grade Xuan-level body-refining technique, the Mountain and River True Art, and one mid-grade Xuan-level offensive magic weapon, the Azure Steel Axe. Which one do you want?"

After some thought, Bai Ke finally chose the ancient book on cultivation techniques.

After everyone had taken all the rewards, another person suddenly appeared about 200 meters away from them. He was a young man dressed in an ancient Taoist robe, and his appearance was somewhat similar to that of the boy.

He held a broadsword about 1.5 meters long in his left hand, his aura was chaotic, and his body flickered between illusion and reality. At this moment, he was waiting with his eyes closed.

"Judging from his aura, his cultivation level is probably between the mid and late stages of the Nascent Soul realm. How so?" Feng Yu raised an eyebrow and asked.

"Kill!" Lin Yun answered decisively.

As soon as he finished speaking, he made a hand seal and controlled the newly refined magic weapon, the Azure Steel Axe, to slash at the young man.

The steel axe was extremely fast. When it was still fifty meters away from the youth, the youth suddenly opened his eyes!

Facing the approaching steel axe, he remained calm. When he was within five meters, he gently swung his left hand, which was holding the broadsword, and a burst of sword energy shot out, instantly knocking the steel axe away.

The steel axe spun in the air, and a deep crack could be clearly seen on its blade. The young man's broadsword had actually broken the steel axe with a single blow!

Bai Ke and Feng Yu wanted to step forward and launch an attack, but Lin Yun waved his hand and said, "Be patient and wait for me to finish this attack."

Lin Yun then made another hand seal, stabilizing the steel axe in mid-air, and then turned the axe around to strike the youth again!

The young man remained calm, and with a light swing of his broadsword, a burst of sword energy shot out. However, this time, under Lin Yun's control, the steel axe narrowly avoided the sword energy and approached within two meters of the young man.

It was at this moment that Lin Yun narrowed his eyes, his hand seals suddenly changed, and he shouted:

"burst!"

The steel axe stopped its forward chopping motion and instead burst forth with a dazzling blue light.

The already broken cracks continued to widen, and in the blink of an eye, the steel axe disintegrated into pure and massive energy, exploding with a "boom".

The young man only had time to summon an ancient bell to form a shield around himself before he was blasted away by the explosion and slammed hard into the inscribed inner wall.

After receiving the violent impact, the inner wall rippled with invisible waves, and the entire Imprisoning Immortal Tower seemed to resonate, dissipating the force.

The young man slowly collapsed to the ground, struggling weakly for a few moments before finally losing the strength to sustain his soul and becoming completely still.

Once again, that solemn and dignified voice echoed within the Immortal Imprisonment Tower:

"The four-person trial team has successfully passed the second level. Please proceed to the third level to claim your rewards..."

The mist rose once more, and the spiral staircase slowly descended.

Before the young man's soul had completely perished, Bai Ke immediately ran over and took out the Soul Devouring Token to absorb the remaining soul energy.

"Damn it, Uncle Lin, you're such a spendthrift! Such a good magic weapon, how could you just destroy it like that! Heavens, it's like the saying goes, 'The rich get richer and the poor get poorer'!"

Feng Yu clutched her chest with a pained expression as she looked at the scattered fragments of the magical artifact, her eyes filled with regret.

Lin Yun glanced at him, snorted coldly, and said, "What good is a treasure? If we all die inside this Immortal Imprisonment Tower, you won't be able to take anything out!"

"Pah, pah, pah, what bad luck! Just you and Bai Ke alone are enough to smash through this Immortal Imprisonment Tower!" Feng Yu said.

Lin Yun ignored him and turned to climb the stairs leading to the third floor...