Extreme Spirit Chaos Technique

Outside, the students of Demon Castle watched the first floor of the Tower of Calamity shimmer with golden light. They were all filled with anticipation for Mu Chen’s performance on the next floor. But after a full nineteen minutes, with the time limit for the Tower of Calamity fast approaching, their hearts were once again in their throats.

The expressions of the Holy Hall Students began to shift from initial shock to mockery. One student sneered, "Tch, and I thought he was so impressive. He’s just lingering on the first floor, too scared to challenge the next. Was his perfect clear on the first floor just a fluke?"

"Haha, just wait and see how the Tower of Calamity spits him out," another Holy Hall student chimed in.

"I bet he’ll come out eating dirt!"

"Hahaha..."

The Holy Hall members kept up their taunts, but the students from Demon Castle said nothing, each of them looking at the Holy Hall Students as if they were idiots. Standing at the front of the group, Qiu He let out a cold laugh and said softly, "So this is the legendary Holy Hall. I thought you were supposed to be impressive, but it seems you’re just a bunch of little brats."

Having experienced life and death, the students of Demon Castle were no longer the wet-behind-the-ears greenhorns they had been two days ago. Ye Shuangshuang giggled, "Vice President, why bother with this bunch of brats? Let them talk. They’re obviously just jealous. Jealous that our Class President is stronger than them."

"Heh heh..." The Demon Castle students didn’t join in the mockery, instead using those two words to express their opinion of the Holy Hall.

"You! Dammit, are you looking for a fight?" The Holy Hall students’ faces flushed with anger. If Di Cang hadn’t been there, they would have charged forward long ago.

Qin Garden’s brow furrowed, and she shouted, "What are you all doing? Calm down!" With that, she turned her head, her tone shifting. "I see the students taught by Vice Director Di aren’t very strong, but they certainly have sharp tongues."

Di Cang smiled faintly. "You flatter me, you flatter me. But thank you for the compliment, Director!"

"You!" She hadn’t expected Di Cang to be so shameless, to take an inch and run a mile. Qin Garden’s rather attractive face instantly turned livid with anger. "Hmph, a complete scoundrel. With a Director like you, I doubt your students are any better."

"Oh? Is that so?" Di Cang’s eyes were fixed on the Tower of Calamity, not even sparing Qin Garden a glance as he replied nonchalantly.

"..."

Qin Garden was left completely speechless. Her full chest heaved violently, and her breathing grew heavy.

"Haha..."

The Demon Castle students were all grinning. When they chose to enter Demon Castle, they were destined to be enemies with the Holy Hall. And since they were enemies, what could possibly make them happier than seeing the Holy Hall get humiliated?

Just as the Holy Hall students were about to say something more, the second floor of the Tower of Calamity suddenly lit up. All the students immediately shifted their gazes to the Tower. The tense, hostile atmosphere from a moment ago instantly dissipated, as if nothing had happened at all.

...

Inside the Tower of Calamity, after a brief moment of dizziness and weightlessness, Mu Chen finally got a clear look at his surroundings. It was identical to the first floor—a vast, empty space without a single feature. But Mu Chen didn’t mind. His powerful Kan Realm Spiritual Power unfurled once more, encompassing the entire second floor. After his recent breakthrough, his Spiritual Power had improved again. ’It’s just a shame that without a Spiritual Power Cultivation Method, improving it is just too difficult.’ Even advancing from the Ninth-Ring Martial Master Realm to the Grand Martial Master Realm, his Spiritual Power had only increased by a small margin. He was at the Peak of the Middle Kan Realm, just a sliver away from breaking through to the Late Stage of the Kan Realm. Once that happened, his Spiritual Detection range would instantly surpass ten thousand meters. His ability to protect himself would then reach an unprecedented level.

HUMMM...

The Spiritual Power Mu Chen had spread out suddenly fluctuated. This time, the fluctuation came from right behind him, at an extremely close distance. Having already sensed the Guardian Illusion, Mu Chen swiftly darted forward, his body becoming a white streak of light as he left his original spot.

The instant Mu Chen moved, a fist wrapped in a spiraling cyclone of energy violently punched through the spot where he had just been standing. Only then did the figure of the Guardian Illusion slowly become clear.

Mu Chen frowned. He finally understood why the challengers before him had been kicked out less than three seconds after entering the next floor. The Guardian Illusion’s spawn point was random on every level. Without a heaven-defying ability like his Spiritual Detection, even an expert on the level of a Martial Spirit Strong Person would suffer a significant disadvantage here.

The clear timer had already begun. By the time the Guardian Illusion threw that punch, Mu Chen had already perceived its Martial Artist Realm.

’A Three-Ring Grand Martial Master.’

Glancing down at the Martial Ring Number at the Guardian Illusion’s feet, Mu Chen was a little surprised. He hadn’t expected the Guardian Illusion on the second floor to have a Martial Artist Realm two levels higher than the challenger. Before he had time to process this, the Guardian Illusion was already in front of him, its arm wreathed in a howling, ice-blue cyclone as it blasted toward him.

If his opponent was at the Martial King Level, he might have turned tail and fled. But he was only facing a Three-Ring Grand Martial Master. A grin spread across Mu Chen’s lips. He clenched his left fist, and both Thunder Light and an ice-blue cyclone materialized on his arm. A drill of roaring thunder slammed into the opposing Guardian Illusion.

BOOM!

The surrounding space trembled. Under the impact of Mu Chen’s terrifying power, the Guardian Illusion’s figure shuddered violently. Starting from its arm, it slowly shattered and dissipated like broken ice shards, ultimately vanishing into nothingness.

"Mu Chen. Second Floor. Challenge successful. Evaluation: Perfect Clear!"

The cold, emotionless voice sounded once again. Mu Chen smiled faintly. ’Another perfect clear.’ This meant his Martial Artist Level would rise again.

’That was easy enough. In that case, let me make a real name for Demon Castle!’ With that thought, Mu Chen rushed toward the reappearing Guardian Illusion. As they collided, specks of golden light drilled directly into Mu Chen’s body, transforming into the power for his advancement... 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Outside, when Mu Chen’s clear record was updated again, everyone’s eyes went wide:

Challenger: Mu Chen

Floors Cleared: Second Floor

Clear Time: Three seconds

Evaluation: Perfect Clear.

...

A three-second clear. A perfect clear. These two facts stunned everyone present once again. As expected, the Tower of Calamity trembled. A golden light enveloped the tower before shooting toward the heavens like a massive pillar, piercing straight through the clouds above the Xuanling Empire.

This time, Di Cang, Wu Kui, and Qin Garden, these veterans, were completely stunned. They all simultaneously recalled the rumor about the Tower of Calamity:

"When a challenger achieves a perfect clear in the Tower of Calamity, it signifies a minimum potential of the Martial King Realm. When a challenger achieves two perfect clears, it signifies a minimum potential of the Martial Sect Realm. When a challenger achieves three perfect clears, it signifies a minimum potential of the Martial Emperor Realm... and so on. A challenger who clears the entire tower or accumulates fifteen perfect clears will receive the Tower of Calamity’s inheritance from Ancient Times."

It was this rumor that had driven their efforts to this day. Fully clearing the Tower of Calamity before the age of twenty was a practically impossible feat. Back in the day, even the strongest director, Shen Jianxin, had only made it to the twentieth floor. The age limit of twenty was simply too restrictive. A twenty-year-old Martial Artist, pushing their absolute limits, could only reach the Martial Sect Realm. Even the disciples from the Direct Lineage of the great Central State families couldn’t possibly clear thirty floors before that age.

As for perfect clears, such an illusory goal... they didn’t even know the criteria for achieving one, let alone how anyone could accumulate fifteen of them. For instance, in the past thousand years, not a single student in the Xuanling Empire had cleared the fourteenth floor before the age of twenty. The highest record belonged to Lingyun, who reached the thirteenth floor. And not one of those thirteen floors had been a perfect clear.

Thus, this rumor had long been cast to the back of their minds by these academy veterans, dismissed as nothing more than a prank by the Great Power who created the Tower of Calamity. But today, seeing Mu Chen achieve consecutive perfect clears, the rumor they had long forgotten resurfaced in their minds.

High above the Tower of Calamity, the face of the elderly caretaker from the Library Pavilion was filled with astonishment. He didn’t speak, because he had heard the time it took Mu Chen to clear the floor. ’This string of perfect clears definitely won’t stop here.’ He was waiting in anticipation, eager to see where the limit of the challenger below truly lay.

「In the plaza of the Imperial Palace.」

Xuan Yin and Wu Changqing looked at each other in shock after seeing the golden pillar of light rise once again. Wu Changqing muttered, "That’s the second time. Our Xuanling Empire has produced a genius. A true genius."

Xuan Yin’s jaw dropped, his face flushed with excitement. "Quickly, Elder Wu! Accompany me to the Imperial Academy! I want to see for myself which student is breaking the academy’s thousand-year-old records one after another! That’s right—court is adjourned! We’ll discuss any unresolved matters tomorrow."

"Long live Your Majesty!"

After paying their respects, the ministers did not disperse. They remained in the plaza, their eyes fixed on the distant Imperial Academy. They had a premonition that the golden pillar of light was not about to stop...

However, just as the academy’s veterans were contemplating the truth of the rumor, four cold, emotionless announcements came one after another, causing them all to freeze where they stood:

"Mu Chen. Third Floor. Challenge successful. Evaluation: Perfect Clear. Clear Time: Three seconds."

"Mu Chen. Fourth Floor. Challenge successful. Evaluation: Perfect Clear. Clear Time: Three seconds."

"Mu Chen. Fifth Floor. Challenge successful. Evaluation: Perfect Clear. Clear Time: Five seconds."

"Mu Chen. Five cumulative perfect clears. Bonus reward received: Martial Artist Realm increased by one tier."

As the four cold announcements faded, the golden pillars representing perfect clears shot into the sky. Although each pillar only lasted for a few moments, the sight of three consecutive pillars piercing the heavens allowed every resident of the Xuanling Empire to pinpoint their source.

In the sky, Xuan Yin and Wu Changqing were en route to the Imperial Academy when they saw the faded pillar of golden light erupt once more. But this time was different. The pillar of light, which had previously lasted only a few seconds, now surged skyward three times in quick succession. While the ministers and the empire’s citizens didn’t know what this signified, the sight left the airborne Wu Changqing and Xuan Yin utterly stunned. The consequence of their shock was that these two great figures—men who could make the entire Xuanling Empire tremble with a single stomp—plummeted directly from the sky...