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Boom!

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Amidst the endless bloodlight bursting from the patterns on his flesh, Barbarian Thunder, now with two pointed horns protruding from his head, shot out directly from the crater created by the smash.

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As he burst out, he brought with him a whirlwind, charging straight towards Ye Chen.

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Illuminated by the bloodlight, Barbarian Thunder's speed and strength both underwent a new transformation, and with this charge, he seemed like a giant mountain, sweeping away everything in his path.

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"Come on!"

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"Let's have a real contest!"

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Ye Chen stomped his foot hard on the ground, shaking the entire earth, and the myriad Golden Monkey Spirit Patterns within the bones of his body simultaneously burst out with endless light, enveloping Ye Chen in a golden halo.

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Simultaneously, Ye Chen's Divine Sense stirred again, and the Gang Yuan True Qi occupying eight and a half of the nine True Qi Vortices in his Qi Sea emitted a blinding silver light.

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In an instant, the Gang Yuan True Qi was injected into the power of Ye Chen's physical body.

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Enshrouded in the light of the Golden Monkey Spirit Patterns and the silver light of Gang Yuan True Qi, the colossal Golden Monkey Phantom outside Ye Chen's body roared up to the heavens.

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Boom!

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Watching Barbarian Thunder charging at him, Ye Chen pushed off with his feet, and his whole body hurtled directly towards Barbarian Thunder.

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The sixteenth or seventh meter tall, bloodlight-wrapped Barbarian Thunder with horns on his head collided wildly with Ye Chen, who was shrouded in golden and silver light with the Giant Golden Monkey Phantom swirling around his body.

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This was a direct collision of strength!

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It was another clash of power after both opponents had advanced their combat power!

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At the point of collision between the two, a heaven-shaking explosion erupted, the sound of the air itself being blown apart by the two's force!

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In the midst of this explosion, the two of them, who had collided head-on, were both blown back dozens of meters. Then, almost simultaneously, they charged at each other again.

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In this new collision, their strength somehow took another leap forward!

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Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

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Barbarian Thunder no longer relied on speed to dodge, and Ye Chen did not resort to using his Sword Intents. Instead, they were determined to measure strength against strength in their respective Battle Body Martial Skills.

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They began a fierce contest of strength!

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Barbarian Blood Xuan Body versus Nine Transformation Fighting Body!

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Eventually, Barbarian Thunder turned completely blood red, the strange patterns on his flesh making him look like a man drenched in blood.

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Barbarian Blood Xuan Body, this was indeed the sign of the complete eruption of the Barbarian Blood Xuan Body!

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As for Ye Chen, in the final moments, the more than thirty meters high Giant Golden Monkey Phantom outside his body fully merged into him, combining with his physical strength. Ye Chen himself, had truly reached the most formidable state of the Second Transformation of the Nine Transformation Fighting Body.

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Strongest against strongest!

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In the final clash of strength, amidst the thunderous sound of their savage collision, Barbarian Thunder, the sixteenth-floor guardian, was sent flying by Ye Chen's strike, hundreds of meters away, spewing out a mouthful of blood.

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As for Ye Chen, he merely took five steps back and stood firm, immovable!

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In this last impact, Ye Chen once again completely overpowered Barbarian Thunder in terms of strength.

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The first three transformations of the Nine Transformation Fighting Body correspond to the combat power of the Spirit Sea Realm.

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Having cultivated to the strongest state of the Second Transformation, Ye Chen now possessed the immense combat power akin to that of a mid-stage Spirit Sea Realm expert. And with the unparalleled Gang Yuan True Qi further reinforcing him, his strength from the Nine Transformation Fighting Body was doubled!

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No matter how fierce Barbarian Thunder was, even as an invincible True Qi Realm master of the Barbarian Blood Clan, he fell short in the contest of strength!

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"Phew!"

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Barbarian Thunder, spewing out a large mouthful of blood, wiped the bloodstains from the corner of his mouth and stood up.

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"Strength, Trialist, you have completely overpowered me in my strongest aspect!"

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"You have passed the sixteenth layer!"

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As Barbarian Thunder spoke, his entire body emitted a brownish-yellow light, and then he vanished from the world, leaving behind only a Teleportation Token to the seventeenth floor.

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Barbarian Thunder, having been overpowered, directly admitted defeat!

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After defeating Luo Qianxue, an invincible True Qi Realm master of the Flying Spirit Clan, Ye Chen once again triumphed over another invincible True Qi Realm master, Barbarian Thunder from the Barbarian Blood Clan!

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"Swoosh!"

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Ye Chen looked at the spot where Barbarian Thunder disappeared, stretched out his hand, and captured the dropped Teleportation Token.

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"This Barbarian Thunder is indeed powerful. If I had not successfully cultivated the Second Transformation of the Nine Transformation Fighting Body and had the Gang Yuan True Qi injected into me, I might have really not been able to beat him!"

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Although he had defeated Barbarian Thunder, Ye Chen's internal energy was still rolling violently, clearly having suffered some depletion.

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He sat cross-legged on the ground within the space of the sixteenth floor of the Ancient God Tower, recovering.

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Outside the Ancient God Tower, as they saw Barbarian Thunder concede defeat and Ye Chen once again obtained a Teleportation Token to the seventeenth floor, the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact was left gaping, at a loss for words.

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Ye Chen, creating miracles one after another, now, even the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact didn't know what his limits were.

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Breaking into the seventeenth floor, then the eighteenth?

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Or could he, unprecedentedly, clear the entire Ancient God Tower, defeating all the guardians of the eighteen floors?

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"Another thirty days of cultivation."

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"Ye Chen is already so strong now, to what extent will he improve after thirty days?!"

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The Spirit of the Sacred Artifact had virtually witnessed Ye Chen's rise step by step.

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From a standout among the True Qi Realm, to be able to sweep away experts at the twelfth level of True Qi directly, and then to be a match for early-stage Spirit Sea Realm experts.

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Now, he had even defeated invincible True Qi Realm masters, possessing the absolute strength to overpower early-stage Spirit Sea Realm experts!

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And yet, Ye Chen had never shown a true sense of powerlessness. In the trials of the eighteenth floor of the Ancient God Tower, no one had been able to bring him to a complete halt!

"Chirp~"

"Chirp~"

The golden monkey, seeing Ye Chen victorious once again, excitedly leapt into the air, soaring hundreds of feet high, hopping around in the heaven and earth outside the Ancient God Tower.

Meanwhile, on the seventeenth floor of the Ancient God Tower—a tier unseen by both the Spirit of the Sacred Artifact, the golden monkey, and Ye Chen—a youth in grey clothing carrying a wine gourd on his back heaved a deep sigh.

"A peerless hero, this trialist, can definitely be called a peerless hero!"

"With long-range martial arts, he has powerful and peerless sword intents, and in close combat, he possesses the explosive strength of his fighting body!"

"Even the terrifying silver True Qi that he cultivates internally is beyond my comprehension!"

"He simply does not show any weaknesses!"

"If he had participated in the True Qi Realm Grand Competition back in the day, I'm afraid it would have been him, guarding the final levels of this Ancient God Tower!"

"Maybe even replacing me, guarding this seventeenth floor."

From the words of the youth in grey clothing, it was clear that he was the guardian of the seventeenth floor of the Ancient God Tower.

He had watched Ye Chen's battle with Barbarian Thunder, hence the multitude of his reflections!

Among sighs, the youth in grey raised his head and looked higher into the sky, towards the supreme eighteenth floor of the Ancient God Tower.

"If I were to battle this trialist, we might draw even, or I might even be defeated by him."

"It seems that only Princess Yan Ling'er, who was unmatched in the True Qi Realm Grand Competition those years ago, the princess of the Yan Clan from the six ancient clans of the Minor Spirit Realm, could truly overpower this trialist!"

In the mind of the youth in grey, the image of an invincible young girl with a stunningly beautiful face emerged.

Back then, this girl was truly unmatched. Even if there were countless True Qi Realm experts from myriad races, she stood at the end.

Therefore, she was the one to guard the strongest layer—the eighteenth floor—of the Ancient God Tower!

The youth in grey then looked down towards the sixteenth floor, towards Ye Chen, who was sitting in meditation and silently cultivating on the sixteenth floor.

"Trialist, I hope you can subdue me just as you defeated Luo Qianxue and Barbarian Thunder!"

"I hope you can have a true contest with 'Princess Yan Ling'er' at the top floor of the Ancient God Tower!"

"I've never heard the sound of the Ancient God Tower being pierced through, never..."

After expressing his feelings, the youth in grey once again fell into silence.

Thirty days later inside the Ancient God Tower—which was three days outside the tower—Ye Chen, having completed his cultivation, officially entered the seventeenth floor of the Ancient God Tower!

Thirty days of cultivation had allowed Ye Chen to fully recover from the damage sustained in battle with Barbarian Thunder, and he had completely integrated the insights from their battle into his combat skills.

The greater reward was that Ye Chen had managed to cultivate two-thirds of the Heaven and Earth True Qi within the ninth True Qi Vortex into Gang Yuan True Qi.

At that moment, only a very small part of the nine True Qi vortices in Ye Chen's Qi Sea had not yet transformed into Gang Yuan True Qi, the rest had all become Gang Yuan True Qi!

As stipulated by the second layer of the Primordial Star Scripture's Gang Yuan Chapter, the "Gang Yuan Mantra," once all True Qi had transformed into Gang Yuan True Qi, the Gang Yuan Mantra would be truly completed, and one could step into a new level of the Primordial Star Scripture.

Ye Chen was getting closer and closer to completing the "Gang Yuan Mantra."

It was very likely that he would complete the "Gang Yuan Mantra" within the Ancient God Tower and enter the next stage of the Gang Yuan Chapter, unlocking even more powerful spells from the Primordial Star Scripture.

The first layer of the Primordial Star Scripture, the "Meridian Refining Art," had enabled him to cultivate the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and the thirty-three Meridian Wheels in addition to the Qi Meridians, greatly increasing his cultivation speed and Divine Sense perception!

The second layer of the Primordial Star Scripture, "Gang Yuan Mantra," allowed him to cultivate Gang Yuan True Qi, which was countless times more formidable than Heaven and Earth True Qi, propelling his combat power forward by a qualitative leap.

Ye Chen had no idea what the next layer of spells would bring him.

He was filled with immense anticipation!

When he stepped into the seventeenth level of the Ancient God Tower and directly saw the guardian of the floor, the grey-clothed youth with a wine gourd on his back, Ye Chen's fighting spirit surged. He was determined to defeat another opponent, to gain more cultivation time and further refine his Gang Yuan True Qi!

He wanted to grasp this final opportunity for extra cultivation time offered by the miraculous time flow rate within the Ancient God Tower!

This seventeenth floor's guardian was different from the previous guardians; the grey-clothed youth immediately invited Ye Chen to display new techniques against him.

If Ye Chen could display a technique that dazzled him, then he would concede defeat right away, allowing Ye Chen entry to the highest level of the Ancient God Tower.

Seeing this, Ye Chen did not hesitate, as what he urgently needed was cultivation time within the Ancient God Tower; he was more than willing to fulfill the guardian's request.

Whoosh!

When Ye Chen's "Crimson Fire Flying Sword" flew out from the Sword Palace Acupoint, the grey-clothed youth guardian of the seventeenth level was so shocked that he jumped up.

He had not expected Ye Chen's technique to call upon a flying sword!

The grey-clothed youth also knew the three major combat powers of flying swords; he even knew that if this had not been a tower challenge but a fight to the death, Ye Chen, with his flying sword, could easily slay a late-stage Spirit Sea Realm powerhouse by invoking the flying sword's second combat power—Life-bound Flying Sword Breakage.

Immediately, the grey-clothed youth conceded defeat to Ye Chen.

Having watched Ye Chen's battle with Barbarian Thunder, he was already aware of Ye Chen's formidable techniques. Confronted with Ye Chen displaying his flying sword skills again, he knew he was no match.

"Eighteenth floor, trialist, I am looking forward to you entering the eighteenth floor; you indeed have the capability!"

"I hope that in your final battle against 'Princess Yan Ling'er,' you won't be defeated too miserably!"

With those words, the grey-clothed youth left behind a Teleportation Token and disappeared.

"Princess Yan Ling'er, the final battle?"

"Could it be that the guardian of the eighteenth floor is the 'Princess Yan Ling'er' he mentioned?"

Ye Chen, holding the Teleportation Token to the highest level of the Ancient God Tower, the eighteenth floor, had not expected that the penultimate level would yield so easily, his opponent conceding without a fight!

He smiled and shook his head, then continued to cultivate on the seventeenth level of the Ancient God Tower.

Another thirty days passed, and Ye Chen, who had cultivated for a total of five hundred and ten days within the Ancient God Tower, finally teleported to the last level, the eighteenth floor!