Chapter 256: Enlightenment Efficiency Surges!
Above Spirit-grade equipment are Profound-grade equipment.
The effects of Profound-grade armor and Spirit-grade armor are almost identical, except that Profound-grade armor can absorb damage below the realm of rules.
Above True Intent is Law, and above Law is Rule.
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After Xiao Yu unlocked the advanced game database, Su Yualso learned more information about Professional tiers.
The requirement to promote to a Tier 5 Professional is to comprehend True Intent while reaching 20-star attributes.
The requirement to promote to a Sixth-Turn Professional is to elevate any True Intent to perfection.
The requirement to promote to a Seventh-Turn Professional is to transform True Intent into Law, while condensing at least thirteen True Veins.
Tier 5 Professionals condense a True Core.
Meanwhile, Sixth-Turn Professionals can condense True Veins above the True Core to strengthen it.
Only when the True Core is powerful enough can one promote to a Seventh-Turn Professional; the True Core of a Seventh-Turn Professional will transform into a Law Core.
The requirement to promote to an Eighth-Turn Professional is to elevate any Law to perfection.
Eighth-Turn Professionals are also called Exalted Lords, and can be considered experts even across the entire Heavens and Myriad Realms.
Eighth-Turn Professionals can condense Law Veins on the Law Core to strengthen it.
Only when the Law Core is powerful enough can one promote to a Ninth-Turn Professional.
The requirement to promote to a Ninth-Turn Professional is to transform Law into Rule, while condensing at least eighteen Law Veins.
The Law Core of a Ninth-Turn Professional will be ignited and transform into divine fire, which is why Ninth-Turn Professionals are also called Divine Lords.
As for what lies above the ninth turn, the advanced game database does not mention it; perhaps the special-grade game database needs to be unlocked to know.
Profound-grade armor can absorb physical attack damage below the realm of rules.
According to the information in the advanced game database, the requirements to transform Law into Rule are extremely high.
The vast majority of Exalted Lords are stuck at this step, resulting in their inability to promote to Divine Lords.
In other words, the physical attacks of the vast majority of Exalted Lords can be absorbed by Profound-grade armor.
The top-tier Profound-grade armor can absorb 99.999% of physical attack damage, which is a treasure that is hard to come by even for Exalted Lords.
Above Profound-grade equipment are Supreme Treasures.
Supreme Treasure armor can absorb damage at the realm of rules, making it a trump-card treasure even for Divine Lords.
Even some Divine Lords with slightly poorer foundations do not have a single Supreme Treasure on them, and can only use top-tier Profound-grade equipment.
The top-tier Supreme Treasure armor can absorb 99.9999% of physical attack damage, and it is said that only terrifying existences above Divine Lords are qualified to possess it.
"shadow armor is currently still at the Epic grade yet possesses the characteristics of Spirit-grade equipment; I don't know what stage it can grow to in the future." Su Yufelt a faint sense of anticipation in his heart.
In Su Yu's view, since shadow armor could possess the characteristics of Spirit-grade equipment even at the Epic grade, in the future it would at least start as Profound-grade equipment.
Currently, shadow armor can absorb 99% of physical attack damage, which is not considered weak even among Spirit-grade equipment.
Although it still lags far behind top-tier Spirit-grade equipment, one must remember that shadow armor is currently only at the Epic grade.
As the grade of shadow armor rises, its characteristics will definitely continue to strengthen.
Perhaps once shadow armor's tier is elevated to the Divine grade, it will be able to absorb 99.99% of physical attack damage, reaching the level of top-tier Spirit-grade equipment.
"shadow fang is currently still unable to enhance True Intent might; I estimate it needs to be elevated by at least another tier." Su Yu thought to himself.
The function of Spirit-grade weapons is to enhance True Intent might.
By using a Spirit-grade weapon to instigate the power of True Intent, one can mobilize more of the heaven and earth's power, thereby enhancing True Intent might.
However, the True Intent one masters needs to be identical to the origin within the Spirit-grade weapon.
Generally, the origin within a Spirit-grade weapon is condensed from Laws; an origin condensed from the Law of Thunder can only enhance the might of the True Intent of Thunder.
The stronger the origin within the Spirit-grade weapon, the more obvious the enhancement to True Intent might.
But similarly, the more powerful the origin of a Spirit-grade weapon, the higher the difficulty of activating it.
Generally speaking, wanting to activate a Spirit-grade weapon places certain requirements on one's own attributes, soul level, and True Intent level.
Spirit-grade weapons are not necessarily better the stronger they are.
Spirit-grade weapons that are too strong simply cannot be driven, which is no different from scrap metal.
"Next, I will begin comprehending Slaughter True Intentand strive to elevate the two Fused True Intents to level-ten perfection as soon as possible." Su Yu clenched his fists.
The more one understands the Heavens and Myriad Realms, the more one understands their own insignificance.
Although after elevating his life level to level 20 and soul level to level 10, his strength had improved considerably once more.
Even among all high-tier Tier 5 Professionals, he could be considered an outstanding talent.
But facing the numerous experts in the Heavens and Myriad Realms, he was still extremely insignificant.
Let alone Sixth-Turn Professionals, casually finding a Professional with peak Fifth-Transition strength would probably be able to defeat him.
With a thought from Su Yu, he took out the enlightenment futon from his backpack.
While in the Trial World, Su Yu discovered that the enlightenment energy within the enlightenment futoncould continuously accumulate and would not reach the upper limit at least in the short term, so he had never used it.
According to the pattern he discovered earlier, the enlightenment futon could recover enough enlightenment energy for him to use for about two hours every day.
Now that seven days had passed, the enlightenment energy contained within could allow him to use it for about fourteen hours.
Of course, that was the previous him.
Now that his soul level had been elevated to level 10, the enlightenment energy consumed every moment was also greater, naturally unable to last as long as before.
Su Yu sat quietly atop the enlightenment futon, and a strange power instantly surged into his body.
The next instant, he felt his inner self become incomparably tranquil, and the speed at which his thoughts operated also violently surged several times over.
Su Yu did not dare to delay in the slightest, directly taking out the Slaughter True Intent inheritance booklet from his backpack, and then used twenty enlightenment points in one go.
Enlightenment treasures could stack with enlightenment points; in order to maximize the effect of the enlightenment treasure, Su Yu would generally use more enlightenment points than usual.
"Hmm? This bonus seems a bit off." Su Yu furrowed his brows slightly.
He could feel that the effect of enlightenment pointsseemed to have weakened; the effect of using twenty enlightenment points now was only half of what it was before.
"No, it's because my foundation has grown stronger, the actual effect should still be the same." Su Yu was deep in thought.
Assuming his original foundational comprehension efficiency was 1, and the enlightenment points elevated his comprehension efficiency to 3, that was an enhancement of 2 times.
Whereas now his foundational comprehension efficiency was 2, and the enlightenment points elevated his comprehension efficiency to 4, that was an enhancement of 1 time.
At first glance, the enhancement effect seemed to be only half of before, but in reality, both enhanced the comprehension efficiency by 2.
"Perhaps this is a great thing for me." A sharp gleam flashed across Su Yu's eyes.
Previously, after using twenty enlightenment points, he could elevate his comprehension efficiency by about 2 times.
If he used more enlightenment points, the enhanced comprehension efficiency would decrease drastically, making the cost-performance ratio extremely low.
Even if he used thirty enlightenment points, it would probably only elevate his comprehension efficiency by 2.1 times.
If elevating comprehension efficiency by 2 times was a hurdle, now that his foundational comprehension efficiency had become higher, didn't that mean he could use more enlightenment points next?
With a thought from Su Yu, he used another twenty enlightenment points, and his comprehension efficiency abruptly rose by another notch.
Completely unlike before, where once he used more than twenty enlightenment points, the enhanced comprehension efficiency would decrease drastically.
"Very good, it seems it won't be long before I can elevate Slaughter True Intent to level-ten perfection." Su Yunodded in satisfaction.
After all, to him, enlightenment points were just like picking them up for free; he didn't need to worry about the consumption of enlightenment points at all.
Su Yu opened the Slaughter True Intent inheritance booklet, and his consciousness instantly immersed within it.
Countless flashes of comprehension emerged in his mind.
He could clearly perceive that his efficiency in comprehending Slaughter True Intent was completely in a different league compared to before.
Chapter 257: Tongtian Pagoda Opens!
About a day or so later.
Su Yu slowly opened his eyes, and a boundless sea of corpses and blood seemed to emerge within his pupils, but in the next instant, it all receded and became as calm as an ancient well.
He opened his attribute panel, and the information in the True Intent column instantly appeared before his eyes.
[True Intent: True Intent of Thunder (Level 10 100%), Slaughter True Intent (Level 9 56%), True Intent of Blood(Level 4 17%), True Intent of Darkness (Level 1 1%), Devouring True Intent (Level 1 1%)]
"It's a pity that the enlightenment energy in the enlightenment futon is too little; otherwise, after this day or so, I could have at least raised the Slaughter True Intentto level 10," Su Yu thought to himself.
After his soul level was raised to level 10, the enlightenment energy that could originally support 14 hours was exhausted in just 7 hours.
After the enlightenment energy was depleted, his comprehension efficiency plummeted, but the comprehension foundation he had accumulated previously was still there.
Countless fragments of inspiration for Slaughter True Intent surged endlessly in his mind. Even without the blessing of enlightenment energy, comprehending them was much faster than usual.
"If there is sufficient enlightenment energy, I'm afraid I can elevate the Slaughter True Intent to the tenth-level perfection in just two or three days," Su Yu felt a trace of yearning in his heart.
To complete the sixth stage of the Shadow God Archerclass advancement quest, he needed to elevate two Fused True Intents to tenth-level perfection, which was equivalent to comprehending a total of six True Intents.
Four single True Intents and two Fused True Intents.
After Xiaoyu unlocked the advanced game database, he gained a deeper understanding of True Intent.
Generally speaking, the vast majority of Professionals would only primarily cultivate one True Intent.
Aside from the extreme difficulty of comprehending True Intent, there was also an extremely important reason for this.
That was simultaneously comprehending multiple True Intents might interfere with each other, creating cognitive barriers and reducing the efficiency of comprehending True Intent.
Moreover, the higher the True Intent level, the more severe the interference.
Su Yu was not clear about this reason before, until he found that his efficiency in comprehending Slaughter True Intent seemed to be slowly declining.
Originally, he thought it was because Slaughter True Intentwas too complex, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
However, as the level of his Slaughter True Intent grew higher and higher, he found that his comprehension efficiency dropped even faster.
This prompted him to let Xiaoyu search the game database for related information.
Upon learning that multiple True Intents would interfere with each other, Su Yu finally understood the true difficulty of the sixth stage of the Shadow God Archer class advancement quest.
The further back it went, the lower his efficiency in comprehending True Intent would become.
It would take more time to elevate other True Intents to the level of tenth-level perfection.
Generally speaking, primarily cultivating one Fused True Intent was already the limit.
And he was going to primarily cultivate two Fused True Intents; the difficulty therein was soaring exponentially.
However, this also indirectly proved the power of the Shadow God Archer after its class advancement.
A Super-God-tier class rooted in two Fused True Intents probably didn't even exist across the Heavens and Myriad Realms.
"However, I have True Intent inheritances, enlightenment treasures, and a large number of enlightenment points. Compared to others, I still have a huge advantage," Su Yuthought to himself.
According to the information in the advanced game database, True Intent inheritances, enlightenment treasures, and enlightenment points were all extremely precious resources.
The most important thing about True Intent inheritance was not the inheritance itself, but the carrier that bore the inheritance.
Every time one comprehended the content within a True Intent inheritance, it would consume the power within the True Intent inheritance carrier.
Once the power in the True Intent inheritance carrier was exhausted, the entire True Intent inheritance would be directly scrapped.
The most common True Intent inheritance in the Heavens and Myriad Realms was the True Intent Inheritance Monument.
A True Intent Inheritance Monument could roughly allow a person to comprehend for a year.
However, the number of True Intent Inheritance Monuments was extremely small, rare even in Overlord-level civilizations, even rarer in powerful civilizations, and probably only slightly more numerous in Super Civilizations.
How many geniuses there were in a civilization; it was impossible to let every genius open up and comprehend the True Intent Inheritance Monument.
For an ordinary genius, it was already not bad to be able to accumulate two or three days of comprehending the True Intent Inheritance Monument over a year.
If they didn't encounter a bottleneck, they wouldn't bear to apply to use the True Intent Inheritance Monument at ordinary times.
As for enlightenment treasures, they were even rarer.
Enlightenment treasures could play a certain role even for Divine Lords, and ordinary geniuses couldn't even touch enlightenment treasures.
The most common enlightenment treasure in the Heavens and Myriad Realms was the Enlightenment Pagoda.
The Enlightenment Pagoda was an infrastructure in the Eternal Ancient City.
And the Eternal Ancient City was a transit station to enter the Eternal Continent, and there would be an Eternal Ancient City at the center of every star territory.
Entering the Enlightenment Pagoda required consuming enlightenment duration.
Wanting to obtain enlightenment duration was extremely difficult, and it could only be acquired through completing high-difficulty Heavenly Dao quests.
Generally speaking, one had to at least become a Venerable Lord to be qualified to complete such high-difficulty Heavenly Dao quests.
However, enlightenment duration could be transferred as a gift, so peerless geniuses of some major forces could occasionally obtain some enlightenment duration.
When encountering bottlenecks, they would deliberately apply to go to the Eternal Ancient City to use these enlightenment durations.
This also made Su Yu understand how precious a treasure the enlightenment futon in his hands was.
At that time, he swept through ten independent spaces in the Endless Sea. The further back he went, the stronger the Abyss Demonss in each independent space became.
Especially the last three independent spaces, where the strength of the Abyss Demonss even approached the high-stage fifth transition.
However, Su Yu's strength at that time had already reached the high-stage fifth transition, so killing them naturally posed no pressure.
Su Yu estimated that the Heavenly Dao evaluated his potential, which was why it rewarded him with an enlightenment treasure.
After all, he had only awakened for a little over a month at that time, yet he possessed such strength and performed so outstandingly; rewarding an enlightenment treasure was not excessive at all.
In fact, it was equivalent to rewarding him with some enlightenment duration every day.
Compared to True Intent Inheritance Monuments and enlightenment treasures, enlightenment points should be the easiest to obtain.
But that was only relatively speaking.
For an ordinary genius, it was already very good to be able to obtain one or two hundred enlightenment points in a year.
However, for Su Yu, one or two hundred enlightenment points could be completely used up in less than a day.
It could be said that in terms of enlightenment, Su Yu's advantage was extremely huge, and probably no one in the entire Heavens and Myriad Realms could compare with him.
Even though he primarily cultivated two Fused True Intents, his comprehension efficiency was still much higher than ordinary geniuses primarily cultivating a single True Intent.
"There is still a day or so, and the second stage of the Civilization Arena will open. After the Civilization Arenaends, I must hurry up and advance to the fifth transition," Su Yu said thoughtfully.
From the first transition to the fourth transition was a major stage, and Professionals in this stage were also called planetary Professionals.
They could only survive on planets, continents, or secret realms.
Tier 5 Professionals were also called starry-sky Professionals, who could leave planets and survive independently in the starry sky.
What was more important was that Tier 5 Professionals condensed the True Core, which could bear True Intentskills.
Learning a powerful True Intent skill could greatly enhance one's combat power.
Only by becoming a Tier 5 Professional could one be considered to have initially gained a foothold in the Heavens and Myriad Realms.
For Su Yu, once he advanced to the fifth transition, his strength would receive a qualitative leap.
Ordinary people who had just advanced to the fifth transition wouldn't have a very obvious enhancement in strength; they still needed time to learn True Intent skills.
But Su Yu was different. Once he advanced to the fifth transition, Effect Two of the Blood Gods Eye would automatically transform into a True Intent skill.
And it was highly likely to be a top-tier True Intent skill.
In other words, as long as Su Yu advanced to the fifth transition, he could easily possess the strength of the peak fifth transition or even the threshold of the sixth transition.
Su Yu's current strength was high-stage fifth transition, which looked like it was only a small stage away from the peak fifth transition.
But in reality, the maximum strength gap between high-stage fifth transition and peak fifth transition could reach tenfold.
Similarly, the maximum strength gap between peak fifth transition and the threshold of the sixth transition could also reach tenfold.
However, Su Yu's current strength, even among all high-stage Tier 5 Professionals, was considered an outstanding figure, and it was not far from the lower limit of the peak fifth transition.
Compared to the upper limit of the peak fifth transition, there was at most a gap of several times.
For a top-tier True Intent skill, increasing combat power by tenfold was not difficult.
Therefore, for Su Yu, once he advanced to the fifth transition, it wouldn't be difficult to reach the strength of peak fifth transition or the threshold of the sixth transition.
"Forget it, let's not think so much for now and continue comprehending Slaughter True Intent," Su Yu shook his head and threw out the distractions in his mind.
Anyway, everything had to wait until after the Civilization Arena ended before it could be done. Thinking too much now was of no use, so it was better to calm down and comprehend Slaughter True Intent.
Strive to elevate Slaughter True Intent to tenth-level perfection as soon as possible.
With the blessing of two tenth-level perfected True Intents, even if he hadn't mastered True Intent skills, he probably possessed strength infinitely close to the peak fifth transition.
Su Yu gently closed his eyes, used twenty enlightenment points in one breath, and then plunged all his soul powerinto the Slaughter True Intent inheritance booklet.
Time ticked away bit by bit, and more than a day passed in a flash.
During this period of time, Su Yu was completely immersed in the comprehension of Slaughter True Intent, and dark red air currents vaguely rolled around his body, exuding a biting intent to kill.
Suddenly, a cold system prompt sounded in his mind.
[The second stage of the Civilization Arena is about to begin. Please prepare, testers. Teleportation will take place in thirty seconds.]
Su Yu abruptly opened his eyes, the killing intent all over his body instantly receded, and a smile curled up the corner of his mouth.
The second stage of the Civilization Arena had finally opened. He had waited for this moment for a long time.
Su Yu stood up and quietly waited for the teleportation power of the Civilization Arena.
Whoosh!
Before long, a beam of white light descended from the sky, and Su Yu's figure instantly disappeared on the spot.
A moment later, Su Yu found himself in a space similar to an arena.
Following closely, a system prompt sounded in Su Yu's ear.
[Welcome to the Tongtian Pagoda. Monsters will refresh in one minute. Please prepare for battle.]
At the same time, a message flooded into Su Yu's mind, recording information related to the second stage of the Civilization Arena.
"The top 128 will obtain the qualification to enter the Eternal Ancient Realm?" Su Yu was somewhat surprised.
Most of the message that had just flooded into his mind was the same as what the City Lord of Tianyuan said.
But he had never heard of the Eternal Ancient Realm.
"It seems this Civilization Arena is a bit special." A sharp glint flashed through Su Yu's eyes.
Although he didn't know what the Eternal Ancient Realmwas, based solely on the two words 'Eternal', he knew that the Eternal Ancient Realm was definitely not simple.
You must know that the Eternal Continent was the core of the Heavens and Myriad Realms.
The Eternal Ancient Realm and the Eternal Continent only differed by two words; presumably it would definitely not be simple.
"Xiaoyu, check the game database to see if there is any information related to the Eternal Ancient Realm," Su Yusaid in a deep voice.
Xiaoyu immediately said, "Alright, Master, please wait a moment."
Before long, Xiaoyu's voice sounded again: "Master, the currently unlocked database does not have information related to the Eternal Ancient Realm."
"However, I checked information related to the Civilization Arena, which says that the Civilization Arena will select a batch of testers to enter a Mysterious Land every hundred years."
"These testers can stay in this Mysterious Land for a maximum of one year, and it contains great opportunities."
"I think this Mysterious Land should be the so-called Eternal Ancient Realm."
Su Yu nodded thoughtfully.
It seemed his luck was not bad. An opportunity that only occurred once every hundred years was actually bumped into by him.
Although he didn't know what great opportunities were specifically inside, it didn't matter. It was enough to know that there were great opportunities inside.
For a newly-born civilization Professional like him with no background, any opportunity to acquire great opportunities had to be seized.
Even if he couldn't use it himself, he could take it to exchange for the resources he needed.
Su Yu shook his head, no longer thinking about the matter of the Eternal Ancient Realm; anyway, he would naturally know when the time came.
With a thought in his mind, he directly opened the leaderboard of the Tongtian Pagoda to check it.
[1st Place: Yu Huang (Blue Star Civilization).]
[2nd Place: Mu Xuan (Lieyang Civilization).]
[3rd Place: Ziyue (Lixing Civilization).]
[4th Place: Mosha (Youlan Civilization).]
[1,000,000th Place: An Yu (Esa Civilization).]
"Those currently ranked in the top 100 will probably mostly be able to enter the top 128 in the end," Su Yuthought to himself.
The initial ranking of the Tongtian Pagoda was determined based on the total points acquired in the first stage. Those who could rank high now would most likely maintain a good ranking next.
"Lieyang Civilization, Lixing Civilization, and Youlan Civilization should be the three strongest civilizations in the Beiyun Star Domain, right?" Su Yu thought thoughtfully.
He found that people from these three major civilizations were almost all ranked in the top 100, adding up to a full 27 people.
While other civilizations had at most 2 people entering the top 100 at the same time.
This was enough to show how profound the foundation of the three major civilizations was.
"No matter how profound your foundation is, I am determined to take first place in this Civilization Arena," a sharp glint flashed through Su Yu's eyes.
First place in the Civilization Arena main tournament could at least obtain Super-God-tier 1-star resources, which was full of immense temptation for him.
He would absolutely not hand this opportunity over to others.
Just as Su Yu's thoughts were ongoing, a system prompt interrupted him.
[Monsters are about to refresh, please prepare for battle!]
In the next instant, a huge blue vortex appeared at the other end of the arena.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Four-hoofed creatures seven to eight meters tall, clad in black scales, ran wildly out of the blue vortex.
[Abyss Monster (Fifth Transition)]
"Huh? These are actually Abyss Monster?" A trace of surprise flashed through Su Yu's eyes.
He didn't expect that the monsters refreshed by the Tongtian Pagoda were actually Abyss Monster, he just didn't know if killing Abyss Monster here could yield magic crystals.
Swish, swish, swish!
The shadow fang in Su Yu's hand was drawn into a full moon, and Thunder Arrows pierced through the air.
Bang, bang, bang!
Wherever the Thunder Arrows went, one Abyss Monster after another abruptly exploded, turning into wisps of black Qi that dissipated and vanished.
[Successfully killed a Fifth-Transition Abyss Monster, obtained Fifth-Transition Magic Crystal +1, Skill Point +3.]
[Successfully killed a Fifth-Transition Abyss Monster, obtained Fifth-Transition Magic Crystal +1, Skill Point +3.]
"Since magic crystals can also be obtained here, then I will go all out." A sharp glint flashed through Su Yu's eyes.
The Tongtian Pagoda only had one ranking, and the points were all hidden. Even if he burst out with full strength, others wouldn't be able to figure out his background.
Originally, he planned to just casually get first place, with no need to consume too much. After all, there was still a ring match tomorrow.
But now it seemed he still had to go all out and collect a few more magic crystals.
Magic crystals could be exchanged for resources in the Abyss Shop, and he would absolutely not let go of this opportunity.
Chapter 258: Clearing Tongtian Pagoda!
In the Eternal Realm, within the spectator space of Beiyun Star Domain.
"Tongtian Pagoda has finally opened, and there is another good show to watch."
"Actually, there is not much to see. The ranking of Tongtian Pagoda is not that useful anyway; it mainly depends on the ranking of the arena tournament in the second stage."
"You cannot say that. The final ranking of the second stage and the ranking of Tongtian Pagoda actually do not change much."
"If you can push your ranking in Tongtian Pagoda forward, try to push it as far as possible; the disadvantage of being too far behind is too great."
"The first few rounds of the arena tournament are matched based on the Tongtian Pagoda rankings. Take the first round for example, the 1st place will be matched with the 128th place, and those ranked at the back are destined to stop at the first round."
"Do you think Yu Huang can still take first place in Tongtian Pagoda?"
"I think it is doubtful. To be honest, the ranking of the first stage places more emphasis on luck. If there was not Muyang in the Trial World where Yu Huang is located, he probably would not have gotten first place."
"Since Yu Huang was able to defeat Muyang in the Trial World, his strength is already no less than Mu Xuan, Ziyue, and Mosha."
"To be honest, compared to Mu Xuan and the others, Yu Huang's strength still has a certain gap."
"At this stage, they cannot learn and master True Intentskills, and their utilization efficiency of True Intent is not high. Basically, whoever has a higher True Intent level will be stronger."
"According to the intelligence I got, Yu Huang's True Intentlevel is at most no more than level 8 20%."
"Indeed, so I am more optimistic about Ziyue of Lixing Civilization. According to the information I have learned, she upgraded the Wind True Intent to level 8 more than a year ago, and now it is probably close to level 8 50%."
"Mu Xuan's True Intent level is not lower than Ziyue's, and what he has mastered is the True Intent of Fire. Not only is his damage explosive, but he can also continuously deal burning damage. The monsters in Tongtian Pagoda are dense, which is very suitable for his performance."
"Mosha of Youlan Civilization is not bad either, okay? What he has mastered is the True Intent of Darkness, which can erode the monsters' defense. The further back it goes, the stronger the monsters' defense, and the greater his advantage."
"Hmph, then let us wait and see. Mu Xuan can definitely take first place in Tongtian Pagoda."
"If you ask me, the advantage of the True Intent of Thundermastered by Yu Huang is the greatest—high damage and fast speed. It is a pity that his True Intent level is still a bit low."
Countless high-tier Professionals were discussing animatedly while looking at the huge leaderboard in the void.
...
In the combat space of Tongtian Pagoda.
Swish, swish, swish!
Thunder Arrows in Su Yu's hand continued endlessly, pouring towards the Abyss Monster in front of the blue whirlpool like a torrential storm.
Under Su Yu's terrifying attack speed, these Abyss Monsterwere killed in seconds almost the instant they stepped out of the blue whirlpool, transforming into magic crystals one by one.
[Successfully killed a Fifth-Transition Abyss Monster, obtained Fifth-Transition Magic Crystal + 1, Skill Point + 3.]
[Successfully killed a Fifth-Transition Abyss Monster, obtained Fifth-Transition Magic Crystal + 1, Skill Point + 3.]
...
System prompt sounds rang out frantically in Su Yu's ears, but he turned a deaf ear to them.
After a while, a completely different system prompt sound rang in his ears.
[Successfully cleared the first floor of Tongtian Pagoda. You will be automatically teleported to the second floor in 10 seconds.]
"Too weak." Su Yu looked at the empty combat space in front of him and shook his head.
A total of one thousand Abyss Monster were refreshed on the first floor of Tongtian Pagoda, and each Abyss Monster had roughly the strength of the Fifth-Transition threshold.
Su Yu killed them all without consuming much soul power.
With his current soul level, if he only erupted with True Intent might below level seven, he could hardly feel any consumption.
On one hand, after his soul level reached level 10, the soul power recovered every moment was even more.
On the other hand, his True Intent of Thunder level reached the tenth-level completion, and his understanding of the True Intent of Thunder was very profound, so the soul power consumed when driving the True Intent of Thunder would naturally be less.
Coupled with the fact that the True Intent might he erupted was not considered high, he naturally felt no consumption.
Taking advantage of the fact that he had not been teleported to the second floor yet, Su Yu spared a glance at the leaderboard.
At this time, the top ten rankings basically did not change much, and he still firmly occupied the first place.
However, Mu Xuan and Ziyue, who were originally ranked second, swapped positions, and Mosha was still ranked fourth.
Further down, the fifth to tenth places were still the same people as before, only their positions had changed slightly.
"It seems that the top ten of the overall list in the first stage still has a certain gold content." Su Yu thought to himself.
At least being able to enter the top ten of the overall list still required a certain amount of hard strength, and it could not be explained simply by luck.
Of course, Su Yu also knew that the strength of the Abyss Monster currently refreshed was not considered strong, and for the time being, it could not pull apart a big gap.
After all, for Abyss Monster at the Fifth-Transition threshold, as long as one had the strength of the early Fifth-Transition, they could easily kill them.
If one had the strength of the mid Fifth-Transition, a casual strike could kill them in seconds.
However, as time went on, the strength of Abyss Monsterbecame stronger and stronger, and the gap would naturally widen.
Suddenly, a white light descended from the sky, and Su Yu's figure instantly disappeared in place.
A moment later, Su Yu came to the second floor of Tongtian Pagoda.
The environment on the second floor of Tongtian Pagodahad almost no major changes compared to the first floor, except that the space became larger, and the blue whirlpool not far away also became larger.
It was estimated that more Abyss Monster could be refreshed at the same time.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
One after another, four-hoofed creatures nearly ten meters tall and covered in black scale armor ran wildly out of the blue whirlpool.
"Sure enough." A sharp glint flashed in Su Yu's eyes.
The Abyss Monster on the second floor of Tongtian Pagoda were of the same species as the first floor, but their bodies were taller, and their strength was obviously stronger.
Moreover, on the first floor, only five Abyss Monster would rush out of the blue whirlpool at the same time at once.
On the second floor, six Abyss Monster would rush out of the blue whirlpool at once.
This was also the reason why the space on the second floor was larger; if the space was too small, it couldn't be unfolded at all.
Swish, swish, swish!
Without any hesitation, Su Yu pulled shadow fang in his hand into a full moon, and Thunder Arrows poured forward like a torrential storm.
With Su Yu's current attack speed, he could shoot at least more than forty arrows per second.
But if he wanted to attach the True Intent of Thunder to the arrows and induce the power of heaven and earth, it would take a certain amount of time.
The stronger the True Intent might erupted, the more power of heaven and earth was induced, but similarly, the more time it would take.
However, if one's soul was strong enough and the True Intent level was high enough, the time spent inducing the power of heaven and earth would also decrease.
With Su Yu's current soul level, as long as the erupted True Intent of Thunder might did not exceed level seven, he could attach it at least twenty-odd times per second.
This was equivalent to shooting twenty-odd Thunder Arrows per second.
Now the blue whirlpool could only rush out six Abyss Monster at once, and basically as soon as they showed their heads, they would be killed in seconds by Su Yu.
Bang, bang, bang!
One after another, the Abyss Monster turned into wisps of black qi under Su Yu's Thunder Arrows and dissipated into nothingness.
[Successfully killed a Fifth-Transition Abyss Monster, obtained Fifth-Transition Magic Crystal + 1, Skill Point + 3.]
[Successfully killed a Fifth-Transition Abyss Monster, obtained Fifth-Transition Magic Crystal + 1, Skill Point + 3.]
...
System prompt sounds rang frantically in Su Yu's ears. In less than three minutes, he killed all one thousand Abyss Monster on the second floor.
[Successfully cleared the second floor of Tongtian Pagoda. You will be automatically teleported to the third floor in 10 seconds.]
The third floor, the fourth floor, the fifth floor...
As the floors of Tongtian Pagoda became higher and higher, Su Yu's clearance speed not only did not slow down, but became faster and faster.
Mainly because the higher the floor, the greater the number of Abyss Monster rushing out at the same time, which kept improving Su Yu's killing efficiency.
Although the higher the floor, the stronger the strength of the Abyss Monster, under Su Yu's Thunder Arrows, they all only had the fate of being killed in seconds.
By the seventh floor, the area of the combat space was already hundreds of times that of the first floor.
Every Abyss Monster was more than thirty meters tall, emitting a terrifying aura all over, and its strength had already reached the lower limit of the mid Fifth-Transition.
Facing Abyss Monster of such strength, even Su Yugradually felt a lot of pressure.
To kill Abyss Monster whose strength reached the lower limit of the mid Fifth-Transition in seconds, Su Yu had to use True Intent might of level 10 or above at least.
Although his strength reached the high Fifth-Transition, the number of Abyss Monster was as high as one thousand, which would cause a relatively obvious consumption of his soul power.
Under Su Yu's frantic slaughter, in just over a minute, Su Yusmoothly cleared all the Abyss Monster on the seventh floor.
Coming to the eighth floor of Tongtian Pagoda, Su Yufound that the area here was even larger, almost several times that of the seventh floor.
Boom, boom, boom!
Abyss Monster over forty meters tall rushed out from the huge blue whirlpool one after another.
Swish!
The moment the Abyss Monster appeared, a Thunder Arrow instantly pierced through the air.
Boom!
The terrifying power of thunder erupted instantly, a huge hole instantly appeared in the body of the Abyss Monster, and its entire aura withered by a large margin instantly.
"If I do not use the tenth-level completed True Intent of Thunder, it will take at least two or three arrows to kill it in seconds." Su Yu thought to himself.
Being both mid Fifth-Transition, the Abyss Monster on the eighth floor were much stronger than those on the seventh floor.
However, this was also normal. Compared to the lower limit and upper limit of the mid Fifth-Transition, there would naturally be a gap of several times in strength.
Swish, swish, swish!
With a thought in Su Yu's mind, he directly urged the might of the True Intent of Thunder to the limit, but for this, he also had to spend more time inducing the power of heaven and earth.
Now his attack speed was about seven arrows per second.
If he used the True Intent of Thunder above level 10, his attack speed would be about ten arrows per second.
Although the attack speed dropped, one arrow could kill in seconds. Relatively speaking, the monster-killing efficiency still had a certain improvement.
One Thunder Arrow after another exuded a terrifying aura of destruction, cutting through the void.
Bang, bang, bang!
Wherever the Thunder Arrows went, not a single Abyss Monster could survive.
[Successfully killed a Fifth-Transition Abyss Monster, obtained Fifth-Transition Magic Crystal + 2, Skill Point + 3.]
[Successfully killed a Fifth-Transition Abyss Monster, obtained Fifth-Transition Magic Crystal + 2, Skill Point + 3.]
...
However, now Su Yu could no longer instantly kill all the Abyss Monster in seconds, and one Abyss Monster after another launched attacks against him.
Boom, boom, boom!
Energy attacks exuding a rich abyssal power poured towards Su Yu.
Swoosh!
The Thunder Wings behind Su Yu fluttered, transforming into a streak of thunder light soaring into the sky, dodging attacks from the Abyss Monster while attacking them.
Bang, bang, bang!
However, the area of Tongtian Pagoda was ultimately limited. Under large-scale attacks, Su Yu would inevitably suffer some attacks.
But these attacks were almost hard to cause any damage to him.
On the surface of his body were a shield condensed from the True Intent of Thunder and shadow armor. The damage that could truly be caused to him was already negligible, far less than the health points he recovered every second.
In less than three minutes, Su Yu cleared all the Abyss Monster on the eighth floor and came to the ninth floor.
The area of the ninth floor was almost dozens of times that of the eighth floor, which made Su Yu's eyes instantly turn solemn.
According to the previous pattern, the larger the area of the combat space, the stronger the strength of the Abyss Monster.
Now that the area has suddenly become so much larger, doesn't that mean the strength of the Abyss Monster has also increased by a lot?
Thump, thump, thump!
Before long, Abyss Monster standing seventy to eighty meters tall rushed out from the huge blue vortex.
"Fifth-transition high-stage strength?" A gleam flashed across Su Yu's eyes.
He could clearly perceive that the Abyss Monster on the ninth floor were much stronger than those on the eighth floor; the vague True Intent pressure emanating from them alone was several times stronger.
It had definitely reached the strength of a fifth-transition high-stage.
"At this rhythm, I probably won't have a chance to clear the tenth floor." Su Yu shook his head helplessly.
The further along the Tongtian Pagoda went, the greater the increase in the strength of the Abyss Monster.
He estimated that the strength of the Abyss Monster on the ninth floor was roughly at the lower limit of the fifth-transition high-stage; thus, even if the Abyss Monster on the tenth floor weren't as strong as him, they wouldn't be much weaker either.
Wanting to kill one thousand Abyss Monster that were not much weaker than himself was practically an impossible task.
After all, it wasn't a one-on-one fight where he could kill them one by one. With so many Abyss Monster attacking simultaneously, even with Su Yu's defense, he had to temporarily avoid their sharp edge.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Su Yu simultaneously activated the True Intent of Thunderand Slaughter True Intent, and one Thunder Arrow after another, surrounded by wisps of dark red airflow, instantly pierced through the void.
Although Slaughter True Intent was only a bit over Level 9, its power was not weaker than a general Level 10 True Intent.
Although it couldn't be compared to a general Level 10 perfection True Intent, it could still greatly enhance Su Yu's attacking might.
Bang, bang, bang!
Thunder Arrows infused with Slaughter True Intent sliced through the void, instantly hitting the Abyss Monster not far away.
One arrow heavily injured, two arrows killed!
"Not bad, two arrows are enough to kill a fifth-transition high-stage Abyss Monster." Su Yu nodded slightly.
These Abyss Monster had only barely reached the strength of a fifth-transition high-stage.
Under Su Yu's full outburst, even among fifth-transition high-stages, he was considered extremely strong, so killing an Abyss Monster in two arrows was very normal.
However, his current attack speed could only maintain about three or four arrows per second.
It would take at least six to seven minutes to completely kill all one thousand Abyss Monster.
Swish, swish, swish!
Su Yu transformed into a streak of thunder light, constantly adjusting his position in the void to dodge the attacks coming from the Abyss Monster.
The attack power of these Abyss Monster was not much weaker than his. Although he had shadow armor which could absorb 99% of material damage, he couldn't withstand the opponent's numerical superiority.
He could only try his best to dodge and ensure that his health points didn't drop too quickly.
As long as he wasn't instantly killed, he could instantly restore his health points to full through his Professionaltalent.
Attacks originating from True Intent could ignore non-True Intent life-saving trump cards, and even Su Yu did not dare to be overconfident.
This was also the reason why he was so eager to promote to a Tier 5 Professional.
Only after promoting to a Tier 5 Professional could one learn True Intent skills, and only then could one master life-saving trump cards that could resist True Intentdamage.
Amidst the continuous high-intensity combat, Su Yu's soul power was also continuously decreasing.
For high-intensity combat like this, Su Yu estimated that he could sustain it for at most one hour.
When two high-level True Intents erupted simultaneously, the soul power consumed was not simply one plus one.
If his soul level hadn't been upgraded to Level 10, high-intensity combat like this would probably have caused him to collapse in a dozen or so minutes.
[Successfully killed a fifth-transition Abyss Monster, obtained fifth-transition magic crystal + 3, skill point + 3.]
[Successfully killed a fifth-transition Abyss Monster, obtained fifth-transition magic crystal + 3, skill point + 3.]
...
System prompts rang out continuously by Su Yu's ear, yet he had no time to pay attention to them at all.
Facing so many fifth-transition high-stage Abyss Demonss, he had to raise his spirits to the utmost and go all out.
About seven or eight minutes later.
A system prompt sound completely different from before rang in Su Yu's ear.
[Tongtian Pagoda ninth floor cleared successfully. In three seconds, you will be teleported to the waiting space.]
"Hmm? Could it be that the Tongtian Pagoda has been cleared by me?" Su Yu was somewhat surprised.
This was a situation he had never anticipated at all.
The rules of the Tongtian Pagoda did not mention that the ninth floor was the upper limit. Could it be that when the heavenly dao designed the Tongtian Pagoda, it never thought that someone could clear the ninth floor?
Or did the heavenly dao feel that reaching this step was enough, and there was no need to test further?
Just as countless thoughts raced through Su Yu's mind, a beam of white light descended from the sky, and his figure instantly vanished on the spot.
A moment later, Su Yu arrived in a vast expanse of whiteness.
It was similar to the reward settlement space he had stayed in before, with no major differences.
Except that here he could still check the rankings of the Tongtian Pagoda, a function that the reward settlement space did not have.
Of course, this place also lacked the reward settlement space's function of exchanging rewards.
Just as Su Yu was planning to check the information on the Tongtian Pagoda leaderboard, a system prompt suddenly sounded by his ear.
[Congratulations on clearing the Tongtian Pagoda. As the first challenger in the Beiyun Star Domain to clear the Tongtian Pagoda, you are specially rewarded: heavenly dao points + 1 million, enlightenment duration + 7 days.]
"The Tongtian Pagoda was indeed cleared by me." A smile curved the corners of Su Yu's mouth.
He hadn't expected that he was actually the first challenger in the Beiyun Star Domain to clear the Tongtian Pagoda, and he had also obtained 1 million heavenly dao points and 7 days of enlightenment duration for free.
Su Yu opened his inventory, and there was a golden card inside at this moment.
With a thought, he directly took out this golden card.
In the center of the golden card were three flying-dragon-and-dancing-phoenix characters: 'Enlightenment Card'.
In the lower right corner of the three characters 'Enlightenment Card', there was a line of small text reading '7 days'.
[Enlightenment Card (Special): You can use this card to enter the Enlightenment Pagoda. The enlightenment duration can be used in batches. Current remaining duration: 7 days.]
[Note: The enlightenment duration is calculated based on a first-tier soul as the standard. The actual consumption will be coefficient-multiplied according to the user's soul tier.
First-tier soul: No higher than Level 5, coefficient 1; Second-tier soul: No higher than Level 10, coefficient 2;
Third-tier soul: No higher than Level 15, coefficient 4; Fourth-tier soul: No higher than Level 20, coefficient 8;
...Every 5 levels constitutes a stage, and so on.]
"Holy crap, the further it goes, the more terrifying the consumption of this enlightenment duration is." Su Yu was somewhat shocked.
According to the calculation algorithm on the Enlightenment Card, since he was currently a second-tier soul, it was equivalent to the 7 days of enlightenment duration only allowing him to use it for 3.5 days.
"However, 3.5 days is not a small amount either. If I had to rely on the enlightenment futon, it would take at least over a month to accumulate this much enlightenment energy." Su Yu raised an eyebrow.
The enlightenment energy recovered by the enlightenment futon every day could now only allow him to use it for one hour; previously it was two hours.
Clearly, this was because his soul tier had changed from the previously so-called first tier to the second tier, causing the coefficient to directly double.
This also meant that if his soul tier were to upgrade to the third tier, the enlightenment energy recovered by the enlightenment futon every day would only be enough for half an hour of use.
"It seems that I'll have to use the enlightenment futonsparingly in the future, and only use it when I'm close to a bottleneck." Su Yu shook his head helplessly.
He had previously fantasized about one day being able to use enlightenment treasures without interruption, but now it seemed increasingly difficult.
According to the pattern, the coefficient for a fourth-tier soul was 8, a fifth-tier soul was 16, a sixth-tier soul was 32...
The further back it went, the more terrifying it became. Normally, how could there be so much enlightenment energy to consume?
Su Yu sighed, put away the Enlightenment Card, and then opened the Tongtian Pagoda leaderboard to check it out.
[1st Place: Yu Huang (Blue Star Civilization).]
[2nd Place: Ziyue (Lixing Civilization).]
[3rd Place: Mu Xuan (Lieyang Civilization).]
[4th Place: Mosha (Youlan Civilization).]
[5th Place: Luoyubai (Lieyang Civilization).]
[6th Place: Wuyao (Lixing Civilization).]
[7th Place: Guchen (Qingya Civilization).]
[8th Place: Mo Jingtian (Youlan Civilization).]
[9th Place: Xiaojin (Lieyang Civilization).]
[10th Place: Jiang Ci (Changeng Civilization).]
...
"It seems the Lieyang Civilization is indeed rather strong." Su Yu felt some emotion in his heart.
As for the current top ten, apart from the top four remaining unchanged, the rest had already changed.
Among them, the Lieyang Civilization occupied three people, the Youlan Civilization two people, and the Lixing Civilization two people.
These three major civilizations alone occupied seven people.
One could only say that the strength of these three major civilizations far exceeded other civilizations.
"Wait quietly; I don't know when they will finish."
Su Yu shook his head and simply took out the inheritance booklet for the True Intent of Killing to quietly comprehend it.
The duration of the enlightenment points he was using earlier hadn't ended yet before he was teleported to the Tongtian Pagoda, so now he could just continue his comprehension.
...
In a combat space of the Tongtian Pagoda.
"What's the situation? I've already cleared the sixth floor, why haven't I surpassed Yu Huang yet?" Ziyue couldn't help frowning deeply as she looked at the rankings on the leaderboard.
She was still very confident in her strength; after all, her True Intent of Wind had already reached Level 8 79%.
Under the blessing of the True Intent of Wind, her movement technique was extremely agile, her attack speed was extremely fast, and her efficiency in killing Abyss Monster was also extremely high.
Especially in the first few floors, every sword strike of hers could take away an Abyss Monster.
The Abyss Monster on the sixth floor had almost reached the limit of the fifth-transition initial-stage. Even with her strength, it took at least two or three sword strikes to kill one.
In the end, she cleared the sixth floor in less than ten minutes. Originally, she thought she should be able to steadily secure first place.
As a result, she unexpectedly remained in second place, which she found somewhat hard to accept.
"Yu Huang's True Intent level is definitely not higher than mine. Could it be that he has mastered some kind of burst secret technique?" A guess flashed through Ziyue's heart.
There were many burst secret techniques in the Heavens and Myriad Realms, which could erupt with extremely strong combat power in a short period of time after use.
However, after using such a secret technique, the price was extremely high, and it was hard to recover in a short time; if severe, it would even affect one's foundation.
Could it be that in order to take first place in the Tongtian Pagoda, Su Yu was directly preparing to give up the arena match of the second stage?
Countless thoughts raced through Ziyue's mind when suddenly a beam of white light descended from the sky, and her figure instantly vanished from the spot.
Arriving at the seventh floor, Ziyue didn't dare to let her mind wander anymore. The Abyss Monster on the seventh floor were fifth-transition middle-stage, and not a single Abyss Monster would be much weaker than her; she absolutely could not get distracted.
As for what was going on with Su Yu, she would naturally find out when the time came.
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Chapter 259: Nearing the End!
In a combat space within the Tongtian Pagoda.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Fist-sized fireballs continuously fell from the void, slamming into the bodies of various Abyss Demonss.
The power of these fireballs was not very great, but their numbers were extremely large and their coverage was extremely wide.
After the fireballs hit the Abyss Demonss, blazing flames ignited across all their bodies, continuously dealing damage to them.
"The first place in the Tongtian Pagoda will definitely be mine!" A sharp glint flashed through Mu Xuan's eyes.
Although his current fighting style had slightly slower monster-killing efficiency, its consumption was extremely low, relying mainly on continuous burning to deal damage.
Mu Xuan was very clear that wanting to secure a sufficiently high ranking in the Tongtian Pagoda mainly depended on how many Abyss Monster could be killed on the seventh floor in the end.
Whether it was him or anyone else, everyone would ultimately stop at the seventh floor.
The final ranking would depend on how many Abyss Monster they could kill on the seventh floor.
Therefore, he needed to preserve his strength as much as possible in the early stages, and then erupt with full force on the seventh floor to kill more Abyss Monster.
Temporary falling behind did not mean anything; in the end, he would definitely surpass others and take first place.
Although taking first place in the Tongtian Pagoda did not have any substantive benefits, it could accumulate an unstoppable and heroic momentum.
"Huh? That bumpkin Yu Huang's ranking is actually still in first place? This shouldn't be." Mu Xuan glanced at the leaderboard, feeling somewhat shocked.
He hadn't expected that after so long, Yu Huang could still stay in first place.
You must know that it was normal for the gap to not widen in the early stage, but so much time had already passed now.
The testers still remaining in the Tongtian Pagoda had at least reached the fifth floor; by this time, the gap was actually very obvious.
Those who could rank in the top 20 now were all extremely powerful geniuses with the potential to ultimately enter the top 16.
In the Civilization Arena, some resources that could temporarily increase strength were not allowed to be used.
Once used, one would immediately be expelled by the power of the rules. These were all written in the rule descriptions, and no one dared to cross the line.
This made him unable to figure out on what grounds Yu Huang could still stay in first place right now.
In the spectator space of the Beiyun Star Domain within the Eternal Realm.
"Damn it! Yu Huang's strength is so strong! To think he can still securely hold first place right now!"
"It seems we all still underestimated Yu Huang! Logically speaking, the first place should have at least entered the seventh floor by now. At this time, only true hard power can rank near the front."
"Ziyue is so powerful yet can only rank second. It seems Yu Huang still hid his strength in the first stage."
"Hard to say. Although the Civilization Arena does not allow the use of resources that can temporarily increase strength, explosive secret techniques can be used."
"Their life source at this tier is not yet stable. If they use explosive secret techniques, it might even affect their future potential. Yu Huang wouldn't be so shortsighted, would he?"
"Hard to say. As a Professional from a newly born civilization, maybe no one told him about these things, or perhaps in order to achieve good results, he wouldn't care even if it affects his future potential."
"Indeed, after all, for them, this is a rare opportunity to acquire high-tier resources."
"It is still too early to talk about rankings. The strength of the Abyss Monster on the seventh floor has already reached Tier 5 intermediate, basically not much weaker than them. It is almost impossible for them to clear the seventh floor. The more Abyss Monster someone kills, the higher their ranking will be."
"Let the bullets fly for a while longer. After a while, the final rankings should be able to be determined."
Countless high-tier Professionals were discussing animatedly. They were very familiar with the information about the Tongtian Pagoda, after all, the Civilization Arenahad been held countless times.
Generally speaking, rankings in the early stages did not mean anything. Many people would preserve some strength in the early stages and erupt later on.
Calculated by time, many people in the top ten were probably still on the sixth floor right now, and it would still take some time to determine the final rankings.
Time ticked away minute by minute.
As time passed, the people on the Tongtian Pagodaleaderboard became fewer and fewer.
The Tongtian Pagoda leaderboard would only display 128 names in the end. Anyone who exited early, as long as their ranking was not in the top 128, would disappear from the leaderboard.
When there were only 128 names left on the Tongtian Pagoda, it meant that the dust had settled.
Of course, these 128 people would continue to compete for internal rankings to prepare for the arena matches of the second segment.
Generally speaking, those ranked near the back would basically stop at the first round.
Medium-strength testers who wanted to achieve good results in the arena matches of the second segment had to rank in the middle positions in the Tongtian Pagoda.
Only in this way could they be matched with people of equivalent strength to themselves.
Otherwise, if they encountered a top 10 powerhouse in the first round, even if they had the strength to enter the top 32, they would be eliminated early.
"Almost there, almost there. There are now less than 5,000 people left on the Tongtian Pagoda leaderboard. The elimination speed is getting faster and faster. At this pace, the top 128 can be determined very soon."
"Goodness gracious, Yu Huang's ranking is actually still in first place. Just how strong is his strength?"
"He wouldn't really have used some kind of explosive secret technique, would he?"
"Hard to say. If he really used an explosive secret technique, then that would be far too shortsighted."
"Anyway, Mu Xuan and the others definitely won't use explosive secret techniques. For them, even if they don't get the first-place reward, it actually doesn't have much impact."
"This is the civilizational foundation. For them, the Civilization Arena is more like a game to prove themselves. If this Civilization Arena didn't involve the slots for the Eternal Ancient Realm, they probably wouldn't have participated at all."
"Yu Huang probably found out about the Eternal Ancient Realm in the rules of the second stage, which is why he is fighting so desperately. For him, if he can obtain some fortuitous encounters in the Eternal Ancient Realm, it might be able to make up for the foundation damaged by his use of the explosive secret technique."
"Look quickly, Mu Xuan's ranking has surpassed Ziyue. I said Mu Xuan was definitely plotting a big move in secret."
"It is nearing the end. The people on the leaderboard are getting fewer and fewer, with fewer than 2,000 people left."
"It's too exaggerated. Yu Huang's ranking is actually still in first place."
By this moment, Su Yu's strength had been completely recognized by many people.
Although some people felt that he had used an explosive secret technique, many people also felt that his strength was simply of this caliber.
A person who won first place on the overall leaderboard during the preliminary selection stage did not mean their strength was necessarily the strongest.
But someone who could take first place in the Tongtian Pagoda meant that his strength truly qualified him to compete for first place.
Although the battles in the Tongtian Pagoda were somewhat different from the arena matches, the gap was not big.
According to past experience, the person who took first place in the Tongtian Pagoda ultimately had a 90% probability of taking first place in the main tournament of the Civilization Arena.
After all, at the Tier 3 stage, the True Intent level represented everything; there weren't too many complicated methods.
Chapter 260: Eternal Ancient City!
"The spots for the top 128 of the Tongtian Pagoda have been finalized," someone suddenly exclaimed.
"What the hell, how did Ziyue drop to fourth place? She was even surpassed by Mosha."
"I told you, the further it goes, the greater Mosha's advantage becomes. Who knows, its final ranking might even surpass Mu Xuan's."
"Just what kind of monster is this Yu Huang? How is he still in first place?"
"I think the reason Yu Huang can stay in first is related to his talent.
You must know that talent is inherently mysterious, and it's completely normal for it to give him some advantages, rather than the so-called burst secret technique you guys keep talking about.
You must know that burst secret techniques are extremely rare. How could a Professional from a newly born civilization obtain a burst secret technique?"
"We cannot view Yu Huang with normal eyes. Yu Huangcomes from a newly born civilization, so he shouldn't have possessed such powerful strength in the first place. It's not surprising for anything to happen on him."
In the Beiyun Star Domain spectator space, countless high-tier Professionals stared intently at the Tongtian Pagodarankings on the light screen.
At this moment, the end of the Tongtian Pagoda was not far away.
Currently, only the last 128 names remained on the Tongtian Pagoda leaderboard. After everyone exited the Tongtian Pagoda, the rankings of the Tongtian Pagodawould also be finalized.
The arena matches of the second stage would be matched for battle based on this ranking.
This ranking was very important to many challengers whose strength ranked in the middle.
If they accidentally ranked near the back, they would be matched with those extremely strong challengers in the first round, and they would be eliminated in the first round.
...
"What? I can only rank 4th?"
In the waiting space, Ziyue looked at the information on the leaderboard, a flash of disbelief crossing her eyes.
When she had just come out of the Tongtian Pagoda, she was still ranked second.
As a result, she didn't expect to be surpassed by Mu Xuannot long after, and now she was surpassed by Moshaagain. This made it really hard for her to accept.
Her True Intent level had clearly reached 8th-grade 79%, yet she never expected to sink to such a state.
Ziyue took a deep breath, slowly calming her turbulent emotions, and a sharp glint flashed across her eyes.
"Very well, anyway, I was never good at area-of-effect attacks anyway. The arena match will make it easier to display my advantages. When the time comes, I will let you all see clearly who is truly the strongest!"
...
Just a few minutes later.
"The Tongtian Pagoda rankings have been finalized. I didn't expect Yu Huang to manage to hold onto the first place of the Tongtian Pagoda in the end."
"That means Yu Huang's capture of the overall top spot in the preliminary rounds is well-deserved."
"The Tongtian Pagoda tests area-of-effect combat ability more. Perhaps Yu Huang has a huge advantage in this aspect, or maybe he even used a burst secret technique."
"I didn't expect Mosha to catch up from behind and take second place in the Tongtian Pagoda."
"Mosha probably only killed one or two more Abyss Monster than Mu Xuan. It surpassed Mu Xuan in the last dozen seconds before the rankings were fixed; their strengths should be about the same."
"Ziyue's monster-killing efficiency should be relatively high, but her consumption is quite large. In terms of actual combat power, she is definitely not weaker than Mu Xuanand Mosha."
In the Beiyun Star Domain spectator space, countless high-tier Professionals discussed animatedly. To be honest, they were very surprised by the final rankings of the Tongtian Pagoda.
Not only did Yu Huang steadily hold onto first place, but even Mosha caught up from behind to secure second.
Ziyue, whom many people were extremely optimistic about, actually only ranked fourth.
This filled the upcoming arena matches with suspense, and they couldn't wait to know who would ultimately take first place in the arena battles.
...
In the waiting space.
[The Tongtian Pagoda challenge has ended. All challengers ranked in the top 128 will obtain the qualification to enter the second-stage arena matches, and the remaining challengers will receive corresponding rewards based on their performance in the Tongtian Pagoda.]
Suddenly, a system prompt sounded in Su Yu's ears. He abruptly opened his eyes and withdrew from the state of comprehending Slaughter True Intent.
"The Tongtian Pagoda ended so quickly?" Su Yu was somewhat surprised.
He had just entered the state not long ago, and didn't expect it to end so soon.
Following that, another system prompt sounded in Su Yu's ears.
[Congratulations on obtaining the qualification to enter the Eternal Ancient Realm. One minute later, you will be teleported to the Eternal Ancient City, and the second-stage arena matches will also be held in the Eternal Ancient City.]
"This is a good thing! My enlightenment duration can come in handy. Perhaps during this period of time, I can directly elevate Slaughter True Intent to the tenth-grade perfection stage." Su Yu's lips curled into a smile.
He hadn't expected that the enlightenment duration he had just obtained would come in handy so soon.
With a 7-day enlightenment duration, coupled with the enlightenment futon, he would definitely be able to comprehend Slaughter True Intent to tenth-grade perfection before the Civilization Arena ended.
The arena matches would officially start tomorrow, with one match held in the morning and one in the afternoon every day.
In the end, it would take about nine days to officially end.
Mainly because the top 16 needed to battle in sequence; just this part alone required 15 matches, taking a full seven and a half days.
The reason it needed to take so long was mainly to leave everyone some time to recover their condition, ensuring as much as possible that everyone could fight in a peak state.
However, for Su Yu, he could just happen to use this period of time to elevate Slaughter True Intent to tenth-grade perfection, and then he could start attempting to comprehend the Slaughter-Thunder Fusion True Intent.
Strength improvement would be of great help to his subsequent entry into the Eternal Ancient Realm.
Elevating Slaughter True Intent to tenth-grade perfection, with the blessing of two tenth-grade perfection True Intents, he could erupt with battle power infinitely close to the peak of Tier 5.
If he could elevate the Slaughter-Thunder Fusion True Intent to tenth-grade perfection, he could easily erupt with peak Tier 5 battle power.
Soon, a beam of white light descended from the sky, and Su Yu's figure instantly vanished in place.
A scene like this also simultaneously appeared in the other 127 waiting spaces; all challengers ranked in the top 128 were to be teleported to the Eternal Ancient City.
...
After shuttling through a dark space for a long time.
Su Yu only felt the surrounding space shake, and a light that was not too dazzling entered his eyes.
Soon, his vision gradually became clear.
He found that he had arrived upon a huge plaza. Around the plaza, there was thick fog that prevented him from seeing everything on the outside.
Following that, a system prompt sounded in his ears.
[Within the Eternal Ancient City, fighting is prohibited, otherwise annihilation!]
Su Yu swept his gaze around and found that besides him, there were already the figures of more than a hundred challengers on the plaza.
He could be considered to have arrived very late, perhaps because the location where he was located was extremely far from here.
The more than a hundred challengers on the plaza were mainly divided into three small factions.
Just as Su Yu was observing his surroundings, figures kept appearing from the void, most likely challengers whose locations were even more distant than Su Yu's.
However, the moment they arrived, they approached the three small factions respectively.
Clearly, they had already established contact long ago.
Moments later, 128 people had gathered on this huge plaza, and all challengers had successfully arrived.
Just at this moment.
Hum!
Above the plaza, a figure wearing white robes quietly appeared.
He looked down at the crowd with a smile, seeming approachable, but the aura faintly leaking from his body made everyone present feel a shudder in their hearts.
This was the suppression of life levels, just like a mouse seeing a cat, there was a kind of fear originating from the instinct of life.