Chapter 103: Chapter 103: Qi Vortex Fifth Layer

Luo Yunfeng vanished down the corridor. Having lost their target, the Tower Spirits turned on Ye Wushuang’s group as they charged forward.

Ye Wushuang unleashed the Barbaric Tyrant Dragon Fist, brutally smashing open a path.

The three of them strode through. Ye Rou and Ye Dong fended off the Tower Spirits charging from the sides, allowing the trio to quickly reach the black corridor.

Behind them, countless Tower Spirits appeared, their blood-red eyes glowing fiercely as a dense volley of crimson light shot toward them like an inescapable net.

"You two go up first! I’ll hold the rear!"

Ye Wushuang shouted, bringing the Dragon Emperor Mountain Sealing Stamp crashing down. The invincible Immortal Dragon Mountain descended like a golden sun from the void, its coiling True Dragon phantoms peerless in their might!

Seizing the opportunity, Ye Dong and Ye Rou shook off the Tower Spirits and climbed to the second floor.

Seeing this, the Tower Spirits grew even more frenzied. They swarmed forward wave after wave, charging onto the corridor and cutting off Ye Wushuang’s path.

They rained down on Ye Wushuang from above, trying to trample him!

"Die!"

Ye Wushuang shot out one hand, his arm suddenly extending. Veins bulged on it like coiling dragons, a display of immense power. He grabbed a Tower Spirit, opened his Dantian, and hurled the creature into the Dragon Blood Divine Cauldron.

ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!

A series of wretched screams echoed out as the Tower Spirit was instantly incinerated, transforming into a Beast Essence Pill.

BANG!

The Beast Essence Pill shattered, transforming into a stream of pure energy that was absorbed by his eighty-one Qi Vortexes!

Ye Wushuang instantly felt his Cultivation increase. Although the change wasn’t obvious, he could still sense it!

Upon realizing this, a dazzling light erupted in his eyes. He was beyond excited, staring at the swarm of Tower Spirits as if he were looking at a trove of Cultivation Resources.

’Anything that can raise my Cultivation is a good thing!’

Ye Wushuang’s excitement burned even brighter. Instead of heading to the second floor, he charged back down the black corridor. In an instant, his body was swallowed by an endless tide of Tower Spirits.

「Outside the Void Saber Tower」

The air shimmered with cyan ripples.

Within the ripples, rows of names flashed into view. Had Ye Wushuang and his group been outside, they would have recognized their own names among them.

The cyan display was divided into eight sections from top to bottom, each representing one of the eight floors of the Void Saber Tower.

The names on it were constantly shifting.

The eyes of the spectators outside were fixed on the names at the very top.

Ouyang Hao!

Luo Yunfeng!

Luo Tong!

Ye Cheng!

These names were dazzling to behold. They were constantly rising, and before long, the group was vying for the lead as they reached the Fifth Layer, leaving everyone else far behind.

The rest were either obstructing their rivals or fighting off Tower Spirits, all of them still hovering between the third and fourth floors.

"Quick, look! The Luo Family actually has two people on the Fifth Layer!" a sharp-eyed observer quickly noticed, exclaiming in surprise.

"How is that possible?"

"Isn’t the Luo Family’s main contender supposed to be Luo Yunfeng? How is there a Luo Tong as well? Don’t tell me..."

As the implication dawned on them, the crowd was utterly shocked, and all eyes turned toward the Luo Family’s camp.

In the Luo Family’s camp, their Elders had already anticipated this reaction. One of them spoke with great disdain, "Ignorant fools. My Luo Family produces endless streams of talent. How could we possibly have only one champion!"

"The City Lord’s seat will undoubtedly belong to our Luo Family!"

Some of the younger members of the Luo Family also grinned triumphantly, as if they had already snatched the City Lord Token.

In the Ouyang Family camp, the younger generation grew anxious, their eyes glued to Ouyang Hao’s name.

Ouyang Badao, in contrast, sat with his eyes tightly closed, as if this development didn’t concern him in the slightest. Even the Elders seated behind him appeared completely unbothered.

"Damn it, I didn’t expect the Luo Family to pull a stunt like this!"

In the Ye Family camp, Ye Xiao, Ye Xiong, and the others looked grim. The fact that the Luo Family had cultivated another genius meant their chances of seizing the City Lord’s Order had increased dramatically.

In fact, judging by the current situation, the Luo Family was the most likely to obtain the City Lord’s Order!

At this thought, Ye Xiong’s gaze shifted to the silent Ye Xuan, only to find that Ye Xuan’s eyes were fixed on the very bottom of the list.

There, almost unnoticeable, was a name: Ye Wushuang!

"Ye Wushuang!"

"Look! At the very bottom! It’s Ye Wushuang!"

In the grand plaza, some people had also spotted the name at the very bottom and started shouting.

SWOOSH!

Hearing this, the crowd’s gaze shot from the names at the top all the way down to the bottom. Seeing that familiar name left them all stunned for a moment.

Ye Wushuang was... still on the first floor!

The crowd was completely dumbfounded. They had been so focused on the top that they hadn’t even glanced at the names at the bottom. In their minds, anyone who could enter the Void Saber Tower should be able to pass the first floor at the very least.

But reality was often disappointing.

"Didn’t people say Ye Wushuang was at the Qi Vortex Ninth Layer? Is this what the Ninth Layer looks like? He can’t even make it to the second floor?" someone asked, surprised.

"Qi Vortex Ninth Layer? Hah! Trash is trash!"

"Tsk, tsk. How can you say such a thing? He’s the Ye Family’s genius, after all!"

"Genius? Hahaha! More like a natural-born failure!"

The younger generation from the Luo Family camp began to sneer and jeer, some even bursting into loud laughter.

Among the crowd in the grand plaza, some people couldn’t hold it in and erupted in uproarious laughter. A genius? A genius who couldn’t even reach the second floor? What a joke!

"Patriarch Ye, why not just have your Ye Family disciples withdraw? You know how dangerous it is in there. I’m worried that if they stay any longer, they might not come out at all," Luo Xun shouted to Ye Xuan with a cold sneer.

Instantly, the expressions of the Ye Family Elders soured. They shot to their feet, ready to erupt in anger.

"Sit down!" Ye Xuan barked coldly. "Patriarch Luo is merely offering a kind reminder. What do you think you’re doing? Just sit and watch quietly!"

As he finished speaking, an incomparably powerful aura emanated from him.

"This aura..."

The Elders’ pupils shrank. Confirming something in their hearts, they stared at Ye Xuan, utterly shocked.

"Big Brother, you broke through to the Seventh Layer?" Ye Xiao couldn’t help but ask in astonishment.

At his words, Ye Xuan nodded once, his gaze returning to the section representing the first floor.

With this confirmation, everyone’s heart jolted. They had assumed the strength Ye Xuan had shown earlier meant he had simply recovered from his internal injuries. They never imagined that not only had he recovered, but he had also broken through to the True Essence Seventh Layer. Didn’t that mean...

Recalling their earlier offenses, the Elders’ hearts tightened again as they watched Ye Xuan with trepidation.

「Meanwhile」

Inside the first floor, a figure moved tirelessly, flitting like a busy bee through the swarms of Tower Spirits. He blasted them one by one, capturing them all and pulling them deep into his Dantian.

The Tower Spirits were incinerated one by one, transforming into crystalline, blood-red Elixirs!

BANG!

BANG!

These Elixirs burst, transforming into a torrential and pure power that was absorbed by the golden vortexes!

HUMMM!

A moment later, the golden vortexes suddenly swelled. A terrifying amount of energy radiated out, crashing against the walls of his Dantian.

Qi Vortex Fifth Layer!

’Incredible!’

’Absolutely incredible!’

Having broken through to the Qi Vortex Fifth Layer, Ye Wushuang was ecstatic, feeling like a thousand-year-old lecher who had just stumbled upon a peerless beauty!

He immediately lunged toward another group of Tower Spirits.

Instantly, this group of Tower Spirits fled in a frenzy. Unwittingly, the roles had been completely reversed!

Moments before, these ferocious and violent creatures had been fanatically swarming Ye Wushuang.

But now, they were the ones fleeing in terror. If they could speak, they would surely be screaming that this human was far too savage and horrifying!

Seeing this, Ye Wushuang also stopped, not continuing the hunt.

’I wonder what floor everyone else has reached. I should get moving. I can hunt more Tower Spirits after I’ve secured the City Lord’s Order.’

He glanced at the terrified Tower Spirits cowering to one side, gave a faint smile, rubbed his nose, and stepped onto the black pathway.