Chapter 259: Chapter 257: The 3rd Floor of the Treasure Tower

This was a sea of sand!

Endless and vast. The wind swept up dust and sand, painting the world in shades of desolation.

A lone plume of smoke in the great desert, the sun setting over a long river—the scenery was magnificent and majestic!

Jiang Jichen lay panting on a sand dune, gazing up at the profound sky, his heart serene.

He was, in fact, severely injured and should have found a place to recuperate immediately. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

But he didn’t... He just wanted to lie here quietly for a while!

No one around, not a cloud in the sky. He was alone, quiet, free to think of nothing at all.

’When was the last time I had a moment like this?’

Of course, he knew this was the Third Layer Space of the Exquisite Treasure Tower, and that it was undoubtedly filled with endless dangers.

When he was transported here, a gray Spirit Pattern Tower mark had appeared on his forehead, and a piece of information entered his mind.

In the Treasure Tower’s Third Layer Space, fighting among participants is forbidden. One can only kill the creatures within this space to accumulate points. After ten days, the top fifty will be allowed to enter the Treasure Tower’s fourth layer.

From this information, Jiang Jichen knew that the main threat in this space came from its dangerous creatures.

As for the other Noble Family Descendants, he no longer had to worry about them, as a Restriction prevented them from fighting each other.

If one person were to attack another, the target would be unharmed, while the attacker would suffer a backlash injury.

Killing the creatures here would automatically generate points, which would be recorded on the Spirit Pattern Tower mark on his forehead.

These were... the rules of the Exquisite Treasure Tower’s third layer.

After spacing out for a while, Jiang Jichen finally struggled to his feet.

Just as he stood up, his expression suddenly changed, and he dodged sideways without hesitation.

BOOM!

Where he had just been lying, endless sand and dust shot into the sky as a black scorpion as large as a small dune burst out.

Its pincers and tail emanated a Youu cold glint, absolutely terrifying!

It wasn’t just where Jiang Jichen had been lying; the small surrounding sand dunes also cracked open, and one after another, enormous, fearsome black scorpions charged out.

Only then did Jiang Jichen realize that the small sand dunes piled up all around were actually... enormous black scorpions.

To think that he had just been lying on a scorpion’s back, separated only by a thin layer of sand, contemplating life... The thought made Jiang Jichen’s scalp tingle.

The auras of these giant black scorpions were not exceptionally powerful. They were likely only Initial Stage Earth Level Spirit Insects, equivalent to an ordinary human Foundation Establishment Early Stage Realm.

If he were in peak condition, Jiang Jichen would naturally have no fear.

But... Jiang Jichen’s current condition was terrible. He was too heavily injured, his Spiritual Power was almost depleted, and his Blood Qi was exhausted!

Staring at the hundred or so giant black scorpions surrounding him, Jiang Jichen felt as though he had just escaped a tiger’s den only to fall into a wolf’s lair.

’This luck of mine... is really something else!’

The bodies of these giant black scorpions were as hard as iron shells, making it difficult for an ordinary person to break through their defenses.

The most terrifying part was that they were all highly venomous creatures...

Wait, venomous creatures!

Jiang Jichen’s eyes suddenly lit up, and his grave expression relaxed.

His gaze sharp, he looked at the hundreds of giant black scorpions around him with a sinister smile.

This time, as he faced the black scorpions’ grim, cold gazes and their ugly appearances, he actually found them incredibly endearing.

He pointed at the black scorpions all around him and declared with an arrogant laugh, "Mere little scorpions. With a flick of my finger, I, Jiang Jichen, can turn you all to dust!"

The arrogance in his posture, the disdain in his eyes, the flippancy of his gesture!

Even with their low intelligence, how could the giant black scorpions not recognize Jiang Jichen’s provocation?

They were finally enraged!

This was their territory. This tiny human had not only trespassed but also dared to be so arrogant.

’Damn him! We have to chew him to pieces and devour him like food!’

The surrounding black scorpions erupted in fury all at once, brandishing their giant pincers and snapping their long tails as they charged toward Jiang Jichen.

Watching the black scorpions swarming toward him, flying through the air, Jiang Jichen’s expression was calm and fearless. With one hand behind his back, he took out... the Poison-Devouring Pearl Fragment!

The complete Poison-Devouring Pearl had once been the most extraordinary poison of the Six Paths. Even though this was just a fragment, it still possessed astonishing power and could devour all poisons.

"Poison-Devouring Power, spread across the heavens! Refine!"

He used the last of his Spiritual Power to activate the Poison-Devouring Power of the Poison-Devouring Pearl Fragment.

In an instant, a mysterious green light enveloped an area three thousand meters in every direction.

Under the green light, the charging black scorpions suddenly froze, and then their bodies began to tremble.

The hundred or so giant black scorpions had no power to resist the mysterious green light.

They let out terrified cries and struggled, but it was useless.

Their bodies shrank, finally condensing into droplets of venom that were absorbed and refined by the Poison-Devouring Pearl Fragment in Jiang Jichen’s hand.

In the end, all one hundred-plus giant black scorpions vanished completely!

PHEW!

After all that, Jiang Jichen’s face was utterly devoid of color, pale to the extreme.

This time, he had truly exhausted the very last shred of his Spiritual Power.

But he was thrilled. The Poison-Devouring Pearl now had enough potent venom to be activated and become even stronger.

Not only that, but the gray Spirit Pattern Tower mark on his forehead was glowing and had changed.

It had begun to shimmer, no longer a dead, ashen gray.

At the same time, a notification appeared in his mind: he had obtained over ten thousand points!

With over a hundred black scorpions at one hundred points each, his point ranking was number one!

And everyone below him had zero points.

This couldn’t be helped. Everyone else had just entered the Third Layer Space and hadn’t even familiarized themselves with the environment yet.

And no one had Jiang Jichen’s kind of luck, being teleported directly onto the back of a giant black scorpion.

Nor did anyone have his efficiency at killing them!

"You can farm points like this?"

For a moment, even Jiang Jichen was dumbfounded. It felt like happiness had come all too suddenly.

The others who had just been teleported into this space were only now getting acquainted with the rules.

After understanding the rules, Noble Family Descendants like Ling Dong, Nangong Jinjie, Weii Qing, and Su Feng all showed arrogant smiles.

’Farming points in this space depends on the size of your team. My Lingxu Temple still has five members, all Foundation Establishment Perfection Realm Cultivators. Hmph, hmph, who can possibly compete with me?’

After Ling Dong read the rules, the feeling of being so angry at Jiang Jichen that he could spit blood finally subsided a little. He felt certain he could get one of the top two spots in the point rankings this time, and his mood improved considerably.

After all, the point rankings weren’t just a matter of face for the Noble Families and Sects. They also knew that the higher their points, the greater their chance of being teleported to a Mysterious Realm or secret land after reaching the Sixth Layer. Therefore, the battle for points was something they could not afford to lose.

Nangong Jinjie was also beaming. The frustration Jiang Jichen had caused him earlier was swept away. He rejoiced inwardly, ’The rules of the Exquisite Treasure Tower have actually changed this time, but it’s to my advantage! The Nangong Family still has six people left, and every one of them is at the Pseudo Earth-level Foundation Establishment Late Stage Realm or above. Hehe... A top-two spot in the point rankings is in the bag. Aside from that idiot Ling Dong... no one can compete with me!’

But just as Ling Dong, Nangong Jinjie, and the others were having these thoughts, the Spirit Pattern Tower marks on their foreheads trembled. They were stunned to see Jiang Jichen ranked first, with ten thousand five hundred points!

"Ah, Jiang Jichen...!"

Ling Dong’s and Nangong Jinjie’s eyes went wide. They both nearly coughed up blood again as their breathing grew heavy and ragged.