"Next, I should check the Extreme Dao Pagoda."
Li Yun stood up, left the stone house, and followed the directions recorded within the jade slip.
Before long, he arrived at the Extreme Dao Pagoda.
Two tall towers stood side by side.
One was slightly taller than the other.
The taller tower was the Extreme Dao Pagoda.
The Extreme Dao Pagoda mainly tested individual combat strength.
On the first floor, the guardian possessed cultivation at the minor accomplishment stage of the 1st level of Spirit Manifestation Realm.
The second-floor guardian was at the intermediate accomplishment stage of the 1st level of Spirit Manifestation Realm.
The third-floor guardian was at the major accomplishment stage of the 1st level of Spirit Manifestation Realm.
The fourth-floor guardian was at the perfection stage of the 1st level of Spirit Manifestation Realm.
From the fifth to the eighth floors, the guardians corresponded respectively to the minor accomplishment, intermediate accomplishment, major accomplishment, and perfection stages of the 2nd level of Spirit Manifestation Realm.
From the ninth to the twelfth floors, the guardians corresponded to the same four stages of the 3rd level of Spirit Manifestation Realm.
The final four floors contained guardians at the 4th level of Spirit Manifestation Realm.
Furthermore, the guardians of the Extreme Dao Pagoda were considerably stronger than ordinary cultivators at the same cultivation stage.
For example, a guardian at the perfection stage of the 3rd level of Spirit Manifestation Realm possessed combat strength comparable to an ordinary 4th level Spirit Manifestation Realm expert.
As for the guardian at the perfection stage of the 4th level of Spirit Manifestation Realm on the sixteenth floor, its strength was sufficient to contend with a 5th level Spirit Manifestation Realm powerhouse.
Under such circumstances, clearing the sixteenth floor was almost impossible.
Even Mu Tu, who currently ranked first in the entire Genius Training Camp, had only barely managed to clear the fifteenth floor.
"Hm? Why is there someone at only the 5th level of Heavenly Core Realm?"
"I know him. He should be the champion of this session’s Heaven’s Chosen Assembly, Li Yun. It seems that group has finally arrived."
"Hmph. We are dignified 3rd level Spirit Manifestation Realm cultivators, yet we are only ordinary members. This Li Yun has not even reached the Spirit Manifestation Realm, but he directly became a core member. How can this distribution possibly be fair?"
"I want to see exactly what is so special about him. If a core member ends up ranked dead last, I wonder how embarrassing that will be."
There were many cultivators gathered around the Extreme Dao Pagoda.
The moment Li Yun appeared, several people immediately began sneering.
Many of them had long been dissatisfied with the newcomers from the Heaven’s Chosen Assembly.
Just like the black-robed youth from earlier, many people had been waiting for Li Yun and the others to arrive so they could teach them a lesson and vent their resentment.
Li Yun ignored all of their gazes.
He directly entered the Extreme Dao Pagoda.
There were no restrictions on entering or leaving the Extreme Dao Pagoda.
Once a cultivator entered, they would be transported into an independent space.
Everything that happened inside remained hidden from outsiders.
In the next moment, Li Yun appeared inside a vast empty space.
His opponent was a white-robed youth whose aura had reached the minor accomplishment stage of the 1st level of Spirit Manifestation Realm.
Li Yun naturally did not care about an opponent of this level.
In fact, the first three floors were little more than warm-up rounds, which was why the points awarded were so low.
With a single sword strike, Li Yun easily defeated the white-robed youth.
The second and third floors were no different.
One sword was enough for each opponent.
When Li Yun reached the fourth floor, his opponent had reached the perfection stage of the 1st level of Spirit Manifestation Realm.
However, its actual combat power was already sufficient to contend with a cultivator at the minor accomplishment stage of the 2nd level of Spirit Manifestation Realm.
"Star Moon Sword."
The guardian was no longer limited to simple attacks.
With a swing of its sword, starlight and moonlight rippled outward together.
The attack was beautiful, yet concealed intense killing intent that filled the entire space.
"Slow Sword."
Li Yun remained calm.
He swung his sword, incorporating thirty percent of the profundity he had comprehended from the Mountain River Sword Art.
The starlight and moonlight were immediately deflected.
Li Yun then took one step forward and appeared directly in front of the guardian.
Swoosh!
A sharp stream of Sword Qi pierced through the guardian’s body.
The guardian instantly dissipated.
Li Yun’s figure then flickered and appeared on the fifth floor.
His opponent had now reached the 2nd level of Spirit Manifestation Realm
This time, Li Yun became slightly more serious.
The actual combat power of the fifth-floor guardian was already comparable to a cultivator at the intermediate accomplishment stage of the 2nd level of Spirit Manifestation Realm.
Although Li Yun was completely confident in winning, he still had to control how much strength he revealed.
"Slow Sword."
He exchanged several moves with the guardian.
When the opponent finally revealed a flaw, Li Yun suddenly attacked.
The seemingly slow sword contained a vast sword momentum, and it instantly pierced through the guardian.
Pop!
The guardian’s figure became illusory and disappeared.
The fifth floor had also been cleared.
Li Yun then reached the sixth floor.
The aura of the sixth-floor guardian was clearly much more formidable.
Its entire power seemed perfectly integrated, without the slightest leakage.
Swoosh!
The guardian swung its sword.
The movement was somewhat similar to Li Yun’s Slow Sword.
It was not particularly fast, yet it gave the impression that it covered the entire world, leaving nowhere to escape.
A vast sea of swords seemed to descend toward Li Yun from every direction.
"Hm?"
Li Yun’s expression remained calm.
At almost the same moment the guardian attacked, Li Yun made a judgment.
If he were an ordinary cultivator at this level, this sword would have been extremely troublesome.
As the floors of the Extreme Dao Pagoda increased, the guardians improved not only in essence qi cultivation.
Their combat skills and mastery of martial techniques also became increasingly refined.
This sword strike had already begun approaching the threshold of a Heaven Rank martial skill.
Coupled with combat power comparable to a cultivator at the major accomplishment stage of the 2nd level of Spirit Manifestation Realm, it was already extremely powerful.
However, to Li Yun, defeating it would still be far too easy. In no time he killed the guardian without even using much of his strength.

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