"Next, I should check the Endless Pagoda."
Li Yun withdrew his sword and deliberately ended his challenge, leaving the Extreme Dao Pagoda.
"This fellow came out so quickly?"
"Judging from the time, he probably only cleared a few floors. Maybe four, perhaps three, or possibly only one or two."
"That is normal. No matter how much people praise him, he is still only at the 5th level of Heavenly Core Realm. At most, he should barely be able to contend with a 1st level Spirit Manifestation Realm cultivator considering his status as the champion."
When Li Yun appeared outside, many surrounding cultivators immediately revealed mocking expressions.
Despite their disdainful looks, none of them attempted to attack him.
Fighting inside the Genius Training Camp was not prohibited.
However, combat near the two trial pagodas and the Six Great Secret Realms was strictly forbidden.
Anyone who violated this rule would be immediately expelled from the training camp.
No one was foolish enough to pay such an enormous price merely to teach Li Yun a lesson.
Li Yun ignored their mocking gazes and walked directly into the Endless Pagoda.
Unlike the Extreme Dao Pagoda, the Endless Pagoda tested not only dueling ability, but also comprehensive combat strength, endurance, coordination under pressure, and survival ability.
On the first floor, challengers faced ten opponents at the 1st level of Spirit Manifestation Realm.
On the second floor, they faced one hundred opponents at the 1st level of Spirit Manifestation Realm.
On the third floor, they faced one thousand opponents at the 1st level of Spirit Manifestation Realm.
Although these guardians were only ordinary 1st level Spirit Manifestation Realm cultivators, numbers changed everything.
Moreover, they were not mindless opponents.
They understood formations, coordination, and group tactics.
Hundreds or even thousands of 1st level Spirit Manifestation Realm cultivators joining forces could threaten even an ordinary 2nd level Spirit Manifestation Realm expert.
Precisely because of this, the Endless Pagoda was considerably more difficult than the Extreme Dao Pagoda at equivalent stages.
Naturally, its rewards were also much higher.
For example, simply clearing the first floor awarded one hundred points.
In comparison, one needed to clear several floors of the Extreme Dao Pagoda before reaching a comparable reward.
Swoosh!
In the next moment, Li Yun appeared on an ancient battlefield.
Ten black-armored cultivators stood before him.
Each carried an identical black spear.
Their positions appeared disorderly at first glance, but Li Yun immediately noticed that they were actually arranged according to a subtle formation.
No matter which direction he attacked from, all ten could respond together.
"Kill!"
The ten black-armored cultivators shouted in unison.
Their footsteps struck the ground at exactly the same rhythm.
Then all ten raised their spears and lunged toward Li Yun simultaneously.
Boom!
Although they were merely ordinary 1st level Spirit Manifestation Realm cultivators, the support of their formation allowed them to display combat power comparable to a cultivator at the perfection stage of the 1st level of Spirit Manifestation Realm.
Ten spear lights erupted and merged into a single massive strike.
The spear glow carried an extremely sharp and destructive aura as it pierced toward Li Yun.
"There is a flaw."
Li Yun shook his head.
Although the ten black-armored cultivators coordinated perfectly, his soul strength allowed him to immediately detect a slight imperfection in their formation.
He struck without hesitation.
A strand of Sword Qi followed that flaw and split apart their coordination.
Then Li Yun moved through them rapidly, killing all ten black-armored cultivators.
Their figures instantly dissipated.
Immediately afterward, one hundred black-armored cultivators appeared.
Within the Endless Pagoda, every three floors formed a single major stage.
During these three floors, challengers received no rest period.
They had to clear the entire stage continuously.
Therefore, the second-floor enemies appeared immediately after Li Yun finished the first floor.
"Kill!"
However, Li Yun did not wait for them to attack.
He moved first.
Aurora Step.
His figure transformed into several afterimages as he moved through the battlefield.
His sword flashed continuously.
Every attack killed several black-armored cultivators.
Sword cultivators naturally possessed certain advantages in this type of group battle.
The sword was light and agile, allowing for much greater flexibility than heavier weapons.
At the same time, it retained terrifying sharpness and killing power.
For sword cultivators, battles were often extremely decisive.
If they could not overpower the enemy, then victory would naturally be difficult.
But once their strength exceeded the enemy even slightly, they could often create overwhelming suppression and kill extremely quickly.
In a large-scale battle such as this, that advantage became especially obvious.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
After fifteen minutes, Li Yun killed all one hundred black-armored cultivators and successfully cleared the second floor.
Immediately afterward, one thousand black-armored cultivators appeared.
Their auras linked together like a vast ocean, causing even Li Yun’s expression to become slightly more serious.
The number was enormous.
However, it was still nowhere near enough to threaten him.
After approximately half an hour, Li Yun killed every last one of them.
He had successfully completed the third floor.
At this point, he deliberately chose to leave the Endless Pagoda.
His figure was immediately teleported outside.
Through this experience, Li Yun had already understood the basic rules of the Endless Pagoda.
As long as all opponents on a floor were killed, the challenger could either continue upward or voluntarily leave.
However, if even a single opponent remained alive when the challenger failed, they would be forcibly teleported out.
Li Yun had deliberately chosen to stop here.
At the same time, ripples suddenly appeared across the Ranking Tablet.
Li Yun’s name became enveloped in mysterious light.
Then it rapidly began climbing upward.
Swish!
His name moved like ripples across water before finally stopping at rank six hundred and thirty-seven.
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"Six hundred and thirty-seventh?"
Below the Ranking Tablet, the expression of a black-robed youth suddenly changed.
It was the same black-robed youth who had previously provoked Li Yun and the others.
"This fellow only has cultivation at the 5th level of Heavenly Core Realm, yet he managed to reach rank six hundred and thirty-seven immediately after arriving?"
His face became extremely gloomy.
Rank six hundred and thirty-seven represented combat power roughly around the middle stage of the 2nd level of Spirit Manifestation Realm.
The black-robed youth himself was only ranked somewhere in the six hundred and eighties
He was actually ranked lower than Li Yun.
"Good fellow."
He snorted coldly.
After seemingly making a decision, he turned and headed toward another area.
Fifteen minutes later, he arrived at a spacious open area.
A young man dressed in purple robes was sitting cross-legged while cultivating.
His hair was deep purple.
As he circulated his cultivation technique, lightning continuously escaped from his mouth, nose, ears, and even the corners of his eyes.
Electric arcs surrounded his entire body, making him resemble a thunder god descended into the mortal world.

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