Wen Longxiu also successfully entered the fourth floor!
Shen Miaoqing was also on the fifth floor. The reason she arrived at the fifth floor so quickly was because she was on the fifth floor last time she came in, so she continued to try to enter the fifth floor this time!
Most students in the academy are stuck on the fifth floor of the cultivation tower. The fifth floor is an illusion, where people's deepest fears often manifest. This also tests one's composure. Inner demons are the bottleneck to progress; only by breaking through inner demons can one's cultivation advance by leaps and bounds!
Inner demons can always be there, they can suddenly appear, they can hide, they can grow, they can devour people, or they can temper people. So the fifth level is actually about conquering yourself in order to successfully reach another realm!
Meanwhile, Shen Miaoqing fell into a pitch-black cave. She had no spiritual power or spirit beasts, and was surrounded by darkness, with only the sound of dripping water. She huddled to one side, shivering.
This is precisely her inner demon, the inner demon she has overcome countless times!
When she was six years old, she accidentally fell into a cave. There was no light, only endless darkness and silence. She waited for three days before being found. Since then, she has even slept with the lights on!
Ji Jiuying was covered in blood, having fought her way through the battle. She quickly reached the fourth floor, but before she could even stand still, a cry of alarm came from not far away.
"Run! It's a level 5 Violent Bear!"
Looking at the group of people walking in her direction not far away, she was a little puzzled. Were they all students from the academy? That shouldn't be the case. She had learned about the cultivation tower from Old Man Yu, and there was no way they would meet there. No wonder Bag appeared.
"Ah! Help!"
Those who ran slowly became easy prey for the Bursting Bear! The group was beaten into a sorry state, and at this moment, Ji Jiuying became their biggest lifeline.
"Look, that's Senior Sister! Let's go ask her for help!"
"Senior Sister, help! Please save us!"
"Senior Sister, if you don't save us, we're all doomed!"
Please!
Ji Jiuying was even more confused. If they couldn't win, they could simply use their tokens to leave! Why would they ask her for help? Just as she was about to ask, the Bursting Bear leaped up and appeared directly in front of her, attacking her. At this moment, she couldn't care less about anything else; she had to deal with the Bursting Bear first!
With a leap, he landed directly above the Bursting Bear, and plunged the Night Blade into its flesh.
"Roar—" The Bursting Bear cried out in pain, its eyes filled with even more rage as it glared at Ji Jiuying. It then conjured a massive stone sphere, its immense power and deafening thunderous roar piercing everyone's eardrums as it slammed into Ji Jiuying.
The man and the bear clashed, their figures flashing past each other. Every clash of their skills caused the earth to tremble. Soon after, a huge scream rang out, blood splattered everywhere, and the Exploding Bear's corpse crashed to the ground, causing the earth to shake.
However, just when Ji Jiuying thought it was over, another Explosive Bear came running out of the forest! Ji Jiuying was so angry she wanted to curse!
After an unknown amount of time, the corpses of the Exploding Bears on the ground piled up into a small mountain!
They can't be killed all of them! They're impossible to kill all of them! Every time she kills one of these Exploding Bears, another one will appear every ten seconds.
At this moment, Ji Jiuying remembered what Old Man Yu had said: there was no way she would encounter people from the academy. Could it be that the fourth level wasn't for hunting spirit beasts at all, but for these people from the academy?
Ji Jiuying glanced at the students not far away and noticed that their eyes were somewhat empty. To confirm her thoughts, after hunting down the Exploding Bear in her hand, she leaped forward and decisively stabbed the Night Sword in her hand into the heart of one of the students!
"Pfft~"
Blood stained her dress and her face. Sure enough, no more Explosive Bears appeared in the forest behind her. Ji Jiuying smiled.
"Senior Sister, what are you doing?"
Why kill him?
"Aren't you afraid we'll go out and tell Vice Dean Shen?!"
A group of people roared.
Ji Jiuying ignored them and continued killing them!
"There are dozens of us, and she's all alone. I refuse to believe we'll lose!" Upon hearing this, the others also drew their weapons and began fighting against Ji Jiuying.
Ji Jiuying's eyes were cold and clear as she looked at the dozens of students rushing towards her. The blood lotus between her brows glowed with a bewitching red light. In no time, the ground was littered with corpses. Ji Jiuying glanced at them coldly, and in an instant, the scene changed! She entered the fifth floor of the cultivation tower!
What came into view was a vast expanse of white. Just as Ji Jiuying was feeling puzzled, an ice coffin appeared behind her, suspended above the clouds. Unlike the ten-thousand-year-old Xuanjing she had seen in the Snow Palace, the ice coffin exuded a majestic aura and a sense of supreme authority, causing her body to tremble involuntarily. Ji Jiuying guessed that this should be an ancient Xuanjing ice coffin!
She was certain she had never seen such a scene before, yet for some reason it felt strangely familiar! Her mind compelled her to walk towards the mystical crystal ice coffin. What was this trial testing? Her intuition told her the answer lay within that ice coffin!
She quickly arrived in front of the Xuanjing Ice Coffin. She only needed to take one more step to see what was inside, but for some reason, this step felt incredibly heavy, and she couldn't take it!
Ji Jiuying closed her eyes, gritted her teeth, and slowly reached out her hand toward the ice coffin. Just as her hand touched the ice coffin, she easily took a step forward.
However, the smile on her face vanished abruptly, her chest felt like it was being stabbed, and her jade-like hand, which was resting on the ice coffin, trembled slightly. She stared into the ice coffin in disbelief, her eyes filled with heartache and reluctance.
Tick-tock, tick-tock—
Tears streamed down her face uncontrollably, and her voice trembled uncontrollably, "A-Yue, don't leave me, okay!"
Isn't he the great Imperial Advisor? Doesn't he claim to be the true self? How could that alluring, powerful, and arrogant man be lying in this tiny ice coffin!
Ji Jiuying's pale hand covered Gong Mingyue's face, stroking it incessantly. Even though the ice coffin was bitterly cold, she did not flinch. Soon, the ice coffin was stained with mottled blood, blurring her vision and his face. She panicked and tried to wipe the blood off the ice coffin with her other hand, but the more she wiped, the larger the area stained with blood became, and both her hands were instantly covered in blood.
Her face paled even more. "A-Yue, I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" In her panic, she used her remaining spiritual power to clean the bloodstains off the ice coffin before finally letting out a sigh of relief!
She could clearly see Gong Mingyue's curled eyelashes, and her vision began to blur again. Her heart felt like it was being cut by a knife, bleeding endlessly, riddled with holes. The excruciating pain felt like thousands of snakes and ants were biting her body!
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