A month later, the second round of the competition began.
During this month, Ning Fan's life was considered peaceful. Yao Qingyun didn't make things difficult for him and Fei He didn't plot against him.
The other 999 people had already been selected by drawing lots, and all of them were busy recuperating.
When the Slaughter Palace announced that they were going to draw lots to decide who would advance, countless old monsters expressed their opposition.
Unfortunately, the Nether Sea Immortal King's cold gaze silenced all of them.
Ning Fan was not concerned about whether or not there were other people who advanced to the next round.
After the first round of the competition, he had already defeated all the cultivators of the same generation. These people would not be a hindrance for him to join the Slaughter Hall.
The only troublesome person, Bei Qinghan, had already left.
If nothing unexpected happened, he would join the Slaughter Hall.
Of course, before he truly joined the Massacre Hall, he still had to be cautious. He could not afford to fail miserably.
Ning Fan frowned as he held the latest report in his hand.
The content of the second round was to challenge Tong Tian Tower.
Skysplit Tower was the smelting trial for the disciples of the Slaughter Temple. In normal circumstances, the disciples of the Slaughter Temple had to spend a massive amount of slaughter points to obtain the opportunity to challenge Skysplit Tower.
After all, every time he opened a floor of Tong Tian Tower, he would need to spend a large amount of Dao crystal.
The higher the floor you challenge, the more kill points you expend, and the greater the benefits you obtain.
This was a treasure land to raise one's cultivation! It is greatly beneficial to Void Fragmentation Realm cultivators, Life Immortals and True Immortals!
The rules for the second round were very simple. Everyone would start from the first level, and the top 100 cultivators would advance to the third round.
It was said that the second round of the competition was not to challenge the Tower of Babel, but the Nether Sea Immortal King changed the rules at the last minute.
Letting a thousand participants challenge Tong Tian Tower would cost at least hundreds of billions of Dao crystal.
It had to be said that the Nether Sea Immortal King was very generous.
Some people said that the Nether Sea Deity King had changed the rules of the Grand Competition because he had taken a fancy to one of the contestants, and so he was bestowing an opportunity to that contestant.
Some said that the Nether Sea Immortal King was trying to appease the old monsters. After all, there were too many injured people in the first round of the competition. Many of the participants' elders were complaining.
No one knew the exact reason why the Nether Sea Deity King changed the rules at the last minute.
The Heaven Reaching Tower was within the Massacre Blood Palace. It was so tall that the top could not be seen, and it had a total of 210 floors.
The surface of the tower was blood-red in color. It was covered with ancient and unadorned formation patterns. With Ning Fan's attainments in the Dao of Formations, he could not see through the profoundness of those formation patterns at all.
There were trillions of Dao crystal buried under the base of the tower. Every time someone entered Tong Tian Tower, they would consume Dao crystal.
The higher the level of the tower, the more Dao crystal would be consumed.
When Ning Fan arrived, the two tall platforms and the vast sky were already filled with old monsters. All of them were staring at the Heaven Connecting Tower with fiery eyes.
The fact that Skysplit and Thought-Fragmenting True Immortals were so excited, it was easy to imagine how tempting the Skysplit Tower was.
The inner city had already been rebuilt. The other 999 participants were standing behind Ning Fan. All of them kept a large distance from him. Their eyes were filled with respect and fear when they looked at him.
There were quite a few cultivators in the second round who were in the seventh and eighth fragmentation stages.
Their strength wasn't top-notch, but their luck wasn't bad, so they were able to enter the second round.
Yu Kun and Chi Zhen also entered the second round. They were the only two remaining Life Immortal Realm participants. Their eyes were also filled with respect when they looked at Ning Fan.
Yu Kun knew that he was no match for Ning Fan. Chi Zhen looked at Ning Fan's back and could only smile bitterly. He no longer had any intention to challenge him.
Ning Fan remained silent and waited for the competition to begin.
Not long after that, Qian Tuzi and a group of ghost-masked assassins led Ning Fan and the other participants into the blood palace and walked to the bottom of the Heaven Connecting Tower.
The Heaven Connecting Tower was not concealed. All the old monsters outside could use their spirit sense to check the place.
The Immortal King of the Nether Sea sat on the jade platform and sipped his spiritual wine. His eyes were filled with a smile as he looked at Ning Fan who was standing far away.
"I wonder how many floors this young man can go to …" The Immortal King of the Nether Sea muttered to himself.
Yao Qingyun's eyes were cold. Sometimes, she would stare at Ning Fan's back. There was still a hint of hostility in her eyes but it was mostly filled with confusion.
"In the third round of the competition, I will also change the content. It will be about opening the ancient sacrificial altar. Do you understand?" The Immortal King of the Nether Sea's voice that carried a hint of reproach suddenly entered Yao Qingyun's ears.
Yao Qingyun was startled. In the end, she closed her eyes and said bitterly.
"Thank you, Great Elder."
The Immortal King of the Nether Sea nodded his head in satisfaction. Those who cultivate the Dao of Slaughter should be able to distinguish kindness and hatred clearly.
Kindness is kindness and hatred is hatred.
The Yao Clan did not owe Yao Qingyun anything but hatred.
Ning Fan massacred the Yao Clan but he did not owe Yao Qingyun anything.
All along, it was Yao Qingyun's obsession.
Reason could be clearly distinguished but it was hard to tell who was right and who was wrong.
From the Immortal King of the Nether Sea's point of view, Yao Qingyun's affection was not wrong. However, she should not waste her affection on her former enemy.
She should not forget the humiliation she suffered that day.
If she could not even sort out the kindness and hatred in the past, she would not be qualified to be an elder of the Slaughter Palace.
Time passed by slowly. When it was noon, Qian Tuzi began to announce the rules of the second round of the competition.
"In the second round of the competition, all of you will be lucky enough to enter the Heaven Connecting Tower. Only one person can enter the Heaven Connecting Tower at a time. The order of entry will be based on the number of people who were drawn on that day. After one person completed his challenge, the next person would enter. For the first ten floors of the Heaven Connecting Tower, your score will be increased by ten thousand points for each floor you pass. From the eleventh to the twentieth floor, your score will be increased by twenty thousand points for each floor you pass. From the twenty-first to the thirtieth floor, your score will be increased by forty thousand points for each floor you pass. For every ten floors you pass, your score will be doubled. "
"You can stay on each floor for a maximum of one day. If you fail to pass the floor within a day, the challenge will end. If you are defeated by the golden man in the tower, the challenge will end. If you give up, the challenge will end. "
"You can keep all the opportunities you obtain in the tower. The second round of the competition does not restrict any ability. "
"Now, the second round of the competition begins! Number 1, start the challenge. Number 2, get ready! "
As soon as Qian Tuzi's voice fell, a participant holding the number 1 jade lot walked out of the crowd with an excited expression.
He was a Seventh Heavenly Layer Void Fragmentation Realm cultivator!
Ning Fan watched him enter the tower with a deep frown on his face.
The reason why he frowned was because he did not have a jade lot in his hand. He did not advance to the next round by drawing lots.
In other words, he had to wait for the 999 participants who drew lots to complete the challenge before he could begin.
As far as Ning Fan knew, every floor of the Heaven Reaching Tower was guarded by golden men. However, he did not know the exact cultivation level of the golden men.
However, in his opinion, a participant should at least be able to pass through a few floors.
One could stay on each floor for a maximum of one day. In other words, it would take a few days for a person to pass through the floors alone. Those who were stronger would spend more than ten days.
In that case, wouldn't the second round of the competition last for several years or even tens of years?
Nuan Er's body could not last that long …
"Ah!"
A miserable shriek dispelled all of Ning Fan's worries.
He saw that the first genius who entered the tower was sent out by a ray of golden light as soon as he entered the tower. His entire body was bathed in blood as he coughed out blood along the way.
That person was holding a jade slip of the Life Immortal Realm attack. However, he did not have the time to use it at all …
* Hiss *
Countless gasps could be heard from the crowd.
Ning Fan's eyes turned slightly solemn.
In the second round of the competition, Yao Qingyun seemed to have changed. She did not cause any trouble and did not add any rules to make things difficult for Ning Fan.
In this round of the competition, the participants could use the jade slips given to them by their seniors.
Even so, that genius who entered the Life Immortal Realm only stayed on the first floor for a breath of time before he was sent out by the golden man on the first floor …
Did that golden man have a profound cultivation base or did he have some strange abilities? He actually managed to severely injure that cultivator who entered the Life Immortal Realm before he even had the time to use his jade slip.
"It seems like the difficulty of this Heaven Reaching Tower is far greater than what I imagined. I'm afraid it won't take much time for a thousand people to pass through the tower."
Just as Ning Fan had expected, the people who drew lots No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 only stayed in the tower for a breath of time before they were sent out by the golden man.
The person who drew lots No. 5 was a rogue immortal cultivator. He held a jade slip of the Life Immortal Realm attack in his hand. He seemed to know some secrets of the Heaven Reaching Tower. With a serious expression, he entered the tower.
As soon as he entered the tower, he took out his jade slip of the Life Immortal Realm attack without any hesitation and went to the second floor as he wished. However, he was immediately sent out by the golden man on the second floor.
When he passed through the first floor, the first floor of the tower shone with golden light.
"S-Fortunately …" This rogue immortal prodigy was sent out of the tower by the golden light. His body was covered with blood as he fell to the ground. Looking at the first floor of the tower that was shining with golden light, he actually revealed a satisfied smile.
He knew how difficult it was to pass through the tower. Since he could pass through the first floor, he had a great chance to enter the top one hundred and advance to the third round.
Moreover, he had already obtained a lot of opportunities after passing through the first round. He was satisfied!
There were more than four hundred rogue immortal prodigies in this place. The rest of them were cultivators at the Seventh and Eighth Break Realm.
Among the prodigies who were below the rogue immortal realm, it was rare for them to pass through the first floor even if they had the attack jade slips given by their seniors.
Even among the rogue immortal prodigies, not all of them could pass through the first floor.
It had only been two hours but eight hundred people had already passed through the first floor.
Among these eight hundred people, only forty-seven of them passed through the first floor, twelve of them passed through the second floor and only three of them passed through the third floor.
"Erm … Isn't the difficulty of the Heaven Reaching Tower a little too high for these participants? In my humble opinion, there won't be more than one hundred people who can pass through the first floor. "An elder of the Slaughter Palace sighed and said.
"Those who pass through the first floor are considered qualified and can advance to the third round. If there aren't enough people to advance to the next round, we'll draw lots to make up for it. "The Nether Sea Immortal King said with a smile.
"Drawing lots again …" That elder was speechless but he did not dare to refute the Nether Sea Immortal King's order.
Number 845 was Yu Kun!
Yu Kun's natal magical treasure, the Misty Moon Blade, was destroyed by Ning Fan which greatly reduced his strength. However, he was still an Early Human Profound Realm Life Immortal after all. A skinny camel was still bigger than a horse. It was impossible for him to stop at the first three floors like the other rogue immortals!
He entered the Heaven Reaching Tower confidently. Soon, the first floor of the tower shone with golden light. Then, the second and third floors all lit up.
Without any pause, Yu Kun killed his way to the tenth floor. The first ten floors all shone with golden light!
When he reached the eleventh floor, Yu Kun seemed to have stopped for a long time. However, he eventually defeated the golden man on the eleventh floor.
The eleventh floor shone with golden light.
After a long time, the twelfth floor finally shone with golden light.
Two hours later, Yu Kun was sent out of the Heaven Reaching Tower by the golden light. His body was covered with blood. His injuries were extremely severe but his face was filled with joy.
He seemed to have obtained a great fortune in the Heaven Reaching Tower. His qi had become much stronger.
"This young man is a rogue cultivator. He doesn't have any trump cards or abilities given to him by his seniors. It's barely satisfactory for him to pass the twelfth floor. If it were in the previous years, he would already be qualified to join the Slaughter Palace. Unfortunately, someone stronger has appeared this time. "
The Nether Sea Immortal King looked at Ning Fan with a faint smile.
From the beginning to the end, the only person who could pique his interest was Ning Fan.
After Yu Kun, another one hundred or so participants entered the Heaven Reaching Tower.
When it was Number 977, Chi Zhen walked out of the crowd and entered the Heaven Reaching Tower.
Just like Yu Kun, Chi Zhen passed through the first ten floors without stopping at all.
Chi Zhen spent about twenty breaths of time to pass the eleventh floor.
Chi Zhen spent about one hundred breaths of time to pass the twelfth floor.
Chi Zhen spent the time it took for an incense stick to burn to pass the thirteenth floor.
Chi Zhen spent two hours to pass the fourteenth floor.
On the fifteenth floor, Chi Zhen seemed to be in a tough battle. He had no choice but to use his trump card.
Hence, Chi Zhen passed the fifteenth floor at an extremely fast speed and kept going all the way to the eighteenth floor.
On the eighteenth floor, Chi Zhen was in a tough battle again. Four hours later, he finally passed the eighteenth floor and made his way to the nineteenth floor.
In the end, he was defeated on the nineteenth floor.
When Chi Zhen was teleported out of the Heaven Reaching Tower by the golden light, many old monsters' expressions changed.
Chi Zhen actually had three natal demon pets behind him. All of them were True Spirit Vermilion Birds!
"This young man cultivates the" Demon Managing Scripture "of the Demon Managing Sect. The more natal demon pets he has, the stronger his abilities will be. In the history of the Demon Managing Sect, there are only a few people who could subdue a third natal demon pet. This young man is an outstanding individual. The reason why the Demon Managing Sect sent him here is probably because they want him to join the Slaughter Palace and use him to erase the incident of him offending us. If it's in the previous years, this young man definitely has the strength to get the first place in the competition. Unfortunately, Ning Fan is here this time. "
The Nether Sea Immortal King chuckled. His eyes seemed to be able to see through everything.
His eyes gradually became serious. He just wanted to see Ning Fan pass the tower alone. Soon, it would be Ning Fan's turn!
After Chi Zhen finished passing the floors, the remaining 22 people who drew lots quickly passed the floors.
Among the 999 people who drew lots, only 75 of them passed at least one floor of the tower and were qualified to advance to the third round.
Ning Fan looked at the blood-red tower that towered into the sky. His heart was as calm as still water. Under the gaze of countless people, he stepped into the blood-red door of the Heaven Reaching Tower.
Everyone in the world knew that Ning Fan's strength was unparalleled among his peers. Naturally, his result in passing the tower would be the best among one thousand people.
However, no one knew what kind of result Ning Fan would get and how many floors he would pass.
As soon as he entered the door of light, he saw a golden palace. The inside of the tower had its own space. This golden palace was one million zhang * (3.33m per zhang) in size and height.
At the moment Ning Fan entered the golden palace, a cold killing intent locked onto him!
Golden light flashed. A golden-armored giant whose cultivation base was comparable to a rogue immortal made a series of hand seals at a terrifying speed. In an instant, he formed incomparably profound and complicated finger shadows.
In the blink of an eye, seven layers of golden palm imprints overlapped on his palm and merged into one.
The golden man slammed his palm down. The palm imprint carried a terrifying heavenly might as if it was going to pierce through heaven and earth!
The Golden Man's attack was too fast! Non-life Immortal cultivators would not be able to defend against this palm print!
Ning Fan's eyes flickered. No wonder so many geniuses were blasted out of the Heaven Reaching Tower before they could even take out their jade slips.
This Golden Man was indeed very powerful. Even an Early-stage Mystic Life Immortal would not be able to withstand its palm print!
"Burn!"
With a stomp of his foot, the golden floor suddenly shattered into pieces. Eighteen black fire dragons suddenly flew out from the ground and burned the golden palm print into nothingness. Then, the golden man was instantly incinerated!
After the Golden Man was incinerated, a golden fruit slowly appeared where the Golden Man had perished.
Ning Fan's expression changed slightly. He raised his hand and caught the golden fruit.
It was a Void Fragmentation Realm Dao Fruit. However, it was different from an ordinary Void Fragmentation Realm Dao Fruit.
This was extremely pure magical power that could be directly devoured without wasting time to refine!
Not only that …
Ning Fan remained silent for a while. Then, he suddenly swallowed the golden fruit.
In an instant, his magic power that had clearly reached the limit of the first step actually increased a little!
To the current Ning Fan, the amount of magic power that a Void Fragmentation Realm Dao Fruit could provide was too little.
However, the mysterious thing about this golden Dao Fruit was that it could continue to increase Ning Fan's magic power that had reached the limit!
All of a sudden, Ning Fan seemed to have understood something.
The golden Dao Fruit that was cut out from the Heaven Connecting Tower could not only increase one's magic power but also the upper limit of a cultivator's magic power!
The reason why cultivators who did not rely on immortal seeds to become immortals was because their magic power was thirty percent higher than immortal seeds cultivators!
Among cultivators of the same level, non-immortal seeds cultivators would always have thirty percent more magic power than immortal seeds cultivators. Naturally, they would be much more powerful!
This golden Dao Fruit could increase the upper limit of one's magic power. Its value and significance were far beyond that of an ordinary Dao Fruit.
Now, Ning Fan was more concerned about whether this golden Dao Fruit would appear every time he killed a Golden Man or whether it would appear with a small probability like an ordinary Dao Fruit?
With doubts in his heart, Ning Fan's figure flashed and flew into the teleportation formation, teleporting to the second floor.
There were two Rogue Immortal Realm Golden Men in the second floor!
The moment Ning Fan appeared, the two golden men formed hand seals in a frenzy. Seven palm imprints combined into one and sent out a sky-covering golden palm strike at Ning Fan.
What kind of strength did Ning Fan have? Of course, he was not afraid of two Rogue Immortal Realm Golden Men.
Ning Fan raised his finger and pointed at the sky. Black flames burned the two palm imprints and the two golden men to ashes.
After the golden men were burned to ashes, two golden Dao Fruits slowly emerged.
Ning Fan bent his palm and waved. The two Dao Fruits flew into his hand and he swallowed them.
His eyes flashed!
All the golden men in the Heaven Connecting Tower could produce golden Dao Fruits!
No wonder countless old monsters coveted the Heaven Connecting Tower of the Slaughter Palace. So that's why! (To be continued.)
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