Amid the skepticism of the onlookers, Jiang Yuan paid no heed and entered the Tower of Trials.
As he passed through the shimmering curtain of the tower, and the scene before him transformed, revealing a vast plain.
A blurry phantom materialized in front of Jiang Yuan, gradually taking the form of a black-clad warrior.
“Attack!”
As soon as the black-clad warrior took shape, he swung his sword directly at Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan stood still, allowing the black-clad warrior’s strike to approach.
Crack!
The sword blade in the black-clad warrior’s hand instantly shattered, and he collided with Jiang Yuan due to inertia.
At that moment, he turned into powder just like an egg hitting a stone.
Without lifting a finger, Jiang Yuan effortlessly eliminated the black-clad warrior but he remained unenthusiastic while wearing a dispirited expression.
As if what he had just experienced was not a battle but a dull farce.
A blue teleportation array appeared after the black-clad warrior disappeared, leading to the second level.
Without hesitation, Jiang Yuan stepped into the array.
*
Meanwhile, outside the tower.
In just ten seconds, the first level of the Tower of Trials lit up brilliantly.
This meant that the first level had already been conquered!
Those who had doubted Jiang Yuan were left speechless, witnessing this inexplicable scene.
“What… what’s going on? Did I see things?”
“That guy just entered, and he already passed the first level?”
“This is impossible! I think there’s something wrong with the Tower of Trials!”
Hearing the murmurs of the crowd, the supervising elder furrowed his brow and firmly declared, “The Tower of Trials was created by top-ranked martial experts, and it has never had any issues for so many years.”
As soon as the elder finished speaking, the light of the second level also lit up!
The elder was dumbfounded, and even he couldn’t believe it this time.
The entire scene fell into silence.
Everyone stared in disbelief at the glowing second level, their expressions filled with incredulity.
Ten seconds.
Just ten seconds!
From the first level lighting up to the second level, it took only a short ten seconds.
It was as if the first and second levels had no difference in difficulty.
“The second level is also lit up now? Can someone explain what’s happening? Did he use an invincibility token?”
“Just twenty seconds, and he’s passed two levels in a row! Even the top 100 ranked on the people’s list can’t do that! If he really did it, does it mean… he’s already in the top one hundred?”
At this point, everyone felt like they had been slapped in the face.
They had confidently asserted that Jiang Yuan could never make it onto the people’s list.
But just twenty seconds later, he had made an unprecedented achievement by entering the top one hundred on the people’s list which caught them completely off guard!
A newcomer who had just entered the people’s list had now stormed into the top one hundred, a concept beyond comprehension.
This was truly an unprecedented existence!
“Elder, are you sure there’s no problem with the Tower of Trials?” a man pointed at the tower and asked the elder.
The elder couldn’t bring himself to speak.
He had been very sure that there was no issue with the Tower of Trials just a moment ago.
But now, he wasn’t so sure.
Because he knew that it took a full eight seconds for each level’s enemies to form.
He couldn’t be certain anymore.
In other words, while the man completed each level in ten seconds, he spent at least a full eight seconds waiting for the enemies to form.
His actual time to defeat the enemies was just a short two seconds!
Even today’s ranked martial experts would typically need half an incense stick’s worth of time to defeat the enemies on the second level.
However, the man who just entered took only two seconds!
What kind of concept was this?
It was almost like an instant kill!
At this point, the elder supervising the trials couldn’t help but break into a cold sweat.
Just when he began to suspect that there might be an issue with the Tower of Trials, something even more unexpected happened.
The third level lit up!
The radiance was so blinding that people couldn’t even look directly at it. Everyone was struck dumb as if they had turned to stone on the spot.
Ten seconds!
Still just ten seconds!
From the second level lighting up to the third level, it still only took ten seconds.
The first level took ten seconds, the second level took ten seconds, and now the third level also took ten seconds.
Before that man, it seemed like there was no difference at all between the first, second, and third levels.
All he needed was ten seconds to clear them all. It was as if he had an invincibility pass!
At this moment, everyone’s worldview was completely shattered.
“The third level has passed as well? Illusion! This must be an illusion!”
“Thirty seconds to clear three levels, that performance is enough to place him in the top 30 on the people’s list!”
“Top thirty on the people’s list? Am I dreaming?”
A man turned to the elder and asked, “Elder, is he… a relative of yours?”
The elder was rendered speechless; he didn’t know what to say anymore.
And just then, the fourth level lit up.
Still, it took just ten seconds.
People were already at a loss for words, trying to comprehend what was happening and express their inner shock.
The blinding radiance from the fourth level was like divine light, leaving them temporarily blinded.
“Is there any doubt that there’s a problem with the Tower of Trials now?”
“You’re right. If there’s no problem with the Tower of Trials, doesn’t it mean he can directly enter the top ten on the people’s list?”
“More than the top ten! At this rate, he might even clear the fifth level, and then he’ll be able to enter the Earthly Ranking!”
As the crowd was still discussing, the fifth level lit up!
The scene fell into silence once again.
Ten seconds.
The same old ten seconds!
At this moment, everyone was completely numb.
No one spoke, and they all stared blankly at the Tower of Trials and the figure of Jiang Yuan, who appeared within the radiant light.
From the perspective of the onlookers, Jiang Yuan, standing within the brilliance, seemed incredibly dazzling as if a divine being had descended to the mortal realm.
“Congratulations on completing all the levels in fifty seconds, and entering the… no, it should be the Earthly Ranking!” The elder’s voice was trembling as he announced something that seemed impossible.
Hearing the elder’s announcement, the onlookers also felt like they were in a dream, finding it hard to believe that a newcomer, and seemingly in his early twenties, had the power to enter the Earthly Ranking.
This absurd situation left them wondering how it could be real.
Moreover, even some lower-ranked Earthly Ranking experts wouldn’t be able to clear the trials in such a short time.
And yet, that man had done it. His terrifying speed made everyone wonder if he could clear the sixth, seventh, or even the eighth and ninth levels with the same ease.
