[Noble Phantasm — Spear of Converging Mana Thrust!]
Bai Qiu activated his Noble Phantasm, impaling all three Lord-tier monsters at once and instantly killing them!
As this attack strike landed, the long spear in his hand—already covered in cracks—finally couldn’t withstand the pressure and shattered with a loud bang…
On the 30th floor, he had used his Noble Phantasm a total of 29 times.
Even a C-rank weapon couldn’t endure such frequent consecutive activations.
After all, each floor clear refreshed all attributes and skill cooldowns, but it didn’t repair weapon durability.
If his Noble Phantasm had remained at a C-rank rating, it would’ve been fine.
But around the mid-teens floors, its proficiency maxed out, upgrading it to C+, increasing its power significantly and adding a new effect.
That effect was: if his attack hit and instantly killed a target, he could redirect it to continue attacking until all his mana was completely drained.
So even when facing multiple enemies, after killing one, he could immediately redirect the attack toward the next.
This meant that whether it was a single-target stage or a group of monsters, he could basically wipe everything out with a single activation.
Naturally, the strain on his spear skyrocketed.
But it wasn’t a big issue—he still had several more spears of similar quality.
The 30th floor brought another promotion reward.
Bai Qiu still chose blueprints.
After all, whether it was equipment or materials, low-quality items were useless to him, and high-quality ones likely wouldn’t suit him either.
So he might as well gamble on the highest-value option: blueprints.
As long as it wasn’t something useless like a coffin, he could always turn a profit.
For example, the Advanced Ecological Greenhouse Blueprint he obtained on the 15th floor allowed crops grown inside to gain an additional 30% growth speed bonus.
The value of that blueprint was undoubtedly high—even if it was completely useless to him personally.
“Ding! Obtained C-rank Crop Growth Acceleration Fertilizer Recipe Blueprint!”
As the system notification sounded, Bai Qiu’s face lit up after reading the description.
As expected—yet another item that didn’t directly boost his own strength, but whose potential value was immeasurable.
31st floor, 32nd floor, 33rd floor…
Bai Qiu fought his way all the way up to the 40th floor.
His average clear time hovered just over twenty seconds—basically just rushing in, unleashing his ultimate to instantly wipe everything, grabbing the reward, and leaving.
But that wasn’t all…
In truth, those twenty seconds were intentional.
On non-promotion floors, Bai Qiu could usually clear in just over ten seconds.
He couldn’t rise too fast—he needed to hide his strength a bit.
“Ding! Obtained C-rank Residence Construction Blueprint.”
“Ding! Obtained C-rank Wind Spirit Hoverboard Construction Blueprint.”
…..
“Already at the 44th floor this fast, and still maintaining an average of twenty seconds per floor…” Zhao Daqiang said in astonishment.
Ning Xingxue replied calmly, “That’s normal. You’ve all seen his Noble Phantasm… Being able to unleash that level of attack on every floor—he probably won’t feel any pressure until around the 50th floor.”
“True.”
“What are you guys talking about?” At that moment, Zhang Shiyao showed up.
She had just finished clearing a newly appeared dungeon outside and returned, spotting Huang Qi from afar—standing out like a bright light bulb.
As she walked closer, she happened to hear them discussing Bai Qiu.
Huang Qi tilted his chin toward the Tower of Heaven and said, “We’re talking about Brother Bai Qiu—how many floors he can maintain that twenty-seconds-per-floor pace.”
Hearing this, Zhang Shiyao also looked toward the tower.
To her surprise, the second-place player on the leaderboard had already reached the 44th floor. No—within just that short moment, it had already risen to the 45th floor.
Zhang Shiyao frowned, as if thinking of something troubling.
She knew the monsters on the 45th floor—she could handle them.
But the 46th floor…
However, if it’s Brother Bai Qiu, there shouldn’t be a problem, right?
…
45th floor.
The boss Bai Qiu faced was no longer a group of Lord-tier monsters, but a single King-tier creature—the Hydra Serpent he was familiar with.
A level 31 Hydra Serpent.
Its stats and skills were no different from the one in the tide, aside from being slightly larger in size.
The interior and exterior of the Tower of Heaven were completely different spaces.
From the outside, the higher the tower rose, the smaller its structure became—perfectly in line with physical architectural principles.
But inside, starting from the first floor, each level caused the arena to expand outward by 1 meter.
From the 11th floor onward, it expanded by 2 meters per floor, and so on.
Bai Qiu didn’t notice this at first.
He only discovered it upon reaching the 8th floor, and from then on, after instantly killing the monsters on each floor, he would measure the area to confirm his findings.
Otherwise, if from the 30th floor onward the arena had remained its original size, it would have become far too cramped.
By the 45th floor, the arena had already reached a radius of 112 meters—a diameter of over 200 meters—more than enough to accommodate the Hydra Serpent!
Bai Qiu didn’t take the Hydra Serpent seriously at all.
The moment he entered the 45th floor, he began chanting his Noble Phantasm on the spot.
The Hydra Serpent lacked effective attack methods.
Whether it was charging or spitting venom, all were blocked by the wind barrier and magic generated as Bai Qiu chanted.
[Noble Phantasm — Spear of Converging Mana Thrust!]
Bai Qiu raised his spear and charged straight at the Hydra Serpent, piercing directly through its head.
Massive magical power poured out from the spear…
The Hydra’s head shattered instantly.
Yet Bai Qiu didn’t stop his momentum—he continued surging forward, releasing his magic.
Under his charge, the Hydra Serpent’s massive body broke apart piece by piece, turning into a mist of blood and taking the full force of the damage!
This time, it couldn’t even regenerate its wounds with bodily fluids.
Its enhanced regeneration and Azure Scale Shield didn’t activate at all.
In fact, even if Bai Qiu had only destroyed its head with Spear of Converging Mana Thrust, it would have died anyway.
His Noble Phantasm had a healing-nullification effect—any damage it took could not be recovered.
However, in order to maximize the proficiency gain, Bai Qiu had no intention of stopping midway.
After all, his mana and cooldown would reset instantly.
Spear of Converging Mana Thrust Proficiency +10,000
After the Noble Phantasm reached a C+ rating, the required proficiency to level up increased tenfold, reaching 2.5 million.
This meant Bai Qiu would need to cast the Noble Phantasm 250 more times to upgrade it to a C++ rating.
This also aligned with the fact that once attributes reached C-rank, each minor grade increase would widen the upper and lower limits by more than tenfold…
46th floor.
Upon arriving here, Bai Qiu finally understood why Zhang Shiyao had been stuck on this level—because the monster here was also a King-tier beast.
Pseudo-Chimera Hybrid Beast (Level 31, King-tier)
Bai Qiu immediately retreated, took out Fallen Dragon’s Bow, and fired several arrows to bait out its skills.
After all, this creature’s abilities were highly disruptive, and he wasn’t sure whether chanting his Noble Phantasm at close range would be interrupted.
Very quickly, after baiting out its Light Cannon and King Beast’s Roar, Bai Qiu began chanting his incantation on the spot.
However, this time, the Pseudo-Chimera Hybrid Beast wasn’t going to sit still and wait for death.
Just like during the tide, its ominous black goat head began to wither, while its giant eagle head started glowing—charging up the Metal Radiance Cannon once again…
It held onto this skill very tightly and wouldn’t use it casually…
So Bai Qiu didn’t hesitate.
After baiting out its two key abilities, he directly unleashed his ultimate in a head-on clash.
But clearly, Bai Qiu’s Noble Phantasm was superior.
He forcefully tanked the Metal Radiance Cannon and killed it instantly.
This time, even the royal serpent behind it didn’t have time to escape before being obliterated by the overwhelming energy.
After clearing the 46th floor, Bai Qiu received one of the three basic rewards—he obtained 1 piece of Star Iron from the random item pool.
It seemed that at this level of difficulty, transcendent items had already begun to drop.
As for the 45th floor reward, Bai Qiu had obtained a C++-rank cloak crafting blueprint.
Its attributes and bonuses were already extremely close to transcendent level.
Unfortunately, the required materials were too numerous and too obscure—many of them Bai Qiu had never even heard of.
So without hesitation, he tossed it into his spatial bracelet.
For the later stages, he really needed to consider whether to exchange for transcendent materials or transcendent equipment.
After all, blueprints were fine if they were simple.
But for complex items, the cost of crafting them could be immeasurable.
On the other hand, materials and equipment could, to some extent, be directly sold or used—maximizing immediate value.
47th floor: Two Hydra Serpents guarding the level—instantly killed.
48th floor: One Hydra Serpent and one Pseudo-Chimera Hybrid Beast. After a bit of kiting, he pierced through both in one strike.
49th floor: Two Pseudo-Chimera Hybrid Beasts. Same strategy—kite, bait out skills, then wipe both with a single treasure strike.
His second spear was also destroyed on this floor…
50th floor…
The moment Bai Qiu stepped onto it, he instantly sensed a transcendent aura—a Monarch-tier monster.
Moreover, the battlefield on this floor was more than ten times larger than that of the 49th floor.
Even the environment had completely changed…
It was no longer dominated by blue semi-transparent walls and flooring.
Instead, it felt as though there was a sky and earth—just that a section had been isolated, almost like…
A dungeon realm?
Above the dome of the 50th floor, Bai Qiu stood high in the air, his gaze fixed intently on everything below.
The arena beneath him resembled an entire lake, with a small earthen island at the center, about ten meters in radius…
The water surged violently, and from time to time, a dark shadow would flash through it—a battlefield shaped by a transcendent creature combined with an environment perfectly suited to it.
Even Bai Qiu couldn’t help but marvel at the massive spike in difficulty—every single floor was explosively harder than the last!
“Splash! Splash!” A jet of water shot up from below, but Bai Qiu easily twisted his body to dodge it.
In return, he fired several arrows downward.
Unfortunately, his usually unstoppable Darksteel arrows, disturbed by the turbulent currents, only traveled a few meters before losing all momentum…
As if mocking Bai Qiu’s weak attack, the shadow beneath the water surfaced at that moment, looking up at him with a face full of disdain.
Water-Controlling Flood Dragon (Level 31, Monarch-tier Boss)
- Strength: C+
- Mana: B-
- Endurance: C+
- Agility: C+
Skills:
- Water Manipulation: Can control and enhance water currents, using them for both offense and defense. The water itself serves as its natural weapon and shield.
Passive:
- Rising Tide: The water controlled by the Flood Dragon rises by 1 meter every minute within the Tower arena, and its Water Manipulation ability is strengthened accordingly.
Abilities:
- Rising Flow Projectile: Consumes 10 meters of water level from the arena, coating itself in highly compressed water and launching like a cannonball at the enemy.
- Water Scales: Consumes 15 meters of water level from the arena to form scales around its body, greatly enhancing Strength, Endurance, and Agility.
- Abyssal Heavy Water: Consumes 30 meters of water level from the arena, condensing it onto the horn on its head before firing it. Targets with Strength below B- cannot withstand this attack.
— The end of the Chapter–
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