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Chapter 285: The Second Level of the Black Tower
Chapter 285: The Second Level of the Black Tower (End of Chapter)
The rules of space are one of the fundamental pillars that govern the universe. What are pillar rules? Without the rules of space, the universe would be imperfect and could even collapse.
All existence and matter rely on space; it is the foundation of everything.
Lin Yuan, now with a full grasp of the rules of space, even if it's just one aspect, has a completely different perception of the outside world.
Before enlightenment about the rules of space, Lin Yuan felt like a fish in water, only sensing what was within his immediate surroundings. But now, after understanding these rules, he is like a fish that has leaped out of the water, able to see and look farther.
"The rules of space may not be as profound as the rules of time, which can reverse the flow and resurrect the dead. But it penetrates deeper into all things," Lin Yuan thought to himself.
At this moment, he has only just reached the ninth stage in all aspects. Without mastering the rules of space, even if Lin Yuan's combat power surpasses the ninth-stage threshold, he would still be at a disadvantage when facing a ninth-stage powerhouse.
Such an opponent could easily escape whenever they want by utilizing their understanding of space and 'toying' with Lin Yuan from a higher level of existence.
It's like a whale living in the deep sea; no matter how powerful it is, it cannot threaten the lives on land.
"Mastering space is just the beginning. Next, I need to integrate the Taiji rules and the various powers of the universe with the complete rules of space and forge my own path." Lin Yuan's heart pounded with excitement. The ninth stage was now within reach. All he needed to do was complete the final fusion rule, and he would cross that threshold.
In the vast universe, among the countless tribes, the ninth stage is truly a force to be reckoned with. Many weak and ordinary tribes have their most powerful ancestors only at this level.
"What about my inner world?" Lin Yuan's consciousness descended into his inner world and found that it, which had originally only spanned over a hundred million miles, was now expanding rapidly once more.
Fortunately, Lin Yuan had anticipated this and took out the Taiwei Qingjing, which he had prepared long ago, and integrated it into his inner world.
Rumble...
Before long...
His inner world expanded to a size of 1.3 billion miles.
The thick and heavy world force churned, and an ordinary eighth-stage invincible being would only be crushed by such a vast world force, unable to even put up a struggle.
"With my current inner world, thoroughly absorbing the mysterious gourd's green liquid should be a breeze," Lin Yuan thought. Over the past few years, he had tried to absorb the green liquid but always got stuck at the very last bit. Now, he estimated that he could easily overcome that hurdle.
"Let's absorb the green liquid first." Lin Yuan's consciousness returned to the outside world, and he took out the gray-green gourd, tilting its mouth downward to begin absorbing.
Thousands of light-years away from the B0001 Alien Battlefield.
A black spaceship emerged from a wormhole, revealing itself.
"So that's the B0001 Alien Battlefield?" Lin Yuan stood within the spaceship, gazing at the massive battlefield thousands of light-years away.
The B0001 Alien Battlefield was the first medium-sized alien battlefield established by human civilization, spanning about twelve light-years.
Even an eighth-stage invincible powerhouse could fight freely here without holding back.
"Forget it, I'll just use Great Shift to cover the rest of the distance." Lin Yuan walked out of the spaceship. After comprehending the complete rules of space, a single use of Great Shift could easily span hundreds of light-years, and there was no 'cooldown period'. It was far more efficient than traveling through wormholes in a spaceship.
Of course, using Great Shift to travel consumed a lot of energy, so it was still better to use spaceships for long-distance travel if time wasn't an issue.
Lin Yuan only decided to use Great Shift because he had less than a thousand light-years left to his destination, and he wanted to experience what it felt like to travel by Great Shift.
Whoosh!
At the edge of Battlefield 0001.
Lin Yuan appeared, gazing at the battlefield before him.
"The spatial fluctuations here are much more intense than in the medium-sized alien battlefield where Taiyin Yuanshen is located," Lin Yuan thought.
The spatial fluctuations in the alien battlefield came from the constant battles between countless powerful beings and the presence of permanent spatial fissures.
As the oldest alien battlefield, Battlefield 0001 had, in the distant past, often witnessed escalations in the intensity of warfare.
When tenth-stage evolvers with the strongest weapons personally joined the fray, the permanent spatial fissures they tore open were much wider and longer than those in other medium-sized alien battlefields.
The spatial fissures in ordinary small alien battlefields were usually around ten to a few dozen meters, while those in medium-sized battlefields mostly exceeded a thousand meters, ranging from one to twenty thousand meters.
And the largest permanent spatial fissure on Battlefield 0001 was a staggering thirty thousand meters.
This was no ordinary spatial fissure but a permanent one, a 'wound' that even the innate functioning of the universe couldn't heal.
"Let's go take a look at that thirty-thousand-meter-long permanent spatial fissure first." Lin Yuan concealed his aura and made his way toward his destination. Even though he had mastered the complete rules of space, it was still best not to use Great Shift while in an alien battlefield with intense spatial fluctuations.
It was very easy to be affected by the fluctuating space and end up deviating from your intended destination or even becoming briefly lost in the depths of the layered spaces.
In the Galaxy Mainstar.
Lin Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, and the green flames within him raged wildly before finally calming down.
"Finally, it's completely absorbed." Lin Yuan's consciousness descended into his inner world once more and looked at the vast world that had quietly reached 1.332 billion miles, a satisfied smile on his face.
For a human evolver who has a full grasp of the rules of space, the limit of their inner world is usually a thousand miles. For those with peak bloodlines, like the Star Sea Traveling Kun, or other special spatial life forms, the upper limit of their inner world is probably around a few thousand miles.
To have an inner world spanning over a hundred million miles at the eighth stage is something that only a small number of special life forms, too scarce to even form a tribe, could achieve.
The universe is fair; it gives birth to countless life forms, and the stronger the innate talent and bloodline, the lower and more difficult their reproduction becomes.
Human civilization has a terrifying reproductive capacity, but the majority of their innate talents are mediocre.
The Star Sea Traveling Kun has powerful innate talent and bloodline, but their reproduction is extremely difficult. However, no matter how challenging it is, they can still barely form a tribe.
There are some special life forms so scarce that they can't even form a tribe, and their innate talents are beyond comprehension.
Deep in the universe, among the countless 'Ancient Gods' who dominate their respective regions, there are those who were born of such scarcity.
"Next is the green liquid?" Lin Yuan flipped his hand, and the mysterious gourd appeared before him.
At this moment, the color of the gourd began to change slowly, transforming from the previous gray-green to a grayish-blue.
"Absorb." Lin Yuan inverted the gourd, and a drop of deep bluish liquid dripped out.
Rumble...
The bluish liquid slid down his throat, transforming into pure bluish flames that began to burn within Lin Yuan's organs.
After a few days...
Lin Yuan had tried several times, and his inner world expanded to 1.45 billion miles.
"Over these past few years, I've finally accumulated thirty strands of Boundary Source Power again."
Lin Yuan sunk his consciousness into his sea of consciousness, sensing the amount of Boundary Source Power he had.
Before his eighth shuttle journey, Lin Yuan had accumulated a total of thirty-six strands of Boundary Source Power.
Descending upon the Spirit World had consumed ten strands, and bringing the Mysterious Gourd and Primordial Essence Metal along had used up another two strands.
After completing the eighth shuttle journey, he still had twenty-four strands of Boundary Source Power remaining.
And now, after these past few years, Lin Yuan's Boundary Source Power had once again reached thirty strands.
"There's no rush for the ninth shuttle journey."
Lin Yuan's expression turned pensive. Currently, he was in a crucial period of fusing the rules, and embarking on a shuttle journey at this time would only hinder his progress toward reaching the ninth stage.
It would be better to wait until after he broke through to the ninth stage and his cultivation hit a temporary bottleneck before considering another shuttle journey.
After all, for Lin Yuan, cultivation could be done anywhere—whether it was shuttling through worlds or staying in the main world, he could rapidly enhance his strength.
The greatest benefit of shuttling through worlds for Lin Yuan was the opportunity to witness cultivation systems beyond the main world and take advantage of the differences in dimensional dimensions.
For example, the Spirit World had little to no suppression of Universal Force, allowing Lin Yuan to deduce dozens of types of Universal Force, over ten types of higher-order Universal Force, and even one type of Primordial-level Universal Force.
If he were in the main world, this would have been nearly impossible to achieve. Even if Lin Yuan relied on his heaven-defying comprehension talent to force it, he would have wasted a lot of time and hindered his subsequent cultivation.
In the Spirit World, countless fortuitous opportunities of Creation Force were laid out before Lin Yuan, giving him the correct direction and making his comprehension naturally faster.
However, in the main world, Universal Force couldn't be replicated, and Lin Yuan could only start deducing it from scratch, possibly even going down the wrong path along the way.
"Now that I've comprehended the space rules, I can try challenging the second level of the Black Tower."
Lin Yuan's heart stirred as he thought. In the past few years, he had been challenging the second level of the Black Tower purely to temper his application of Universal Force.
He hadn't even considered the possibility of clearing it.
But now, Lin Yuan wanted to give it a shot.
Comprehending the complete space rules was a qualitative change for Lin Yuan, and it was a comprehensive one at that.
His abilities in slaughter, defense, self-preservation, and more had all undergone a qualitative improvement.
An eighth-stage powerhouse who comprehended the complete space rules could give eighth-stage invincibles a hard time. Even if numerous eighth-stage invincibles ganged up on them, they wouldn't be able to do anything to a being who mastered the complete space rules.
A life form that comprehended the space rules could have a strand of their consciousness roaming through countless space layers, and those eighth-stage invincibles probably wouldn't even be able to touch them.
Hum!
A wisp of Lin Yuan's mental will, guided by the Demon Jade imprint, instantly descended upon the Demon Jade space.
In front of the majestic nine-story Black Tower, the humanoid stone statue, Shen Ji, smiled as he looked at Lin Yuan and asked, "You're here to challenge the second level again?"
Over these past few years, Lin Yuan would come to challenge the second level of the Black Tower every time he took a break, and the humanoid stone statue, Shen Ji, had long since gotten used to it.
Watching Lin Yuan challenge the second level was one of the few joys that broke the monotony of the tedious and endless years.
It was infinitely better than sinking into an almost eternal slumber.
"Mhm."
Lin Yuan nodded.
The next moment,
Lin Yuan arrived at the second level of the Black Tower.
The humanoid stone statue, Shen Ji, remained standing outside the Black Tower, and in front of him, scenes from inside the second level of the Black Tower appeared.
"I wonder when this little guy will stop tempering his Universal Force."
The humanoid stone statue, Shen Ji, wondered silently.
He had long since realized that Lin Yuan was using the second level of the Black Tower to temper his Universal Force.
Boom!
As soon as Lin Yuan appeared on the second level of the Black Tower, a heavy pressure assailed him from all directions.
If it were before, Lin Yuan would have immediately activated multiple types of Universal Force to counter it. The pressure from the second level was not something a mere wisp of mental will could withstand.
But now?
After mastering the complete space rules?
With a mere thought, Lin Yuan formed an 'Absolute Space' around himself.
Absolute Space was an advanced application of spatial force, negating the pressure by exploiting the spatial layers. Although Lin Yuan appeared to be within a few feet of his surroundings, in essence, he was separated by countless spatial layers.
A regular eighth-stage evolver, when faced with Absolute Space, wouldn't be able to get close, let alone land any attacks, as they would be trapped within the myriad spatial layers.
An eighth-stage life form that mastered the complete space rules might not be able to kill an eighth-stage invincible, but they could certainly make the eighth-stage invincible very miserable.
For example, they could banish the eighth-stage invincible to the depths of the spatial layers.
There, the invincible would lose all sense of up, down, left, or right, and escaping would be no easy feat. They might even end up trapped for decades.
"You didn't even need to use any Universal Force?"
Lin Yuan's eyebrows rose as he stood on the second level, the surrounding space subtly warping and twisting, dissipating all the pressure that bore down on him.
However, Lin Yuan was well aware that he was currently at the initial position of the second level, and as he moved closer to the central staircase, the pressure would only increase.
At that time, relying solely on Absolute Space would be insufficient to perfectly withstand all the pressure.
Especially once he entered the central region, where the endless pressure would condense into illusory creatures that would attack him.
"Let's see how far I can get."
Lin Yuan didn't have much confidence in clearing the second level of the Black Tower, but after his significant strength increase from comprehending the complete space rules, he wanted to give it a try.
Success would be great, but even failure wouldn't matter much.
Lin Yuan considered the second level of the Black Tower to be a benchmark for gauging his strength. According to the humanoid stone statue, Shen Ji, those who could clear the second level of the Black Tower were generally strong even among ninth-stage powerhouses.
While it was true that the various means of ninth-stage life forms weren't solely dependent on their mastery of rules and Universal Force, it was still a very important aspect.
If Lin Yuan could clear the second level of the Black Tower, even if he wasn't considered a strong ninth-stage powerhouse, he would still be stronger than over half of the ninth-stage powerhouses.
Outside the nine-story Black Tower,
The humanoid stone statue, Shen Ji, was enthusiastically observing Lin Yuan's performance.
Every time Lin Yuan came to challenge the second level of the Black Tower, it would pay close attention, as it helped pass the time.
However, when it saw Lin Yuan effortlessly withstand the heavy pressure from the second level of the Black Tower without using any Universal Force, it was stunned.
"This..." The humanoid stone statue, Shen Ji, scrutinized Lin Yuan, paying particular attention to the slightly warped space around him.
"Has this little guy comprehended the complete space rules?"
The humanoid stone statue was bewildered. It recalled that a few years ago, Lin Yuan's understanding of space rules was average at best, and he was definitely still a long way off from complete mastery.
How had he suddenly comprehended it all?
(End of Chapter)
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