Chapter 1: Crossing Over into the System

  The fourth floor is already so difficult, what about the fifth floor?

  What will the fifth floor encounter?

  It's getting harder and harder layer by layer, the fifth floor, sixteen people, even if they go up one by one, they will be exhausted to death.

  Speed, strength, skill, these are what the first four layers mainly test. So, what exactly is the fifth layer?

  "The fifth layer is combat consciousness."

  "What's 'battle consciousness'?" Huang Yu was taken aback by the words and looked at Lu Lu, "What do you mean? Is the fifth floor a test of one's battle consciousness?"

  "To be precise, it's about triggering the fighting spirit. In fact, the entire Lingyun Tower is a training ground for cultivators, especially the Tongtian List. The first five levels of the Tongtian List are designed to stimulate the potential of those who dare to challenge, discover their own shortcomings, and improve their weaknesses, allowing the challenger's strength to be further enhanced." Lulu explained, "It's only from the sixth level onwards that the real challenge begins."

  "So, how can one pass the fifth level and enter the sixth?" This was Huang Yu's concern. Since the sixth level was the real challenge, and the previous five levels were all about unleashing one's potential, then how could this fifth level be passed? It was worth noting that in the entire Seven Water City, from the establishment of Lingyun Tower to the present, there were only a handful of people who had passed the fifth level.

  "The fifth level, saying it's difficult is not difficult, but saying it's easy is also not easy."

  "Lulu, stop teasing and tell me how to pass the fifth level?" It's clear that the fifth level isn't easy to pass. The fourth level was only passed thanks to Lulu's guidance, otherwise I would have had no chance of passing it, and I estimate I could have lasted about as long as a stick of incense."

  "The fifth layer will completely seal your own strength, equivalent to an ordinary person, and sixteen people are the same, without any cultivation, it is your own illusion."

  "Seal of Cultivation?"

  "Yes, if you can defeat sixteen of your own projections without any cultivation, it proves that your own combat consciousness has been tempered," said Rourou. "To achieve this, it's much more difficult than the previous fourth layer."

  "This...this is too difficult, right?"

  Compared with the fifth floor, the previous fourth floor is completely not on the same level.

  "Of course it's difficult, otherwise you think the fifth floor of the Lingyun Tower's Heavenly Ranking would have only five people passing through all these years?" Lulu rolled her eyes and said, "However, I believe that you, Master, will definitely be able to do it."

  "It's tough, too tough, unless... unless probing is still an option."

  "It can be used, the master's probing technique and Golden Ancient Eye Technique can both be used, this is the key for the master to pass through this level." Ruru said, "However, the master must use the Golden Ancient Eye Technique and Probing Technique simultaneously, combining them together."

  "Merger? Is this possible?" Huang Yu asked in surprise.

  "It can be merged, but the master needs to consume a lot of spirit stones."

  "It's affordable to spend." Huang Yu is now wealthy and extravagant, previously in the gamble, he had made a net profit of over 1,000 mid-grade spirit stones. These over 1,000 mid-grade spirit stones were enough for him to splurge for a while. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't use spirit stones to break through the bottleneck and improve his cultivation, Huang Yu really wanted to directly raise his cultivation to the Yuan Shen realm.

  "How many Low-Grade Spirit Stones are needed?"

  "No, no, it's not a low-grade spirit stone. Master, if you want to merge the Golden Ancient Eye Technique and the Scouting Technique, you'll need 500 mid-grade spirit stones." Lulu shook her head and said.

  "Five hundred mid-grade spirit stones?" Huang Yu's eyes widened as he stared at Lu Lu, "Lu Lu, are you sure you're not joking?"

  "Master, 500 mid-grade spirit stones are already very cheap. It's all thanks to Rourou using her authority, otherwise if the master had gone to check and exchange them personally, it's unlikely that even 1,000 mid-grade spirit stones would have been enough." Rourou said with a bad attitude.

  "Will that hurt you, Lu Lu?" Huang Yu asked, "If so, then I won't exchange it for the time being."

  "It's all right, Master, don't worry." Rourou said, hearing Huang Yu being so concerned, she herself felt a bit embarrassed.

  "Ding, player, are you sure you want to merge Golden Ancient Eyes and Scouting? It will consume 100 mid-grade spirit stones."

  "Fusion."

  "Ding, congratulations to the player for successfully fusing Golden Ancient Eye Technique and Exploration Technique. Due to the high level of Golden Ancient Eye Technique, the fused skill will still be named after it. Golden Ancient Eye Technique has been upgraded to a Mid-Grade Heavenly Secret Method." The system's continuous prompts filled Huang Yu with great joy.

  Unexpectedly, after fusion, the Golden Ancient Eye Technique actually upgraded again, becoming a Heaven Rank Middle Grade Secret Art. To know that Secret Arts are almost impossible to upgrade, unless you cultivate the Secret Art to the top level and understand it to the extreme limit, breaking this limit can allow the Secret Art to be upgraded. However, from ancient times to the present, people who have achieved this point in the entire True Martial Continent do not exceed five.

  Lulu was right, this time the fusion was a huge success, even if it were 5,000 mid-grade spirit stones, it would be worth it.

  "Master, how about it? Lulu didn't cheat you, did she? This time the fusion was a huge success! Master made a big profit, thanks to Lulu's efforts." Lulu's face lit up with a proud smile as she looked at Huang Yu, seeking praise.

  "Ah, it's all thanks to LuLu. Once we leave the Lingyun Tower, Master will take LuLu to eat delicious food. I heard that the fruit and pastries at Pinxiang Pavilion in Qishui City are all delicious. At that time, I'll definitely reward my good LuLu well." Huang Yu was in a great mood. Even though he couldn't break through the fifth layer of the Tongtian List, his Golden Ancient Eyes Technique had reached mid-grade Heaven level, which could be said to be the greatest gain.

  ……

  "I'm here for the fifth floor." Huang Yu shouted and stepped forward towards the entrance of the fifth floor.

  Outside Lingyun Tower at this time.

  "He's moved, he finally moved, on to the fifth floor."

  "He's finally going to challenge the fifth floor."

  "I don't know if he can make it, this fifth level. From ancient times to the present, only five people have passed through in the Seven Water City. Moreover, in the past three hundred years, no one has succeeded, and even those who entered the fifth level, there was only one person in the past century."

  "The fifth floor isn't going to be easy, it's said that the fifth floor is a challenge against sixteen illusory selves, each of these illusory selves has cultivation equivalent to the challenger themselves. Although they don't have their own thoughts and can think for themselves, their combat strength is inherited from oneself, in other words, apart from not being able to think, in terms of combat strength, it's almost identical. People who can break through the fourth floor are already geniuses, with such qualifications and potential, even in the entire True Martial Continent, they would be considered top-notch."

  "In my opinion, Huang Yu's chances of breaking through the fifth layer are slim." A white-robed scholar shook his fan and said, "Breaking through the fourth layer is already his limit. Otherwise, why would he have stayed in the fourth layer for so long after passing the level?"

  "The analysis is good and makes sense, I agree with this."

  "That's not necessarily true, although he stayed for a while after breaking through the fourth layer, but if you calculate it, his speed of passing the levels is simply too fast compared to others." The person paused and said, "Moreover, don't forget that this is Huang Yu's first time passing the levels, passing the Tian Bang, and reaching such a level for the first time. What about the second time, the third time?"

  The Heaven's List can be challenged a total of seven times. After entering the Yuan Dan realm, you can challenge the Heaven's List, and after that, every time your cultivation increases by one level, you can challenge the Heaven's List again.

  "The Tian Tian Biao is not like the others, nor is it one of the four heavenly rankings. It's not that your cultivation has improved and you can pass through again after breaking through a certain realm. Over the years, there have been very few people who have succeeded in passing through for the second, third, or even fourth time."

  "But don't forget, Huang Yu is no ordinary person. He's one of the few who can break through to the fourth layer, and in all these years, there have only been a few dozen like him. And among them, Huang Yu is the weakest in terms of strength, but the fastest to break through."

  "Genius cannot be measured by ordinary standards."

  "This phrase is used to describe Huang Yu, I think it's quite true."

  "In Qishui City, he is already the first person in a hundred years."

  Outside the tower, the debate was getting intense, while Huang Yu had already entered the fifth floor.

  "Golden Ancient Pupil Technique Activated."

  After entering the fifth floor, Huang Yu didn't hesitate at all and immediately activated the Golden Ancient Eye Technique to observe the surroundings.

  "Kill, kill, kill!"

  As expected, just entering the fifth floor, I heard a shocking shout of killing, and at the same time, sixteen illusory shadows of myself rushed up.

  Each pair of eyes was filled with murderous intent, staring at Huang Yu, and rushed up frantically.

  Speed is astonishing.

  However, at this time, Huang Yu activated the Golden Ancient Eye Technique, and it was as if he had turned on a slow-motion cheat. Huang Yu found that his phantasms were slowing down one by one.

  At this speed, I can completely dodge it myself.

  Is this the true power of the Golden Ancient Eyes?

  Huang Yu was slightly surprised, under the activation of the Golden Ancient Eye Technique, it wasn't that the opponent was too slow, but rather his own gaze had changed, so in a brief instant, Huang Yu had already slaughtered two illusory shadows.

  But then doesn't it lose its training significance?

  Huang Yu slowed down.

  But soon, Huang Yu found that the consumption of the Golden Ancient Eye Technique had become even greater. Originally, he could maintain the Golden Ancient Eye Technique for an hour without any problem, but now it was already very good if he could last half an hour.

  Thinking of this, Huang Yu couldn't help but speed up, hoping to complete the task before the Golden Ancient Eye Technique ran out of time. Because Huang Yu was eager to enter the sixth layer, it seemed that no one had gone up to the sixth layer of the Tongtian List for many years.

  "Death, give me death." Soon, the Golden Ancient Art's buff disappeared, and without any cultivation, Huang Yu couldn't adapt in time. In an instant, he was punched several times, leaving only six people remaining.

  Fists hit flesh, Huang Yu's whole body arched into a cooked shrimp, it hurt too much.