69novels Chapter 62 One Year Later
Chapter 62 One Year Later
Chapter 62 Fifty Years Later
Time flows silently like water.
In the blink of an eye, another fifty years have passed.
Fifty years is a very long time for many ordinary people—almost half their lives.
From the moment a baby is born to the moment an old person with graying temples, it's just a short period of time.
In these fifty years, a family can multiply for three generations, and an ordinary city can undergo tremendous changes.
However, for a powerful being of the Eternal Star level with a lifespan of up to 10,000 years, 50 years is not considered a very long time.
In their timescale, fifty years is but a short journey.
Even geniuses among the stars find it difficult to make further progress in such a short period of time once their strength reaches a certain level.
The cultivation of a star-level expert becomes increasingly difficult as they progress.
Every breakthrough requires a long period of accumulation and reflection, and the tempering of countless battles!
In fifty years, if they can even take a small step on the path to becoming strong, that would be a remarkable achievement.
Among the first-level elites in Tianzhu Mountain, apart from Palich, who ranked first in previous years and became a special-level elite of Tianzhu Mountain after winning the first-level elite ranking for a hundred consecutive times, only two first-level elites have successfully entered the second level of the domain.
However, these two first-level elites had cultivated in Tianzhu Mountain for nearly a thousand years before reaching the second level of the domain. Although such an achievement is still very rare, it is not enough to attract too much attention.
After all, a thousand years of cultivation is a very long time, even for a star-level expert. If one is a truly brilliant genius, their achievements will certainly be even more astonishing.
All the elites at the Hengxing level within Tianzhu Mountain are diligently cultivating, and no one dares to slack off in the slightest.
So what about Lu Qingshan, who previously attracted the attention of countless people by becoming the disciple of the Realm Lord?
What progress has this super genius, who became a disciple of the Lord of Chongshan Realm and was envied by countless elites, made in the past fifty years?
Tianzhushan Headquarters, within the Realm Lord's World.
This is a world independent of the outside world, inhabited by countless elites from Tianzhu Mountain.
Inside the Trial Tower, a gathering place for elites, Lu Qingshan had already passed the eleventh floor and arrived at the twelfth floor.
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The opponent on the eleventh floor of the Trial Tower was one hundred first-tier, eternal star-level Ziqian Thousand Serpents. As a powerful race among the demons, the Ziqian Thousand Serpents were incredibly strong, but even so, they couldn't stop Lu Qingshan at all.
In that battle, Lu Qingshan, wielding the Zhenyue Long Staff, effortlessly navigated the swarm of snakes, easily killing all the Thousand-Headed Serpents that had blocked his path for decades, and entered the twelfth level of the Trial Tower unscathed.
The opponents on the twelfth floor of the Trial Tower are one hundred Celestial Star-level Tier 1 Wolves!
Sirius is one of the royal families of the demon race. They are all extremely large and covered with silver-gray fur.
Roar! Roar! Roar—
As soon as Lu Qingshan appeared in this space, a frantic roar instantly resounded throughout the entire space.
One hundred first-tier, eternal star-level wolves surged forward like a tide, instantly surrounding Lu Qingshan.
They crouched on the ground, crouched low and slowly approached, or leaped high to occupy high places, quickly forming an impenetrable encirclement around Lu Qingshan.
At this moment, every wolf's eyes flashed with a fierce light, a pure killing intent without any impurities, as if it wanted to tear Lu Qingshan to shreds.
A low, guttural whimper emanated from deep within their throats, a harbinger of an impending attack that sounded chilling.
Despite being surrounded by such a powerful and numerous Sirius, Lu Qingshan showed no panic.
His breathing was steady and powerful. He held the Zhenyue Long Staff in his hand and calmly swept his gaze over the many wolves around him, as if he were looking at his prey, not the infamous demon royal family.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh—
As the first celestial wolf leaped into the air, its agile body drew a silver-gray arc in mid-air, its sharp claws aimed directly at Lu Qingshan's throat.
Immediately afterward, as if receiving some kind of signal, the wolves roared and rushed toward Lu Qingshan's location.
In an instant, the sky was filled with silver-gray figures, and the air was filled with a bloody wind and murderous intent.
"Well done!"
Lu Qingshan let out a low shout, his gaze sharp as a knife, and instantly swung the Zhenyue Long Staff in his hand.
Under Lu Qingshan's urging, the Zhenyue staff seemed to come alive, tracing mysterious trajectories in the air.
In an instant, countless shadowy sticks appeared around Lu Qingshan, densely packed, like a blooming yellowish-brown lotus flower, protecting him completely and impenetrably.
Those wolves that pounced on him, whether they charged head-on or attacked from the side, whether they struck from above or swept their tails along the ground, were all fiercely repelled by the dense, rain-like shadows of the staff as long as they got within a zhang of Lu Qingshan.
Some wolves were hit on the head, screamed and flew backward; some were swept in the waist and abdomen, rolled and crashed into the wall in the distance; some wolves were not even able to see where the stick came from before they were sent flying by the blow.
Even though a hundred first-tier, eternal-star wolves relentlessly charged at Lu Qingshan like moths to a flame, they still couldn't inflict any damage on him.
Lu Qingshan stood there, wielding his Zhenyue staff, like a rock standing firm in a raging torrent, unmoved by the surging waves.
Simply defending is not enough to kill these wolves.
Immediately afterward, Lu Qingshan had a thought, and earth-yellow threads began to appear on the Zhenyue staff in his hand.
The threads were as thin as hair, yet they contained an extremely mysterious aura. Countless dense, earthy-yellow threads spread out from the stick, intertwining, entwining, and converging together. Under the impetus of Lu Qingshan's primal force, they gradually formed a strange and mysterious pattern.
"go!"
With a thought, Lu Qingshan unleashed a beam of earthy yellow light from the mysterious rune, moving at a speed so fast it was almost impossible for the naked eye to catch, and struck the forehead of a first-tier star-level celestial wolf.
boom!
With a dull thud, the skull of the wolf, which was originally incredibly hard and capable of withstanding the full force of a powerful opponent of the same level, instantly caved in. The inside of its skull turned into a mess in that instant, and it didn't even have time to scream before it lost its life.
Its massive body crashed to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
After witnessing the death of the first Sirius, the remaining Sirius became even more frenzied.
They seemed to be thoroughly enraged by the fall of their companions; the ferocity in their eyes intensified, their roars became more stern, and their attacks became increasingly reckless.
Some of the wolves even disregarded their own safety and charged towards Lu Qingshan with a suicidal attitude.
But no matter how they attacked Lu Qingshan, they could never break through the barrier of the Zhenyue Long Staff in Lu Qingshan's hand.
With the support of Lu Qingshan's powerful earth domain, the Zhenyue staff seemed to have come to life, and each swing perfectly blocked the wolves' frenzied attacks.
Meanwhile, Lu Qingshan, who had achieved a great victory with his first strike, quickly launched his second attack.
One after another, streaks of earthy yellow light shot out from the secret pattern diagram, like shooting stars chasing the moon, striking the wolves on the foreheads, throats, or bellies—
Every attack was incredibly precise, as if calculated countless times, always finding the most vulnerable and weakest points on these wolves and the opportune moment.
No matter where it hits, each streak of earthy yellow light is capable of killing a Sirius.
And so, one hundred first-tier Celestial Wolves of the Eternal Star level were killed one after another, their flesh and blood flying everywhere, their corpses strewn all over the ground, and they all soon perished at Lu Qingshan's hands.
Soon, only Lu Qingshan remained standing in this trial space, holding a staff, surrounded by the corpses of celestial wolves, and the air was filled with a heavy stench of blood.
"Having been a member of Tianzhu Mountain for over a hundred years, I've finally passed the twelfth level of the Trial Tower!"
Looking at the many corpses of Sirius around him, Lu Qingshan felt quite emotional.
Over a hundred years have passed, and he has undergone tremendous changes since he first joined Tianzhu Mountain.
Now that he has passed the twelfth level of the Trial Tower, he will be able to become a top-tier elite of Tianzhu Mountain.
Ever since joining Tianzhu Mountain, he has been working hard towards this goal, making it the first important objective on his path of cultivation.
However, among the tens of thousands of star-level elites in Tianzhu Mountain, only a handful can ultimately become top-level elites. Even though he was a disciple of a world lord-level expert, he still failed to obtain this status.
And now, he has finally achieved this through his own efforts!
"Unfortunately, the deeper one goes into understanding a domain, the more difficult it becomes!"
Lu Qingshan couldn't help but sigh again, "With my teacher's meticulous guidance over this period of time, and receiving personal instruction from a peak Realm Lord expert almost every so often, it took me a full fifty years to break through to the fourth level of the Earth Domain!"
"I wonder how long it will take for me to break through to the ninth level of the Earth Domain, or even cross the threshold of the Earth Origin Law?"
In fact, Lu Qingshan's cultivation speed was already quite fast.
It took him a full fifty years to advance from the second level of the Domain to the third level, so it should take even longer to advance to the fourth level.
The reason it took another fifty years this time was mainly due to the guidance of Wells, a world lord-level powerhouse.
As for the Chongyue Pearl that Wells gave him, it wasn't entirely useless, but its effect wasn't insignificant either; at most, it only accelerated his cultivation speed by one or two percent.
However, this is quite normal. If the Chongyue Pearl is very effective, its price should start at the Hunyuan unit. How could it possibly be worth 20 billion cosmic coins?
However, Lu Qingshan knew very well that it was nothing for a Hengxing-level genius to enter the fourth level of the Domain. A true Hengxing-level genius was capable of entering the eighth or ninth level of the Domain, or even the threshold of the Origin Law.
As various thoughts flashed through Lu Qingshan's mind, accompanied by a blurring of consciousness, he was quickly teleported into the thirteenth floor of the Trial Tower.
The opponents on the thirteenth floor of the Trial Tower consist of only ten Azure Sky Demon Apes. Although this is far fewer in number than the one hundred Sky Wolves on the twelfth floor, each Azure Sky Demon Apes has reached the fourth rank of the Eternal Star level.
In fact, Sirius is one of the royal families of the demon race, and its life gene level is naturally six times that of ordinary life in the universe.
From this perspective, a first-tier Celestial Wolf at the Eternal Star level is actually more powerful than a third-tier Azure Sky Demon Ape at the Eternal Star level.
Lu Qingshan was able to kill a hundred first-tier Heavenly Wolves of the Eternal Star level, so logically he should have found it easier to kill ten fourth-tier Azure Sky Demon Apes of the Eternal Star level.
But that's not the case.
These ten Azure Sky Demon Apes far surpassed the Sky Wolves of the previous level in terms of physical strength, combat skills, and other aspects.
They are no longer the monstrous beasts that only charged forward with brute force, but powerful adversaries who have mastered sophisticated combat techniques.
Every punch and kick they deliver is imbued with exquisite power techniques, combining offense and defense with perfect teamwork, making them impossible to defend against.
With Lu Qingshan's current strength, dealing with one Azure Sky Demon Ape alone would be no problem at all, but dealing with ten at once would be impossible.
These Azure Sky Demon Apes cooperated extremely well, always managing to launch simultaneous attacks from all directions while Lu Qingshan attacked one of them, leaving him unable to defend himself.
After fighting the ten Azure Sky Demon Apes for about three minutes, Lu Qingshan only managed to kill two of them before perishing in the encirclement of the remaining Azure Sky Demon Apes.
After his death, Lu Qingshan was naturally kicked out of the Trial Tower very quickly.
His consciousness returned to reality from the virtual space, and after opening his eyes, his Trial Tower level had become 13.2!
"Now that I've passed the twelfth floor of the Trial Tower, I can apply to become a top-tier elite!" Lu Qingshan thought to himself.
By this time, with the help of his teacher Wells's E-level nutrient capsule, he had already evolved his physical attributes to the ninth level of the Hengxing level.
Each of the ninth-level Eternal Star Elite is the most powerful Eternal Star genius in Tianzhu Mountain. Even in the entire Golden Lion Star Region, there are few Eternal Stars who can rival them!
"I've heard that top-tier elites enjoy far more cultivation resources in Tianzhu Mountain than first-tier elites. I wonder if that's true or not?" A glint of anticipation flashed in Lu Qingshan's eyes.
It's important to know that the amount of cultivation resources you have directly affects how fast you can cultivate.
If he can enjoy more cultivation resources after becoming a top-tier elite, his cultivation path will definitely be much smoother.
With this in mind, Lu Qingshan did not hesitate at all and quickly submitted his application to become a top-level elite of Tianzhu Mountain through the Tianzhu Mountain internal system.