Endless streams of text continuously emerged within the icy caverns of the transparent glacier. Luo Feng could see the newly revealed secret technique content at a single glance.
Divine Eye Secret Technique, Volume Two, Complete!
Luo Feng breathed a sigh of relief.
Moments later.
“It’s starting again!” Luo Feng immediately turned, looking toward another glacier in the distance. He could see at a glance that massive amounts of text were beginning to frantically surface inside the transparent ice mountain—it was the Divine Eye Secret Technique, Volume Three.
The text continued to appear.
The Black Mist Commander gazed at the light screen in the center of the grand hall: “This is already the third volume of the Divine Eye Secret Technique. It’s close... Whoa... Volume Three is complete. Soldier Galaxy has learned all of Volume Three. Compared to past soldiers, he is already the best among all elite soldiers throughout history. The Divine Eye Secret Technique has nine volumes; I wonder which volume he can master!”
“Your Majesty, the God-King, wouldn't just leave all nine volumes here, would he?” the burly commander wondered aloud.
“Who knows? The highest any previous elite soldier reached was Volume Three. How many volumes His Majesty the God-King placed on this seventh floor, only he knows,” the other commanders shook their heads as well.
It must be known.
Although they, the Great Commanders of Jia, were all Titled experts, even they had not obtained the complete nine volumes of the ‘Divine Eye Secret Technique’! After all, for a superpower, the further along the secret technique went, the more crucial it became. They imparted it gradually to their subordinates based on their growing merits.
“Volume Four!”
“It’s Volume Four already. The mental impact at this moment must be incredibly strong, yet Soldier Galaxy doesn't seem heavily affected.”
“Perhaps he can comprehend even more.”
The four great commanders were also curious how much this Soldier Galaxy could actually learn.
Luo Feng finally let out a breath of relief, having successfully mastered Volume Four. The content of every volume of the Divine Eye Secret Technique was extremely long; just the continuous appearance of the text took quite some time. He had worried that his willpower might collapse at a critical moment.
“Volume Five!”
Luo Feng looked again at the belly of another glacier. A vast amount of text was surfacing inside the transparent ice mountain—it was the fifth volume of the Divine Eye Secret Technique.
As only one-third of the content for the fifth volume had emerged, Luo Feng’s expression changed.
“Not good.”
Luo Feng looked up toward the Divine Eye hanging high in the sky. A faint golden light enveloped everything below, and the impact on his willpower was constantly intensifying.
“Such a strong mental impact,” Luo Feng thought anxiously. “I already feel immense pressure. This willpower impact must be equivalent to that of a late-stage Void True God by now.”
Luo Feng immediately returned his gaze to the distant glacier, where the text continued to surface. No matter what, Luo Feng was absolutely unwilling to fail to finish reading an entire volume before his will collapsed.
Pressure!
An increasingly powerful oppression!
It was like an invisible mountain bearing down on his will, continuously strengthening, giving Luo Feng the sensation that his speed of thought was sharply declining.
“Volume Five, quickly, quickly, quickly,” Luo Feng urged internally.
After about fifteen more seconds.
The entirety of Volume Five’s content was displayed.
Just as the display of the fifth volume concluded, a new volume immediately began to manifest inside the belly of another glacier.
“Volume Six,” Luo Feng sensed that the speed at which the Divine Eye Secret Technique was manifesting was accelerating.
To be precise, from Volume One to Volume Six, the manifestation started slowly but gradually picked up speed.
“Ah!”
The terrifying mental impact made Luo Feng’s face turn pale, and his entire body trembled. He still stared intently at the distant ice mountain, forcing himself to record the content of the sixth volume of the Divine Eye Secret Technique.
Boom—.
Luo Feng felt his will shudder, and his body instinctively went limp, causing him to collapse onto his knees.
“No, no.” Luo Feng knew he had reached his true limit. If this were during a willpower refinement session in the inheritance space, one step further would have caused him to pass out.
“Never.”
But this time, Luo Feng’s heart yearned to see more of the Divine Eye Secret Technique.
“I absolutely cannot fall. At least, I must finish Volume Six,” Luo Feng roared in his mind. Every second in this moment felt agonizingly long, like an epoch, yet it also made Luo Feng feel… why was the text appearing inside the glacier belly so slow?
“I must finish it.”
“I must!”
In this moment, Luo Feng’s only thought was that he had to finish at least this sixth volume.
Absolutely!
...
Luo Feng felt the signs of his will collapsing but persisted, his gaze fixed on the distance. Why was the text appearing so slowly? Why wasn't it all displayed at once… Time felt ridiculously slow. Finally, the text content of the sixth volume of the Divine Eye Secret Technique finished displaying. Complete!
Simultaneously, the seventh volume of the Divine Eye Secret Technique appeared in the belly of another glacier.
However, as soon as he saw the final content of Volume Six, Luo Feng could hold on no longer and plunged straight into darkness. He didn’t see the manifestation of Volume Seven at all.
“Boom!” A pillar of light descended from the sky, enveloping the unconscious Luo Feng.
And so, Luo Feng departed the seventh floor.
The four commanders in the grand hall were utterly silent, staring fixedly at the screen showing the scene on the seventh floor, which also held their breath. At the critical moment, the Divine Eye Secret Technique manifested faster and faster, with absolutely no interval between volumes. Holding on for just a little longer might have allowed him to see another volume!
From this, they could deduce—for a Law Master, the closer they got to their limit, the harder it was to advance another step. That was why the manifestation of the Divine Eye Secret Technique became so rapid in the later stages.
“Volume Five is done.”
“Volume Six, Volume Six is also done. Soldier Galaxy has fallen.”
Watching Luo Feng disappear from the screen, the four commanders finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“Six volumes!”
“A pity. Volume Seven had just begun to manifest… and he immediately collapsed. But that manifestation of Volume Seven was blurry; even we couldn’t see it clearly.”
“It’s normal that we couldn't see Volume Seven, since His Majesty the God-King only imparted the first six volumes to us. This Soldier Galaxy… being only a Law Master, to obtain six volumes of the Divine Eye Secret Technique—he is more formidable than us.” The four great commanders spoke to each other, occasionally glancing at the screen.
But the screen was now empty, showing nothing.
“Dismiss it,” the burly commander instructed.
“Yes,” the Black Mist Commander replied, and the floating screen in the center of the hall immediately vanished.
After all, even the four great commanders couldn't see the eighth and ninth floors of the Wu Qi Tower. Therefore, they had no idea what was currently happening within the tower, what trials the eighth floor presented, or what great secret the ninth floor held… What had the God-King left behind?
“We wait.”
“We can only wait. If that Soldier Galaxy truly succeeds in obtaining the inheritance, the Titled mission will automatically disappear.”
There was only one God-King’s Divine Eye.
There was only one Titled mission for Law Masters. Once someone succeeded, this mission would vanish and never reappear.
“Will this soldier succeed?” the Black Mist Commander worried. “The only soldier who previously reached the eighth floor also failed. After failing and coming out, we questioned him, but he retained no memories whatsoever of the eighth floor.”
“The eighth floor must hold a great secret. Otherwise, His Majesty the God-King would not employ the tactic of erasing part of one’s memory,” the silver-armored female commander said.
“We wait.”
The four great commanders were indeed filled with boundless curiosity.
Originating from the Jin World, they were naturally completely loyal to His Majesty the God-King. If the God-King gave an order, they wouldn't hesitate to sacrifice themselves! Yet, they were also curious. In the long years spent guarding the God-King Valley, their true purpose was finding the peerless figures the God-King required.
Since His Majesty the God-King desired them so intensely, what exactly were the eighth and ninth floors of the Wu Qi Tower?
Luo Feng felt spacetime twist, and in an instant, he was transported to the world of the eighth floor.
The Eighth Floor of the Wu Qi Tower.
Upon appearing, Luo Feng was still immersed in the scene from the seventh floor: “Willpower really is difficult to break through. On that seventh floor, my willpower also saw a slight advancement. I estimate my willpower has now reached the level of ‘Peak Void True God,’ close to my limit.”
“Six volumes.”
“The Divine Eye Secret Technique, I have obtained six volumes. Techniques like ‘Annihilation’ are suitable for True Gods only in the first three volumes. These six volumes of the ‘Divine Eye Secret Technique’ will likely be enough for me to cultivate for a long time.” Luo Feng was quite satisfied and pleased.
Because…
The Divine Eye Secret Technique was not even possessed by the Duan Dong River lineage. It was probably a powerful secret technique that the superpower ‘Jin’ did not disseminate.
“Now for the eighth floor, the final trial of the Titled mission, the last obstacle to reaching the summit,” Luo Feng looked around. It was a void, and in the vast expanse of nothingness, a small floating landmass hovered in the distance. The landmass was so tiny that with Luo Feng’s divine body, he could traverse it back and forth in a hundred steps.
Endless void, just that small patch of land.
Luo Feng naturally transformed into a stream of light and flew directly toward the small landmass. It looked close, but flying there consumed a significant amount of time, and the surrounding space seemed to be suppressed by something, making instantaneous movement impossible.
“This Wu Qi Tower holds a great secret.”
“This Titled figure is extraordinary, and no one has succeeded across endless ages… With such a tremendous secret, what could the final obstacle be?” Luo Feng was filled with curiosity, yet also apprehension.
If an earth-shattering secret was involved, the final hurdle couldn't be simple!
The eighth level…
It was the final obstacle! Everything was ahead, on that small piece of land.
“Whoosh!”
After flying for a long time, Luo Feng finally landed on that small patch of suspended earth. At a glance, the entire small landmass was barren, devoid of any debris. However, ancient characters were etched across the surface of this small platform.
“Hm?” Luo Feng took a look.
The inscription was simple: “The Eighth Floor of the Wu Qi Tower is the final hurdle of the Titled Mission.”
“By observing the surrounding void, one can obtain a secret technique.”
“If mastered, one can ascend to the Ninth Floor of the Wu Qi Tower.”
“If one fails, memories will be erased, and one will depart the Wu Qi Tower.”
After Luo Feng finished reading these words, the ancient script on the platform vanished completely. Luo Feng immediately looked up at the void surrounding him. Indeed, huge characters began to materialize in the void in all directions, each character resembling a star, connected to the others. Innumerable characters formed an unbroken tapestry, with no pauses or breaks, and all the characters flowed into one another.
It was impossible to tell which character was the beginning and which was the end.
—(To be continued)