"You've arrived."
The Tower Spirit was still in the wilderness.
Bai Zihe asked curiously, "Have you always been inside the Haotian Tower?"
"Otherwise?"
That reply killed the conversation!
Bai Zihe, however, paid it no mind and asked again, "Aren't you lonely?"
"Lonely?"
The Tower Spirit suddenly paused.
As a spirit of magic, it shouldn't possess human emotions.
But hearing Bai Zihe say that…
"It seems… a little."
A trace of sadness flickered in the Tower Spirit's eyes, and it said with some melancholy, "When my master was here, I felt happy."
"But ever since my master…"
"My happiness also vanished!"
"I would often wish for someone to talk to."
"It's just a shame…"
"Perhaps this is loneliness."
Bai Zihe also fell silent for a moment. He shouldn't have brought this up.
"From now on, I'll try to talk to you more," he blurted out.
"You?"
The Tower Spirit glanced at him and shook its head, "Great changes are coming, calamity is imminent. You should first think about how to survive."
More great changes, more calamity!
"What exactly is this calamity?" Bai Zihe had been brushed off countless times, but he couldn't help but ask the Tower Spirit.
"It is…"
"A calamity that sweeps across the past, present, and future."
The Tower Spirit sighed and said faintly, "My master… perished in the midst of the calamity…"
"Then… what kind of calamity is it?" Kuaiδugg
Bai Zihe asked, unwilling to give up.
"When it arrives, you will know."
The Tower Spirit said casually, then urged, "Hurry into the Tongtian Tower. Chatting with me is purely a waste of time."
Bai Zihe was immediately speechless.
Then, he turned into a stream of light and entered the Tongtian Tower.
"Whoosh!"
This time, Bai Zihe entered directly onto the tenth floor.
"Bai Zihe!"
"Do you still remember me?"
To Bai Zihe's surprise, as soon as he entered, he saw a familiar figure.
It was none other than the Prince he had killed in a fit of rage in the capital, Zhuge Changge!
No, that's wrong!
Bai Zihe remembered very clearly that Zhuge Changge's head had been severed by him. How could he still be alive?
It must be an illusion!
"Break for me—"
Without hesitation, Bai Zihe threw a punch.
This punch…
Was completely different from before.
In the past, Bai Zihe would at most use some techniques, and the punch he threw would condense vast true essence, manifesting dragons and elephants.
However, this time.
The true essence bore the intent of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth!
As the punch was thrown, it seemed to carry rumbling heavenly thunder, towering waves, scorching flames, world-destroying golden light, yellow sand and rampaging dragons, and the rise and fall of ten thousand plants.
"This is…"
Zhuge Changge's eyes widened in shock as he saw this punch: "Bai Zihe, you've actually mastered the art of the five elements?"
"Boom…"
His answer was Bai Zihe's punch landing without reservation.
"Whoosh…"
In the blink of an eye.
Zhuge Changge vanished into thin air.
However.
What surprised Bai Zihe slightly was.
There was no gateway of light to the next stage, as there had been before.
That meant…
This stage was not over yet!
"Whoosh…"
As expected, under Bai Zihe's vigilant watch, he soon detected something unusual.
A swift killing intent was attacking him from behind.
Bai Zihe turned around and was greatly startled.
Good heavens.
Zhuge Changge was also throwing a punch at him, and it also contained the five elements!
"Whoosh…"
Bai Zihe's expression shifted, and he immediately dodged to the side.
"Rumble!"
The next moment, the punch grazed past him and struck the ground nearby, emitting a deafening sound.
Bai Zihe glanced over.
A large pit, ten zhang in diameter, had been blasted into the ground.
The power was indeed terrifying.
He just couldn't understand, when this illusion saw him just now, it was clearly surprised, obviously not knowing that he had touched upon the fur of the five elements.
But why could it also execute it?
"Whoosh!"
While Bai Zihe was contemplating.
Zhuge Changge did not hold back, attacking Bai Zihe with every move.
Bai Zihe, not understanding the situation, dared not launch a rash attack, lest he fall into a trap, which would be a loss outweighing any gain.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh, whoosh!"
However, the illusory Zhuge Changge was unsparing.
His moves were continuous, each faster and fiercer than the last, as if he only wanted to kill Bai Zihe!
Moreover.
What made Bai Zihe even more agitated was.
The moves displayed by the illusory Zhuge Changge were all ones that Bai Zihe had used before.
No.
To be precise.
They were the moves Bai Zihe had used in his battles within the Tongtian Tower.
Bai Zihe began to have some inkling.
It seemed…
The tenth floor had a mirroring function.
It not only created an illusion of Zhuge Changge but could also replicate his previous moves and use them to fight him.
"Fighting myself?"
"Quite interesting."
This was Bai Zihe's first time encountering such a battle.
No.
Bai Zihe soon thought of something else.
From the first floor to the ninth floor of the Tongtian Tower, the strength, combat techniques, and so on displayed on each floor were profoundly deep.
Rather than saying.
The Tongtian Tower was a tower for challenging trials.
It was more like.
The Tongtian Tower was a multitude of teachers.
Each opponent had some unique aspect to teach the challenger.
Thinking of this, Bai Zihe's brows furrowed.
Then, what…
Was this level meant to teach him?
Forcible breakthrough?
Clearly not.
Violence might be an aesthetic, but it was certainly not the aesthetic of the Tongtian Tower.
"It should be…"
A spark flashed in Bai Zihe's mind, and he thought of a possibility.
This level was intended to make him understand why this illusion had the ability to learn, why it could execute the moves he had used.
Even…
The boxing technique he had just comprehended and only used once.
"Whoosh…"
While dodging, Bai Zihe fully unleashed his spiritual sense.
Soon, he sensed the anomaly.
It was…
Another strand of spiritual sense!
Although very weak, it was omnipresent.
Clearly, it was this sliver of spiritual sense that had been observing him, allowing it to execute the move immediately after he had performed it.
Thus.
Bai Zihe's spiritual sense collided with the opponent's.
"Whoosh…"
"Rumble…"
This collision was formless, yet dangerous.
Even the slightest carelessness risked damaging his spiritual sense, so Bai Zihe had to be extremely cautious.
"Finally discovered…"
Zhuge Changge grinned and uttered a few words.
"Heh…"
Bai Zihe sneered, "Then… prepare to be on your way!"
The next moment, his spiritual sense erupted completely.
Zhuge Changge, after all, was only at the middle Nascent Soul stage. His spiritual sense strength was also at that level, and compared to Bai Zihe, it was still far inferior.
In this collision with Bai Zihe, it instantly disintegrated.
With the disintegration of his spiritual sense, the illusion naturally vanished.
The next moment.
A gateway of light appeared before Bai Zihe.
Signifying that he had successfully passed this level and could proceed to the next floor of the Tongtian Tower.
"Whoosh…"
However, the next moment, before Bai Zihe could step into it, he was teleported out of the Haotian Tower.
It turned out.
The recent exertion had drained too much of his spiritual sense, making it unable to sustain further!
"Out again…"
Bai Zihe chuckled bitterly, then surveyed his surroundings and immediately saw Emperor Long in the air.
"Bai Zihe, you should leave…"