Starting as dockworkers, they swept through Chongqing.

"Sirlen's spear technique has changed again," Bruno said. "Before, he could also use water to pull enemies, but that kind of pulling was more of an active maneuver. Now his energy flow is very natural, and he uses the water vapor inside the tower for almost every movement."

Elena said softly, "The Molten Bone Lotus and the Thunder Dragon Heart allowed his breathing technique to break through once again."

"How many cards does he still have up his sleeve?"

"I don't know." Elena stared blankly at the rising name, suddenly lost in thought. "Perhaps even he doesn't know."

Several disciples nearby couldn't help but look over upon hearing this.

"Don't rush to praise him," a male disciple in a gray-blue robe sneered. "The real selection begins on the third floor of the Linglong Tower. The top one hundred are nothing special. Last year, when Senior Brother Samuel first challenged it, he passed the third floor in twenty breaths."

"Nasilun is now stronger than many of the older disciples."

"Being strong doesn't guarantee you'll be in the top 50."

As if to confirm that person's words, Xilun's ranking on the stone tablet suddenly stopped at seventy-second place.

Meanwhile, on the third floor of the Linglong Tower, the seawater had already reached waist-deep in Xilun.

Only two sea monsters appeared this time.

One was a giant black rock tortoise covered in a thick shell, and the other was a white bone sea serpent that was over ten feet long.

The giant tortoise crawled slowly, its shell covered with sharp protrusions.

The white-boned sea serpent coiled in the mist, its head raised high, two eerie blue flames burning in its empty eye sockets.

"The third level, the Bone Tide Beach."

"Objective: Kill the two sea monster phantoms."

"Note that the Sea Monster Phantom possesses certain environmental characteristics."

The moment the sound disappeared, the white bone sea serpent opened its mouth and spewed out a cloud of grayish-white mist.

Xiren had no hard stop.

He moved sideways with his Canglang Step, creating a series of continuous ripples on the water's surface.

The gray mist brushed past his shoulder and landed on the reef behind him, instantly covering the surface of the reef with cracks.

The Black Rock Giant Turtle seized the opportunity and rammed its massive body into the ground.

It whipped up waves several feet high.

Xilun gripped the gun with both hands, the tip pointing downwards.

"Nine dragons cover the sea."

Seven surging energies simultaneously unfolded outside the body.

The first surge of energy was shattered by the giant tortoise, the second was twisted, the third withstood the impact, and the remaining energy, like layers of ocean waves, deflected the giant tortoise's power to both sides.

Xilun took three steps back in succession.

Each step was taken where the water was at its weakest point.

The giant tortoise's charge was completely neutralized.

The next moment, he suddenly stepped forward.

The Azure Thunder Spear pierced out from beneath the water's surface, its tip first enveloped in a layer of water light, then bursting forth with lightning within.

Nine layers of surging energy overlap.

boom!

The giant tortoise's head was pierced, and dozens of cracks simultaneously burst open on its shell.

But at that moment, the Bone Sea Serpent had already pounced out of the fog and appeared behind Xilun.

The snake's tail coiled around his waist, and its bony teeth bit down hard on his neck.

Xilun's body sank, and his legs suddenly exerted force in the seawater.

Big muscles like a dragon.

His waist bent at an almost unbelievable angle, avoiding the bone teeth, while he grabbed the snake's neck with his other hand.

Thunder Dragon's heart pounded violently, and the thunderous energy flowed down his arm and into the body of the White Bone Sea Serpent.

The white-boned sea snake writhed violently, and countless cracks appeared between its gray-white bones.

Xilun did not shatter it directly.

He raised the Thunder Spear, its tip tracing an arc as it accurately pierced the White Bone Sea Serpent's brow.

Both sea monsters collapsed simultaneously.

"Third floor passed."

"Evaluation: Excellent".

"Accumulated points: 306".

Current ranking: 68th.

The crowd in front of the stone tablet erupted in uproar.

"Sixty-eight?!"

"He didn't stop, and passed through the third level on his first try!"

"How is this possible? He's only been cultivating for a short time!"

The disciple in the gray-blue robe looked grim.

The group that had been mocking Xilun just moments before also fell silent.

Just then, the rankings on the stone tablet flashed again.

Sixty-seventh, Xilun.

Sixty-sixth, Xilun.

Sixty-fifth, Xilun.

In just a few breaths, Xilun's ranking continued to rise.

"He's challenging the fourth level!"

Elena raised her head and looked at the fourth layer of light patterns that gradually lit up above the Linglong Tower, her expression complicated.

Bruno clenched his fist and said in a deep voice, "After the fourth level, the sea monster phantoms will form a true coordinated attack. If he continues to charge like this, he may get injured."

"He knows."

"Then why hasn't he come out yet?"

Elena looked towards the tower gate and whispered, "Because he wants to know just how far he can go."

The fourth floor of the Linglong Tower.

The surrounding seawater had turned deep blue, and beneath the surface, pairs of scarlet eyes slowly opened.

Xilun's fingers tightened on the gun barrel.

This time, there were ten sea monsters.

And in the deeper fog, something enormous was slowly swimming.

Ten sea monsters surfaced at the same time.

They come in all shapes and sizes, including deep-sea ape demons with four arms, giant crocodiles covered in black scales, and shadow fishmen with translucent bodies that can blend into the seawater.

They didn't rush up like they did on the previous floors.

Three sea monsters pressed forward from the front, four dived underwater, two flanked from the left and right, and the last one hid deep in the thick fog, its presence barely perceptible.

The real danger is not the quantity.

Rather, they already have the ability to cooperate.

Xiren did not rush to draw his gun.

He took a slow breath.

The Great Thunder Sound Breathing Technique was activated, and the Thunder Dragon Heart vibrated like a war drum hidden in the chest cavity, rhythmically changing with each breath.

Fine lightning crackled through flesh and bones, while the power of the Overturning Sea Technique sank into the seawater beneath his feet.

Ripples spread across the water's surface.

The ripples spread outwards, feeding back the movements of all the sea creatures into his senses.

To the left front, the giant crocodile is gathering its strength.

On the right underwater side, two shadowy fishmen approached close to the seabed.

The deep-sea ape demon behind him deliberately stomped on the rocks, trying to make noise to attract his attention.

The real killer move comes from above.

The translucent sea monster hovered in the mist, ready to pounce from above.

Xilun opened his eyes.

"I've found you."

The Canglang Step is activated.

His body did not move forward, but instead shifted half a zhang to the left.

Almost simultaneously, a translucent claw tore through the mist, grazing his shoulder as it fell into the sea.

Xilun countered with a thrust.

The spearhead pierced through the mist and struck the shadowy merman precisely in the abdomen.

The lightning did not erupt immediately.

The water enveloped the lightning energy, trapping it firmly within the spear shaft until the spearhead fully penetrated, at which point the bluish-white lightning and fire suddenly exploded.

The Shadow Fishman collapsed silently.

Meanwhile, the three sea monsters charged forward simultaneously.

The giant crocodile opened its bloody jaws, the deep-sea ape demon waved its four arms, and the black-scaled sea beast swept its tail across the water.

The combined force of the three powers created an oppressive atmosphere that even surpassed the full-force attack of an ordinary third-tier extraordinary individual.

Xilun did not back down.

He raised his gun to block.

boom!

When the first force struck the gun barrel, seven surging energies were unleashed simultaneously.

The first two surges of energy were torn apart, the third sank downwards, and the fourth spun in the opposite direction, forcefully deflecting the giant crocodile's momentum.

Xilun's body spun around, the gun gliding past the Deep Sea Ape Demon's fist.

Instead of fighting him head-on, he used the force of the water to direct all four fists toward the same spot.

Bang bang bang!

The four fists collided with each other, causing the Deep Sea Ape Demon's movements to become briefly disordered.

Xilun exerted force with his waist, and the Azure Thunder Spear rose from below, its tip piercing the ape demon's chest.

Thunderous energy poured in along with the water, and the black energy on the ape demon's body scattered like torn cloth.

The black-scaled sea monster's tail had already swept behind it.

Xilun released his right hand, leaning forward as the gun barrel spun through his palm. The tail grazed his back, sending a sharp pain through him.

He used the momentum to move forward, grabbed the butt of the gun with his backhand, and suddenly turned around.

This shot contained neither lightning nor the force of ninefold tide.

Only extremely pure water current.

The spear tip, like an undercurrent emerging from the depths of the ocean, silently pierced the eye socket of the black-scaled sea beast.

The next moment, lightning erupted.

The black-scaled sea monster shattered.

The remaining sea monsters finally launched their attack simultaneously.

Four shadowy fish-men emerged from the water, their claws sealing off the area around Xilun.

The lingering phantom of the deep-sea ape demon lunged at him from the front, while the giant crocodile dived into the sea and opened its mouth to bite his legs.

Xilun's legs treaded continuously in the water.

The power of the massive tendons, like a dragon, was fully unleashed.

His body seemed to have no bones or joints, allowing him to make continuous changes of direction in extremely small spaces.

Each step landed on the swirling water, the combination of the Canglang Step and his innate affinity for water making his movements so fast that only a series of afterimages remained.

The first murloc had its sternum shattered by the spear's tail.

The second murloc was pierced through the throat by a spear.

As soon as the third merman leaped out of the water, Siron wrapped his spear shaft around its arm and, using the momentum of the spin, flung it toward the fourth merman.

The two phantoms collided.

The lightning then exploded.

The giant crocodile leaped out of the water, its bloody jaws nearly swallowing Siron whole.

Xilun suddenly exerted force with both legs.

His body brushed past the giant crocodile's upper jaw, his hand gripping the Thunder Spear upside down, the spearhead piercing through the crocodile's lower jaw and skull.

"There's one left."

Xilun turned and looked into the depths of the fog.

The sea monster that had been holding back finally revealed itself.

It has a long, slender body resembling a dragon, with a row of dark blue bone spurs growing on its back, but its head looks as if it has been kneaded by countless hands, with its facial features twisted into a mess.

As it swims, the surrounding seawater quickly turns black, as if deathly energy seeps out from between its scales.

The phantom's aura was already approaching the third-tier extreme realm.

"Abyssal Thunder Dragon"

A cold voice echoed inside the tower.

"Special sea monster phantom, defeating it grants additional rating."

The Abyss Thunder Dragon let out a low roar, and its figure vanished instantly.

Siron's pupils constricted.

The hydrophilic talent allowed them to detect changes in the water flow, but they were unable to pinpoint the opponent's location.

The next moment, a terrifying wind pressure came from behind.

Xilun did not turn around, his steps shifting continuously.

The claws of the Abyss Thunder Dragon grazed his back, tearing his blood-stained cotton clothes in three places and leaving shallow bloodstains on his skin.

When the first attack missed, the Thunder Dragon swept its tail horizontally.

Xilun raised his gun to block.

The immense force traveled through the gun and into his arm, sending him flying back more than ten feet, his feet leaving two long trails in the water.

Blood and qi surged in my chest.

This phantom is even more troublesome than a real Tier 3 Extreme Realm Sea Dragon.

It was neither injured nor afraid, and even possessed the special movement ability granted by the Linglong Tower.

Xilun raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, but there was no sign of retreat in his eyes.

The Thunder Spear vibrated slightly.

"Then let's try out the new shooting technique."

He slowed his breathing.

Inhale.

The heart of the Thunder Dragon throbbed.

Exhale.

The lightning energy flowed along the flesh and blood into the gun barrel.

This time, however, he did not force all the lightning energy into the spearhead, but instead allowed some of the lightning to remain between his muscles and bones.

Every muscle and every tendon seemed to be connected by a faint current of lightning.

Breath and body, body and spear, spear and water current.

The three cycles are now fully connected.

This was the first combat style that Xilun had actively tried after the fusion of the power of the Molten Bone Fire Lotus, the Heart of the Thunder Dragon, and the Great Thunder Breathing Technique.

"The Thunder Dragon Swims Around."

Xilun muttered to himself.

The next moment, he stepped into the sea.

The Abyss Thunder Dragon disappeared once again.

But this time, Xilun did not wait for it to attack.

He deliberately moved forward with the help of the current, the tip of his gun cutting across the sea, leaving a bluish-white trail in its wake.

The waterline did not explode, but instead spread out around it like a living thing, covering an area of ​​several feet.

The abyssal thunder dragon had just emerged from the side when the spearhead reached its neck.

The thunder dragon turned its head and lunged to bite.

With a twist of his wrist, the gun barrel was caught in the jaws of the giant jaws.

The sharp teeth snapped shut, but failed to bite the Thunder Spear in half.

The water veins within the spear softened instantly, like a river being bitten, bending downwards with the power of the thunder dragon.

Xilun used this opportunity to get close to the Thunder Dragon's head, pressing its chin with his left hand and stepping on its neck with his right foot.

Seven waves of energy erupted simultaneously.

The first step is to shake open the scales.

The second step is to press it into the flesh and blood.

The third attack forced back the lightning.

The remaining four streams of energy overlapped, eventually transforming into a dark spear-like force that pierced into Lei Jiao's eye socket along the spearhead.

Blue-white lightning flashed wildly inside the head of the thunder dragon.

The Thunder Dragon of the Abyss struggled violently, churning the seawater into a huge whirlpool.

Xilun's flesh and blood also suffered a violent shock, and the blood lock on his right arm even loosened slightly.

Dark red and black energy seeped from the depths of the patterns, seemingly eager to devour this peculiar phantom.

"go back."

Xilun's mind stirred, and the blood lock tightened again.

He did not use the remains of the evil god.

The Thunder Spear advanced once more.

boom!

The head of the Abyss Thunder Dragon was completely shattered.

"Passed the fourth level."

"Review: Perfect."

"Additional rating triggered".

"Accumulated points: 422".

Current ranking: 54th.

Outside the tower, the light on the stone tablet suddenly flashed.

Everyone's attention was drawn to it.

"Fifty-fourth place!"

"He surged from sixty-eighth to fifty-fourth!"

"Only on the fourth floor, and already almost in the top fifty!"

"Is this the first time challenging the Linglong Tower? Are you sure he didn't hide his ranking before?"

The discussions surged like a tidal wave.

Elena looked at the stone tablet, her brows furrowing slightly.

"Fifty-fourth, only four places away from the top fifty."

Bruno paused for a moment and said, "At least three third-tier sea beast phantoms will appear on the fifth level, one of which possesses extremely powerful mental attacks."

"He will continue."

"I know."

Just as the two had expected, the light patterns on the fifth floor of the Linglong Tower soon lit up.

A cold laugh suddenly came from the crowd.

"Silon!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Samuel walking from the end of the main road in the inner courtyard.

His injuries have mostly healed, but his face is still somewhat pale.

The eyes that fell on the ranking on the stone tablet were as somber as if covered with a layer of ice.

Fifty-fourth.

Xilun's name was hanging four places away from him.

"Senior Samuel," someone said in a low voice, bowing.

Samuel did not respond, but stared at the Linglong Tower.

"He merely borrowed the power of the Sea of ​​the Dead," Samuel said. "Just because he could suppress me in a place like the Sea of ​​the Dead doesn't mean he can defeat me in the Tower of the Dead."

"But his ranking is almost higher than yours."

Someone nearby whispered.

Samuel turned his head, his eyes chillingly cold.

The disciple immediately shut up.

However, the light on the stone tablet changed again.

Fifty-third, Xilun.

The fifty-second place, Xilun.

Fifty-first, Xilun.

Samuel's face instantly turned extremely ugly.

"He's over fifty-two!"

"Samuel has been ousted!"

"Top 50, almost there!"

The disciple could no longer bother to lower his voice.

The area in front of the stone tablet was in an uproar, with many disciples who had just arrived from other courtyards squeezing into the crowd to ask what had happened.

Inside the fifth floor of the Linglong Tower.

Siren knelt on one knee on a black reef.

The seawater ahead surged, and three enormous sea monsters slowly rose from the waves.

A narwhal, with thick bolts of lightning gathering above its head.

A sea monster with eight arms, each arm wielding a bone blade.

Finally, there was a shapeless, grayish-white mist beast that had no eyes but could directly invade the mind.

"The fifth floor."

"Objective: Kill the three-headed sea monster."

"A reminder: mental pollution is not blocked by ordinary defensive energy."

The gray-white mist beasts surged forward.

Countless sounds immediately filled my ears.

Lund's cries, the pirates' curses, the Duke of Storms' cold reprimands, and the bells tolling from the faceless statue at the bottom of the sea.

Xilun's breath hitched slightly.

The blood lock in his right arm trembled slightly.

The grayish-white mist seeped into his ears and nose, trying to pry open the most vulnerable parts of his memory.

Xilun closed his eyes.

The Moon Memory Meditation Method is in operation.

A cool, clear moon rose in the spiritual world, shutting out all auditory hallucinations.

This time, however, the mental impact of the gray-white mist beast did not completely disappear; instead, it continued to pierce the moon's shadow like fine needles.

It was testing the limits of his mental strength.

Xilun did not retreat.

He thought of the Sunken Star Coast, of that dark red door with six recesses, and of the divine consciousness locked up at the bottom of the sea.

I also thought of Duke Storm.

Those memories were never a constraint.

These are the reasons he has lived to this day.

Xilun opened his eyes, his black pupils showing no trace of confusion.

"You phantoms, what right do you have to speak for the dead?"

He stepped into the seawater.

The heart of the Thunder Dragon roared.

The Great Thunder Breathing Technique was forcibly activated amidst mental pollution, with thunderous sounds emanating from the depths of the lungs, shattering the whispers that lingered in the ears.

Most of the gray-white mist beasts were dispersed by the thunderous sound.

The narwhal seized the opportunity, and lightning crashed down from its head.

Xilun raised his gun to draw water.

The blue tide veins on the Azure Thunder Spear instantly opened, and the water vapor condensed into an arc-shaped barrier in front of the spearhead.

The lightning struck, but instead of shattering the barrier, it guided the lightning into the gun.

The Thunder Dragon's Heart pounded wildly.

The immense force of lightning was compressed into a thin line, which then pierced forward along the tip of the spear.

Thunder Dragon Spear.

The narwhal's head was pierced by a single bullet.

An eight-armed sea monster attacked from the side, its eight bone blades slashing towards Xilun simultaneously.

Xilun used the Canglang Step to pass through the shadows of the blades, the spear shaft and bone blade colliding one after another, the water's force directing each strike in a different direction.

The first bone blade missed its target.

The second one was knocked away by the spearhead.

The third and fourth blades struck each other.

Siren pressed close to the sea monster's chest, smashing one of its arms with the butt of his spear, then thrusting the spearhead three more times, pinning the remaining arm into the reef.

The ninth surge of energy erupts.

The sea monster phantom shattered into pieces.

The last gray-white mist beast suddenly shrank, transforming into a blurry human face.

The face had no features, yet it emanated the voice of the Duke of Storms.

"You think you're worthy of seeking revenge against me?"

Xilun paused for a moment.

It's not because of fear.

It's because the voice is so similar.

The next moment, black energy surged deep within his right arm, almost breaking the blood lock.

Xilun looked down at the dark red lines on his arm and suddenly smiled.

"You are not him."

He raised the Thunder Spear, its tip pointing directly at the faceless man's face.

"Besides, he's not someone I can't kill."

Exhale.

Lightning flashed through the gray fog.

At the same time, the water surged out of the gun like an endless tide, completely dispersing the illusory mental image.

"Passed the fifth level."

"Review: Perfect."

"Mental resistance rating: extremely high."

"Accumulated points: 476".

Current ranking: 47th.

Outside the Linglong Pagoda, the stone tablet suddenly trembled.