"What's going on?"
The trembling came and went quickly. By the time Gray realized what had happened, it had already disappeared. Gray's expression was one of bewilderment as he hurriedly checked his body's condition.
That moment of trembling was clearly not a reaction caused by the change in temperature. This was something he was certain of. Ever since he had obtained the ice ability, he had gained an extremely high resistance to the cold. He had become immune to the cold.
"My blood power has recovered … Is this the secret of the Trial Tower to increase my strength?"
After a moment, Gray's attention shifted away from his body. His eyes flashed.
The test on the first level of the Training Pagoda was extremely easy for him now. Even so, the Blood Force would still be consumed.
After the inexplicable trembling, not only was the Blood Force that he had used up completely restored, but it had also increased by a certain margin. His physical fitness had also improved by a lot. If he was not wrong, if he were to cultivate the Blood Technique now, his cultivation speed would definitely be much faster than this morning.
That strange trembling should be the key to increasing one's strength in the Trial Tower. It was because of that strange trembling that his blood power and physical fitness had increased by a large margin.
"The floating island increases one's strength through the red mist, while the Trial Tower increases one's strength through this strange trembling …"
Gray could not help but compare the Trial Tower and the floating island. He realized that the two methods of increasing one's strength were completely different, but both were equally mysterious and unpredictable.
Now, he was almost certain that the floating island was very likely the trial ground of a temple. He just did not know if the temple still existed. Even such an important place like the trial ground had been left unguarded.
Standing on the second level, Gray saw a winding tunnel that was just like the one on the first level. After confirming that there was nothing wrong with his body other than a slight increase in strength, Gray strode deeper into the tunnel.
Crackle!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Lightning, metal blades, blazing flames … As Gray moved forward, one rune mechanism after another was triggered and attacked Gray. The power was still at the first level of the King level, but compared to the first level, it was clearly a little stronger.
For the current Gray, this kind of rune mechanism naturally did not pose any obstruction. He easily arrived at the end of the passageway and saw the stone staircase that led to the third level.
Beside the stone staircase was a two-meter-long dirt-yellow giant wolf. Just like on the first level, it took the initiative to attack Gray.
The result was obvious. The giant wolf turned into an ice sculpture about ten meters away from Gray. It was completely frozen, and with a snap of Gray's fingers, it turned into stone.
Gray followed the stone staircase to the third level...
Hum —
Just as he set foot on the third level, the same thing happened as when he set foot on the second level. A trembling sound enveloped him without warning, and his body involuntarily trembled. When the trembling stopped, he found that the Blood Force that he had lost had recovered, and the total amount of Blood Force and physical fitness had increased by a certain margin again.
Gray, who was already mentally prepared, did not stop to check his body. He walked straight into the new tunnel that appeared.
The fourth level.
The fifth level.
The sixth level.
…
The ninth level.
Relying on his valiant strength, Gray quickly ascended to the ninth level.
The rune mechanisms on each level were stronger than the ones below. On the fourth level, the rune mechanisms' power had increased to the second level of the King level. On the seventh level, the rune mechanisms' power had increased to the third level of the King level.
With each level, Gray's realm would increase. When he reached the ninth level, Gray's realm had increased from the initial fourth level of the King level to the limit of the fourth level of the King level.
He could already feel a bottleneck. Once he broke through this bottleneck, his body would undergo a qualitative change, and his strength would increase by leaps and bounds.
He still passed through the ninth level without any hindrance. Following the stone staircase, he set foot on the tenth level.
Hum —
A trembling sound enveloped Gray. After a moment of stalemate, a layer of the bottleneck was pierced like a balloon.
With this layer of the bottleneck broken, Gray's body and Blood Force suddenly underwent a drastic change. His body was rapidly strengthening, and whether it was his muscles or bones, they were all rapidly becoming stronger.
His Blood Force was rapidly increasing. It was like a dry lotus pond encountering a rainstorm. The amount of rainwater was rapidly increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The trembling sound disappeared in an extremely short period of time, but the changes in Gray's body and Blood Force did not stop. They were still rapidly increasing.
After a while, the growth stopped. At this time, Gray's Blood Force had increased by several times compared to before.
"I've reached the Magic Light Realm!"
With a light punch, a sonic boom immediately resounded in the air. If not for the sturdy Trial Tower, just the wind pressure produced would have been enough to blow down a house.
Feeling that his strength had increased by several times, Gray was extremely certain that he had now reached the Magic Light Realm.
"The Trial Tower is indeed a good place. No wonder top notch clans would not hesitate to turn against each other for a place in the Trial Tower."
Originally, even with the assistance of the Bloodmoon Potion, Gray would have needed at least half a year to reach the Magic Light Realm. After all, a potion like the Bloodmoon Potion could not be used continuously because its effects were too strong. There was an extremely long interval between each use.
Meanwhile, the Trial Tower had saved him half a year's time, allowing him to reach the Magic Light rank half a year earlier. Moreover, this wasn't all. After all, he had only just reached the 10th floor. The Trial Tower had a total of 35 floors.
Of course, even the monstrous Holy Son of the Chaos Temple had only reached the thirtieth level in the end. It was almost impossible for him to reach the thirty-fifth level, and even the thirtieth level would be very difficult.
As the Holy Son of the Chaos Temple, the amount of resources he had cultivated to this point was definitely unimaginable to Gray. With such terrifying resources, the Holy Son of the Chaos Temple should have surpassed Gray when he entered the Trial Tower.
Although Gray's strength had rapidly increased after entering the Origin World and obtaining resources, he should not be able to catch up to the Holy Son of the Chaos Temple in a short period of time.
In terms of ability, as the Holy Son of the Chaos Temple, the Holy Son of the Chaos Temple must have grasped the power of laws. In a situation where he could not use his ability to control corpses, Gray's advantage was not too obvious.
Objectively speaking, Gray's battle strength was very likely to be weaker than the Holy Son of the Chaos Temple.
The Holy Son of the Chaos Temple could reach the thirtieth level, but Gray estimated that it would be rather difficult for him to reach the thirtieth level.
The reason for such a situation was not because he was inferior to the other party, but because the resources he had obtained so far were far inferior to the other party's.
If he could obtain the same cultivation resources as the other party, even if he didn't need all of it, even if he only had a tenth of it, his current battle strength would definitely surpass the other party when they first entered the Trial Tower.
"Let's continue!"
Following the passage, Gray walked forward.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Suddenly, green wind blades appeared one after another. Each of them was as solid as a green jade sculpture. They slashed towards Gray, and the air was filled with ear-piercing whistling sounds.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The cold air spread and enveloped Gray's surroundings. All of the green wind blades froze and fell to the ground when they were still a dozen meters away from Gray.
"It's at the fourth level of the King Stage!"
Gray judged as he continued to walk forward, allowing the green wind blades to be frozen by the cold air.
If not for the fact that he had reached the first level of Magic Light, it would not have been easy for him to block these wind blades with the cold air alone.
If he went up a few more levels, he would probably have to use his mixed ability to block the attacks of the runic mechanisms along the way.
Using his mixed ability would definitely increase the consumption of his blood force. Fortunately, his blood force would also recover when he ascended to the next level. Otherwise, in this Trial Tower where even spatial items couldn't be opened, the lack of blood force would seriously drag him down.
Eleventh level.
Twelfth level.
Thirteenth level.
… …
Nineteenth level.
When he reached the thirteenth level, the runic mechanisms' power increased again, reaching the first level of Magic Light, which was the same as Gray's current level. Gray had to use his icy wind blades to pass this level.
When he reached the sixteenth level, the runic mechanisms' power increased again, reaching the second level of Magic Light, which was higher than Gray's current level. Gray had to use his black mist, a three-elemental mixed ability, to pass this level.
When he reached the nineteenth level, the runic mechanisms' power increased again, reaching the third level of Magic Light. Gray had to use his four-elemental mixed ability, a dark green mist, to pass this level.
At this point, even someone as strong as Gray felt some pressure. Other than his ability to control corpses, which he could not use for the time being, he had already used all his other abilities.
However, in contrast, Gray felt that his level had once again reached a bottleneck, once again touching a barrier. This was the barrier between the first level of Magic Light and the second level of Magic Light. If he could break through this barrier, he would break through to the second level of Magic Light.
Looking at the stone stairs leading to the twentieth level, Gray did not move quickly, but his steps were steady.
Buzz.
When Gray's foot reached the twentieth level, the trembling that he had already experienced many times once again appeared in his body. This time, the time it took to appear was much longer than before. At the beginning, the time it took to appear wasn't even a second, but now, it was several seconds.
Outside the Trial Tower, when Gray stepped onto the twentieth level, the runic patterns on the twentieth level suddenly lit up. Seeing the runic patterns on the twentieth level light up, the dozen or so Chaos Temple's powerhouses couldn't help but smile.
"Julio has reached the twentieth level!"
"To be able to reach the twentieth level so quickly, Julio's progress in the past year is not small. Who knows, he might even be able to reach the twenty-sixth level!"
In the Chaos Temple, the most outstanding disciple who had entered the Trial Tower this time was Julio, a core disciple. Therefore, they naturally believed that the one to reach the twentieth level would definitely be Julio.
As for Gray and the other disciples from the five greatest clans, they didn't consider them at all. Although the disciples of the three strongest clans were outstanding, they were only close to the upper echelons of the Chaos Temple's disciples. Naturally, they couldn't compare to Julio.