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the other side.

Mengchang had just stepped into the twenty-first floor.

They immediately noticed something different: the twenty-first floor was no longer inhabited by demonic beasts.

Instead, they became human.

Looking at the young monk opposite him, who looked to be only in his early twenties and was dressed in a yellow robe.

Zhang Yan also felt somewhat emotional.

really.

Compared to humans, even monsters and dragons are too weak.

After all, the bloodline of demonic beasts has its limits.

Humans have no limits.

Although the bloodline of demonic beasts gives them a much higher lower limit compared to humans, it also locks in their upper limit.

Humans are different.

Human beings have a very low lower limit, but at the same time, their upper limit is also terrifyingly high.

It can even reach a terrifying level.

Therefore, it is perfectly reasonable for humans to become the defenders of the twenty-first floor.

"Let me see how strong you are as the defending champion." Zhang Yan took a deep breath and then patted the sword-nurturing gourd at his waist.

Suddenly.

The sword energy from the sword-nurturing gourd was scattered out like a fine rain.

Densely packed.

Can't see clearly at all.

Faced with Zhang Yan's attack, the bald monk opposite him gently put his palms together and uttered a Buddhist chant.

Then, a dazzling golden light suddenly emanated from his body.

Golden light enveloped his entire body and continued to burst outwards.

The sword energy inside Zhang Yan's sword-nurturing gourd dispersed little by little when it encountered the golden light, just like cream meeting a hot knife.

"What a magical power!"

Seeing this, Zhang Yan smiled.

The opponent is really strong.

At the very least, it will allow him to use three-tenths of his strength!

"Then how about you try this trick of mine again?"

As Zhang Yan spoke, lush green vines sprouted from the ground and quickly grew into towering trees.

The enormous vines stretched out their tough tentacles, constantly wrapping around the monk.

"Amitabha!"

The monk looked at the vines and softly chanted Buddhist mantras. The golden light emanating from his body grew stronger and stronger. He wanted to repeat his old trick.

However, he soon discovered that his golden light magic was completely ineffective against Zhang Yan's vines.

His vines easily pierced through the opponent's golden light divine power, entangling the opponent completely.

"His strength doesn't seem that great!"

Zhang Yan sighed.

I thought the other party was really formidable.

I didn't expect that to be it!
"Kill him!" Zhang Yan waved his hand, and the vines immediately tightened, trying to strangle him.

However, it was at this time that...

The other person's body kept getting bigger.

It keeps getting bigger.

In the end, it actually broke through the huge vine.

"That's more interesting." Seeing that the other party had turned into a giant, Zhang Yan nodded slightly. If it were just like before, he wouldn't have been interested at all.

"But I'd like to see whether you're stronger or I am." Seeing that his opponent could also transform into a giant, Zhang Yan immediately laughed and then used his sixteen-foot golden body to charge directly at his opponent.

"Die!" Zhang Yan roared, his golden fists slamming down on his opponent with tremendous force.

"boom!"

To Zhang Yan's surprise.

The opponent's physical strength was also quite strong.

He forcefully intercepted his attack.

"interesting!"

Seeing this, Zhang Yan smiled, but he was not afraid of the other party's strength.

Instead, they fear that the other party is not strong enough.

"If my sixteen-foot golden body can't kill you, then how about this?"

Zhang Yan grinned maliciously, and his originally golden body rapidly changed, expanding another size.

This is the effect of physical foundation building.

A malevolent aura filled his body!

Veins bulged from his muscles, his heart pounded, and blood was pumped out rapidly, allowing him to exert even greater strength.

"Take another look at this punch, see if you can withstand it." Zhang Yan said, throwing another punch with such force that the surrounding air seemed to whistle.

"boom!"

The monk opposite Zhang Yan was completely unaware of fear in the face of his fists.

He still charged forward head-on, exchanging punches with Zhang Yan.

But this time, he wasn't so lucky.

With overwhelming strength.

He was no match for Zhang Yan at all.

"Bang~"

"Click click click~!"

There was a muffled thud, followed immediately by the sound of bones cracking.

The monk's fist exploded into a cloud of blood mist, scattering in the air. Then, Zhang Yan's fist, with undiminished power, crushed the monk's entire forearm.

"In the face of absolute power, no magic or supernatural ability is worth mentioning." Zhang Yan crippled the opponent's arm with one punch, followed by another.

The monk could only say that, fortunately, it was a manifestation of the secret realm, so he wasn't afraid at all, and instead followed up with a punch.

However, the outcome was already predetermined.

Zhang Yan's punch crippled the opponent's arm.

Another punch shattered the opponent's head.

simple.

Easily.

effortless!

"Ah~"

After killing his opponent, Zhang Yan sighed.

Just now, when we were on the True Dragon level, I said that I would never use the power of my physical body again.

Upon reaching this level, he still couldn't resist using the power of his physical body.

But it has to be said.

Fighting a body cultivator in close combat feels really exhilarating.

The visceral stimulation of this kind of punch is incomparable to ordinary magic.

“Let’s keep going.” Zhang Yan said, stepping onto a step.

This time, the steps are no longer occupied by that monk.

It was someone else, on the contrary.

"Interesting." Zhang Yan realized this at this moment.

It seems that after the twenty-first floor, each floor will no longer be inhabited by a different species.

Instead, each floor is occupied by a cultivator.

According to his guess, this cultivator was probably the one who had reached this level and then became the guardian of this level.

This is quite exaggerated.

This is because it means that each level must be stronger than the level above it.

Some are even significantly stronger than those on the previous level.

The reason we didn't move forward was because there were stronger people ahead of us.

"but……

That's more like it!

Zhang Yan was somewhat excited.

This is what gives it a bit of a genius battle feel.

Once you reach the twenty-first floor, everyone you'll face in battle will be a genius from the Central Plains.

Or perhaps a historical genius.

The fact that these people were able to defend the pass after weathering the storms is enough to demonstrate the strength of the opposing side.

Fight against these people.

In reality, he was fighting against all the geniuses in the entire Central Plains.

"Wouldn't I just defeat all the geniuses of the Central Plains on my first visit?" For some reason, this thought suddenly popped into Zhang Yan's mind.

If that's really the case, then it's kind of funny.

It can only be said that this is all there is to this small Central Plains!
The opponents on the twenty-first floor are really not challenging at all.

Zhang Yan quickly arrived at the twenty-second floor.

And that's about it.

Zhang Yan's name slowly appeared in the top five of the combat power ranking.

As it entered the top five.

Related images also appeared. Everyone saw a young Taoist priest wearing a Taoist robe, with a handsome face and a somewhat refined and approachable demeanor.

"This is Zhang Yan?"

What's the origin?
Have you found out the truth?

Everyone was stunned the moment they saw Zhang Yan.

This guy, they really don't have any information at all!
It was as if it appeared out of thin air!
"Which family is secretly training this disciple?!"

"Let me see if we can recruit him into our sect." The people from the five major sects were frantically searching for information about Zhang Yan.

And at the same time.

Within the secret realm.

The tenth floor.

Mu Sen looked at the fallen monster in front of him and took a deep breath.

"This dragon was really hard to kill." After he killed the dragon, a dragon-shaped emblem appeared on his wrist.

"Um?

There are even rankings?

Musen looked at the emblem in his hand with some surprise.

Unfortunately, this ranking only shows the top 100, while his current ranking has reached over 3,000.

"It's alright, as long as I keep working hard to kill monsters, my ranking will continue to rise," Mu Sen said to himself, trying to comfort himself.

Although it took him a lot of effort to kill the dragon, he had not yet used his sword formation.

We haven't reached a dead end yet.

Therefore, he has no doubt that he can continue to push for a higher ranking.

"Let's see what ranking Junior Brother Zhang has achieved."

"With Junior Brother Zhang's ranking, he should be able to get into the top 100, right?" Mu Sen suddenly thought of Zhang Yan and wanted to see what ranking Zhang Yan had achieved.

Keep in mind, he managed to get into the top 3,000.

Then Zhang Yan will definitely be able to make it into the top 100.

He had even more confidence in Zhang Yan's abilities than he did in himself.

The opponent is simply too strong.

They are far beyond the reach of ordinary cultivators.

Even cultivators from the Central Plains are not allowed.

In Mu Sen's mind, if the geniuses of the Central Plains are geniuses, then Zhang Yan is a prodigy, a banished immortal, and it would be difficult for a second one to appear in the world.

So he immediately started searching through the rankings.

"Um?

"There are none in the bottom fifty. Could it be that Junior Brother Zhang broke into the top fifty?" Mu Sen's expression was somewhat surprised.

Although he thought Zhang Yan was an unparalleled genius.

However, this is, after all, the Central Plains, and most importantly, the cultivation techniques, spells, and even magical artifacts that Zhang Yan learns are probably inferior to those in the Central Plains.

Especially since Zhang Yan was in the late Foundation Establishment stage.

Many of those who participate in this secret realm are at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Some have even reached the half-step Golden Core stage and could potentially achieve the Golden Core stage at any time.

This person's strength is beyond what ordinary Foundation Establishment stage cultivators can compare to.

So at first he thought Zhang Yan could make it into the top 100.

But I never thought I could be in the top fifty.

As he continued to sweep upwards.

Musen's emotions became even more turbulent.

"Could they have made it into the top twenty?"

At this moment, a storm was raging in Mu Sen's heart.

too exaggerated.

The top twenty.

This is the Central Plains!

With the strength of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, he ranks among the top twenty in combat power.

This is simply an unprecedented spectacle!
They may have already broken the records of Middle-earth.

"Sigh, as expected, Junior Brother Zhang is Junior Brother Zhang." Mu Sen sighed and continued looking up, but soon his expression turned strange.

Because he found out.

Zhang Yan wasn't among the top twenty.

Zhang Yan wasn't even ranked 6th to 10th.

He didn't see Zhang Yan's name until he was in fifth place.

"Fuck!
Junior Brother Zhang actually made it to fifth place?!

now.

Mu Sen was already getting a little unsettled.

He always knew Zhang Yan was awesome.

But I never expected Zhang Yan to be so awesome.

With his late-stage Foundation Establishment strength, he actually outshone all the peak Foundation Establishment cultivators and half-step Golden Core experts, securing fifth place.

"This is outrageous, absolutely outrageous." Mu Sen felt that his understanding had been shattered.

He was actually somewhat discouraged when he came to the Central Plains from the Southern Wilderness.

Because he found out.

Compared to the cultivators of the Central Plains, he was like one of the rogue cultivators in the Tianmu Mountains.

The techniques are inferior.

Spells can't compare.

Supernatural powers cannot compare.

Even when it comes to magical artifacts, they still can't compare.

This made him very discouraged.

They only have one sword formation as their trump card, and that's not even something from the Qingheng Sect.

This disparity even left Musen somewhat bewildered.

But seeing Zhang Yan dominate the Central Plains and directly occupy fifth place on the rankings, Mu Sen suddenly felt a surge of pride.

"The so-called Central Plains is nothing more than this!"

Although I can't beat you guys, my junior brother can! Thinking of this, Mu Sen mustered his strength and continued on his way.

My junior brother is so outstanding, I must not let him down.

Thinking of this, Mu Sen also revealed his sword formation.

Today, he's going to take a shot at this leaderboard!
But just as he made up his mind, he suddenly realized...

Zhang Yan's ranking has actually moved up another step.

They moved up to fourth place.

"wipe!

"What a prodigy!"

Musen let out a wail and stopped looking at the rankings.

Instead, they charged directly into the Ascension Steps and continued their battle.

"The twenty-fourth floor."

At this point, Zhang Yan had already reached the twenty-fourth floor.

At this point, he also realized that his ranking had reached the top four.

He even spotted the three people in front of him.

The three people included a middle-aged man in his thirties carrying a sword, and a Taoist priest.

The other one looked sinister and was clearly not a good person.

The last one is a monk wearing a kasaya.

"Um?

Brother Daoist, you look unfamiliar?
I wonder what sect they belong to?

The three people are resting on the steps.

Upon seeing Zhang Yan approach, the man carrying the sword, who was also the number one, immediately asked a question.

Those who were able to break into this place.

Generally speaking, they all have some background.

They even have a name in the martial arts world.

But Zhang Yan looked completely unfamiliar.

"I am Zhang Yan, a humble Taoist. I used to live a secluded life in seclusion, and this is my first time entering the mortal world." Upon seeing the Taoist, Zhang Yan smiled shyly.

He spoke softly.

"Um?

A rogue cultivator?

Upon hearing Zhang Yan's words, not only the man carrying the sword, but also the sinister-looking young man and the monk showed expressions of shock.

They all turned to look at Zhang Yan.

"You said you're a rogue cultivator?"

The Taoist priest carrying the sword asked in astonishment.

"Yes." Zhang Yan nodded.

He naturally couldn't reveal the Qingheng Sect; he could only say that he was a rogue cultivator.

"Would you be interested in joining our Heavenly Dao Sect?"

"You scoundrel, what's so great about your Heavenly Dao Sect? Why don't you join our Ghost Spirit Sect? Our treatment is much better than yours."

"Amitabha Buddha, benefactor, I see you have a special connection with our Little Thunderclap Temple!" (End of Chapter)