Peerless Empress: One Woman, One Sword, Slaying Through Myriad Realms

After Ye Wuxi and his two companions placed their bets and received their receipts, they stopped paying attention and squeezed out of the crowd, walking side by side on the mountain path.

"I'm going to play in the Battle Tower, what about you guys..." Duan Hong said with a smile.

Liu Yu'er was quite excited, "I'm going too, to cheer you on! It's such a pity I wasn't there when Wuxi was climbing the tower. Brother Duan is so strong, maybe he can break a couple of records too..."

Ye Wuxi raised an eyebrow. "Yu'er, didn't you break through in your cultivation? Why don't you give it a try?"

After training in the cultivation room, Liu Yu'er successfully broke through to the fourth level of Xuanwu. To be honest, she wasn't quite sure about Liu Yu'er's combat strength, as this girl had never actually used her full strength before...

Liu Yu'er chuckled awkwardly, "I won't go. I haven't had any new insights lately, and this battle power tower is too much of a waste of contribution points. I'd rather save my contribution points and stay in the training room..."

Ye Wuxi thought for a moment and smiled, "That's true. I won't be going there again anytime soon. Since I have nothing else to do, I'll go cheer for Brother Duan..."

Duan Hong shook his head, "You two shouldn't have too high expectations. The Battle Tower is mainly for honing martial arts skills. I'm not interested in records or anything like that..."

"Brother Duan is too modest, hehe. I was just thinking, if Brother Duan also broke the record, wouldn't Zhang Haonan be so angry he'd vomit blood..."

Ye Wuxi smiled and said that she knew Duan Hong's strength; he could easily defeat Zhang Haonan...

"I'm wondering why Wuxi came out after only clearing the seventh floor. If you had gone to the eighth floor, I don't believe he would have been so confident in challenging you to a duel..."

Duan Hong chuckled as he spoke, not believing the rumors circulating outside that Wu Xi hadn't passed the seventh level...

"That's because I don't have enough internal energy. There's no point in forcing myself to go any further. Let's do it next time..."

As the three talked, they quickly arrived at the battle power tower. Under the gazes of Ye Wuxi and Liu Yu'er, Duan Hong calmly entered the tower...

Looking at the lit-up fourth floor of the tower, Liu Yu'er turned her head and asked, "Wu Xi, what floor do you think Brother Duan can reach..."

In truth, she blindly trusted her two friends, Ye Wuxi and Duan Hong. In her heart, these two were the strongest, though she had no idea exactly how strong they were…

Ye Wuxi pondered for a moment, "The eighth floor, perhaps..."

When dealing with the Vermilion Bird, Duan Hong's palm strike was incredibly powerful, capable of easily killing even someone at the ninth level of the Xuanwu realm. However, judging from Duan Hong's condition after using it, it seems that, like her Five Elements True Essence, it is not something that can be used easily.

Using ordinary methods, coupled with that powerful aura, fighting someone three levels above should be no problem...

The two didn't have to wait long before the fifth floor of the tower lit up, and on the stone wall recording the progress, the name after the fourth floor had changed from Ye Wuxi to Duan Hong...

Liu Yu'er pointed at the stone wall and said, "Wu Xi, Brother Duan has broken your record..."

Ye Wuxi nodded with a smile, not surprised. She didn't know what level of cultivation Huo Yun had used to break through the tower, but when she was on the fourth floor, she was already fighting beyond her level, while Duan Hong was only suppressing his cultivation to fight. It was normal for him to surpass her.

Every day, disciples gather at the Battle Tower to watch the spectacle, and today was no exception, as the name on the stone wall changed once again.

Everyone was somewhat petrified. The stone wall, which had remained unmoved before, had changed its records every day for the past few days, as if it were made of paper…

"Who is Duan Hong...?"

"Duan Hong seems to be the new second-ranked player, second only to Ye Wuxi. I didn't expect him to be this strong..."

"The new disciples this year are too strange..."

"Holy crap, are you trying to kill me...?"

"..."

Let alone the disciples, even the elders guarding the tower were starting to question everything. Could anyone tell them what was going on? This year's new disciples were just too outrageous…

Then, the sixth floor of the tower lit up quickly. After a moment of confusion, the tower-guarding elder began his familiar actions, taking out a sound transmission talisman and sending the message to Han Yunfei...

This time, Han Yunfei replied very quickly. The tower-guarding elder, seeing the exact same words as before, shook his head helplessly and muttered, "So this one was also overlooked? My goodness, Sect Master, couldn't you have told me about the sect's secret genius disciples beforehand? One a day, I'm about to have a heart attack..."

After saying that, he calmly closed his eyes again...

Time passed slowly. Outside the battle tower, the crowd stared wide-eyed, for the eighth floor had already lit up, and Duan Hong had been inside for quite some time...

"My God, could he possibly make it past the eighth level?"

"Even Zhang Haonan, the top disciple in the outer sect, couldn't do that..."

"Sigh, it seems this year's top ten outer disciples will be undergoing a major reshuffle..."

"The title of number one in the outer sect is about to change hands..."

"This Rookie of the Year award should belong to Duan Hong, right..."

Hearing the praise from those around her, Liu Yu'er pumped her fist, her face full of excitement, "Wu Xi, you were right! Brother Duan really has reached the eighth level, that's amazing!"

Ye Wuxi smiled and said, "That's because Brother Duan is strong..."

“However, Wuxi, don’t listen to them. In my heart, you’re still better than Brother Duan. You’re the newcomer king, hehe,” Liu Yu’er quickly added…

"Yu'er, you don't need to say these things. They're just empty titles. Let them say what they want. I don't care, and neither will Brother Duan."

Ye Wuxi listened to her words of comfort and said helplessly. She wasn't Zhang Haonan, who valued the empty title of the number one outer sect disciple more than anything else.

Amidst the astonishment of those around them, the ninth floor remained unlit, and Duan Hong's figure appeared outside the tower.

Walking up to the two beautiful figures, Duan Hong chuckled, "Indeed, as Wu Xi said, it consumes too much true energy. Let's do it again when our cultivation is higher..."

Ye Wuxi pointed around and said with a grin, "Brother Duan, you're famous now..."

Duan Hong shook his head indifferently, "It's all just empty fame. Let's go." He didn't want to be made a fool of, nor did he want to attract challenges from those bored people.

As Duan Hong broke two records and reached the eighth floor, the outer gate residence, the middle of the ten exquisite pavilions.

After hearing a disciple's report, Zhang Haonan stood up in disbelief. "Are you sure?"

The disciple cautiously said, "Indeed, Duan Hong stayed on the eighth floor for quite some time before coming out. Moreover, Duan Hong, Ye Wuxi, and Liu Yu'er have a very good relationship. Earlier, those two had each placed bets of several thousand spirit stones on Ye Wuxi to win..."

Zhang Haonan clenched his fists, his face ashen. How could this be! How could these new disciples surpass Huo Yun one after another! And Duan Hongcai is only at the fifth level of Xuanwu, how could he have reached the eighth level in even longer than him!

Ye Wuxi and Duan Hong were actually friends. Thinking of this, Zhang Haonan's face darkened even more. No, he absolutely wouldn't allow these new disciples to ride roughshod over him like this. He had to win the battle the day after tomorrow…

"Senior Brother Zhang, if there's nothing else, I'll be going now..." Seeing his somewhat gloomy face, the disciple who brought the message quickly and cautiously said...

Zhang Haonan gave him a cold glance, then waved his hand...