Chapter 270: Chapter 268: The 4th Floor of the Exquisite Treasure Tower
In the time that followed, everyone entered a frantic point-grinding mode.
This was especially true as they ventured deeper into the sea of sand. The area was so vast that people rarely crossed paths.
However, they could still see each other’s points and rankings through their Spirit Pattern Tower imprints.
And the number of points held by the person in first place was enough to make everyone despair.
That name was... Jiang Jichen!
By now, Jiang Jichen’s points had already reached ten million, elevating his Spirit Pattern Tower imprint to the golden level.
The one in second place, Cang Lengshan, had just over three million points—only a third of Jiang Jichen’s total.
And that was only because Cang Lengshan had used one of his trump cards, a Secret Artifact.
As for Nangong Jinjie and Ling Dong, they had started with the greatest advantage. But ever since Jiang Jichen had tricked them into a deadly trap, their strength had plummeted, and they had both fallen out of the top ten.
Conversely, the Blood Refining Alliance and the Qing Family, who had been keeping a low profile, were now ranked third and fourth!
Of course, for these Noble Families and Sects, only the team leader’s name appeared on the leaderboard. The other followers were just there to assist, helping their Young Master gain as many points as possible.
Beyond that, the most shocking development was undoubtedly the appearance of two unfamiliar names in the top twenty.
Yee Youmeng and Hua Xiaoling!
Moreover, their points were still rising steadily, and it looked like they were about to surpass Nangong Jinjie and Ling Dong!
At that moment, Nangong Jinjie was hunting a giant Sand Worm with his two remaining Nangong Clan Members.
Nangong Jinjie was in a foul mood. It was one thing to be suppressed by Jiang Jichen and his group, but now two nobodies he had previously ignored were about to overtake him.
Especially... Hua Xiaoling!
’She was supposed to be a toy for my amusement, and now she’s trying to walk all over me.’
"Jiang Jichen... It must be that scoundrel Jiang Jichen grinding points for them again. Damn it!"
Nangong Jinjie was furious with nowhere to vent his anger, so he could only take it out on the Sand Worm before him.
He attacked with such a frenzy that his two remaining subordinates had no chance to even make a move. They could only stare, dumbfounded, at their suddenly explosive Young Master.
’Our Young Master has suddenly become so ferocious!’ they thought.
And just as Nangong Jinjie had suspected, Jiang Jichen was indeed grinding points for Hua Xiaoling and Yee Youmeng.
Others might dread encountering the Desert Mummies, but Jiang Jichen was their nemesis.
When bodies collided, the stronger one won!
Right now, Jiang Jichen’s physical body was like a Glazed Treasure Body. Seven-Color light swirled within his Great Innate Acupoints, and wisps of golden lightning coursed beneath his skin.
With such a powerful body, he could easily obliterate the Desert Mummies.
But whenever Jiang Jichen encountered a Desert Mummy, he would only destroy its hardest part... its withered hands.
The remaining torso would be left for Yee Youmeng or Hua Xiaoling to flash out from behind him and shatter.
And when they ran into the poisonous black giant scorpions, as long as they were below High Tier Earth Level, Jiang Jichen only needed to activate the Poison Absorption Green Light from his Poison-Devouring Pearl Fragment to easily dissolve them.
As for the Sand Worms, the three of them worked in perfect sync. Jiang Jichen would be in front, tanking all the damage, while Hua Xiaoling and Yee Youmeng’s figures flickered about, slicing them to pieces with extreme efficiency.
The trio had practically become point-grinding maniacs!
The ten-day time limit in the Third Layer Space of the Exquisite Treasure Tower quickly passed. Jiang Jichen, Yee Youmeng, and Hua Xiaoling all advanced to the fourth layer of the Exquisite Treasure Tower without a doubt.
The members of the Seven Great Families and Three Major Sects, with the exception of the Guo Family whom Jiang Jichen had already wiped out, also mostly managed to enter the fourth layer of the Exquisite Treasure Tower.
After all, there were only a hundred people on the third layer to begin with. Jiang Jichen had already eliminated nearly twenty of them in the Forbidden Array, so there weren’t many left. Factoring in those who died while grinding for points, only a little over sixty people remained.
From over sixty people, fifty would advance, and these fifty were all incredibly powerful individuals.
Aside from Jiang Jichen, Yee Youmeng, and Hua Xiaoling, the rest were likely all at the Foundation Establishment Perfection Realm.
After experiencing battle after battle, and with the aid of the mysterious Ancient Spiritual Power in this environment, everyone’s Cultivation had improved rapidly.
Even Nangong Jinjie, Ling Dong, Wei Xiaolang, Cang Lengshan, and the others had broken through one after another during these ten days, stepping into the Foundation Establishment Perfection Realm.
Their combat power soared, and they continued to temper their Dao Platforms, wanting to truly evolve into existences at the Heavenly Level Dao Platform Foundation Establishment Realm.
As they broke through, their confidence returned. Nangong Jinjie had already declared that he would definitely kill Jiang Jichen the next time they met.
Ling Dong sent a voice transmission across the distance, "I will never let Jiang the Scoundrel go!"
Even Cang Lengshan and the second senior brother of the Flowing Cloud Sect declared they would avenge their previous humiliation and swore to kill Jiang Jichen.
Jiang Jichen paid them no mind, remaining focused on grinding points.
His points had now reached fifty million. He only needed another fifty million to generate a Purple Spirit Pattern Tower imprint, which would put him on par with the legends.
However, Jiang Jichen’s goal was not just to match the legends; he felt that purple was not the limit.
Because the legendary figure who possessed the Purple Spirit Pattern Tower imprint had not managed to enter the Supreme Realm of the Exquisite Treasure Tower.
Jiang Jichen’s goal was to enter that mysterious golden world, the ocean of Ancient Spiritual Power. Therefore, the points required for a purple imprint were likely far from enough.
Upon entering the fourth layer of the Exquisite Treasure Tower, the rules remained the same, but now only the top twenty-five in points could advance to the fifth layer. The time limit was still ten days.
The fourth layer space of the Exquisite Treasure Tower was an Earth Palace tomb!
The Earth Palace was a complex maze, with tomb mummies wandering everywhere.
The tomb mummies were far stronger than the Desert Mummies. Furthermore, the deeper one went into the Earth Palace tomb, the stronger the mummies became.
Of course, the stronger the tomb mummy, the more points it awarded upon being killed.
However, in the Earth Palace beyond the third level, the mummies were likely all High Tier Earth Level existences. Few dared to set foot there.
Jiang Jichen led Hua Xiaoling and Yee Youmeng on a killing spree through the first three levels of the Earth Palace tomb. Three days passed, and their point totals had already placed them in the top five.
And they had reached the teleportation entrance on the third level of the Earth Palace tomb.
At this point, Yee Youmeng spoke up, "You go on ahead. Our points are already enough to get into the fifth layer of the Exquisite Treasure Tower!"
Hua Xiaoling also said, "Little Chen, the levels beyond the third are no place for us. We’ll only slow you down if we go. Besides, we have no problem getting into the fifth layer now, so you don’t need to worry about us!"
Jiang Jichen was decisive. "Here are two Exotic Fruits. They can save your lives at a critical moment. I’ll see you on the fifth layer!"
Jiang Jichen gave each of them one Mysterious Exotic Fruit, then strode into the fourth level of the Earth Palace tomb.
He currently had seventy million points. To generate the purple imprint, he needed one hundred million.
And the only way to get more points faster was to go deeper into the Earth Palace tomb.
Alone, with the Ancient Medicine Cauldron above his head and the Red Copper Sword in hand, Jiang Jichen charged into the fourth level of the Earth Palace tomb.
