How can I have a heart of a demonic god in my body?!

Inside the twenty-eighth level.

Boom! Bang! Crash!

Chen Yu struggled as he fought three Black Armored Demons at the same time.

Fighting only with True Qi, he had already spent a considerable amount of time to pass the twenty-seventh level.

This twenty-eighth level proved even more difficult for Chen Yu.

However, the more difficult the challenge, the more effective the tempering.

Under pressure, Chen Yu's use of True Qi matured, and his ability to condense it strengthened.

Occasionally, he would get injured by the Black Armored Demons, but his robust physique meant he could almost ignore these minor injuries.

Inside his body, the last wisp of Primordial Evil True Qi slowly converted into pure Evil Qi.

Outside the tower.

Countless gazes were firmly fixed on the twenty-eighth level.

"Situ Lin Yu and Duan Hao managed to break through thirty levels right after they reached the Innate Middle Stage, but Chen Yu, merely at the Postnatal Late Stage, has already passed the twenty-seventh level and reached the twenty-eighth level. He truly deserves the title of top freshman."

"I wonder if Chen Yu can get past the twenty-eighth level!"

"Even if he can't pass, his performance is already monstrous. It's just a pity that he has challenged Shang Honglan to the Life and Death Platform. If Shang Honglan wants to kill Chen Yu, not even the academy tutors have the right to stop him."

There were exclamations of astonishment as well as sighs of regret.

What a talent, to be so impulsive.

The twenty-sixth to thirtieth levels represent the simple to the highest difficulty of the Innate Middle Stage.

Blood Eagle Leg, who had lingered in the Innate Middle Stage for quite some time, only managed to break through to the twenty-ninth level.

And although Shang Honglan had not broken through to the Late Innate, he managed to reach the thirty-first level, thus his strength was almost invincible within the Innate Middle Stage.

"This lad is such a freak, but luckily he will soon fall by my hand," thought Shang Honglan with a smirk of self-satisfaction.

The twenty-eighth level remained lit for a long time with no sign of change.

The crowd began to grow impatient.

"With such a long time and still no passage through the twenty-eighth level, it seems Chen Yu could at best only get past the twenty-seventh level."

"Getting past the twenty-seventh level in the Postnatal Late Stage is already dazzling enough."

Many students began to make their conclusions.

Because the pace of Chen Yu's previous progress had been so rapid, now that it had slowed down, everyone felt that he was no longer capable.

Not far away.

Blood Eagle Leg breathed a sigh of relief again.

He had recently passed the twenty-ninth level, so he was certain to win if Chen Yu only passed the twenty-seventh level.

Don't underestimate the difference of two levels—Blood Eagle Leg was confident that he could defeat someone who had only passed twenty-seven levels within ten moves.

Suddenly.

Buzz!

The light of the Twenty-Seventh layer of the Ten Thousand Demon Tower lit up.

Of the three challengers, Chen Yu had previously been far ahead of the other two in speed.

But now, the other two had almost simultaneously reached the twenty-seventh level, quickly catching up to Chen Yu.

"I reckon those two people challenging the tower with Chen Yu are seniors from the Demon Flame Academy. They're quite strong and managed to reach the twenty-ninth level last time. They might even break through one more level this time!"

An hour later.

The light on the twenty-seventh level faded.

All of the Ten Thousand Demon Tower, save for the twenty-eighth level, went dark.

This indicated that all three challengers had reached the twenty-eighth level.

"Hehe, what's the use of advancing quickly before? Now, isn't he just being caught up to?" sneered Shang Honglan, thinking Chen Yu was too foolish.

The others also had little faith in Chen Yu's behavior.

Within the Ten Thousand Demon Tower.

Chen Yu was drenched in sweat, extremely challenged as he fought the three Black Armored Demons using only True Qi.

After such a long period, he had finally killed two of them, leaving only the last one.

But at that moment, Chen Yu's body's Primordial Evil True Qi fully converted into true Evil Qi and began to circulate rapidly.

"Red Flame King, help me hold this guy off!"

Chen Yu suddenly called out, retreating to one side to sit down cross-legged.

Through long-term grinding, he suddenly felt that he had touched the threshold of Innate.

Such a natural opportunity to touch the threshold was rare, and the chances of a successful breakthrough were extremely high.

However, once the challenge was successful, one must proceed to the next challenge and could not engage in solitary cultivation or seclusion.

Therefore, he could only ask the Red Flame King to hold off the last Black Armored Demon.

"You little rascal."

The Red Flame King cursed immediately but still took action.

"I'm really not used to having feet but no hands," the Red Flame King complained then burst into flames all over his body, like a scorching fireball, crashing toward the last Black Armored Demon.

The Fire Scale Beast's bloodline was already extraordinary, and now with the soul of the Red Flame King, his Peak of Postnatal Middle Stage cultivation was not afraid of the Innate Middle Stage Black Armored Demon.

Moreover, the Red Flame King only needed to entangle the demon, not kill it, making the task much simpler.

Buzz whoosh!

Flames on the Red Flame King's four feet formed a wind tunnel, rotating at an odd angle and making him extremely agile.

The Black Armored Demon's attacks were wild, but it completely failed to touch even a hair on the Red Flame King.

Thus, the Red Flame King easily kept the Black Armored Demon at bay by hopping around it smoothly and coolly.

Outside, two hours later.

The twenty-ninth level of the Ten Thousand Demon Tower lit up.

On the Ten Thousand Demon Stele, Chen Yu's ranking had not changed, which proved that the ones who had entered the twenty-ninth level were definitely those two seniors.

Another hour passed.

The thirtieth level of the Ten Thousand Demon Tower lit up.

"The thirtieth level!"

On the Ten Thousand Demon Stele, the name of one of the seniors had changed, advancing by about sixty places.

The Ten Thousand Demon Stele primarily ranked based on the number of levels reached, and secondarily on the time taken to pass. The shorter the time, the higher the ranking within the same number of levels.

Not long afterwards.

One person walked out of the exit of the Ten Thousand Demon Tower.

This person was precisely the senior who had passed the thirtieth level.

"Congratulations, Brother Liu."

Many who recognized him came to offer their congratulations.

"Sister Yun should be able to reach the thirtieth level as well."

The young man surnamed Liu glanced at the Ten Thousand Demon Tower, "Huh, Chen Yu actually made it to the twenty-eighth floor?"

In the Postnatal Late Stage, reaching this level was already quite terrifying.

Sadly, between Chen Yu and Shang Honglan, there was a duel on the Life and Death Platform. If Shang Honglan were to strike mercilessly, a generation's talent would fall right then and there.

As expected.

Not much time passed before the thirtieth floor lit up again, and then quickly dimmed.

At the exit of the Ten Thousand Demon Tower, a woman in black emerged, bewitching in her movements.

"Only Chen Yu is left, why is he still on the twenty-eighth floor?"

"How long has he been there?"

Many began to complain.

When Chen Yu was on the twenty-eighth floor, two seniors from the Demon Flame Academy were still on the twenty-fifth.

However, even after the seniors from the Demon Flame Academy had finished their challenges, Chen Yu remained on the twenty-eighth floor.

Another hour passed.

The twenty-eighth floor was still lit, showing no change.

Many people had lost their patience; if a round of tower challenges didn't end, the other students could not take their turn.

"That kid must have died on the twenty-eighth floor, and the Ten Thousand Demon Tower probably malfunctioned too, not sending his body out."

Shang Honglan laughed, joking around.

No one left; all the students waited there, wanting to see what exactly Chen Yu was up to.

An hour went by.

"As Brother Shang said, that kid must be dead on the twenty-eighth floor, and the Ten Thousand Demon Tower probably malfunctioned!"

Someone voiced, agreeing with Shang Honglan's earlier joke.

"The Ten Thousand Demon Tower has a problem; perhaps we should inform the instructor?"

Another student followed up with the jest.

It was no wonder the others thought this way; normally when a student challenges the tower, if they spent such a long time, their True Qi would have been completely depleted by now.

Without True Qi, a martial artist's strength would decrease sharply, how could they possibly withstand the enemies within the Ten Thousand Demon Tower?

"Chen Yu, what exactly are you doing?"

Yang Zhang was also waiting with great anxiety.

Inside the Ten Thousand Demon Tower.

The Red Flame King was still hopping around the Black Armored Demon, teasing it.

"Little one, are you done yet? This king is getting bored to death."

The Red Flame King spoke very straightforwardly.

Seeing that Chen Yu did not reply, the Red Flame King shook his head slightly.

"Sigh, so be it, let this king lend you a hand."

The figure of the Red Flame King suddenly stopped, then dashed toward Chen Yu. The Black Armored Demon didn't even respond in time, seeming sluggish for a moment.

Boom! Boom!

The Red Flame King positioned himself behind Chen Yu, his claws striking down on the acupoints.

Chen Yu had signed an equal mutual contract with the Red Flame King; the Red Flame King was not allowed to harm Chen Yu overtly, so Chen Yu wasn't too worried about the Red Flame King's actions.

Chen Yu felt a warm current enter his meridians, constantly clearing and splitting them open, stimulating the circulation of his True Qi.

"This guy really has some skill," Chen Yu thought to himself.

He was at the final juncture and dared not be careless, taking each step cautiously.

But then the Red Flame King suddenly intervened, forcibly guiding the circulation of Chen Yu's True Qi.

The Evil Qi within him swiftly shrank and became more concentrated, circulating rapidly through the meridians in his body.

Boom~

Chen Yu's body trembled slightly, feeling his Evil Qi increase substantially and become more powerful.

From afar, the Black Armored Demon, no longer hindered by the Red Flame King, rushed in for the kill.

At that moment, Chen Yu suddenly stood up.

He lifted his arm, not activating the Copper Statue Technique.

Whirr!

A layer of pitch-black True Qi gathered on the surface of his arm, faintly forming a scale pattern like that of a python.

Bang!

A punch was thrown, and the Evil Qi burst forth violently, shattering the head of the Black Armored Demon.

"How strong the Innate True Qi is!" exclaimed Chen Yu, greatly surprised.

After breaking through to the Innate level, his Evil Qi had risen to another level, almost reaching the standard of the Late Innate Stage.

Without using "Evil Qi Forming", just having the Evil Qi concentrated on the surface of his arm, the vague outline of snake scales appeared.

"Tsks, not bad, having just reached the Innate level, the form of your True Qi has already changed!" The Red Flame King remarked with slight admiration.

"Is that impressive?" asked Chen Yu.

"Nonsense, with my high standards, to receive praise from this king, you should be overjoyed and thanking the heavens. To question it still..." The Red Flame King was somewhat displeased, casting a disdainful glance at Chen Yu.

…

Outside, some people were preparing to leave.

Chen Yu had stayed on the twenty-eighth floor for far too long, so long that they didn't know what to do just standing outside.

"The twenty-eighth floor has gone dark!"

Someone shouted.

Upon hearing this, the expressions of everyone present changed.

"This kid, is he finally coming out?"

But in the next moment.

The twenty-ninth floor lit up!

"Impossible!" Yan Boqing, known for his Blood Eagle Leg technique, cried out in shock.

Everyone wore expressions of disbelief.

He had spent half a day on the twenty-eighth floor; by all accounts, his True Qi should have been exhausted, so how could he have passed?

"It must be an accident."

"That's right, the Ten Thousand Demon Tower must be broken."

However, the discussions among the crowd didn't last long.

Buzz!

The thirtieth floor of the Ten Thousand Demon Tower suddenly lit up!