How come the celestial technique I stole is so powerful?!

Heavenly King Xue Feng opened his eyes wide and stared.

Boom!

Another fierce clash, Lin Xiaosu fell back five meters, and immediately charged again!

The next strike!

He retreated three meters!

Yet another strike!

Both he and the burly man each stepped back a step…

A cold sweat broke out on Heavenly King Xue Feng's back: "Rejuvenation Secret Technique! Is this truly his formidable trump card?"

"Trump cards vary from person to person, from time to time. When facing an equally matched opponent, the powerful recovery ability of the Rejuvenation Secret Technique is the greatest trump card for victory!" Jing Lei smiled slightly: "33rd level, it's time to welcome a newcomer!"

Heavenly King Xue Feng's gaze landed on his face, with a hint of inquiry.

Jing Lei added with a smile: "High positions are lonely, this is something people say often, but how many can truly understand the taste of it?"

High positions are lonely!

The 33rd level has always had only one person!

And today, it should welcome a newcomer…

Boom!

Another big clash, the burly man was sent flying!

In their fierce clash, Lin Xiaosu was sent flying over thirty times.

This was the first time he repelled this burly man.

Sizzle!

An extremely sharp light swept across the burly man's neck…

The second move of the Li Ren Swordsmanship transformed into the first move, Separation.

With one sword, he severed the burly man's neck, ending the guard battle.

With a cracking sound, all the sensors on his body shattered into pieces.

The holographic projection disappeared.

He vanished from the Dragon Eye of the big shots with Level 3 Authority.

He cleared all the checkpoints and stood on the 33rd level of the tower.

Without the myriad wonderful realms created by holographic projections, there was only an ordinary floor, the real rooftop of the Thirty-Three Towers.

All around, were the real scenes of the Qianlong Headquarters.

As the mountain wind blew, his hair flew up, Lin Xiaosu looked at the road he came from, with a thoughtful eye…

Blue Demon and Miao Yin hugged and jumped together.

"Should we prepare a celebration banquet?" Blue Demon said.

"A small one?"

"Of course!"

"How small? Just you two celebrating, or should I be included…"

"I don't care if you drink or not, but cooking is your job."

Miao Yin Heavenly King exclaimed: "Cook? I can't!"

"You say it like I can… But what of it? Learn! There are plenty of Qianlong tutorials, even robots can learn, can't we?" Blue Demon said.

"My god, although Heavenly Kings are becoming worthless, using them to cook is still too much…" Miao Yin Heavenly King said: "Why do I feel like you're a bride-to-be about to get married?"

"Get lost!" Blue Demon glared at her: "Say it straight, are you going or not?"

Chief Long's office.

The combat hologram in front of Chief Long disappeared, the fantastical scene returned to being cold and deep.

Chief Long slowly stood up: "Has the forum been followed?"

An old man in red walked out from the darkness in front: "It has been followed."

"What do you think?"

The old man in red said: "On the day the review group rejected his entry into Qianlong, the reasons laid out were indeed far-fetched. I personally think a 'look back' is needed."

"No need! No need to look back!" Chief Long said: "There are some things you can't see clearly even if you look back!"

The old man in red's eyes showed surprise: "However, public opinion has already fermented, without an explanation it might be difficult to appease the people, and will arouse many suspicions."

Yes, the forum is now intensifying.

With Lin Xiaosu breaking through all the checkpoints, it became increasingly uncontrollable.

He broke through all the checkpoints, becoming the second person to step onto the 33rd level after Jing Lei.

What does such a person signify?

It means he is a super heavenly king class person comparable to Jing Lei.

And such a person was actually rejected by the review group!

If not for his later trajectory largely aligning with Qianlong, Qianlong would have lost this super heavenly king.

What exactly was the review group's intention?

Was there anything fishy with the review group?

The forum has reached a fever pitch…

This has never happened on Qianlong Headquarters' forum.

Qianlong Headquarters' forum is not a place where you can just register and speak freely, those qualified to speak are all people from Qianlong Headquarters, even the gold medal of outside divisions are not qualified to log in.

Such people have discipline.

How can they speak recklessly?

However, in a place where you can't speak freely, a group of high-level personnel who don't speak freely, once they speak, they are well-reasoned and well-founded, they will never speak nonsense.

Well-reasoned and well-founded judgments spreading in the small circle of Qianlong high-level, that's not a simple matter, there must be an explanation!

Chief Long said calmly: "I say no need to 'look back', we must look forward! Respect public opinion, face the issue directly! My suggestion is, all seven members of the review group, suspend them all!"

The old man in red widened his eyes sharply: "Suspend them all?"

"Yes, suspend them all!" Chief Long said: "Form a new review group, you choose 21 people with a 3 to 1 ratio, report them to me for review, to determine the final 14 people!"

The old man in red took a deep breath: "Merely because of a refusal to enter at that time, the entire group is to be disbanded, Chief Long, this is somewhat against the procedure."

It turned out he was also suggesting handling it.

But Chief Long's handling plan was a hundred times heavier than he expected.

Chief Long slowly lifted his gaze: "Conventional wisdom has its steadiness, unconventional moves have their wonders, I will bear the procedural issues, do as I said!"

"Yes!"

"Also, make arrangements for me to meet Lin Xiaosu!"

"Yes!"

33rd floor rooftop.

Lin Xiaosu looked through the empty sky, staring at the distant mountains.

Through this Thirty-Three Tower, he seemed to feel the painstaking effort of the person who built the tower.

Taoist Lu Yun.

An old acquaintance of Liu Lin Temple.

He knows the Ancient Wilderness is about to break the boundary, and he also knows the Earth Core World is not content with the status quo.

He told this to his second uncle.

However, Li Laoer is just an ordinary person, telling him is no different than telling a wall.

So he sought out the most powerful force in this world: Qianlong.

He stayed at Qianlong 101 for a while, leaving behind a book called the "Mountain and River Scripture," and also the sentiment, "The demonic chaos outside the border, the natives uneasy in the Earth's core, and the Ancient Wilderness is about to break the barrier, where will this generation of civilization ultimately go?"

That was just at 101, the periphery of Qianlong.

In the end, he entered the Qianlong Headquarters.

And built this Thirty-Three Towers there.

The first ten floors, the Mortal World, are for those who are either snipers or Genetic People.

The middle ten floors are different!

The middle ten floors are the entry-level for cultivators, Observing human.

Observing human, only a Gold Medal can counterbalance.

The upper ten floors, the Observing Earth realm, only the top one hundred ranked Gold Medals are qualified to counterbalance.

The top two floors.

Observing Heaven realm!

Only Heavenly Kings can counterbalance.

Though there are thirty-three floors, there are actually only thirty-two.

Because the thirty-third floor has nothing.

Based on the situation at the thirty-second floor, the thirty-third floor indeed should have nothing.

Because the second Gatekeeper at the thirty-second floor has already reached the Peeping Heaven High Realm, going further isn't Observing Heaven, but entering the giants of the enlightenment realm.

In the Great Thousand World, Enlightenment Realm is not allowed to exist.

So, the thirty-third floor is empty!

Is this what Lu Yun wanted to tell the world?

To tell the world that the highest combat power in this world is Observing Heaven?

Using this method, to tell Qianlong about the hierarchy and combat power standards on the Cultivation Path?

No, it definitely won't be that simple!

Lin Xiaosu's Heavenly Tao Wisdom Eye activates!

Suddenly, his heart began to pound fiercely.

The previously empty thirty-third floor, in the northwest corner, had Array Patterns!

Lin Xiaosu stepped forward, arriving before the Array Patterns.

His finger gently raised, touching a point where two Array Patterns converged.

A faint tearing sound was heard.

The array opened up.

A whole new world appeared before him.

His heart was pounding wildly.

Currently, only he and Jing Lei had reached the thirty-third floor.

If Jing Lei didn't understand the array formations, if he couldn't see the Array Patterns, then this scene before him was seen by him alone.

This was the true secret of the Thirty-Three Towers.

He lifted his gaze and saw countless streams of Array Light.

The grand array depicted a spectacular scene.

A beautiful vast grassland.

A small river.

Distant snowy mountains, their peaks covered in white snow.

His Heavenly Tao Wisdom Eye penetrated through, seeing a Taoist Temple atop the snowy mountains, with three words above the temple: Three Realms.

All of this was an array's shadow.

It was not real.

Even though it looked very real...

For example, a butterfly on the grassland danced lightheartedly, each trajectory perfectly synchronized with a living creature.

Lin Xiaosu stared at this butterfly, and the more he looked, the more astonished he became.

The butterfly fluttered towards him.

His heartbeat sped up increasingly.

Because he suddenly felt that as the butterfly fluttered towards him, his True Qi flow slowed down more and more, seeming as though a giant mountain in the air was toppling over, creating boundless pressure.

This feeling had occurred before, in Kun Cang, while facing the giants of the enlightenment realm, it was the same sensation.

Now, just a light butterfly gave him that feeling.

The butterfly was still a hundred meters away, his Blood Tower stopped rotating.

At fifty meters, a drop of sweat seeped out, hanging at his nose tip.

At twenty meters, his whole body's bones creaked as if they were about to be crushed.

Whoosh!

The butterfly spread its wings, and Lin Xiaosu flew high and far, directly withdrawn from the array scene, crashing heavily onto the floor.

Before Lin Xiaosu, the floor of the thirty-third floor reappeared, beneath him, the immensely thick concrete floor cracked a gap, his bones ached faintly and his heart was pounding crazily.

Because he knew clearly.

Within the array, there is both real and illusory.

The great grassland is an array illusion, the snowy mountains are array illusions, and the Taoist Temple is also an illusion.

However, one thing isn't an illusion.

It genuinely exists.

It is alive.

It is a butterfly!

This butterfly emerged from the void, like a giant of the enlightenment realm; with a gentle flutter, he was sent flying a hundred meters away, without any resistance!

Is this Lu Yun's true purpose in building the Thirty-Three Towers?

To leave a trump card for Qianlong Headquarters?

Compared to previous guesses, this guess might align more with common sense.

Lu Yun has affection for this world.

He knew that sooner or later, this world would face irresistible mighty forces.

So, he left such a trump card at the Qianlong Headquarters, in case a giant of the enlightenment realm emerged, this butterfly could suppress him!

If that is so, it fits the demeanor of Qianlong's stabilizing force.

Otherwise, Qianlong would be too weak.

This profound secret is evidently above what a Heavenly King level can comprehend; among the living, perhaps only one person could verify it for him, and that person is Chief Long!

Lin Xiaosu descended from the fourth floor.

As he walked down the stairs again, his vision transformed entirely.

On each floor below, there were people; some fighting, some escaping, shuttling back and forth in the open space, locked in mortal combat with the air.

These were the various members of Qianlong.

They wore sensors on them, fully immersed in the world created by holographic projections.

Lin Xiaosu didn't disturb them, sidestepped, and quickly descended, reaching the first floor in a flash, and exited the Thirty-Three Towers.

At the entrance, a young man in red awaited him: "Mr. Lin, Chief Long requests you!"