Invincible Martial King

Just as he entered the range of the ninth floor, an incomparably terrifying pressure fell on Lu Chen's body. Even though he was well-prepared, Lu Chen still staggered and almost fell to the ground.    

If it had to be said, the pressure on the eighth floor was like a small mountain, while the pressure on the ninth floor was like an endless mountain. The pressure was so endless that Lu Chen almost bent his waist.    

After breaking through once again, Lu Chen's body was as strong as a High-grade Magic Tool's, but under this pressure, he could even feel that his bones and flesh were about to split.    

"Chaos Body!"    

Without any hesitation, Lu Chen immediately activated his Chaos Body. In an instant, the Chaos Blood that was hibernating deep in his blood boiled, and every inch of his flesh and bones received immense strength as they resisted the endless pressure.    

"Bam!"    

After activating the Chaos Body with all of his strength, Lu Chen felt that he had some energy left. When his foot landed on the ground, it made a loud crashing sound, and he was like a toddler, walking up the stone stairs in a very stiff posture.    

It was obviously only a few steps, but Lu Chen walked for a full ten breaths of time. Finally, he stood on the ninth floor and looked at the empty ninth floor of Training Hall. Lu Chen felt an energy fluctuation that was several times richer than the one below.    

The higher the floor, the clearer the energy aura one felt. If there were no surprises, then the entire Training Hall's energy source should be on the last floor, which was the tenth floor.    

However, even if he wanted to reach the ninth floor, he'd already expended a great deal of strength. If he wanted to reach the tenth floor, even with his strength, he didn't have much confidence.    

"Since we're already here, there's no reason why we shouldn't go up." After resting for a moment, Lu Chen smiled. Giving up halfway was not his usual style. Furthermore, he was indeed somewhat interested in time formations.    

Looking at the stone staircase full of vicissitudes of life, Lu Chen went up without hesitation.    

"Crunch."    

In the blink of an eye, Lu Chen's waist was almost bent down and traces of blood seeped out of the pores on his body. But at that critical moment, strands of lightning coiled around his body like dragons, making him look like a slowly glowing, robust Fighting God.    

"Thunderbolt Fighting Arts."    

Lu Chen did not hesitate to activate this martial skill. As a martial skill passed down in the Lu Family, although this battle skill was only a Superior Grade, it was a rare Amplification martial skill that could allow the user to unleash several times the strength within a short period of time.    

With the help of the Thunderbolt Fighting Arts, Lu Chen stared at the terrifying pressure and slowly moved upwards. In just a moment, his forehead was covered in cold sweat.    

Lu Chen felt like his body was about to split apart. His entire body was filled with immense pain, but this pain did not affect someone like him who had experienced everything.    

Not knowing how much time had passed, when Lu Chen's feet all the way up to the tenth floor, the clothes on his body were all almost completely wet.    

"The pressure of the tenth floor is far more than fear. It is simply abnormal." Lu Chen's face turned pale. He had paid quite a price to get up here.    

He was regretting it now. He was so bored that his balls hurt.    

The instant Lu Chen ascended to the tenth floor of the Training Hall, an ancient bell, which was dozens of meters long, suddenly shook. This ancient bell was like a stone inscription, and those who did not know about it would think that it was just an inscription on top of a palace tower, so very few people would notice it.    

"Knock knock …"    

The stone skin on the ancient bell suddenly fell off, revealing the new bell's body. Immediately following that, a crisp and loud bell sound rang out.    

The sound of the bell carried with it an ancient aura, as if it had traveled through the primordial era, causing every student in the Dagan Academic Palace to shudder.    

"What was that sound?"    

"It seems to be a movement from the Training Hall."    

… ….    

At this moment, more than half of the academy could hear this loud and clear bell chime.    

"Ancient Bell above the Training Hall!"    

"Someone has reached the tenth floor of the Training Hall!"    

The moment he heard the bell, the guard was startled, but soon after, his face revealed a look of shock. In the past few decades, even though there were many disciples of the academy, there were only a few that could withstand the enormous pressure and reach the tenth level of their cultivation.    

"Could it be those monsters from West Campus?"    

"Or a precious student of the East District's antique?"    

The guard tried his best to think back, but there was no impression of him at all. Logically speaking, if those few monsters had entered the Training Hall, he would have already noticed them long ago, but there didn't seem to be any. Impossible.    

"Who is it?"    

The guard's expression changed several times in just a moment. It was faster than flipping a book.    

"No."    

"We have to report this matter to the higher ups."    

After muttering to himself for a moment, he quickly made a decision. Whether or not someone broke into the tenth floor, regardless of whether or not they were the rumored evildoers, they should report this to the higher levels, because the tenth floor was where the energy source for the Training Hall was located.    

"The Ancient Bell of the Training Hall?"    

"Could it be those precious students of the old antiques from the East District?"    

"The youngsters from our West Campus haven't gone there recently, right?" In a palace, West Campus Elder Wu Zhiqiang heard the bell sound and frowned as he talked to himself.    

On the other side of the academy, Dean Dong, Zhou Cang, also heard the loud and clear ancient bell and smiled. He smiled at the few human figures who had hidden themselves deep within the ball of light and said, "Seniors, could it be that your students have gone through Training Hall?"    

"Nope."    

"Those little fellows have been slacking quite a bit recently. They were all thrown in to our Wilderness Secret Realm to train themselves." A few bright and dazzling light clusters fluctuated slightly. Soon after, an old and aged voice sounded out.    

"He shouldn't be from our East District."    

"Probably just a few arrogant brats from the West Campus."    

"During the next match between the two academies, we must let the people from the East Branch teach them a ruthless lesson."    

Zhou Cang frowned and said in a deep voice.    

Just as both the east and west courtyards thought that they were each other's talented students, an extremely indistinct figure was sitting cross-legged in a white jade palace located in the deepest parts of Dagan Academic Palace. He was like a black hole, where all the surrounding light was being devoured.    

"The ancient bell."    

Hearing the loud and clear sound of the bell, he slowly opened his eyes. Two rays of light pierced through the sky like lightning. An earth-shattering aura burst out, but they quickly disappeared.    

"Forget it, forget it."    

Shaking his head, the figure closed his eyes once more. Everything returned to calm.    

Lu Chen didn't know that he had attracted a lot of attention because he had reached the tenth floor. That was because his focus was all on the crystal clear energy stone in front of him.    

"I never thought that a mere academy within the Dagan Dynasty would actually possess such a thing."    

"Stellar Origin Stones!"    

Lu Chen's gaze turned cold. This kind of Star Origin Stone was a very useful treasure to an existence at the Martial King level.