Chương 255: Leaving the tower

"I don't know if there's a mistake somewhere, or it's possible that he lost his life in the tower" The Misty Mountain's Master added softly.

"That's impossible. No one dies in the Dao tempering tower. It isn't the real thing, just a mere copy!" The Great Elder replied solemly.

"In that case, then that kid must have been hiding his cultivation. Definitely!" The Misty Mountain's Master added. It was unknown if he was assuring the great elder or himself.

"All those still in the tower are at the fifth floor and above. If he's still in there, then he must be in one of those floors. But… how can a rank one spirit realm warrior reach that height? Was he really hiding his cultivation?" The great elder muttered in confusion.

"It doesn't matter. He is here representing us so the stronger he is, the better it is for us!" The Misty Mountain's Master rapidly calmed down and viewed this from another viewpoint. The great elder nodded and no longer spoke, remaining silent. Lan yanyue stared at the huge tower and but her lips with a pale face. She had been waiting for Long Feng to be eliminated from the tower, at least so she would feel better, but hours had passed and he didn't appear. That meant one thing; he was at the fifth floor!

She couldn't believe this reality. He actually reached a floor that required rank seven spirit realm warriors to reach? How was that possible? Gongsun Hao and the Yihua clan's youth stood beside each other with solemn expressions on their faces. They stared at the tower, exchanged glances and both realized something.

"We underestimated him!" Li Yue'er was the least bit surprised by this. She knew exactly how strong Long Feng was. She had managed to reach the seventh floor and faced her heart flaws; the demon entity, her clan's slaughter and Yan jian's death. She didn't have a heart demon, but she found it hard to withstand her heart flaws and clear the seventh floor so she similarly left. But she was confident that Long Feng could surpass the seventh floor.

Of course, if she knew what he went through in the seventh floor, her heart would have been seized by worry and alarm. The mere mention of a heart demon could terrify even Dao realm masters. In fact, it was much worse for them. Reaching the Dao realm with a heart demon was next to impossible. Dying was almost assured. And if one got a heart demon attack the Dao realm, if was thousands of times more horrible than what Long Feng went through.

The person in question, Long Feng was unaware of all that was going on outside. The eighth floor was something that left him completely speechless, astounded and blank. He was in a very beautifully decorated room. But he wasn't in the mood to applaud the room. Sitting on a red petal filled bed was… a red clothed Hua Liuli!

"Is this damned formation messing with me? How is it searching my memories? Or could I be the one seeing this?" Long Feng cursed under his breath. A faint, nearly undetectable scene permeated this room. And every time he breathed it in, he felt a bit more uncomfortable and his body began to heat up. And Hua Liuli, or the illusion that looked like her wasn't making things any easier.

"Brother Long Feng!" Hua Liuli called out softly, her face flushed red. Long Feng's whole body heated up as he stared at her, quickly becoming aware that the scent was affecting his thoughts. But he couldn't stop breathing could he? And he had already breathed too much of it in.

"Brother Long Feng, come over." Hua Liuli shyly said, gesturing with her soft hand for him to come closer.

"This is an illusion, that is not Liuli. Keep calm!" Long Feng held his breath and repeatedly told himself over and over again.

"Brother Long Feng is so shy! I'll come over then" Hua Liuli giggled softly and slowly stood up from the bed. Her hair wasn't tied up and flowed down her shoulders, making her look less cute and more beautiful and elegant. She began to walk with her barefoot tiny feet lightly towards Long Feng, who's heart was rapidly pounding. If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it's taken without the author's consent. Report it.

"This can't be happening!" He cried out inwardly as he felt all the heat in his body gather at his crouch and his blood began to boil.

"Hehehe, brother Long Feng, you look so red!" Hua Liuli giggled again as she approached him and caressed his face with her soft palms. Long Feng's face was indeed bright red due to the rush of blood. The weird scent in the air had already filled his body and began to take effect.

"Brother Long Feng, do you want to see something else?" Hua Liuli giggled again and took a few steps back. Before Long Feng could breath a sigh of relief though, she did something that nearly made him have a nosebleed. Hua Liuli began to slowly take off her clothes, starting from the outer layers.

"Damn it!" Long Feng's eyes began to turn red as he realized that he was rapidly losing his sanity. It was at this moment that he realized, the eighth floor of the Dao tempering tower was a test of Lust! If this continued, and he lost his reasoning completely, then he would certainly fail this eighth floor and then possibly… Hua Liuli… Long Feng's sword heart wasn't very useful in this situation. His Daos were all useless.

"I can't let myself fall for my lust! This isn't me" Long Feng roared in his heart and his blazing will began to surge again. The heat in his body was forcefully suppressed as he temporarily regained his sanity. Without hesitating, he reached out his arm and grabbed Hua Liuli's neck in his grasp with a grim look.

"You're not Liuli! Leave my head or I'll be forced to kill you!" He threatened with an urgent look. He was beginning to lose his suppression of this weird heat in his body. He couldn't let this continue.

"Brother Long Feng doesn't want Liuli? Well how about… Now?" Hua Liuli replied with a beautiful smile. Long Feng stood frozen as her entire figure, face, expression, changed becoming exactly that of Li Yue'er! Long Feng was suddenly completely lost as he stared straight into Li Yue'er's unspeakable beauty. He was holding her neck, staring at her icy blue eyes with half of her clothes gone. Before he knew it, Long Feng's nose began to bleed.

His eyes were filled with great struggle as his sanity began to fade away rapidly.

"Damn it!" Long Feng growled and pushed Li Yue'er away, but he was too late. His blood was rushing through his veins like a rushing river, his lower region was filled with burning heat and his eyes were blood shot.

"Damn this tower!" Long Feng roared right before he lost his reasoning completely and made one swift decision. His demon energy fully surged out with his sword energy, flooding this beautiful room and reducing everything to pieces. The room faded, Li Yue'er vanished, the heat in his body also vanished and he regained his senses fully. Looking around, he was back in the dark area as other floors. Long Feng's clothes was drenched in sweat, even more than when he faced his heart demon.

He was truly terrified by this eighth floor's trial. It was so realistic, so tempting, so maddening! Even now, his blood was boiling and he was still having a nosebleed.

"This Dao tempering tower is completely ridiculous! I'm done!" Long Feng cursed and didn't even think about heading to the ninth floor. Who knows what ridiculous test he would encounter? Although it was undeniable that these trials were extremely beneficial to his Dao, his sword heart, his will and his focus. The heart flaw trial made him face his heart demon and suppress it, accept his flaws. The lust trial…

well, he did find out that Li Yue'er could make him have a nosebleed just by over staring at her face and Hua Liuli was actually more beautiful with her hair loose… but it also strengthened his resolve and determination in such situations. Though he wasn't particularly opposed to such situation in real life… Long Feng directly shouted"I give up!" A bright light instantly engulfed him and he found himself standing by the huge tower entrance.

Many eyes were fixed on him in a mix of surprise, shock, disbelief and other such emotions. Long Feng's aura showed that he was just a rank one spirit realm warrior with a barely solid foundation, yet he actually lasted this long? But then again, he looked so flushed, battered and drenched in sweat, he probably went all out to reach the fifth floor before being eliminated. Although his feat was still amazing, reaching the fifth floor actually wasn't that special.

His talent was good, but talent wasn't as valued in this competition as immediate strength. And just the strength to barely reach the fifth floor wouldn't even push one into the top three hundred without great luck. Long Feng was relieved when many people lost interest in him and he quickly slipped into the other youths trying to staying low-key.

"Hey, one of the spots of light in the eighth floor just vanished!" Someone shouted, drawing the attention of everyone. Long Feng also turned to the tower and was surprised at how high some spots of light had gone. There were seventeen spots of light in the eighth floor, if he was included, only nineteen people were in that floor just a while ago. The ninth floor had six spots of light. Long Feng could imagine that those six spots of light represented the overlord continent's strongest geniuses.

But, weren't they supposed to be seven? Long Feng's expression was serious as he looked higher, to the tenth floor. There, he spotted a single exceptionally bright spot of light, representing someone in the tenth floor! Long Feng drew a sharp breath in amazement"The eighth floor was already so troublesome, the ninth floor must be ridiculous. How hard is the tenth floor? Who is that?!"

"I'm willing to bet that that person in the tenth floor is Huang Fang Hao!" Someone beside Long Feng exclaimed.

"Exactly. He could be the strongest among all the seven overlords!"

"I think it is Lei Jie! He reached the ninth floor a year ago. This time, he should be able to reach the tenth floor!" Another person refuted.

"I don't care who it is. But can he manage to pass the tenth floor?"

"I heard rumors that only a perfected Dao heart and peak Dao concept can reach the eleventh floor!"

"Whoa! If so, then I doubt anyone can actually reach the eleventh floor this time""Look! Someone else reached the tenth floor!" Someone exclaimed in excitement. Indeed, one of the six spots of light in the ninth floor had vanished and reappeared in the tenth floor, making two bright spots of light to shine on the tenth floor.

"Two of them! One of them has to be Lei Jie!"

"I think so too. His cultivation is very strong, and no one actually knows what level he is." Long Feng stared at the two spots of light on the tenth floor and felt a bit sad. He could've tried to see what his limit was, probably this tenth floor or even just the ninth floor. He really would have loved the feeling of letting lose. But he couldn't afford to take that risk. Not just now, but throughout the hundred continent meeting, he would have to hide his strength.

"Urgh. This is extremely annoying!" He sighed and looked away from the tower. Almost everyone had already forgotten him as more people were being eliminated by the minute. An hour later, there was not a single person below the seventh floor. And at that same time, the overlord continent's geniuses in the seventh floor started getting thrown out. They were mainly the rank nine spirit realm warriors and they had certainly lasted much longer than others in the seventh floor.

The seventh floor used your heart's flaws to test your determination and willpower. Although it was nothing as severe as Long Feng's heart demon, it was still a taunting experience to these geniuses. And lasting long in the seventh floor showed that your will was stronger than normal. Of course, clearing the floor was an even more astonishing feat. Unlike the seventh floor though, Long Feng knew that in the eighth floor, the longer you lasted, the more you would fail.

In that case, these seventeen geniuses in the eighth floor could have succumbed to their lust.

"Ah. I really thought you'd be eliminated immediately if you…" Long Feng sighed almost regretfully. But the Overlord continent's too geniuses were truly astonishing. They had all cleared the eighth floor, which meant they could suppress their lust. He didn't know what trial was on the ninth floor, but it would certainly be worse than the eighth floor, yet two geniuses had cleared it and reached the tenth floor!

"Huang Fang Hao… who is that?" Long Feng recalled this name and muttered curiously.

"You're really asking that question? You don't know who Huang Fang Hao is?" Someone beside him exclaimed in surprise. Long Feng was startled, the he nodded calmly.

"Hm… Huang Fang Hao is the strongest genius from the Desolate Overlord Continent. He was already famous across the continent zone and even the Mainland for his feats" the person replied fervently. One could tell that he was filled with awe, respect and admiration for this Huang Fang Hao.

"Feats?" Long Feng raised his brows. What feats could make a continent zone's genius to be famous in the Mainland?

"Yes. Feats. Three years ago, Huang Fang Hao went to the Mainland and challenged the outer Disciples of several four star forces and won several of his challenges. It is said that Huang Fang Hao was already accepted by a three star force in the mainland as an outer Disciple, but he didn't leave. He wanted to take the top spot of the hundred continent meeting that was always taken by their Desolate Overlord Continent before he left." The stranger explained rapidly in a single breath, his face filled with respect.

"Rank three force? Challenged Mainland's disciples?" Long Feng was impressed by this Huang Fang Hao's feats. They were quite impressive.

"Exactly. He is so outstanding! And he is extremely handsome as well! Like, very handsome!" The person replied in a tone that made Long Feng feel as though something was off. When he glanced at this person, he was startled to see the absolute reverence and… hopeful desire on his face.

"What the hell!?" Long Feng quietly moved several steps away, staying far from this weird person.

"This Hundred continent meeting is filled with lunatics!" Long Feng sighed and walked away through the crowd of geniuses.