Chapter 57: Fighting For Tokens (1/2)

Qin Yu swept his glance across the several hundred people and discovered a few familiar figures: the Demonic Blade Sect’s Mo Badao, the Dugu family’s Dugu Feiyan, and Hidden Sword Villa’s Li Yijian. Apart from Qin Fang, who already had died, all of Luosang City’s four great chosen contestants were here. In addition, Qin Yu also discovered another acquaintance, Qing Yun from Luonan City’s Qing Family. Before, the two had fought at Ten Thousand Beast Mountain. Qing Yun also discovered Qin Yu’s existence. When she saw Qin Yu, a trace of astonishment appeared in her eyes. Qin Yu was actually still alive?

Earlier at Ten Thousand Beast Mountain, Qin Yu had been forced by Qin Chong and the others to enter the Yin Demon’s Forbidden Zone, and she, too, had heard about it. Everybody thought that Qin Yu had undoubtedly died; and, at that time, Qing Yun had felt it was truly a great pity. Fortunately, he hadn’t died and was standing, alive and well, before her.

However, what suprised Qing Yun was that Qin Yu’s cultivation hadn’t changed at all; it was still at the peak of Origin Realm. Everyone else here was at least at Immersion Realm. She truly didn’t know how he had entered with his cultivation level.

Qin Yu watched Qing Yun attentively and also felt some surprise. When they had fought at Ten Thousand Beast Mountain, she was only at the peak of Origin Realm; yet now, she was already at the middle stage of Immersion Realm. She had directly skipped two stages! Truly powerful! Apparently, she had gained much more from Ten Thousand Beast Mountain than the others.

Rumble. The doors behind them thudded, causing everyone to turn and find the gate had already closed. Two hours finally had passed. The first floor’s doors shut, so the second floor’s doors should soon open. The several hundred people on the first floor all stared at the shuttered threshold to the second floor with fervent gazes. With a bam that resounded, the doors to the second floor really opened.

A black-robed figure walked out and stood there aloofly, overlooking the crowd. “Everyone, congratulations for successfully enduring the first floor. You may choose whichever treasure you like from here.” After the black-robed person spoke, his eyes moved toward the treasures on the shelf; yet, no one moved to touch them. “Sigh… It seems the treasures of the first floor are beneath all you young talents. However, I guarantee that from the second floor onwards, the rewards will definitely be something of interest to everyone. But, to enter the second floor, you have to once again prove your strength.” With that, a strange, evil smile flickered across the black-clad figure’s face.

“Do we need more heads?” Somebody immediately shouted loudly.

“No, no.” The black-robed person smiled, but his grin was still very weird. “Right now, all of you have a token in your hands. From now on, every floor of the tower will readily open to you so long as you have enough tokens. If you have two, you may proceed to the second floor; if you have three, you can reach the third floor; four to fourth floor, and so on. If you wish to enter the top floor, you must take ten tokens; first come, first served.”

The black-robed figure hadn’t even finished speaking when somebody roared. “Give me your token!”

“You’re dreaming if you think you can steal away my token.”

“If you won’t give it, then just die!” Fights detonated in a flash as the hundreds of people in the pagoda were engulfed in yet another savage confrontation. Very quickly, the pagoda’s floors were dyed red with blood.

“Just obediently hand over your token to me!” Five people rushed at Qin Yu together. He was only at Origin Realm; nobody would ignore such an easy target.

“Huh.” Qin Yu saw the five charging at him and felt somewhat awkward. “There’s five of you, so who should I give it to?”

“Obviously, give it to this Laozi!” A violent looking man yelled.

“Nonsense! His token is mine! Scram!” Another man countered and shouted as well.

“Go to hell!” The violent-looking man raised his hand, sword light blossoming as he ruthlessly slashed down. The other also released a roar and waved his sword. The two immediately began a frenzied battle. Neither of the two were weak, and their fighting was intense. Qin Yu and the other three didn’t want to be accidentally injured and moved back slightly, giving them room.

One of the remaining three laughed evilly, approaching Qin Yu. “Hehehe, you can just give your token to me.”

“Scram, the token’s mine.” The other two simultaneously stopped the other man. As a result, the three squared off for Qin Yu’s token. Qin Yu decisively threw his token in the middle of the trio before swiftly using the wind to retreat.

“The token!” The three saw the token falling to the ground, and they almost simultaneously reached for it.