99 Master Hua Is Cooking Shit! (1/2)
Chapter 99: Master Hua Is Cooking Shit!
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As soon as Xu Que stepped onto the staircase leading to the third floor, the Sky Incense Valley disciples shifted the spell up as well. The entire area of the third level was now transparent to them. Without daring to relax the slightest in anticipation of Xu Que’s weird antics, they watched on tensely.
The second Xu Que arrived at the third level, he felt an entire wave of pressure sweep across his body.
He felt as if he was placed in a perilous situation with a huge flood of water submerging him under.
Xu Que trembled as he planted his feet firmly on the ground. It took him all of his energy in order not to be swept away by the strong force. He gritted his teeth and held on for dear life.
He told himself to hold on tight and to concentrate all his thoughts and willpower to remain firmly rooted.
This was the best way to deal with such a force which aimed to suppress a person’s mind and soul!
Xu Que wasn’t alone in doing that. The rest of the cultivators on the third floor were doing the same as him. Each one of them looked like a mountain, firmly rooting themselves to the ground. All of them were deep in concentration, finding it extremely hard to take another step forward.
”Look! The black robed cultivator has been restrained!”
”But, he just stepped into the entrance of the third floor and he’s already having so much difficulties? Wasn’t he extremely at ease on the second floor?”
”Looks like he was feigning it on the second floor then. When he finally reached the third floor, the pressure was too much for him to handle and revealed his true strengths.”
”He’s really having problems! But as a Full Foundation in the Golden Core Stage, being able to withstand the pressure of the third floor was already quite an achievement.”
”Eh... that’s the normal standards for someone of the Golden Core Stage!”
”I guess that’s good as well. Now we don’t have to worry about anything unusual happening on the third floor.”
The people standing outside the Tower of Souls broke out into discussion immediately.
Some people felt it was a pity that the third floor is probably where Xu Que’s journey would end. Others were slightly doubtful and were still suspicious of Xu Que and his strange ways.
An example of this was the group of cultivators who had followed Xu Que from the previous stage. Seeing such a scene, their reaction was the same as before, ”If you fall for this, it’s your loss. He is definitely pretending, nothing more.”
The group of cultivators who had been expelled from the second floor as a result of Xu Que’s antics were still fuming with rage. Seeing him having difficulties caused them some happiness as they gloated in his misfortunes.
”Hm, I thought he had some incredible mental strength. I didn’t expect the third floor to be more than he can handle!”
”He is trash!”
”In fact, he’s currently stuck at the entrance of the third level. He probably won’t even be ranked among the top 100 cultivators!”
”Well, he deserves it. As long as he doesn’t end up joining the Sky Incense Valley, we can attack him after all this is over and kill him!”
At the same time, on the third floor of the Tower of Souls...
”Shit! How weak is my soul? Looks like I have to buy more booster pills to consume!”
Xu Que’s legs trembled slightly as he scolded out in his mind. He then entered the system’s shops and spent 500 act tough points and purchased the Dark Jade Dew.
”System, I can’t move a muscle. Consume the Dark Jade Dew on my behalf!”
”Ding! Congratulations to host ‘Xu Que’ for consuming a single Dark Jade Dew. Your soul strength and mental fortitudes have increased by 60%!”
Boom!
All of a sudden, Xu Que could feel the boundaries restraining his brain explode open!
The feeling can only be described as having an atomic bomb detonate within his brain, blowing everything inside apart ‘till nothing was left. His mind was a complete blank.
In the next moment, all his memories and emotions came gushing back to him. He could feel the peripheries of his mind becoming much broader and wider. It was almost as if his perception skills and thought processing speed became 60% faster.
Xu Que then understood. The strength of his mind and soul was heavily dependent on his perceptions and way of thinking.
He then snapped back to reality and could feel an immediate difference. The powerful pressure which once restrained him was no longer present. He felt extremely light and comfortable. In fact, he felt no different now than outside the tower. Not a tinge of pressure was felt by him at this point.
”Aiyo. This is amazing!” Xu Que shouted out loudly.
All the cultivators on the third floor were immediately roused from their deep concentration.
”Pu!” A pair of cultivators who were hanging on for dear life were instantly distracted to the point of no return and vanished from the spot instantly. They then appeared outside the Tower of Souls.
The pair of them raged out in apparent anger but had no way of venting it. The pair of them had mocked Xu Que when he was stuck on the first level as well. It was an eye for an eye.
The group of cultivators outside the tower weren’t even bothered by the pair of cultivators who had been expelled. The entire group broke out in shocked conversations as they looked at Xu Que through the transparent windows.
”How… How was this possible?”
”He merely stood there for several seconds. His mind and soul received yet another breakthrough?”
”What on earth was happening?”
”He was clearly having difficulties earlier and was trapped. And now he managed to overcome all the resistance. He must’ve been pretending from the start. Or was it that he really managed to find a breakthrough in such a short span of time?”
”He’s too strong. Look at how everyone is trembling vigorously from the pressure on the third floor. Then look at how at ease he is, as if the pressure has no effect on him whatsoever.”