Chapter 9: Shrinking the Earth to an Inch! First Update

  Tang Lin left the Sword Tower and returned to the Jiuxiang Building.

  "If my movements were a bit faster, the Phantom Star Sword Array I executed would be even stronger." Tang Lin sat in the courtyard pond, staring at the rippling water surface, lost in thought.

  The scorching sun shines brightly on the water's surface.

  Tang Lin sank into deep thought for a long time, unable to come up with a solution. Suddenly, he thought of Tang Nianfeng, who had been immersed in her cultivation these past few days and hadn't taken care of herself; he wondered how she was doing?

  Tang Lin immediately took out the Wu Qing Xian Fu and entered it.

  Only the Black Demon was seen outside the room, while the six-eared leopard's transformed alluring woman was embracing Little Nianfeng and cooing softly.

  Tang Lin's heart was filled with warmth as he walked up to the charming woman, took over Little Nian Feng, and found that she was sleeping soundly, her small hands delicate and tender like exquisite porcelain.

  "These eyebrows and eyes seem to have a few similarities with Second Sister." Tang Lin looked at Xiao Nianfeng, thinking of his sister in his heart.

  I still remember what my second sister said before she died:

  "You... must... take good care of yourself... don't forget about me, your older sister... next life, we'll still be siblings..."

  "Sister, I will never forget you!"

  It's really sad if a person dies and even fades away in the memories of their loved ones.

  Soft light shone on Xiaonian Feng's face, Tang Lin felt a warmth in his heart and gently handed her over to the charming woman.

  "Take good care of her." Tang Lin said softly.

  The delicate woman carefully took over Xiaonian Feng and nodded subconsciously.

  Tang Lin took out more than 60 pieces of medium-grade spirit stones from his body and handed them to Hei Mo Dao: "Use the spiritual energy in these spirit stones to nurture Xiao Nian Feng's body, allowing her body to possess innate spiritual energy."

  Hei Mo smiled and said: "Good!"

  Tang Lin glanced at Little Nianfeng who was sleeping soundly before leaving the ruthless immortal mansion.

  "There are still ten days left, which is the last day of the Sword Tower test. I have two more chances. I can continue to venture out and fight with the strong, in order to gain more insight." Tang Lin thought to himself.

  At this time, the transmission symbol suddenly lit up.

  Tang Lin's eyes flashed, and he pulled out the talisman just as Master Tie Shi's deep voice came from afar. "Have you entered the Sword Tower?"

  "It's done." Tang Lin said frankly.

  "What floor have you reached?" Iron Lion hastily asked.

  Tang Lin thought for a moment and said, "I lost at the eighth level."

  Iron Lion praised: "Lost in the eighth layer, my vision was indeed correct. Right, you didn't use your full strength, did you?"

  "It's almost used up." Tang Lin said with a scratch of his head.

  When breaking through the eighth layer, only the power of bloodline was not activated, and almost everything else was used.

  Tie Shi let out a low growl, and after a moment, he spoke with a bitter smile: "Alright, I know. You'd better work hard. This time, the Nine Swords will be competing, and all the geniuses from various sects on the mainland will gather, including those from the Man God tribe and the Divine Language tribe. You must be careful."

  Tang Lin nodded. Suddenly, he had an idea and asked, "Master, has anyone else passed the eighth floor of the Sword Tower?"

  Tie Shi Dao: "There are, about two or three hundred people."

  "Two or three hundred people?" Tang Lin was shocked, "So many!"

  Good heavens!

  How many geniuses are there on the mainland?

  Tang Lin found it hard to imagine that the eighth floor would be so difficult. Yet, two or three hundred people had actually made it through! And that didn't even include those who were hiding their true strength.

  "In that case......" Tang Lin immediately felt a huge pressure, "I want to compete for the top ten, I'm afraid it will be extremely fierce."

  Iron Lion sighed, "This time's Nine Swords Asking for the Throne is very prosperous, in previous years there were never so many people who broke through the eighth floor, and even on that ninth floor, there were more than a dozen people who broke through."

  "Did a dozen or so people break through the ninth floor?" Tang Lin's mind was filled with a sense of his hopes being crushed.

  "How is this possible?" Tang Lin couldn't believe it.

  At this moment, he finally realized the vastness of the entire continent.

  He is absolutely the number one genius in the entire Cangyan Empire.

  However, on the entire continent, there were actually so many people stronger than him!

  Tie Shi said to Tang Lin: "You work hard and strive to enter the top 100, I'll be relieved."

  Tang Lin clenched his fists.

  Before 100?

  A surge of scorching flames rose in his heart, he clenched his fists tightly, this time he must enter the top ten, even if it means sacrificing everything!

  "Second sister, I will definitely enter the top ten..." Tang Lin secretly thought.

  ……

  The ninth floor of Jian Tower.

  A youth wearing a straw hat and holding a small grass in his mouth lazily looked at the swordsman in front of him and said, "Make your move."

  The swordsman gripped his sword tightly, gazing solemnly at the straw-hatted youth, then slowly drew his sword.

  The moment the sword was drawn, the air around seemed to be torn apart, instantly turning cold, and infinite killing intent enveloped the grass-hat youth.

  The young man in the straw hat simply gazed lazily at him, holding a very strange weapon in his hand, which looked like an emerald green flute.

  Whoosh!

  The swordsman's sword suddenly slashed towards the grass-hat youth.

  No words can describe the might of this sword. When it falls, the air seems to change, countless thunderous sounds surge forth, and a fierce gust of wind suddenly rises.

  In front of the grass hat, a picture of mountains and rivers breaking through, with peaks cutting across.

  This sword has already contained the meaning of Tao!

  The young man in the straw hat had a slightly solemn expression, his flute blowing horizontally, and the ethereal and clear sound of the flute was like a gentle stream, drifting through the entire space.

  Buzzing

  The swordsman's unparalleled powerful sword suddenly slashed towards himself.

  At the same time, the straw-hatted boy's eyes suddenly turned pure white, as if there were no pupils. In that instant, the swordsman's body suddenly flew backward and crashed heavily into the wall.

  "I've lost..." The swordsman stood up and said quietly.

  ……

  Tianyu Castle

  Everyone from the Baiyu Gate who has come to the Mortal Realm lives here and is currently gathered in the Grand Hall.

  "Another person has broken through the ninth layer." An old man in white robes opened his eyes, revealing a sharp glint.

  "What?!"

  "How many demons are there?"

  A collective gasp echoed through the grand hall.

  "To break through the ninth level, one must attain the state of 'Tao'. Otherwise, it is impossible to break through. How can a child under eighteen years old attain the Tao?"

  "Even if one cultivates for thousands or tens of thousands of years, a sage will spend his whole life seeking the truth. What event must occur in eighteen years to make people realize the truth?"

  "Never mind. Otherwise, how can you be called a genius?"

  Everyone sighed with emotion.

  ……

  Seven days have passed.

  Tang Lin once again stood in front of the Sword Tower, and for these seven days, he had been reflecting on the reasons for his failure. It wasn't just that his martial arts realm was insufficient; he had also made many small mistakes when facing his enemies, which led to his defeat.

  "This time. Let's try again." Tang Lin clenched his fists and went straight to the eighth floor.

  Rumble

  The sword gate slowly opened, and light shone out from inside.

  Tang Lin walked in.

  A swordsman stood before him, carrying a sword on his back, with an entire person like a treasured sword out of its scabbard, radiating sharpness in all directions.

  "Please!" The swordsman said coldly.

  "Please." Tang Lin gripped the magic sword in his hand tightly.

  A demonic sword was rolling with threads of demonic energy, entwining his arm, the whole person looked as if he had walked out of the Asura's purgatory, a god of slaughter.

  Whoosh!

  The swordsman drew out the sword in his hand, inch by inch.

  Tang Lin seemed to hear a sharp and piercing sound that stung his eardrums. His expression turned grave, and in an instant, he deployed three thousand illusory bodies.

  Whoosh!

  The sword in the swordsman's hand was like a meteor from outside the sky, shattering the void and condensing all intensity into one long sword.

  The sword tip points directly at Tang Lin's brow, with a chilling sword aura that presses down on his eyelids.

  Tang Lin's body hair stood on end. The magic sword in his hand suddenly spun, unleashing "Stardust Fall". A huge starlight diagram converged above the grand hall, like countless twinkling stars in the night sky.

  At this moment, countless stars on the star map fell, containing a murderous aura that enveloped the swordsman's body.

  The swordsman's body was like a ghost, floating in the countless falling starlight, his movements light and elegant, as if he had transcended the world - forming his own way!

  Tang Lin immediately felt a flash of vision, and the sword in the swordsman's hand was pressed directly to his brow, with a cold sword tip.

  At this moment, time seems to have stopped.

  Although he knew he wouldn't die and although he knew it was an illusion, Tang Lin's mind still went blank, with only one thought: Quick! Quickly dodge!

  That huge divine fantasy star sword array suddenly disappeared, all the illusory bodies merged in an instant, and the air around Tang Lin's body suddenly wrinkled.

  Whoosh!

  Then his body dodged and suddenly appeared behind the swordsman.

  Tang Lin immediately came back to his senses, and the strange feeling from just now once again floated up into his mind.

  "It turned out to be like this, it turned out to be so......" Tang Lin muttered, in that moment just now, his body's conditioned reflex actually executed "shrinking the earth into an inch"!

  This is the first small boundary of the second layer secret method of "Endless Starry Sky".

  Tang Lin was overjoyed in his heart, but at this moment, the swordsman's sword suddenly came, and Tang Lin hadn't reacted yet, his body was already minced.

  Tang Lin opened his eyes again and found himself standing outside the Sword Gate.

  "It failed." But Tang Lin's heart was not filled with sorrow, instead it was full of joy. "I actually learned to shrink my body to the size of an inch! Although I only managed to do it when my life was in danger and my body reacted on instinct, it's good that I've been training hard every day. Otherwise, at a critical moment like this, I would have been left with nothing but regret."

  This breakthrough is inseparable from his usual hard training.

  After breaking through the Saint realm, his physical speed and strength had greatly improved. The secret of this endless starry sky was only stuck in a state of mind and intuition.

  After countless exercises.

  Suddenly enlightened under stimulation.

  "Try again." Tang Lin clenched his fists and pushed open the sword gate.

  Confronting the swordsman once again.

  Tang Lin grasped the magic sword tightly in his hand, full of fighting spirit.

  "Please." The swordsman drew out the sword in his hand, looked at Tang Lin indifferently, and then performed the same swordsmanship as before, chopping towards Tang Lin.

  Tang Lin's body flashed like a ghost, instantly appearing behind the swordsman, with a speed that was almost instantaneous.

  Whoosh!

  Tang Lin drew his sword and struck out with it.

  The swordsman quickly returned his sword to guard, and Tang Lin's body instantly appeared in front of him, to the left, and to the right, unleashing the most fierce single-target range sword technique from the Seven Stars Sword Technique - Jian Lei!

  Rumbling sound

  Rolling thunder rumbled, and in the air, sparks of electricity seemed to be rubbed out, then four swords shot towards the swordsman at the same time.

  ……

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