Swallowing the Stars: Starting from Late Bloomers

Chapter 043: Conquering the Trial Tower Again

In front of the Trial Pagoda.

At this moment, a number of top-tier elites from Tianzhu Mountain have gathered here. Obviously, the overall ranking of top-tier elites is about to be refreshed after a year, and they are all waiting quietly.

Suddenly, a streak of earth-yellow light approached from afar and quickly landed in front of the Trial Pagoda, revealing a figure dressed in earth-yellow battle armor. It was Lu Qingshan who had come from Chongyue Peak.

Upon seeing Lu Qingshan, a werewolf genius dressed in a blue battle suit quickly approached him and greeted him, "Brother Qingshan, it's rare for you to come here early to check the rankings!"

"Brother Bivis!" Lu Qingshan quickly nodded slightly to the werewolf genius.

This Bivis is also a first-level elite in Tianzhu Mountain. Because his ranking is quite close to Lu Qingshan's, and he is also quite enthusiastic, he and Lu Qingshan have some friendship.

"See that new guy?"

After walking to Lu Qingshan's side, Bevis gestured to another figure clad in purple-gold armor, then whispered, "I heard that guy has taken on eleven cultivation missions in the past year, averaging almost one per month. It seems he's aiming for a higher overall ranking this time!"

"In my opinion, he might be able to break into the top 110 overall this time!"

"On the contrary, Brother Qingshan, you became a Level 1 Elite earlier than that guy, yet you've never challenged our overall ranking!"

Upon hearing Bivis's words, Lu Qingshan also looked at the figure wearing purple-gold armor, who was Keton, who had become a first-level elite of Tianzhu Mountain five years ago.

Thirty years is not a very long time for a star system with a lifespan of ten thousand years, but it is not a very short time either.

Over the past thirty years, the top elites of Tianzhu Mountain have naturally undergone some changes.

Besides the constant changes in the overall rankings, the most important thing is that a Level 1 elite at the ninth level of the Eternal Star realm broke through to the Cosmic level. In addition, another Level 1 elite perished in an adventure mission.

With the addition of Keton, there are now 137 first-level elites in Tianzhu Mountain.

Just as Lu Qingshan and Bevis were exchanging words, another streak of light flew in from afar, then transformed into a figure with flowing blue hair.

The commotion caused by the appearance of this blue-haired figure was much greater than that caused by Lu Qingshan. The moment he appeared, the other first-level elites around him started discussing it.

"It's Terrence!"

"I can't believe he arrived so quickly!"

"He's almost in the top 50 overall!"

"The advantage of mental cultivators is truly immense. Even though we're all at the first level of the domain, the rankings are so vastly different!"

"Who can argue with that!"

Hearing the surrounding chatter, Terence quickly found a quiet spot.

After arriving here, Terence naturally noticed Lu Qingshan, who had become a first-class elite of Tianzhu Mountain along with him.

When he first joined Tianzhu Mountain, he thought he could outdo Lu Qingshan.

However, Lu Qingshan's performance over the past few decades has been mediocre, so he naturally no longer considers Lu Qingshan his opponent.

For Terrence, his current rivals are the top 50 super geniuses in the world!

If his Wind Domain can break through to the second level, with the huge advantage of a mentalist against martial artists of the same level, he might even have a chance to break into the top ten of the first-level elite rankings.

On the other side, after seeing Terence appear, Bevis quickly looked at Lu Qingshan beside him: "Brother Qingshan, Terence must have joined Tianzhu Mountain as a first-level elite along with you, right?"

"Hmm!" Lu Qingshan quickly nodded slightly and said.

"When one's strength is relatively weak, the advantage of a mentalist is truly significant!"

Seeing Lu Qingshan nod slightly, Bevis quickly said, "I don't think Terence's cultivation level is much higher than ours, but mentalists have a great advantage whether they're challenging the Trial Tower or completing cultivation missions. If only we were mentalists too!"

"Mentalists can only gain an advantage when their cultivation level is low!"

Lu Qingshan quickly spoke up, saying, "For true experts, there is actually no difference between martial artists and mental cultivators!"

"Brother Bevis, we'll talk later. I'm going to try out the Trial Tower now!"

After saying this, Lu Qingshan immediately walked towards the trial tower ahead.

"Going to challenge the Trial Tower again?"

Seeing Lu Qingshan leave, Bevis didn't care too much, after all, the trial tower was getting harder and harder with each level.

Of the more than one hundred elites in Tianzhu Mountain, almost all of them passed the seventh level of the Trial Tower, but only about sixty of them were able to pass the eighth level.

On the other side, after parting ways with Bevis, Lu Qingshan quickly arrived at the central area of ​​the trial hall.

"I wonder which floor I'll be able to reach this time?"

Lu Qingshan picked up the dark blue helmet placed in front of him, then thought to himself, "However, based on the information I gathered before, any first-level elite who has entered the second level of the Domain should at least be able to reach the tenth floor of the Trial Tower!"

With that in mind, Lu Qingshan quickly put on the bright silver consciousness-sensing helmet.

After a moment of blurred consciousness, Lu Qingshan soon found himself on a boundless silver land.

In front of Lu Qingshan stood a massive tower that seemed to reach into the clouds.

As Lu Qingshan approached the white tower, numerous pieces of information about him quickly appeared on the black stone pillar in front of him:

Name: Lu Qingshan

Identity: Level 1 Elite

Trial Tower Level: 8.3

At the same time, a gentle notification sound quickly rang in his mind.

"Lu Qingshan, please select the appropriate weapon and combat suit. Your Trial Tower challenge will begin in one minute!"

Before he finished speaking, a variety of weapons and combat uniforms appeared in front of him.

After choosing the suitable second-tier Force weapon "Zhenyue" and the first-tier Force battle suit, Lu Qingshan quickly stepped into the trial tower ahead.

With a sudden spatial shift, Lu Qingshan quickly arrived in a large city filled with countless skyscrapers.

at the same time……

"Lu Qingshan!"

The gentle notification sounded in his mind again: "Please kill ten Rank 1 Constant Star-level demonic beasts 'Ziqian Wanshe' within twenty minutes. If you fail to complete the task within the time limit or die midway, your Trial Tower attempt will be considered a failure!"

"Hiss..."

As roars echoed, ten ferocious Ziqian Thousand Serpents immediately appeared around Lu Qingshan.

Over the past thirty years, Lu Qingshan has been killed countless times by these ten monstrous snakes.

His best achievement before was killing the three-headed Ziqianmanda.

But things are different now!