Chapter 108 Zi-O, Ancient Palace, Sixth Floor, The Power of the Soul!
For a moment, Chen Fan felt like giving up.

He didn't want to face this incomprehensible power.

Opportunities are plenty, and you can find them again if you lose them, but you only have one life.

But the next moment, the old man seemed to be able to read Chen Fan's mind and actually saw through his thoughts.

"My dear, I like your steadiness, but you don't need to worry. Even if you fail, you will not be hurt. This trial tower is essentially used to test the strength of the disciples, and it will not harm them."

The old man's explanation also made Chen Fan put down some of his worries, and he calmed down and looked for the old man's flaws again.

Although Chen Fan no longer made any big moves, he would occasionally send out a bolt of lightning to test the old man. Fortunately, the old man was restricted by something and did not stand up and take the initiative to attack him, but just passively defended.

After many attempts, Chen Fan actually discovered something.

When the old man uses time acceleration, there is a certain distance limit, and this distance is about one kilometer.

Moreover, this incredible method of accelerating time cannot be used at will, at least except when facing the first use of the "Heavenly Thunder Seal" and the last attack launched after discovering something.

The old man never used time acceleration once, and he just relied on his own cultivation to endure it.

"Perhaps, we can continue to consume his true energy until it is exhausted."

Chen Fan had this idea. It seemed like a stupid method, but it was also the best way to deal with the old man.

Although I don’t know why the old man has not resisted, this is a good thing for Chen Fan.

At least, this way, the power of time can't affect him.

If it comes to a battle of attrition, Chen Fan is not afraid of the old man.

Chen Fan, who possesses a thunder spirit body, is far more powerful than his peers. Although the old man has comprehended the power of time, he obviously does not have a spirit body.

In other words, excluding other factors, the old man is just an ordinary powerful person in the early stage of Spirit Sea Realm.

Next, Chen Fan exerted every bit of true energy in his body to the extreme, transforming it into endless thunder that blasted at the old man at regular intervals.

This is to prevent the old man's time acceleration from being a range attack, thereby maximizing the damage.

Moreover, the segmented attack can prevent the old man from recovering his true energy to a great extent. Although it is not known whether a spiritual body can automatically recover its true energy, this is also for the sake of safety.

Chen Fan guessed correctly, this was indeed a weakness of the old man.

As time passed, it was visibly that the old man's breath became weaker.

"good chance!"

With Chen Fan's shameless fighting style, the old man seemed to be anxious, and he used time acceleration. All the thunder that came within a mile of him was annihilated in an instant and turned into pure energy and dissipated.

But it was this moment that gave Chen Fan the opportunity. As we all know, the performance of any martial arts requires certain preparations.

For example, Chen Fan’s self-created martial arts “Heavenly Thunder Seal” requires one to circulate one’s true energy first, and then use the mystery of thunder to pry open the laws of heaven and earth, thereby achieving the ultimate release of power.

The same is true for other martial arts, including the old man who controls time. As long as one is a human, the martial arts they perform have a prerequisite.

This will create a gap, a time gap between reaction and preparation, which is about half a breath.

And half a breath is enough for a powerful person in the Spirit Sea Realm to fight hundreds of times.

"Breaking Air Palm!"

Chen Fan pushed out his palm without any big noise, and there was no fluctuation in the vital energy filling the surrounding space.

But just such a light palm made the old man's expression change slightly.

"He has actually used the spatial conception to this extent. He is not much worse than that kid Konghen. And the traces are so obvious. Could he have just learned it secretly?"

Chen Fan knew that the Konghen the old man mentioned was the black-haired young man at the fourth level, because he had learned the use of spatial conception from him.

"The junior is still far behind that person."

"You are modest."

The old man shook his head, and then pointed at the empty space in the air under Chen Fan's fixed gaze.

When this finger fell, even though Chen Fan was far away, he could feel that something seemed to have changed.

The next moment, a black palm print emerged from space. It was the skill that Chen Fan had comprehended in the fourth level. It was less than a hundred meters away from the old man, but this distance became an insurmountable chasm.

Although the Air-Breaking Palm quickly broke through this finger, the time had already exceeded half a breath.

"Your plan is good. You took advantage of the gap between my martial arts training to attack. If I were at the early stage of the Spiritual Sea Realm, I would have been defeated. What a pity."

The old man shook his head and sighed.

After the old man's explanation, Chen Fan finally understood why he failed.

Just as the old man said, he is not in the Linghai realm, he is the king!
The King is not comparable to the Linghai Realm, and he has plenty of means to block Chen Fan's attack.

If Chen Fan had unleashed a full-strength attack in that half breath, the old man who was unable to accelerate time would have had a chance of being defeated.

But Chen Fan was too cautious and was very far away from the old man, so he couldn't get close to him within half a breath.

"I can't move myself. This is limited by the rules of the Trial Tower. I think you have discovered it.

The reason for this is that the power of time is beyond imagination. Time has no artistic conception, only mystery. Once you truly touch time, it becomes a mystery.

Even if it is only one tenth of the mystery of time, its power will surpass most of the minor mysteries and be comparable to forty percent of the mystery. In terms of the level of weirdness and difficulty to deal with, it is already close to fifty or sixty percent of the mystery.

What's more, this body of mine is the spiritual body of a king. Even after countless years of consumption, the energy level has been reduced to the extreme, but my perception of time has not decreased.

In terms of pure combat power, he is indeed just entering the Grandmaster level, but relying on the mystery of time for defense, he has formed an absolute domain of one kilometer, which cannot be broken by warriors below the King.

The only chance to win is to consume all the energy in this old man's body, and you did so. Although you were a little impatient for quick success, fortunately it did not cause any disaster.

So, congratulations, you have won this battle!"

The old man laughed.

"That's how we won?"

Chen Fan was a little puzzled and had not resolved the doubts in his mind, so he continued to stay away and did not get close.

Seeing Chen Fan being so cautious, the old man couldn't help but twitch his eyes and said helplessly.

“In fact, I have another trick. Even if I am restricted by the Trial Tower and cannot move, I can still attack you.

But I have to admit that you are very strong, especially your soul power, which is extremely exaggerated. You should have survived five thunder tribulations. My attack went straight to the soul, and it was no problem to deal with the level of Konghen, but I am afraid it is a bit stretched to deal with you.

So forget it, after all, I don’t have to stop you.”

Although the old man's words were sincere, Chen Fan still did not approach rashly.

Seeing this, the old man shook his head and didn't force it anymore. He pointed a finger at Chen Fan, and a beam of white light shot out and instantly entered his mind.

"Feel it well, this power from time, remember the destined one, my name is Time-O, maybe in the future, we will meet again..."

The old man turned into starlight and disappeared, leaving only his last words floating in the air.

But Chen Fan didn't have time to pay attention to the old man's words. His mind was filled with countless memories that did not belong to him.

It is very complicated. As a boy, he walks the earth and understands life. As a young man, he fights for justice and travels around the world. In his middle age, he lives alone in a Taoist temple in Tianshan and understands the passage of time. In his old age, he sits quietly on the top of a mountain and has a sudden epiphany, feeling the mystery of time.

These are the old man's life, or to be more precise, the first half of his life when he was comprehending the mystery of time.

After a long time, Chen Fan opened his eyes, and a sense of vicissitudes of life dissipated.

Although he had the old man's protection, the memories of that half-life had no influence on Chen Fan's character, but after all, it was hundreds of years of life. It was impossible to say that there was no influence in any aspect.

However, compared to the gains, this cost is nothing.

The gain is not only the understanding of time, but also some things about ancient times.

The old man's name is Shi Wuchen, he was born in the late ancient times, a true golden age when the spiritual world and the universe could travel freely, the vitality of heaven and earth was flourishing, strong people emerged in large numbers, and geniuses continued to appear.

In that era, Bao Yuan was worse than a dog, and the ground was full of stars. The Linghai Realm was nothing. Only the Life and Death Realm could be called a strong man, with a lifespan of 100,000 years, and could leave the True Spirit and go to the starry sky.

There were many third-grade forces that no longer exist in the world, but in that era, there were also several second-grade forces that ruled the entire True Spirit World, with a very wide sphere of influence.

In that golden age, the old man's talent was not outstanding at first. He reached the Star Realm at the age of 20, the Spiritual Sea Realm at the age of 30, and entered the realm of life and death at the age of 53.

It is considered to be extremely powerful in today's era, but in the Golden Age it could only be considered upper-middle level.

However, the situation was completely different after he comprehended the mystery of time. Being invincible in the same realm was just a small matter. He once relied on his cultivation in the second level of the Life and Death Realm to defeat a strong man in the fifth level of the Life and Death Realm, truly becoming the top of his generation.

Eventually, he even became a disciple of the Ancient Palace, a second-class power of the time. This relic was left behind by the Ancient Palace.

By the way, this ancient palace is the inheritance left by the ancient emperor, the first one to be crowned as an emperor.

Chen Fan saw this in the ancient books in the Chen family library. During its peak period, it was a terrifying force that once dominated the True Spirit World. It was also the oldest and darkest force, ranking first.

Even though it declined with the departure of the ancient emperor, it still maintained its second-grade size.

But in the last battle of ancient times, as a major force leading the human race to fight against the demons and other foreign races, it mobilized all its forces, but ultimately ended up being destroyed.

In the end, I couldn't even find the ruins. I never thought it would appear here.

Speaking of which, he has a connection with the Ancient Emperor Man. He had encountered the Ancient Emperor's supreme treasure, the Ancient Pagoda, in Cangxuan Country before, and now he has discovered the power passed down by the Ancient Emperor here.

No matter which one it was, ordinary people would never encounter it in their lifetime without some luck, but he encountered them all.

"It's time to go to the sixth floor."

After swallowing Zi-O's insights whole, Chen Fan suppressed his emotions.

In Zi-O's memories of the first half of his life, he didn't know much about the trial tower above the sixth floor.

Because the memory that Zi-O gave him was cut off when he just joined the Ancient Palace, he only knew that the gatekeepers on the upper two floors were all terrifying.

As soon as Chen Fan had this thought, a light gate appeared in front of him. It looked exactly the same as the ones on the first and second floors.

But Chen Fan could feel that there was a terrifying aura hidden behind this light gate, which could be transmitted to this place through the light gate even though they were separated by space.

"The gatekeeper of the sixth floor? You're showing me your power before I even get in."

Chen Fan murmured in a low voice: "In this case, I have to go in and take a look."

After saying this, he stepped into the gate of light.

As soon as he stepped in, Chen Fan was stunned for a moment, because the sixth floor was not an open space, such as an endless grassland or a vast starry sky.

It is a dark, silent, enclosed space, probably only a few square kilometers in size, which is pitifully small compared to the first five floors.

In this "narrow" enclosed space, there are only two living beings, one is Chen Fan, and the other is the young man in the center of the space, who is wearing a simple and elegant robe and has deep eyes.

"I am You Huang, the second generation master of the Ancient Palace. I will suppress my cultivation to those of the same realm. As long as you can withstand a hundred attacks, you can pass."

The young man said calmly.

Chen Fan frowned slightly. The young man's tone was very calm, so calm that it was a little weird and extremely cold, as if the person standing in front of him was not a peerless genius who had passed five levels, but a pig or dog that could be found everywhere.

"Ruthless Way?"

Chen Fan thought of this subconsciously, but then he discarded the idea. The ruthless way is very good, but the ancient times were the golden age when all the ways existed. The ruthless way could only be said to be above average in that era and was not considered strong.

Moreover, it is impossible for the Ancient Palace to choose a warrior who follows the path of ruthlessness to be the master of the Ancient Palace. Firstly, it is because the potential of this path is not high.

Secondly, the leader of a sect is not a god, so he does not need to be fair and just, and sometimes being affectionate is even worse than being heartless.

Chen Fan was still guessing that the young man who called himself the Ghost Emperor would not give him time.

Suddenly, ripples appeared in his deep pupils, as if there was a whirlpool spinning in them, which involuntarily attracted Chen Fan's attention.

"Strange, why do people's eyes have whirlpools... Why do I feel so sleepy after looking at them for a long time..."

Inexplicably, Chen Fan muttered in a trance, as if there was a stick in his consciousness, stirring his thoughts.

But the next moment, there was a sound of thunder in his mind, which directly broke the stick and made Chen Fan's mind clear again.

In a flash, Chen Fan retreated to the corner farthest away from You Huang, looking at You Huang with fear in his eyes.

"Soul attack, definitely soul attack!"

Chen Fan was horrified.

Although those who are strong in the Spirit Sea Realm can cultivate soul power, if they want to truly use the soul to launch an attack, they must at least have the cultivation level of a king.

Even Chen Fan, who possesses the Soul Eye, cannot directly activate the Soul Eye to attack his opponent. At most he can only interfere.

I never thought that this being who called himself Ghost Emperor could actually launch soul attacks in the Spirit Sea Realm.

(End of this chapter)