Chapter 552: Nameless Energy

Of course Ye Yuan would be that much faster than him!

These demonic beasts appeared terrifying in number, but when it came to group attack techniques, what martial skill could be more formidable than Ye Yuan's Thousand Flowing Petals?

At least within this Boundless Realm, it was unlikely to find such a martial skill.

If these demonic beasts were of a higher rank, that would be one thing, but since they were only second-rank, Ye Yuan could casually summon a cluster of petals and basically kill them instantly.

More importantly, Thousand Flowing Petals was a continuous martial skill; as long as Ye Yuan's primal power did not run dry, he could keep it summoned around him.

Guo Taoqun naturally also had group attack martial skills, but such skills consumed a great deal of energy and required time to activate, making them not worth the cost.

For most people in the Haotian Tower at the moment, charging into the second floor was the most important thing, and Guo Taoqun was clearly no exception.

Along the way, Ye Yuan spread out his Thousand Flowing Petals, and his forward speed was not much slower than when there were no demonic beasts.

In contrast, the demonic beasts before Guo Taoqun grew more numerous, and his speed naturally slowed down.

"Heh, I told you you'd lose, but you insisted on seeking humiliation. Alright, go to the second floor yourself; I'll wander around the first floor a bit more." With that, Ye Yuan was about to leave.

Guo Taoqun was taken aback: "What's there to wander around on the first floor? It's been cleared countless times. If there were any hidden rewards, they'd have been discovered long ago. But so far, no one has found any extra rewards."

Ye Yuan smiled: "It's nothing, I'm just curious. You go ahead."

With that, Ye Yuan leaped and disappeared into the swarm of demonic beasts.

Watching Ye Yuan gallop among the beasts as if entering an uninhabited land, Guo Taoqun's eyes widened.

Only then did he realize why Ye Yuan was so much faster than him.

The demonic beasts here had no consciousness of their own; they attacked martial artists fearlessly, but they couldn't even get close to Ye Yuan.

Clusters of petals wantonly reaped the lives of those demonic beasts.

"Hiss... A prodigy is indeed a prodigy, truly not comparable to us mortals!"

After a long while, Guo Taoqun sighed and turned to delve deeper into the first floor.

...

Half a day later, in a remote corner of the Haotian Tower's first floor, Ye Yuan suddenly opened his eyes.

"These demonic beasts are all manifestations of a kind of energy. Killing them actually yields a trace of this energy! And this energy can be converted into primal power, promoting cultivation. Truly miraculous!" Ye Yuan murmured.

At first, Ye Yuan hadn't noticed, but during his contest with Guo Taoqun, he killed a large number of demonic beasts and finally sensed something amiss.

After these demonic beasts were slain, an extremely subtle energy entered Ye Yuan's body.

This strand of energy was so minute that it was almost imperceptible.

If Ye Yuan hadn't killed a massive number of demonic beasts in a short period, causing the energy to coalesce into a small cluster, he would never have discovered it.

Unsure whether this energy was harmful to the body, Ye Yuan parted ways with Guo Taoqun and found a secluded spot to investigate.

He casually set up a formation that the second-rank demonic beasts couldn't breach, then began studying this small cluster of energy.

But upon investigation, Ye Yuan found that even with his knowledge, he couldn't identify what this energy was!

After countless attempts yielded no results, Ye Yuan simply activated his primal force, trying to expel that strand of energy from his body.

But Ye Yuan never expected that the moment the energy touched his primal force, it would "whoosh" and actually merge into it.

This shock was no small matter. Ye Yuan hurriedly tried to separate the nameless energy, but once that mass of energy had merged with his primal force, it clung like a bone-gnawing maggot, impossible to separate again.

Ye Yuan exhausted every means at his disposal, yet he could do nothing against that mass of nameless energy.

However, the mass of energy simply lay quietly in his primal force sea, without making any excessive moves, which allowed Ye Yuan to feel a little more at ease.

In the end, Ye Yuan simply activated the "Lingzhe Nine Suns Divine Art" and began to refine that mass of primal force.

To Ye Yuan's surprise, the nameless energy actually reacted!

Before long, the nameless energy was actually refined into primal force, causing Ye Yuan's cultivation base to loosen just a tiny bit, which greatly surprised him.

Although Ye Yuan had slain many demonic beasts, the nameless energy he had obtained was an extremely, extremely small amount.

Ye Yuan examined that strand of primal force internally; it seemed somewhat different from the primal force he had originally cultivated, but he couldn't articulate exactly where the difference lay.

If he had to point out one thing, Ye Yuan had a feeling that this primal force seemed more powerful than the primal force he had cultivated before!

"This energy can actually enhance primal force. Doesn't that mean I can use this nameless energy for cultivation? Guo Taoqun said there are no extra rewards on the first floor. Could this be the hidden benefit of the first floor? But this energy... what exactly is it? Why have I never even heard of it?"

Ye Yuan thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out.

However, he felt that this energy should not be harmful to the human body, so he made a bold decision—to kill all the demonic beasts on the first floor!

Since this energy could increase cultivation, how could Ye Yuan let it go?

"When the enemy comes, we block; when the flood comes, we dam. If any problem really arises, I'll find a way to solve it later!"

...

Outside the Haotian Tower, the sect patriarchs were all staring at the light screen, wanting to see how far their own younger disciples had progressed.

"Someone has entered the second floor!"

"Hmm? Who is Liu Hong? He's actually the first to enter the second floor!"

"The first to charge into the second floor isn't one of the three sects' chief disciples? Where did this Liu Hong come from?"

...

The second floor was now completely empty, so Liu Hong's name stood out very prominently.

This name appeared abruptly, catching everyone off guard. Because before this, no one had ever heard of this name.

The faces of the three sect patriarchs were very unpleasant, feeling as if they had been slapped.

Ye Yuan being monstrous was one thing, but where did this Liu Hong come from, actually outshining the three sects!

After all, Qin Yan, Guo Taoqun, and the others were now at the Soul Sea realm, and should have been sweeping through the younger generation, yet they were surpassed by an unknown nobody!

"I have some impression of this Liu Hong. He seems to be a rogue cultivator. During the selection of rogue cultivators, his performance was extremely stunning, directly crushing everyone and qualifying for the Haotian Tower as the top candidate! I didn't expect he was still holding back during the selection; his strength is actually this formidable!" said a Supreme Elder of Tianwu Sect.

He was the chief examiner responsible for the rogue cultivator selection and had some impression of Liu Hong.

"Look, Qin Yan and the other two have charged into the second floor at almost the same time!" At this moment, someone else exclaimed.

Seeing that Qin Yan and the other two had entered the second floor right after Liu Hong, the expressions of the three patriarchs finally looked a bit better.