Boom!

In an instant, hundreds of precious swords, strengthened by the Flowing Cloud Formation Diagram, collided fiercely with the four vajra pestles. A terrifying shockwave immediately spread outward in concentric circles.

The entire small floating island was instantly engulfed in dust, and cracks appeared across the ground. If not for a strange power emerging at the critical moment, this small floating island would likely have been blown apart.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Four explosive sounds rang out.

The four vajra pestles could not withstand the assault of hundreds of precious swords. They shattered at the same time, scattering golden fragments across the sky.

Pfft!

Jue Wuhen violently spat out a mouthful of blood and staggered back more than a dozen steps. His face turned pale, and disbelief still filled his eyes.

He simply could not believe that he had been defeated by Li Yun, and so decisively at that.

After activating the Two Heads, Four Arms secret art and unleashing his strongest killing move, he had been confident that he could contend even with the top-ranked experts on the Earth Ranking. Yet against Li Yun, he had suffered such a crushing defeat.

"The younger generation truly surpasses the old. I concede."

With a bitter smile, Jue Wuhen’s face showed resignation.

His four vajra pestles had been directly destroyed, so there was no doubt that he had lost this battle.

Moreover, after losing these four vajra pestles, his combat power would decline significantly. At the very least, he no longer had the qualifications to challenge the fifth floor of the Floating Island.

"Is this Li Yun not a little too strong?"

"Even Jue Wuhen was defeated by him. Does that not mean his strength is at least within the top twenty of the Earth Ranking, or perhaps even higher?"

"Heaven Secret Tower actually ranked him only ninety-ninth on the Earth Ranking. That is simply absurd. It deliberately misled us."

"I do not think so. Heaven Secret Tower definitely would not intentionally mislead anyone. I suspect Li Yun’s growth rate is simply too fast. After Heaven Secret Tower revised the rankings, he made another breakthrough, which led to this situation."

"Regardless, this Li Yun can at least reach the fourth floor of the Floating Island, and perhaps even the fifth. Another young genius has risen."

At this moment, the expressions of the many cultivators on the second floor of the Floating Island became complicated. Many cultivators on the third and fourth floors also revealed solemn looks.

With the strength Li Yun had displayed, entering the fourth floor of the Floating Island was only a matter of time. When that happened, they would gain another formidable opponent.

Only the ten powerhouses on the fifth floor of the Floating Island remained seated on their respective small floating islands. None of them even glanced downward.

It seemed that no matter how much commotion Li Yun caused, it was not worth their attention.

With their strength, even the top ten experts on the Earth Ranking did not concern them much. Only young geniuses of Feng Qingxiao and Jian Wuhen’s caliber could earn their regard.

As for Li Yun, they did not take him seriously.

Naturally, Li Yun paid no mind to this. Whether these people respected him or underestimated him, it could not shake his resolve. To him, only his own strength was real.

After defeating Jue Wuhen, Li Yun did not rest and continued his challenges.

On this second floor, there were no strong opponents who could truly threaten him, especially after he defeated Jue Wuhen. Some experts who had originally been eager to challenge Li Yun abandoned the idea.

In the end, Li Yun fought his way through with ease and achieved ten consecutive victories on the second floor as well.

The fragments of ten second-level tokens gathered together and condensed into a cyan token. A beam of light projected outward, and under its glow, Li Yun’s figure reappeared inside the Treasure Hall.

"Little brother, we meet again."

The figure of the red-bellyband child appeared once more. He stared at Li Yun with wide eyes like a curious child, his gaze filled with wonder and puzzlement.

As the artifact spirit of the Floating Island, every battle here naturally occurred under its observation. It had also witnessed Li Yun using the Soul Sword Control Art to defeat Jue Wuhen.

Simultaneously controlling three hundred and fifty-six precious swords required formidable soul power. Even at the peak of the Skyvoid Sect’s power, very few people possessed such ability, and those who did were at least at the Heavenly Core Realm, or even the Spirit Manifestation Realm.

For a mere cultivator at the early Earthly Core Realm to possess such soul strength was truly incredible.

"Indeed."

Li Yun smiled slightly and ignored the curiosity in the red-bellyband child’s eyes. His gaze directly swept through the Treasure Hall.

Compared to last time, this Treasure Hall now contained many more valuable items. Intermediate seventh-grade spiritual artifacts had appeared, and there were hundreds more cultivation techniques and martial skills.

"Hm?"

As he scanned through those cultivation techniques and martial skills, Li Yun’s eyes suddenly fell on a jade slip named Soul Suppressing Nine Strikes. At this sight, a look of pleasant surprise appeared on his face.

Soul Suppressing Nine Strikes had nine strikes in total.

The first strike could double one’s power, while the second strike could quadruple it.

If cultivated to the third strike, it could unleash ninefold power. The fourth strike could enhance strength by sixteenfold, and so on. If cultivated all the way to the ninth strike, it could unleash a full eighty-onefold power.

Eighty-onefold.

What a terrifying concept.

Even an ordinary cultivator at the peak of Earthly Core Realm, if able to unleash eighty-onefold combat power, could easily annihilate a powerhouse at the 1st level of Heavenly Core Realm.

Moreover, Soul Suppressing Nine Strikes was not limited to the physical body. It could also be applied to various techniques, such as swordplay, saber techniques, and other combat methods.

But in the next moment, a look of regret appeared on Li Yun’s face.

It turned out that this jade slip only recorded the first three strikes of Soul Suppressing Nine Strikes. As for the remaining six strikes, it merely described their power and gave no specific cultivation methods.

"Soul Suppressing Nine Strikes?"

Just then, the red-bellyband child looked over. He giggled and said, "Little brother, you have quite good taste. Soul Suppressing Nine Strikes is one of the three strongest legacies of my Skyvoid Sect, second only to the supreme legacy. Even during the peak of the Skyvoid Sect, only a very few geniuses were qualified to cultivate it."

"If you want to obtain the complete Soul Suppressing Nine Strikes, you will have to reach the sixth floor of the Floating Island."

"The sixth floor?"

Hearing this, a light flashed in Li Yun’s eyes.

He was determined to obtain Soul Suppressing Nine Strikes, which meant he had to reach the sixth floor of the Floating Island.

’If that is the case, I should hide my strength as much as possible before reaching the fifth floor. Once I get there, I will unleash everything and charge for the sixth floor in one go.’

Li Yun thought to himself.