However, when Ao Cangsheng arrived at the Azure Dragon Tower, he still drew several gazes.

By killing Luo Shuyun, defeating Heng Yu, challenging the Red Blood Cell Alliance, climbing to the seventh floor, defeating Feng Xuyao, Li Tianrun and a whole string of other shocking feats, the name Ao Kangsheng was already well known to everyone in the Heavenly Dragon Martial Arts Academy.

Precisely because of this, when he came to the Azure Dragon Tower, some Disciples who had come to test their strength were so scared they ran away.

Soon, more Disciples gathered beneath the icy Azure Dragon Tower. Up to this point, the number of Disciples flocking to the Azure Dragon Tower was still increasing.

Their purpose was obvious. Since Ao Cangsheng could climb seven floors, he could also climb seven floors of the Azure Dragon Tower.

Suddenly, the platform resounded with violent thudding impacts.

The Puppets split and merged, constantly changing their offensive formation as they attacked Ao Cangsheng.

Because he could not use warriors or the Life Palace, Ao Cangsheng used only his bare palms of flesh to fight against the roaring wooden figures.

Fortunately, the Fake Formation’s attacks were not that terrifying. Ao Cangsheng could handle them easily without exerting his full strength.

Under Ao Cangsheng’s shadow, a Puppet quickly fell. Then the second, and the third.

After about half a stick of incense, the last Puppet, under the wild bombardment, also collapsed onto the stage.

Once the Fake Army was completely crushed, an iron door opened on the west side of the Combat Platform, the passage leading to the Second Level.

Ao Cangsheng clapped his hands, glanced at the Puppets on the ground, and climbed up to the Second Level.

On the second-floor platform, there was no row of Puppet wires, but instead stones of various sizes.

Some of these stones sat on the ground, some hung in midair, some leaned close to the four walls and ceiling of the Combat Platform.

It seemed these strange stones were the attacking mechanism of this level.

Sure enough, the moment Ao Cangsheng stepped into the Duel Arena, the originally motionless stones suddenly began a frenzied bombardment at him.

Moreover, Ao Cangsheng discovered that a kind of Life Force seemed to be attached to these stones.

When the stones launched their attacks, that Life Force would surge violently along with them, thereby guiding the Qi Mechanism of the air and unleashing intimidating blows.

Compared to the First Level, the experience on the Second Level was clearly much stronger.

It was precisely because of Ao Cangsheng’s strength that, despite the ferocity of the Second Level’s offensive, he still smashed all the stones to the ground in just half an hour.

Once the stones shattered, the iron door leading to the third floor opened.

After that, Ao Cangsheng climbed level by level. On the Third Level, he encountered a Sword Formation filled with countless Sword Energy, meaning an even more intense battle than on the Second Level.

As soon as you stepped into the Sword Formation, dozens of Swords flew like snowflakes, cycling through all sorts of Swordsmanship, as if Immortals were controlling the wind, launching unending attacks at Ao Cangsheng.

Ao Cangsheng spent more than an hour to break through this level. When he came out, his back was a little damp with sweat.

It was clear that by the time one reached the third floor of the Azure Dragon Tower, the attacks inside were already extremely fierce.

On the Fourth Level, Ao Kangsheng encountered a pool of water. Nothing else.

But the moment Ao Cangsheng stepped into the pool, the water surface, originally calm and powerless, instantly turned into Swords, blades, halberds, mountains, rocks, great hammers, each one greeting Ao Cangsheng.

Ao Cangsheng stood as still as a mountain. Under the assault of layer upon layer of changing water columns, he continued to hurl his fists into the pool water.

Only, the water in the pool somehow was being dragged by a Qi engine. Every time Ao Kangsheng blasted it apart, the shattered droplets would gather together in an instant, transform into something else, and attack him again.

Several times, Ao Cangsheng was struck head-on by the ever-changing water.

Though it was merely a pool of soft water, once it touched you, even if you prided yourself on Ao Cangsheng’s strength and physique, it felt as if you had been smashed by a huge boulder, your whole body’s muscles and bones aching.

After eighty-one cycles of the water splitting and recombining, the pool water no longer gathered to attack. It quietly seeped into the cracks beneath his feet, and then the fifth iron door opened.

After the experience of the first four levels, Ao Cangsheng seemed to have gained a certain understanding of the Azure Dragon Tower.

The First Level was a Puppet formation, representing Wood. The Second Level was a vertical-and-horizontal stone forest, representing Earth. The Third Level was a dense Sword Formation, representing Metal. The Fourth Level was ever-changing pool water, representing Water.

Based on the Attribute changes of these four levels, Ao Cangsheng deduced that the Fifth Level would be a Fire Formation.

But he was quite curious. If Fire was to serve as a Formation, how much Fire would be used for the trial?

If the fire was too small, the experience would be lacking. If the fire was too large, he did not know whether the trainee would be accidentally burned to death; the Azure Dragon Tower itself might even be incinerated, no?

Thus, Ao Cangsheng arrived at the fifth floor of the Azure Dragon Tower.

Just as Ao Kangsheng had guessed, the Fifth Level really was a Fire Formation. However, there were no raging flames on the platform as he had imagined, but rather several hundred clumps of red fire floating there.

The flames were very weak. In the darkness of the tower, they were like clusters of ghost-fire, quietly burning.

When Ao Cangsheng entered the battle, the hundreds of flames around him suddenly blazed brighter, illuminating the entire vast Combat Platform.

Very quickly, many of the flames shot out like Fire Dragons, starting to twist into ropes and coil toward him.

His face was flushed red, his whole body drenched in sweat. Perhaps it was because the flames pierced through the mask; Ao Cangsheng’s long white robe had been burned through in seven or eight big holes, exposing the red muscles underneath.

This round of attack and defense was extremely uncomfortable for Ao Cangsheng. He not only had to endure fire, but also the violent thunderous strikes of the Fire Dragons.

Up to now, Ao Cangsheng’s muscles and bones still throbbed with a faint ache.

And he had already used his secret "Heavenly Earth Eating Hand" more than three times.

From Ao Cangsheng’s perspective, if he kept relying on the "Hand of Devouring Heaven and Earth" to counter the Fire Dragons, even if he wasn’t burned to death, he would be battered and injured by their attacks.

Yet Ao Cangsheng continued to deal with the Fire Dragons’ assaults while thinking about how to fight these Fire Dragons.

Three times in a row, Ao Cangsheng’s body was covered in wounds.

These scars were not ordinary. They were first cut open by the Life Force sword, then burned by the Fire Dragons. They looked truly miserable.

Staring at the four blood-red scars on his body, a thought suddenly flashed through Ao Kangsheng’s mind.

Ever since he began learning Martial Arts, he had only mastered four secret techniques. The first was the "Heavenly Earth Eating Hand," which could be used without warriors.

The second was "Wind in the Clouds." It was a movement technique with no offensive effect, so it wasn’t of much use in this Domain.

The third was the Demon Sword Technique, a rather ferocious and domineering swordsmanship.

Unfortunately, in this Green Dragon Tower, he could not use warriors, so from start to finish, this secret Skill had never had a chance to show its worth.

The fourth was the secret book of Xuanhuo Shen. Among the four secret arts, Xuanhuo Shen was the most difficult and the most powerful, so the secret book of Xuanhuo Shen had also been listed among the Forbidden Books.

All along, Ao Cangsheng had only used the ultimate move "Emperor Fire Rescue."

The Azure Dragon Tower forbade the release of the Life Palace, so Ao Cangsheng had always felt this secret Skill couldn’t be used.

Only now, when he was first struck by the Fire Dragons, did Ao Cangsheng suddenly wake up.

Although he could not release his Life Palace, the Fire Dragons were full of flame. Why couldn’t he harness them with Xuanhuo Shen’s secret?

Not only that, he suddenly thought of using Qi Country’s Sword.

As soon as this thought arose, Ao Cangsheng immediately activated Xuanhuo Shen’s secret art.

In an instant, the roaring, roaming Fire Dragon was constantly being dragged away from its own body.

One, two, three—

After a dozen or so such attacks, a fireproof barrier appeared around Ao Cangsheng.

The fireproof barrier was constantly changing. Sometimes it became a wild beast, sometimes it became a great mountain, and it began to clash with the Fire Dragons.