The dark giant waves crashed down, completely engulfing Xuan Haoran in the spray.

But all the audience believed that the Celestial Calculation Divine Child Xuan Haoran would never fall just like that.

Sure enough, after the black mud tide slightly calmed down, this ordinary-looking young man with dead fish eyes resurfaced from the black mud, his clothes clean as new.

Clearly, he was a model of emerging from the mud untainted.

However, the expression on the Celestial Calculation Divine Child’s face now appeared very colorful.

There was confusion and incomprehension, as well as a bitterness akin to that of a foolish son from a suffering family.

But the Nine Extremes Exquisite Tower’s attacks wouldn’t show mercy just because he was the foolish son of the original owner; numerous lightning storms suddenly enveloped him.

Even before the lightning storm approached, a large number of electric arcs made his hair explode like dandelions.

Boom boom boom—

He was utterly submerged in the storm, like a small boat sailing in a stormy sea.

Fortunately, with his ability to foresee the future, he ultimately wasn’t defeated by the lightning storm, barely passing through the Thunder Pool and ascending the Spiral Stairs toward the second level.

He had a faint feeling in his heart that something more explosive awaited him on the next level.

This was an intuition as one who can foresee the future.

This made Xuan Haoran deeply feel that his path ahead was difficult.

Nine Extremes Exquisite Tower Second Level.

After finishing the last slippery steps stained with black mud, a crimson eerie scene identical to the first level appeared before Xuan Haoran.

He glanced around, locking his gaze on a pink-haired girl not far away.

"Wuji, you’re here too."

Xuan Haoran greeted Qi Hanyan, then smiled and said:

"I didn’t expect you to start studying diligently; I thought you would keep slacking off."

Do you think I don’t want to slack off?

Qi Hanyan really wanted to say that.

But in the end she held back, striving for upward mobility is a merit after all, and she couldn’t voluntarily expose her shortcomings to the enemy.

There’s no logic in boosting others’ morale while crushing one’s own prestige.

She slightly raised her chin, pretending to be aloof and said:

"Hmph, I’ve never slacked off; I just think ordinary opponents are too weak to stir me up."

"Only a guy like you barely qualifies to make me exert myself."

Xuan Haoran chuckled without refuting, only asking:

"So, what surprise have you and Su Yuan prepared for me on this level?"

The pink-haired girl didn’t speak, but behind her emerged one figure after another.

A full one hundred and fifty-nine of them!

They were all the participants in this swords trial tournament except for those eliminated, the Star River University team of twenty, and Su Yuan’s four-person team.

Naturally, this included Guo Zhengyi who ranked second in the Federation, Yang Hong who ranked third, among nineteen prodigies in total who had mastered complete Divinity Transformation Inheritances.

"Nineteen complete Divinity Transformation Inheritances... No, perhaps twenty-two Divinity Transformation Inheritances are here together to deal with me?"

"Such a strong team, Su Yuan just placed it on the second level? What’s more intense waiting for me later?"

Xuan Haoran’s eyelids twitched, almost generating an urge to turn and leave.

But thinking about the consequences of retreating without a fight, Xuan Haoran ultimately held back.

Embarrassing himself and his father is a small matter, but being caught by Wu Luo True Monarch watching from outside the tower and getting beaten up while all his treasured game collections are confiscated would be dire!

He couldn’t help but sigh in his heart:

"I actually never wanted to come and mess with this swords trial tournament."

"Destiny brought me a revelation that in this battle, I will face the most terrible defeat in my life, marking the beginning of my fall into the abyss..."

"To prevent destiny from arriving, I clearly already deliberately moved the Nine Extremes Exquisite Tower to split the enemies, yet still ended up besieged."

"Destiny’s revelation made it clear the person who causes my defeat is none other than Su Yuan."

"Thinking about how I, Xuan Haoran, have walked on thin ice all my life, I really don’t know if I can reach the other side."

With this heavy heart, Xuan Haoran faced the ’Beat Xuan Haoran Group’ totaling one hundred and sixty members including Qi Hanyan!

Of course, Qi Hanyan certainly wouldn’t be the one charging at the front.

Before Xuan Haoran could act, she frowned slightly and protected the followers behind her, cheering them on.

And the Beat Xuan Haoran Group didn’t disappoint, swarming him, completely surrounding Xuan Haoran, bombarding him with all sorts of powerful Divine Daoist Techniques without hesitation.

This scene made the audience watching the live broadcast exclaim in excitement.

But as they continued to fight, Qi Hanyan noticed something unusual.

In all these attacks, hardly any had actually hit Xuan Haoran himself.

In fact, strictly speaking, none of the attacks had successfully struck Xuan Haoran!

Every follower was like a traitor, attacking nearby comrades, causing each follower of the Corruption Divine Kingdom to be seriously injured and forcibly teleported away by the Teleportation Power.

Even when engulfed in the black mud, they couldn’t be saved.

After all, the black mud could only replenish their magic, but not heal them.

In less than a few minutes, out of the one hundred and fifty-nine school team members, nearly thirty had been reduced, during which Xuan Haoran had not personally taken action.

Though those eliminated were lower-grade school team members, it was still quite shocking!

"Hiss—"

Qi Hanyan gasped in fear and thought:

"It took me great effort to beg Su Yuan to let me command these followers. If all of them are sent away, will Su Yuan hang me up and beat me?"

"...He shouldn’t, right? After all, he said to me that these followers are no longer useful."

With anxiety, the girl continued to observe the development of the battle.

Meanwhile, Xuan Haoran also realized the vulnerability of these one hundred and fifty-nine school team members.

Not to mention those who did not obtain the complete Divinity Transformation Inheritance.

Those people were inherently weak; no matter how many, they wouldn’t affect him much.

Even the nineteen strong ones with full Divinity Transformation Inheritance posed limited threats to him.

But this seemed wrong, as Xuan Haoran believed he lacked the ability to swiftly eliminate nineteen Foundation Establishment Peak prodigies with complete Divinity Transformation Inheritance.

His Destiny Defeated Divine Techniques couldn’t possibly affect all nineteen at once. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Normally influencing half would be commendable.

But the reality wasn’t so; all nineteen prodigies fell to Destiny Defeated, their gloomy fate making their attacks fall only on nearby allies, causing mutual harm.

Xuan Haoran quickly realized the problem.

These nineteen prodigies were too drained.

During the fifteen days in the tower, they seemed to be squeezed dry repeatedly, causing them to be extremely weak even with the black mud’s support.

Like Furnace and Cauldron Medicine Residue, exploited countless times by Ancient Demon Sect’s Joyful Union Sect cultivators.

In such a drained state, their Divinity Transformation Divine Techniques were greatly reduced in power, possibly not even half of their peak strength.

Also, due to severe weakness, his Destiny Defeated activated on them with surprising ease.

This battle could be won, and he would still have considerable strength left afterward.

However... the more he won magnificently here, the more Xuan Haoran felt the ’gift’ Su Yuan prepared on the next level for him was dangerous.

From Zhu Tianqing being able to use the Divinity Transformation Divine Techniques he shouldn’t have learned, it could be seen that Su Yuan had the ability to extract power from one person and transfer it to another.

The nineteen prodigies were drained to such weakness, obviously squeezed by Su Yuan more than once.

So the question arises.

Where did the extracted Divine Power go?

With such concerns, Xuan Haoran continuously activated Destiny Defeated, and without personally taking action, he spent a full two hours to eliminate all one hundred and fifty-nine school team members.

Only Qi Hanyan was left.

Xuan Haoran let out a long breath, suppressing the tired feeling in his heart, and looked at the pink-haired girl.

Qi Hanyan immediately retreated a step cautiously, somewhat defiant yet timidly said:

"Don’t come over! I’m not afraid of you!"

Xuan Haoran didn’t speak, silently watching as the pink-haired girl retreated a kilometer away.

He shook his head, chose not to pursue Qi Hanyan, directly ascended the Spiral Stairs, heading for the third level.

Along this journey, he had no supplies and must preserve his strength.

And the battle of the Celestial Calculation Divine Child on the second level excited all the spectators outside the tower.

Facing one hundred fifty-nine opponents alone, and achieving victory unscathed, it was remarkably overpowering.

In this battle, though Guo Zhengyi and other school team members still appeared mechanical, the combat power they erupted with was enough to make any spectator in high school or university gape in awe.

They understood that such level prodigies were definitely top players in actual combat.

The reason they fought like machines was solely because Xuan Haoran was overwhelmingly strong!

"Celestial Calculation Divine Child is amazing! With only a total of over one hundred and eighty school team members inside the tower, he eliminated nearly ninety percent of the enemy in one fell swoop. Isn’t winning going to be easy for him?"

"But since Celestial Calculation Divine Child encountered such opponents on the second level, theoretically, the enemies on the next level should be even stronger!"

"I’m more curious about who transformed the tower into this state and corrupted so many school team prodigies."