Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

Chapter 231: Exploiting Loopholes

Martial King and the Marshal of the Stabilizing State were both somewhat surprised; the Sovereign of Great Qin actually favored that guy.

In their eyes, although this guy was not weak, he definitely wasn’t strong enough to be remarkable.

After all, he was only Fourth Rank; how could he possibly stand against these top talents?

However, they couldn’t help but take him seriously, realizing that there must be something exceptional about someone who could catch the eye of the Sovereign of Great Qin.

...

Xu Ping’an was unaware of the situation outside, as he had already arrived at the First Layer of the Hundred Demon Tower.

At that moment, looking at this layer of space, Xu Ping’an discovered that powerful forces densely filled the surrounding area, stabilizing the entire space.

"Impressive methods. Artifact Refiners must be proficient in the Space Law," Xu Ping’an said to himself.

An Artifact Refiner capable of crafting such space-based artifacts must undoubtedly have a strong grasp of Spatial Law.

And one who has mastered Spatial Law, must certainly be powerful.

After all, among the Dao Laws, Spatial Law is considered a powerful one.

There are countless Dao Laws, some extremely powerful, while others relatively weaker.

Of course, Dao Laws serve countless purposes, with different laws having different functions.

"Huh, this place is actually permeated with a powerful Primordial Qi? Interesting," Xu Ping’an exclaimed in surprise.

He had not been concerned originally, thinking that only spiritual energy filled this world.

But when he tried to absorb it just now, he realized that this spiritual energy was mixed with Primordial Qi.

Primordial Qi was a valuable treasure for tempering the physical body.

At that moment, Xu Ping’an was at the Fourth Rank, and both the Fourth and Fifth Ranks required bone tempering.

Xu Ping’an was tempering his limb bones at Fourth Rank, while at Fifth Rank, it would be the sternum, and at Sixth Rank, the tempering of the five viscera would follow.

And this Primordial Qi was the best material for tempering, even much better than the previous Indestructible Lightning.

"If I use this Primordial Qi for bone tempering, I’ll probably progress even faster," Xu Ping’an said joyfully in his heart.

He hadn’t expected such benefits here.

Definitely, he wasn’t the only one who’d noticed this advantage, which is likely why there was a rule that one could only stay on each layer for two hours.

It was to prevent someone from discovering this and refusing to leave.

Has someone done this before?

Certainly.

Indeed, Xu Ping’an’s guess was correct. In the past, there was no time limit for each layer, but later on someone refused to leave a particular layer, which is why the Sovereign of Great Qin had this formation added later on.

"Since there is wool to be sheared, naturally, some will shear to their heart’s content before leaving," Xu Ping’an smiled.

He planned to stay on each layer for the full two hours before moving on.

With that in mind, Xu Ping’an began to operate his Cultivation Technique and started cultivating.

He began to draw in the Primordial Qi for the purpose of tempering his bones.

Indeed, the Primordial Qi had a much better effect on bone tempering, and the process was significantly faster as well.

"Hum!"

Just then, a hundred Fourth Rank, First Layer Realm Demon Beasts, the Bloodthirsty Demon Bulls, appeared before him.

A hundred Fourth Rank, First Layer Realm Demon Beasts indeed constituted a tremendously powerful force.

"So many? This is just the First Layer; no wonder everyone says the Hundred Demon Tower is no small challenge," Xu Ping’an said with some surprise.

Although he knew the Hundred Demon Tower was going to be difficult, he hadn’t expected it to be this challenging.

Meanwhile, the outside world began to stir as well.

A hundred Bloodthirsty Demon Bulls, that was indeed a formidable force.

Even the average Fourth Rank, Seventh or Eighth Layer expert would have to be extremely cautious.

Like before, they could see the situation inside the tower through the scroll.

And at that moment, some had already started to take action.

"Look quick, Song Kaitian is making his move."

"So strong. He annihilated forty Bloodthirsty Demon Bulls with a single slash. A hundred bulls, resolved with just three strikes, so fast."

"Terrifying, he’s already reached the Second Layer?"

"You see, the Sixth Prince is also very strong, slicing down over thirty with one sword strike. He also finished with three strikes."

"Long Zhan is even stronger, he killed all of them with a single spear, my god."

...

Exclamations of surprise kept coming from the arena.

Everyone was marveling at the strength of these top talents.

And these top talents had all resolved their battles at an incredibly fast speed and then advanced to the Second Layer.

Dugu Tianyu was also astonished, these talents were too strong.

Li Qingyi was not bad either, resolving the battle with five swords and moving on to the Second Layer.

But when he looked towards Xu Ping’an, he was taken aback.

"Eh, what is Xu Ping’an doing?" a spectator asked in confusion.

Others turned their attention to Xu Ping’an’s screen.

Song Lingxue had been watching Xu Ping’an all along and was now also wearing a puzzled face.

In that scene, Xu Ping’an was constantly dodging and occasionally throwing a punch to repel a bloodthirsty demon ox, but not killing it.

As a result, in that scene, nearly no bloodthirsty demon oxen near Xu Ping’an were dead.

"What’s he doing?"

"Playing around?"

In the stands, the spectators were speechless.

They didn’t understand what Xu Ping’an was up to.

On the high platform, those Seventh Rank Experts were also puzzled.

Both the Martial King and the National Defender General frowned.

Sovereign of Great Qin alone revealed a hint of surprise and then couldn’t help but laugh and cry.

"Such keen perception, he found out as soon as he entered..." Sovereign of Great Qin chuckled.

As soon as he said this, both the Martial King and the National Defender General seemed to have guessed something, showing a hint of surprise, and then fell silent.

At this moment, inside the Tower of a Hundred Beasts’ First Layer.

Xu Ping’an kept repelling these bloodthirsty demon oxen, but didn’t kill them.

"Interesting, if these bloodthirsty demon oxen don’t die, the primordial qi here will continue to increase to maintain these demon beasts, allowing their injuries to recover. Killing them, on the other hand, would make this primordial qi disappear," Xu Ping’an laughed.

Yes, he was continually causing injuries to these bloodthirsty demon oxen, then triggering the primordial qi here to repair their wounds.

But as soon as this primordial qi emerged, it was absorbed by Xu Ping’an.

These bloodthirsty demon oxen couldn’t absorb any of it.

On the other hand, after killing these beasts, the primordial qi would no longer replenish.

Therefore, after killing a few, Xu Ping’an quickly decided to only injure them and not kill them.

Then, just as the outside world saw, Xu Ping’an was playing house with these bloodthirsty demon oxen.

But he didn’t care, as he was now absorbing a large amount of primordial qi, undergoing bone tempering.

And with the primordial qi bone tempering, his aura was growing stronger.

He was starting to approach the Fourth Rank Ninth Layer Realm.

Time trickled slowly, and Xu Ping’an only injured but did not kill, persisting for a full Hour and a half.

Some of the bloodthirsty demon oxen eventually died from their severe injuries.

With each death, Xu Ping’an was filled with regret.

So every time Xu Ping’an threw a punch, he was extremely careful, afraid of killing these creatures.

"Damn, what the hell is this guy doing? Look at his face, full of reluctance, as if these bloodthirsty demon oxen were his relatives."

"Yeah, I also don’t know what he’s doing. Song Kaitian has already reached the Tenth Layer, and he’s still on the First Layer."

"I think this guy is just trying to attract attention and become famous by going against the norm."

"I agree. Little does he know that doing this will only make it clearer to others."

"Exactly, trying to become famous without any real strength, what a shameless person."

...

The surrounding people continued their discussion.

One by one, they began to look down on Xu Ping’an.

And on the First Layer, only Xu Ping’an was left.