C25 mysterious old man

Outside the Illusory Beast Tower!

The surrounding wind whistled. Just at this moment, a figure quickly flew out of the tower. He passed through the tornado area and arrived on the high platform.

"Luo Yuan, you left the tower so quickly, I wonder how is your harvest this time?"

Seeing that, Clan Chief Luo Yanhui asked.

"Returning Clan Head, your harvest is quite bountiful."

Luo Yuan slowly said as he took out a bulging bag from his chest pocket and handed it over to the assessment personnel.

Although the other party spoke with ease, everyone could see the confidence in his eyes, and all of them guessed that this year's Martial Competition, Luo Yuan would be the strongest opponent for all those who wanted to take the championship.

"I'm looking forward to the results that will be announced later."

Hearing Luo Yuan's words, Luo Yanhui laughed and said. In his opinion, in terms of realm and strength, Luo Yuan was definitely number one.

"Patriarch, with Nephew Luo Yuan's strength, it's certain that he'll be the champion."

Luo Guan who was at the side laughed.

"Luo Guan, you think too highly of a child. Your family's Xu Kuan isn't bad either, reaching the pulse washing stage at the age of seventeen, born a year earlier, maybe already has Qi Condensation Stage."

Hearing that everyone was praising his son, Luo Kunhao was obviously very happy and at the same time, waved his hand at Luo Guan.

"Hur hur, my good-for-nothing son. It's fine if you don't let me worry about him."

Luo Guan said. In the Luo Family, their bloodline and Luo Kunhao were already tightly tied together.

By the side, when Luo Tianmu heard everyone exchange pleasantries, he looked at Illusory Beast Tower, who was standing in front of the training grounds. His eyes revealed a hint of worry, but he did not know what was happening to Hao'er ?

At the same time, Illusory Beast Tower Sixth Floor!

In the dark passage, Luo Hao walked up the stairs, and after a while, his view opened up.

On the pitch-black wall of the spacious Bai Ping space, hung an ancient and simple Zhong Drum. The surface of the Zhong Drum was engraved with all kinds of patterns of birds and beasts.

At this moment, in a seemingly enclosed space, a gust of chilly wind would occasionally blow, not causing anyone's heart to turn cold.

Luo Hao curiously walked forward and sized up the drums. He did not realize it before, but now, after looking closely, he realized that the surface of the drums was covered with a few disorderly lines, which were precise sword marks.

"Hmm?"

Luo Hao used the sword hilt to lightly ring the bell, but to his surprise, the bell did not produce the crisp sound of metal colliding. It only produced a weak 'buzzing' sound that he could not hear if he did not listen carefully.

There's something wrong with the bell!

's judgement and reaction had completely exceeded the limits of common sense.

As he spread out his Spirit Force, he realized that there was nothing strange happening around him, so Luo Hao casually slapped his palm on the nearby Zhong Gu.

Under this strike, Luo Hao's brows twitched, and a dense wave rippled out from the bell, forcing Luo Hao to take a step back.

"There really is a problem."

Seeing that, Luo Hao muttered to himself, the previous palm strike did not even have a layer of power, but the power that forced him back was definitely stronger than the power he used on the palm.

In order to confirm his guess, Luo Hao took a step forward, clenched a fist, and his strength instantly increased by six levels. As he breathed in and out his true qi, he suddenly smashed on the bell drum.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

With that single strike, that Zong Niu began to shake violently, and a burst of extremely sharp substantive ripples struck out. Luo Hao didn't even have time to react, and was directly blown away, the blood energy in his body churning.

"What?"

Just as Luo Hao was about to heave a sigh of relief after dodging the ripple attack, his expression changed yet again.

The shockwave from the impact instantly struck a bell drum in front of him. At the same time, an even more terrifying ripple spread out from the bell, like a chain reaction, constantly crashing into the surrounding forest's bell drums. As time passed, the ripples became increasingly stronger.

Attack bounce bounce stack!

Listening to the buzzing sounds coming from the surroundings, Luo Hao's eyes focused slightly. He did not expect that the Zhong Gu that was placed here would have such an effect.

Luo Hao pondered. Previously, he had only used the power of six levels of Qi, but after the Zhong Gu had rebounded and added together, his strength had multiplied, and now, in his view, it was vaguely comparable to the extreme power of Qi Condensation.

Just as Luo Hao was deep in thought, the buzzing sound of a bottle shaped bell sound out from behind him grew louder and louder.

"This is bad!"

Luo Hao's face changed, the lightning sword in his hand instantly unsheathed, the long sword Hymn Sword, a terrifying Sword Qi burst out.

"Boom!"

After going through layers upon layers of superimposed fist power ripples, it fiercely collided with the sharp sword qi. As the sword qi surged, a dense Mental Energy was like an awl as it smashed against the fist power light waves.

"Break for me!"

At the same time, Luo Hao gave a loud shout. The longsword in his hand exerted a little more force, and the faint ripples instantly disintegrated. The remaining weak energy spread to the surrounding bells and drums, causing a series of humming sounds.

"This place is really a great place to cultivate!"

Putting away the sword, Luo Hao muttered.

According to his speculations, the clock drum in the tower contained some sort of profound mystery, and this profound mystery was to borrow the opponent's attack power to attack the opponent.

Before the attack had even arrived, he could already feel the might emitted by the sword itself. Not only did the tambourine contain power, it could also use it to reflect and superimpose attacks.

Right now, Luo Hao had already reached the state of understanding sword intent, but he was still quite a ways away from comprehending it.

"Little kid, what's your name?"

An ancient voice suddenly rang out from within the empty tower.

"Who?"

Luo Hao subconsciously shouted, as great waves were raging in his heart. When he arrived at the Sixth Floor Tower, he used his mind to survey his surroundings, but did not find anyone around.

"It's been over a hundred years. Never would I have imagined that an old man like me would be fortunate enough to meet a descendant of the Luo Family."

A stooped figure slowly walked out from behind the bell-drum, a broom in his hand.

"Senior, I apologize for my impoliteness earlier, my name is Luo Hao."

For him to be able to appear in the Illusory Beast Tower, even if he was not a senior from the Luo Family, he must have some sort of background with the Luo Family. Furthermore, the old man was able to quietly avoid's Mental Energy perception previously, even if the old man was standing right in front of him, would not be able to sense his presence.

Strong!

According to Luo Hao's guess, the other party's strength was at least not below the Lifestealer Realm. He did not expect the Luo Family to have such an existence.

"Yes, to be able to cause such a commotion on the first try is already quite good."

The old man cast a glance at the still faintly trembling Zhong Gu and said.

"What kind of rune is this Zhong Gu carved? It can actually produce momentum!"

Since the other party did not have any ill intentions, Luo Hao had also asked about his suspicions. As a Rune Magician, he was naturally able to notice that Zhong Gu had carved a special rune on him.

"What?" "Hahaha, good, very good! I never thought that not only are you a Rune Magician, but you could even detect the existence of something from it. It seems that the Luo Family has produced a good seedling."

Hearing Luo Hao's words, the calm face of the old man changed, and he started laughing loudly.

"Take this. In the future, when you reach this place, you'll benefit from it."

With that, the old man ran towards Luo Hao and took out a black jade stone.

"Thank you, senior."

Seeing that, Luo Hao was startled, he immediately took the thumb-sized jade stone, and started to build up energy with the Zhong Gu around him. Although he did not know what purpose he had, but to be able to train here, was extremely beneficial for his sword arts.

"You can call me Xiao Lao from now on. Remember, don't mention that you've seen me to anyone else."

The old man lifted a broom and slowly swept away the dust on the ground as he spoke in an indifferent manner.

"Junior knows!"

"Hurry up and leave. The time for the competition is about to come and the tower will close."

Only after hearing the old man's reminder, did Luo Hao remember that he was still participating in the second round of examination. Thinking up to here, after bidding farewell to the old man, Luo Hao quickly crushed the reset charm in his hand and disappeared from where he stood. In the empty house, there was no trace of the old man.

Martial Arts Practice Field!

The youths that had entered the Illusory Beast Tower continued to come out one after another, giving their animal plate s to the specialists to count. After that, everyone waited in the training grounds for the results of the second round of competition.

"Cousin, I think this time, the champion will be you."

Luo Xukuan pointed to his hands, and said to Luo Yuan who was by his side, fawning on him.

"Of course, I hope you can get a good ranking, cousin."

Luo Yuan nodded his head slightly. Even though he knew that the other party was purposely trying to curry favor with him, Luo Yuan liked the feeling of being flattered.

At this time, seeing that the A disciple of the Luo Family had returned to the martial arena one after another, Luo Tianmu, who was on the high platform, had a look of worry in his eyes. Since his son had not come out after so long, could he have met with some sort of danger?

"Yuan'er, have you seen your cousin Luo Hao? Why is he not back yet?"

Luo Kunhao who was leisurely drinking tea at the side, when he saw Luo Tianmu's worried expression, immediately asked Luo Yuan who was below him.

Once Luo Kunhao's words came out, even the patriarch Luo Yanhui frowned slightly. Although Luo Hao had relied on his extreme patience to pass the first stage by thunderbolt, there was still a certain level of danger in the hunting of the second stage's magical beasts. However, with the meridian qi sea that Luo Hao had established, even the realm was not far from it.

"I haven't seen it. Perhaps my cousin's strength is inferior, but he has already ?"

Luo Yuan stretched out his hand and made a throat erasing gesture, as he said indifferently.

"That's not impossible, it seems like Luo Nishan did not come out either!"

At this time, Luo Xukuan said this. Towards such an eye-catching beauty like Luo Nishan, he would pay close attention to her at all times.

"Heh, with Luo Nishan's strength, she must have come back late due to some matter, but as for that trash Luo Yuan, it's hard to say."

"It's great that he did not return. Wasn't he lucky enough to have passed the first round. You did not see that smug look on his face."

"That's right, I saw it too. It was as if I was very amazing."

"If he didn't die, then we'd definitely show him what's really going on in the arena battle."

"Brother, don't hope so much. Maybe he won't be able to come out?"

The group of young people could not help but discuss. In their eyes, Luo Hao being able to pass the first round so quickly was definitely luck, not by the slightest bit strength.

Many times, when people can't compare themselves to those at the top, they tend to compare themselves to others who are more inferior. However, when they see someone else's achievements, they will use all kinds of excuses to belittle them to satisfy their own superior sense of self.

Just as everyone was discussing, a voice that was not a smile suddenly sounded.

"I'm back. I'm really sorry for making everyone think this way!"