After returning with the main group to Beifeng City, Lu Yu bid farewell to Yu Xiaoman, returned to his residence, activated the Divine Weapon Pavilion Identity Token, and entered the Divine Weapon Pavilion Secret Realm.

The bamboo grove cabin still showed no signs of other senior brothers, and Lu Yu left the bamboo grove cabin, heading to the Southern Heaven Hall in Heaven-Breaking City.

He pinned the task given to him by Jianghu Tong No. 77 and then located the Southern Heaven Hall, which was responsible for providing logistical support. His disciple uniform was torn, needing replacements, and the Ninth Grade spirit armor disciple uniform no longer met his needs.

So he came to see if there was better equipment available.

Lu Yu could purchase them himself from the store, but the spirit armors in the store had limited functionalities, and their quality was generally inferior to the Divine Weapon Pavilion's equipment of the same level.

Simply put, the spirit armors from the store were not as practical as those from the Divine Weapon Pavilion.

Communicating with the Artifact Spirit of the Southern Heaven Hall, Lu Yu entered the Divine Weapon Pavilion logistics material exchange interface. After searching, he found that there was more than one type of disciple uniform; the one he was wearing was a Ninth Grade disciple uniform, also known as Ninth Grade spirit armor.

Above it were the Eighth Grade, Seventh Grade, Sixth Grade... Disciple uniforms could be exchanged for, offering stronger defense and more functionalities.

Ninth Grade disciple uniform exchange price: 100 contribution points, able to withstand the attack of Martial Cultivators below Qi Cultivation Sixth Level.

Eighth Grade disciple uniform exchange price: 500 contribution points, able to withstand the attack of peak Qi Cultivation level Martial Cultivators.

Seventh Grade disciple uniform exchange price: 2000 contribution points, able to withstand the attack of Martial Cultivators below Spiritual Cultivation Fourth Level.

...

Through this battle at Kugu Ridge, Lu Yu understood what the term "able to withstand the attack of Martial Cultivators below Qi Cultivation Sixth Level" meant.

It meant that, upon wearing the disciple uniform infused with spiritual qi, it could block a full-force unarmed strike from a Qi Cultivation Sixth Level Martial Cultivator.

Generally, normal battles are unlikely to express the extreme defense of a disciple uniform, since battles wielding weapons are more common and Martial Cultivators who fight unarmed are rarely encountered.

Should one encounter such Martial Cultivators, they cannot be assessed with the usual strength level of Martial Cultivators.

Thus, it is usually assumed that the corresponding grade of spirit armor can block attacks from divine soldiers of the corresponding grade.

Glancing at his remaining contribution points, Lu Yu did not hesitate and directly purchased the Seventh Grade disciple uniform; after deducting 2000 points from his token, he only had 364 left, which he had important use for.

After donning his new attire, Lu Yu headed to the Heaven-Piercing Tower.

Lu Yu had yet to find a cultivation method for the Ice-Fire Polar Body, yet he was unwilling for his strength to stagnate, so he opted to use experience points to advance the cultivation progress of the Ice-Fire Polar Body; each 1% progress required 2000 experience points.

Meaning that, to complete the cultivation of the first level of Seven Layers of Ice and Fire, he needed 180,000 experience points.

If Lu Yu did not discover a cultivation method for the Fire Spirit Body and Ice Spirit Body, this experience point demand could possibly double; a correct cultivation method would save him a lot of experience points, and money would save him a lot of time.

This shows just how high the cultivation difficulty of Seven Layers of Ice and Fire is; merely getting started requires 400,000 experience points.

Additionally, because of this, Lu Yu has gained strength far exceeding the peak of Body Refinement.

After consuming 100 contribution points, Lu Yu teleported to the seventh floor of the Heaven-Piercing Tower, where the demons had the equivalent strength of a Body Refinement Level Seven Martial Cultivator, and feared not death, possessing very strong vitality.

Lu Yu appeared on the seventh floor of the Heaven-Piercing Tower; the seventh floor was a sparse forest with black, twisted trees growing on the grass.

"Today, we will charge onto the eighth floor! Everyone, let's go for it!"

A voice came from not far away, appearing to be from disciples of the Divine Weapon Pavilion who entered the seventh floor concurrently with Lu Yu.

They formed a team of six, four males and two females, wearing disciple uniforms of the Divine Weapon Pavilion and wielding spirit weapons. Five surrounded one male disciple, who held an Array Plate in his hand; a thin yellow light shield enveloped the six of them.

Shortly after Lu Yu appeared, demons attracted by the "Qi Blood" arrived; looking at the demons before him, Lu Yu drew the Demon-Breaking Saber.

It was precisely because he possessed the Demon-Breaking Saber that he chose to farm experience within the Heaven-Piercing Tower.

Now, he wanted to see if the Demon-Breaking Saber truly restrained demons and could slay them.

Brush~ With a single slash downwards, the oncoming demon was split in two; the orange patterns on the Demon-Breaking Saber flashed, and the demonic qi within the demon's body was crushed by the saber's power, causing the bisected demon to be thoroughly dead.

[Killed a demon, gained 723 experience points]

Lu Yu was pleasantly surprised, not expecting a single slash to instantly kill the demon.

Previously, when he smashed the demon's body into pieces, they might not necessarily be dead. Now, just one slash could slay these demons with formidable vitality, the difference was apparent.

Afterwards, he furrowed his brows, feeling a portion of his spiritual qi was consumed; although it was quite small, it indicated that slaying demons with the Demon-Breaking Saber was not without costs.

To this, Lu Yu found it acceptable; compared to using fire spiritual power to burn demons, using the Demon-Breaking Saber consumed far less.

Lu Yu picked up the Demon-Breaking Saber, actively seeking traces of demons.

No need for Lu Yu to search; upon his appearance on the seventh floor, a multitude of demons detected human Qi Blood, gathering towards this location.

Faced with demons possessing speed and strength akin to Body Refinement Level Seven Martial Cultivators, Lu Yu could effortlessly kill them.

Any demons slashed by the Demon-Breaking Saber would have their internal demonic qi eradicated instantaneously, resulting in complete death.

...

In the six-person squad, everyone was a Martial Cultivator in the Qi Cultivation realm. They relied on an array to fend off demon attacks, while the other five quickly knocked away the demons in front, carving a path toward the light beam leading to the next level.

After advancing for a while, someone noticed Lu Yu fighting amid the demons nearby, "Look over there, there's a fierce guy, charging all alone to the top."

"Wow, big boss, can you take us with you?" one person shouted toward Lu Yu.

The surrounding demons were too noisy, so Lu Yu didn't hear the distant voice. As more and more demons gathered, he didn't have time to slay them all, and the space around him became increasingly cramped.

Just as the demons were about to bury him, Lu Yu infused Spiritual Qi into his sword, and the Demon-Breaking Saber suddenly became so heavy that he almost couldn't hold it.

Gripping the sword tightly, he swung it in a wide arc, sending a massive wave of sword Qi that extended and expanded, cleaving the demons before him in half and instantly clearing his view.

"Wow wow wow! A master of the Aura Cultivation realm, let's hurry over! If we follow this Aura Cultivation master, we're sure to reach the eighth level this time," a female disciple said, her eyes sparkling, urging the others to move toward Lu Yu.

However, there were too many demons between them and Lu Yu, and their advancement couldn't keep up with Lu Yu's retreat. They could only watch as he plowed through the demons, disappearing from sight.

The leader of the team patted the female disciple's shoulder and said, "Don't be too disappointed. That kind of big boss has nothing to do with us, and even if we go over, he might not take us along. Still, with him slaying so many demons, it makes things easier for us, and we're sure to reach the eighth level this time."

Their eyes lit up again with renewed excitement. Seeing the significantly reduced number of surrounding demons, they brimmed with confidence that they'd reach the eighth level this time.

Lu Yu's sword Qi slashed over a dozen demons, but it also cost him greatly. In the battles that followed, unless absolutely necessary, Lu Yu tried to minimize the use of sword Qi to slay demons, aiming to extend his combat time and harvest more experience points.

With the Demon-Breaking Saber, this time in the tower was a completely different experience. Last time, Lu Yu had fully experienced what it meant to have no fear of death, to battle relentlessly, and to use human wave tactics.

This time, Lu Yu fully experienced the feeling of cutting through swathes of enemies like grass.

He fought his way to the central light beam of the seventh level, with demon corpses strewn all around, amassing over fifty thousand experience points. Adding in the experience from Kugu Ridge, he now had over eighty thousand, just ten thousand short of leveling up his Cultivation Technique.

He paused in the light beam of the seventh level to recover his Spiritual Qi and depleted Qi Blood. Once fully restored, Lu Yu stepped into the next level.

The six-person squad saw Lu Yu's silhouette entering the next level from afar. On their way there, they followed behind Lu Yu, seeing the trail of fallen demons, and were filled with awe.

Slaying just one demon cost them a great deal of Spiritual Power, and along this path, an unimaginable seventy or eighty demons lay slain.

When Lu Yu emerged from the tower, he had over 300,000 experience points. He had fought from the seventh level up to the ninth, slaying at least two or three hundred demons.

Initially, he didn't plan to reach the ninth level, but he found that he still needed a bit more experience to level up as he cleared through the eighth level, so he had to push into the ninth.

The ninth level was filled with demons equivalent to the ninth grade of the Body Refinement realm. Relying on the sharpness of his Demon-Breaking Saber, Lu Yu could maintain his pace of instant kills, fighting all the way to the light beam leading to the tenth level.

When his internal fire and ice Spiritual Qi were nearly exhausted, he reached the light beam connecting to the tenth level. Without entering, Lu Yu hurriedly left the tower.

After resting a bit at the base of the tower, he returned to his bamboo grove hut at eleven thirty at night.

Having spent the entire day in battle, Lu Yu was mentally fatigued.

After investing his experience points into the cultivation progress bar of Icefire's Seventh Heaven, Lu Yu saw that it would take another 48 hours to complete the cultivation, so he chose to log off and rest.

It was his first time encountering a situation where upgrading required time. Yet, understanding that Icefire's Seventh Heaven was a Ninth Grade Spiritual level Cultivation Technique, he found it reasonable to take a bit of time for an upgrade.

Besides, it involved the transformation process of his own physique, and needing some time was understandable.

After logging off, Lu Yu immediately removed his helmet, kicked away his quilt, rushed to the toilet, and relieved himself... he had been in the game all day without logging off for this. As soon as his consciousness returned to his body, he felt his bladder about to burst.

After a minute and a half of relief, Lu Yu walked out of the bathroom.

He glanced at the not-so-bright moon outside and bent down to find something to eat in the room.

Suddenly, he heard a slight noise, followed by a hushed voice.

"This house hasn't had its lights on for four or five days, probably gone on a trip. Once I open the door, take as much as you can, and if someone shows up, say we're from the moving company."

"Don't worry, the two of us have done this before."

Thieves? Lu Yu turned his head towards the door that hadn't been opened for almost a month.

Recently, Lu Yu had been pulling all-nighters in the game, not having turned on his home's lights for four or five days was normal.

He just didn't expect this to lead to being targeted by thieves.

Click~ The door opened, and three thieves cautiously walked into Lu Yu's house. Seeing a silhouette standing in the bedroom, they froze on the spot, and the one who opened the door reassured the other two, "It's nothing; that's likely a dummy left by the homeowner to scare off thieves like you with weak nerves."

"Is it?" Lu Yu somehow ended up by his side.

A dummy to scare thieves? How could you come up with such an explanation, Lu Yu thought, speechless. Who in their right mind would place a dummy at home? That would give anyone a heart attack, wouldn't it?

"Oh my god! There's really someone here!" The three, shocked, attempted to flee but were promptly brought down by Lu Yu and subdued. After a lesson, the three squatted in a corner with their heads down, not daring to move.

Lu Yu took out his phone, finding it dead, so he asked the thief for theirs.

The thief, somewhat puzzled, asked, "What do you need my phone for?"

"To call the police; my phone's out of battery, so I'll use yours," Lu Yu said matter-of-factly.

The three were dumbfounded.

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