Chapter 583 - 354: Six Years

Chapter 583: Chapter 354: Six Years

Time flew by within the Enlightenment Tower; nearly ten months passed in a flash.

As the total number of people inside the Enlightenment Tower dropped below one hundred, Li Wen’s time limit for the 4th Layer was down to its final ten minutes.

The spectators from the Alka Empire, who had returned just in time, grew anxious:

"The one-year time limit is down to ten minutes! The others who cut it close have all moved up, so why is the God of Slaughter still on the 4th Layer?"

"What’s the rush? On the previous layers, didn’t the God of Slaughter always advance at the last second? Just wait!" someone said, clenching their fists.

"I just hope nothing goes wrong..."

Inside the space of the 4th Layer, the time limit entered its final two minutes.

Sitting cross-legged, Li Wen opened his eyes right on schedule. A strange glint of gold and silver flashed through his pupils before vanishing.

’Time to go.’ With a mere thought, the central Law Fragment activated, and a brilliant light instantly engulfed his figure.

The general leaderboard outside changed abruptly!

Li Wen’s name shot up like a rocket, rising from the very bottom, breaking past 4,000, 3,500, 3,200... until it finally settled at rank 3128!

"He’s moving up! He’s entered the 5th Layer!" After a moment of stunned silence, the Alka spectator section erupted in deafening cheers, their anxiety transformed into ecstasy.

"Rank 3128! He just entered the 5th Layer and he’s already in the top 3,500!"

"Barton finished at rank 1024. If Li Wen spends the full year on the 5th Layer, he definitely has a shot at surpassing Barton and breaking into the top thousand!"

Someone else, swept up in the excitement, made a bold prediction: "Maybe... he can even reach the 6th Layer?!"

As soon as this was said, the surroundings quieted down.

The 6th Layer?

That was the domain of peerless prodigies like Time Shadow. So far, only a few dozen had reached it, all of them guaranteed to be among the top 100 in the universe.

Even the spectators from the Alka Empire felt the idea was too insane.

"Hahaha!" Piercing, mocking laughter immediately erupted from the nearby sections for the advanced empires.

"Have the Alkans lost their minds? A guy who only scraped his way into the 5th Layer with delaying tactics thinks he’s worthy of even mentioning the 6th Layer?"

"Just a grandstander! Look at a true prodigy like Ling Xuzi—he went straight to the 7th Layer and triggered a Law resonance! What’s this Li Wen in comparison?"

"Exactly! If he really had the strength, he would’ve just steamrolled his way up like Ling Xuzi instead of putting on an act!"

The spectators from the Alka Empire were utterly enraged by this contempt.

"Bullshit! Li Wen is accumulating his power for a decisive burst!"

"What do you know?"

"If you have the guts, wait for the results before you start barking!"

"Hmph, frogs in a well!"

The divine senses of the two sides clashed violently, and an explosion of taunts and curses erupted at the edges of the spectator sections.

At the center of this uproar was the space of the 5th Layer in the Enlightenment Tower.

Li Wen’s figure stabilized before the vast Law Fragments.

Li Wen was, of course, unaware of the commotion outside.

He had already activated [Absolute Focus].

He sensed the even more complex network of Laws in the space of the 5th Layer.

The corners of his mouth lifted in an imperceptible smile as he noted that the proportion of Time Law Fragments had increased significantly.

’The 5th Layer... The time acceleration effect should be even better here.’ He sat down cross-legged and instantly sank into his deepest state of comprehension.

A dual-colored gold and silver dao resonance emanated from his body, faintly echoing the Law Fragments in the space.

Inside the central building of the arena.

Chen’s eyes swept over the name that had just shot up the general leaderboard.

He then glanced down at the tense and confrontational crowd below, an inscrutable glint flashing in the depths of his eyes.

...

Day by day, time passed.

This time, Li Wen spent over a month to finally and completely comprehend the Law Fragments that fused five elemental Laws.

After completing his comprehension, he began to study the surrounding Time Law, just as he always did.

In a flash, nearly another year had passed.

Only ten-odd minutes remained of Li Wen’s one-year time limit on the 5th Layer of the Enlightenment Tower.

The spectator area for the Alka Empire had long since been packed with a dense crowd.

After nearly a year of waiting, and still remembering the ecstasy from his last jump in rank, the hearts of the Alkans were once again held in suspense.

All eyes were glued to a single name on the general leaderboard floating in the center of the arena: Li Wen (Alka Empire).

Their gazes were fervent and fraught with anxiety, like a group of gamblers waiting for the grand prize to be revealed.

"Say... how far do you think Li Wen will get on the 5th Layer? Can he make it to the 6th Layer?"

A white-haired Alkan elder, his voice trembling almost imperceptibly, voiced the question on everyone’s mind.

"I think he’s got a shot!" A burly man beside him clenched his fists, his eyes fixed on Li Wen’s motionless rank.

"Think about the first four layers! He’s always waited until the very last moment to make his move. He must be saving up for a big play on the 5th Layer too!

If he wasn’t confident about deciphering this layer’s Law Fragments, he would’ve pushed his progress forward long ago. Why else would he wait until now?"

"Right! That makes perfect sense!" another person chimed in, their voice thick with anticipation.

"Even if—and this is just a what-if—even if he can’t make it to the 6th Layer, as long as he breaks into the top thousand and surpasses Lord Barton, it would still be a tremendous honor!"

Although Barton finishing at rank 1024 was already a point of pride for the Alka Empire, it would be an even greater inspiration if someone could take it a step further.

"The 6th Layer..." someone murmured, their eyes filled with awe and yearning.

In the past five years, the number of peerless prodigies who had ascended to that floor of the high tower was still merely a few dozen.

That was the domain of the true top one hundred in the entire universe’s Genius Battle.

Compared to a rank in the three thousands, it was a world of difference, representing a completely different tier of level and potential.

As the countdown ticked on, the hearts of the Alkan spectators rose higher and higher with suspense.

Support and anticipation were the prevailing emotions, but the deep-seated anxiety would only truly dissipate the moment his rank finally leaped upward.

It was not only the Alkans; spectators from some of the neighboring advanced empires, drawn in by the earlier dispute, also turned their gazes to Li Wen’s name.