"Dean!" the two senior students guarding the entrance to the Three Step Tower said respectfully.
Dean Xiao smiled kindly and nodded, then briefly explained Cheng Xiao's situation to the two.
Originally, these two senior students were very curious about who could make Dean Xiao personally lead the way.
Hearing the other party's name, their eyes were filled with both surprise and shock.
"Cheng Xiao, follow me," one of the very friendly senior students said.
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This senior student knew a lot about the Three Step Tower and reminded Cheng Xiao of a few things along the way.
Only after sending Cheng Xiao into the actual tower did he leave with peace of mind.
"You didn't deliberately hide anything from him, did you?" the other companion guarding the Three Step Tower asked with a serious expression.
"I'm not stupid, how would I dare hide anything from this person?" the friendly senior student said irritably:
"If it were someone else, it would be fine to pull some small tricks, but if this person enters the Main Campus and settles scores with us, we won't have a single good day!"
"It's good that you didn't offend him."
His companion breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
Fortunately, this petty guy wasn't foolish enough to offend Cheng Xiao.
Cheng Xiao fighting three thousand Mingzhu Academy students was well-known to everyone, and even on the Main Campus, it was a hot topic of discussion.
If they held grudges against such a monster out of jealousy, once Cheng Xiao reached the Main Campus, they would definitely not have a peaceful life.
"But speaking of which, after the conversation just now, I found that Cheng Xiao wasn't as exaggerated as the rumors said; his behavior was rather low-key," the friendly senior student said.
"Heh, he's only low-key on the surface because he's too lazy to bother. If you really provoke him, you'll know how terrifying he is!" His companion gave him a disdainful look:
"This kind of person is the most untouchable. Don't even think about trying to curry favor with him with your petty mind, lest you drag me down with you."
The friendly senior student's mouth twitched, but he didn't retort.
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Inside the Three Step Tower.
Cheng Xiao stepped onto the floating stairs, looking towards the higher floating stair platforms:
"Every step taken will squeeze out magic energy. What would happen if I used Shadow Soldiers instead?"
Saying that, Cheng Xiao summoned Yegret.
"Yegret, go up and see."
"As you command, King!"
Yegret took a step, and similarly felt resistance.
"Will Shadow Soldiers also be affected?"
Cheng Xiao wasn't too surprised.
The energy inside the Three Step Tower was many times richer than normal elemental energy, let alone climbing to higher floors with even richer energy.
Just standing inside the tower required the consumption of magic energy to adapt to the immense energy within.
"In that case, let's play it safe."
Cheng Xiao chuckled softly, letting all the Shadow Soldiers in his shadow merge into Yegret's shadow.
Yegret understood the King's meaning and began climbing the higher stairs.
The second floor, the third floor... Reaching the stairs from the third to the fourth floor, the pressure was noticeably greater.
Yegret only climbed less than twenty steps before his energy was completely depleted, forcing him to return to Cheng Xiao's shadow.
But before returning to the shadow, Yegret released the Shadow Scaly Mother Demon.
The Shadow Scaly Mother Demon took over Yegret's climbing task, but before reaching the fourth floor, the Shadow Scaly Mother Demon was also forced to return.
Climbing to higher floors consumed several times more energy than before!
However, this was not a problem at all for Cheng Xiao, who had a large number of Shadow Soldiers.
If quality wasn't enough, then quantity would make up for it. When one Shadow Soldier fell, there were hundreds more waiting behind, continuing to climb.
Before being forced to return, a new Shadow Soldier would take over the task of the returning Shadow Soldier.
It was like an infinite nesting doll.
Finally, after one Shadow Soldier after another had their energy drained, a soldier finally reached the summit, the fifth floor!
"Shadow Exchange!"
Cheng Xiao activated his specialized skill, instantly using the Shadow Soldier on the fifth floor as a spatial exit to swap positions with it.
Upon reaching the fifth floor, the feeling of magic energy depletion felt on the climbing stairs disappeared, replaced by an incredibly rich and immense energy.
Every floor climbed in the Three Step Tower doubled the energy's richness!
The first floor was twenty times, the second floor was forty times... Calculating this way, the fifth floor should be three hundred and twenty times!
Cheng Xiao didn't dare to waste time. The first day was very precious, and not a moment could be wasted.
He sat down cross-legged on the spot. As soon as he entered the cultivation state, an incredibly vast energy surged into his spiritual world.
If normal cultivation was like a river, the energy at this moment felt like a vast ocean in his spirit!
After only a few hours of cultivation, Cheng Xiao's Space and Chaos Co-existence System successfully broke through to Middle-Rank!
Cheng Xiao said happily:
"The energy of the Three Step Tower exceeded my expectations. I thought it would take a day to break through my second system to Middle-Rank.
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"I didn't expect to break through in less than half the usual cultivation time."
Strike while the iron is hot!
Cheng Xiao briefly stabilized the cultivation of his second system, focusing his attention on his main cultivation, the Shadow and Undead Co-existence System.
After the time available for meditation on the first day passed, the Shadow and Undead Nebula also advanced, breaking through to Middle-Rank Level Two!
Cheng Xiao had been cultivating the Shadow and Undead Nebula for almost half a year.
With the five hundred times energy amplification in the Three Step Tower, it was not surprising that he broke through to Middle-Rank Level Two on the first day.
On the second day, the surrounding energy noticeably decreased.
It decreased from three hundred and twenty times to two hundred and fifty-six times!
Enjoying the blessings in a cultivation holy land like the Three Step Tower was like taking medicine; the more you took, the easier it was to develop resistance.
However, this was still satisfactory for Cheng Xiao, as he was on the fifth floor.
On the second day, the Space and Chaos Nebula greatly improved, becoming even deeper.
On the third day, the Space and Chaos Nebula broke through to Middle-Rank Level Two. Cheng Xiao continued to cultivate the Shadow and Undead Nebula.
For the next four days, Cheng Xiao focused all his energy on the Shadow and Undead Nebula.
Finally, on the seventh day, the Shadow and Undead Nebula broke through again, successfully entering Middle-Rank Level Three!
In addition, with the significant increase in cultivation, his spiritual realm also surged up a notch.
Cheng Xiao could feel that his spiritual realm was also approaching a critical point.
That was the critical point between the small spiritual realm and the middle spiritual realm. If he could cross it, his spiritual realm could break through to the fourth realm!
The seclusion ended.
Cheng Xiao let out a long breath. At this moment, he felt that he had achieved a qualitative leap in all aspects.
Whether it was the power of Death and Shadow, or his control over the dimensional space, they were far greater than before!
Cheng Xiao seemed to have thought of something and entered the Shadow World to check in the 'Domain of Rest'.
As he expected, Yegret had also been promoted to Great War General Level, but the Scaly Mother Demon was still a Small War General.
He wondered if Bell had also broken through to Great War General.