Lu Jun didn't bother paying attention to the rumors on the campus forum and soon arrived at the location of the Three-Step Tower.
The Three-Step Tower was a perfectly symtrical three-dinsional triangular structure. Its exterior appeared to be made of silver tal, rising straight into the sky. It was particularly conspicuous in the main campus area.
The senior at the entrance recognized him and, upon seeing Lu Jun, exclaid in surprise, "Lu the Butcher, you've co to the main campus?"
This senior was exceedingly enthusiastic, practically bending over backward as he introduced the Three-Step Tower's details to him: "This Three-Step Tower was constructed by a Grand Mage who specialized in the Earth Elent and majored in the Space Elent. It gathers an enormous amount of earth vein energy from a radius of thousands of miles."
"Although it appears small on the outside, the interior is infinitely spacious. Interdiate mages typically train on the first or second floors. The higher you go, the higher the energy density, and the pressure will rapidly drain your spiritual nebula magic energy. You should proceed based on your endurance."
"Now, you can enter on your own."
Hearing this, Lu Jun nodded with a smile and said, "Thank you."
The senior, flattered, quickly replied, "Not at all, not at all. Lu the Butcher is incredible—slaying mbers of the Black Vatican and resisting the Huangpu River demons so we can cultivate in peace."
Seeing this, Lu Jun was deeply moved. Compared to how Mo Fan was treated when he arrived a year later, the difference was night and day. After all, they didn't tell Mo Fan about the spatial pressure here, hoping to trip him up.
If it weren't for Mo Fan's innate four-elent talent and large nebula capacity, he would have failed miserably. If he had passed out, seven days would have been wasted. It's just that Mo Fan attracted too much hostility, unlike Lu Jun, who was affable and kind.
Lu Jun stepped inside, and the staircase ahead was incredibly awe-inspiring. It consisted of one floating step after another, suspended in the darkness, leading upward to a highly geotric triangular floating platform above.
As Lu Jun ascended the stairs, the beginning was smooth, without any obstacles. But as he continued upward, he started feeling dizzy and unwell. Further climbing made his breathing heavier, and his magic energy was continuously drained.
However, with his cultivation being slightly higher than Mo Fan's when he arrived a year later, it wasn't too much of an issue. Lu Jun easily reached the first floor in one go.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a trendous surge of energy poured in from all directions. The four-elent nebulae each absorbed their respective elents—water's gentle and refreshing nature, tal's sharp and vigorous edge, Psychic's calming clarity, and curse's eerie and ominous aura—all nourishing his body, making him feel incredibly comfortable.
On just the first floor, the cultivation speed was more than twenty tis faster than the outside world. A single day of training here equated to over half a month of training outside.
Overjoyed, Lu Jun didn't linger on the first floor and continued upward.
As he ascended, the pressure on his spiritual world increased, and his spiritual will underwent a profound tempering.
Indeed, Lu Jun intended to take advantage of this pressure and the feedback from the nebula breakthrough to make a one-ti leap into the third tier of spiritual strength!
He had been stuck in the second tier for five months. With Ding Yumian tempering him seven or eight tis, he already had one foot in the third tier and only needed a bit more help.
After a while, Lu Jun reached the second floor. Here, the energy concentration was forty tis higher, and the pressure doubled. His breathing grew much heavier, and he muttered through clenched teeth, "One more level."
Boom!
As he struggled under the imnse pressure to reach the top floor, the force almost drained all four nebulae of their magic energy. Fortunately, his strong spiritual power allowed him to endure.
The energy concentration here was a staggering eighty tis higher. Additionally, Lu Jun had the White Tiger Pendant, a nebula magic artifact that further multiplied this by 2.5 tis, reaching nearly two hundred tis the normal speed.
One day here was equivalent to half a year of training. The Three-Step Tower lived up to its reputation as a sacred cultivation site.
This also explained how Mo Fan was able to reach the peak of the Interdiate Level so quickly compared to his struggles at the Basic Level. Despite being forcibly weakened twice, he achieved peak Interdiate in two years, whereas it took him three years just to advance two elents at the Basic Level.
Interdiate-level cultivation was notoriously slow. For example, Lu Jun, after five months of training since the start of the sester, had only just reached the verge of a breakthrough in his four elents.
"This is my chance to soar!"
Exhausted, Lu Jun sat cross-legged, imrsed himself in cultivation, and slightly opened his spiritual world. Instantly, countless elental threads surged like tidal waves, causing his nebulae to expand rapidly.
On the first day, his Water Elent nebula advanced to Rank Two... On the second day, his Psychic Elent nebula advanced to Rank Two... On the third day, his Curse Elent nebula advanced to Rank Two...
Within the dark universe of his mind, the nebulae of blue, green, translucent, and black expanded to twice their original size, matching the size of his tal Elent nebula. Each nebula vied for dominance at the center.
The power difference between Rank Two and Rank One nebulae was enough to highlight the massive gap between levels in the Interdiate stage.
This gap only widened at the Advanced stage, while the Supre stage turned each level into a whole new realm, with one elent equating to a world of difference.
Buzz!
At this mont, Lu Jun sat on the platform bathed in multicolored light. His aura climbed steadily, and his body surged with abundant magic energy, dramatically enhancing his strength.
At the sa ti, he seized the opportunity, relying on the montum of his three Rank Two elents, to concentrate his spiritual strength and break through the final barrier.
About two days later, Lu Jun's brows twitched as a surge of spiritual power radiated from his mind. In his consciousness, a small silver pool faintly took shape—Tier Three achieved!
This breakthrough brought a 2.5 tis enhancent to both his Psychic and Curse elents.
The forr was remarkable on its own, but the latter had an additional Curse Imprint effect. This enhancent could potentially corrode the defensive carapace of Commander-level demons, making it highly effective against such creatures.
After eight days, only three days remained. By now, the elental energy concentration around Lu Jun had dropped to around fifty tis the norm.
This was normal, a phenonon similar to the siphon principle: when one bottle is full and another is empty, water continuously flows from the fuller bottle until the levels balance.
As Lu Jun's cultivation advanced, his "bottle" filled up, reducing the boost from external sources. The pressure on his spiritual world decreased for the sa reason.
"Full-system Interdiate Level 2, Tier Three spiritual strength. Next, I'll focus on the tal Elent and see if I can push it to Rank Three."
With this thought, he imrsed himself in cultivation again, while the platinum glow of the tal Elent nebula spread throughout his spiritual universe.
Three days later, Lu Jun walked out of the Three-Step Tower feeling refreshed. The senior guarding the entrance, full of envy, said, "Congratulations! It seems like your cultivation has improved significantly in just eight days."
Lu Jun replied modestly, "Senior, once you succeed in the leaderboard, you'll enjoy the sa benefits."
After parting with the naless senior, he headed ho. After eight days in seclusion, the Pearl Institute's advancent assessnt had concluded, and Interdiate Mages had begun to enter the main campus.
Notable figures such as Bai Zhengfeng, Huang Lixing, and Dongfang Ming had all passed their advancent tests.
However, Lu Jun paid them no attention and returned ho to sort through his gains and practice the changes in his skills.
Currently, all his elents were at Interdiate Rank Level Two. The tal Elent was the exception, narrowly reaching the peak of Level Two by the end of the third day. This was mainly because he had focused more on his other three elents since enrolling in Pearl Institute.
At the Jinyuan Apartnts, Lu i was practicing her Star Control techniques. Seeing her brother return, she opened her beautiful eyes, rested her face on her hand, and teased, "Oh, you finally decided to co ho? How did it go?"
Lu Jun, full of confidence, replied, "Not bad. I'm almost catching up to you.
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