When he just learned that there was a newcomer who had been assessed as a fifth-level in this year's Heavenly Ladder Ranking Competition, Elder Huayin was also quite excited in his heart.

As the ruling elder of the school, he naturally hopes that the school will become stronger and stronger.

It's just that Ning Yan's natal star soul is a little special, which makes him a little confused. Even if you guess that this star soul may be special, after all, it is not as reassuring as a direct six-ring grade star soul.

Today, this fifth-level newcomer challenged the Nine Star Tower, just to see how many floors he could pass.

Elder Huayin looked at the spar mirror on the right side of Entrance No. 6 with a faint expectant look. The shimmering red dot was currently above the first hedron.

The first floor of the Nine Star Tower!

Ning Yan stood still, looking at the space.

It is like a small venue, about 30 meters long and 10 meters wide. There is no natural light in the space, but there are fluorites on the four walls that emit bright light.

He saw that at the end of the venue, there was also a door, which was the same as the entrance to the first floor of the Nine Star Tower from the main hall.

It's just that in front of this door, there is a puppet man who is completely black.

When Ning Yan looked at the puppet man, the puppet man also stared at Ning Yan with a pair of white eyes.

"It seems that if you want to get to the next level, you need to take down the puppeteer first." Ning Yan's heart changed.

The disciples of the Academy who challenge the Nine Star Pagoda can use half a cup of tea for the time they can use on each floor. When the time is up, if you can't successfully enter the next floor, you will be teleported to the main hall.

After breathing time, Ning Yan walked forward.

When he was about ten meters away from the black puppeteer.

The puppet's white eyes suddenly turned red. Then, it quickly raised a club-shaped weapon in its hand.

"It's going to attack me!"

Such a thought just flashed through Ning Yan's mind.

He heard a dull 'boom' sound.

Immediately after, the puppeteer's body rushed forward at an alarming speed.

Ning Yan was slightly shocked and said, "This puppet man, how fast is it, and so flexible?" ”

Immediately, the vitality was activated, and a sword slashed towards the puppeteer.

"Click!" The sword qi swept directly over the puppet man's body.

The huge force caused the puppet man to fly upside down two or three meters, and fell to the ground with a 'bang'.

"It's fast, but it's not very powerful. On the whole, it is probably the strength of the acquired high-level realm martial artists. Ning Yan said secretly.

He gathered his sword as he prepared to bypass the puppeteer and enter the second floor through the door behind him.

But I didn't expect that just after walking to the side, the puppet man who fell to the ground actually stood up with a carp, and smashed it with a stick.

Ning Yan's expression changed.

This puppet man really can't be underestimated, he was knocked down by his own sword, and he can get back on his feet in such a short time?

Moreover, the power contained in that sword qi was difficult for even ordinary beginners to compete head-on. But when it hit this puppet man, it didn't leave even a single sword mark!

Before he had time to think about it, he swung his sword again, knocking it out.

After knocking down the puppeteer this time, Ning Yan didn't delay any longer, but immediately activated his vitality and accelerated into the second layer entrance.

In the main hall, dozens of academy disciples saw that on the crystal mirror on the right side of the sixth entrance, the flickering red dots jumped from the first spar to the second spar.

"It's such a fast speed, but in more than ten breaths, Senior Brother Ning Yan has passed through the first layer?" A lower courtyard disciple exclaimed in a low voice.

"Half a cup of tea, almost one hundred and twenty breaths. Senior Brother Ning Yan only took more than ten breaths, and his strength was so strong! Another lower court disciple took a deep breath and exclaimed.

"Hmph, what is all the fuss? That Ning Yan has stepped into the innate realm, of course, he can quickly pass through the first layer! An Upper Courtyard disciple snorted coldly, and his gaze swept towards the Lower Courtyard disciples.

"That's true, even the disciples of the lower courtyard can pass through the first layer of the Nine Star Tower. It was really normal for Ning Yan, an upper court disciple, to be able to pass through the first layer in a dozen breaths. Another disciple of the Upper Court spoke up.

"What the two senior brothers said is very true, some people just like to hold other people's stinky feet, hehe." A lower court disciple sneered and said.

And the few lower court disciples who were reprimanded did not dare to refute it at this time.

Another person smiled and said, "Ning Yan is known by some people in the academy as the most outstanding martial arts genius in the Yangding Academy for decades, how can we ordinary disciples compare?" Let's guess how many floors he can pass through the Nine Star Tower. ”

This person is a disciple of the upper courtyard of Huoyan Academy, and his name is Hu Yichao.

He seemed to be touting Ning Yan, but everyone present could hear that his tone was full of yin and yang.

An Upper Courtyard disciple of Jinhui Academy said: "Under normal circumstances, the Lower Courtyard disciples have not stepped into the innate realm, and most of their achievements have passed the first and second levels. Disciples of the early stage of the Innate Realm were generally able to pass through the third layer and reach the fourth layer. Disciples of the mid-innate realm are generally able to pass through the fourth layer to reach the fifth layer. Disciples of the late innate realm can generally reach the sixth layer through the fifth layer. ”

Hu Yichao nodded and said with a smile: "That's probably it, but our Senior Sister Zhang Lu of Huoyan Academy, with her innate late stage realm cultivation, passed the sixth layer of the Nine Star Tower and reached the seventh layer, ranking first on the challenge list." ”

"Senior Sister Zhang Lu is of course extremely powerful."

"Ordinary people, how can they be compared with Senior Sister Zhang Lu."

"I heard that Senior Sister Zhang Lu is impacting the innate peak realm, once she succeeds, she will definitely be able to pass through the seventh layer to reach the eighth layer, or even reach the ninth layer."

“……”

When Hu Yichao talked about Zhang Lu, the disciples of the various academies present were all praised.

Hu Yichao showed a smug look, raised his eyes to look around, and said: "This Ning Yan, who has just entered the innate, has no experience in challenging the Nine Star Tower. I don't think he will necessarily be able to get to the fourth floor through the third floor. Moreover, I heard that he came from a small city called Jiangbei City, and he probably didn't have any strong martial arts. If so, it will be more difficult for him to pass through the third layer. ”

Immediately, a disciple from the upper courtyard of the Water Moon Academy said: "Senior Brother Hu's analysis is not wrong at all, Ning Yan is only sixteen years old this year, what kind of high yin martial arts can he master?" To challenge the Nine Star Tower, martial arts are very important. I suspect that this person's martial arts skills may not be as good as many lower court disciples in the academy. ”

"Hahaha......" Several disciples of the upper court and some of the disciples of the lower court all laughed out loud.

Hu Yichao's eyes were cloudy, and he said coldly: "If Ning Yan's son can't even pass through the third layer, I don't know how the dean of the Tuyou Academy will feel?" ”

He is a disciple of the upper courtyard of Huoyan Academy, and he is naturally the dean of Qu Ying who is biased towards his own academy. On the day of the qualifying competition, on the Yingcai Peak Square, Dean Qu Ying lost face, and Dean Wu Xue was so angry that he almost vomited blood on the spot.

As a disciple of Huoyan Academy, it is normal to speak for Dean Qu Ying.