Three-Step Tower

After returning to Shanghai, Lin Chen told Dean Xiao about the Bewildering Valley and gave him the relevant video footage he had taken during the process. Mu Nujiao and Lingling also shared the information about the Bewildering Valley with people they thought were suitable.

With that, the matter of the Valley of Confusion came to an end.

Time is like an arrow, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle.

In the blink of an eye, the winter vacation was over, and Lin Chen was about to start his sprint into the new semester.

Since Gabumon evolved into Garurumon, Lin Chen has been able to share another skill. However, even with the ring's support, Lin Chen is still a bit short of reaching the second level of the intermediate stage by meditating and cultivating on his own.

Sure enough, as soon as the new semester started, Lin Chen planned to use his chance to enter the Three-Step Tower.

"Knock knock knock!"

Lin Chen arrived at the dean's office and knocked on the door.

"Please come in." Dean Xiao's voice rang out from inside the room.

"Good morning, Dean." Lin Chen greeted the room upon entering, then got straight to the point: "Dean, I would like to enter the Three-Step Tower now."

"Oh, why are you going in now? Are you sure you're ready?" Dean Xiao looked at Lin Chen with some surprise.

"Yes, I've decided to use the Three-Step Tower to break through to the second level of the intermediate stage." Lin Chen didn't hide anything and said it directly.

"Okay, I'll apply for it for you now, but it will take a few days, since the Three-Step Tower is located on the main campus," Dean Xiao explained.

"Thank you, Dean." Lin Chen nodded. After all, the Three-Step Tower could increase cultivation speed, and there were probably already many people queuing up at the main campus. His sudden application could be considered cutting in line.

"No need to thank me, this is what you obtained. I will let you know when the time is set," Dean Xiao said with a smile.

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The Three-Step Tower is one of the most coveted resources among students at the main campus of Pearl Academy, and it is the key to Pearl Academy's ability to cultivate one magical genius after another.

The Three-Step Pagoda is similar to a rare and precious treasure, capable of gathering scattered and wandering elemental energy within a radius of thousands of miles and condensing it into a specific space.

Once a mage enters, they can easily sense the omnipresent elements and energy around them, accelerating their cultivation speed.

Under Dean Xiao's arrangement, Lin Chen was scheduled to enter the Three-Step Tower in just a few days.

That day, Dean Xiao took Lin Chen to the location of the Three-Step Pagoda on the main campus.

The Three-Step Tower presents a perfectly symmetrical three-dimensional triangle shape, and the whole looks like it is made of silver metal, making it very eye-catching in the main campus.

"Dean!" The two student guards standing at the entrance of the Three-Step Tower bowed respectfully upon seeing Dean Xiao.

Of course, these are just the surface guards responsible for daily chores. In the shadows, there are even more powerful mentors or professors protecting the safety of the Three-Step Tower. After all, it is a precious treasure, and Pearl Academy is unwilling to let anyone destroy it.

"It's your turn to be on duty today. I've already had someone show you the permission to enter the Three-Step Tower. Now, you can take this junior in," Dean Xiao said.

"Okay, Dean Xiao, junior, please follow me. I'll tell you what to do." The student guard smiled kindly and led Lin Chen into the Three-Step Tower.

"This opportunity may only come once, so remember to act within your capabilities." As Lin Chen was about to enter the tower, Dean Xiao reminded him again from outside.

"Thank you for the reminder, Dean. I won't push myself," Lin Chen said, turning around to express his gratitude.

As soon as Lin Chen entered the Three-Step Tower, a long passage gleaming with metallic light appeared in front of him.

After walking for a few minutes in the passage, Lin Chen felt that the space inside the tower was very strange. From the outside, the Three Steps Tower looked only so big, but once inside, the space was very spacious.

The guard who brought Lin Chen in nodded in approval when he saw that Lin Chen was so calm on his first visit, without showing any surprise or impatience. He thought to himself, "As expected of a genius who can enter the Three-Step Tower while still in the Qing Campus, he is indeed extraordinary."

"Junior, the Three-Step Tower is called the Three-Step Tower because it involves the power of space. In spatial science, there is a concept: one step is a thousand feet, two steps are ten thousand miles, and three steps are boundless; the Three-Step Tower perfectly embodies this." The guard student, who had a good impression of Lin Chen, kindly reminded him.

Therefore, Lin Chen couldn't help but feel a pang of regret, as he only possessed the Summoning skill and lacked the Spatial skill, making it impossible for him to discern the mysteries of this place.

"The Three-Step Tower has many layers, and the amount of energy that can be gathered in each layer is different. As a junior mage, you can only cultivate on the first and second layers at most. If you go up further, although the elemental concentration will be higher, the pressure you will face will also be greater. You might be overwhelmed by the energy and die from the explosion," the guarding student reminded him again.

The two continued walking forward, and a staircase appeared ahead.

The staircase looked incredibly impressive because it consisted of only one set of steps, suspended in the dim light ahead, leading to a geometrically shaped triangular platform higher up in the darkness.

"I can only take you this far. You can walk up the stairs yourself," the guard said.

"Okay, thank you, senior." Lin Chen thanked him politely.

After the senior guard left, Lin Chen carefully stepped forward to check if the step was wobbly and could cause him to fall.

The results showed that even without any support, the stair treads remained very sturdy, as if they were embedded in the space itself.

After confirming that it was safe, Lin Chen began to walk up the stairs step by step. He knew that only when he reached the triangular metal platform, about the size of a basketball court, could he truly say that he had reached the first floor.

At first it was fine, but halfway there Lin Chen felt the pressure. He found that every step he took was consuming the magic energy in his body.

This made Lin Chen smile bitterly. Although he was able to summon powerful Digimon with the help of the system, he could only have one type. It wasn't a big deal normally, but after entering the Three-Step Tower, his disadvantages were clearly exposed.

Leaving aside Mo Fan, who possesses extraordinary talent, even ordinary students have two departments. In terms of magical energy, Lin Chen is truly no match for them.

However, Lin Chen has one advantage: he can face his own shortcomings. He would never do something he has no confidence in just to show off.

When Lin Chen had exhausted most of his demonic energy, he finally climbed to the second level, sat cross-legged, and began his cultivation.

As soon as he started cultivating, a look of shock appeared on Lin Chen's face. The cultivation speed of the second level was more than 40 times faster than usual. With the 2.5x bonus from the ring in his hand, it suddenly reached 100 times.

One day of cultivation here is equivalent to more than three months of cultivation outside!

With the support of the Three-Step Tower, Lin Chen successfully broke through to the second level of the intermediate stage of summoning on the first day.