Urban Powerhouse: Chaos Supreme

Lin Mo's tightly furrowed eyebrows gradually relaxed, and a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind.

"It must be like this!"

"That black-robed man had me encounter stronger demon beasts and illusion beasts on the First Level to test my strength. As I progressed to the later levels of the tower, the strength of the demon beasts and illusion beasts sharply decreased, while the starlight gradually increased, luring me towards the Eighth Floor."

"So, if he really wants to possess me, why go to the trouble of leading us to the Eighth Floor? Right, there must be a barrier in this Prison Tower sealing his power—he can only reach the Ninth Layer and can't descend to the first to eighth levels of the tower."

After analyzing for a moment, Lin Mo's gaze contained a trace of clarity.

"If I want to escape, I must rush to the Seventh Level in one breath, then the black-robed man won't be able to catch me."

Lin Mo concluded in his mind. From the beginning, he never believed that this black-robed man was the Sect Leader of the Nine Stars Sect; it was very likely that he was a criminal imprisoned in this Prison Tower by the Nine Stars Sect.

However, the black-robed man's cultivation was at the Golden Core Stage, which made Lin Mo dare not act rashly. If he didn't succeed at once, the man would surely capture him back and forcibly seize his soul, regardless of its condition.

"I definitely can't practice this cultivation technique now. While I'm cultivating in this secret chamber, he can't enter. First, I need to find a way to increase my strength before making any plans."

He silently made up his mind, then put aside thoughts of escape. He grasped three grains of starlight in his palm, feeling a warm sensation there.

This starlight was recorded as primordial power seeds that condensed star power.

Recalling the explanation of the Martial Arts Realm of the Star Wheel Mirror he had read in the Book Collection Pavilion of the Vermilion Bird Martial Arts Hall, it was stated that once one reached the Divine Power Peak, they could devour starlight and condense a star power within their body, thus officially stepping into the Star Wheel Mirror. However, there was a certain failure probability in absorbing starlight. If a person with exceptional talent and luck could condense star power with just one starlight, someone with poor qualifications and bad luck would need more starlight, but devouring ten starlights would definitely

result in condensing star power.

Condensing the second star power is more difficult than the first, requiring at least ten starlights and at most a hundred.

The third star power requires at least a hundred starlights and at most a thousand.

The fourth star power requires at least a thousand starlights and at most ten thousand.

The fifth star power requires at least ten thousand starlights and at most a hundred thousand.

...

The seventh star power requires at least a million starlights and at most ten million.

"Er… That's terrifying…"

Lin Mo opened his mouth, inhaling sharply, realizing that when condensing the seventh star power, there would be a chance to break into the next Realm, the Moon Wheel Realm, but there was also a certain failure probability.

Of course, the records stated that star power can be continuously condensed, but one can imagine that as one progresses, the amount of starlight required to continue condensing star power becomes an unimaginably immense and terrifying number.

"Never mind, I'll start by condensing my first star power."

Lin Mo shook his head, temporarily putting aside future matters. He opened his mouth and put a grain of starlight into it. The starlight vanished as soon as it entered his mouth, transforming into a hazy power that penetrated his entire body, including his bones and meridians.

Breath!

A subtle energy entered his body, bringing about a marvelous sensation that made him feel incomparably relaxed, both physically and spiritually.

In the boundless darkness of his dantian, a faint silver-gray light appeared, transforming into tiny, firefly-like points of light scattered throughout the dark dantian. These firefly-like light points continuously gathered and began operating in a mysterious trajectory.

Meanwhile, Lin Mo felt an incredibly wondrous feeling, as though he were in the midst of an endless galaxy and universe, observing the birth of stars as an outsider, with those tiny starlights continuously operating in some mysterious trajectory, then slowly coalescing together. The coalesced light points were roughly the size of a grain of rice, merging and finally condensing; a grain of silver rice grain formed, emitting little light from its surface, illuminating some of the surrounding darkness. However, outside the area centered around this silver rice grain, everything else remained shrouded in thick darkness.

With a thought, Lin Mo wondered, is this the star power formed?

With his cultivation and talent, if condensing the first star power required as many as ten starlights, then it would not be worth continuing on the path of martial arts.

With a thought, it was like rolling a mouse wheel, constantly enlarging the silver grain of rice, enlarging... enlarging...

As it enlarged, the grain transformed into a star, covered with uneven craters and some peculiar inscriptions, imbuing the grain with a sort of mysterious flavor and realm.

"How magical…"

Vaguely, Lin Mo felt that his strength had seemingly improved a bit, and his body felt somewhat different, though the sensation was extremely vague, like a flower in a mirror or the moon in water, something he couldn't carefully ponder.

"Alright, time to condense the second one."

Excitement surged across Lin Mo's delicate face, and he opened his mouth, swallowing ten starlights.

Failure...

Swallowing another twenty starlights... Still a failure.

Swallowing another fifty starlights...

In the dark dantian, beside the first star power, faint light points continued gathering and condensing! Only after expending a total of eighty starlights did he finally manage to condense a second star power of the same size.

"I actually wasted eighty starlights!"

To condense a second starlight, with slightly better luck, ten starlights would suffice to condense a second star, yet Lin Mo used eighty starlights to condense the second star, leaving him a bit heartbroken.

However, when condensing the second star power, the process clearly took longer than condensing the first star power.

Opening his eyes, Lin Mo sighed lightly. Given the number of starlights in front of him, if his luck wasn't favorable, he feared he wouldn't even be able to condense a third starlight.

"Hmm, has it been two weeks already?"

With a thought, Lin Mo connected to a wisp of divine thought that he had allocated to track time and paths since entering the Prison Tower, naturally realizing that he had spent two weeks to condense two stars.