40: Speed through the Tianjiao Tower
At this time, countless professionals gathered outside the Pride Tower.
They gazed at the Pride Tower before them, ready to witness the rise of a Tianjiao.
"Who do you think will get first place this time?"
"Ye Tian of Xuanwu City is widely renowned; he should have no problem taking first place."
"Bah, Xie Hu of Baihu City is the number one Tianjiao of this era."
"Oh, come on, what prestige do the four cities of Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise have?!"
"Exactly. The Five Great Academies have countless top Tianjiao. I'd say they are the ones with hope of claiming the top spot."
"Who isn't saying that?"
The crowd outside the Pride Tower discussed animatedly, with most believing the champion would be a genius from the Five Great Academies.
At this moment, Su Bai had already arrived inside the Pride Tower.
However, it seemed the tower challenge had not yet begun.
He and Sun Kai were standing there, gazing at the tightly shut large door.
Many people appeared nearby, each emitting an extremely terrifying aura.
"Beast Master?"
"A Second-Rank Beast Master?"
"Since when did a Beast Master qualify to enter the Pride Tower?"
"Yeah, is a Second-Rank entering just to show his face? Isn't this a waste of an opportunity?"
"And it's two people; are they trying to team up to clear the Pride Tower?"
Most people focused their attention on Su Bai and Sun Kai.
"Perhaps they're trying to take a shortcut."
Some people looked at Su Bai with a hint of disdain in their eyes.
Are these guys blind?
Didn't they see 'Beast Master' on his head, with 'Divine' in front of it?
However, perhaps in these guys' eyes, even a Divine Beast Master was just a Beast Master.
Su Bai was not in the mood to bother with these guys; he had come to complete his mission.
The Pride Tower offered two types of rewards: the first was the tower challenge itself. The higher the floor you reached, the more rewards you would receive.
Additionally, there was the Tianjiao Competition, which required strong individual power to overpower all other Tianjiao.
If you could defend your floor and overpower all other Tianjiao, you would become the true number one Tianjiao.
The Tianjiao you defeated would automatically move to the next floor, becoming the guardian of that floor.
Teaming up was allowed inside the Pride Tower, but there were problems with it—the difficulty would directly double.
Challengers entering your floor could also challenge as a team.
For instance, normally you would only face one Boss, but if you teamed up to challenge the tower, you would face two or even three Bosses.
Just then, a bell rang, reverberating throughout the entire Pride Tower.
The formerly tightly shut large door slowly opened, and a golden light shot straight into the sky.
Without a second thought, Su Bai grabbed Sun Kai's arm, immediately activated Beast Unification, and rushed into the large door, giving no one time to react.
"So fast!"
"That Beast Master's speed is truly too fast."
"Is this kid specialized in speed?"
A hint of curiosity appeared on everyone's faces.
At this moment, Su Bai didn't even look at the monster in front of him.
He casually unleashed a terrifying skill, directly blasting the monster into dust.
He hadn't forgotten his mission: he had to break the record. Every minute and every second was incredibly precious to him.
"The tower challenge has finally begun."
Names began appearing on the screen outside the Pride Tower, adorned with glittering golden light.
"A Beast Master is also challenging the tower?"
"What a joke!"
"These two kids just reached Second-Rank; do they really not understand that there's always someone better out there?"
"They're too damn arrogant; they don't put those big shots in their eyes at all."
Everyone looked at Su Bai, who was ranked first, a hint of surprise flashing across their faces.
"Have you ever considered that this Su Bai is this year's top scorer in the college entrance exam? This kid is really fierce; he dares to challenge the tower right after taking the exam."
"I wonder if he's confident in his strength, or if he just wants to show his face?"
Everyone looked at the first-place name on the tower, discussing animatedly.
Before these people could react, Su Bai had already reached the tenth floor.
His speed was too fast; others simply couldn't keep up.
Most of the tower's guardians were Bosses. Su Bai directly suppressed them with brute force, then quickly ascended.
In just five minutes, Su Bai and Sun Kai appeared on the 98th floor.
"Holy crap, am I seeing things?"
"This kid must have cheated!"
"They seem to be two people, and two Second-Ranks are this fast?"
"How can they be so fast?!"
"Five minutes? I remember the fastest person before took at least half an hour."
"This kid is too fierce; everyone else can only eat his dust."
Everyone looked at Su Bai on the ninety-eighth floor, their faces etched with an expression of disbelief.
"This is absolutely impossible. I suspect this kid must have mastered some secret of the Pride Tower, which is why his tower-challenging speed is so fast."
"It must be like that."
Everyone said, somewhat incredulously.
Not to mention the people standing outside, even those inside the Pride Tower were bewildered.
"What's going on?"
"What's with those two kids?"
"They're teamed up; how can they be so fast?"
"Damn it, cheating, absolutely cheating! These two guys are definitely cheating."
"That fast?"
A look of shock flashed across everyone's faces.
At this moment, Su Bai and Sun Kai had already appeared on the 99th floor, about to successfully clear the tower.
"We're already here?"
"I didn't even do anything."
Sun Kai looked at Su Bai, an innocent expression on his face.
"You just need to lie down; leave the rest to me."
Su Bai smiled slightly and said.
"This lying down is too comfortable; it makes me feel like a useless person, completely without purpose."
Sun Kai sat there, an innocent expression on his face.
"Five minutes?"
"This kid reached the top floor of the Heavenly Tower in five minutes?"
Seeing this scene, the Meteor Emperor's eyes revealed a look of disbelief.
This kid is too outrageous, isn't he?
And it looks like he even climbed up as a team, which has a higher difficulty coefficient. It's truly outrageous, like his mom opened the door for outrageous, utterly outrageous.
"Emperor, this kid I spoke of is unlike ordinary people; he always does incredible things."
Hearing this, Jiang Lin smiled slightly and said softly.
This kid really brought him honor, and it wasn't in vain that he put in so much effort to help this little guy.
"My eyes have truly been opened today!"
A man looked at the names on the 99th floor of the Pride Tower and couldn't help but gasp.
"Su Bai, Divine Beast Master, Second-Rank Level 90."
"Sun Kai, Holy Knight, Second-Rank Level 60."
These two solitary names hanging on the 99th floor greatly shocked everyone in the Meteor Empire.