175: Level 425

Besides Xiao Fan and Ye Kuang, Sun Wukong, Ying Zheng, and Xi He also stepped into it.

The first round of five spaces was fully occupied.

Outside, discussions had already begun about who could climb the highest in the end.

Most people said Ying Zheng, Xi He, Sun Wukong, Ye Kuang, and Xiao Fan.

Some also said Sun Wukong might be ahead of Xi He.

On the very first day of class, Sun Wukong, this transfer student, caused a lot of animosity because he got in without any battles, which was unfair!

It wasn't until they later learned that Sun Wukong had almost killed the Sun God of the alien race that the students realized how foolish they had been.

He could be a transfer God because there was truly no need for him to fight them; it would have been a waste of time.

However, almost no one discussed whether Ye Kuang would lose to Xiao Fan.

Because in the previous rankings, Xiao Fan had always been a top ten gatekeeper, with several people between him and Ye Kuang!

Could he catch up to Ye Kuang in just half a month?

Absolutely impossible!

Outside, people could not see the battle scenes, only each person's floor count.

In just one minute, the Calabash Brothers team members were dumbfounded.

Because their captain, Ying Zheng, had already climbed over forty floors.

What kind of concept is this?

Less than two seconds per floor?

Xi He and Sun Wukong were the same, both reaching forty floors, which surprisingly made some students feel that the Peak Tower was easy to climb.

However, someone immediately came out to explain, saying calmly, "For a Genius of Ying Zheng's level, the first two hundred floors should all be cleared in seconds."

"After two hundred floors, that's their battlefield; let's wait and see then."

At this moment.

Ling Tianlei and the others' eyes were filled with worry because Xiao Fan's floor count was the lowest, and he was climbing the slowest.

But Xiao Fan in the Peak Tower was leisurely.

After each floor, recovery isn't automatic, so why rush up? It's better to rest and conserve stamina.

His battlefield is above four hundred floors!

That's when the true test will come!

On the other side, Ye Kuang was incredibly aggressive, unrestrainedly wielding Divine Dragon Power; so far, no opponent had lasted more than two moves against him.

He felt inexplicably irritable and anxious, wanting to quickly climb up and end today's gamble, to see Xiao Fan kneeling before him!

After about ten minutes, Ying Zheng had already reached three hundred floors, and his ascent rate clearly began to slow down.

Another five minutes passed, and Ye Kuang also reached three hundred floors.

Outside, Professor Professor Wan Heng appeared among the crowd at some point, and he slowly said, "Children nowadays are too impatient."

The chubby Bai Zhuangzhuang asked curiously, "Professor, who do you think will climb the highest?"

"I don't know, but I think none of them five will pass the 425th floor," Professor Wan Heng said with a faint smile.

"Is there a special opponent on the 425th floor?" Everyone was puzzled.

Professor Wan Heng smiled without answering, then changed the subject, saying, "But I think Xiao Fan will climb higher than Ye Kuang."

As soon as these words came out, many people were greatly surprised and asked, "Why do you think so? Xiao Fan is almost fifty floors behind Ye Kuang right now!"

"What if he's fifty floors behind? What if he's a hundred floors behind?" Professor Wan Heng wondered, saying, "No one requires you to climb very fast."

"Doesn't climbing faster mean greater stamina consumption?"

"After the three hundredth floor, the opponent every ten floors is an impressive Prodigy. In previous years, there were often Geniuses who were strong enough but too impatient, consuming too much stamina early on, leading to failure due to exhaustion later."

Everyone nodded silently.

But Li Qingqiu was still very nervous; if Xiao Fan really lost, she didn't know how she would face Xiao Fan afterward.

She couldn't help but glance at Lin Xianhuo, but she didn't expect the other party to be so calm. Did she believe Xiao Fan would win?

That's right, Lin Xianhuo had full confidence in Xiao Fan, not just because of the devil core, but more importantly, this kind of unrestricted killing battlefield was originally Xiao Fan's home ground!

Even without the devil core, Xiao Fan might not necessarily lose to Ye Kuang!

Another half an hour passed.

Ye Kuang finally climbed to the three hundred and fifty-fifth floor.

His ascent speed plummeted, taking several minutes per floor.

As for Xiao Fan? He maintained the same unhurried pace.

Another hour passed...

Ying Zheng, 425 floors.

Sun Wukong, 424 floors.

Xi He, 420 floors.

Ye Kuang, 388 floors.

Xiao Fan, 358 floors.

Suddenly, a stream of light flashed.

Ying Zheng came out!

At this moment, his casual clothes were somewhat torn, his face was full of fatigue, his breathing was rapid, and a faint golden light was contained within his body.

Everyone was startled, suddenly remembering Professor Wan's previous words—had they come true?

Even Ying Zheng was stuck at 425?

Professor Wan Heng saw this scene and laughed, "Miscalculated, didn't you?"

Ying Zheng tidied his clothes and stood up, giving a wry smile, "Yes, I miscalculated."

Soon, Sun Wukong also came out, likewise stuck at the 425th floor.

After steadying himself, he cursed at the Peak Tower, "Damn you!"

Just as everyone was puzzled and curious.

Professor Wan Heng chuckled and explained to the people, "The 425th floor is a good floor; countless Geniuses throughout history have been stuck at this stage."

"Because the opponent at this stage has the ability of a moving maze, you have to find the opponent's true body within three minutes and defeat him."

At this, the students were somewhat surprised.

So it wasn't because these two's abilities only went so far, but because they were tricked.

"How can there be such a checkpoint?" a student asked, voicing the confusion in his heart.

But at this moment, Wang Qingtian suddenly clenched his fist and said in a deep voice, "The opponent at this checkpoint is called Azir."

"He almost trapped and killed my Old Ancestor back then."

As soon as these words came out, the entire place was in an uproar, and everyone's faces were filled with shock, because Wang Qingtian's Old Ancestor was Overlord Martial Emperor!

The opponent on the 425th floor almost killed Overlord Martial Emperor?

How is that possible!?

It's just a maze?

At this point, Professor Wan Heng took over the conversation, and he said with emotion, "The meaning of the Martial Arts Pinnacle Tower's existence is to let everyone walk the path that their predecessors walked."

"Student Wang's statement just now wasn't entirely accurate; it wasn't just Overlord Martial Emperor who was almost trapped and killed, but everyone in his entire Overlord team."

"Back then, Overlord Martial Emperor, who was only at the Little Grandmaster Realm, and his Overlord team encountered Azir's team in a skirmish."

"Azir used a maze to separate Overlord Martial Emperor from his team members."

"Within three minutes, if Overlord Martial Emperor couldn't catch Azir, his team members would be defeated and killed one by one by Azir's team, and finally, Overlord Martial Emperor would be in a one-against-six situation, with the ultimate outcome being self-evident."

"The world knows Overlord Martial Emperor's strength as king, but they don't know that his wisdom is in no way inferior to his strength."

The Super God Class at that time didn't have so many abundant resources, and the Human Race wasn't so stable either.

During the most difficult period, the time spent on the front lines was even longer than the time spent in classes at the academy; many Geniuses back then didn't even live to see the day they graduated!

Every single one of them was tempered in blood and fire.

Professor Wan Heng suddenly glanced at the two top Prodigies next to him and said leisurely, "Ying Zheng, Sun Wukong, Overlord Martial Emperor was only two years older than you back then."

Hearing this, even Ying Zheng's face darkened, because the meaning of this sentence was that if you continue to underestimate your enemies like this, you might not be able to save your teammates on the battlefield in the future, or even yourself.

You, this Prodigy, who possesses two Myth-Grade weapons, many Myth-Grade Martial Arts, and carries the Planet Will... are not as good as Overlord Martial Emperor, who only had a pair of fists back then.

The only comfort, perhaps, was that Overlord Martial Emperor was two years older than him.

But what does that count for?

Self-consolation?

Ying Zheng's self-esteem would not allow such foolish thoughts to appear.

If there's a gap, there's a gap.

Just practice!

He said nothing and left alone.

He resolved to give up all rest time and dedicate everything to training!

Otherwise, if his teammates died on the battlefield in the future, he would consider it his own incompetence, a result of his laziness back then.

Sun Wukong was also so angry that his teeth itched, wishing he could go in again to prove himself!

But unfortunately, one can only enter the Martial Arts Pinnacle Tower once a week, which means four times a month, not an unlimited number of times.