Chapter 48
Chapter 48.
[Tower of Infinity Stage 10.]
[Entering Iron Tower No.2.]
No.2.
When entering the stage for rank promotion.
All players were assigned to towers corresponding to number 2.
And the characteristic of Tower No.2 was.
[You have entered the 'Tower of Infinity'.]
[Climb as many floors as possible within the time limit.]
[Reaching the 10th floor will grant you promotion qualification.]
It had unlimited floors.
Still, reaching the 10th floor would at least qualify you for promotion in the 'Tower of Infinity'.
However, most players would continue climbing higher even after reaching the 10th floor.
They sought greater rewards by going further up.
'I'll have to run non-stop for 2 hours.'
After seeing the message, Lee Ganghan thought this and turned on TowerTube.
Then.
-Oh finally stage 10 ㅋㅋ it's the promotion test!
-Are you finally escaping from Iron?
-How many floors are possible today?
Perhaps because it was a promotion test.
More viewers than usual entered Lee Ganghan's TowerTube.
-Won't the 61-floor record be broken?
-Mike wasn't this strong either ㅇㅇ
-I'm curious if breaking through 100 floors is possible
-Looking at yesterday's condition, it feels like today might be the day...
The current highest record among humanity.
The new record set by 'Mike' was exactly 61 floors.
However, the performance Lee Ganghan had shown in Iron far exceeded him in many ways, so viewers were talking about whether breaking through 100 floors might be possible.
"100 floors... Well, let's try running first."
Lee Ganghan said this and opened the Ten Thousand Demon Battle function.
Tick, Tick.
From there, he first summoned the Goblin Chief and the goblin army.
"Heavenly Demon Eternal, Ten Thousand Demons Prostrate!"
The Goblin Chief bowed without even being told as soon as he was summoned.
He was definitely the most uninhibited about bowing among the Ten Thousand Demon Battle residents.
"I'm going to break through the Tower of Infinity all the way today, and I'll keep running. If you have gold to mine, follow slowly while mining."
"Understood!"
-Is he a specialist in picking up items ㅋㅋ
-But even when mining gold, the chief takes it, right?
-Heavenly Demon-nim has a good heart
-ㄹㅇ look at that chief getting excited ㅋㅋ
The Goblin Chief was flicking his tongue at the thought of being able to mine gold steadily for 2 hours.
Lee Ganghan then summoned the Spirit of Heavenly Sword.
Then.
Paaaat......!
A sword of light shot out from the red portal.
"Haaam...... Did you call me......?"
Swoosh.
The spirit's face suddenly popped out from the sword.
"This is...... Tower No.2."
"You know just by looking?"
"Well...... that's right? I can't tell you the details though......"
At the story that he couldn't tell the details.
Lee Ganghan recalled how the Goblin Chief's body had exploded when he tried to give spoilers last time.
It seems similar restrictions like this exist for other Named beings in the tower as well.
"Anyway, let's try going beyond 100 floors."
"Is there some good reward if we go beyond 100 floors?"
"It's...... really good......"
Then we definitely have to go.
When Lee Ganghan gripped the sword.
[Skill 'Heavenly Demon Divine Sword' is activated.]
Heavenly Demon Divine Sword automatically activated.
Paaaat......!
Light flashed from his hand.
Then.
The sword that had been wobbling gained strength.
Swoosh.
The Spirit of Heavenly Sword that had stuck its head out went back inside.
[As expected, the sword energy passes...... Then today...... let's learn about beautiful posture......]
Even though the spirit's head had definitely entered the sword.
A voice echoing in Lee Ganghan's mind.
Was it sending its intention through the sword?
"Today is a time attack, so there won't be leisure for that."
[That's right...... Let's learn from after the 100th floor then...... You'll need the sword there.]
Does the difficulty increase after the 100th floor?
Lee Ganghan had this doubt but.
"Right. For now, I will run."
He finished preparing to break through the Tower of Infinity.
Swoosh.
As he took one step.
[Skill 'Heavenly Demon Reign Step' is activated.]
Along with the message that Heavenly Demon Reign Step was activated.
His body shot out like a cannonball.
"Kiiik......?"
"Kiik! Kiiik!"
The middle of the 1st floor.
Monsters meant to catch challengers' ankles.
The goblins screamed in surprise upon seeing Lee Ganghan shooting toward them instantly, but.
Bang! Bang!
Unable to stop Lee Ganghan's charge.
They all went flying in all directions.
Especially those who collided head-on had their bodies completely burst apart.
Only the remains of 'what used to be goblins' were scattered on the floor.
-It's not like there was a car accident or anything ㄷㄷ
-They just explode???
-Why did he draw his sword? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Goblins were already bursting during the tutorial, so...
Thus, the 1st floor was broken through in a 10-second cut.
-Up to the 5th floor is easy difficulty, right?
-ㅇㅇㅇ It seems like 1 minute would clear up to the 5th floor
-Looking at Lee Ganghan's condition yesterday, he'll probably maintain this speed up to about the 20th floor...
-ㄹㅇㅋㅋ He's just insanely strong for real ㅋㅋ
As the viewers expected.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Lee Ganghan was bursting through all the monster groups on the lower floors.
Then on the 15th floor.
"Chiiik! Chiik!"
Seeing the orc group that appeared.
'I need to subjugate these guys.'
Lee Ganghan briefly stopped his charge.
It was already hard to find orcs, so this worked out well.
He should subjugate them here and give them to Karana as a reward.
Thinking this, Lee Ganghan summoned Karana, but.
"Chiiik...... Su, surely this isn't the Tower of Infinity?"
"Yeah. Orcs appeared so I called you."
Somehow, the Ten Thousand Demon Battle residents knew this was the 'Tower of Infinity' just by being summoned.
When Lee Ganghan pointed to the orcs with his hand, Karana said.
"Heavenly Demon...... surely you're trying to bring me orcs?"
"Yeah. There haven't been any useful orcs lately, right? They're all level 2."
"Chiiik! No. I can't hold you back here. Quick, quickly go up."
"What, just interpret and make them bow. It's just for a moment."
"No! No matter what, I can't interfere with climbing the Tower of Infinity!"
Even stopping her chittering.
Karana urgently gestured for him to go up.
Seeing her reaction, Lee Ganghan blinked.
'Is climbing the Tower of Infinity that important?'
The Spirit of Heavenly Sword also said there would be good rewards beyond the 100th floor.
Karana is also making a fuss saying orcs are fine so go up quickly.
Lee Ganghan tilted his head.
"Got it. I'm going."
"Chiik! Right. This time, no matter who appears, don't worry about them and go up quickly!"
-What kind of reward are they giving on the upper floors that makes that orc-crazy elf tell him to go first?
-Really ㄷㄷ
-But we've brought quite a few orcs so far, yet we've never actually seen any summoned ㅋㅋㅋ
-From what they're saying, it seems like they all died or became unusable ㅋㅋ
While viewers were also surprised by Karana refusing orcs.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
She gestured strongly once more for him to go up.
Then.
[Crazy elf...... At least she has some shame......]
"Why?"
[She's not being stubborn about her own greed and telling you to go up...... It must be that important......]
The Spirit of Heavenly Sword gave a positive evaluation of Karana's behavior this time.
'What kind of reward are they giving that everyone's making such a fuss?'
Should I really run with full power?
Lee Ganghan made up his mind and activated Heavenly Demon Reign Step again.
Then.
Bang! Bang!
The orc group that couldn't block Lee Ganghan's path all went flying.
Thus breaking through the 10th floor range as well.
-We're at the 20th floor now
-It gets difficult from here, right?
-Huh? You say it's difficult?
-They're going flying the same way though...
Breaking through the 20th floor range at the same time.
-The 30th floor range is really difficult ㅇㅇ
-ㄹㅇㅋㅋ Many get frustrated here
-Even if they're the same monsters, enhanced beings appear
-Uh... but...
-It's the same though? Same as the 20th floor range?
The 30th floor range too.
-The 40th floor is really ㄹㅇ difficult!!!
-Even SSS-grades get frustrated a lot
-It doesn't make sense to break through like this in one go ㅇㅇ;
-But it works, right?
-The 1st floor and 40th floor are the same, right? Only the map got longer?
-Really a crazy monster ㅅㅂ ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
The 40th floor range too.
Lee Ganghan broke through the monster legions at the same speed.
Then when he reached the 50th floor.
"This is......"
A massive wall was blocking his path.
***
-What's with the wall suddenly?
-Ah... could it be a maze?
-ㅇㅇ Mazes do appear randomly
-It appeared on the 50th floor range
Like the maze tower he had played before.
Walls rising to the ceiling were blocking Lee Ganghan's path.
-For other players, this would be a honey floor to rest on ㅋㅋ
-It's unfortunate for Heavenly Demon since he can't keep going straight
-He got here in 20 minutes ㅋㅋ Isn't that really crazy...?
-It really is an impossible speed;
The time it took to reach the 50th floor was 20 minutes.
The early floors took about 10 seconds each.
As he went higher, the distance to the portal leading to the next floor gradually got longer.
So it took a bit more than 10 seconds.
Still, compared to when he was going straight without obstruction.
The maze wall in front of him was definitely a major obstacle.
-But can't he just break the wall and go like last time?
-ㄹㅇㅋㅋ
-Hey, the wall must have gotten sturdier than last time
-If you put it that way, Heavenly Demon also became more of a monster than last time
-Is that so?
Viewers who remembered the performance Lee Ganghan had shown in the maze map said he could just break the wall and go, but.
Tap, Tap.
Lee Ganghan tapped the wall with his fist and assessed it.
"It definitely looks sturdier than the last wall."
Also, last time it was significant that he used Heavenly Demon Divine Art to break through.
However, this time he didn't know what might appear on the upper floors.
He wanted to conserve Heavenly Demon Divine Art as much as possible.
"Hmm......"
Lee Ganghan, who had been tapping the wall several times.
Whoosh!
Suddenly thrust out his fist.
Kwaaang......!
With a massive explosion sound.
The shape of a fist was carved into the wall, creating a deep dent.
-It didn't shatter like last time...
-But it seems like it would shatter if hit a few times?
-It'll be hard to break through like the maze map
-Why doesn't he use Heavenly Demon Divine Art? It seems like it would shatter then
-Isn't he saving it to use on the upper floors?
While viewers were watching Lee Ganghan not using Heavenly Demon Divine Art and speculating about his intentions.
Swoosh.
From the sword of light in Lee Ganghan's right hand.
The Spirit of Heavenly Sword suddenly popped out.
"Excuse me......"
"Yeah?"
"What are you doing keeping me around......? At times like this...... you should use the sword."
The sword of light that hadn't been properly used until reaching the 50th floor.
The enemies blocking his path were just blown away with Heavenly Demon Reign Step as he proceeded straight.
Until now, he had just been carrying the sword like a useless ornament.
However,
"You're right. I should use it at times like this."
Now that the wall couldn't be broken through with one punch.
The time had come to try using the sword.
"Before learning sword posture...... you have sword-related skills...... right?"
"Yeah."
"If it's enough to awaken me, it must be quite an excellent skill...... Try using that skill properly once."
Try using Heavenly Demon Divine Sword properly?
'It activated automatically when I held the sword though.'
Just like Heavenly Demon Divine Fist activated when using fists.
Heavenly Demon Divine Sword was automatically used when holding a sword.
However, what the Spirit of Heavenly Sword wanted didn't seem to be that.
'Like when I used Earth Severing Heaven Collapse with Heavenly Demon Divine Fist last time, does he want me to use a technique?'
Lee Ganghan recalled sword-related techniques from the true manual of Heavenly Demon Divine Art.
Definitely.
"The 1st technique of Heavenly Demon Divine Sword is One Sword Breaks Heaven, and the 2nd technique is Two Swords Sever Sea."
"......What?"
At Lee Ganghan's words.
The Spirit of Heavenly Sword spun its head round and round.
"Could...... could you check if the translation is correct......?"
"What?"
"One Sword Breaks Heaven means...... breaking the sky, right? Two Swords Sever Sea means...... cutting the ocean."
"Yeah. That's probably it."
"What the......"
The Spirit of Heavenly Sword made a genuinely dumbfounded expression.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Look at that expression, that's genuine
-ㄹㅇ Why are the technique names so grandiose ㅋㅋㅋ
-Looking at how Heavenly Demon used his sword last time, he probably needs to learn posture first...
Viewers who had witnessed Lee Ganghan's sword skills had similar reactions.
Everyone saw him moving his sword like swinging a stick.
One sword breaks heaven and two swords sever the sea.
Wasn't it too grandiose even for grandiose?
Still.
"......Fine. Let's see...... So. Would you like to try breaking the sky first......?"
"Use One Sword Breaks Heaven?"
"Yes...... We need to test how the skill is used......"
The Spirit of Heavenly Sword said he wanted to see how the skill was used and told him to try One Sword Breaks Heaven.
As the spirit entered the sword again.
'One Sword Breaks Heaven, in the manual it was definitely......'
The basic form of One Sword Breaks Heaven was a thrust.
Lee Ganghan remembered the contents of the technique manual and put more Sacred Fire power into the sword.
Whoosh, Whoosh!
After thrusting through the air several times.
'Is this how it's done?'
Swoosh!
With the sword tip.
He pierced through the maze wall.
Then.
Pajijijijik......!
Electric current spreads instantly, centered on the sword tip.
[Oh......?]
The exclamation from inside the sword was brief.
Paaaat......!
The wall blocking his path was completely dyed in light.
Ssss......
Nearly half of the barrier disappeared entirely.