Chapter 49
Chapter 49.
The wall flew away with a single sword strike.
-Wow ㄷㄷㄷ What? Where did the wall go?
-They said he can't use swords;
-The thrusting stance seemed somewhat clumsy though...
Viewers who had been grandly criticizing what One Sword Breaks Heaven was supposed to be were shocked upon seeing this.
-He didn't use Heavenly Demon Divine Art, right?
-I guess it's worth calling it One Sword Breaks Heaven? Hahaha
-Since it's come to this, let's go with Two Swords as well
-Let's see what Sea Severing is like
And so the viewers, following One Sword Breaks Heaven, suggested he try Two Swords Sever Sea as well.
But.
"Nah. I already failed with One Sword, what's the point of Two Swords?"
Lee Ganghan himself showed dissatisfaction, calling this One Sword Breaks Heaven a failure.
-???
-Failure???
-You're Iron rank;
-He really thinks Break Heaven means literally breaking the sky haha
-Original technique names are basically false advertising by default
Iron rank.
Even for a beginner who had just picked up a sword, it was transcendent power.
But seeing the person himself wasn't satisfied, viewers were bewildered.
However,
'This sword definitely failed.'
Lee Ganghan's thoughts after unleashing One Sword Breaks Heaven were different.
When thrusting with One Sword Breaks Heaven, the sword energy contained in the blade should have spread smoothly in all directions.
This time, the sword energy went well at first but then suddenly cut off in the middle.
'Hmm... What was the problem?'
Whoosh, Whoosh.
Lee Ganghan frowned and performed thrusting motions in the air several times.
Seeing this.
Slide...
The Spirit of Heavenly Sword poked its face out from the sword.
"This level of power is quite considerable... but you're not satisfied?"
"The intended power didn't fully come out."
"That's... correct. From what I felt... originally it should have been enough power to completely eliminate the wall..."
"Exactly."
As a sword spirit, could it predict the original power?
When Lee Ganghan nodded upon hearing the spirit's words.
Twinkle, Twinkle.
Unlike its usual drowsy eyes, the Spirit of Heavenly Sword looked at Lee Ganghan with sparkling eyes.
"You... have the qualifications to become my chief disciple."
"Chief disciple?"
"Yes... you're quite greedy..."
Do you need to be greedy to become a chief disciple?
Lee Ganghan tilted his head in confusion.
"Well... then let's complete One Sword first... I'll give you advice from inside the sword..."
The Spirit of Heavenly Sword said this and went back into the sword.
'Advice, huh.'
What kind of advice would a sword spirit give?
Lee Ganghan walked toward the shattered wall with this question in mind.
Then.
Slide.
Another maze wall blocked his path.
'If I use techniques like before... I'll have to wait for my internal energy to recover after about three times.'
Even though it was a failure, One Sword Breaks Heaven had still brought down half the wall.
It was naturally inevitable that using such techniques would consume energy.
No matter how high Lee Ganghan's mana stats were, and even though he could utilize the power of Sacred Fire from within his body, the amount of internal energy required for One Sword Breaks Heaven was not easy to handle.
'This time with more full power...'
Nevertheless, due to the earlier failure, Lee Ganghan was about to pour more power into One Sword Breaks Heaven.
[Wait. Mana... no, internal energy...? Anyway, save your... power.]
"Save power?"
[Even if you pour it all in, you can't control it all anyway... control comes first...]
There's no point in pouring all your power when you can't even control it.
Was he saying to reduce the total amount of internal energy instead?
[Plus that way... I can help you... I can guide the flow of energy...]
"Got it."
[Um and... I really can't stand that sloppy posture... Now that you're my chief disciple... I can't tolerate such a sight. First, hold the sword properly...]
The Spirit of Heavenly Sword that had only slept in Ten Thousand Demon Battle.
But once it entered the sword, it was constantly nagging Lee Ganghan without rest.
Still.
-Oh, the stance seems a bit better than before? Haha
-Is the sword master giving instructions?
-I thought he was lazy since he spoke so slowly, but he's properly educating his chief disciple haha
Following the Spirit of Heavenly Sword's instructions to correct his stance, feedback poured in from viewers in real-time saying it was much better than before.
'It's good that there are so many people watching from outside, corrections come quickly.'
Lee Ganghan refined his stance like this.
[Lower... lower the power...]
[Think of putting in only 1/10...]
[Can you control this? Really?]
Following the instruction to put in even less power, he significantly reduced the sword energy.
[Being greedy is good. But greed and recklessness are different.]
[Good. That's about right. As my chief disciple, you should be able to control this much.]
When it came to teaching, the Spirit of Heavenly Sword didn't hesitate and gave instructions briskly.
'Reliable, isn't it?'
Lee Ganghan thought he did well to bring this one along and thrust at the wall blocking him.
Heavenly Demon Divine Sword One Sword Breaks Heaven
Thud!
The sword embedded in the wall.
However, unlike before, except for the spot penetrated by the thrust, there was no change in the surrounding area.
-It's different from before
-Failure?
-That spirit looked kinda lazy, guess its education is crap too haha
-It did help with the stance though, might as well use it just for that?
Seeing this, impatient viewers were already defining the sword's education as a 'failure.'
But.
Flash...
The light flickered slightly.
Crumble...
Like before, half the maze wall disappeared completely.
-Oh...
-What? The effect disappeared? Why no flash?
-Probably because he saved power
-If he saved power but the effect is the same, isn't that a huge gain?
-Right haha
-From when those guys were hastily cursing the spirit earlier, I thought they were getting ahead of themselves haha
Then the chat reaction came out 180 degrees different from before.
Seeing clearly different results, many reactions praising the sword spirit appeared.
"Oh... definitely better than before?"
[But... you felt it was still lacking, right?]
"Yeah. Need more training."
Swish.
Lee Ganghan took the stance for One Sword Breaks Heaven again.
There were still many walls to break.
It was the optimal environment for sword training.
"Then, again."
Slash!
The sword tip pierced through the next wall several times.
The walls that had only half disappeared gradually expanded the range of disappearance.
After advancing like this several times.
-Wow... the area getting destroyed is gradually getting bigger? ㄷㄷㄷ
-Isn't he using more power? The improvement is too fast;
-For real haha At this rate, won't he eliminate all the walls?
Lee Ganghan's proficiency in One Sword Breaks Heaven was visibly improving to the point where all viewers could notice.
"Ah, it's over already...?"
When the portal to the next floor appeared before his eyes, he clicked his tongue in regret.
It felt like he would master One Sword Breaks Heaven to some degree if he did a little more.
But there were no more targets to destroy.
However, when he climbed to the 51st floor.
"Oh...?"
Before Lee Ganghan's eyes, the same wall as before was blocking his view.
***
-Wow, another maze?
-Originally maps or mobs from the previous tier appear randomly... but why does a maze have to appear again?
-The climbing speed will slow down again
-But sword training is at its peak right now, isn't this actually good? Haha
The 10th stage Tower of Infinity where you can advance to Bronze.
The characteristic of monsters and maps appearing here was that they were enhanced versions of what was experienced in Iron.
[You have to go 100 floors... but a maze appears again...]
"Well, I'm fine with it. I felt slightly lacking earlier."
[Still... if mazes keep appearing up to the next floor, time will... Should we just break through while passing...?]
The Spirit of Heavenly Sword was more concerned about climbing speed than Lee Ganghan himself.
"Without using One Sword Breaks Heaven?"
[You don't need to use it... You can make a path wide enough for one body to pass through, right?]
"That's true."
Lee Ganghan had learned sword techniques to some degree while using One Sword Breaks Heaven.
Now, even without using techniques, he could secure a passage by cutting through walls with his sword.
But.
"Still, I'll try until I can blow away one wall."
Swish.
Instead of going quickly, Lee Ganghan decided to train his sword more.
Situations where targets to destroy appeared so timely weren't frequent.
When the opportunity came, he decided to further refine One Sword Breaks Heaven.
[If that's your will... However, there's a reason everyone tells you to climb up...]
"Got it. I'll run faster starting from the next floor."
And so.
Slash!
Lee Ganghan trained One Sword Breaks Heaven again.
Each time the sword pierced through a wall, the range of maze disappearance expanded rapidly.
-Now there's no effect at all
-Yeah, no light flashing and the wall just disappears
-Maybe he originally knew how to handle swords? Compared to the first time on the 50th floor, this is ultra-high-speed growth;
-Compared to when he first made a big flashy explosion, really haha
The difference in One Sword Breaks Heaven was so noticeable that even viewers could feel it compared to the beginning.
Lee Ganghan operated the technique several times like this.
'Ah... is this it?'
Suddenly, even before the spirit's guidance, he unconsciously extended his sword.
Having operated One Sword Breaks Heaven more than ten times, what he had instinctively felt was contained in the sword.
Flaaaash...
Not only the wall that blocked him, but also the wall beyond that should have blocked him next disappeared all at once.
-Shudder ㄷㄷㄷ
-The back disappeared too. ㄷㄷ
-Three walls flew away?
-Everyone, you're currently watching an Iron player's sword skills...
-Wouldn't Gold have trouble showing this kind of performance? Hahaha
-Gold??? Where do you get off comparing to Gold, even Diamond would struggle haha
Lee Ganghan eliminated three maze walls overlapping with a single thrust.
Looking at the wide-open front, he opened his mouth with a relieved expression.
"Now I'm getting the hang of it a bit."
[Didn't you say... you were new to swords...?]
"I did."
[If this is the talent of a chief disciple... is this how it works? You haven't even fully mastered crawling yet... but you're already flying.]
'You haven't even fully mastered crawling yet.'
Well, he had trained the thrusting attribute with One Sword Breaks Heaven, but other stances were still sloppy as could be.
What the Spirit of Heavenly Sword said was also quite correct.
[Well, now that you've learned One Sword Breaks Heaven to some degree... let's climb quickly.]
"Yeah. I'm curious about that 100th floor reward you keep emphasizing."
If this had been a regular tower instead of the Tower of Infinity, he would have trained beyond One Sword Breaks Heaven to Two Swords Sever Sea.
But both the Spirit of Heavenly Sword and Karana had told him to climb quickly several times.
So he decided to sprint again.
And so.
-Now monsters are appearing again haha
-Lizard Men this time?
-Really feels like it's mainly the ones he's met before
When he climbed to the 52nd floor, monsters began appearing again.
It was disappointing that the maze walls had disappeared, but.
'I should run at full speed again.'
Swish!
Lee Ganghan activated Heavenly Demon Reign Step again and started sprinting at full speed like the lower floors.
"This human...!"
Lizard Men equipped with sturdier gear than when he met them in previous towers.
Bang!
However, like the monsters from lower floors, they couldn't stop Lee Ganghan's charge and were immediately knocked away.
-No difference between the 1st floor and 50th floor?
-For real haha Flying away from a shoulder bump
-Won't he just keep running straight to the 100th floor like this?
-But it feels like he got slightly faster...
Maps that got longer as he climbed up.
Compared to the 1st floor, the 50th floor was more than twice as long to reach the next floor's portal.
However, Lee Ganghan, who had been taking slightly longer to reach the exit portal until just now, was reaching the exit portal in the same time as the 1st floor - 10 seconds - starting from the 52nd floor.
'Hmm. I definitely trained with swords... but Heavenly Demon Reign Step also became lighter.'
Whether training One Sword Breaks Heaven on the 50th and 51st floors and operating internal energy helped, Lee Ganghan's Heavenly Demon Reign Step speed also increased.
Were the martial arts contained in Heavenly Demon Divine Art not separate but organically connected?
'Or maybe I became familiar with it by operating internal energy in earnest through swords.'
Lee Ganghan felt his changes like this and ran at full speed to the exit portal.
And so.
-What? I was getting chicken but when did he break Mike's record?
-He's clearing floors in 10 seconds each, where did you go? Haha
-But is Mike's new record important? Haha The existing record changing was already confirmed
-For real, now reaching the 100th floor is the key
The greatest player of humanity.
He quickly surpassed the 61st floor that Mike had previously recorded.
-What? I went to the bathroom for a moment, why is it the 80th floor???
-Why do you think? He keeps clearing in 10 seconds haha
-Another maze appeared but he just swung his sword a few times and all paths opened
-Watching all this running is making me dizzy haha
-If you pay attention to other things, he climbs 10 floors in no time;
The '100th floor' that the Spirit of Heavenly Sword had cried out for so much.
Lee Ganghan broke through to it at ultra-high speed.
And finally.
[You have arrived at the 100th floor of the Tower of Infinity.]
Without a single obstacle, he set foot on the 100th floor.
Then.
Ding.
[You have reached the 100th floor of the Tower of Infinity within 1 hour.]
[Among all competing races, this is a top 0.1% record among tower participants.]
[Additional rewards will be given after clearing.]
An additional message appeared.
'All competing races...?'
Among those messages, Lee Ganghan's attention first went to the competing races.