novelraw Chapter 98
Chapter 98
Chapter 98
Bai Tianhong walked out, shaking his head.
Although he felt a bit regretful, he still carried strong confidence.
Even if he failed to set a new record this time, even if he didn’t reach the legendary eighty‑first floor…
He had already reached the eightieth floor!
This result…
Even when compared across countless years of history…
Was undeniably outstanding … flawless, even!
Second only to the peerless prodigy who once reached the eighty‑first floor!
So he believed he would surely become the center of attention.
Thinking of this, a faint smile appeared on his face.
He walked out of the Trial Tower at a leisurely pace, ready to receive the cheers of the crowd.
But when he stepped outside…
He froze.
There were no cheers.
In fact…
No one even noticed he had exited the tower.
He lifted his head and saw that everyone was staring at the miniature Trial Tower beside him.
He couldn’t help looking over as well.
Instantly, his eyes widened.
Because on the eighty‑first floor of the miniature tower…
A white dot was glowing brightly!
Eighty‑first floor!
Someone reached the eighty‑first floor!?
How was that possible!?
Bai Tianhong trembled. His expression, which had remained calm for so long, surged with shock like a crashing wave.
He was stunned.
Someone had actually…
Surpassed him!?
Someone had reached the highest floor achieved in ten thousand years!
Eighty‑one floors!
Who!?
Who could it be!?
Just as shock filled his heart…
An even more shocking scene unfolded.
The white dot on the eighty‑first floor… vanished!
The next moment…
It reappeared on the eighty‑second floor!
Boom!
Like a stone thrown into a calm lake, the crowd erupted instantly.
Cheers exploded in waves.
“He broke through! Eighty‑two floors!?”
“Gu Yang actually reached the eighty‑second floor!”
“He made history! This is history in the making!”
“Gu Yang shattered the ten‑thousand‑year record of eighty‑one floors and climbed to eighty‑two! That’s insanely strong!”
Countless people shouted themselves hoarse, faces flushed with excitement.
Hearing this, Bai Tianhong stiffened.
Gu Yang?
Wasn’t that…
The Condensing Truth Realm guy who had only recently entered the Talent List?
A cultivator at the Condensing Truth Realm… surpassed him!?
How was that possible!?
But with everyone around him saying the same thing, clearly…
They weren’t lying.
“Hiss… everyone look! Gu Yang is still climbing!?”
“What the… he’s so fast!?”
“No way… he’s already past eighty floors. How is he still moving at that terrifying speed!?”
“Did we even enter the same Trial Tower as him?”
Everyone watched in disbelief.
The white dot representing Gu Yang continued to surge upward at a monstrous pace even after breaking through the eighty‑second floor.
In the blink of an eye…
Gu Yang reached the eighty‑ninth floor!
Then…
Under countless horrified gazes…
Gu Yang reached the ninetieth floor!
Seeing this, everyone felt their expressions go numb.
Their shock hadn’t stopped from the very beginning.
Gu Yang crushed their expectations again and again.
He kept creating miracles.
Even Bai Tianhong, who had still held onto some doubt earlier, now had a completely different expression.
He stared blankly at the scene.
Curiosity surged wildly in his heart.
This Gu Yang…
Who exactly was he!?
How could he climb to such a height!?
Ninety floors…
He remembered the terrifying figure he encountered on the eighty‑first floor.
He hadn’t even seen the opponent’s face clearly before he was slapped out instantly.
He had no power to resist!
If the eighty‑first floor was already that terrifying…
The floors beyond would only be worse!
So how…
How was Gu Yang still climbing so effortlessly!?
Did he… hide some special method?
Bai Tianhong kept thinking, and a faint battle intent rose in his eyes.
Before Gu Yang appeared…
Bai Tianhong had been invincible among all young geniuses in Chu Kingdom.
No one was his match.
No one had ever forced him to use his full strength.
Because of that, he gradually looked down on all other geniuses.
He believed none of them deserved to stand beside him.
None of them were worthy of comparison.
Until now…
A Condensing Truth Realm genius had surpassed him in the Purple Moon Trial Tower.
And not just surpassed … completely crushed him.
At least the ninetieth floor…
He absolutely could not reach it.
Since Gu Yang climbed so quickly…
His strength must be extraordinary as well.
He wanted to see…
Whether Gu Yang had the strength to fight him.
Or perhaps…
Whether Gu Yang could threaten his position as Chu Kingdom’s number one prodigy.
Just as Bai Tianhong’s battle intent surged…
Shouts erupted around him.
“Ninety‑two floors!”
“Where is Gu Yang’s limit!?”
“Ninety‑three… ninety‑four!”
“Hiss… could Gu Yang actually reach the ninety‑ninth floor and stand at the summit!?”
Hearing this, everyone grew excited.
By now, all the other geniuses had exited the tower.
They had already failed.
This included He Wei, Kong Yu, and the others who had lasted the longest.
When they came out and saw how high Gu Yang had climbed, their first reaction was the same as Bai Tianhong’s.
But soon… their expressions shifted from doubt, to shock, to sheer terror.
“Ninety‑nine floors!?”
“Legend says that reaching the top grants the full inheritance of the Life‑and‑Death Realm powerhouse who created the Purple Moon Trial Tower!”
“Could it be…?”
In an instant, everyone’s eyes changed dramatically.
The inheritance of a Life‑and‑Death Realm powerhouse…
If the legend was true…