Chapter 47

"But you are not my opponent; please return."

The Lava Knight advised.

Su Ming scanned its data.

【20th Floor Boss: Lava Knight】

【Level: 25】

【Strength: 420】

【Physique: 350】

【Agility: 280】

【Spirit: 158】

【Luck: 100】

【Skills: Lava-Slaying Hammer, Flowing Armor, Blazing Fire...】

There were no weaknesses in any of its attributes.

Its Agility was even higher than Su Ming’s!

A boss was a boss; it was only 6 levels higher than Su Ming, yet their total attributes differed by hundreds!

Cold sweat broke out on Su Ming’s forehead.

This boss was truly too ferocious.

Even his most prideful Agility attribute was nothing in front of it.

If he didn't activate God-Hiding Step, Su Ming feared he wouldn't even be able to dodge a single normal attack.

Su Ming was now at the end of his rope.

He had gone through a gauntlet of twenty floors!

His mental energy and physical stamina were both severely depleted!

In this Tower of Heavenly Silence, it was impossible to use any food or potions to recover one's state.

He knew he likely couldn't win.

But Su Ming still chose to strike resolutely and challenge the 20th floor!

Without trying, how could there be a miracle?

Su Ming gripped the Shadow-Flow Longsword in his left hand and the Long Xiang broken sword in his right, charging up abruptly.

He fully activated the Entangled Thunder Sword Art!

Terrifying thunder light flickered.

In his right hand, he used Sword-Drawing Instant Slash.

With his proficiency at this level, he could even use Sword-Drawing Instant Slash without a scabbard.

Su Ming’s figure turned into a streak of blood-red light as he charged through.

The Lava Knight shook its head slowly, sighed, and swung its giant hammer.

Clatter!

In that instant, the lava turned into a curtain of sky, stirring up scorching heat waves.

Su Ming charged into it, feeling his entire body burning with pain, his HP dropping rapidly.

In the end, he was completely buried within it!

But a flash of shock appeared in the Lava Knight’s eyes!

Because before Su Ming was defeated, those two swords had also slashed into its body.

Its HP had dropped by 50% instantly.

"Challenger, if it were next time, you would definitely be able to win against me."

It said, shocked.

In its eyes, there was also a hint of respect.

Everything went black before Su Ming’s eyes; before he could respond, he was ejected from the Tower of Heavenly Silence the next instant.

【Stopped at the 20th floor!】

【Current Ranking: No. 1】

【Rewards are being calculated...】

Su Ming was expressionless.

Rankings were like floating clouds to him.

The rewards were what mattered.

In this wave of challenging the Tower of Heavenly Silence, he had reached level 19 and gained a massive amount of weapon, equipment, and material rewards.

Now, there were additional settlement rewards.

Finally, the reward calculation was complete.

【10,000 Myriad Race Coins】

【100,000 Descent Coins】

【Flowing Body Footwork (Diamond Low-Grade Movement Skill)】

Su Ming immediately sublimated the Flowing Body Footwork.

【Sublimation successful!】

【Lingbo Micro-Steps (Diamond High-Grade Movement)】

【A super movement technique from before the ages, based on the I Ching's sixty-four hexagrams. By moving in specific hexagram positions, it makes one unfathomable, light, and swift, like walking in a leisurely courtyard, yet fast to the extreme!】

It had actually upgraded directly into a Diamond High-Grade movement technique!

Su Ming was overjoyed.

He crushed it directly and learned it.

He did indeed have a Gold-grade movement technique, Hound’s Pace.

But that movement technique wasn't powerful enough for Su Ming.

There was a stronger one, 【God-Hiding Step】, but that was ultimately a legendary-grade step, and with his current physical and mental attributes, the consumption was too high.

Every activation consumed a massive amount of stamina.

But this Lingbo Micro-Steps was different; he could use it multiple times in succession!

At the same time, it was a high-level movement technique capable of dodging many moves.

In a chase, he could also remain invincible.

From now on, he would use Lingbo Micro-Steps for daily use.

When forced into a corner, using God-Hiding Step to dodge necessary attacks would be the optimal solution.

Hound’s Pace could be discarded.

Skill iteration was normal.

After learning this skill, Su Ming immediately felt countless hexagram knowledge and ethereal visualizations of footwork flow into his mind.

Finally, he learned it successfully.

【Lingbo Micro-Steps (Diamond High-Grade)】

【Proficiency: 0/300,000】

Afterward, Su Ming left the Tower of Heavenly Silence.

He walked slowly toward the outside.

"My sword should be finished forging soon."

He muttered, walking away slowly.

Outside the tower at this moment.

People were watching Li Chenguang’s results.

【Li Chenguang, cleared the 11th floor!】

"Wow, he can still fight?"

"Honestly, Li Chenguang is a bit fierce. He broke through the 10th floor, didn't get extra rewards, yet still continued to break through two more floors before stopping. A monster!"

"His temperament is good, but when he comes out and finds he’s only second place, having been firmly surpassed by Killing God by several floors, his mentality will likely collapse."

【Li Chenguang... stopped at the 12th floor!】

Li Chenguang’s final results were also out.

"I reckon his mentality will collapse after he comes out."

People said.

"Even the strongest person, suffering two huge blows in succession, probably couldn't bear it..."

"Sigh, Li Chenguang... he’s probably done for."

"I think he’ll be unable to recover from this in the future."

People shook their heads slowly, saying with some sighs.

At this time, Su Ming’s ranking was still climbing!

【Killing God, cleared the 18th floor!】

"What!? He reached the 18th floor!?"

【Killing God, cleared the 19th floor!】

"Damn, a monster, a true monster. Who exactly is this person, and what is his talent?"

"Li Chenguang of Wuyang City, the Sword-Wielder Su Ming of Xuanjing City, Zhang Tang of the Zhang family, Nine-Star Yan Ze—I fear all the geniuses in our cities combined don't compare to this Killing God!"

【Killing God... stopped at the 20th floor.】

【Current ranking, first!】

Seeing this news, people almost held their breath.

After a long while, they looked at each other in shock.

"A newcomer, stopped at the 20th floor..."

"Absurd."

"Many Second-Turn experts can't even beat the 19th floor, and he, a newcomer, reached the 20th!"

"I really want to know who he is, but he must have used a title to replace his real name."

People said in shock, their voices trembling.

At this moment, there was another person outside with an extremely gloomy expression.

She wore a red tight-fitting outfit, had a hot figure, and her face was filled with cold light.

Her name was Lu Na.

"This Killing God... who exactly is he!?"

"To actually surpass my... Brother Chenguang."

She bit her silver teeth, feeling hateful in her heart.

All the fervent gazes, all the focus of the people, were on that Killing God.

And that glory should have been Li Chenguang’s!

Hearing the crowd’s evaluation of Li Chenguang made her heart bleed even more!

But she disdained to argue, because she had long since regarded these people as dead!

Once her strength climbed up, she would immediately kill everyone here who had disparaged Li Chenguang!

That’s right, her mind had already twisted.

It could be said that she was a fanatical star-chaser, and Li Chenguang was her star.

Lu Na was a student in Xuanjing City, but not at the same school as Su Ming, the First High School, but rather a vocational high school.

At this very moment, her fists were clenched, and her heart was filled with hatred!

The Blade Madman Li Chenguang from the neighboring city had killed her sister in the novice dungeon.

She had seen it with her own eyes!

And she herself, because her strength was insufficient, could only hide in the grass on the side and watch the whole process.

Her sister’s tragic death made her heart ache like a knife.

Extreme grief soon made her mind unable to bear it.

Thus, her brain activated a self-protection mechanism.

Transforming that hatred into a strange obsession.

Lu Na began to be intoxicated by Li Chenguang’s powerful strength.

A twisted psychology of admiring the strong took the upper hand in her mentality.

She even felt that the scene where Li Chenguang killed her sister was somewhat handsome.

Perhaps this was what is called Stockholm Syndrome.