Chapter 142 - Yang Core (1/2)
On the other side, Krune checked over Tasier, who used his bloodline power. Although he was putting a strong front, Krune could feel that he wasn't feeling as good as it seemed.
”How long until you recover from the usage of bloodline power?”
Tasier pondered a bit about the time he kept using it and said.
”If I keep using your pills, it should take half a day.”
Krune nodded. It means that Tasier won't be able to rely on it for at least 4 or 5 doors, maybe more. He then helped Tasier and Lofa to recover from their injuries and once again set off to look for another entry. As for the contestants that teleported over with them, that group had long since left. On the way, Krune looked at Tasier and said.
”During the next doors, you better not draw more of your bloodline since it weakens your overall combat power.”
Tasier nodded since he knows that too. At the moment, he can only fight with 60% to 70% of his full strength. And that's because he didn't use his bloodline for too long. If he had used it longer, it would be a wonder if he could fight with even 50% of his power.
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Krune's group found another door around 30 minutes later, this one had 7 slots and had two contestants waiting beside it already. They looked at Krune's group warily, but Krune did nothing to them, much for their relief. The door has been opening faster and faster, so Krune thinks that this one won't take more than two hours to open as well.
Tasier looked at Krune and asked.
”There are only two of them here. Shouldn't we take this chance to eliminate them and reduce the competition?”
Instead of Krune, it was Shinja who shook her head.
”We don't know what kind of abilities they have, if one of them manages to flee and call over more contestants, the situation might get worse instead.”
Krune nodded at what Shinja said.
”My Tribulation Lightning is powerful, but remember that it isn't infinite. The more I use, the less I have. I'm taking every second available to recharge it, which takes quite some time.”
Over two hours passed, and the number of contestants around the door increased to 16. Krune's group could be said to be the biggest at the moment, the others were lonely cultivators or demon beast, or their group had at most two contestants. Since the door has 7 slots, there is no doubt that everyone will at least be an attacker.
Krune was totally focused on the door, it was about time for it to activate. He had discussed it with everyone, and they made a plan to try to seize the defender position from the start. But for some reason, the door didn't open until three hours were up. It didn't matter, though. The longer it was, the more Tasier could recover.
Krune's group was the strongest at the moment, and by combining their efforts, they were able to seize the defender side of the slots for everyone. Tasier has been recovering for those three hours, so he could already fight with 70 to 80% of his strength. Not to mention that this time, as the defender, he just had to hold.
One must remember that Krune's group isn't the only one battling to advance. Their opponents also passed through several trials to get here, so some of them aren't at full power either.
Without any problems, Krune's group advanced into the 93rd floor.
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A little earlier on Ao's group side, the situation was basically the same, their door had 8 slots, and the number of contestants waiting for it to activate was only 15. Someone would even be alone inside without anyone attacking.
The door activated the same way, and everyone rushed inside the slots. Ao and Joty were close to each other, and each one of them rushed to a door beside them. Surprisingly, because of one attack that Ao used to scare his opponent away, Joty's opponent was also affected. Joty took that chance to rush inside and get the defender position.
Once again, the ten minutes countdown started. As mentioned before, everyone had been going trough battle to get to this place, so quite a few were injured. Arlan, Ao, and Yusa had no problem to fend their opponents back. In contrast, Joty's slot had become the lucky one without anyone attacking. The guy who intended to take Joty's slot saw that Joty didn't seem very injured and gave up the idea, he then attacked another door from someone who looked in a worse state.
Not only Ao, even Yusa and Arlan, started to notice this guy's luck. Ao thought back to the battles using the battle formation and recalled that during those times, there was rarely an opponent who decided to attack through Joty's position. They couldn't help but wonder if someone's luck could really be that great.