Chapter 151 - The End of the Hundred-Floor Tower (2/2)

It was then that he remembered a rumor about the Wang Clan.

'They said that the Wang Clan gave birth to a Major Core owner. That itself isn't very important, with the number of planets that each of our territories has, a Major Core still appears every few years. Sometimes even 2 or 3 appear in a span of 10 to 20 years. The problem is that there is a specific Major Core that is extremely hard to appear between them. Could the rumors be true, is it that little girl?'

In the end, after hearing that it would be someone that he would like, he decided to bring forward the same test that he had undergone in the past. The cultivation pressure door! The same one in which he detains the record of 16.7km!

When he saw krune using that method to advance, the Sect Head eyes lit up! That was exactly the same thing he did in the past to beat the previous record too! Of course, such action would usually be considered suicide since you will receive the full increase of pressure way too fast.

But! There is one thing that others haven't considered before. If you are still feeling okay with the pressure on you and not on your limit. You can try to take all at once while you still can hold. This method doesn't work for those who are at their limit. In fact, it is also very risky even for those who are still feeling okay since it will be like they were hammered with all the pressure at once! Chances are that If you can't hold that impact, you will immediately pass out, and your final result will be even worse than if you had moved ahead slowly.

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Krune's trail of purple lightning was increasing in size while his mind was entirely focused on resisting the pressure.

13.5km...

14km...

14.5km...

15km...

The full impact of the elder's cultivation pressure was making Krune grunt in pain, and he was almost reaching his limit. As far as he can see, he definitely can't reach the 16km mark. But that was also good, he already gave his all anyway.

Just as Krune was about to give up to the pressure and pass out, the long silent Light Spirit finally spoke for the first time during this test.

”Use your Elemental Source Energy that you had been accumulating to guard your soul! This is an Illusion Realm, so your real Elemental Source Energy won't be used anyway.”

Krune was taken aback at that idea, and he couldn't help but ask.

”But isn't Elemental Source Energy something that was supposed to be used by Core Formation Realm cultivators? This Illusion Realm is blocking anyone from doing anything above the peak of the Foundation Establishment!”

Light Spirit answered immediately.

”Wrong! This illusion Realm in preventing anyone from doing anything that they were capable of 'AFTER' breaking through the Core Formation Realm. You got your Elemental Source Energy while you were still inside the Foundation Establishment Realm, so it definitely isn't something that goes against the rules of this Illusion Realm. If you don't believe me, try it out.”

Krune didn't have time to discuss anymore since he was already on the verge of losing his consciousness. He then focused on the Elemental Source Energy that he kept for his Core Formation Realm breakthrough and enveloped his soul with that energy.

Sure enough, the moment that the Elemental Source Energy took its place, the pressure reduced significantly. Krune was ecstatic with that result and once more dashed forward. Even though he is using the Elemental Source Energy, the pressure was still tough to resist. Not to mention that he is using so much of it that the little bit that he accumulated won't last more than 30 seconds or so.

15.5km...

16km...

16.5km...

Lucio and the Core Elders' eyes lit up at that point, and they were extremely excited!

”Elemental Source Energy! It's Elemental Source Energy! He can already gather Elemental Source Energy even before breaking through the Core Formation Realm!”

Neither the Sect Head nor the Core Elders thought that Krune was cheating. Just what kind of Illusion Formation was the one that Krune was inside? It was the Divine Path Sect Illusion Realm Formation! Let alone a Foundation Establishment, even a Void Breaking Realm Cultivator or Demon Beast wouldn't be able to go against its rules!

”He can do it!”

16.6...

16.7...

16.8...

Lucio was already laughing out loud!

”He really has done it! He's mine! I want to see who will fight against me for him!”

But Krune didn't stop there.

”I can still go further!”

17km...

17.5km...

18km...

Finally, at the 18329 meters, Krune's Elemental Energy Source run out, and he was assaulted by the Void Breaking Realm elder pressure. In fact, even if his Elemental Energy Source hadn't been used, he still wouldn't have moved more than 1 or 2 hundred meters. The pressure at that point was so high that even it couldn't protect Krune's soul anymore.

Krune then lost his consciousness right after, and his energy flag appeared in the place where he was a moment ago.

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The test still continued for those all the way back who hadn't fainted or given up yet, only after one hour did the final cultivator pass out and the test finished. After that, the illusion realm broke apart, and the Formation propelling it was deactivated.

Everyone opened their eyes at the same time, they then looked around and noticed that they were all back to the field before the test started. Then, on the monitors that everyone could see, the results were already out. Krune, of course, was the first place by far!