Battle Begins

Apollo and the fifty geniuses snapped back to reality and took another step, crossing the third major barrier to reach the twenty-eighth platform.

The moment they stepped onto it, an overwhelming force hit them—gravity was forty times stronger than usual, and spiritual pressure weighed down on their minds, making their thoughts sluggish and clouded. Yet, despite the suffocating atmosphere, they understood that this was only the beginning. The real challenge still lay ahead. 

Each participant steadied themselves, knowing that brute force alone wouldn't suffice. They had faced similar pressures on earlier platforms.

Booom!

As expected, another disaster appeared, but this time it was lighting, and not ordinary, but lightning containing an aura of sky-tearing lightning. It bombarded all of them with such terrifying power and destruction that even the people watching from far away could feel the devastating sensation.