Chapter 114- A Great Distance

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With their journey on the Hell Train finished, they managed to climb nine floors in less than a year, something that was unattainable if not because of the Hell Train's uniqueness, specialty, and importance to the history of the tower.

This was one of the main reasons why D-ranked regulars were desperate to board the train, it made climbing the tower looked way easier.

However, most of them were merely delusional as the difficulty to survive on the train was much higher compared to the regular way of climbing the tower.

Yes, it would be much more convenient, easier, and faster if they were strong enough.

Strong enough as in if some of their members were from the ten great families or had special bloodline. If not, the result definitely wouldn't turn out to be beautiful.

They continued their journey slowly and steadily, passing floor by floor and reaching the 50th floor, a special place for D-ranker regulars. On this floor, they would be tested whether they were worthy enough to be promoted to C-ranked regulars.

Without any problems, Liu Guanyi, Xin, and Adori passed it perfectly even with only a fraction of their capability and they successfully became C-ranked regulars.

They didn't rejoice nor even rest for a moment but quickly continue to travel higher. They were always being careful, not giving those who wanted to stop their journey halfway any chances to strike.

Easy to say, they advanced higher smoothly. The tests and obstacles that seemed impossible for many regulars were simply bulldozed through by them.

They didn't deliberately quicken their pace in climbing the tower, yet, it was still pretty fast compared to the average speed, even to the members of the ten great families.

Because of this, even with their usual low-key actions, some people started to move their sight toward them and took an interest in this incredible team of three. Even those who stood at the top couldn't help but take notice of their existence.

The rumor of a team made of a prodigious princess of Zahard who climbed the tower at a pace that was unheard of in the span of tens of thousands years had started to spread in the tower!

A prodigious princess of Zahard that didn't come from one of the ten great families!

With the pace she was going, she could become a ranker within less than a hundred years!

With her potential, she was absolutely guaranteed to become a top-tier High Ranker in the future!

Would one of the thirteen months finally see another worthy wielder?

If she received one of the thirteen months, what kind of changes would happen to the tower's political field as the Zahard family would grow even more stronger?

Oh, she was also extremely beautiful, would she become one of the most beautiful princesses of Zahard?

Numerous rumors talking and discussing about the meteoric rise of the new princess of Zahard began to circulate on the internet.

At this point, even when they wanted to keep laying low, they wouldn't be able to as the public had put them onto the pedestal, or to be more precise, put Adori under the limelight.

This was a good thing for them, or to be exact, to Liu Guanyi. If he didn't have Adori as his teammate, he would be forced to climb the tower more slowly, not something that was exactly optimal for him as regulars were extremely restricted in their movements as they could only move between the floors they had passed.

Moreover, regulars were also regarded lowly, and they were basically slaves to those at the top. Only slightly better than those who didn't even climb the tower.

Even if a Ranker killed some regulars and took their property, they wouldn't receive any punishment in the slightest as none would care about some regulars. This was the truth of the tower, only strength reigned supreme.

Only those who were powerful enough could survive, and they had the right to do whatever they wanted to those weaker. The only exception of this was if the regulars had a connection to the ten great families, clans, or other powerful organizations.

At this time, Liu Guanyi's foresight had proven to be correct. If he had climbed without Adori at this pace, those at the top wouldn't set their sight at her, instead, they would set their gaze at him since there wouldn't be Adori to take the spotlight and divert their attention.

Although Liu Guanyi wouldn't attract as much attention as her, it would certainly be extremely suspicious if a nobody like him suddenly climbed the tower so fast.

If those at the top looked and checked his background and most likely found nothing as he had no identification nor the authority and resources to forge one, it would spell doom for him and end his ambitions as he probably would have to focus on hiding from those ancient monsters' grasp.

Such was the importance of hiding his identity and being in the background when he was weak. The tower was unforgiving, and being exposed was a clear weakness, a weakness that the hungry sharks would smell from miles away.

As the whole tower became lively and was busy with the news of the prodigious princess of Zahard, the person in question herself was standing with her sword ready on the opposite side of a handsome man with long black hair. His body was built extremely well.

He was muscular, yet lean as his muscles were just in the right amount at the right places. He put his arms high in a defensive stance as his jet-black eyes stared at her golden eyes.

Without any words, Adori moved closer into her attack range and made a low slash at his thigh.

Liu Guanyi made a single step back to avoid it, as Adori used this moment to suddenly turn her attack into a swift upward slash, something that was considered a legendary technique for sword users.

However, what happened next was shocking to Adori.

Liu Guanyi stretched his left hand forward and held the tip of the sword within his middle finger and index finger, stopping the sword in place even despite all of its speed and power even with Adori exerting her full strength on this attack.

Adori looked up and saw Liu Guanyi holding her sword calmly with a carefree smile on his face.