Chapter 454

Translator: 549690339

Upon reaching the ninety-first floor, Lin Zhen still had the will to push himself to climb the ninety-second floor. However, he never expected the gravity on this floor to double!

In the previous floors, the gravity increased a bit with each floor. When he reached the ninetieth floor, it was only a hundred times stronger, but upon reaching the ninety-first floor, it was two hundred times heavier!

The sudden heavy pressure pushed Lin Zhen down, making him look like a flattened toad.

“My God! The gravity is insane…”

Lin Zhen’s arms trembled as he pushed his body up, barely crawling forward and taking refuge in a corner, where he leaned against the platform steps to catch his breath.

He could barely move. The contestants who followed him up were even worse off; all of them appeared quite miserable with the most severe case resulting in someone coughing blood and dying on the spot!

Apollo of the Dragon Totem wasn’t doing much better either. Similar to Lin Zhen, he also crawled forward on all fours, inching his way to a corner.

Out of the seventeen people, five of them gave up on the spot. After resting for a while, they crawled out, heading for the wilderness.

Among the remaining twelve, there was no verbal communication. They saw each other as competitors, and any interaction would have been insincere. Each tried their best to adjust in order to adapt to the stronger gravity.

However, such rapid adaptation to instantly doubled gravity was not easily accomplished, and time continued to tick away.

An entire day passed, and no one attempted the ninety-second floor.

At this point, most of the Martial Artists had already passed the Santu River, and some attempted to challenge the Judgment Platform, but no one else managed to climb up to this level.

Thirty hours later, Apollo was the first to attempt the ninety-second floor.

Upon his initiation, the others also stood up and continued to climb upward.

No one tried to fight here. Firstly, the gravity was too great; it was almost impossible to fight. Secondly, it would expose them to others who would take advantage of their conflict.

What mattered in this competition were endurance, determination, and most importantly, strength.

During the climbing process, two people withdrew after a single attempt, leaving only ten people to successfully climb to the ninety-second floor.

When they reached the top, some Martial Artists still held out hope, wishing that the gravity here would only increase by a hundred times, so they could still have the possibility to continue climbing. However, when the four hundred times gravity pressure came down, several Martial Artists were in despair.

“Damn it! Can anyone even get up to this Judgment Platform? With four hundred times gravity at this level, there’ll be eight hundred in the next level, followed by one thousand six, three thousand two, six thousand four… At the ninety-seventh floor, it’s already past ten thousand! I don’t believe anyone can withstand that much gravity and climb up. It’s simply impossible for humans!”

“I’m done with this! I can’t afford to play this game, so I’ll just avoid it. I’m going to the wilderness now, whoever wants to play, be my guest!”

“I’ll go find some Cosmic Crystals instead. What World King’s Treasure? It’s just an elaborate trick to mess with us.”

Among the ten contestants, six Constant Star Level Nine Martial Artists withdrew and headed for the wilderness.

Only four people were left, including Lin Zhen. The other three were all in the Black Hole stage.

Apollo was in the Late Black Hole Stage, while the other two were in the Early Black Hole Stage and the Black Hole Middle Stage.

And all three of them happened to be Sky Blue Level Spiritual Mind Masters. If they were not Spiritual Mind Masters, it would be extremely difficult for them to withstand the tremendous pressure on their brains caused by the heavy gravity here.

The few of them glanced at each other and looked at Lin Zhen with both surprise and disdain. They felt that standing on the same stage as someone only at the Comet Stage was a disgrace.

Of course, they were also somewhat wary of Lin Zhen, as he might have some hidden cards unknown to others. Otherwise, it would be pure fantasy for someone at the Comet Stage to climb up here.

The atmosphere was stifling and heavy. The four people kept a relatively safe distance from each other, not talking, all adapting to the gravity of the ninety-second floor.

Three days passed, and all four climbed the ninety-third floor.

Seven days later, they reached the ninety-fourth floor one after another.

At the ninety-fourth floor, the Early Black Hole Stage Martial Artist could no longer withstand the pressure, and the one thousand six hundred times gravity broke him down. With a heavy heart, he left the Judgment Platform.

By this point, it was almost impossible to endure it with willpower alone; it relied on absolute strength.

At this moment, Apollo was the first to speak to Lin Zhen and another Black Hole Middle Stage Martial Artist.

“Both of you have done well to climb up to this point. However, I regret to inform you that there is only one World King’s Treasure here, and you will never get it.”

He straightened his body and tore off his tattered clothes, revealing the Golden Dragon Tattoos inside!

There wasn’t just one dragon tattooed on his body, but two!

During his journey, he had activated one of the dragon tattoos while keeping the second one unlit, secretly holding back some of his strength.

The two Golden Dragons lit up simultaneously, filling his body with powerful Star Power. Apollo resolutely began climbing the ninety-fifth floor!

Seeing this, the Black Hole Middle Stage Martial Artist gritted his teeth, energy erupting from his body as he braced against the one thousand six hundred times gravity, attempting to climb the ninety-fifth floor as well.

Lin Zhen didn’t immediately follow the two. He was currently in Partial Armorization mode and wanted to see if it was possible to reach the ninety-fifth floor under this condition.

After spending three more days adapting to the gravity, Lin Zhen could move freely under one thousand six hundred times gravity. Then, he activated Partial Armorization and began climbing the ninety-fifth floor.

Upon reaching the ninety-fifth floor, as expected, a gravity of three thousand two hundred times pressured him down. At this point, neither Apollo nor the other Black Hole Middle Stage Martial Artist were in sight.

“This is almost my limit. I can only support myself up to here with Partial Armorization, and I must activate Full Armorization to continue climbing.”

After two days of rest, Lin Zhen finally activated Full Armorization.

The potential of the Black Hole Beast’s body was stimulated, and Lin Zhen climbed the ninety-sixth and ninety-seventh floors in one breath.

Under twelve thousand eight hundred times gravity, Lin Zhen also climbed the ninety-eighth floor!

It was here that he met Apollo again.

Twenty-five thousand six hundred times gravity made Apollo completely collapse to the ground. Even his double Golden Dragon tattoos could only ensure that he wouldn’t be crushed to death immediately.

The Black Hole Middle Stage martial artist had also disappeared, likely eliminated halfway through.

“You… you actually…!”

Apollo looked at Lin Zhen in disbelief, unable to believe his eyes.

Lin Zhen didn’t answer him but crawled to the wall. Under such gravity, he didn’t dare to unarm himself, or he would probably die instantly.

Blood seeped from between the black scales even with Armorization aiding him. He wouldn’t last long like this.

Lin Zhen took the Star Sky Crown out of his Space Ring and, with great effort, put it on his head.

Powerful Holy Light energy continuously healed Lin Zhen’s body as he withdrew the Armorization.

With the Star Sky Crown, Lin Zhen could ensure he wouldn’t die. As long as he didn’t die, he could gradually adapt to the more than twenty thousand times gravity!

Apollo finally couldn’t hold on any longer.

He had only a little strength left, like a worm inching away bit by bit. If he didn’t leave, he would die here.

As he left, Apollo glared at Lin Zhen with hatred: “Kid, don’t get smug. That World King’s Treasure isn’t for humans to obtain. The gravity on the ninety-ninth floor will double to fifty thousand times! You’ll definitely die then!”

Lin Zhen didn’t bother with him but instead stayed alone on the ninety-eighth floor to adapt to the gravity here.

The intense gravity, as long as you can withstand it, is the best training ground, especially for Spiritual Power.

With the Star Sky Crown ensuring he wouldn’t die, his body was constantly healing from severe injuries, in a state of continuous recovery.

Although in pain, Lin Zhen could still bear it!

He had long been used to various pains. With an incredibly strong soul supporting him, he was confident that he could survive under any pain.

Under the immense gravity, his Spiritual Power began to grow rapidly.

Another ten days passed. A month had gone by since the martial artists entered the Yellow Springs Netherworld.

As people got more familiar with the Yellow Springs Netherworld, they gradually figured out the situation here.

Only after passing Santu River could one truly reach Yellow Springs, where ghosts roamed and battles were constant.

Cosmic Crystals were mainly distributed in the wilderness and the Six Realms Reincarnation, with the latter being the actual area rich in Cosmic Crystals.

For example, large forces entering here focused on collecting Cosmic Crystals. Forces like Heavenly Tower already had tens of millions of Cosmic Crystals in hand!

Those with greater strength ventured into Six Realms Reincarnation, while those with less strength were still wandering the wilderness.

Apart from the wilderness and Six Realms Reincarnation, the core area of the Yellow Springs Netherworld was the Palace Temple.

Inside the temple were countless high-level ghosts guarding it. Numerous Cosmic Crystals were there, but people also suspected the inheritance of Yama, the World King, might be inside the Palace Temple.

However, no one who dared to challenge the Palace Temple had ever succeeded or even survived so far.

Everyone waited, waiting to collect enough Cosmic Crystals before concentrating their forces on the challenge.

Behind the Palace Temple was a No Return Path, the exit way from the World Stone.

After one month of fighting, among the two hundred thousand people who entered the World Stone, only seventy thousand remained. Most of them had been eliminated.

However, so far, no one had been able to obtain Yama’s treasures, nor did anyone know where they were.

On the Judgment Platform, Lin Zhen slowly opened his eyes.

“Armorization!”

The black scales reappeared. This time, there was no more blood seeping from between the scales.

“I’ve adapted. My body, after Armorization, can now withstand twenty-five thousand six hundred times gravity.”

“But I’m still not in a hurry to climb. The next floor has fifty-one thousand two hundred times gravity. My current strength isn’t enough. I need to prepare more.”

“One month has passed. This time, I can break through to the Satellite Stage!”