224 The First Floor (1/2)

In a white haze, the team reappeared within the tower's first floor. If a floor it could be called…

Wherever the eyes went, only darkness lied. Neither Konrad nor the ladies at his side could see anything. Worse, they felt a crushing pressure drop on their shoulders!

*Crack*

Konrad's feet sank into the ground while some of the ladies directly dropped on their knees, struggling to get back up.

Only Zamira, Lena and Diyana managed to avoid dropping on their knees. Following a breath of time, the others returned to their feet, albeit struggling under the pressure.

”Twenty times the gravity. This is twenty times the gravity.”

Konrad assessed while the pressure of his own weight seemed to drive him toward the floor. If they didn't quickly adapt, how could they fight?!

”The same person can only enter the tower once in a lifetime. At the same time, the traps and challenges one face often change. Therefore, using the predecessors' experiences is almost useless.”

Diyana explained while shivering on her feet. Unlike the others, she only faced ten times the gravity. Courtesy of her faith.

”However, there is one thing that never changes:

The Enemies.

Each floor is defended by Armored Guards whose strength increase with higher floors. The Armored Guards are led by a Floor Guardian tasked with preventing us from reaching higher levels.

We don't have to defeat the Floor Guardian to carry on, but if we do, we'll have access to the Floor's Principal Loot.

The Guardians are immortal, and always reconstruct for new entrants.”

Konrad had already obtained all this intel from Yvonne. Therefore, his face showed no ripple. According to Yvonne, on the first floor, they would face the Iron Guard.

At first, all believed they'd fallen into a cave where no light passed. However, when Konrad attempted to light the place with a fireball, reality struck them hard.

They could feel the heat but couldn't see the flames! Clearly, they'd all turned blind!

”Activate your spiritual senses.”

Konrad calmly ordered and instantly, all activated their spiritual senses. However, Diyana aside, none could push it more than three meters ahead! As for Diyana, she was stuck to six meters.

”Well…shit.”

Konrad inwardly cursed and activated his Origin Sight. Finally, light returned to his eyes, and he could see they now laid in a narrow passageway walled by dark-gray stones. There only was one road, ahead!

”All of you activate your Origin Sights. You'll then regain your vision.”

During their secluded cultivation, Konrad didn't just improve their bloodlines and physiques. He also granted them abilities to enhance their battle power. Either through the system or the contracts.

Instantaneously, all regained their senses, and Diyana was now the only one unable to freely grasp the perimeter.

”Let's go.”

Following Konrad's lead, all advanced; taking carefully measured steps to avoid falling into a trap. This went on for one hour, after which the group stopped to readjust to the gravity.

”There is only one road…but no exit in sight! It feels like we're not making any progress whatsoever.”

Iliana sighed, speaking the words that echoed in the mind of all others. Even with their Origin Sight, they couldn't see the end of the road. However, the path at their back clearly showed they'd been making progress.