Although the Battle Tower could accommodate three challengers at once, after Qi Ning, the Cloud Ascension Rankings First Place and a Spirit Bone Prodigy, entered, no one else followed. Everyone seemed to want to see how far this foremost Spirit Bone Prodigy could climb.
Jin Yu did not urge them on either.
After roughly another breath, the text on the Ancient Stele twisted, and Qi Ning reached the third floor.
Qi Ning took a little longer on the third floor, spending about three breaths before reaching the fourth.
After that, he took longer and longer. On the Ninth Layer, he spent almost the time it took to drink a cup of tea before breaking through to the Tenth Layer.
"He's reached the Tenth Layer!"
"Incredible! He fought his way to the Tenth Layer in such a short time."
"Qi Ning's talent is terrifying. He might even reach the Eleventh Layer on his first attempt."
New students like Xu Yang did not know what reaching the Tenth Layer meant, but the returning students knew all too well. They could no longer sit still.
"By reaching the Tenth Layer, even if he fails, Qi Ning will place at least seventieth on the Heavenly Strategy Wind and Cloud Rankings. If he reaches the eleventh, he could make the top forty." A trace of astonishment colored Jiang Fan's voice.
Achieving such a result on his first attempt made Qi Ning's talent truly frightening. His combat strength was so terrifying that it made their scalps prickle.
"With talent like Qi Ning's, he might only place fortieth?" Lu Ren looked incredulous.
Qi Ning was the undisputed strongest Junior Student, yet he could not even make the top ten on the Heavenly Strategy Wind and Cloud Rankings?
Jiang Fan glanced at him and ignored this fickle