"Zi JI finished her challenge too."
"But she's stronger than me too."
Having witnessed Zi JI's challenge firsthand, Xiong Jun was practically falling apart inside.
Fifteen floors.
Zi JI had actually reached the fifteenth floor too, dealing Xiong Jun a crushing blow.
"I actually ended up dead last. This is so humiliating."
He had absolutely no idea what to say.
"Master."
"This is what I encountered in the Tower of Despair..."
Ignoring Xiong Jun's face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot, Zi JI approached Gu Yuena and recounted her experience.
Gu Yuena nodded from time to time and asked a question or two whenever something puzzled her. All in all, after combining Bi Ji's and Zi JI's experiences, she felt the first fifteen floors would no longer pose any difficulty.
"Now I'll try this Tower of Despair myself and see just what makes it so despair-inducing."
Gu Yuena turned her gaze to the Tower of Despair, then tore apart the Entry Ticket in her hand.
With a swish, she vanished from everyone's sight the next instant.
"It's begun," Bi Ji said softly.
Xiong Jun's voice was full of curiosity. "I wonder how many floors the Master can reach."
"Does that even need asking?"
Zi JI said with absolute certainty, "The Master's achievement will surely reach heights we can only look up to."
Swish, swish, swish.
Ten floors.
Twenty floors.
Before long, Gu Yuena had reached an astonishing twenty floors.
"That speed is terrifying! The Master cleared twenty floors even faster than I cleared ten!"
Xiong Jun was wide-eyed and tongue-tied.
"Xiong Jun, I have to interrupt you there. You didn't clear the tenth floor. You were beaten and thrown out on the tenth floor."
Hearing his words, Zi JI spoke mercilessly, a mocking smile tugging at