My Infinite Cultivation System-Chapter 58: Challenging the tower

While everyone went to see the challenge of the top two prodigies in the academy, Ethan went directly to the tower.

A teacher was guarding the door. Ethan removed his mask and sunglasses. The moment the teacher saw him, he stood up instantly.

"Alex Moriarty? When did you come to the academy? Why didn’t you inform us?" he asked hurriedly.

"Please relax, teacher. I was just getting bored, so I thought of coming to the school and also trying this virtual tower," Alex said with a smile.

"Sure. Go ahead. You can ask me any questions about it if you do not understand anything. By the way, I am Morgan Stanley," the teacher said with a smile.

"How many floors are there?" Alex asked curiously.

"There are no fixed floors. You can ascend as much as you can. You already know that you will have no martial powers inside it, only pure skills. That means you can use your talent and any techniques you learned. Just your physical and mental strength would be at the level of a mortal," Morgan explained.

"Is that so? What is the highest record?" Alex wanted to break that.

"The highest record is the 7th stage. It was cleared by His Highness Elyndros Celestus," Morgan said with reverence in his eyes.

"Oh? Master is the highest record holder? Then I am going to beat his record," Alex laughed sinisterly.

"Are you his student? That makes sense. Let me give you details about the floors. Then you will be good to go."

"The first floor has only normal monsters, but ten of them.

The second floor consists of one hundred normal monsters.

The third floor has ten beast warrior level monsters.

The fourth floor has one hundred beast warrior level monsters.

The fifth floor has ten beast master level monsters.

The sixth floor has one hundred beast masters.

The seventh floor has ten beast grandmasters.

Master Elyndros cleared six floors but failed to clear the seventh. Even at this point, they cannot beat a grandmaster monster without their martial power," Morgan finished talking.

"Okay, thank you, teacher. But please do not record my battle videos or let anyone see it," Alex said politely.

"Of course. Actually, we have instructions about this. So do not worry. Your powers will be hidden," Morgan said seriously.

"Thank you," Alex replied and entered through the door.

It was actually a virtual tower. So there was no power limit. Anybody in any realm could challenge this tower, and the results would be counted together. There was no senior or junior ranking system.

Anna followed him too.

She also heard about this tower, as her ancestor was the top ranker.

Alex and Anna entered inside a neurotransmitter capsule.

Soon they both appeared in a vast open field. Anna entered as an spectator. So the monsters could not attack her, nor could she attack any monsters or combatants.

Anna stood at a corner, and Alex stood in a battle position. In his hand was a sword of the tower. He could not use any external weapons either.

[Welcome, Alex Moriarty, to the first battle. In thirty seconds, a herd of ten grade zero monsters will arrive. Be prepared.]

He heard an AI voice.

But Alex was not concentrating on that. He was concentrating on how many times he could manipulate gravity with a normal human physique.

With a little trying, he found that his body could only handle fifty times.

And that was the maximum.

"Fifty times should be enough to cross some levels," he thought.

Suddenly the ground had a slight tremor.

Soon he saw ten bulls coming toward him, and each one of them looked extremely muscular.

Alex did not use gravity on them. That would kill them instantly.

He wanted to practice his sword with them as long as he could.

Swish.

A cutting sound echoed in the air, and the ten bulls were beheaded instantly. This was peak swordsmanship, similar to Himura Kenshin.

[Congratulations. You have passed the first floor. You can challenge the next.]

"Go ahead."

The floor did not change. Rather, the difficulty changed.

[One hundred grade zero monsters will appear in thirty seconds.]

Alex took his position again.

Suddenly, a large tremor appeared on the ground.

Alex smiled and looked ahead.

This time, there was a combination of different monsters like tigers, lions, boars, elephants, wolves, and more.

Alex took a deep breath. His heart was pumping with excitement.

"Let us dance."

Boom.

He shot forward. Though his body was a normal human body now, he could control it better than an ordinary person. So his speed was tremendous.

He slashed at the panther in front, which was the fastest.

"You wanted to die first. I have granted your wish."

The panther fell to the ground and turned into stream of data.

He did not stop. He truly started dancing with his sword.

One after another fell under his blade. In fifty four seconds, he had killed all of them and stood there. Now his opponents would not be normal monsters but real monsters with supernatural powers. Could a mortal human battle a real monster with a sword?

Let us find out.

[Congratulations. You have passed the second floor. Will you challenge the third floor?]

"Yes."

[Now, ten beast warrior level beasts will appear. Four low grade, three mid grade, and three high grade. Be prepared.]

He took a deep breath and looked ahead.

This time, there was no tremor on the ground. He saw ten shadow cats approaching him without making much sound.

Swish.

As soon as they saw him, they vanished.

Alex vanished too.

But his speed was far less than theirs.

Suddenly, Alex sensed danger behind him and blocked the claw just in time. Without his mental domain, he was having trouble sensing all the monsters. But it was also good to hone his instincts.

He fought for five minutes and adapted to the combat without mental domain.

Then he slashed in one direction, and a shadow cat was cut in half.

He did not stop there. He started cutting the others too. This was one of the traits of the Eternal Sword Talent. He could read his enemy movements fast, even though he was outmatched in speed.

[Congratulations. You have passed the third floor. Do you want to challenge the fourth floor?]

"Yes."

One minute later.

One hundred beast warriors of different levels and species appeared.

Alex did not wait for them to come to him. He launched an attack at them. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

But this time, he was getting overwhelmed.

"Annihilation."

Boom.

Instantly, his power increased threefold.

Puchi.

A monster could not react and was cut in half. He continued killing, but even so, the numbers were still too high.

"Very well then. Sword intent."

A sharp aura burst out from his body.

His attack power increased threefold again.

Slash.

This time, he could sense their movements more clearly.

He learned things today which he had never paid attention to before.

He could use sword intent to sense his enemies even if they were invisible. His danger sense also increased.

Alex did not waste time anymore. He killed all of them. But this already took a toll on his body.

"Looks like I will have to use my other talents now."

...

Outside.

The battle between the two geniuses ended in a draw.

"They were really fantastic. I wish I had strength like them," someone said with admiration.

"Do not daydream. They are SS rank talent holders, and you are just an A," another sneered.

"It is a dream. Do you understand? If you cannot even dream big, what can you achieve in life?" the first one did not feel disheartened.

"It is more like a daydream. Let us go," the other said, giving him a light slap on the back of his head.

"Hey, someone is challenging the tower, and the teacher will not let us see the battle videos. I think one of the SSS ranks is challenging the tower, or if I dare to say, maybe Sir Alex is challenging now."

Boom.

As soon as he said that, the entire academy felt a jolt in their spine.

"Are you sure?" someone shouted.

"How can I be sure? But it feels like a great person is inside," the news bearer said.

"Then let us go."

Soon, everyone appeared in front of the tower.

"Hello, Teacher Morgan. Can you tell us who is inside now?" someone asked.

"It is a secret. Do not waste your time here. Do not gather in front of it," Morgan said calmly.

"Is it Sir Alex?" someone finally asked.

Morgan’s face did not change.

"Do not probe. Go back now."

They backed away but stood at a distance and observed who would come out.

...

"Alchemy."

Alex activated his alchemy talent, and all the monsters turned into molecular masses in front of him.

Then he snapped his fingers, and fifty times gravity instantly affected the molecules.

Now that it was an epic grade talent, he could use both amplify and reverse the process.

And he did exactly that.

Boom. Boom. Boom.

One by one, all the monsters turned into particles.

Alex nodded with a satisfied smile. A good combination for battle.

[Congratulations. You have passed the sixth floor.]