Chapter 232: Making a Legend
Outside the Heavenly Ascendent Tower, Every single pair of eyes was glued to the colossal, ancient stone monolith erected beside the tower.
RUMBLE—!
The golden text flashed one more time.
[Floor 57]
Myrielle sucked in a sharp breath of cold air.
Six hundred years ago.
The greatest prodigy in the history of Stormveil Academy had shattered his mind and crippled his cultivation just to reach this exact floor.
It was a record that had stood as an insurmountable monument since then.
"High Preceptor," Krell asked in an absent- minded whisper, "When that prodigy set the record six hundred years ago... how long did it take him to reach the fiftieth floor?"
Aldren swallowed hard, his throat completely dry.
"Three days," he replied, his eyes locked unblinkingly on the tower, "It took him three full days and nights just to reach Floor 50. He had to rest for hours between floors just to recover his strength."
His voice slightly trembled as he continued.
