My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 344 - 341 Intent Realm!
Chapter 344 -341 Intent Realm!
The screen lit up.
To make the live stream more realistic, Kong restarted from the first floor.
In the lower floors of the “Trial Tower,” there wasn’t much difficulty; Kong wielded twin swords, dancing like falling leaves, slicing every approaching Demonized Beast in half.
As everyone expected, “Kong” performed effortlessly, and it didn’t even look like he was fighting.
“… it’s like strolling through a park, with two longswords simply being the swinging arms during a walk, seemingly careless but deadly to the enemies in one strike.”
An expert shared their impression, but the lower floors were ultimately not challenging and lacked complexity.
Everyone silently waited.
Tenth floor,
Twenty floors,
Thirty floors,
Forty floors,
Fifty floors, “Kong” was still very relaxed!
It wasn’t that he could stand still all the time; with the constantly changing platform, “Kong” also had to keep moving, yet he never seemed distressed.
Enemies in the “Trial Tower” had their weak spots marked with red dots or lines, and only by targeting these weak spots could one achieve a one-hit kill. However, past the fiftieth floor, these weak spots were not simply placed there; some moved continuously, some red lines required cutting from above or below following the pattern on them to be effective.
Yan Dingtian couldn’t insta-kill enemies after the fiftieth floor and thus faced mounting pressure.
As for “Kong,”
A Flying Demonized Beast attacked; he held the longsword in his right hand, slashing downward, his body leaning naturally, cutting into the weak spot, the other sword, due to his body tilting left, curved upwards in his left hand, hitting another Demonized Beast’s weak spot.
Initially, people thought it was a coincidence, but as it occurred repeatedly, the Awakeners watching the live stream gradually widened their mouths in awe.
On the screen, it was as if he was dancing with swords.
Playfully elegant.
…
Sixty-first floor.
With more enemies able to perform Instant Teleportation and the terrain becoming more treacherous, “Kong” dodged and leapt, swinging his longsword more frequently.
Yet, he was not at all in disarray, just speeding up, as if what was originally a slow-motion sword dance had now turned into rapid action.
As the swords flashed in his left and right hands, sometimes, it looked as if the enemies were hurling themselves at him. Clearly, when “Kong” swept his longsword, there was nothing in front of him, but in the next moment, a ripple suddenly spread, and a human-shaped puppet capable of Instant Teleportation appeared right in front of the blade and was cleaved in two.
Even the terrain, traps that suddenly emerged on the platform, were also utilized by “Kong”; sometimes, they could see an enemy being killed and before dispersing into light points, “Kong” would use these bodies to block other enemies’ attacks.
Self, environment, enemies… he used everything to the utmost.
…
“It’s Intent Realm!”
Yan Dingtian blurted out.
Focused on the screen, Wang Zhou suddenly shivered and couldn’t help but turn around to ask, “What’s Intent Realm?”
“Intent Realm…” Yan Dingtian’s expression was complex, “Generally speaking, those who have finer control over their power are stronger in combat; knowing when to exert force, how much force to exert; when dodging, knowing how far to dodge; if they intend to jump three meters, they definitely won’t land at three-point-one meters… Anyone who can do these, has achieved a minute level of mastery over their power.”
“Higher still, perfect control. At this stage, it’s not only about knowing how to use power, but also clearly understanding the minimal amount of power needed to defeat an enemy; minimizing movement while dodging to achieve the maximum effect… At this point, mastery of power becomes perfection.”
“Theoretically, this is the limit…”
Yan Dingtian sighed inwardly.
He himself was at this level, having achieved it only after surpassing the Transcendent, when the nature of life itself had completely transformed.
“But above the perfect level, it is said there’s another realm: the Intent Realm, which actually transcends the control of mere power. People at the level of Intent Realm don’t simply slay their enemies, but view the enemy and all their surroundings as a whole, as if writing a character, painting a picture, or playing a game of chess… Everything is under control.”
Wang Zhou looked utterly bewildered.
The others around him were equally impressed yet clueless.
They then turned their attention back to the big screen, where ‘Kong’ with his twin swords didn’t seem to be fighting, but rather holding two brushes, splashing ink…
It was picturesque.
Several male Awakeners suddenly had this thought, then shivered involuntarily.
…
Kong consistently cleared up to the eightieth floor without a hint of disorder, making everyone think he might continue this momentum to the hundredth floor. However, to their surprise, on the eighty-first floor, Kong lasted less than a half-second before he was out.
“How can this be?” some asked, unable to comprehend.
“This is a genius; he had achieved true limits,” Yan Dingtian remarked sadly. “Just like if one could perfectly control power, a shred of effort could yield tenfold effects. At the level of Intent Realm, a shred of effort can serve hundreds of purposes. However, at the eighty-first level, he finally surpassed his limits, and that intent collapsed in an instant.”
Others seemed to nod in realization.
Because he had reached a limit with no margin left to leverage, once the pressure exceeded, it triggered a chain reaction: in control one second, complete collapse the next—it was understandable.
Someone suddenly gasped and blurted out, “You said Mr. Kong has reached the real limits, but then… how should one surpass from the eighty-first floor to the hundredth?”
Yan Dingtian: “(◎_◎;).”
He looked at the Awakener who asked, his face not pleased.
How would I know?!
Didn’t you see I only reached sixty floors myself? No observational skills at all!
However, Yan Dingtian himself really couldn’t figure it out. Even Kong, who had mastered the Intent Realm, only made it to the eightieth floor. What about the higher floors? The leaderboard’s top rank, with a record of ninety-nine floors, how was it achieved?
Others pondered this question too.
By now, no one suspected that the Sanctuary had intentionally adjusted the difficulty. Seeing Mr. Kong’s performance with their own eyes, they found it unimaginable… likewise, from the eightieth to the hundredth floor wasn’t impossible, just that the number of levels limited their imagination!
To that self-proclaimed ‘I’ expert, he might indeed be strong to them, but for those at the top of the leaderboard, ‘unimaginably skilled masters,’ sixty floors was nothing to boast about.
Only reaching such levels, it’s understandable not to grasp the strategies to conquer higher floors.
At that moment,
Yan Dingtian suddenly realized, “I know the real purpose of the ‘Trial Tower’ now!”
“The ‘Trial Tower’ isn’t just about testing the enhancement of combat power, advancing through ‘Trial Tower’ is in itself a method of cultivating the Intent Realm!”
“Since ancient times, the ‘Intent Realm’ has been intangible and untouchable, unteachable, something one must understand on their own. Yet, nowadays, someone has used the trial mode to construct a direct path to cultivating the Intent Realm, unimaginable, unimaginable…”
He sighed, his expression indescribably complex.
The others realized, shocked and ecstatic… So, we were that close to the ‘Intent Realm’!
