100 Floors All Master - Chapter 140

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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 140

28th Floor. Stone Mountain (2)

[Title: My arms are all numb on the 28th Floor.]

[How far has everyone managed to get?]

[Choi Do-yoon (30th Floor): I managed to collapse about 1/4 of it.]

[Jung Ji-hoo (31st Floor): I got 1/5.]

[Choi Min-seok (28th Floor): Everyone’s about the same. Oh right. I’ve gained this strange power. To think I can collapse a mountain with a human body.]

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A massive stone mountain.

It was truly enormous. It would take several hours just to climb it. Collapsing such a thing was the Quest of the 28th Floor.

At first glance, it seemed like an almost impossible condition.

But in reality, it wasn’t that difficult. Kang Jun-hyeok approached the stone mountain. He could see cracks split across the surface.

He drew his sword and drove it straight into the crack. He applied force to pry it open. The crack spread with a splitting sound, and soon part of the mountain began to collapse with a thunderous roar.

Rumble rumble rumble!

The stone mountain had cracks and fissures everywhere due to the passage of time.

By applying impact to those cracks and prying them open, it could be collapsed without much difficulty.

Of course, even that would normally require heavy equipment, but Players weren’t ordinary humans. Anyone who had made it to the 28th Floor had long since transcended human limitations, so there was no great difficulty in prying open the cracks.

He used the stone mountain’s cracks to split the surface. With just a light application of force, it crumbled down with crackling sounds. Avoiding the falling rocks was the most annoying part.

After collapsing the outer portions of the stone mountain like this, the mountain’s size was reduced to 2/3. The cracks were gradually disappearing.

From here on, no cracks existed. He had to somehow carve away the mountain with his own strength.

Kang Jun-hyeok looked at the stone mountain.

Rocks like stone have grain patterns.

If you apply force precisely along the grain, you can split them without much difficulty.

Identifying that requires considerable skill, but at least Kang Jun-hyeok didn’t need it. Using his Observation Skill, he could clearly see the grain patterns of the mountain. When he struck down with his great sword toward those spots, cracks spread out with splitting sounds.

Rumble rumble rumble!

He created cracks, then gripped his great sword and pressed down with his foot. He applied force to forcibly pry it open.

Rumble rumble rumble!

The stone mountain collapsed.

The massive mountain was slowly but surely being carved away.

This wasn’t a feat that only he could accomplish.

Top-tier Players like Yu Jin-ha and Olivia Turner had also succeeded in carving the mountain down to the size of a small hill.

If Earth’s Players could do this, then on a universal scale it went without saying. Worlds like Murim and fantasy had many who possessed innate power.

Most of them succeeded in carving the mountain to achieve clear rates of 50% to 80%. In his previous life, he too had reached 80%.

But no one had gone beyond that.

He carved and carved the mountain. The mountain shrank from small hill size to even smaller, reducing to house-sized proportions.

At the end, what had been hidden within the stone mountain revealed itself.

Dark-colored iron the size of a house.

Kang Jun-hyeok grips the great sword. He puts strength into his arms and strikes down.

Claaang!

A fierce repulsive force strikes him. He steadies his staggering body.

The great sword he had just swung contained enough power to crush even steel.

But only a small scratch had barely appeared on the dark iron.

[This isn’t ordinary iron. It’s Cold Iron. And it’s hundreds of years old at that.]

Manbyeonggi mutters as if understanding.

[It’s been crushed under its own weight and compressed, refined by itself. To see so much of what’s usually hard to find even a fistful of. Martial Artists would lose their minds if they saw this.]

Cold Iron existed at the center of Stone Mountain.

Even top-tier Players could at best only scrape the surface of the Cold Iron.

A place that was easy to reach up to a certain level, but impossible to progress beyond. That was exactly what the 28th Floor was.

“Now then.”

So what should he do? Kang Jun-hyeok lightly sheathed his great sword.

Other Players had been blocked here.

But he was strong.

Much stronger than them.

Incomparably so.

No matter how old the Cold Iron was, he could scrape and chip it.

‘But it’s just too big.’

Perfectly destroying something the size of a house in just one week was impossible even for him.

So he searches for an answer.

‘No matter how much it’s Cold Iron.’

It’s still metal in the end. There must be a grain to it.

He reads that grain. A difficulty on a completely different level from reading rock grain. But his Observation proficiency was B. After examining every part of the Cold Iron, he succeeded in finding it.

Scritch scratch.

He draws his sword and scrapes along that grain as much as possible. He creates a small hole in the Cold Iron.

How should he use this hole to perfectly destroy the Cold Iron?

The answer came immediately.

Slam force into the hole.

Distributing the force wouldn’t work. Then the Cold Iron would absorb the impact and couldn’t be destroyed. He needed to shove tremendous power that even Cold Iron couldn’t withstand into the hole all at once.

The problem was that even his current self couldn’t produce that much power.

Neither Arcana Gem Magic, nor Manbyeonggi’s Martial Arts, nor the skills he possessed were sufficient to generate the force needed to destroy the Cold Iron.

If he handled each one individually, that is.

“Shall I give it a try?”

Kang Jun-hyeok sheathed his great sword.

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He had obtained two Sword Forms of Manbyeonggi on the 27th Floor.

From the moment he confirmed those Sword Forms, there was a method he had been continuously thinking about.

That was a method as a Player, not as a Martial Artist.

Kang Jun-hyeok inserted several gems designed to explode upon impact into the hole in the Cold Iron. Then he distanced himself to a safe range and drew his spear.

Manbyeonggi realizes Kang Jun-hyeok’s strategy.

[You plan to use my sword forms to unleash all your power at once. Not a bad method, but it won’t be enough.]

First Sword Form. Raging Wind Heaven Slash.

Beyond an ordinary strike, putting everything into a second strike.

It was martial arts suitable for destroying Cold Iron.

However, Kang Jun-hyeok’s proficiency was woefully insufficient to pull it off. At least according to Manbyeonggi’s judgment, it was impossible.

[But you’ve always exceeded my expectations.]

Manbyeonggi spoke cheerfully.

[Come on, show me your potential.]

“Huu.”

He exhales.

He circulates Internal Energy throughout his body to increase his power. Third Profound Principle. Small Stream Great River Circulation. He amplifies it to the limit his body can endure.

And.

[True Ancestor Awakening.]

Kang Jun-hyeok’s eyes turn red. The power of the great True Ancestor dwells in his body. He puts strength into his feet. The ground cracks with a grinding sound.

But it’s still not enough.

So, one more.

[Instant Acceleration.]

[One-Point Pierce.]

Speed beyond speed strikes toward the hole in the Cold Iron. The shocked gems explode all at once.

Kuuung!

An intense explosion occurs. The entire area shakes greatly. Cracks spread through the Cold Iron with a crackling sound. Kang Jun-hyeok grits his teeth.

First Sword Form. Raging Wind Heaven Slash.

Cutting through wind, then cutting through the world.

It was a technique that put all power into the second strike. He put strength throughout his body and contained all the impact in his spear.

Crrrack.

But if there was a problem, it was that his body couldn’t withstand it.

He was already in an immature state. On top of that, he had contained the explosion of Arcana Gem Magic and the power of Skills. The force contained in the second strike was far beyond what he could control.

The Player’s body breaks down. Muscles tear and his stamina decreases. Even the True Ancestor’s power cannot endure it.

And Kang Jun-hyeok knew from the beginning that this would happen.

He never intended to control the power in the first place. The control would be done by Skills, not him.

[Thrust.]

His body moves forcibly. The second strike containing all power pierces the hole.

Kwaaaaang!

A massive explosion erupts. Kang Jun-hyeok’s body tumbles across the ground.

“Cough.”

His muscles were completely destroyed, making it difficult even to stand. He barely manages to invoke Divine Power to heal his body. Staggering as he raises his upper body, he sees a devastating scene.

Where the mountain had been, a massive crater was carved out.

The mountain fragments that had been scattered around disappeared without a trace, either blown away or turned to dust. Only the completely collapsed and shattered pieces of cold iron remained at the center.

“That should do it.”

[Did you link my martial arts with the Tower’s skills?]

Manbyeonggi muttered as if amazed.

[Raging Wind Heaven Slash. A sword form that puts everything into a single strike. You combined skills simultaneously in one blow to infinitely increase the power. But your body couldn’t withstand it. You forcibly pushed through that problem using skills. You can create power beyond your realm by linking them this way. Interesting.]

“It’s not exactly a comfortable method though.”

Even though he had protected his body with True Ancestor Awakening, his stamina had dropped to double digits. Even after consuming all his divine power, his damaged muscles hadn’t fully recovered.

His internal energy was also consumed to its limit. It was hard to even move a finger. He was practically in a near-death state.

[Grace of Compassion.]

He recovered his stamina that had hit rock bottom.

Internal energy, divine power, stamina, body, and even unique and divine authority skills. It was a method that required consuming everything.

But if he consumed all of those, he could create power far exceeding his abilities.

Kang Jun-hyeok staggered to his feet and grasped a fragment of cold iron.

[Your Observation proficiency has greatly increased.]

[Your Divine Technique proficiency has…]

[28th Floor Quest Clear.]

[Rewards will be determined based on your performance.]

[Checking achievement rate…]

[Check complete.]

[Achievement Rate: 100%]

[Perfect Clear. Congratulations! Additional rewards will be granted.]

[5,121 Gold has been awarded.]

[Title: Perfect Player effect has been added.]

[You have obtained the Perfect Clear reward [Hundred-Year Cold Iron].]

[Players who Perfect Cleared the 28th Floor: 1 person.]

[Universe Announcement.]

[Congratulations! Everyone in the universe! A Perfect Player of the 28th Floor has appeared. This is a feat that no one has achieved until now!]

[Great Achievement + 5]

Kang Jun-hyeok returned to Earth.

Normally he would have checked his rewards immediately, but rest came first this time. Kang Jun-hyeok sat on his bed and assumed the lotus position. After circulating his internal energy for a full day, he was finally able to recover.

“Not easy.”

This was truly a trump card. If it succeeded, it would end everything, but if it failed, he would die instead. Accurate judgment was necessary. Manbyeonggi muttered as if displeased.

[I don’t like linking my martial arts with such trivial things, but since that’s your power now, it can’t be helped.]

“I’m not a Martial Artist.”

He was a Player.

It was the moment when Kang Jun-hyeok, having finished his recovery, was about to check his compensation.

[Hello, Players!]

A System Window blocked his view. Kang Jun-hyeok glanced at his cell phone.

“I guess it’s about time.”

[Have you been doing well! You’re making decent progress! Now we can properly call you all Players.]

The System Window spoke cheerfully.

[So in one month from now, the final test. The third test will be conducted!]

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