Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 102 Beyond the Limits! (14)

Side Quest: Kalin's Summit

[Mission Objective: Climb Kalin Tower to the top]

[Mission Duration: Unlimited (maximum duration is the current world stay duration)]

[Mission Requirements: No equipment or items may be used. You may not leave Kalin Tower. Repeated attempts will have their effectiveness reduced by 60%.]

[Task Rewards: Increase base attributes based on progress]

Li Xia took a deep breath, slowly squatted down, and then used all her strength to leap up suddenly.

Thick layers of fallen leaves exploded and flew in all directions, fluttering down like a rain of leaves.

To the astonishment of Brahma and Upa, Li Xia shot straight into the sky with a whoosh.

In the blink of an eye, it turned into a black dot.

This leap sent him nearly 100 meters into the air. As the upward momentum slowed, Li Xia reached out and grabbed the protruding edge of the tower wall.

Then, using all four limbs, he climbed upwards as quickly as a gecko.

Kalin Tower is about two meters in diameter and has a regular circular shape. It is too thick to hug, but the curve is quite large to climb straight up.

In short, it goes against human physical exertion and makes climbing very difficult.

The first few hundred meters were not difficult, but gradually, as the height increased, the tower of Kalin Tower also underwent subtle changes.

The original tower was covered with dense reliefs, and these uneven reliefs provided Li Xia with many points of support.

However, the reliefs on the tower are becoming simpler and simpler, and the concave and convex surfaces are also decreasing.

Each time you climb, you have to grip the rough surface of the tower with your fingers and push off with your toes to find a foothold.

The cold wind grew increasingly biting, like countless tiny knives cutting into his face and body. Li Xia stopped climbing, and Scott's image in his right eye clearly showed their current height.

At 2635 meters, even Li Xia was starting to feel breathless, and the fine sweat on his body felt unusually cold when the wind blew.

We can't stop.
Li Xia pursed her dry lips and silently continued climbing.

As the altitude gradually increases, the surrounding environment becomes increasingly harsh.

The cold mist spread out, blurring his vision, and even the water vapor he exhaled began to condense into a layer of white frost around his eyebrows and eyes.

During his climb, Li Xia tried countless times to circulate his Qi and draw upon his true Qi, but he managed to suppress it each time.

Using true qi would undoubtedly make the climbing process much easier, but it would also lose the original intention of challenging the limits.

Kalin Tower is climbable, and the process of climbing it is a form of exercise; climbing it with your own body is naturally the most effective method.

According to the guides I bought, some people climbed up using chakra and other energy sources, but only gained 1 attribute point and a 100-point increase in their energy cap.

Some apostles first climbed a section using their own bodies, and only used their abilities when they couldn't endure it any longer, thus gaining 1 more attribute point.

But Li Xia was different. Other apostles who couldn't make it in society could try becoming workers or joining guilds.
He had no way out but to move forward.

So he wanted to seize every opportunity to become stronger, to fight, to struggle, and to surpass his own limits!
The wind howled past my ears, and every inch of my exposed skin turned red from the cold, as if I were about to lose consciousness at any moment.

"Huff, huff—"

The sky was completely silent, except for the sound of my own heavy breathing. The thin air made my breathing even more rapid, and my chest heaved violently.

My stiff fingers can no longer feel pain; I can only feel their presence when I pinch the small raised part of the relief above with all my might.

6247 meters.
Looking up at the sky, the gloomy sky seemed like a heavy lead plate pressing down, making the ground below seem unreachable, with clouds swirling around my feet.

Like a bottomless abyss, a single misstep will result in utter destruction.

Li Xia turned around. He couldn't remember how long he had been climbing. In this environment, it seemed that even his brain was working slowly.

Extreme fatigue, thirst, and hunger made his head feel dizzy.

The urge to mobilize one's true qi grew stronger and stronger, even burning like wildfire in every corner of the body.

As long as you use true Qi, you won't feel cold or tired; you'll feel very comfortable.
Li Xia bit her tongue hard, the intense pain bringing her groggy mind to a slight jolt.

The taste of rust filled his mouth. He swallowed the saliva mixed with blood, raised his head and looked up, his eyes filled with an unprecedented ferocity, and continued his arduous climb.

After an unknown amount of time, the pure water vapor in the high sky soaked his clothes and quickly froze into frost. With each movement, the ice layer kept breaking and falling downwards.

The broken cumulus clouds were pushed by the wind and drifted leisurely from afar, turning the surroundings pale in an instant.

An indescribable sense of emptiness welled up inside him, as if he were the only person left in this vast world.

Li Xia opened his mouth, exhaled, and stirred up the clouds in front of him.

The cold was like sharp needles, piercing his skin through the ice, and each breath formed a white mist in the air.

His limbs were numb, his eyes were empty, and he was only able to keep up with mechanical movements with his stubborn will.

Suddenly, a ray of sunlight pierced through the clouds, turning Li Xia's eyes gold. The clouds and mist dissipated, revealing a bright sun hanging high in the sky.

Daylight broke.
About a hundred meters above their heads, a circular tower top suddenly appeared, and Li Xia's eyes instantly blazed with an incredibly bright light.

He let out a mournful, hoarse howl like a lone wolf, and his body, already at its limit, managed to squeeze out a little more strength.

80米.70米.60米.50米.10米.
The opening at the top of the tower is almost in sight; all that's left is to cross the final chasm.

His body was trembling, his heavy breathing sounded like an old bellows about to break down, and he gathered all the strength he had left.

It became a thrilling leap that pushed the limits.

"Snap!" He placed his hands on the edge of the round hole at the bottom of the tower and slowly pulled his numb body up.

This simple action seemed to have exhausted all of Li Xia's strength. He lay on the cold floor at the bottom of the tower, panting heavily.

[Side Quest: Kalin's Summit - Completed!]

[Completion: 100%]

[Quest Rewards: Strength +2, Dexterity +1, Spirit +1, Willpower Rank +1]

Li Xia forced a smile, but all the muscles in his body were throbbing, and a needle-like pain spread through every corner of his body.

Before the laughter could even escape his lips, it turned into a painful groan.

"You are the most tenacious climber I have ever seen!"

Suddenly, a very comical cat face appeared before my eyes, holding a simple wooden cane in its hand, its long white whiskers trembling.

The cat rummaged around in its paws for a few moments and pulled out a bean.

"Eat it, and you'll get better soon."

You have obtained a Senzu Bean.

Senzu Beans

[Quality: Blue (Ultimate)]

【Origin: Korinta, Dragon Ball】

[Type: Recovery Item/Consumable]

[100% Recovery: Instantly restores 100% of health and heals injuries (Tier 2)]

[Satiating: Consuming this will grant a slow stamina recovery effect and a feeling of fullness for 10 days.]

[Special Limited-Time Offer for Senzu Beans: Maximum Holding Limit of 2]

[Evaluation: These magical beans have incredible effects, so it was necessary to increase the holding limit to restrict the circulation of this extraordinary item.]

The cat sage placed the bean near Li Xia's mouth, but suddenly a swollen hand reached out shakily and pinched the sage bean.

"Ok?"

The cat fairy was startled, staring in astonishment at the man lying on the floor.

He was a celestial being who had lived for eight hundred years, trained Wu Tian, ​​and was appointed by the gods.

Its keen eyesight allows it to clearly see that the person in front of it has reached their limit, and if they are not treated in time, they may even develop a chronic illness.

How can it still move after all that?
But Li Xia's next move completely stunned the Cat Immortal.

Li Xia gripped the Senzu Bean tightly, wriggled up from the ground, and put it into his pocket to Master Roshi's astonishment.

Then, little by little, he let out painful roars, sat cross-legged, and assumed a breathing posture.

Although the Zhou Tian can rotate in any shape, it works better with a double disc.

When Li Xia finally managed to assume the double lotus position, with both palms facing upwards and overlapping, he was almost unconscious.

The cat sage stared nervously. Although it didn't know what Li Xia was going to do, it was prepared. If Li Xia fainted, it would poke the Senzu Bean into him even if it had to use its wooden cane!

It's been many years since I've seen a martial artist so ruthless to himself.

Furthermore, the 'God' sent word that this martial artist seems to have slain an extremely evil monster.

So we can't let him die!

Under the watchful, anxious gaze of the cat sage, Li Xia began his breathing exercises with great difficulty!

With the added power of the body's self-healing ability, true qi flows naturally throughout the body.

His pained expression gradually softened, and in the eyes of the cat sage, even his injuries were rapidly improving.

This...this is qi?
Wait, why does he still have so much anger?

Could it be that the cat fairy's fur was standing on end? A horrifying thought popped into my head.

Could it be that he didn't use any breathing when he climbed? Did he climb up purely with his physical strength?
how can that be!

Everyone has Qi in their body. Qi is the substance that life itself generates, but it varies in strength. Ordinary people cannot perceive the existence of Qi.

But as a martial artist, his ki must be far stronger than that of an ordinary person. Even if he hadn't learned to use ki freely, he would instinctively use ki when climbing Kalin Tower.

Even if I were to climb up, I would be completely exhausted, unlike now, when I still have enough energy to nourish my body!
Unless he never got angry at all!
For eight hundred long years, the Cat Master never imagined that one day a martial artist would climb up the ranks simply by relying on his physical strength.

What a terrifying physical body! No, I should say what a terrifying willpower!
But the cat immortal still found it unbelievable, so it was eager to wait for Li Xia to wake up so it could ask him in person.

Time passed second by second, the sun set and rose again, Li Xia opened his mouth, and white breath shot out from his mouth like a sharp arrow, condensing and not dissipating.

His eyes, which suddenly opened, were unusually bright, but he didn't have time to check his own condition.

A huge cat face stretched out and stared straight at him.

"you're awake?"

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