Chapter 444: Collective Strength Improvement

A few days passed quickly. Long Yue and the others had adapted to the 2,000-fold gravity, and at Ye Feng’s urging, they went to the second floor of the giant tower. Pearl and Long Tian, thanks to the effects of the medicinal pills, finally broke through their original physical limits. After another few days of adaptation and gaining the ability to walk freely, they pushed open the door to the second floor under the envy of many powerful beings. Ye Feng followed them into the second floor as well.

On the second floor, aside from Long Yue and the others who had come up a few days earlier, there were five people Ye Feng didn’t recognize—all were demon cultivators. Yi Fan, Xiao Liu, and Tie Niu were no longer there. Ye Feng knew these three must have already adapted to the environment here and moved on to the upper floor.

Upon entering this floor, Ye Feng could clearly feel his body being much heavier than before. However, it took only a few breaths for him to adapt to the environment. Long Yue and the others who had come up a few days earlier were sitting quietly on the ground, seemingly still needing time to stand up. Meanwhile, Long Tian and Pearl, who had just arrived, were struggling against the gravity with trembling muscles. Yet Long Tian showed significant improvement—within just a few hours, his energy returned to normal. Ye Feng could sense that his cultivation level had increased due to this pressure.

After another two or three days, Pearl finally adapted to the environment. Long Tian became the first person among those present, aside from Ye Feng, to stand up. Although Long Yue and the others tried as well, they failed countless times and ultimately couldn’t stand.

“Brother Long, your cultivation level has improved this time!” Ye Feng said with a smile, looking at Long Tian, who was slowly taking steps.

“Mm. This pressure also helps with the absorption of divine essence,” Long Tian replied slowly, turning toward Ye Feng. “Since my soul strength is sufficient, breaking through is easy. Physical strength can be improved quickly with enough training, and as for divine essence, sufficient accumulation allows one to directly break through cultivation limits.”

Under the 4,000-fold gravity of the demon realm, even human powerhouses at the divine level need enough time to adapt to such an environment.

Ye Feng knew that based on the current rate of improvement in everyone’s physical strength, it would take several months before Long Yue and the others could adapt. Moreover, according to Ye Feng’s estimate, reaching the next level of divine-tier physical strength would be the limit for them. In fact, if one’s physical strength reached the peak of the divine tier, they could probably withstand ten thousand times Earth’s gravity, but Long Yue and the others were still far from that level.

Ye Feng took out a few more Divine Body-Cultivation Pills from his ring and handed them to Long Yue and the others, telling them to swallow them.

After about two days, Long Tian was finally able to move freely on that level. He immediately bid farewell to Ye Feng and the others and continued upward.

By then, Long Yue and Zhenzhu could barely stand up. After about twenty days, they were finally able to walk freely, thanks to the effect of the Divine Body-Cultivation Pills, which had accelerated their physical improvement by several times.

“The next level should be the last one you can reach,” Ye Feng explained before they left. “If your physical strength reaches the peak of the divine tier, you should be able to withstand ten thousand times the gravity of the Fiend Realm. But the gravity on the next level is already eight thousand times that—indeed a huge challenge for you. If you can’t hold on, just return to this level. Once your bodies recover to their peak condition, you can try that level again. It’s not shameful.”

“Don’t worry, we know our limits,” Zhenzhu and the other women said with smiles after hearing this.

“Then let’s go up!” Ye Feng said, leading Long Yue and the others upward.

Eight thousand times gravity was indeed terrifying. The moment Zhenzhu and the others stepped forward, Ye Feng heard the crackling sound of bones breaking behind him. He immediately turned to look at them.

Among those following closely behind Ye Feng, only Qing Lang was still standing. His face was red, and sweatdrops the size of beans kept dripping from his forehead. The others couldn’t even straighten up. Zhenzhu and the other women had broken leg bones and were in pain. Only Kelly’s leg bones were intact, though her expression was also grim.

Ye Feng carried Zhenzhu, Long Yue, and Zhuge Ling’er out of that level and back to the previous one.

“Rest and recover first. Take your time.”

“With the same cultivation level, why are they fine while we’re not?” Zhuge Ling’er asked Ye Feng in confusion.

“It’s simple. Even if your bone density is the same, your legs aren’t as thick as Qing Lang’s and Da Sha’s,” Ye Feng replied with a laugh.

“Is this okay too?” Zhuge Ling’er stared with wide eyes, her face filled with disbelief.
“You actually believe that? The real reason they were able to hold on is because their reaction to danger was faster than yours.” Ye Feng shook his head gently; what he had said earlier was just a random remark.
“Hmm, indeed. We lost our footing before we could react—everything just felt heavy, and we didn’t have time to respond…” Zhuge Ling’er nodded. “That explanation does seem plausible.”
“Try it again once your wounds heal. I’ll go check on them first.” With that, Ye Feng left once more.
On the third level, Xiao Liu, Yi Fan, and Tie Niu were already gone.
Long Tian could also walk fairly well now; his improvement had been so rapid that it surprised Ye Feng.
A few days later, Long Yue and the other two women finally succeeded in entering the third level. During that time, Kelly still couldn’t hold on and returned to the second level to rest for a few days before joining Long Yue and the others. But this time, everyone managed to persevere.
Seeing that everyone had stabilized, Ye Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief. “If you adapt to this gravity level, your physical strength should be at the peak of the divine realm. To go up another level, you’d need to reach the true god level. Since you’ve stabilized, Long Ge and I will continue upward. I have a feeling there’s some secret at the top of this tower…”
“Go ahead. I knew you couldn’t wait any longer.” Zhenzhu forced a smile. Under such gravity, it was already difficult for her to hold on; speaking required a lot of effort, not to mention hiding the pain on her face.
After bidding farewell to everyone, Ye Feng and Long Tian headed to the fourth level.
This place had 16,000 times the normal gravity. Ye Feng only felt a slight heaviness and adapted to the new environment in just a few breaths.
But as soon as Long Tian stepped through the door to the fourth level, his entire body froze. He could clearly feel the immense pressure coming from all directions, pressing on every cell of his body, trying to force him to surrender and kneel on that smooth ground.
He gritted his teeth and held on tightly. Big drops of sweat kept emerging, and in just a moment, his whole body was drenched in sweat.
Ye Feng glanced back at Long Tian to make sure he wasn’t injured before turning to look at the other three people in that level besides the two of them.

The three of them stood proudly, their expressions serious but by no means pained. Upon seeing Ye Feng standing there with a relaxed look, a deep sense of wariness flashed in their eyes.
“Three guys at the peak of the divine realm—indeed, the physical strength of demons is a notch above that of humans…” Ye Feng couldn’t help but exclaim in his heart.
“Brother Long, make the most of this opportunity to strengthen your body. Once your condition stabilizes in a few days, I’ll go first. Given your current situation, it’s only a matter of time before you use the effects of this tower to strengthen your body to the peak of the True God level. Whether you can make further progress depends on fate.” After saying that, Ye Feng sat down not far from Long Tian.
The three of them also heard Ye Feng’s words, and their gazes toward Long Tian and Ye Feng became somewhat uncertain.