"That guy's pretty strong — making it to the fourth floor alone is worth the price of admission."
"I've never seen anyone pass the third floor that easily. That means this hasn't even pushed him to his limit yet. He might actually clear the fourth floor and become the first trainee in this batch to step into the fifth!"
"No way. This is the fourth floor we're talking about. Even the guild's top players are all stuck here. Sure, Shi Feng's tough, but there's no way he can compare to our guild's best."
"That's true. Our top players are all standing at the peak of the Divine Realm. Barely a handful of people in the world can surpass them."
While the spectators were buzzing about Shi Feng's fight, he had already stepped onto the fourth floor of the Battle Tower.
The fourth floor wasn't like the second or third, where the environment was brutal and hostile.
Here, everything was serene and elegant. Lush green grass carpeted the ground, shrubs dotted the landscape, and a crystal-clear stream ran alongside.
"What is this…" Shi Feng swept his gaze across his surroundings, and his expression turned grave almost instantly.
Everything looked peaceful beyond measure, yet a nameless sense of dread gnawed at him from deep inside. The worst part was that he couldn't pinpoint where it was coming from.
Even if he did absolutely nothing, the feeling only grew stronger, closing in bit by bit.
"Could they be invisible monsters?" A single possibility flashed through his mind.
Or rather, the only possibility.
The sensation was strikingly similar to being watched by several top-tier assassins. But unlike players, no matter how silent a master assassin moved, you could still pick up traces through sight and hearing. Right now, he couldn't detect a thing.
"He caught on that fast?" Wen Hua noticed the solemn look on Shi Feng's face and felt a flicker of surprise.
This fourth floor was also known as Silent Hell.
It contained eight Elite-grade Void Assassins and one Leader-grade Voidless Assassin.
Void Assassin — Elite rank, Level 30, 50,000 HP.
Voidless Assassin — Leader rank, Level 30, 200,000 HP.
Their health pools were low, but every one of these monsters shared a terrifying trait: they permanently existed in a void state, residing in a separate empty space. Sight, hearing, and smell were completely useless against them.
The only moment they revealed themselves was during an attack — but that window was absurdly brief, barely over a second. Beyond that, any attack launched at them was utterly ineffective.
This brutal combination left every trainee in the program completely stumped.
Never mind dodging an attack that moved faster than lightning — the engagement distance was so absurdly close that evasion was practically impossible. In other words, with Level 30 stats, you simply could not get out of the way in time.
Even if you somehow dodged, if you didn't counterattack immediately, the inevitable outcome was being worn down and killed.
Back when Wen Hua had faced this floor, she hadn't discovered a single thing before being cornered. She died without ever sensing what hit her. Only the guild's peak-tier players could put up even a semblance of a fight, and the number who had actually cleared it could be counted on one hand.
"I wonder how far you'll get?" Wen Hua watched Shi Feng in silence, a sly little smile tugging at the corner of her lips.
She had a feeling that watching Shi Feng's battle this time — if he could break through this floor — she might finally shatter her own barrier as well.
Under Wen Hua's gaze, Shi Feng finally stopped standing still. He jogged over to a large tree and pressed his back against the trunk. That way, he no longer had to worry about attacks from behind and could focus entirely on defending the 180 degrees in front of him.