Chapter 1060

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With each step they took, it seemed as though an invisible barrier lay ahead, pushing them backward. This immense repulsive force was not only exerted on their physical bodies but also pressed down on their spirits, creating a profound sense of suppression.

“What’s going on?”

“I have no idea…”

“It feels like someone is pushing me back with every step I take!”

“I feel the same way.”

Many warriors from Qingzhou exchanged puzzled glances, unsure of what was happening. However, the warriors from other provinces looked down on them with an air of superiority, as if they were mere country bumpkins, and paid no attention to their confusion.

The End-of-the-World Cliff!

It was a test of every aspect of a warrior’s abilities. It examined their physical strength, the purity of their spiritual energy, and the firmness of their will. This comprehensive test manifested as a resistance that they needed to break through. How far each individual could break through depended entirely on their own capabilities.

At this moment, Xu Ziqian had already climbed over a hundred steps. After passing the hundredth step, his pace had slowed somewhat, no longer as effortless as it had been at the beginning. With a total of nine hundred and ninety-nine steps, the first hundred had already revealed the differences among the over two hundred people. Xu Ziqian was the fastest, with a few steps behind him, a large and sturdy figure followed steadily, his breathing calm. Next were Liang Sirui, Xie Xinxin, Chao Tianque, Ke Liangjing, Yuan Tianzong, Wen Zhen, and Jiang Haokong and Jiang Ziyin, all of whom had reached the eightieth step.

Following them were Qin Muyu, Li Wenqing, Li Bufan, and Qiu Zhiyan, who had climbed to the sixtieth step. The majority of the others were still at the fiftieth step. As for Ye Wushuang, he was still on the tenth step. He stood there for a long while before finally stepping onto the eleventh. His pace was incredibly slow, almost incomprehensibly so.

Qin Muyu and Li Wenqing, standing on their respective steps, looked at each other in astonishment when they saw Ye Wushuang still at the starting position. “What’s wrong with Junior Brother Ye?” “I have no idea…” Li Wenqing was also extremely puzzled. By now, they had realized that the mountain itself had a repulsive force, pushing them backward. With their abilities, they could easily reach the sixtieth step, and Ye Wushuang should have been even faster! He should at least be on par with Ke Liangjing and Chao Tianque, if not at the same height as Xu Ziqian.

At the eightieth step, Ke Liangjing happened to glance back. When he saw that only Liang Sirui, Xie Xinxin, and a few other elites were behind him, but Ye Wushuang was nowhere in sight, he was taken aback. And when he saw that Ye Wushuang was still more than ten steps behind, he was even more astonished. “Humph!” Ke Liangjing snorted coldly, “I thought you would keep showing off!”

Yuan Tianzong, who was at a similar height to Ke Liangjing, was also shocked to see Ye Wushuang lagging behind. “What’s that guy Ye Wushuang up to…” Wen Zhen, beside him, spoke up, “Perhaps he’s not as strong as we thought.” That couldn’t be right, Yuan Tianzong thought. Wen Zhen continued, “Only by reaching the summit can we obtain the best rewards. Don’t worry about others.” “Right,” Yuan Tianzong agreed.

This was bound to be a grueling and time-consuming competition. Whoever reached the end would reap the rewards. Everyone continued to climb. Xu Ziqian remained the leader. Soon, he reached the three-hundredth step. Behind him were Liang Sirui, Xie Xinxin, Chao Tianque, and the others, who were around two hundred and seventy or eighty steps up. Further back were Li Bufan, Qin Muyu, and the others, who had reached the two-hundredth step. As for the rest, they were still in the one-hundred-step range.

The higher they climbed, the greater the pressure became. Many were now panting and sweating profusely. As for Ye Wushuang… he finally took another step and reached the thirtieth step. No one knew why Ye Wushuang was moving so slowly. Everyone could only focus on their own progress.

But at this moment, standing on the stone steps, Ye Wushuang’s internal spiritual energy surged, transforming into the power of myriad laws, filling his meridians. At the same time, the Tianyin Luo was tightly gripped in his hand, with faint winds howling around him. He was cultivating! Ever since he stepped onto the staircase, Ye Wushuang had sensed a repulsive force. However, this force was not aimlessly pushing him back. As he resisted with his physical body, he could clearly feel a power flowing into him. Although resisting the repulsive force with pure physical spiritual energy caused his body to ache slightly, Ye Wushuang gradually realized that this resistance made his body and internal spiritual energy more active. And as the spiritual energy became more active, he could take the opportunity to transform it into the power of myriad laws, promoting the integration of the wind attribute within the Tianling Conch with his own power. Moreover, due to the external repulsive force, this integration was happening at an extremely fast pace. This was precisely why Ye Wushuang was moving so slowly! He was using the repulsive force to accelerate the integration of the wind attribute while also neutralizing the pressure from the repulsive force. A win-win situation!

The more he understood this, the less anxious Ye Wushuang became. He knew that as the height increased, everyone’s speed would slow down. He wasn’t worried; others would reach the summit first. One step at a time, perhaps by the time he reached the top, he would have successfully integrated the wind attribute and might even break through to a new realm!

Thus, everyone continued to climb the mountain. When Xu Ziqian’s figure reached the nine-hundredth step, just ninety-nine steps away from the summit, the terrifying pressure had turned his face pale and beads of sweat covered his forehead and neck. The burly man behind him, Wu Jun, stood at the eight-hundred-ninetieth step, panting heavily and clenching his fists.

Liang Sirui, Xie Xinxin, Chao Tianque, Ke Liangjing, and the others were all between the eight-hundred-eightieth and eight-hundred-ninetieth steps, sweating profusely and breathing rapidly. As for Li Bufan, Qin Muyu, Qiu Zhiyan, and Li Wenqing, they had just reached the eight-hundredth step. The nine hundred and ninety-nine steps were such that every hundred steps, the pressure increased exponentially. Those who had reached the eight-hundredth step were now in a sorry state, clutching their weapons and looking up at the other provincial elites with a wry smile. The gap was laid bare at this moment.

The four of them had left the others far behind, but Liang Sirui, Xie Xinxin, and the others had left them in the dust. At this moment, Xu Ziqian, at the forefront, had already set off again from the nine-hundredth step. But at this stage, even Xu Ziqian’s pace was extremely slow, needing a rest after each step. The final ninety-nine steps were the most difficult of all.

Liang Sirui, Xie Xinxin, Chao Tianque, Ke Liangjing, Yuan Tianzong, Wen Zhen, Jiang Haokong, Jiang Ziyin, and Wu Jun, who was beside Xu Ziqian, all reached the nine-hundredth step one by one. However, as soon as they reached this height, their faces turned ugly. The sense of oppression had increased by more than tenfold. No wonder Xu Ziqian’s pace had become so slow. Under such an exponentially increased pressure, few had the confidence to keep going.

“This Xu Ziqian is no ordinary person…” a voice spoke up, panting heavily, “After the nine-hundredth step, the pressure is a hundred times that of the first hundred steps, and he can still move!”

“Yuan Tianzong, you can’t just envy him like that!” Ke Liangjing looked at the speaker and said, also gasping for breath, “He comes from the Tian Dao Palace; it’s not something your Qi Yao Pavilion from Jie Yuan Province can compare to.”

“I know I can’t compare, like you can or something!”

“You…” Ke Liangjing snorted, then seemed to think of something and couldn’t help but laugh, “You’re quite the opportunist, aren’t you? Seeing that Ye Wushuang was strong, you tried to ingratiate yourself with him. But now, where is the person you were trying to flatter?”

The several elites, who had stopped to catch their breath upon hearing this, couldn’t help but look back. Below, at the eight-hundredth step, there were only a few people. Further down, more than two hundred people had mostly stopped at the two or three hundred steps, unable to follow. As for