Chapter 109

Chapter 109: The Xingdao Sword Emerges!

The hunchbacked elder’s words were undoubtedly too hurtful. Everyone present was furious, but they could only be angry and dared not make a move. This old man clearly had some real skills, and no one dared to be the first to stick their neck out.

At this moment, Zong Lin suddenly stepped forward, “Senior, I wonder if you could be a bit flexible? Those who can reach this place are all top-tier geniuses from outside. Although some of them haven’t reached the Great Emperor Realm yet, this might be due to lack of resources rather than their own talent.”

The hunchbacked elder glanced at him, “Trash is trash, where do all these excuses come from? Say one more word of nonsense and I’ll kill you all.”

Everyone was filled with rage.

A man immediately stepped forward, “I come from the Divine Origin Civilization, a Divine Spirit-level civilization. You’d better watch your tongue…”

The elder looked at him, and in an instant, the man turned directly into ashes.

Seeing this scene, everyone was greatly shocked.

The elder sneered, “Among the universes below, aside from the Guanxuan Universe, is there any difference between the rest and garbage?”

At this moment, everyone was no longer angry but terrified. Because they had already understood the meaning in the elder’s words—this elder was very likely from the True World.

Zong Lin, who was leading the group, now dared not say anything more. He took a deep look at the hunchbacked elder, then walked toward the mountaintop.

Beside him, those who had already reached the Great Emperor Realm also followed one after another.

There were hundreds of people present, but only 62 had reached the Great Emperor Realm by age 16. These 62 were undoubtedly geniuses among geniuses, monsters among monsters.

Ye Tianming turned to look at Nan Tiansi beside him and smiled, “Brother Si, you should go too.”

Nan Tiansi looked at Ye Tianming, “Give it a try.”

Ye Tianming thought for a moment and nodded. He walked before the hunchbacked elder, and just as he was about to speak, the hunchbacked elder glanced at Ye Tianming, “You can go up.”

Ye Tianming was stunned.

The crowd not far away was also stunned. Soon, someone immediately protested, “He’s only at the True Immortal Realm, why can he go up?”

The hunchbacked elder glanced at the person who spoke, “Because I have a brain.”

That person: “…”

Ye Tianming said, “Thank you.”

With that, he and Nan Tiansi walked up the mountain.

The hunchbacked elder glanced at those filled with righteous indignation, “A bunch of fools. No strength, no background, yet still want to compete for the inheritance. You don’t even know how you’ll die.”

A man said in a deep voice, “Senior, precisely because we don’t have powerful strength or powerful backgrounds, we need more opportunities. If we don’t even have a chance, won’t we have to be beasts of burden for life?”

The hunchbacked elder looked at him, “Some people are destined to be beasts of burden for life.”

That man: “…”

The hunchbacked elder glanced at the towering stone pillars below the mountain, “If you can comprehend even a bit of those ancient characters up there, it will be your fortune.”

Someone said in a deep voice, “Senior, we can’t understand those ancient characters.”

The hunchbacked elder stared at him, “Do you want me to spoon-feed you?”

Everyone: “…”

Soon, everyone reluctantly turned and left.

The hunchbacked elder turned to look at Ye Tianming’s back in the distance on the mountain, his brow deeply furrowed, “What kind of sword… even I can’t see through it!”

In the distance, Ye Tianming looked down at the Xingdao Sword in his hand. He knew that the reason the hunchbacked elder let him come up was because of this Xingdao Sword at his waist, because the other party had just glanced at his Xingdao Sword.

Ye Tianming was quite curious in his heart, “Tower Ancestor, what level is this sword exactly? Can you reveal it?”

The small tower said, “What’s strong isn’t the sword, it’s the person. Understand?”

Ye Tianming nodded, “Tower Ancestor, what you said is really good. I need to remember this well.”

The small tower: “…”

At this moment, Nan Tiansi beside him suddenly said, “Be careful.”

As his voice fell, the two suddenly felt themselves enveloped by a mysterious force.

Nan Tiansi said in a deep voice, “Gravity.”

The gravity on their bodies was at least ten times greater now.

Nan Tiansi said in a deep voice, “A test.”

With that, he turned to look at Ye Tianming. Ye Tianming said, “No problem for now.”

Nan Tiansi nodded.

The two endured that terrifying gravity and continued forward. However, very soon, their expressions became grave, because they discovered that the higher they went, the stronger the gravity on their bodies became.

Ye Tianming noticed that Zong Lin and the others ahead had also slowed down considerably.

Everyone understood this was a test, and they all persisted in moving forward. But the higher they went, the more terrifying the gravity became. In the end, everyone felt as if a mountain was pressing on them, making it difficult to move even an inch.

But not a single person gave up. They all gritted their teeth tightly and slowly walked upward.

Ye Tianming also found it increasingly difficult. His legs felt as if they were filled with lead, incredibly heavy. Every step forward was extremely, extremely difficult.

And at this moment, they were still at least 2,000 zhang away from the mountaintop.

2,000 zhang!

Whenever everyone looked up and saw this distance, they couldn’t help but feel somewhat desperate, because they realized that at this terrifying rate of gravity increase, they simply couldn’t possibly reach the mountaintop. Moreover, the higher they went, the clearer this thought became.

Absolutely impossible!

When this thought arose, everyone’s steps became even slower.

Because they began to hesitate.

For something you know is impossible, is there any meaning in persisting?

For most people, there clearly wasn’t.

Before long, a man suddenly stopped, because the enormous gravity made his entire body tremble. He glared angrily at the mountaintop, “They never intended to let us go up the mountain. I don’t care for it anyway.”

With that, he turned and left.

And the moment he turned to leave, the gravity on his body instantly disappeared without a trace.

Persisting is difficult, but giving up is easy.

With someone taking the lead, soon another person angrily said, “That’s right, they never planned to let us go up… They’re toying with us. Damn it, I’m not playing their game anymore.”

With that, he also turned and left.

“Damn it, is the True World so great? I don’t care for your crappy inheritance…”

Soon, nine people gave up one after another.

There were still about 50 people persisting.

Those 50 people paid no attention to those who gave up. They stared fixedly at the path before them, then walked upward step by step. Although each step was extremely difficult, their eyes were relatively determined.

At this moment, Ye Tianming was also gritting his teeth and persisting. His physical body was stronger than ordinary people, but his realm was much lower than everyone else present. Moreover, the gravity he bore was exactly the same as everyone else’s—it wasn’t reduced because his realm was lower.

Every step forward now required tremendous willpower and strength from Ye Tianming. It must be said that thoughts of giving up had also arisen in his mind, because he also felt this was simply an impossible task. Forget 2,000 zhang—even 100 zhang felt impossible to complete.

This really was an impossible task!

But in the end, he still didn’t choose to give up, because he thought of Yang Jia.

As things stood now, was it possible for him, Ye Tianming, to defeat Yang Jia?

Actually, he was very clear that it would be very difficult for him, Ye Tianming, to defeat Yang Jia at his peak. But he, Ye Tianming, wouldn’t give up and would do his utmost.

Do his utmost!

He understood that many things in the world wouldn’t go as one wished, and many things would still have no result even after you tried hard. But he still wouldn’t choose to give up and would still choose to do his utmost. As long as he did his utmost, even if he ultimately didn’t succeed, he would calmly accept that result.

No regrets in his heart!

Ye Tianming relied on this willpower to grit his teeth and persist. He walked slowly toward the mountaintop step by step.

The other top-tier monster-level experts beside him in the field were also persisting. But as time passed bit by bit, more and more people couldn’t hold on. At this moment, only nine people were still persisting. The rest had either given up because they really couldn’t hold on, or had already exhausted their strength.

Walking at the very front were Zong Lin, Ye Tianming, and Nan Tiansi. Ye Tianming noticed that although Nan Tiansi ahead was also walking very slowly, his expression was quite natural, without looking very strained.

Sensing Ye Tianming’s gaze, Nan Tiansi turned to look at him and smiled slightly, “Brother Ye, if I’m not mistaken, this trial tests not strength but willpower. We’ve all specially tempered our willpower before, which is why we can persist this long. But Brother Ye, you’ve persisted until now relying on sheer conviction. That’s truly remarkable.”

Ye Tianming smiled bitterly. He wanted to speak but no longer had the strength to talk. At this moment, he also felt utterly exhausted. And when he looked up to see there were still nearly 3,000 zhang to go, a sense of despair inevitably arose in his heart.

But very quickly, Ye Tianming took a deep breath. He no longer looked up at the distance ahead. His eyes just focused on his feet as he walked toward the mountaintop step by step.

Don’t look at the future, just walk the current path step by step.

And as they walked, Ye Tianming and the others saw some familiar faces—people from the Guanxuan Universe. Among them, he saw Ye Jinghong, the young Sword Emperor of the Ye family from Nanzhou whom he had met once before, An Ling from the An family who had awakened the Martial God bloodline, and Pan Wu, the Great Emperor Realm expert from Panzhou.

Beside them were some other Guanxuan Universe geniuses. They too were struggling, persisting with difficulty.

And at this moment, Ye Jinghong and the others also noticed Ye Tianming. When they saw Ye Tianming, they were first stunned, then their brows furrowed. They naturally recognized Ye Tianming and hadn’t expected to encounter him here.

Ye Tianming withdrew his gaze and walked upward.

Seeing this scene, Ye Jinghong and the others were immediately fired up as if injected with adrenaline. They all ignited their fighting spirit and desperately walked upward.

To them, the Guanxuan Universe absolutely could not lose to outside universe civilizations, especially, especially not to this Ye Tianming.

They had already regarded Ye Tianming as a traitor to the Guanxuan Universe. If they lost to such a traitor, they absolutely couldn’t accept it.

A Guanxuan Universe genius suddenly looked at Ye Tianming and sneered, “Ye Tianming, how does it feel to be a dog for the Ancient Civilization?”

Ye Jinghong, who was leading, suddenly turned and delivered a slap.

Smack!

That young Guanxuan Universe genius was directly sent flying dozens of zhang away.

Everyone was somewhat dumbfounded.

Ye Jinghong stared coldly at the Guanxuan Universe youth who had been slapped away, “You can challenge him to a life-and-death duel, but don’t be foul-mouthed here. In our Guanxuan Universe, we can face life and death calmly and fight if we disagree, but we can’t be foul-mouthed and bicker. Understand???”

The Guanxuan Universe youth who had been slapped away was filled with shame and anger. He suddenly turned to look at Ye Tianming and roared, “Ye Tianming, I challenge you to a life-and-death duel!”

Ye Tianming flicked his thumb.

The Xingdao Sword flew out!

Swoosh!

That Guanxuan Universe youth’s head flew right off.

Ye Tianming glanced at those stunned Guanxuan Universe genius monsters, “What are you standing there for? Let the feast begin and serve the dishes!”

Everyone: “…”