"Whew."

Lin Xi gasped violently, he was already standing on the ninth step!

The Sword Soul Ladder is an independent world, and no matter how much time passes inside, the time outside still stays at the original moment.

Lin Xi didn't know how long he had been in this world, maybe a few months, maybe a few years.

From the beginning, it took him almost no time to walk three steps, but it took him a full week to get used to the pain, the incessant and unabated pain that made him almost break down.

However, this experience was not without effect, Lin Xi's soul became more and more condensed under this kind of tempering, his will became more and more firm, and his gaze became as sharp as a sword.

Only the ball of light that saw everything knew that Lin Xi had spent nearly ten years in this world.

The first three steps took him less than five minutes, the fourth one took a week, the fifth one took half a month, the sixth one took a month, the seventh one took three months, the eighth took a year, and the ninth one took him three years to climb.

The people who have been here before, any one of them is stronger than Lin Xi, they may have had the idea of becoming stronger, and they once had a noble and pure soul.

But after becoming a strong man, some of them are addicted to power and materialism, some have lost the indomitable will of their youth because of the stagnation of their strength, and some have been determined, but their personalities have changed, becoming brutal and bloodthirsty.

He still remembered that more than a hundred years ago, there was a strong man at the peak of the God of War who came here, and in the heart of that God of War, he only became stronger, and nothing else.

But he chose a twisted path, he killed day and night in the area infested by mutant creatures, although his strength improved rapidly, but he was blinded by killing, and there was a killing intent flowing from his body.

And this person only took half a step, and his soul instantly collapsed under the impact of these countless transparent small swords, and it was impossible for him to pass through the Sword Soul Heavenly Ladder with only strength!

It is true that there have been many people with the same strong will and pure soul in these long years, but they still can't bear the endless pain, some survive a few months, some survive a year, but no one persevers to the end.

As long as there is a slight loosening of their willpower, the transparent small sword will tear them to pieces in an instant, as long as they are not recognized by the Sword Soul Ladder, then the shattering of the body represents the shattering of the soul, and if they lose their soul, then they will be completely dead.

However, Lin Xi actually used a rock-solid willpower to bear it in the past ten years, and his belief was still as firm as four years ago, and there had never been a little fluctuation.

He had been in front of this last step for more than five years, from the pain of soul collapse at the beginning to now he could barely bear it, he was almost numb to the pain, and what supported him to stand here was a desire for life and the pursuit of becoming stronger.

He had been preparing for a long time, but he had never had the confidence to take the last step, because the moment he reached the ninth step, he almost fainted, and even his entire body was cut by the small sword and showed some signs of collapse, and he didn't even have the courage to recall the feeling at the beginning.

And this tenth step is twice as difficult as the previous one, I am afraid that as soon as he steps on it, the transparent little sword will completely wipe out his soul, then all the previous efforts will be in vain.

"The last step, it must be successful!" The blue ball of light has been with him here for ten years, and in these ten years, he has seen all of Lin Xi's performances, this young man has an incomparably tenacious meaning, and an unshakable faith, if there is anyone on this earth who can pass the master's trial, I am afraid that he is the only one.

He had been here for too long, tired of being in the company of endless darkness, and if he could meet a new master, he would be able to leave here and one day return to the starry sky full of challenges and opportunities, which was his own world.

"No one can help you in the last step, as long as you can realize the true meaning of this tenth step, then you have succeeded!" The ball of light couldn't hold back the urge to remind Lin Xi, but he couldn't interfere with the trial, this was his master's last wish.

"No, my soul power has reached its limit and can't be strengthened anymore." Lin Xi frowned.

In the beginning, his soul power was almost increasing exponentially under the training of the flying sword, but since he stepped on the ninth step, his soul power has stagnated except for his ability to endure pain, and there has been no progress in any way.

A cup has a fixed capacity, even if it continues to be filled with water, its capacity will still not change in any way, and Lin Xi is in such a situation now, unless he can change to a bigger cup, the power of his soul will not increase again.

"No, since that predecessor wants to leave his own inheritance, he will definitely not create a mortal situation." But Lin Xi knew very well that with his current soul strength, as long as he dared to take this step, it would be absolutely impossible to survive.

"No, I must have missed something!" Lin Xi pondered.

Two months later, he still maintains his original standing position.

A year has passed, and he is still motionless.

Suddenly, a momentary epiphany made Lin Xi suddenly understand the true meaning of this last step.

The path of cultivation is always based on the coexistence of opportunities and crises, and if one does not dare to take risks and face death bravely, then no matter how outstanding a person's talent is, his growth will eventually come to an end.

Only those who truly put life and death aside are likely to rise to the challenge and take their fate into their own hands.

"If a warrior is afraid of death, is he still called a warrior?"

"The purpose of that senior must be to have someone who can face death calmly and without fear!" Lin Xi knew that if his guess was wrong, he would not have any chance of turning the tables, and he would only have one life.

"If you don't even have the courage to die, then how can you become a real strong man!" Lin Xi seemed to have broken through some shackles at the moment, and his mood seemed to have broken through a new limit.

His sharp eyes became restrained and calm, but if he looked closely, his eyes seemed to be able to shoot out countless swords that were as sharp as clay, and if he was a person who was not firm in his beliefs, he would probably be killed by this one look in an instant.

"Strong, fearless!" Lin Xi laughed and took this last step forward......

Ping!

The whole world was shattered like a mirror, and the ten years that had passed were like a dream without leaving the slightest trace.

Lin Xi opened his eyes, his body was still in that ice and snow, but his whole temperament had changed completely differently from before.

His strength is still in the middle of the third order without any changes, but in his blazing eyes, there is no young flamboyance, no grievances against fate, only a strong fighting intent that can pierce the sky.

"Worthy of being the master of the Sword Soul Ladder, he would actually come up with this way to choose his own heir, knowing that he would die, how many people can put it to death and calmly go to death in the afterlife?" Lin Xi said in admiration, but he did it!

The ball of light was still floating in front of his eyes, and with a wriggling movement, it gradually turned into a human form.

This was the appearance of a child about a teenager, his hair was messy like weeds, a bunched ponytail dragged all the way to his waist, and there was a golden sword-shaped mark in the center of his eyebrows, which Lin Xi recognized, the shape of this sword mark was exactly the same as the giant sword in the center of the Sword Soul Ladder.

Guangren bowed deeply towards Lin Xi: "Hello master, I am the intelligent life 'Hicana', and I am very happy to be your right and left hand!" ”