Chapter 117: Ladder to Heaven
The ninth level of the Trials of the Green Darkness!
This level is on the last few tens of meters of the mountain road to the top of the mountain. At this point, the slope of the mountain became extremely steep, and the slope was at least sixty degrees high. On top of such a cliff that was almost impossible for mortals to climb, a straight mountain path on a hundred steps appeared in front of them.
Each of the stone steps paved with hundreds of bluestone slabs is three zhang long, exuding a simple and distant atmosphere. As if there was an invisible force field protection, the bluestone slab was clean, and no snow could be seen. Standing at the bottom of the stone steps and looking up, the 60-degree slope seems to make this mountain road go straight to the sky, like a staircase to the sky.
"This is the ladder to heaven!"
The man with the griffon-patterned cloak was clearly aware of this, and for the first time there was a worried look on his face.
Go up the ladder!
As a former imperial prince, Lu Chengfeng certainly knew this kind of cultivation. On the ladder, every step you step on, you have to bear a lot of pressure. As early as the era when human beings defeated the Spirit Race and won the hegemony of the Mofeng Continent, there were already big forces that began to set up such tests, torture their hearts, and temper their minds. Others, such as the Soul Wall, the Sword Washing Pool, and the Inquiry Road, are similar to this ladder to heaven!
Everyone knows that on the road to becoming a strong man, in addition to the natural destiny of talent and chance, the most important thing is whether you are stoic. This ladder of heaven, the pressure exerted is directly proportional to the strength of the trialist. Don't look at the strength, just look at whether the trialist can persevere to the end.
To be able to pass this level means to have the heart of a strong man. If you give up halfway, it will be difficult to go too far on the way of the swordsman!
The test is simple, but extremely precise.
From the establishment of the Qingying Dojo and the setting of the Nine Levels to the present, hundreds of years have passed, and a hundred trials have been held. There are only a few dozen people who can break through this ladder. Moreover, many of the previous trials were randomly drawn from the nine levels of the Qing Ming Level. After passing the first eight levels, there were only eight people who broke through the ladder to the sky with a tired body. As an added bonus, they were able to nominate on the obelisk at the top of the ladder!
Almost every one of the people nominated by the obelisk went on to make a name for themselves. The last of these eight people is the ninth-order Sword Sect that is now presiding over the Qing Ying Dojo!
"Well, let's hope it works this time. ”
The man with the griffin cloak looked at it in a daze for a while, gritted his teeth, and took the lead in stepping on the 100-step stone steps of the ladder!
As soon as he took the first step, the man's figure trembled violently, as if an invisible burden had pressed on his shoulders. After getting used to it a bit, the man knew that every second he stayed there would deplete his stamina more and more. So, he yelled, cheered himself up, and then climbed up with a strong stride. It didn't take long for him to rush up more than a dozen stone steps one after another.
However, Lu Chengfeng was not worried.
The person who travels a hundred miles is half ninety, as the last level of the Nine Levels of the Green Immortal, where is this ladder to the heavens so easy? This man with a griffin cloak is also extraordinary, if he hits the ladder to the sky in the best condition, with his strength at the peak of the fifth order, he may not be able to break through the ladder to the sky. However, this year's Qingying Trial has opened all nine levels. In the case of the eight levels in a row and the four yuan returning to the true sword formation, Lu Chengfeng did not think that he had the ability to pass all nine levels.
With that man's current state, it would be good to be able to rush to the sixtieth order.
After squinting his eyes and looking at it for a while, Lu Chengfeng took his hands behind him, and then stepped out and stood on the first stone step of the ladder.
As he had seen before, the moment his feet stepped on the stone steps, an invisible force pressed down on the sky. Almost instantly, it was as if he had been coerced by a ninth-order master, or had dived into the sea hundreds of meters deep. The pervasive pressure made him unable to move even if he wanted to, and even breathing had to be exhausted to do so.
It is often said that it is as hard as it is to do something. On this ladder, Lu Chengfeng really felt the pressure of despair.
The test of the ninth level of the Qing Ming is the only one that has nothing to do with strength, consciousness, and sword skills. Lu Chengfeng has the experience of his previous life, and he can't help much. The only thing you can rely on is your own sword heart, indomitable and never backing down!
He laughed and began to walk up the mountain.
The last 100-step stone steps, he can pass all nine levels and get two rich rewards set up by the Qingying Dojo!
One step, one step at a time.
Every time he stepped out, Lu Chengfeng could feel the pressure on his body a little more. The will of the ladder itself also loomed in his ears and shouted, kneel, give up under pressure. At this time, as long as your knees are weak and you fall on the stone steps, you will be directly sentenced to failure. Lu Chengfeng, who knew this very well, completely ignored the noise in his ears, and just walked forward very firmly.
On the tenth order, there were more fine beads of sweat on Lu Chengfeng's forehead.
Thirtieth order, under that tremendous pressure, Lu Chengfeng could hear the bones in his body making a crisp sound.
At the forty-fifth level, Lu Chengfeng had to speed up the operation of the Heavenly Wind Dou Qi, relying on the support of the Dou Qi to compete with the ubiquitous pressure.
At the fifty-first order, Lu Chengfeng caught up with the forerunner who was already faltering. At this moment, his whole body was soaked with sweat, and his face was pale and terrible. Although his eyes were a little dazed, he still thought something in his mouth, and climbed up with all his might. It's a pity that after three leg lifts in a row, he climbed up one step again.
Lu Chengfeng sighed and passed past him.
Despite hearing footsteps, the man didn't even have the strength to glance over. Perhaps, if it doesn't take sixty steps at all, he will lose his strength and fall down next.
It can be said that by now, Lu Chengfeng has almost firmly taken the first place in the trial. If he chooses to give up, he can also get the Taixu Ice Lotus. However, Lu Chengfeng knew that going up to the ladder was a rare opportunity to temper himself, and he was unwilling to give up the additional reward of passing all nine levels, so he still insisted.
Sixty-fifth order!
At this point, the pressure on the ladder increased again. I don't know how many thousand catties of force pressed on my shoulders, making people want to be able to fall to the ground immediately. But under this heavy pressure, Lu Chengfeng, who was panting heavily, straightened his waist more and more. He was like an aspen in the desert, his body straight to the sky, vowing to cross the ladder!
Seventy-fifth Order!
When Lu Chengfeng arrived here, a new trialist finally arrived at the ninth level. Looking up at the speed of Lu Chengfeng's turtle above the hundred steps, the man sneered and strode up, immediately changing color.
Eighty-fifth order!
The fighting energy in the body is being consumed at an unimaginable rate. Even if Lu Chengfeng cultivated the Heavenly Wind Dou Qi of 72 Dou Qi, he still couldn't make ends meet. Lu Chengfeng's physical strength has reached the point of almost overdraft. He had to be forced to stop his progress and rest in place for a while. In just a dozen seconds, the sweat on his head dripped down, forming a sweat footprint on the bluestone slab.
Ninetieth Order!
When it comes to climbing the ladder, the hardest part comes.
Just like Lu Chengfeng said before, those who travel a hundred miles are half ninety. Countless masters who rushed to the ladder of the sky, when they arrived here, could no longer hold on, and had no choice but to give up when the exit was in sight. The excessive consumption before, as well as the increased pressure, made the most determined masters can't help but want to stop and rest or give up.
However, he had rested and adjusted before the fifth order, but after stepping into the ninetieth order, he didn't dare to rest anymore.
He knew very well that under the tremendous pressure of this ninetieth order, as long as he stopped moving forward, he would never be able to go further because of his increasingly heavy body. At this moment, he put aside all the distracting thoughts in his heart, and only repeated one thought, that is, to rush to the heavenly ladder!
Ninety-Seventh!
When I got here, I was really only one step away from crossing the ladder to the sky.
In normal times, anyone only needs to jump at will to cross the distance of these three orders in one step. But for Lu Chengfeng, the rest of the road still seems to be thousands of miles away. However, Lu Chengfeng's heart did not waver in the slightest. Ignoring the signals of exhaustion coming from all over his body, he forcibly urged the cyclone that had dried up to take another step forward!
At this time, the man who had been rumored to the top of the ladder was already within reach of Lu Chengfeng.
He looked at Lu Chengfeng, who was like a candle in the wind, and his face couldn't help but show extreme shock and admiration. Although the shaking body seemed to fall down as soon as it was blown by the wind, Lu Chengfeng's resoluteness made the will of this ladder have to retreat. Behind the griffin cloaked man, the man in Tsing Yi who was in charge of presiding over the trial was also a little stunned, and asked in disbelief, "Is he really only a fourth-order?"
The man with the griffin cloak nodded silently, he has always been proud, and it is rare for him to be convinced by someone!
"The fourth-order high stage, all pass through the nine levels of Qingying!" "The man in Tsing Yi muttered to himself, "This person's future is limitless." Could it be that I witnessed the birth of another supreme powerhouse today?"
Under their gaze, the last strength of Lu Chengfeng's forging ahead body stepped up to the ninety-ninth step!
At this moment, the pressure on his body suddenly disappeared a lot. Lu Chengfeng only felt that his body was suddenly light, and he almost had the illusion of fighting his wings and flying directly. The body, which was almost unable to hold on before, also regained its strength.
That's right, the hundred steps of the heavenly ladder, in fact, only the first ninety-nine steps test. Being able to come here, it proves that Yin Lu Chengfeng has passed the test. This last line does not need to be insisted on, but by conscience.
The will of the ladder itself asked him a question in an old but loud voice.