Everyone was staring at the steps, lost in deep thought.
Although they are mostly mirrors, if they are not immortal, their existence is also limited.
However, no one is willing to die in vain like this.
After all, not everyone can overcome the terror of death.
Someone whispered, “If it’s not related to strength, talent, or even skills, then what exactly is it related to?”
Huowu said, “Or perhaps it’s not that they’re irrelevant, but rather that they simply don’t meet the requirements at all.”
A person’s eyes suddenly gleamed with sharp light as he lifted his head and said, “That’s right. Perhaps those who went up before simply didn’t meet the requirements. That’s why they couldn’t proceed very far. I refuse to believe that even my strength would be blocked.”
The one speaking was a king named Wang, whose name is Jiang Xiaoshan. He became a king by obtaining a king crystal when darkness fell. What he received was a bear king’s crystal, and his king skills mainly focused on strength and explosive power.
Moreover, he himself has exceptional talent; he was already a genius in Xueyi City before.
Now he stepped forward, even Guo Ziyang was slightly taken aback, and couldn’t help but feel secretly pleased.
This person is absolutely qualified to move forward.
If even Jiang Xiaoshan turned into a stone statue, then they would have no chance at all.
The mythical beast stepped aside to let Jiang Xiaoshan pass through.
Jiang Xiaoshan took a step forward and immediately reached the fiftieth step.
He took long strides, step by step climbing upward, taking two steps at a time.
In an instant, they reached the hundredth step.
Jiang Xiaoshan waited here, expecting a wall to appear, but he waited for a long time without seeing any wall emerge.
Jiang Xiaoshan hesitated for a moment, then stepped onto the 101st stair, encountering absolutely no obstruction.
“Haha, so these steps are just to block those who are not qualified to go further!” Guo Ziyang laughed loudly. “All these stone carvings here are for those who are not qualified to continue upward. If someone does have the qualification, they won’t be stopped at all.”
Jiang Xiaoshan held his chest high, stepped forward one by one, completely unobstructed.
Two hundred steps, three hundred steps, four hundred steps…
Nothing stands in the way.
“Haha!” Jiang Xiaoshan laughed loudly, which demonstrated his strength.
Many people under the tower laughed loudly and said, “Come on, Jiang Xiaoshan! Try to climb up and get whatever is up there.”
“Yeah, take it down so we can see what it is that’s so special.”
“Come on, you’ve already walked a tenth of the way.”
When Jiang Xiaoshan stood on the five hundredth step, the laughter around him came to an abrupt end.
A golden wall blocked his way in front of Jiang Xiaoshan.
“This means I’m not qualified to aim higher!” Jiang Xiaoshan became furious, glanced at the wall, and after a moment’s consideration, felt that striving for more was no longer worthwhile.
If he fails to pass through the light wall, he might just turn into a stone statue.
Jiang Xiaoshan took a step back, preparing to go down, not wanting to die just yet.
But Jiang Xiaoshan could not take his second step forward.
His legs began to petrify, and moments later, his entire body was completely turned to stone.
Instead of being bounced off like the others, he stood at one corner of the steps, which could also be seen as a sign that he had earned the right to stand there.
The strange beast spoke coldly, “Once you set foot here, you no longer have the qualification to retreat. Didn’t the five black wolves guarding the entrance inform you that you may only advance and never retreat?”
Another strange beast said, “Enough, your companion has failed as well. Now, who among you dares to step forward next? Discuss it among yourselves.”
No one dared to respond, let alone step forward.
Jiang Xiaoshan’s talent is higher than Guo Ziyang’s, but his overall strength is slightly inferior. Among these people, he is considered one of the top ten experts.
If even he couldn’t escape, the others had even less chance.
Lu Yu had been paying close attention to this area all along among the stone statues.
In such a situation, no one could determine what conditions were required to step onto these stairs.
Since Wang Zun was blocked at the hundredth level, they assumed that there would be trials or obstacles set at regular intervals to hinder their progress.
But when Jiang Xiaoshan stepped onto it, the hundredth level did not reveal a wall.
The obstruction appears at the five hundredth level.
The group once again speculated that the obstruction might be based on their respective levels of strength.
But they paid the price of a king for this judgment. Who dares to step forward now?
For a moment, everyone standing here fell silent.
Everyone looked at each other, too scared to step forward.
One of the kings broke the silence, saying, “Then we have no choice but to move forward; someone must go up there.”
Guo Ziyan scoffed coldly, “You’re right. But the king can’t do it either. Wouldn’t whoever goes up there just die?”
“When the time comes, even if everyone can’t leave, they will disappear. So how about, when someone’s time is almost up, they go up first?”
“This proposal is quite good. In the end, everyone will die anyway, so entering in this order is only natural.”
“We all come from underground, and we should unite at this moment; we must not fight among ourselves now.”
“That’s right, it will disappear soon. Then we can go in, and I think no one will object anymore.”
Everyone nodded in agreement, even Guo Ziyang was nodding.
Lu Yu listened from a distance, smirking inwardly: “You’ve all made a remarkably wise decision. Just wait until your numbers are significantly reduced—that’s when I’ll make my move. Even though you’re merely illusions, for me, you’re still an excellent source of nourishment.”
Someone under the pagoda said, “I’ll go first; my time is almost up.”
This was Wang Zun who walked out.
He no longer cared about anything else and, with a demeanor as if he were ready to face death, he stepped onto the staircase. However, he was blocked at the 150th step.
It’s not to say that experts at the level of Wang Zun can only reach the limit of the one hundredth level.
This person walked out one hundred and fifty steps, leaving people even more puzzled.
Since this King Zun’s strength was even lower than the two King Zuns who had just died, his talent was even worse.
“What the hell is going on here?” someone shouted in frustration, pulling at their hair. “Why is it that he, who clearly has weaker cultivation, ended up advancing further than us?”
“It’s no longer about talent, strength, or skills—so then, what exactly is it?”
A group of people were all very upset.
At this moment, another Wang Zun stepped forward.
As a result, he was bounced back after stepping on only more than thirty levels.
Lu Yu had people going up one after another, but the results were all more or less the same.
Some people were flung up to the top of the tower, while others climbed as many as two or three hundred steps.
A king walked to the 637th step and still became a stone sculpture.
The number kept decreasing, until only six Kings and thirty-four Royal Lords remained, all turned into stone statues.
Wang Zun walked up to the five hundredth step, the same situation as Jiang Xiaoshan.
This is simply driving everyone crazy.
They couldn’t possibly figure out what kind of ability was required to reach the very top of the pyramid.
Some people also attempted to fly up, but the golden wall was terrifyingly high, directly blocking the person right at the steps where they were originally supposed to stand.
Lu Yu stood in the shadow of the stone carving, already setting his sights on a king.
He would dare to take action as long as the number of kings did not exceed ten.
Wang Zun paid no attention to warriors with the strength of ten thousand zuns; they were simply beneath his notice.
Intense murderous intent surfaced on him, and his formidable fighting spirit had already been driven to its peak within his body.
His eyes had already begun to turn half blood-red.
Boom!
At the edge of the horizon, four mighty forces emerged into existence.
These four forces pierced through the void without hesitation and ruthlessly struck Lu Yu’s back.
Bang!
Lu Yu was struck so hard that he flew into the air.
“Damn it, I forgot about the four of them,” Lu Yu thought, his heart pounding. His body had already lost control, hurtling towards the pyramid.
“No way!” Lu Yu exclaimed in shock, desperately flapping his Sky-Splitting Wings to regain control of his body.
But the attack that struck him from behind only made him stronger, propelling him toward the pyramid like a cannonball, leaving him no chance to resist.
The strange beasts looked up, watching the person who had been shaken out from the stone sculptures, and exclaimed in surprise, “Who is this?”
In the distance, four figures radiated fury, their bodies surrounded by swirling blood energy. Each of them had bloodshot eyes trailing bloody light dozens of zhang long, and their teeth resembled two rows of serrated blades, exuding a chilling dread.
“Lu Yu, this time I’ll see where you can run to!”
The four of them rushed forward like madmen, with Wang Wei, like a raging dragon, lunging at Lu Yu from all directions.
Boom!
As he slashed through more than a hundred warriors possessing the power of ten thousand zuns, suddenly his soul flame and poison flame erupted together, engulfing all those hundred elite warriors in a bloody gaze.
“Oh.”
“Help.”
“It hurts, it hurts so much.”
The warriors of the Ten Thousand Sovereigns Power let out miserable cries, but in an instant, they were silenced, their breaths extinguished.
Just as Lu Yu’s figure had passed over the heads of these people, he arrived above the heads of Guo Ziyang and the others.
“Boom!”
The power within Lu Yu surged once more, and over a hundred streams of toxic flames and fire engulfed the hundred-odd Blood-eyed King Elders present.
A scream rang out again; the kings had been poisoned and then engulfed by the demon’s fire, leaving them utterly defenseless.
They tried to扑the flames off their bodies, but the fire not only could not be extinguished, it grew more intense, devouring them all completely.
Fewer than thirty kings remained, all retreating and dared not to approach these people.
Boom! Boom!
Lu Yu’s body transformed into a streak of light and crashed onto the pyramid. Upon impact, he landed precisely at the position of the 800th step.
The pyramid shimmered with golden light, absorbing all the attacks and stabilizing Lu Yu’s figure.
“Oh my god, no way,” Wang exclaimed in shock. “How come he wasn’t blocked by the wall?”
Just now, a person named Wang Ke flew up in an attempt to approach the top of the pyramid, but was blocked by a golden wall rising from the 400th step and fell down, landing exactly on the 399th step.
“Damn it, Lu Yu.”
“Damn it, how come he’s been right behind us all along?”
These people roared in anger; some rolled up their sleeves, eager to rush forward, but upon second thought, they gave up directly.
Everyone recognized Lu Yu and couldn’t believe it.
Some people came in looking for Lu Yu, but after failing to find him, they joined Guo Ziyang and others instead.
To their surprise, Lu Yu had already been behind them much earlier.
Especially now, as soon as they appear, they kill off more than half of their companions.
These people were from all four cities, which immediately drew furious glares from everyone present.
However, they were soon taken aback.
Now Lu Yu has reached the eighth hundred steps, and he is still not blocked by the walls. Is this telling these people that Lu Yu has the ability to stand at which position, and even go higher?
All the experts on the ground, including King Zun and those possessing the power of Ten Thousand Zun, were killed by the demon flames and toxic fire.
These people transformed into points of light, all flowing into Lu Yu’s body.
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