Chapter 364: Chapter 285: The Last 100 Steps
Dragon Gate Heavenly Ladder, on the 904th step.
Leading the way, Wei Yong’s face turned pale, his figure slightly trembling, and every step became unbearable. Even breathing was incredibly difficult.
“After the 900th step, the pressure increases too much. If this continues, I won’t last long. I have to unleash my power now!”
Wei Yong knew that if he burst out now, it would be impossible to reach the 999th step of the Heavenly Ladder, but he couldn’t care about that now!
“White Elephant Secret Technique, Giant Elephant’s Heart!”
With a low shout, Wei Yong’s skin turned white, and his body visibly swelled.
As his Enhancement Skill was activated, a tremendous power transferred from his heart to his limbs, lightening the pressure on his body significantly.
However, Wei Yong’s facial expression worsened.
“Damn it, this effect is worse than I expected!”
The oppressive force of the 900th step of the Heavenly Ladder greatly restricted the power of the Star Power.
Yet at this moment, Wei Yong had no time to think further. He immediately lifted his right foot and stepped forward again.
Step by step…
But after only advancing twenty steps, Wei Yong couldn’t move any further.
Staring at the remaining steps ahead, blood streaks appeared in Wei Yong’s eyes, filled with determination.
Up until now, Wei Yong’s cultivation had improved greatly compared to before.
These over nine hundred steps of the Heavenly Ladder had saved an unknown number of days of accumulation!
And now, Wei Yong vaguely felt that his Star Power progress had slowed…
This wasn’t due to a bottleneck in his cultivation. It meant he was about to touch the Gold Limit!
To breakthrough to the Shining Star Level, the most basic requirement was the Gold Limit. This indicated that the Star Power in his Star Power Vortex had reached its peak!
At this moment, even if he didn’t reach the 999th step, just ascending twenty or thirty more steps would give Wei Yong a good chance to achieve the Gold Limit.
However, not only was the enhancement from the Giant Elephant’s Heart less effective than expected. From the 900th step, the pressure increase with each step was exaggerated.
“Damn it!”
Forcing himself to take another step, Wei Yong staggered and fell helplessly from the Dragon Gate Heavenly Ladder…
“Wei Yong fell!”
“Wei Yong, 924 steps!”
“Watching him rush up to the 900th step so energetically, I thought he could make it to the 999th step in one go!”
Wei Yong’s fall from the steps drew discussions among the crowd in the square.
Landing back on the ground, Wei Yong felt a mixture of emotions. During the fall, he had time to reflect.
In reality, although it seemed like only twenty or thirty steps difference, it was a significant gap. It was almost impossible for him to achieve it.
Furthermore, this time he had already gained a lot from the Dragon Gate Heavenly Ladder, saving most of the accumulation needed to go from the Gold High Stage to the Gold Limit.
Now, having touched the Gold Limit, he believed that training for two or three more months back home would allow him to officially step into this realm and find a chance to break through to the Shining Star Level.
At this moment, a Dragon Sect disciple approached to assist Wei Yong to rest aside.
As one of the former Three Tigers of Black Wind Domain, it wasn’t publicly known yet, but the White Elephant Sect had actually merged into the Dragon Sect. The two factions were now one family.
Watching Wei Yong resting, several Dragon Sect disciples outside couldn’t help but pity him.
“Even Master Wei failed. What a pity!”
“Yeah, just a few more steps!”
One Shining Star Level expert in the square spoke lightly: “Nothing to pity. Reaching over 900 steps was already surprising.”
A Silver Stage female disciple of the Dragon Sect nearby retorted: “But Yang Sect Leader, Wei Yong was just a few steps away!”
Yang Sect Leader shook his head: “Just a few steps? The gap in the last hundred steps is greater than from the 666th to the 900th step! All Enhancement Skills are severely restricted. It purely depends on one’s physical body and Star Power. Even for those at the Gold Limit, it’s nearly impossible without sufficient talent and means. Wei Yong is merely a top-grade green Soul Card Master. Naturally, he couldn’t reach the top.”
“I see!” The female disciple seemed to understand.
The Yang Sect Leader looked at the Dragon Gate Heavenly Ladder with a hint of reverence in his eyes: “The Dragon Gate Heavenly Ladder contains the Law enforcement of the City Lord, offering a chance for those at the Gold Limit to directly step into the Shining Star Level! But such power isn’t something everyone can withstand. Hence, the ladder itself serves to filter, granting as much pressure as one can bear. After this competition, you will also have the opportunity to experience the Dragon Gate Heavenly Ladder yourselves.”
The Dragon Sect disciples nodded, filled with anticipation.
Wei Yong had fallen. Yet, one Gold Level expert after another was climbing past the 900th step, each making their final push shortly thereafter.
This made those behind realize that the 900th step might indeed be a critical point.
“Step 908!”
“Step 934!”
“Step 920!”
“Step 945!”
One after another, Gold Level experts fell from the Dragon Gate Heavenly Ladder.
The crowd in Dragon Ascending Square grew curious about the highest step reached. Would anyone be able to reach the 999th step?
So far, no one had even crossed the 950th step.
However, at this moment, among the dozen or so people above the 900th step, several had climbed to the 934th step without unleashing their power!
One was a robust man with a bare torso;
Another was a tall, twenty-seven or twenty-eight-year-old woman with black hair;
And the third was Seth, with his head of green curls.
The reason these three could achieve such a feat was simple: they were all at the Gold Limit!
At this moment, a young man with a refined appearance stepped onto the 900th step.
“900 steps!” Su Yuan exhaled lightly.
Under the effect of the Transcendence Power, waves of Star Power surged from his Star Power Vortex, constantly attacking the bottleneck to the Gold High Stage, making it increasingly loose.
“Another one on the 900th step!” The crowd in Dragon Ascending Square immediately noticed Su Yuan stepping onto the 900th step.
“No, two… Oh my, that girl is so young!”
…
As Su Yuan stepped onto the 900th step, Luo Bingtong followed right behind.
“The racial advantage is indeed high.” Su Yuan glanced at Luo Bingtong.
After the journey through the Snow Burial Plain, Su Yuan roughly understood that Luo Bingtong was of the High-Level Dragon Clan.
Now, stepping onto the 900th step, he already felt quite strained. Yet, aside from heavier breathing, Luo Bingtong showed almost no other changes.
Judging from this, even if her Star Power was not as high as his, her physical body was definitely superior!
“Stronger than I expected…”
Su Yuan shook his head slightly and looked ahead.
“Nine Gold High Stage, three Gold Limit.”
There were only a dozen people ahead, including Seth who had bet with him yesterday.
As for his sister Aria, she had fallen off at over seven hundred steps.
As Su Yuan looked up, Seth noticed him but showed no reaction.
Climbing to the 940th step, Seth felt an incomprehensible pressure, needing to focus entirely, unable to mind anything else.
Su Yuan stabilized his state and stepped forward again.
Despite being only at the Gold Intermediate Stage, he found it easier than some at the Gold High Stage, mainly for two reasons.
First, his extremely high Six-dimensional Qualifications, particularly in Star Power.
Second, a massive advantage others didn’t have, the [Star Spring] effect brought by Master Level breathing.
With an 80% extra Star Power recovery speed, combined with Su Yuan’s C-level Star Power Qualification, it offset much of the Star Power consumption from the Dragon Gate Heavenly Ladder.
Even on the 900th step, he only lagged slightly!
Stepping onto the 901st step, Su Yuan’s eyes narrowed slightly.
“As expected, just one step, and the pressure increased so much? No wonder it’s so hard…”
Glancing ahead at the remaining steps of the Heavenly Ladder.
“Nearly a hundred steps left!”
Luo Bingtong, having followed him, also nodded.
Su Yuan took a deep breath and continued to step upward…