The towering construct stood firmly within the square as all spectators and major influences observed their geniuses that went towards the Ascending Dragon Platform's stairway. Soon, the area around the new central platform was filled with over a thousand youths all below the age of 23. They stood at the center of the square waiting for instructions from the woman dressed in white.
Seeing that all of the participants have gathered the woman smiled as she spoke to the audience and competitors once more.
"Now that everyone is ready, I have one more news I'd like to share, ascending the Ascending Dragon Platform is not an easy task as it is a test of your will. While mounting its steps, you will be unable to utilize any benefits that would have been brought about by your cultivation and would be forced to utilize the only your mortal body, and movement skills. Your task is to reach the summit of the stairway if you can and stand there for an incense stick of time." she said as he looked at the competitors seriously.
Hearing her words each of the geniuses looked on quietly as they pondered about the challenge.
Feng Yu looked at the stairs in front of him as he thought to himself "How strange, the fluctuations I feel from this stairway reminds me of the fluctuations I felt from Path of Swords, even those runes carry a similar style to those of that Trial."
The Mysterious Spear Youth looked on the platform with interest as did the Youth from the Southern Wasteland.
As Tang Wu and Xin Qing scanned it with their soul strength, they looked at each other and discussed amongst themselves.
"Brother Tang, it feels as if this won't be an easy challenge," said Xin Qing as she looked at the stairs feeling apprehensive.
"Em. However, it would do us no good to lose our fate so early," replied Tang Wu as he looked at the stairs challengingly.
Ji Weng and Xuan Bei looked on with sparks shining in their eyes as a few other mysterious geniuses looked on solemnly.
Seeing that they had all prepared themselves for the challenge the woman smiled with vague appreciation showing in her eyes as she spoke once more.
"Good! The Ascending Phase will now start!!" said the white clothing woman as her voice reverberated throughout the entire square.
Soon, a few of talents feeling excited rushed forwards and mounted the stairway.
"HA HA! I'll be the first one to make it to the top!" said a slim and speedy looking guy as he transformed into a stream of blurs climbing towards the limits of the stairway.
"Not before me!" said a woman who just so happened to be right on his tail, moving no slower than he was. Soon, she overtook his figure and transformed into a streak of light seemingly trying to pierce the heavens.
Buzz!!!!!
Instantly, a loud sound resounded as an invisible pressure filled the region around the stairway. A few of the geniuses who were already twenty or more steps on the stairway soon succumbed to an unexpected heavy pressure.
"Argh!!!!" one genius cried in immense pain as his body was flung from the stairway collapsing onto the hard floor.
Bang!!
Looking at his body that was now covered in blood, there were multiple ruptures shown on the surface of his skin as if he had withstood the worlds greatest pressure forcing his body to be torn from the inside to outside.
As a few individuals saw this scene, they soon felt a broad sense of crisis, quickly they halted their rush towards the stairway. The guy and the girl who was now a few hundred steps ahead of the masses could now be seen falling at the rate faster than their previous ascension.
Swish! Swish! Thud! Thud!
Quickly, they fell to the ground while skillfully maneuvering themselves when in mid-air to avoid a fatal crash.
"Cough! This, how could the pressure be so strong!" said the guy who rushed the platform as he tried to rotate his 8 Tier cultivation base to mend his injuries only to find that some kind of unknown force blocked his essence-energies.
"......." the woman looked on in silence as she realized she couldn't recover her injuries.
The woman in white seeing this scene smiled as she spoke once again. "I may have forgotten to mention this previously, but, the gravity of this stairway will only increase as you travel further along its course. Do be careful now," she said politely.
"Chet! This damn woman!" said an individual from the spectator's stand who was the associate of the guy that fell.
"The Fallen can only be blamed for their lack of cautiousness, true experts keep their guard up regardless of the situation they face." said an aged voice beside him.
"Mother F---ker! Who the hell do you th----" before he could finish his statement he finally saw the man who sat beside him in a leisure mood. It was an old man that gave a strange aura appearing as if he was there but not there at the same time. He looked at the man and smiled vaguely before vanishing once more.
The man looked on in shock but seeing that no one else showed any strange expression he frowned as he thought. "Am I seeing things?..."
As the crowd and talents were in a commotion regarding the pressure and words of the woman in white, a few of the geniuses started to move once more.
Xuan Bei and Ji Weng turned into two blurs respectively, as Xuan Bei's form shuttled forward in a unique style moving like a serpent with his body swaying as he mounted the stairs. While Ji Weng had a flexible method of moving up the stairway with his arms grasping the railings utilizing his entire body to climb the stairs almost as if a monkey climbing a tree.
The significant figures seeing this scene commented in praise.
"It seems that Bei Childs achievement on his <Bright Fire Serpent Steps> has finally taken form reaching large success stage. " said the man with the flame engraved pendant.
"Dear Lie, Xuan Bei has been practicing sole heartily for this past year, this selection event is the best chance for him to show the world his achievements," said Mistress Xuan.
Xuan Lie smiled as he continued to observe his son while feeling slightly proud. However, he soon frowned as he saw Ji Weng threatening to overtake his form.
"The Genius of the West is truly deserving of his praise indeed, his <Drunken Monkey Steps> from the Sheng Imperial Family's five most famous Top Tier Mortal Rank Skills have also seemed to have reached its crescendo. " said the skinny old man with the long beard by Xuan Lie's side.
"Hmph!" Xuan Lie snorted in response.
As Ji Weng and Xuan Bei continued their struggle upwards while bearing the pressure, Tang Wu and Xin Qing had also made their moves.
Xin Qing promptly disappeared turning into a shadow that seemed to have been giving a life of its own, as she made her ways through the corners of the steps ascending upwards at unthinking speeds.
Tang Wu seeing this smiled as he spoke. "Sister Qing's <Shadows Steps> are quite profound as always. It seems she has also gotten better since our last fight. However..." not wasting any more time he moved his body forwards and started leaping traversing multiple steps per leap as figure blurred leaving only remnant shades of his true form as he spoke.
"My <Ascended Toad Steps> are not to be taken lightly!"
As Feng Yu looked at the figures of the genius traversing the stairway he could help but feel a competitive spirit rose within him. He looked at Dai Lin, Lang Kuang and Miren Fei, then nodded towards them while keeping his hands crossed behind his back.
Having seen Feng Yu's go ahead, Dai Lin and the rest wasted no time, as they rushed up the stairway.
Crackle!!
Instantly, Dai Lin's entire form became shrouded by electricity as he transformed in a streak of blue lightning quicky traversing the stairway upwards unaffected by the pressure.
Lang Kuang seeing this immediately urged the silver-white wolf power within his unique body and rushed forwards while howling towards the sky.
"Awoouu!!!!!!" as he howled the illusion of a wild wolf superimposed with his form as he galloped along the stairway in full momentum overtaking many of the geniuses.
Miren Fei also performed a strange set of movement technique almost as if she transformed into a goddess dancing about the stairway. She gently stepped on the steps while gracefully moving her slender body swiftly overtaking many of the talents, each of her actions would leave behind a strange jade mark on the ground.
Feng Yu felts strange as he saw Miren Fie and Wild Wolf's techniques "How odd? Both of their techniques are too powerful to be classified as an ordinary class used by rogues. It seems I will have to take some time to truly look at their matters after all of this is over."
The Audience seeing Feng Yu's group make their move were stunned.
"Isn't that Wild Wolf and Charming Jade! Did they join that troublemaker Feng Yu?" a man asked in shock.
"He's lucky to have such powerful retainers, look he's just standing there watching the show, Chet!" said a young man with jealousy.
A few of the influential figures looked at their techniques in surprise.
"Where did they learn such profound skills? I have never heard of such techniques being prominent in this Kingdom," said Xuan Lie as he looked at Lang Kuang, Miren Fie, and Dai Lin's movement skills curiously.
After a short while, he looked at the skinny old man with the long beard beside him and said "Fei Tan! This Feng Family what do you know of them?"
"Your Excellency, regarding the matters of the Feng Clan. I had already begun scouting out their information upon entering Machen Town, subordinate find them unique." said the Fei Tan.
"Unique? What do you mean by they are unique? How could a common local clan of this town be worth the title of unique." replied Xuan Lie as he looked at Fei Tan puzzledly.
Fei Tan hearing his questioning took out a parchment from his storage ring and passed it over to Xuan Lie.
Quickly receiving the parchment and inspecting it with his spirit sense Xuan Lie couldn't help but frown as he looked towards the Feng Can with a slightly more weary expression.
"Place them on the 'Watchlist'" he said in an unemotional tone.
"As you wish!" said Fei Tan as he took a jade slip and poured his aura into it.
"This Feng Clan is youngster is lucky to be able to gain such talent retainers, even if he is a troublemaker with an unusual talent. He could still be proud." said a major character.
Xiang Tian frowned as he looked at Feng Clan's side before looking back on Feng Yu who stood in the field before the steps seeming as if not wanting to take part in the trials.
As the influences were discussing the unusualness of the Feng Clan and Feng Yu's lucky break for getting top class retainers Feng Yu was currently pre-occupied by something else.
Standing at the corner not too far away from Feng Yu was the Mysterious Spear Youth with the Brawny Youth and Pretty Young Girl, along with the Youth from the Southern Wasteland and Xiang Shu.
Sou!
Soon, the form of Hui Ying appeared quickly making his way towards Feng Yu.
"Brother Yu! You didn't wait long did you?" said Hui Ying who appeared unrushed.
"Not really, did you find what you were looking for?" asked Feng Yu curiously.
"No, It was only my imagination, I thought I saw someone familiar that's all," he replied as he recalled the scene of a strange youth with a bamboo hat who walked out from the Midnight Temple group. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com
"Good! Let's go then! As our competitors were kind enough to wait for us." said Feng Yu with a strange smile on his face as he viewed the group before him.
Hui Ying hearing cast his vision towards the group as if sensing something the Mysterious Spear Youth and the rest glanced towards both Feng Yu and Hui Ying.
Crackle!!!
A clash of invisible aura rippled, as a smile came on both the Mysterious Spear Youth and Southern Wasteland Youth's face.
Xiang Shu looked on indifferently but his eyes shone with a strange light.
Feng Yu smiled as he spoke softly. "Shall we begin..."
Seeing that all of the participants have gathered the woman smiled as she spoke to the audience and competitors once more.
"Now that everyone is ready, I have one more news I'd like to share, ascending the Ascending Dragon Platform is not an easy task as it is a test of your will. While mounting its steps, you will be unable to utilize any benefits that would have been brought about by your cultivation and would be forced to utilize the only your mortal body, and movement skills. Your task is to reach the summit of the stairway if you can and stand there for an incense stick of time." she said as he looked at the competitors seriously.
Hearing her words each of the geniuses looked on quietly as they pondered about the challenge.
Feng Yu looked at the stairs in front of him as he thought to himself "How strange, the fluctuations I feel from this stairway reminds me of the fluctuations I felt from Path of Swords, even those runes carry a similar style to those of that Trial."
The Mysterious Spear Youth looked on the platform with interest as did the Youth from the Southern Wasteland.
As Tang Wu and Xin Qing scanned it with their soul strength, they looked at each other and discussed amongst themselves.
"Brother Tang, it feels as if this won't be an easy challenge," said Xin Qing as she looked at the stairs feeling apprehensive.
"Em. However, it would do us no good to lose our fate so early," replied Tang Wu as he looked at the stairs challengingly.
Ji Weng and Xuan Bei looked on with sparks shining in their eyes as a few other mysterious geniuses looked on solemnly.
Seeing that they had all prepared themselves for the challenge the woman smiled with vague appreciation showing in her eyes as she spoke once more.
"Good! The Ascending Phase will now start!!" said the white clothing woman as her voice reverberated throughout the entire square.
Soon, a few of talents feeling excited rushed forwards and mounted the stairway.
"HA HA! I'll be the first one to make it to the top!" said a slim and speedy looking guy as he transformed into a stream of blurs climbing towards the limits of the stairway.
"Not before me!" said a woman who just so happened to be right on his tail, moving no slower than he was. Soon, she overtook his figure and transformed into a streak of light seemingly trying to pierce the heavens.
Buzz!!!!!
Instantly, a loud sound resounded as an invisible pressure filled the region around the stairway. A few of the geniuses who were already twenty or more steps on the stairway soon succumbed to an unexpected heavy pressure.
"Argh!!!!" one genius cried in immense pain as his body was flung from the stairway collapsing onto the hard floor.
Bang!!
Looking at his body that was now covered in blood, there were multiple ruptures shown on the surface of his skin as if he had withstood the worlds greatest pressure forcing his body to be torn from the inside to outside.
As a few individuals saw this scene, they soon felt a broad sense of crisis, quickly they halted their rush towards the stairway. The guy and the girl who was now a few hundred steps ahead of the masses could now be seen falling at the rate faster than their previous ascension.
Swish! Swish! Thud! Thud!
Quickly, they fell to the ground while skillfully maneuvering themselves when in mid-air to avoid a fatal crash.
"Cough! This, how could the pressure be so strong!" said the guy who rushed the platform as he tried to rotate his 8 Tier cultivation base to mend his injuries only to find that some kind of unknown force blocked his essence-energies.
"......." the woman looked on in silence as she realized she couldn't recover her injuries.
The woman in white seeing this scene smiled as she spoke once again. "I may have forgotten to mention this previously, but, the gravity of this stairway will only increase as you travel further along its course. Do be careful now," she said politely.
"Chet! This damn woman!" said an individual from the spectator's stand who was the associate of the guy that fell.
"The Fallen can only be blamed for their lack of cautiousness, true experts keep their guard up regardless of the situation they face." said an aged voice beside him.
"Mother F---ker! Who the hell do you th----" before he could finish his statement he finally saw the man who sat beside him in a leisure mood. It was an old man that gave a strange aura appearing as if he was there but not there at the same time. He looked at the man and smiled vaguely before vanishing once more.
The man looked on in shock but seeing that no one else showed any strange expression he frowned as he thought. "Am I seeing things?..."
As the crowd and talents were in a commotion regarding the pressure and words of the woman in white, a few of the geniuses started to move once more.
Xuan Bei and Ji Weng turned into two blurs respectively, as Xuan Bei's form shuttled forward in a unique style moving like a serpent with his body swaying as he mounted the stairs. While Ji Weng had a flexible method of moving up the stairway with his arms grasping the railings utilizing his entire body to climb the stairs almost as if a monkey climbing a tree.
The significant figures seeing this scene commented in praise.
"It seems that Bei Childs achievement on his <Bright Fire Serpent Steps> has finally taken form reaching large success stage. " said the man with the flame engraved pendant.
"Dear Lie, Xuan Bei has been practicing sole heartily for this past year, this selection event is the best chance for him to show the world his achievements," said Mistress Xuan.
Xuan Lie smiled as he continued to observe his son while feeling slightly proud. However, he soon frowned as he saw Ji Weng threatening to overtake his form.
"The Genius of the West is truly deserving of his praise indeed, his <Drunken Monkey Steps> from the Sheng Imperial Family's five most famous Top Tier Mortal Rank Skills have also seemed to have reached its crescendo. " said the skinny old man with the long beard by Xuan Lie's side.
"Hmph!" Xuan Lie snorted in response.
As Ji Weng and Xuan Bei continued their struggle upwards while bearing the pressure, Tang Wu and Xin Qing had also made their moves.
Xin Qing promptly disappeared turning into a shadow that seemed to have been giving a life of its own, as she made her ways through the corners of the steps ascending upwards at unthinking speeds.
Tang Wu seeing this smiled as he spoke. "Sister Qing's <Shadows Steps> are quite profound as always. It seems she has also gotten better since our last fight. However..." not wasting any more time he moved his body forwards and started leaping traversing multiple steps per leap as figure blurred leaving only remnant shades of his true form as he spoke.
"My <Ascended Toad Steps> are not to be taken lightly!"
As Feng Yu looked at the figures of the genius traversing the stairway he could help but feel a competitive spirit rose within him. He looked at Dai Lin, Lang Kuang and Miren Fei, then nodded towards them while keeping his hands crossed behind his back.
Having seen Feng Yu's go ahead, Dai Lin and the rest wasted no time, as they rushed up the stairway.
Crackle!!
Instantly, Dai Lin's entire form became shrouded by electricity as he transformed in a streak of blue lightning quicky traversing the stairway upwards unaffected by the pressure.
Lang Kuang seeing this immediately urged the silver-white wolf power within his unique body and rushed forwards while howling towards the sky.
"Awoouu!!!!!!" as he howled the illusion of a wild wolf superimposed with his form as he galloped along the stairway in full momentum overtaking many of the geniuses.
Miren Fei also performed a strange set of movement technique almost as if she transformed into a goddess dancing about the stairway. She gently stepped on the steps while gracefully moving her slender body swiftly overtaking many of the talents, each of her actions would leave behind a strange jade mark on the ground.
Feng Yu felts strange as he saw Miren Fie and Wild Wolf's techniques "How odd? Both of their techniques are too powerful to be classified as an ordinary class used by rogues. It seems I will have to take some time to truly look at their matters after all of this is over."
The Audience seeing Feng Yu's group make their move were stunned.
"Isn't that Wild Wolf and Charming Jade! Did they join that troublemaker Feng Yu?" a man asked in shock.
"He's lucky to have such powerful retainers, look he's just standing there watching the show, Chet!" said a young man with jealousy.
A few of the influential figures looked at their techniques in surprise.
"Where did they learn such profound skills? I have never heard of such techniques being prominent in this Kingdom," said Xuan Lie as he looked at Lang Kuang, Miren Fie, and Dai Lin's movement skills curiously.
After a short while, he looked at the skinny old man with the long beard beside him and said "Fei Tan! This Feng Family what do you know of them?"
"Your Excellency, regarding the matters of the Feng Clan. I had already begun scouting out their information upon entering Machen Town, subordinate find them unique." said the Fei Tan.
"Unique? What do you mean by they are unique? How could a common local clan of this town be worth the title of unique." replied Xuan Lie as he looked at Fei Tan puzzledly.
Fei Tan hearing his questioning took out a parchment from his storage ring and passed it over to Xuan Lie.
Quickly receiving the parchment and inspecting it with his spirit sense Xuan Lie couldn't help but frown as he looked towards the Feng Can with a slightly more weary expression.
"Place them on the 'Watchlist'" he said in an unemotional tone.
"As you wish!" said Fei Tan as he took a jade slip and poured his aura into it.
"This Feng Clan is youngster is lucky to be able to gain such talent retainers, even if he is a troublemaker with an unusual talent. He could still be proud." said a major character.
Xiang Tian frowned as he looked at Feng Clan's side before looking back on Feng Yu who stood in the field before the steps seeming as if not wanting to take part in the trials.
As the influences were discussing the unusualness of the Feng Clan and Feng Yu's lucky break for getting top class retainers Feng Yu was currently pre-occupied by something else.
Standing at the corner not too far away from Feng Yu was the Mysterious Spear Youth with the Brawny Youth and Pretty Young Girl, along with the Youth from the Southern Wasteland and Xiang Shu.
Sou!
Soon, the form of Hui Ying appeared quickly making his way towards Feng Yu.
"Brother Yu! You didn't wait long did you?" said Hui Ying who appeared unrushed.
"Not really, did you find what you were looking for?" asked Feng Yu curiously.
"No, It was only my imagination, I thought I saw someone familiar that's all," he replied as he recalled the scene of a strange youth with a bamboo hat who walked out from the Midnight Temple group. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com
"Good! Let's go then! As our competitors were kind enough to wait for us." said Feng Yu with a strange smile on his face as he viewed the group before him.
Hui Ying hearing cast his vision towards the group as if sensing something the Mysterious Spear Youth and the rest glanced towards both Feng Yu and Hui Ying.
Crackle!!!
A clash of invisible aura rippled, as a smile came on both the Mysterious Spear Youth and Southern Wasteland Youth's face.
Xiang Shu looked on indifferently but his eyes shone with a strange light.
Feng Yu smiled as he spoke softly. "Shall we begin..."
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