At the Yindu Plaza, the competition had already reached its climax. It was splendid and brilliant, with climaxes rising one after another. The loud cheers made the contestants on the stage even more excited, and they were even able to perform at a level several times higher than usual. In order to enter the Zhen Mo Continent, almost no one was willing to hold back.
Even though Jiang Xiushan and Feng Zhenqiu intentionally did not point out the difference in cultivation level, the contestants on the 10 stages were very conscious. Almost no Yuan Dan Stage cultivator took the initiative to challenge a Transcending Mortality Stage cultivator, and no True Lake Stage cultivator challenged a Yuan Dan Stage cultivator.
This was not only a matter of face, but also a matter of being looked down upon by the experts of the Zhen Mo Continent. Moreover, in front of so many spectators, it was an embarrassing move to challenge a cultivator who was a whole stage lower than oneself. Booing was a small matter, and it might even incite public anger. Perhaps you could easily defeat a Transcending Mortality Stage cultivator as a Yuan Dan Stage cultivator, but this was not a battle to decide victory or defeat. In the next round, a True Lake Stage cultivator might even defeat you.
There were very few True Lake Stage cultivators below the age of 50, but it did not mean that there were none. For example, Feng Luojian was not even 50, but he was already in True Lake Stage Level 2.
Cen Shuyin stood on Stage Number 1, and her heart was filled with joy. She was in Transcending Mortality Stage Level 9, and had already defeated two people easily. As long as she defeated one more person, she would be able to advance to the next round.
Even though her cultivation level was not considered high here, but her beauty made the cheers on Stage Number 1 the loudest.
"Eh!" Xia Mu, who did not pay much attention to the competition, glanced at Stage Number 1, and when he saw Cen Shuyin, he could not take his eyes off her. He did not even notice when he slowly stood up.
This woman was too beautiful, even in the Zhen Mo Continent, he had never seen such a beautiful woman. What made him even more satisfied was that he felt that this woman was frank, and did not even use a veil to cover her beauty.
Perhaps this woman's talent was not as good as Bei Suting's, and would not be as helpful to him in the future. But as the future owner of the Zhen Mo Continent's Star King Mountain, why couldn't he have a beautiful woman that he truly loved?
The red-faced tall man, who had been standing beside Xia Mu, did not need Xia Mu to take the initiative to ask. When Xia Mu stood up while staring at Cen Shuyin, he immediately whispered into Xia Mu's ear, "This is the legacy disciple of the Heaven Seeking Palace's Sword Lake, Cen Shuyin. The Heaven Seeking Palace is the number one sect in the Lost Continent, and there's a Heaven Seeking Staircase in the Heaven Seeking Palace. I heard that she managed to reach the 54th step when she was in Transcending Mortality Stage Level 7, and was ranked in the top 50. "
"What is the Heaven Seeking Staircase?" Xia Mu asked with a slight frown.
The red-faced man said solemnly, "This Heaven Seeking Staircase is not an ordinary item. I've been asking around these past few days. This Heaven Seeking Staircase is a genuine ancient treasure. As for the grade, even the elders of the Heaven Seeking Palace did not know. Up till now, no one had stepped onto the top of the Heaven Seeking Staircase. Ascending the Heaven Staircase was because the higher one's cultivation was, the greater the pressure. The younger one was, the less the pressure. Although the Special Envoy's cultivation is high, he is much younger than the so-called geniuses here. I believe that the Special Envoy will definitely be able to reach the top of the Heaven Seeking Staircase. "
Xia Mu nodded, "Alright, once we're done here, let's ascend the Heaven Seeking Staircase."
The red-faced man said in a low voice, "Actually, even if the Special Envoy did not mention it, I would have suggested that the Special Envoy climb the Heaven Seeking Staircase. The Heaven Seeking Staircase has a mysterious origin, and no one has climbed to the top for so many years. Perhaps after the Special Envoy climbs to the top, there will be a great opportunity. Moreover, I've heard that the higher one climbs the Heaven Seeking Staircase, the deeper one's understanding of cultivation would be, and at the same time, the greater one's future achievements would be. "
"That's right." Xia Mu was instantly moved, and said, "Then the matter of the Heaven Seeking Staircase is settled. After that Cen Shuyin finishes her competition, let her come here. I'll give her a surprise."
"Yes." The red-faced man immediately responded.
He naturally understood what Xia Mu meant by surprise. Only an arrogant fool like Bei Suting would reject such a surprise. If it was any other girl, it would definitely be a surprise within a surprise.
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On the Heaven Seeking Palace's Heaven Seeking Staircase, as Mo Wuji stepped onto the 99th step, he specially circulated his elemental energy through his 100th and 101st meridians.
The instant Mo Wuji stepped onto the 99th step, a violent pressure and the rotating force of the Heaven Seeking Staircase surged towards him. Mo Wuji's 100th and 101st meridians also exploded with elemental energy.
That violent pressure and rotating force was suppressed by the explosive elemental energy within Mo Wuji's body, and Mo Wuji easily stepped onto the 99th step.
100th step, 101st step, 102nd step …
"Kacha!" When Mo Wuji stepped onto the 103rd step, the bones in his leg finally broke. Even though his elemental storage channel could still supply elemental energy, his body could no longer support it.
Mo Wuji looked up with some reluctance. There were only five steps left, and as long as he could step onto five more steps, he would be able to stand at the peak of the Heaven Seeking Staircase.
Forcefully resisting the terrifying pressure and rotating force from the 103rd step, Mo Wuji took out a few healing pills and swallowed them. At the same time, he started to circulate his Immortal Mortal Technique to speed up his recovery.
Just as the Immortal Mortal Technique started to circulate, the violent spiritual energy in the surroundings was like a river flowing backwards, and with a "boom", it directly entered Mo Wuji's body. Mo Wuji could feel that his cultivation level, which had stagnated for the past few months, was starting to rise at this moment.
Mo Wuji held on tightly to the 103rd step of the Heaven Seeking Staircase, and madly absorbed the spiritual energy. Standing on the Heaven Seeking Staircase, one could only feel the ordinary spiritual energy, but the moment one started to circulate and absorb it, it was actually more powerful than a Heaven grade spirit stone.
No, this was a completely different kind of spiritual energy from a Heaven grade spirit stone. A Heaven grade spirit stone's spiritual energy was pure and rich, and even had a trace of dao marks that could aid in cultivation. However, the spiritual energy here seemed to be born to serve cultivation. His Immortal Mortal Technique was like a fish in water under the influence of this spiritual energy.
If not for the increasingly terrifying pressure, Mo Wuji really wanted to continue his closed door cultivation here. Just cultivating here for a minute was as long as a century.
Under the influence of spiritual energy, the elemental energy in his meridians let out a sizzling sound. Mo Wuji's cultivation level, which had not improved for a long time, directly rose to the Great Circle of Transcending Mortality Stage Level 12.
Mo Wuji forcefully suppressed the joy in his heart. He guessed that even without the Gold Forming Pill, with his current rate of improvement, he would be able to break through to the Transcending Mortality Stage in one go. However, he still took out three Gold Forming Pills and sent them into his mouth. This was because the pressure on the 103rd step was getting stronger and stronger, and Mo Wuji doubted whether he could last until he stepped into the Yuan Dan Stage.
The violent elemental energy of the three Gold Forming Pills gathered together and swept over, clashing with the dense spiritual energy outside. A strong force directly rushed into Mo Wuji's 102nd meridian. The originally blocked 102nd meridian was instantly opened.
An ethereal feeling invaded Mo Wuji's entire body. At this moment, it was as though he was bathing in immortal energy. His entire body was filled with immense strength and an extreme sense of relaxation.
A new wave of elemental energy directly entered the 102nd meridian, forming an elemental energy circulation with the 100th and 101st meridians.
The pressure on the Heaven Seeking Staircase instantly lessened, and Mo Wuji suddenly stood up. His broken leg had already fully recovered, and he easily stepped onto the 104th step.
105th step, 106th step, 107th step …
The pressure on the 107th step of the Heaven Seeking Staircase seemed to be twice as strong as before. The elemental energy in Mo Wuji's three elemental storage channels dried up once again.
"Pui!" Mo Wuji fell onto the 107th step. This time, not only did he spit out a mouthful of blood, even his skin started to tear under the immense pressure.
There was only one step left. Mo Wuji stood up shakily. Standing on the 107th step, he roared and forcefully stepped onto the 108th step.
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On the Yan City Plaza's Stage 1, a white robed man with long hair landed in front of Cen Shuyin, "Great Evolution Sect's Tao Yuan is here to seek guidance from junior apprentice sister Cen. Junior apprentice sister, please make your move."
Cen Shuyin furrowed her brows slightly. Honestly, she was very unhappy that both the Heaven Seeking Palace's Double Rankings were suppressed by the Great Evolution Sect. Unfortunately, as a legacy disciple of the Heaven Seeking Palace's Sword Lake, with her Transcending Mortality Stage cultivation, it was very hard for her to enter the Hundred Sect Alliance's Contribution Points Board. One must know that killing a Transcending Mortality Stage Level 9 cultivator was only worth 26 points, but killing a Yuan Dan Stage Level 1 cultivator was worth 100 points.
Thus, to enter the Hundred Sect Alliance's Contribution Points Board, one had to be at least in the Earth Realm. Not everyone was as heaven defying as Rogue Cultivator 2705.
Now that the Great Evolution Sect's disciple challenged her, she did not show any mercy. The sword in her hand had already turned into a wave of sword qi that swept towards Tao Yuan.
Wave after wave of Sword Qi formed waves in the air above the battle platform, decorating the first battle platform like the billowing waves in the sky, it was very beautiful.
In the eyes of many, Tao Yuan would definitely retreat when facing such a wave of sword qi. Once he retreated, Cen Shuyin would have the upper hand.
Xia Mu, who had already stood up, saw Cen Shuyin's sword qi wave and said happily, "I didn't expect this girl's talent to be so amazing. This kind of sword qi wave is rare even among the sword cultivators in the Zhen Mo Continent."
What surprised many was that not only did Tao Yuan not retreat, he charged into the sword qi wave. Circles of faint elemental energy suddenly appeared around his body.
The sword qi wave landed on Tao Yuan's elemental energy, creating countless elemental energy explosions before dissipating into the air. Evidently, Tao Yuan's protective elemental energy was a type of magic skill.
In just one exchange, those who were proficient in the Sword Dao could feel that if Cen Shuyin could not break Tao Yuan's elemental energy barrier, she would definitely lose to Tao Yuan.
If others could see this, Cen Shuyin could naturally see it too. Her face turned serious; this protective magic skill seemed to be specially used to counter some sword skills. Unless her sword qi wave was far stronger than Tao Yuan's elemental energy barrier, it would be very hard for her to break this elemental energy barrier in one go.
"I'm sorry, junior apprentice sister Shuyin, I cannot give you the placing to head to the Zhen Mo Continent." Tao Yuan's faint voice carried a hint of laughter, and at the same time, a long whip coiled. He did it on purpose, otherwise, he would not have challenged Cen Shuyin at all.
Cen Shuyin laughed coldly, "Wait till you win before you talk nonsense."
After saying that, her hands turned into countless complicated hand gestures. Waves of elemental energy gathered in her palms, and there were even some faint rumbling sounds.
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