"Level 41!"
"Level 42!"
"Level 43!"
While the onlookers gasped in surprise, Bai Jiacao continued going up.
It could be seen that she was having an even harder time walking. She no longer had the feeling of being able to lift heavy weights as if they were light and dancing.
Large droplets of sweat rolled down her red cheeks and evaporated on her slightly trembling muscles. They turned into a faint layer of white fog.
Profound and complicated spirit tattoos that were as beautiful as feathers appeared on her skin. It was as if there was a pair of beautiful wings curled up from her shoulders to her back.
She started hesitating. She scowled and thought hard about the best path to go up.
When she reached level 43, she stopped for a total of thirty seconds and repeatedly adjusted the position of the cauldron.
Bloody marks appeared on her shoulders because of the friction caused by the sharp edges of the cauldron. Her skin, which was already as tender as a peach, swelled up like a ripe honey peach.
This scene caused Meng Chao's eyelids to twitch, and his heart to ache.
But he still held his parents' hands tightly and said in a low and firm voice, "It's fine. Trust in Little Cao. She will definitely be able to do what she wants!"
Sure enough, after a full thirty seconds, which felt like thirty minutes, just when everyone thought that the stubborn little girl was finally going to choose to go back the way she came, she carried the cauldron and took two steps forward, setting foot on the forty-fifth level, the best score for this year's freshmen!
At that moment, she had already climbed nearly half of the stairway and was about five floors above the ground.
Everyone craned their necks and stared at her every move.
Perhaps it was because she was too fast, but she did not manage to gain her footing and staggered.
Cries of surprise immediately rose from below.
But she immediately crouched down, and her muscles surged like a tidal wave. She spread her arms like wings, and the cauldron rolled back and forth on her shoulders. Miraculously, she stabilized herself again.
Then, she sucked in a deep breath and bit her lip. She got up swiftly and went up to level 46 without stopping!
"She broke it! She broke the record for the new student this year! She broke it so easily!"
"She didn't even look down. Does she not know that she broke the record?"
"No, she doesn't seem to have any intention of stopping. She wants to continue going up. Is she mad? She's trembling so much, and her limbs are at the end of their tether. Just what does she want to do?!"
Hao and his classmates, who had just set the record of level 45, were stunned.
No one knew better than Hao how difficult it was to climb the 45th step of the Celestial Ladder while carrying a 300-kilogram cauldron.
No one knew better than Hao just how terrifying Bai Jiacao was.
Only Meng Chao could guess his sister's thoughts.
"So, from the beginning, you didn't care about this year's new student record? In your opinion, this can't even be considered a 'record'."
'Right from the start, you made up your mind to surpass your idol, Tyrant Wang Dao's forty-seven steps to Celestial Stairway, which is the record for all the freshmen in Dragon City University's martial arts course.
"Moreover, not only do you have to surpass him in terms of cultivation level, you also have to surpass him in terms of time. You have to be faster and stronger than Wang Dao.
"That's right, this is the Dark Witch's style …"
As he smiled, Bai Jiacao moved toward the 47th step.
The stairway was only five centimeters wide, but it was tilted at more than thirty degrees. It was also made of a material that was similar to glass. There were four chains hanging down from it, and it swayed with the wind. It was filled with a fragile and unstable air, and when people looked at it, they felt their heads spin and their heads spin.
At this point, no one dared to make a single sound.
Regardless of whether they exclaimed in surprise or screamed, they kept their mouths shut.
When Bai Jiacao stood firmly on the 47th step, the people around her let out sighs of surprise, which had been suppressed for a long time but were still loud, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from their shoulders.
They could not believe it, but it seemed to be only logical.
The girl named Bai Jiacao had tied Tyrant Wang Dao's record, which he had maintained for a few years.
No, because her climbing speed was twenty-seven seconds faster than Wang Dao's. If no accidents happened and she returned at a constant speed, she would become the new record holder.
Her name would surpass Wang Dao's on the Stairway to Heaven Ranking Board and be placed at the top.
"It's no wonder then why the media are calling this batch of new students the Platinum Generation. They believe that their potential is even greater than Wang Dao and Meng Chao's Golden Generation. Dragon City's future is becoming even more promising!"
The students, teachers, and parents suppressed their excitement and discussed it softly.
However, at this point, Bai Jiacao hesitated.
She changed a few positions in a rather bashful manner, and the cauldron on her shoulder turned into a bone-chilling ice cube or a burning fireball. No matter how she carried it, she felt uncomfortable.
For the first time, she shifted her gaze away from the stairway to Heaven in front of her and looked at the onlookers at the foot of the stage.
She seemed to be searching for something in the crowd. Her gaze was a little hesitant, anxious, and even … a little unconfident.
In the end, she fixed her gaze on a young man in the crowd who had a normal appearance and a normal presence. He wore a pair of wide sunglasses.
No one knew just what the unbelievable girl, who had just broken Tyrant Wang Dao's record, was searching for.
Only Meng Chao knew that his sister was asking for his opinion.
She was asking herself for help, asking herself if she should continue forward and completely shatter the records of her predecessors with an irrefutable performance.
Meng Chao started thinking about it.
Logically speaking, Bai Jiacao had already broken Wang Dao's record. If she returned safely, she would be able to choose the best ace lecturer in Dragon City University's martial arts course and obtain the richest cultivation resources. She would be able to practice the most profound and high-end courses and pave her way to become a shining superhuman.
But if she took one wrong step and fell off the "cliff", she would lose everything.
Even though she had already proven her strength, rules were rules.
But rules were rules, and she had to start from zero.
Meng Chao believed that no matter what sort of lecturer, environment, or resources she had, they would not be able to limit his sister's footsteps.
But as her elder brother, he naturally hoped that his sister could choose the most comfortable, spacious, and fastest path.
So, should he tell Bai Jiacao not to be too greedy and to quit while she was ahead?
Wait …
Meng Chao managed to read more information from his sister's eyes.
A thought appeared in his mind. Based on the personality of the Dark Witch from his previous life, who acted independently, did whatever she wanted, and caused the weather in the Other World to change, Meng Chao came to a realization.
So, his sister was not asking for his opinion.
Right from the start, she had made up her mind not to turn back, and no one could change her decision.
She just wanted to get her big brother's encouragement and support before she took this step.
That was right.
Since she had already reached the limits of her predecessors and herself …
If she did not try to take another step and reach a state that no one had ever reached before, wouldn't it be a waste?
'My sister isn't the second King's Way, but the one and only Dark Witch!'
As for failure? So what?
Even if all his previous efforts went to waste and his results returned to zero, and he could not get the most abundant cultivation resources from Dragon City University's martial arts course, he could still give his sister special treatment.
It was not easy for him to live another life. If he could not be the sturdiest "safety rope" around his sister's waist so that she could climb, charge, soar, do whatever she wanted to do, explore all the fields she wanted to explore, and explore all the worlds she wanted to explore, he would not be her elder brother!
When he thought of this, the smile on Meng Chao's face and his confidence grew stronger.
He grabbed his parents' hands and nodded at Bai Jiacao.
"Go, Young Cao. Charge at full speed towards your dream. No matter what happens, I'll take care of it!"
Bai Jiacao saw her parents' raised hands.
She also saw her older brother's smile and nod.
Her eyes were like the jet engines of super armored airships that had fuel added to them. They lit up swiftly and released intense sparks.
She shouted and moved up and down. She flipped the cauldron and used the momentum to break through the forty-seventh step to reach the forty-eighth step!
No one expected that the girl, who had been a little hesitant just a moment ago, would instantly change into a completely different person.
What was even more unexpected was that when the tip of her foot gently touched the forty-eighth step of the Celestial Stairway, her entire center of gravity had already jumped up, and the big cauldron had also fallen back onto her shoulder, a sudden gust of strong wind came from the side, blowing the chains that were hanging the Celestial Stairway to make clanking sounds, and the dozen or so steps of the Celestial Stairway all shook violently.
Bai Jiacao was like a flying insect with broken wings on a wind chime.
She could not retreat, so she could only grit her teeth and go up. She adjusted her posture a few times, but she could not find the delicate balance.
Sweat drenched her clothes. The cauldron slid off her shoulder, and the metal ball slipped out of the cauldron.
To save the cauldron, she took another half a step wrong, and she fell from the side of the stairway.
"Ah!"
All the spectators had been holding their breaths, but now, they exploded like balloons that had been blown to their limits.
Meng Chao's pupils shrank to the size of two burning needles, and the blood capillaries in his eyes exploded.
"Kacha, kacha" came from beneath his feet. Two faint, abnormal sounds.
Even though he was still standing on the spot, a wave of spirit seeped out of his pores. It was like invisible magma that turned into an aquatic dragon baring its fangs and claws. It wanted to pounce on his younger sister and catch her.
Bai Jiacao stretched her limbs to the limit in midair, like a baby eagle that had fallen off a cliff and was stretching its wings to its heart's content for the first time.
The tip of her left foot gently hooked the chain holding the forty-eighth step to Celestial Stairway.
With his right hand, he grabbed the cauldron, which was spinning wildly.
She used the momentum to pull the free-falling metal ball back into the cauldron's embrace.
The 300-kilogram cauldron turned into a pendulum.
She circled the stairway with Bai Jiacao and did a 360-degree turn.
When she swung to the top of the stairway again, she had already adjusted her breathing and balance.
It was as if a white pedestal was nailed to the forty-eighth step amid a black storm!
"…"
The entire place fell silent. They were frozen, petrified, and no one could believe their eyes.
The future Dark Witch blew away the bangs that hung in front of her eyes. She stuck out her tongue at her parents and big brother, who were at the foot of the stage, and made a face at them.
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