The bright moon hung high up in the sky. The moon today seemed a little different than usual. There were no clouds in the sky, causing the moon to look very bright. As the moonlight shone on the ground, it was as if a soft curtain had been lifted between the sky and the earth.
From the distance, it looked beautiful, but on the mountain that towered into the clouds and whose peak could not be seen, the moon looked terrifying!
Under the moonlight, the pressure from the mountain continued erupting forth at a terrifying speed, turning into an invisible windstorm that distorted the entire mountain. Even if a person lifted their head from within the mountain, they would still see the distorted gazes of the people around them.
It was now midnight. It was the time of the day when the moonlight shone the brightest. It was also the time when the pressure from the mountain reached its peak! Su Ming and the other two stood at the 500th step. If there was no fog on the mountain and someone looked up from below, they would be able to see that the three of them were practically standing at the end of the sky. It was as if they could touch the sky if they just lifted their hands!
If they continued moving upwards from the 500th step, they would have already entered the sky. That was how Ye Wang was now. He did not know what was happening outside, neither did he know that there were three people fighting behind him. He only walked his own path, one step at a time, panting harshly as he moved forward slowly.
'Today, I'll get to 803 steps!' Ye Wang gritted his teeth and walked forward with a pride that could burn other people's eyes.
Under this pressure, no one would be able to take more than a dozen steps if they did not have that determination. Bi Su was determined, but there was also a lack of confidence in his determination. Or else he would not have looked at the ranking on the plate with every step he took.
'556, 557 … Damn it, Chen Chong has surpassed me! He's at 558!' Bi Su's face was filled with unwillingness. He gritted his teeth and took another step forward, but the moment his foot landed, his entire body trembled. He seemed to have heard a faint roar coming from the highest point of the mountain.
That roar was not something a human could make. It belonged to a beast!
As the roar reverberated in the air, Bi Su trembled. He felt a sharp pain in his chest and coughed out a mouthful of blood. His body swayed and he nearly fell down.
His face was pale. During that instant, he felt as if the entire mountain had turned into a strange beast that he could not see and was pouncing on him with its mouth wide open.
Chen Chong also sensed what was happening. He stood on the 558th step, and was just about to take another step when a violent tremor ran through his body. He looked up, his eyes bloodshot, and blood seeped out of the corners of his mouth.
Su Ming's entire body was drenched in sweat, but the determination in his eyes did not diminish. Instead, it became stronger. He took another step forward. 548, 549 … When he stood on the 557th step, he also heard the faint roar.
That roar was filled with a monstrous resentment. It charged towards Su Ming with a bang, and the instant it landed on his body, he froze. Sharp pain instantly shot through his chest, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood uncontrollably. There was a mighty pressure contained within that roar, and it seemed to want all those who heard it to submit to it.
Yet right at the moment his blood seemed to have dyed the area before him red, an incredibly powerful light erupted forth from the blood-red moon in Su Ming's eyes, and it started burning!
. He would not surrender!
Su Ming lifted his head instinctively and let out a loud roar towards the top of the mountain. His roar was like thunder. As it reverberated through the area, Su Ming's long hair danced in the air. The fire burning in his eyes looked as if it was about to spill out. He lifted his right foot and stomped down on the 558th step.
The moment his foot landed, Su Ming trembled. Veins popped up on his skin and blood veins filled his entire body. There was an indescribable pain in his veins, but Su Ming still did not give up!
He wanted to move to the 563rd step. He wanted to continue fine control there. He did not want to give up on this chance. He did not want to disappoint the elder. If Su Ming did not move, then it would be fine. But once he moved, he would make sure that he would have no regrets in the future!
What he wanted to do was to have no regrets. He wanted to give it his all and fight without regrets!
Five hundred and fifty-nine, five hundred and sixty, five hundred and sixty-one! Su Ming took another three steps forward. With each step he took, his body would tremble violently. His body would let out sounds that he could no longer bear with the pain. It was as if his flesh and bones were about to be crushed. That sort of pain was almost unbearable for a 16-year-old boy.
'Two more steps! Just two more steps!' Su Ming roared in his heart. He kept telling himself that he had to get to the 563rd step!
Su Ming growled once again. He lifted his foot and took another step forward! The moment his foot landed, he felt as if the ground was shaking and the mountains were swaying. Yet in truth, he knew that it was not the ground that was moving, nor was it the mountains that were swaying. It was his body.
The feeling of the earth shaking and the mountains swaying caused Su Ming's face to instantly turn pale. He lifted his head and looked at the sky. It was as if the entire sky was slowly moving in his eyes, and time seemed to have slowed down at that instant.
Su Ming could feel his body slowly falling down. The ground did not move, the mountains did not shake. It was his body that could no longer bear with the pain. It had reached its limit and was slowly falling backwards.
'562 is a hurdle …' Su Ming's lips curled up in anguish.
'The ground doesn't move, the mountains don't shake, but if my body moves, nothing will change …
'Elder, why is it that when I'm running, the trees by my side seem to be moving? I'm a little confused. I don't know if my body is running or if the trees are moving back. Elder, what's going on? ' In Su Ming's anguish, he remembered a question he had asked his elder when he was young.
"Eyes can lie. La Su, when you grow up, you'll understand. What you see with your eyes might not be real. Perhaps your eyes are deceiving you. "Look at that tree. Is it really moving? Is it your body that's moving, or is it the tree that's moving, or … is it something else?"
Su Ming remembered that when he heard the answer, he was a little confused and unclear. Yet when he remembered it now, he was stunned for a moment.
'I can't change the ground, I can't change the mountains. Because my body is moving, everything is moving … But in truth, the ground isn't moving, the mountains aren't moving either … What's moving is …' Su Ming widened his eyes. He felt as if he had grasped something.
'What's moving is … my heart!
'When I ran when I was young, my body was moving. The trees were not moving, but my eyes saw the trees moving. That's also because of my heart … My heart was deceived by my eyes. It's my heart that's moving …
'The ground, the mountains, the trees, everything is fine. Even if my body moves, if my heart doesn't move … then everything will not move! 'Even my body might be deceiving me. My eyes, my body, everything can deceive my heart and make me feel like I'm moving …' Su Ming shuddered. Once he understood this, a roar instantly rang in his head. The intensity of that roar made him feel dizzy. When that dizziness slowly disappeared, Su Ming was stunned.
He lowered his head and looked at the steps beneath his feet, then looked at his surroundings. At that moment, he was still standing on the steps. His right foot was at the 562nd step, and his left foot was at the 561st step.
His body had remained the same since the beginning. There was not a single hint of change.
In silence, Su Ming lifted his left foot, and once he stood at the 562nd spot, he sucked in a deep breath, and understanding appeared in his eyes.
"I understand now … If my heart doesn't move, then nothing in the world will move! This is fine control … "Su Ming mumbled and walked up to the 563rd step. As he stood there, a smile appeared on his pale face. He slowly sat down cross-legged and began the first time he truly entered fine control ever since he came to understand it.
This time, it was completely different from the previous four times. Before this, he did it in a state of confusion. All his strength was used to control the speed of his Qi. He used all his strength to control his Qi. That was an external force!
Now, after he understood it, he knew that the true state of fine control did not rely on external forces to change the speed of his Qi, but on his heart!
If his heart did not move, then his Qi would not move!
The moment Su Ming sat down, Bi Su let out an indignant roar. His right foot trembled and hung on the 562nd step, but no matter what, he could not put it down. He had a strong feeling that if he put his foot down, he would not be able to bear it. That feeling was incredibly strong, so real that he had to believe it. Slowly, with a pained expression, he chose to stop. He … did not dare take the risk!
Chen Chong's expression was one of seriousness that was rarely seen in his life. He stood at the 561st step and looked at the 562nd step in silence for a long time. He had heard of the story of this step before …
After a long while, Chen Chong fiercely gritted his teeth and took a step forward. However, at the instant his foot landed, his entire body seemed to have frozen. He stood there in a daze, and his eyes were empty. Time passed by one breath after another. After seven breaths of time, Chen Chong coughed out a large mouthful of blood and fell between the 561st and 562nd step. In the end, he was still unable to go up, and he didn't pass the step of refining his Dao Heart.
Yet compared to Bi Su, Chen Chong had a heart that could turn him into a powerful Berserker!
The field was in dead silence. There was no discussion, no uproar. Most of the people's breathing quickened as they looked at the ranks on the eagle statues. The shock in their hearts had already replaced all their thoughts.
First place: Ye Wang, 803 steps.
Second place: Mo Su, 563 steps.
Those two rows of words attracted everyone's attention. Mo Su was a normal name. No one had heard of him before the test, but now, his name had spread far and wide!
Time passed by slowly. This night was bound to be extraordinary. It was bound to be even more shocking than the day before. It was bound to be a battle that belonged only to the two people who stood at the top of the mountain!
No one in the field became impatient. They waited quietly in silence, waiting for the moment the two people would move! When night passed and there was still some time before dawn, the steps behind Mo Su's name on the nine eagle statues moved!
That move did not cause the weather to change, neither did the wind and clouds to tumble backwards, but it turned into a windstorm that raged in the hearts of all those who were watching!
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