A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes as he stood in the golden ocean. He stared at the cultivation planet in the distance with rapt attention and sensed the mighty pressure coming from the planet. There was a hint of irritation and madness contained within it, along with a killing intent that made all outsiders stop in their tracks.
"Get lost!" A low roar that sounded like thunder came from within the cultivation planet. Before Su Ming could get close to it, it rumbled.
As that voice reverberated in the air, the golden ocean that filled the area around Su Ming immediately started tumbling and roaring, forming a powerful force of rejection. The killing intent in that voice was enough to make all the people feel as if they had run into their mortal enemy, and their hearts trembled.
Su Ming immediately stopped moving. His pupils shrank. At that moment, his heart was shaken, and loud booming sounds filled his head. There was a will contained within that voice, as if if he did not obey that will, then his body and soul would be destroyed.
'Is this the test to make the stone monument reach one million feet? ' Su Ming's expression was incredibly solemn as he stared at the cultivation planet in the distance. After some time, he moved once again and charged forward while withstanding the mighty pressure like a shooting star.
Su Ming did not move quickly in the golden ocean. After all, the mighty pressure felt as if it had corporeal form, causing cracks to appear on his body as he moved forward. It was as if even with his powerful physical body, he could not fight against the mighty pressure descending on him.
'Just who is in the cultivation planet in front of me? Just the mighty pressure alone can make me like this? That person's level of cultivation … 'Su Ming suddenly understood why so many people had failed at this bottleneck.
Time passed, and Su Ming's speed became slower. His physical body was already letting out banging sounds, as if it could no longer withstand the pressure. A large part of his skin was cracking, and his organs were on the verge of collapsing under the mighty pressure.
And this was only because Su Ming's body was incredibly strong. If it had been anyone else, they might have been unable to withstand it a long time ago, but similarly … this was also because Su Ming's level of cultivation was not high enough. If his level of cultivation was high enough, then he could circulate the power of his cultivation base to protect his entire body. With this sort of physical body, he would be able to move a little further.
After a moment, Su Ming was forced to stop. Blood trickled out of the corners of his mouth, and his eyes were covered in red as he glared at the cultivation planet.
At that moment, he was still several millions of feet away from the cultivation planet. This distance might seem very far, but in truth, in the galaxy, it was already incredibly close.
"This is my limit. Based on my cultivation base and the strength of my fleshly body, this is my limit. If I don't have any special methods, I'll be stuck here. I won't be able to challenge the one million zhang stone stele." Su Ming lowered his head and looked at his disheveled corpse, which was covered in cracks and blood. When he lifted his head, the overlapping runic symbols in his right eye suddenly shone.
As the runic symbols continued shining, Su Ming lifted his left hand and pressed it against his right eye.
This was a method he had naturally come to understand during the sixty years he had spent in his right eye. At the instant Su Ming lifted his left hand, the runic symbol in his right eye instantly erupted.
Nearly a thousand runic symbols shot out with a bang, and as they shone, they surrounded Su Ming. As they spun rapidly, Su Ming looked as if he was in the middle of a storm of runic symbols. As they spun around him, the mighty pressure on his body decreased slightly.
Without any hesitation, he moved forward. With the runic symbols around him, after about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Su Ming got closer to the cultivation planet. In fact, he could even see the continents and oceans on the planet, as well as the mountain ranges and rivers on the continents.
At the same time, the runic symbols around him started trembling violently. Quite a number of them instantly shattered, but fortunately, they did not disappear. Instead, they turned into sparkling sparks that were instantly absorbed by the other runic symbols, causing the light from the remaining runic symbols to become even brighter.
Su Ming let out a low growl and continued charging forward at full speed. He ignored the time, and his only thought was to step on the cultivation planet. He had to step on it. If he could not even step on the cultivation planet during the test, then Su Ming would not allow it.
"I've never seen anyone die while challenging the one million zhang stone stele. This means that while this place might seem dangerous, there shouldn't be any true deaths. If that's the case … then I'll fight!"
Su Ming lifted his head and let out a roar. He became even faster, and more of the runic symbols around him shattered. The remaining runic symbols became fewer and fewer, but they became even brighter, almost to the point of being dazzling.
However, as Su Ming moved forward, his flesh and blood were torn apart. In fact, there were quite a number of spots on his arms where his flesh and blood had been torn apart, revealing his bones. In fact, cracks had also appeared on those bones under the mighty pressure.
The pain that could not be felt in the world outside was incredibly great in this place. That sharp pain crashed into his heart and soul, but it could not suppress his madness.
There was a determination in Su Ming's personality that others would find difficult to imagine. If it were not for this determination, how could his Life Matrix be Winter, Autumn, Summer, Lips, and Spring? How could he walk from death to life? How could he go against the flow his entire life? How could he still have such an overflowing fighting spirit even after he knew that everything that had happened in the land of Berserkers was part of Di Tian's plan and that he was a dead man?
All of this was due to Su Ming's determination. In fact, it could even be said that he was stubborn!
Bang!
There were only nine runic symbols left around Su Ming. Each of these nine runic symbols was one thousand feet big, and they were rapidly circling around him. His legs had already disappeared. His flesh, blood, and bones were all gone. Only bones were left of his arms. In fact, he looked as if he had crawled out of a grave after most of his body had rotted away.
He looked incredibly terrifying, but the light shining from the madness and determination in his eyes was enough to make all those who saw it feel their hearts tremble.
Bang!
There were only eight runic symbols left!
Bang!
There were only seven runic symbols left!
Loud bangs continuously rang in the air, and each one of them signified a runic symbol shattering. When several bangs later, there were only three runic symbols left around Su Ming.
These three runic symbols were thousands of feet big. They swept through the area, and as Su Ming persevered, they continued protecting him as he moved forward. The flesh and blood on Su Ming's head had already disappeared. At that moment, he looked as if his bones had surpassed his flesh and blood, as if he was a skeleton that was still persisting. The light in his eyes grew brighter, and it was the fire of madness.
Booming sounds rang out once again. This time, two runic symbols exploded at the same time, causing only one runic symbol to remain around Su Ming. It was a runic symbol that was ten thousand feet big, and it was spinning rapidly under his feet.
It was also at that moment that Su Ming finally arrived at the cultivation planet at the center of the golden ocean after going through an endless amount of trials!
They were incredibly close to each other, allowing Su Ming to see the land on the cultivation planet. He saw … figures floating in midair on the ground. Su Ming was familiar with all of them. Among them was Tian Xie Zi, his eldest senior brother, his second senior brother, and Hu Zi. It did not matter whether they were enemies or friends, Su Ming saw all the people he could see on the planet.
All the faces in his memories were looking at him from the sky of the cultivation planet.
Except … Di Tian!
Di Tian was not around!
As Su Ming continued getting closer, the edges of the final runic symbol under his feet started showing signs of crumbling. His body started showing signs of shattering once again as it was squeezed down on him.
Su Ming knew that he had failed this time, because he had given it his all, but he had only managed to reach the cultivation planet. He had yet to experience the highest layer of wind in the planet. He could only see it.
'Even if I fail, I still want to see what else is on this cultivation planet besides the faces in my memories!' Su Ming's eyes turned crimson. He simply allowed the runic symbol under his feet to shatter, and with what was left of his body, he turned into a burning shooting star that charged towards the highest layer of wind in the planet with loud booming sounds.
He was getting closer!
With a bang, Su Ming's body crashed into the highest layer of wind. A large amount of cracks appeared on the runic symbol under his feet. The violent gusts of wind howled in the highest layer of wind, covering Su Ming's eyes and shattering the runic symbol under his feet. Su Ming's body was also continuously being destroyed.
When all the runic symbols under Su Ming's feet shattered and his body crumbled, he rushed out of the highest layer of wind and truly stepped into the sky of the cultivation planet.
He saw the familiar faces in the sky, and he also saw … that behind each familiar figure was a tree branch. It was … a golden tree that used the earth as its foundation and occupied more than half of the cultivation planet!
That tree had countless branches, and the figures on each branch were like flowers on the tree itself. They were connected together and could not be distinguished from each other. Those familiar faces were smiling at Su Ming, as if they were calling out to him.
A loud bang rang out in Su Ming's heart. He stared at the indescribable tree with a dumbfounded expression, and he also saw a branch dancing in the air. In an instant, it landed on his crumbling body.
A power of time that Su Ming was familiar with swiftly gathered on his body. He saw his crumbling flesh and blood tumbling backwards, and in the blink of an eye, he was swept into the highest layer of wind. In the span of a breath, he rushed out and appeared in the galaxy beyond the cultivation planet. The runic symbol under his feet appeared once again, as if time was flowing in reverse. As Su Ming continued retreating, the previously shattered runic symbols beside him appeared one by one.
His body continued recovering from its crumbling state. When Su Ming was swept out of the golden ocean and the cultivation planet turned into the distance in his eyes, his body recovered completely, and even the runic symbols returned to his right eye.
At the same time, booming sounds rang in Su Ming's ears. His vision blurred, and when everything became clear, he stared at the stone monument before him in a daze. He … had returned to the place where the one hundred thousand stone monuments were.
His stone monument had shrunk from its previous ninety-nine thousand feet height to twenty-one thousand feet.
"Failed!" Sui Chen Zi's ancient voice echoed in his heart. However, there was a hint of aloofness in that voice at that moment.
"Heh heh, even those in the Five Illusory Echelons who entered their stone monuments failed?"
"Since you failed once, then you can no longer be considered a newbie in this place. Welcome to our endless cycle." Voices reached Su Ming's ears. They were the words of the people in the area who had noticed that his stone monument had shrunk to twenty thousand feet.
"This is just your first failure. If you continue, then you will know what despair is …" The voices in the area reverberated in the air. Su Ming closed his eyes, and after a long while, when he opened them, a dark light shone in them.
"Perhaps … I can get through this," Su Ming mumbled. The dark light in the depths of his eyes grew stronger. "To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com and vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation. "
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