"Sure enough, he's in the lead. The Reincarnation Divine Constitution is truly extraordinary."
"It seems that the first echelon will be formed soon."
On the balcony — many Ascendant State experts were observing the situation.
Only a hundred contestants were left after the cruel screening. According to the rules of previous years, the top hundred of their star zone would become famous Star Lords, even if they couldn't reach the Ascendant State.
Although the rules were even crueler this time, a lot of people were lucky enough to make it to the next round.
However, luck was meaningless in front of the Heavenly Path Mountain. Only impeccable mastery of laws, secret techniques, combat ability and willpower could make them stand out.
"The real test will begin when they reach the hundredth handle."
"Considering their abilities, there are at least a handful of them who can surpass the hundredth handle."
"I wonder if that little guy with the Reincarnation Divine Physique can create a miracle and climb to the 200th step. He can directly feel the impact of the Dao intent there. If he has the aptitude, tsk tsk …"
The young man with the Reincarnation Divine Constitution was undoubtedly the center of attention among the contestants. After all, he was a peerless genius who had a slim chance of becoming a Celestial State expert. If he were to be considered a pet, he would be a cub with a Celestial bloodline!
Everybody wanted to see how monstrous a Celestial would be when they reached the Fate State!
"Keep it up!"
In the Ascendant State — Ciro looked at Su Ping who was slowly climbing to the twentieth handle and encouraged him.
Su Ping had fought three top geniuses on his own in the last round of the screening. His performance was astonishing; he seemed to be second only to the one with the Reincarnation Divine Constitution.
No more than three geniuses were as good as Su Ping.
If Su Ping worked hard, it was very likely that he would make it to the top three of his star zone!
None of the contestants from Silvy had made it to the top ten of their star zone in the past seven or eight years. The highest they had reached was the twelfth place, which was only average among all the galaxies.
…
On the Heavenly Path Mountain —
Everyone climbed up the five ladders one after another. Su Ping was on one of the ladders. He had just reached the 24th handle when a horrifying dragon head popped up in front of him and bit at him from the depths of the sky.
It was an ancient dragon that had gone extinct; it had a thunderous and intimidating roar.
However, Su Ping noticed that the other contestants around the dragon head were still climbing, as if they hadn't seen it at all.
That happened when Su Ping passed the twenties. Only he could see what happened. It sounded like an illusion, but in fact, Su Ping had tried to endure it, and he was indeed injured.
Bang!
Su Ping punched out, and the dragon's head collapsed, turning into a cluster of strange laws that were mixed with emotions such as killing and bloodthirstiness.
Su Ping digested them for a moment and felt that he had learned something. He then continued climbing.
When Su Ping reached the thirtieth handle, he found that the attacks of laws there were obviously more difficult than before. It seemed that every tenth handle would be significantly more difficult.
By then, the young man with a divine constitution had already reached the seventieth handle.
"You're really slow!"
The young man with a divine constitution snorted when he saw that Su Ping was still at the thirtieth handle. He certainly didn't think that Su Ping was only strong enough to reach the thirtieth handle, since he hadn't exerted much effort even after reaching the seventieth handle. It was definitely not a problem for Su Ping; he just didn't understand why the young man was so slow.
He didn't bother to talk to him anymore, and simply continued climbing.
The higher he climbed, the more powerful the attacks of laws he encountered. He gained some insights from the broken pieces of laws after they were broken.
However, he had already become a cultivator, and the pieces of laws were of little help to him; they only left a deeper impression on him.
Time flew.
Half a day passed in the blink of an eye.
Four people had already surpassed the hundredth handle at the moment. The young man with a divine constitution was still far ahead, having reached the 120th handle. The other three top geniuses were also following him at an astonishing speed.
Su Jin 'er and the young man who had golden wheels in his eyes, who had been enslaved by Su Ping, had just reached the ninetieth handle. They didn't seem to be in a hurry; they hadn't exerted much effort yet.
Su Ping had just reached the fiftieth handle; he was slower and slower as he absorbed and digested the information.
If they hadn't seen Su Ping's performance in the preliminaries, many people would have thought that Su Ping was a weakling who had snuck in.
"Seriously? How can they still be so fast?"
"I feel that I'm reaching my limits. I wonder if I can make it to the hundredth handle."
Fang Hanxue, Shirley, Claesabe and the others were also climbing, but they were only at the height of seventy or eighty handles. What made their blood freeze was that it was already difficult for them to resist the attacks at this point. Considering the increasing difficulty, ninety handles was probably their limit.
The geniuses like Su Ping, on the other hand, seemed to have reached the ninetieth handle effortlessly.
"It's so sad to be born in the same universe as those guys!"
"I thought that a genius like me would be able to comprehend the rules easily as long as I use my brain a little. That's already very terrifying. But what kind of monsters are these guys?!"
Kleisabet was already breathing hard when he reached the 88th handle. He almost cursed when he saw the young man with a divine constitution, who had already reached the 130th handle.
"I don't want to lose!"
On the other side, the Dragon Emperor was holding the handle of the ninety-fifth place. His eyes were slightly red. He had to use all his strength to deal with the previous attack. He felt as if his body was about to be torn apart. No one else saw the battle that had just erupted, but he had already fought until the sky was dark.
It was almost an illusion, but the excruciating pain and the exhaustion of his physical strength and astral power were real.
He raised his head and looked at the people above him with an awful expression.
He had been the emperor of the Dragon Tomb Academy, and everybody would feel pressure and awe when they talked about him. However, he had been surpassed by ten people in this place.
He felt even more helpless when he remembered that this was only one of the twelve Star Zones of the universe.
He wondered what kind of deities the final contestants of the genius contest would be!
…
Half a day passed in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, the people on the ladders were obviously slowing down, including the young man with a divine constitution at the top.
However, the strength gap between the hundred geniuses on the five ladders had already been determined. Most of them were struggling at the eightieth handle, a few had reached the ninetieth handle, and only a couple of them had surpassed the hundredth handle.
The young man with a divine constitution was the most terrifying among them; he had already reached the 170th handle. Although he had slowed down, he was still as fast as the people below him. He seemed to be struggling for a long time at each handle, but no matter what, he was already too high for other people to catch up to.
Many geniuses who had reached their limits at the eightieth handle looked up and saw the person who had climbed the highest and was in front of everybody else. They all had complicated expressions.
He was too dazzling!
Many geniuses had been selected from various galaxies, and the top one hundred had been selected. In the end, they were still the most dazzling one among the top one hundred. It wouldn't be long before the entire universe would know the name of this genius. He would also receive invitations from countless forces, and he might even catch the attention of the Divine Court Lord.
Many people were gloomy and frustrated when they thought of that.
They had all become foils in this competition.
"He's slowing down. He'll be close to a complete path from the 150th handle onward."
"His enemy's combat ability will also be at the peak of the Star State!"
"It's already amazing that he's reached the 170th handle. Not even Star Lords are a match for him without the power of faith."
"If he's given a secret treasure that can resist the power of faith, he'll be able to compete with early Star Lords. Tsk, tsk. That's the potential of a Celestial. He's two levels higher!"
"Horrifying!"
On the balcony — all the Ascendants were amazed by the young man with a divine constitution.
They had to admit that he was the most eye-catching of all the geniuses; he was definitely the champion.
"The others aren't bad either. The gap between them is slowly becoming apparent. Some of the top geniuses with Ascendant State potential are obviously stronger and more likely to reach the Ascendant State!"
"Unfortunately, they've run into the Reincarnation Divine Constitution. He's simply unreasonable."
…
At the handle of the 82nd step, Su Ping condensed a sword of laws in his hand and cut apart a mist in front of him. The mist was extremely horrifying; regular attacks and secret techniques couldn't harm it at all. Only the most refined power of laws could damage it.
The power of the laws should be as strong as the advanced phase of the Star State, but he's only reached the eightieth handle …
Su Ping raised his head and was surprised to see the young man with a divine constitution at the 170th handle. Wouldn't he have to be as strong as a Star Lord to reach that height?
He was increasingly aware of the vastness of the Federation. He had visited many cultivation sites, but he didn't think there were as many geniuses in advanced planes like the Demigod Burial.
It seems that the Federation I'm living in can be classified as higher than an advanced plane if it's included in the system's cultivation sites … Su Ping thought.
"You're overthinking. It's a level-one advanced world at best," said the system.
Su Ping was stunned for a moment; he was already used to its peeping. He asked, "Does level-one advanced world mean that it's only second to the top cultivation sites?"
"That's right," said the system casually. The System said leisurely, "This is after taking into account some of the hidden existences in this universe. Otherwise, with just this Prime in front of you as the combat power limit, it would at most be considered an ordinary advanced cultivation site."
Su Ping's heart trembled. "Secret existences?"
"Don't even think about it. You're still far away. I might tell you about them when you reach the Path Zone on the Path Mountain."
"Path Mountain?" Su Ping was stunned for a moment, then realized that it was the Heavenly Path Mountain. However, the system had its own way of naming things. Maybe that was the original name of the place.
"What's the Path Zone?"
"It's the area where a complete path has been nurtured. It's about two hundred handles above your head," said the system casually.
Su Ping raised his head. Two hundred handles?
So to speak, the young man with a divine constitution was almost there.
He nodded and said, "I'll try my best."
The system didn't respond; it seemed to have fallen silent.
Su Ping didn't think too much about it. He continued climbing.
Suddenly, Su Ping heard someone greeting him. "Boss, you're here! Keep it up, boss!"
Su Ping raised his head, only to see that it was one of the people who had sought his protection during the screening. He nodded.
Su Ping climbed a few more handles and soon met Fang Hanxue, Kleisabet and the others.
Half a day later, Su Ping reached the handle of the ninetieth handle and met the Dragon Emperor, the Thousand Leaves Holy Lady and the others who were struggling. They managed to smile when they saw Su Ping.
Su Ping greeted them. "What a coincidence. I'll go over there first."
"Okay …"
Su Ping passed them and continued climbing.
The Dragon Emperor, Linghu Jian and the others smiled bitterly after seeing Su Ping surpass them. Although they knew that Su Ping would surpass them, they still had an indescribable feeling when he actually did it.
Very soon, Su Ping reached the handle of the hundredth handle too.
Hardly had he arrived when Su Ping clearly sensed that the attacks around him had become stronger. A dark shadow made of laws appeared in front of him and lunged at him, roaring.
The roar contained mental shock and mental pressure. Su Ping felt an explosion in his head, as if someone had hit it with a sledgehammer.
However, he soon recovered with a solemn expression, as the attacks there were as strong as those at the peak of the Star State.
Su Ping quickly took action and slashed out the sword aura condensed by a hundred laws. Just like before, he easily crushed the shadow. Then, he frowned and began to absorb and digest the scattered laws and willpower.
The shadow contained a lot of laws. Su Ping grasped a hundred laws, and some of them were strengthened to the advanced phase of the Star State. If he continued exploring, he would be able to touch the core of the laws.
Why do I feel like I'm being rewarded? Su Ping thought.
He felt that even without the reward of being the champion of a star zone, the process of climbing would be enough to significantly improve his combat ability.
Su Ping raised his head. He was quite far away from the young man with a divine constitution, who was already trying to reach the 180th handle.
One and a half days have passed. Only half of the three days are left. I won't be able to catch up with him at this rate.
Su Ping's eyes flashed. Although he didn't really care about the title of champion, he was quite tempted by the reward. After all, the competition was held right under the nose of Celestials; the champion's reward had to be prepared by Celestials, who were one level higher than Joanna's original self.
I have to find a way to store the understanding of laws and digest it when the competition is over, Su Ping thought.
(End of Chapter)
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