Daoist Qing Xuan shuddered and turned to look at Xia Ruofei in the mirror. Xia Ruofei's eyes were bloodshot, and the pain of his broken bones made him tremble slightly. If it were an ordinary person, they would have fainted from the pain. However, Xia Ruofei maintained a clear mind and even deliberately used the huge pressure to temper his body.
Even a powerful cultivator like Daoist Qing Xuan could not believe such a crazy action.
When he saw the crazy aura emanating from Xia Ruofei, he knew that Spiritual Master Shanhe was right. This kid really wanted to reach the top, and he would do anything to achieve his goal.
A person who was so ruthless to himself was truly terrifying.
Even Daoist Qing Xuan could not help but feel a chill in his heart. He smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Shanhe, I've learned something new … This kid is only in the Middle-stage of the Golden Core Realm, but he gives off a scary feeling …"
Spiritual Master Shanhe looked deeply at Xia Ruofei in the mirror and said, "It should be our enemies who are scared. This kid is on the same side as us. The crazier he is, the happier we should be!"
"You're right!" Daoist Qing Xuan said, "I'm looking forward to his performance more and more … I'm glad that I gave him an Elemental Storage Bead as a reward in the previous trial. Otherwise, no matter how crazy he is, he won't have enough Primordial Qi. "
Spiritual Master Shanhe curled his lips and said, "Even if my disciple doesn't have the Elemental Storage Bead, he won't have a problem! Besides, he got the Elemental Storage Bead with his own ability! "
Daoist Qing Xuan said angrily, "I'm just saying. I don't mean to ask for a reward!"
Spiritual Master Shanhe laughed and said, "Brother Qing Xuan, everyone knows that. How can you cheat for your own sake? Right? "
Daoist Qing Xuan rolled his eyes and turned his head away. He could not be bothered with Spiritual Master Shanhe anymore.
This old man was a little arrogant now. Wasn't it just a disciple who performed well? Was he going to criticize the heavens, the earth, and the air?
Alright! Having such a disciple was really enviable.
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The eighth level of the Tower of Trials, the obsidian staircase.
Xia Ruofei stood steadily on the four hundred and ninety-ninth step. He slowly released his Yuan Qi protection, gradually increasing the pressure on his body.
This required very precise control. If he released too little, he would not be able to achieve the effect of tempering his body. If he released too much at once, his body would not be able to withstand the enormous power, and he would very likely be fatally injured. The worst result would be that he would be directly thrown out and stopped at level four hundred and ninety-nine.
Moreover, all of this required precise control while enduring the immense pain of having his bones shattered. Obviously, the difficulty was even greater.
A person with a weak will would not be able to maintain a clear mind under such pain, let alone control it accurately.
Fortunately, Xia Ruofei's willpower had always been very tenacious. Adding on the fact that his spiritual force had broken through to the Spirit Transformation Realm, his control had also improved qualitatively.
Even so, Xia Ruofei was dancing on the tip of a knife.
He was completely focused and did not dare to be distracted in the slightest. He continued to guide the pressure to temper his body over and over again.
Xia Ruofei could not even remember how many petals of the Spirit Heart Flower he had used.
Fortunately, he had not used many petals recently, so he had a lot of them. In this situation, only the petals of the Spirit Heart Flower had an immediate effect. No other method could quickly heal his bones. Therefore, although Xia Ruofei felt a bit of heartache, he still decisively used the petals.
Now was not the time to save the petals.
As time passed, even Daoist Qing Xuan and Zhenren Shanhe could not bear to watch any longer. Even though they were separated by the bronze mirror magic weapon, they could still feel the immense pain that Xia Ruofei was enduring.
Sometimes, when the pressure was a bit too much, the effect would be very terrifying. His bones would directly break, and his arms would even be distorted many times.
If this kind of pain was endured in an instant, it would still be bearable.
However, Xia Ruofei was enduring it all the time, and it had been almost an hour.
In other words, a person's bones were repeatedly broken and reconnected, and then immediately broken again within an hour. If it was someone else, they would probably die from the pain.
However, Xia Ruofei was still standing steadily on the steps. However, because he was clenching his teeth, his lips were bitten countless times. Every time he used the Spirit Heart Flower's petals, the injuries on his lips would be healed. However, there were still bloodstains on his chin. In addition to the fact that his muscles were distorted from the pain, it looked even more terrifying.
Xia Ruofei had suffered so much pain, so she naturally had her rewards.
In this hour, he gradually reduced the strength of his Primordial Qi defense, and his body gradually adapted to the increasing pressure.
Until now, the strength of his Primordial Qi defense was only about half of what it was before, but his body was still able to withstand the increased pressure. In the cycle of breaking, healing, breaking, and healing, his body's strength was increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
If Xia Ruofei directly restored his strongest Primordial Qi defense, then the real pressure on his body would not be able to cause him any harm.
Xia Ruofei seriously assessed the current situation — there was still about one-third of Primordial Qi left in the Elemental Storage Bead, and it could be foreseen that the next 19 steps would consume a lot of Primordial Qi, so he had to leave enough Primordial Qi in reserve. It was impossible for him to continuously temper his body on this level.
In addition, his body's strength had increased by a lot, and he should be able to reach the 500th step. Even if he could not stand stably after reaching the 500th step, he felt that he should still have a high chance of holding on for a period of time. When he reached the 500th step, he could still continue to temper his body. At that time, the pressure would be even greater, and the tempering effect would be even better.
After a comprehensive consideration, Xia Ruofei felt that it was time to reach the 500th step.
After Xia Ruofei made up his mind, he immediately restored his strongest Primordial Qi defense, and at the same time, he absorbed a petal of the Spirit Heart Flower and used it. The small injuries and internal injuries that he had suffered during the tempering process were quickly recovering.
After the strength of his Primordial Qi defense increased, Xia Ruofei suddenly felt relaxed.
It was like a person who had been training with a heavy sandbag on his leg for a period of time, and then suddenly removed the sandbag.
After the pressure on his body decreased, Xia Ruofei did not feel the pain of the pressure, and he could even move his neck and limbs, looking much more relaxed.
When Daoist Qing Xuan and Zhenren Shanhe saw Xia Ruofei's posture, they knew that he was definitely going to try to reach the next step. The two of them suddenly had a serious look on their faces, and they stared intently at the image displayed by the bronze mirror.
They knew very well that the 500th step was undoubtedly the most important hurdle in the entire Obsidian Stairway to Heaven.
This was the last step before reaching the top. Moreover, if he could successfully reach the 500th step, the pressure on the remaining 18 steps would increase by a lot, and Xia Ruofei would have a chance to reach the top.
The key was to see if Xia Ruofei could withstand the sudden increase in pressure on the 500th step.
Success or failure depended on this step.
Xia Ruofei took a deep breath. At this time, his body was in its best condition, and naturally, there was no need for him to hesitate, and he immediately went up.
A huge amount of pressure descended.
Xia Ruofei, who was already mentally prepared, didn't care about anything else. He first raised his right foot and also stepped on the 500th step. Then he spread his feet at an angle and steadied himself on this step.
The increase in pressure on the 500th step was indeed quite large.
In terms of spiritual pressure, Xia Ruofei actually felt the pressure that he hadn't felt in a long time. Even though his spiritual power had reached the Spirit Transformation Realm, he still couldn't completely offset the spiritual pressure. This showed how difficult the Obsidian Stairway to Heaven was.
The invisible force that was stirring the Primordial Qi had also increased a lot. Xia Ruofei had to use all his strength to run the Dao Formula to barely control the Primordial Qi's agitation. Bit by bit, the Primordial Qi was absorbed into the Circulatory Cycle and finally returned to his Dantian.
At the same time, he also had to transfer a large amount of origin energy to every inch of his body.
Even though the strength of his Primordial Qi defense was already at its maximum, the squeezing force still ruthlessly acted on his physical body.
Although Xia Ruofei had crazily tempered his body in the previous level, and it could be said that the strength of his body had greatly improved, but in the face of this pressure, his bones still couldn't help but crack, and some of his bones even directly broke.
Because his cultivation was only at the mid stage of the Golden Core Realm, Xia Ruofei's biggest problem on the 500th step was that his origin energy defense wasn't strong enough. This caused more of the pressure to act directly on his body.
Xia Ruofei absorbed the Spirit Heart Flower petals from the Ring-Tu space while doing his best to resist the pressure.
One minute, two minutes, three minutes …
Xia Ruofei resisted for more than 20 minutes and used eight Spirit Heart Flower petals before his body adapted to the pressure and no longer directly broke his bones and tendons.
It was obvious that in a short 20 minutes, Xia Ruofei's physical strength had increased a lot.
It seemed that the method of tempering the body was really effective! Xia Ruofei was overjoyed.
He decided to stay on the 500th step again, boldly but carefully guiding the squeezing force to temper his body.
Anyway, he could only use his origin energy defense at its strongest to ensure that his body wouldn't directly fracture under the pressure.
This was obviously not enough. After all, the pressure would increase with every step.
With Xia Ruofei's current condition, when he reached the 501st step, he couldn't avoid the sound of bones cracking.
Instead of going up another step without any confidence, it was better to be more stable and temper his body on this step to have a greater confidence.
Therefore, Xia Ruofei began to gently release a trace of origin energy defense. Suddenly, the pressure acting directly on his body increased by a lot. His body, which had already adapted to this strength, couldn't bear the pressure again. Amidst his painful expression, the bones all over his body began to creak again.
Just like that, Xia Ruofei continued to temper his body and at the same time, kept an eye on the origin energy storage in the Vitality Storage Bead.
After another 10 minutes, Xia Ruofei activated his origin energy defense to the maximum and stepped onto the 501st step.
What followed was basically a repeat of the previous process. Xia Ruofei's speed was very slow, but his footsteps were very steady. Just like that, step by step, he was getting closer and closer to the light screen door at the top of the obsidian stairway.
502 steps, 503 steps, 504 steps …
Xia Ruofei only stayed on the 510th step for a little longer. After all, the increase in pressure on the 10th step was greater than that of an ordinary step. It was just that the difference wasn't very obvious.
After resting for a few minutes on the 510th step, Xia Ruofei continued to go up.
Just like that, Xia Ruofei endured the immense pain and walked step by step to the 517th step.
At this time, Xia Ruofei was really exhausted — there was very little origin energy left in the Vitality Storage Bead. His mental strength, which had just broken through, was once again close to exhaustion after continuously resisting the pressure.
At this time, Xia Ruofei finally felt how close he was to the light screen door. It was really close, and he even felt that he could touch it if he stretched out his hand.
The last step. As long as he stepped onto this last step, he would successfully pass this extremely terrifying test of the obsidian stairway.
However, Xia Ruofei didn't immediately take the last step because he didn't know if the increase in pressure on the last step would suddenly increase. If he wasn't prepared and was directly thrown out and eliminated as soon as he stepped on the last step, it would really be a joke.
Therefore, even though there wasn't much origin energy left, Xia Ruofei still tempered his body bit by bit on the 517th step.
At the same time, he also directly took out the origin crystal and held it in his hand. While quickly circulating the Dao Technique to stabilize his origin energy, he absorbed the pure energy in the origin crystal. This way, he could more or less recover some of his origin energy.
In the secret space filled with dense purple gas.
Daoist Master Qing Xuan and Perfected Shan He had already clenched their fists, their eyes full of anticipation.
Seeing Xia Ruofei stop on the 517th step, the two of them couldn't help but look at each other.
Daoist Master Qing Xuan couldn't help but shout in a low voice, "Go up! Why are you hesitating now? "
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