"Congratulations to Deputy Chief Lin Xie of the Heaven Alliance for successfully entering checkpoint 73 and breaking the Stairway Tree record!"
"Congratulations to Deputy Chief Lin Xie of the Heaven Alliance for successfully entering checkpoint 73 and breaking the Stairway Tree record!"
"Congratulations to Deputy Chief Lin Xie of the Heaven Alliance for successfully entering checkpoint 73 and breaking the Stairway Tree record!"
As soon as Lin Huang stepped onto checkpoint 73 of the Stairway Tree, all members of the Evil Alliance, be they online or offline, received the same three messages announcing that Lin Xie had broken the all-time record.
The three messages that were similar to the announcements in the entire game were automatically released by the Stairway Tree system as soon as Lin Huang passed the checkpoint. It covered all of the current members of the Evil Alliance.
The news that Lin Huang had broken the checkpoint record on the Stairway Tree spread to every corner of the Evil Alliance in an instant. The entire Evil Alliance was in an uproar.
One must know that before Lin Huang arrived at checkpoint 73, everyone thought the 72nd checkpoint was the finish line. Whoever managed to reach the finish line would be considered a great victory. After all, including Lin Huang, only four people in the entire history of the Evil Alliance had reached this checkpoint.
Everyone in the Evil Alliance knew that Lin Xie had a powerful ability and might even be Chan Dou's successor. However, almost nobody thought that Lin Huang could break the record on the 72nd checkpoint on the Stairway Tree before today.
Now, Lin Huang had broken the boundary that was impossible to break. He had broken through the endpoint, shocking everyone.
"I've broken the record! The Monster Farming Maniac is so awesome ~ ~ ~ (voice cracking)!"
"I have to admit that the monster killing demon is awesome today!"
"Everyone said that he cheated when he obtained eight million points. Many people still said that he cheated when he obtained 100 million points. When he obtained 100 billion points, there were fewer and fewer people who doubted him. Now that he's not killing monsters, he broke the checkpoint that nobody has broken through for hundreds of years. Lin Xie has proven time and time again that he doesn't need to cheat! "
"After today, the strongest of the younger generation will no longer be the Five Emperors. There will only be one name — Lin Xie!"
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Yi Zheng stood in the human gathering area on the 21st checkpoint of the Stairway Tree. He could not calm himself down for a long time as he looked at the name at the top of the leaderboard projected by the Stairway Tree.
"What's wrong? Are you jealous? "Yi Yeyu walked over from behind and asked with a smile.
"A little." Yi Zheng nodded with a smile and admitted it frankly.
"We watched him grow." Yi Yeyu lifted her head and looked at the name on the top of the list.
"To be exact, we witnessed his rise," Yi Zheng corrected him.
"Who would've thought that an unknown kid could grow so much in just three years?" Yi Yeyu smiled and shook her head. "Not only is he the No. 1 powerhouse among the younger generation, but he's also the Emperor of Dynasty."
"No matter if he's the No. 1 powerhouse among the younger generation or the Emperor of Dynasty, those identities won't be his final identity. He'll only become more powerful and go further." Yi Zheng knew very well that Lin Huang would not stop there.
"Brother, how many checkpoints do you think he can get to?" Yi Yeyu could not help but ask.
"I think he'll be able to get to as many checkpoints as there are on the Stairway Tree," Yi Zheng added, "Of course, he might not be able to do it today. It might be tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or next month … If I have his talent and ability, I'll definitely do my best to get to the top of the Stairway Tree. "
As Yi Zheng and Yi Yeyu were discussing this topic, the other members of the Evil Alliance were discussing the same thing.
It was completely different from the 72nd checkpoint where nobody thought that Lin Huang would be able to get to the next checkpoints. However, nobody was sure which checkpoint he would be able to get to.
A minority of them had the opposite opinion. Their argument was that unlike the previous 72 checkpoints, there was no reference information for the subsequent checkpoints. Without reference information and strategies, everything was a new exploration. The difficulty of the checkpoints would be a few times higher than before.
The truth was just as they expected. Since nobody had ever reached this checkpoint before, Lin Huang had no reference information at all. He had no idea what was waiting for him on this checkpoint.
As soon as he entered the dense jungle on the 73rd checkpoint, Lin Huang realized that he could not activate his Territory skill at all. He could not even use his Divine Telekinesis. He had completely lost his scouting technique.
Feeling helpless, he could only summon Lancelot and let it explore the path in front of them.
Although Lancelot's combat strength was only on imperial-level yellow gold-rank, his ability was on par with imperial-level purple gold-rank. Coupled with a powerful defensive skill like Dark Mirror, he could handle most of the dangers on the Stairway Tree.
Lin Huang felt something was off after following Lancelot for a couple of minutes.
"It's a little strange. We didn't encounter any monsters on this checkpoint, nor did we encounter any other obstacles. Looking at this speed, we'll be able to pass this checkpoint soon. "
"The checkpoint for this checkpoint is a maze," Bloody said all of a sudden.
"A maze?"
"I just noticed that there are a few trees that look exactly the same as the ones in front of us. At first, I thought it's just two trees that look alike, but I realized that there's more than one tree, "Bloody shared its observation.
"Then, I tried to release four Leech Pods. With me as the center, they flew in a straight line in front, back, left, and right. However, I sensed that the four Leech Pods had deviated from their intended route less than ten meters away. They deviated a little at first, but the further they went, the more they deviated. In the end, they were going in circles.
"However, even though they were going in circles, the environment that the four Leech Pods were observing was constantly changing. It gave them the illusion that they were moving forward. If I couldn't sense the Leech Pods' location directly, I might've been fooled by the illusion too. "
"So, we've been in the illusion since we stepped into this checkpoint?" Lin Huang squinted slightly, stopping Lancelot from moving forward.
Standing where he was, Lin Huang turned his head to look around. He did not notice anything out of the ordinary as far as he could see. Since he could not use his Divine Telekinesis and Territory, it was indeed difficult to notice if they were really in the illusion.
Lin Huang thought to himself and summoned the Nightmare Tapir directly.
Just when he summoned the Nightmare Tapir, a rustling sound came from not far away.
The Nightmare Tapir glanced around, flicked its long trunk, and opened its mouth.
In the next second, the images around were sucked into the Nightmare Tapir's mouth like a tornado.
The illusion was instantly broken, and the original environment was revealed.
It was a jungle, but it was not a traditional jungle because there were no trees or flowers in the entire jungle. There were only white mushrooms with black faces on them.
The mushrooms were of different sizes. Some of them were two to three meters tall while some were only the length of a finger. But at this moment, the only similarity was that the faces on these mushrooms looked like they were all asleep.
"Were these mushrooms responsible for the illusion earlier?" Lin Huang was puzzled.
"I think they're the Demon Mushrooms from the abyss. They're evil spirit species that's good at performing illusion and hypnosis!" Bloody explained, "However, these are just child ramets. They're equivalent to clones. The mother ramets must've hidden themselves. "
"I don't think there's such a monster in the monster guide?" Lin Huang asked curiously.
"Indeed, there's no record of it in the monster guide. I saw it by accident," Bloody nodded and explained.
"Let's go! Let's go to the next checkpoint. "
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