Chapter 657
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Sitting cross-legged in the crack of the tree bark, Lin Huang activated his Life Power to resist the chill that was invading his body from all directions.
It was like a candle flickering in the wind that could be extinguished at any time.
Without the protection of the Frost Flame Ape, Lin Huang's entire body was exposed to the temperature of -200 degrees Celsius. The speed of his Life Power being drained was much faster than before.
In such a harsh environment, Lin Huang activated Army Attack Tactics with all his might. He did not want to stay there forever. He just wanted to see if he could speed up the accumulation of Army Attack Tactics card pieces in such an environment. If it worked, he planned to come here to train Army Attack Tactics when he had the time in the future.
It turned out that Lin Huang's speculation was correct.
As his Life Power was being drained rapidly, the speed of level-9 Army Attack Tactics, which used to take one second to complete a full circulatory cycle, was doubled in less than five minutes. It was now a full circulatory cycle in five seconds. That was not the limit. Lin Huang could clearly feel that the speed of his Life Power could still be increased. Seeing that the Life Power in his last Life Wheel was almost depleted, he immediately used a Life Power Refill Card and crawled back to the Frost Flame Ape.
Returning to the Frost Flame Ape's shoulder, Lin Huang immediately sat with his legs crossed and began activating Army Attack Tactics to recover the Life Power that he had just drained. However, without the external stimulation, the speed of Army Attack Tactics was restored to a full circulatory cycle in one second.
Time passed by on the Stairway Tree.
The gigantic Frost Flame Ape stuck its body on the bark of the Stairway Tree with a block of ice. It opened its mouth and sucked in the black mist around it.
Lin Huang had no idea what the black mist was, but he could feel that it was a deadly threat. He could even feel the chill when he touched it with his telekinesis thread. He vaguely felt that if this thing touched his body even a little, he would probably be frozen in an instant.
One man and one beast stayed in the second checkpoint for more than three hours. Only then did the white ape stop swallowing. It seemed that the black mist in its body was already saturated. Seven of the ten Life Wheels in Lin Huang's body were filled. He looked at the time and it was already past noon. He did not choose to stay in this area any longer. He ordered White Ape to leave.
In less than three minutes, the white ape had brought Lin Huang through the second checkpoint shrouded in black clouds.
Looking at the area shrouded in dark clouds below, Lin Huang knew that he would come back again in the future. He could not help but shake his head and smile wryly as he thought of the chill that had penetrated deep into his bones. "I'm afraid that many geniuses below immortal-level will be stopped at this stage …"
He had just passed through the second checkpoint when the white ape's voice was suddenly heard. "I'm sorry, Master. I've just swallowed a large amount of black mist. The concentration of my bloodline is about to increase. I may not be able to serve Master for a while."
"It's fine. Go back and focus on breaking through." Lin Huang nodded and leaped into the gap between the tree bark. He recalled the Frost Flame Ape and summoned the Mighty Ape with golden fur.
"Let's go. Continue to climb!" Lin Huang climbed onto the Mighty Ape's shoulder and instructed.
The Mighty Ape immediately continued to climb. It was worried that Lin Huang would not let it out after making a few mistakes in the snowy ground.
Without the interference of the snow, the Mighty Ape's climbing speed was back to its peak. Soon, it was approaching the height of 30,000 meters.
Seeing that the height shown on his Emperor's Heart Ring was getting closer to 30,000 meters, Lin Huang could not help but look up into the sky. He wanted to know what the third checkpoint would be like.
The clouds in the sky were gray. It looked like it was cloudy or it was going to rain soon.
"There was a snowstorm in the second checkpoint. Is it going to rain in the third checkpoint?" Lin Huang thought that it was not creative at all.
Just when he was going to ask the Mighty Ape to dash through the clouds, a purple lightning flashed above the clouds. It was heading towards the Mighty Ape and Lin Huang.
The Mighty Ape sensed the danger as soon as the lightning flashed. It leaped to the side and dodged the attack.
However, that was just the beginning. As soon as the Mighty Ape dodged the first attack, the gray clouds were like a raging beast that had been awakened. Purple Thunder formed in the clouds and struck at both of them.
It was as if there was a gigantic purple octopus floating in the sky, extending its lightning-like tentacles towards Lin Huang and the Mighty Ape.
"It'll be endless if we hide like this. Let's just go." Seeing that the Mighty Ape dodged a few times clumsily and could not climb any higher due to the lightning, Lin Huang thought that dodging was a waste of time and energy.
The Mighty Ape also realized that it was almost impossible for it to dodge the lightning strikes. It was indeed better to fly through the clouds in one go.
After listening to Lin Huang's instruction, the Mighty Ape gave up on dodging and covered its body with its Life Power. It then began to climb.
Lin Huang, who was sitting on the Mighty Ape's shoulder, activated his Dark Mirror.
As they climbed, the purple lightning struck the Mighty Ape's body continuously. However, the Life Power of the Mighty Ape that was on immortal-level was very limited. It could not even break through its defense. After confirming that the lightning was not a threat to it, the Mighty Ape started climbing at full speed.
Lin Huang was a small target. Although he was struck by the lightning occasionally, it was reflected by the Dark Mirror. This checkpoint was a piece of cake for him.
However, as the Mighty Ape went deeper into the gray clouds, the purple lightning turned blue and became more powerful.
Each time the blue Thunder struck the Mighty Ape, the Life Power it consumed was more than 10 times more than before. Occasionally, it could break through its defense and cause the Mighty Ape to stiffen. Lin Huang could clearly feel that the Mighty Ape's Life Power was draining and its body was stiffening. He did not expect that the third checkpoint would be enough to cause trouble for the immortal-level Mighty Ape. He immediately urged the Mighty Ape to increase its speed to its maximum.
As the Mighty Ape climbed with all its might, two minutes later, the Mighty Ape finally brought Lin Huang through the gray clouds of the third checkpoint.
After passing through the third checkpoint, Lin Huang had a new assessment of the difficulty of the Stairway Tree. It was a few times more difficult than what he had expected.
The first three checkpoints alone could stop more than 90% of the holy fire-levels. Some of the weaker immortal-levels might even fail in the second and third checkpoints.
"The first three checkpoints are already so difficult. I can't believe someone managed to get to the 72nd checkpoint and he's only on immortal-level rank-9 …" Lin Huang was impressed by those who managed to get to the 70th checkpoint in history. Although some of the checkpoints were passed by the predecessors, according to the current difficulty of the checkpoints on the Stairway Tree, it would not be easy to get to the next checkpoints even with the help of the guides.
He heard from Yao Lan that the 72nd checkpoint was the highest checkpoint that anyone had ever reached in history. However, among the current geniuses, the one who managed to get to the highest checkpoint was only the 63rd checkpoint. It was not that they did not have the guides for the next checkpoint, but even if they did, they would not be able to get to the 63rd checkpoint.
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