After the first day of climbing to the summit, the five chosen ones were divided into two groups.
Those who climbed step by step without rest and those who stopped every 50 to 100 steps to meditate.
Although they were all at the same stage of cultivation, some of them had a significant advantage due to their physique.
On the second day of the trial, Lu Cheng and Yang Li were thrown out of the spatial pocket because they simply ran out of spiritual energy.
On the third day, Yuan Yong also gave up.
Jiang Hua, dressed in black, stood near the peak, her nine fluffy tails swaying in the wind. Her expression remained indifferent from the beginning of the second trial to the present moment, and her thoughts were not focused on obtaining the legacy.
"If my guess is correct, then whoever can reach the top will be able to help our clan survive!" It was unknown for what reason, but sometimes the figure of Su Mingyue would appear in her eyes.
Perhaps it was just a fleeting attraction, or perhaps it was something more…
She didn't know!
All she had to do was keep moving up and see for herself who would be at the top.
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Su Mingyue continued to climb the stairs for two days, not stopping for even a moment. He climbed each step, and his spiritual energy was rapidly absorbed by the stairs.
Despite this, Su Mingyue was not worried. Over the past three days, he had learned a lot about his immortal-level physique and the Demon God Sutra.
With their help, the spiritual energy was replenished in his dantian so that he did not have to spend favor points at all.
On the fifth day.
The distance to the top was getting smaller and smaller. But, the absorbing spiritual energy was immeasurable.
In the end, on the sixth day, Su Mingyue had to stop and meditate. There were less than twenty steps left, and he could already see the peak that no one had been able to reach.
The peak itself was covered in a mysterious fog, and as he climbed each step, some of the fog dissipated.
"Ten more steps…" Su Mingyue muttered, and as he got back on his feet, he continued walking.
Nine, eight, seven…
"System, restore my spiritual energy!" Su Mingyue said in his mind, gritting his teeth.
Everything he had recovered after three hours of meditation was gone after a few steps.
[Master, you have spent 100 favor points. Your spiritual energy has been restored!]
Although he didn't plan to spend his hard-earned points, when the summit was so close, all he could do was pray that the ancient legacy was worth the sacrifice.
Three, two, one...
As his foot touched the final step, Su Mingyue felt a tremendous pressure and someone's gaze watching him. After a few seconds, the pressure and the stare disappeared.
As if it had never happened!
Soon, he reached the peak, and he felt a slight click in his dantian, indicating that he had broken through.
Second Level of Earth Ascension(3)
Third Level of Earth Ascension(3)
Fourth Level of Earth Ascension(3)
Su Mingyue smiled slightly. After all, every breakthrough, even at a lower level, gave him a chance to survive in future events.
Soon, he saw the fog completely dissipate, revealing a magnificent palace made of gold, with a narrow path of unknown precious stones leading to it.
On the right side of the palace, there was a huge statue of a black dragon, it was so huge that it was in no way inferior to the height of the palace. At that time, on the left was a statue of a graceful phoenix, which seemed to be looking down from heaven at insignificant mortals.
Without hesitation, Su Mingyue strode down the path and reached the door to the palace, forcefully pushing it open.
"It looks like it's a legacy?"As he opened the door, two balls of energy appeared before his eyes, floating above the ground and sometimes intertwining to form a strange spiritual energy.
After taking a closer look, Su Mingyue realized that the black ball contained the energy of a dragon, and the white one contained the energy of a phoenix.
"System, how do I absorb it?" Squinting, he asked in his mind.
[Host, if you want to find out, pay 100 favor points]
"Fuck!" Su Mingyue cursed and was about to say goodbye to the last hundred points when a sudden voice called out to him from behind.
"Su Mingyue?"
With a mental sigh, and ready to defend or attack at any moment, the young man turned.
"It's you!" He exclaimed in surprise. The woman in black he had spoken to before the first stage of the trial appeared before him.
As soon as Jiang Hua reached the top, she immediately noticed a silhouette in the palace and became slightly anxious.
However, when she saw that Su Mingyue was the first to enter the palace, she became excited and called out his name with a smile.
"So only you and I have passed the second stage of the trial? How about we split the rewards? I'll take the dragon, and you can have the phoenix?" Su Mingyue took a deep breath and analyzed the situation.
"It seems that two people can inherit the legacy, otherwise, as soon as I entered the palace, all the remaining participants should have been thrown out of the spatial pocket, or…" He didn't want to continue this thought, which was dark and cruel.
After all, there were sometimes legacies where the final test required participants to kill each other.
"Big Brother Su, I'm not interested in the legacy, if you want, take my share too!" Jiang Hua replied indifferently, she was not interested in the legacy at all, and by giving it away, she could gain more sympathy.
"You're refusing?" Su Mingyue muttered in astonishment and looked at her in disbelief.
How could one refuse a gift that had fallen right into their hands from the heavens?
Su Mingyue shook his head, clearly not believing her.
Why would one come to the spatial pocket, go through so many difficulties, and then refuse when they were just one step away from receiving it?
It was unreasonable!
No matter how you looked at it, this girl was clearly lying to his face.
Noticing that Su Mingyue's face was alert, Jiang Hua realized that the young man had misunderstood her and hurriedly said:
"Big Brother Su, I'm telling the truth. I have never aspired to inherit, and my coming to this place was for only one reason. And it's you!"