C50 Continuous breakthrough

The moment Ye Yang successfully stepped onto the 900th step, everyone at the foot of the mountain boiled over.

"He actually reached the 900th step on the second day? What a monster!"

"In all of history, those who could step onto the 800th step all became an expert over King Level. Could it be that this Ye Yang will become a martial emperor in the future?"

Li Chengfeng looked at Ye Yang with a gratified expression. He was becoming more and more confident in this boy, and the return of the Lunar Shadow would definitely be much earlier.

Most of the people were praising, surprised, and full of admiration, while the disciples of Nan Li City and Luo Ying City all had faces full of jealousy and hatred.

Mu Shixiong’s face clouded and his eyebrows drew together tightly. He felt a strong sense of danger. Their Mu Family would never allow a second Li Chengfeng to appear in Eight Desolations City, otherwise, it would be a disaster for them.

The chief examiner looked at Ye Yang who was sitting cross-legged and exerted his cultivation on the 900th step with his eyes closed. A complicated emotion flashed in his eyes as he muttered to himself, "This Ye Yang is truly a rare martial genius, and his future achievements will definitely far surpass ours, but he's also a spiritual cultivator. This will be a difficult choice.”

The principal leisurely took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "You have lived for so many years, yet you are still not calm. Everything in the world has its destiny, and is not something that can be controlled by you and me. Furthermore, the founder of Tianwu Academy has long since set a rule that no one can intervene in the free development of the students. "

"That is true, but if Ye Yang were to really choose martial cultivation, do you think that you can just let a spiritual cultivator lost in our hands?" The chief examiner said with some unwillingness.

"The academy's rules are beyond everything!" The white-robed principal said solemnly, "Don't say that I am only the vice principal now. Even if the principal were here, he wouldn’t dare disobey the founder's will!"

"At that time, the founder whose cultivation was even high enough to reach the heaven and comprehend the secrets behind nature established Tianwu Academy. The rules he set must have a profound meaning behind, so you don’t need to worry about it!"

"Yes, you are right. I was too persistent." Thinking about the legend of the founder, the chief examiner’s back started sweating profusely as he bowed to the principal.

"You and I just need to do our best to uphold the academy's rules. The other things are not something we should worry about. Let's watch the show and see how much surprise they can bring us," the principal said with a smile.

The sky gradually darkened. The disciples who had climbed for an entire day were completely exhausted. They were all sitting cross-legged at their original spots and exert their cultivation to quickly recover their physical strength.

Now the rankings had changed again.

First place, Ye Yang, number of steps: 900

Second place, Mu Bai, number of steps: 799

Third place, Lan Caidie, number of steps: 787

Fourth place, Ye Yuhan, number of steps: 746

Fifth place, Guan Yanxue, number of steps: 729

As for the sixth place, there were seven people. This was because they were all stuck at the 599th step. Although they had already tried to climb up to the 600th step many times, they had all failed.

Ye Qingxuan was ranked eighteen with 523 steps. No disciples from Eight Desolations City had broken through the 500th step other that she and Ye Yang.

From the 500th step down, there was another long line of humans; these disciples scattered all over the steps, and the most bustling place was the 299 step, which was the tail of the long line.

There were more than fifty people gathered here, and it was also the busiest place on Nine Nether Sky Stairway. Luckily, the step was wide enough so no one would be pushed down.

On the stairway, no one was allowed to make any malicious attack, so everyone could rest peacefully without having to be on guard against others.

When the morning sunlight just arrived the ground, these disciples who were sitting in meditation raised their heads and looked up. They swore to themselves that they would use all their strength to obtain their best results, because today was the last day.

However, when they were full of confidence and prepared to climb, the scene up there made the confidence they had just built up disappear immediately.

On the 900th step, the Qi on Ye Yang's body became deeper and deeper, and was undulating according to a certain rhythm.

"Heavens, is he courting death?"

"He just advanced yesterday, is he trying to break through his bottleneck again at today? What did I see? "

"Breaking through at the 900th step is simply courting death! Is this person a genius or a madman?!"

Everyone present was dumbstruck for Ye Yang's action, and Mu Shixiong laughed out loud, "If he doesn't die, then there is simply no justice in the world. Idiots are always from Eight Desolations City."

Although Mu Shixiong's words were ugly, but he said what was in everyone’s heart. Indeed, this kind of action was no different from suicide.

Li Chengfeng looked at Ye Yang's back figure, and groaned in his heart. ‘Ye Yang, oh Ye Yang, can't you stop being so bold for a while?’

Lan Caidie and Ye Qingxuan were staring at Ye Yang with their eyes wide opened. Their hands covered their mouth, and their faces filled with disbelief.

Ye Yuhan's heart was thumping. As the genius of his family, he was naturally indifferent and focused on his martial cultivation; other than eating, he spent almost all his time on cultivation, so he was called “martial cultivation freak” by others.

But compared to Ye Yang, he now knew just how rational he was. He absolutely did not dare to do this, and he even never dared to think about it.

A trace of pleasure could be seen in Mu Bai's eyes. ‘You must have gone crazy from wanting to be in the limelight; you just happened to succeed yesterday, and you still want to continue today? There's no justice in the world if you don't die.’

Ye Yang was still using all his strength to break through the bottleneck. Although his Genuine Qi was very full, it was still lacked of a bit. His Genuine Qi rushed over and over again, but couldn’t break through the barrier.

Ye Yang knew that since the last time he had transformed his dantian with the help of the pressure of Nine Nether Sky Stairway, his barrier had become stronger and it would be harder to break through his bottlenecks in the future.

However, Ye Yang did not regret it in the slightest. Because it was worth doing so, considering what he had gained from it.

After he had failed to break through for seven or eight times, Ye Yang got something out from his ring with his hand, and a fruit appeared in his hand. He opened his mouth wide and stuffed the entire fruit into his mouth.

"Hmm? He's eating something. "

"It looks like a piece of fruit!"

"The color of that fruit… It seems like a Cyan Spirit Fruit!"

"Heavens! It's really a Cyan Spirit Fruit! That's a kind of fruit suitable for a martial warrior to use. It's such a waste!"

The white-robed principal looked at the fruit with narrowed eyes and said, "I didn't expect this little fellow is so lucky to get a Cyan Spirit Fruit; he's probably going to succeed this time."

"However, once he successfully advances, he will experience the shock of True Spiritual Qi, and his chance of survival won't exceed one percent. Are you sure you don't want to stop him?" The chief examiner was a bit worried.

"Have you forgotten the rules again? We are only the guardians of the rules, not the rule makers, and we have no right to change the rules. Let's just watch in peace. I always feel that this little guy won't die that easily," the white-robed principal said.

The moment the Cyan Spirit Fruit entered his stomach, the surging energy instantly filled up his dantian. Ye Yang immediately gathered all the energy and attacked with all his might.

"Boom!"

The bottleneck was broken.

Ye Yang was currently facing a difficult choice. If he increased his defense, he was ninety percent sure that he would be able to make it through the advancement, but his dantian wouldn’t change at all, and it would just become an ordinary advancement.

If he gave up his defense and allowed True Spiritual Qi, which was under endless pressure, to enter his dantian, the possibility of his dantian being destroyed due to the pressure was more than ninety percent.

Ye Yang suddenly thought of the flawless face of that person, who left with bitterness and helplessness. He felt pain in his heart.

He gritted his teeth and gave up on defending, allowing the Genuine Qi in the outside world to freely flood into his dantian like a cataract.

"Boom!"

Ye Yang suddenly felt himself was like a pond, being suddenly flooded by a river, and was about to collapse at any time.

"Bang!" Ye Yang's clothes exploded on his upper body and the ribbon in his hair broke into pieces. His black hair flew in the wind as if he was a God Devil that had descended into the world. His skin turned red and blood exuded from it.

Not long later, tiny cracks appeared on Ye Yang's skin, and he was dyed red with blood, as though he would be broken into pieces at any time.

Li Chengfeng suddenly stood up, his fists clenched tightly as he stared intently at Ye Yang.

Ye Qingxuan could not stop her tears from flowing out. "Ye Yang, you have to hold on!"

The Ye Family disciples' minds were blank.

The Zhao Family disciples and the Gu siblings all looked at Ye Yang with worried expressions. Gu Xiaoyue’s voice even choked with sobs.

Lan Caidie said, "Ye Yang, hold on! You can do it!"

Only Mu Bai looked at Ye Yang with a relaxed expression; the corners of his mouth curled up in delight, as he was looking forward to the scene when Ye Yang exploded on the spot.

In this life or death situation, Ye Yang maintained a clear mind as his Qi whirl desperately revolved and continuously absorbed Genuine Qi. Every time the Qi whirl revolved, it would become stronger by a bit.

With the strengthening of the Qi whirl, it revolved faster, and the pressure was lessening. Ye Yang saw a glimmer of hope.

He had to absorb all the Genuine Qi before his body broke down, so his Genuine Qi circulated desperately.

People looked at Ye Yang's body that seemed to break down at next second, and surprisingly found that he had endured for fifteen minutes.

Although his body was on the verge of collapse, everyone regardless of his friends or foes couldn’t help but admire his perseverance for he was able to hold on for such a long period of time.

It had to be known that Nine Nether Sky Stairway was the ultimate exam of Tianwu Academy. Not only did it test the students’ potential, perception, aptitude, and cultivation, it was also an important exam of perseverance.

How far a martial cultivator could go was definitely related to the perseverance. If one did not have great willpower and tenacity, even one was the best genius would not go far.

A duration of a joss stick burning out.

A duration of two joss stick burning out.

One hour.

Ye Yang still looked extremely miserable. He was like a candle in the wind, and could be extinguished at any time.

However, everyone knew that the longer it last, the better for Ye Yang. Everyone present, whether they were outside Nine Nether Sky Stairway or on it, could only stare blankly at Ye Yang. In such a huge place, it was so quiet that even a needle dropping onto the ground could be heard.

After the time it took to burn a joss stick, Ye Yang's trembling slowly stopped. He let out a long sigh of relief, and wiped his cold sweat.

If the pressure had been just a little bit stronger, Ye Yang would have definitely exploded under the pressure, leaving not even his corpse behind.

‘I shouldn’t do it again, or I will lose my life.’ Ye Yang made the decision in his heart.

However, when he felt the Qi whirl within his dantian had expanded to an unimaginable extent, his determination had wavered a bit.

"Should I try again?"