Judgment Platform Competition

Lin Zhen quickly descended the bridge; by then, there weren't many people ahead of him.

"The Judgment Platform should be up ahead."

On the Wasteland ahead, a high platform rises abruptly from the ground.

This high platform looks like a giant pyramid, and you can climb it from all four sides. The steps are stacked up, and each step is hundreds of meters high.

"What a high Judgment Platform! It must have a hundred steps, probably tens of thousands of meters high."

Lin Zhen arrived at the Judgment Platform and looked up.

A large number of people have gathered here. Some of them tried to bypass the Judgment Platform and enter the Wasteland area in front to search for the Cosmic Crystal, but they found that no matter what they did, they could not bypass it and would always return to the Origin Point of the Judgment Platform.

"What is this Judgment Platform for?"

Just as Lin Zhen was wondering, Chris suddenly appeared.

"Master, there is a communication request from within the Dimensional Universe. Do you wish to accept it?"

Lin Zhen was taken aback. "A request from within the Dimensional Universe? This is the World Stone, another world. How can it still connect to the Dimensional Universe?"

"The signal for this communication does not come from the outside world, but from this world space itself. The requester is Yan Jun, the King of the Realm."

"What? It's him? Wasn't he dead?"

"This is a signal field. Everyone who comes here will automatically receive this request, which was left here a long time ago."

"Let's connect and see what information this King Yan Jun has left for us outsiders."

The request was quickly connected, and a text message was automatically sent within the Dimensional Universe.

"Children from afar, I am Yan Jun, the King of the Underworld, and the master of this world. Your presence in this Yellow Springs Underworld proves that you are all sinners. Now, ascend the Judgment Platform and accept my judgment. The time has come to cleanse your sins. The higher you ascend, the more your sins will be reduced."

The text disappeared. Lin Zhen rubbed his hands together. "What does this King Yan Jun think he is? A righteous god?"

"Master, the only way now is to go through the Judgment Platform. If you don't want to go up, you can go around it at the first step. You see, someone has already done that."

Lin Zhen glanced up and saw that someone had indeed climbed the first step, seemingly under some kind of pressure, and was making a detour despite the pressure.

Because this staircase is surrounded on all four sides, once you go around to the back, you can pass through the Judgment Platform and enter the Wasteland area.

With some people leading the way, more and more people are doing it. In their eyes, the only important thing is to quickly enter the Wasteland and obtain the Cosmic Crystal; everything else is secondary.

However, Lin Zhen didn't think so. There were three months left in this World Stone, so there was no rush to find the Cosmic Crystal. Besides, he wasn't short of money for the time being. What he really wanted was the treasure left behind by the King of Yan Jun.

If there were any treasures on this Judgment Platform, Lin Zhen believed they would be at the top.

So he wanted to try climbing it.

Many others shared the same thought as Lin Zhen. Instead of immediately bypassing the Judgment Platform, they climbed the net layer by layer, but it all seemed to be very difficult for them. Many people stopped after climbing a few layers, and it was unclear what they were doing.

"Let's go up and take a look!"

Lin Zhen arrived at the steps, leaped up more than ten meters high, and then, like a rock climber, used both hands and feet to climb up the uneven ground, quickly reaching the first step.

As soon as he went up, Lin Zhen almost lost his footing and fell because he felt a huge pressure coming down from the sky. The sudden change in gravity made him feel a little uncomfortable.

After steadying himself, Lin Zhen realized. "So this is Gravity Field. The gravity is stronger the higher you go."

However, the gravity of the first layer was no challenge for Lin Zhen at all.

He himself wasn't quite sure just how strong his physical abilities were.

After calming himself down a bit, Lin Zhen quickly climbed to the Second Layer.

The steps, hundreds of meters high, were densely packed with people climbing upwards. Everyone had also received the news that there should be a treasure of the King of the Realms at every location, and this Judgment Platform would certainly be no exception.

For the first ten floors, almost everyone had no difficulty climbing.

Even on the Twentieth Layer, most people can still persevere.

Starting from the thirtieth floor, people gradually began to fall behind.

The immense gravity pressed down on people, causing their bones to creak and groan. At this moment, the difference in physical strength and ability was revealed; those who were not strong were simply no match.

Some people, covered in sweat, sat down and meditated on the steps, adjusting their breathing and waiting for the next climb.

Some people insist on climbing, but often when they reach the middle of the steps, they can no longer withstand the weight falling from above and are smashed to their deaths!

Flying is prohibited here, and the immense gravity, dozens of times greater than normal, can easily crush even the strongest martial artists to pieces!

When death comes, many martial artists realize that this is not a test that can be overcome simply by having courage and perseverance; failure means certain death!

The number of people climbing the fortieth floor has dropped by half.

On the fiftieth floor, the number of people was halved again.

Some people died, while others, feeling they couldn't hold on any longer, immediately began to walk around the steps to search for the Cosmic Crystal in the Wasteland ahead.

When Lin Zhen reached the sixtieth floor, he also felt considerable pressure, and there were only a few hundred people still climbing.

"Almost there. We've been climbing for almost a day and have covered more than half the distance. There are still forty floors left to go before we reach the top."

Lin Zhen said something, Chris immediately reminded him, "Master, according to the information from King Yan Jun, you have to climb to the 90th floor of this Judgment Platform to be considered halfway there. The last few floors are the most difficult to climb."

Lin Zhen nodded. "I understand that principle, but since I'm already here, I have to try my best to climb to the top and see what's on this high platform."

Lin Zhen sat cross-legged on the spot and regulated his breathing for a while. Feeling that he had recovered enough, he immediately got up and started climbing again.

Sixty-three, sixty-five, sixty-eight, seventy!

It took Lin Zhen a whole day to climb those mere ten floors, and by the time he reached the seventieth floor, there were fewer than a hundred people left around him.

"Such strong gravitational pressure. Anyone who can endure this long must be a true genius. The real challenge has not yet begun."

Constantly facing immense gravity is an extreme challenge to a martial artist's body, because you have to constantly exert force to resist gravity, otherwise you could be crushed into a meat patty at any time.

If you accidentally fall, the immense gravity will be enough to turn you into a mural.

This is when strength and endurance truly come into play.

On the fifth day, Lin Zhen finally climbed to the eightieth floor.

There were only fifty people left climbing around him.

"Phew! This is almost the limit of human strength. The gravity here is a thousand times stronger than Gravity of a normal planet. I think if a single hair were weighed now, it would weigh in kilograms."

Lin Zhen looked around. After several days of climbing, he had gained some understanding of his competitors.

The strongest opponent here should be a person named Apollo from the Dragon Totem.

Apollo was a blond, blue-eyed man with a golden Divine Dragon tattoo on his body. He was extremely strong. After climbing eighty floors, everyone else would have shown great fatigue, but Apollo did not. He remained calm and composed, seemingly with great potential.

"A formidable gangster, he should be my main adversary."

"But now that I'm here, I've decided to leave you behind. I must be the first one to step onto the Judgment Platform!"

As Lin Zhen stood up, Apollo also stood up not far away.

"Half Armor Transformation!"

With a thought, black scales appeared on Lin Zhen's body, and her outer garment was immediately stretched open again.

After Half Armor Transformation, his muscles bulged, his strength increased exponentially, and his legs, which had felt like they were filled with lead, were immediately filled with power again.

"Again! This time, let's climb to the ninetyth floor in one go!"

Lin Zhen began a new round of climbing. These people had been competing fiercely with each other for the past few days. Seeing that Lin Zhen had started, the others were unwilling to fall behind and began to catch up.

At that moment, the Golden Dragon tattoo on the body of the man named Apollo began to glow.

"The Inscription Power!"

As the Golden Dragon tattoo glowed, a powerful bloodline force began to rise, and Apollo's speed increased.

Besides the two of them, several other scions of prominent families and figures from multinational corporations also unleashed their most secret skills and began to accelerate their ascent.

However, many more people couldn't keep up, with people falling behind at every level. But at this point, those who felt they couldn't hold on simply Xuan Ze to quit.

An hour later, a total of twenty people climbed up to the ninety-story platform!

"It's so heavy. I can't even hold on in Half Armor Transformation."

Lin Zhen began to sweat, and only then did he truly realize the difficulty of this Judgment Platform.

Without the support of his Half Armor Transformation, he would probably have collapsed by now, relying solely on his physical strength.

"The last leg of a journey is the hardest; now is the time when people reach their limit. I must challenge myself, climb to the ninety-first floor, and leave most of my competitors behind!"

The gravity here is too strong to fight, so Lin Zhen has no choice but to Xuan Ze this method.

Despite his physical exhaustion, Lin Zhen climbed again.

Those who were already exhausted and ready to rest saw that Lin Zhen was so strong that he could still climb. Apart from a few people who could barely keep up, the others lost some confidence.

Forget it, this Judgment Platform is too difficult. Instead of wasting time here, I'd rather hurry up and go to the Wasteland to find the Cosmic Crystal.

Of the twenty people, one immediately Xuan Ze to give up. The remaining nineteen, including Apollo, did not want to lose to Lin Zhen, so they followed Lin Zhen again Xuan Ze climb the ninety-first floor!

Two experts at the Star Level Nine couldn't hold on and fell off the Judgment Platform, dying on the spot!