"Someone actually made it to the mountaintop?"
Countless stunned gazes converged on the young man. The martial artists climbing the mountain were one or two years older than him, and their cultivation was at least one or two major realms higher. Yet he had accomplished what they could not.
Seeing this, no one complained any longer. One after another, they summoned every ounce of strength they had and climbed upward step by step.
"These steps are probably comparable to an Earth Tier Spiritual Treasure!" said a representative from one of the Eastern Xuan Region's super factions thoughtfully.
Outsiders watched the spectacle, while experts saw the intricacies.
The eight super factions of the Eastern Xuan Region present, along with the many experts from the Hall of Darkness in the Western Xuan Region, all agreed completely.
The thousand steps before them could adapt to each individual. For instance, the older the challenger, the stronger the gravity they endured. Furthermore, although a martial artist's Yuan Power could resist the surrounding gravity, once they climbed beyond the eight-hundredth step, the stronger their cultivation realm, the stronger the gravity they would ultimately face.
A staircase that could select its challengers in such a manner had already reached the level of an Earth Tier Spiritual Treasure. Moreover, should villains ever invade, these steps would serve a defensive purpose as well.
Whew~
Just a single staircase was already so extraordinary. The way everyone looked at Xiao Han now was filled with deep apprehension.
"Alright, time's up!"
An hour was neither long nor short. With a wave of Skeleton Lin Ken's hand, the flames on the thousand steps vanished. Seven names remained on the enormous stone monument: Long Aotian, Lin Dong, Lin Qingtán, Lin Langtian, Qin Tian, Ji Shan, and Lan Ying!
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