A Trifle! What's So Difficult About This? Jiang Hao's right foot landed on the first step. A surge of blood-and-vitality pressure bore down upon his body, while a mental assault flooded into his mind at the same instant.
The two forces arrived swiftly. Ordinary Martial Venerables were sent flying by such impacts, yet when they fell upon Jiang Hao, they were no more than a gentle breeze brushing his face.
Jiang Hao's expression did not change. He lifted his other foot and stepped directly onto the second stair.
Everyone below watched his figure. Some had already prepared themselves to see him struggle, yet after waiting for a moment, the scene they had imagined never appeared.
"He's handling it so easily?"
A Martial Venerable who had just been blasted down froze in surprise. He knew exactly how powerful the impact on the first stair was. He himself had lost the ability to resist after lasting only an instant.
Jiang Hao endured the same impact, yet his complexion was no different from before he had begun climbing, and his advancing steps never paused.
"Getting past the first stair means nothing. The higher you go, the greater the pressure. He'll slow down soon enough."
A Martial Emperor beside him spoke in a low voice, his gaze following Jiang Hao closely as he waited to see which stair would stop him.
Yet after Jiang Hao stepped onto the second stair, he continued upward at an unhurried pace. Every time his foot came down, mental and blood-and-vitality assaults struck him simultaneously.
These assaults, enough to turn an ordinary Martial Venerable pale, could not affect his steps in the slightest. He proceeded all the way up the Sky-Reaching Stairway, his speed never changing.
Third stair, fourth stair, fifth stair.
Jiang Hao continued ascending and soon reached