Su Mo advanced slowly along the Heaven Ascending Ladder. As he moved forward, the pressure grew ever greater.
After the nine hundred and fiftieth step, even Su Mo's body covered in golden scales could no longer endure. Every bone in his body creaked, and he trembled without cease.
Huff! Huff!
Su Mo's breathing was like a bellows being pulled, heavy and drawn out.
Bang!
His footsteps landed heavily. Every step Su Mo took was incomparably difficult, and his speed naturally grew slower and slower.
"If this is a test, what is it testing? Could it be perseverance?"
Su Mo muttered to himself. If the pressure on this Heaven Ascending Ladder grew stronger the greater one's strength was, then completing this test did not have much to do with the tester's own strength.
If it had nothing to do with strength, then it was even less likely to be related to talent. That left only perseverance!
In Su Mo's view, the Heaven Ascending Ladder could only be testing perseverance.
For instance, he was now nearing his limit. His entire body was numb, and every step cost him immeasurable effort. If he wanted to complete the Heaven Ascending Ladder's test, he could only rely on unyielding perseverance to support himself through the remaining forty-odd steps.
Of course, although perseverance was what was being tested, powerful strength still offered some advantage. Those with greater strength would find the long stretch before the eight hundredth step relatively easier.
Dragging his exhausted body along, Su Mo moved forward step by step. It took him more than half an hour to advance twenty steps, climbing another twenty stairways and reaching the nine hundred and seventieth step.
By this time, Wenren Tianyi had long since reached the nine hundred and ninety-eighth step. He needed only one final