The final trial was to climb this heavenly stairway. The higher one climbed, the greater the benefits gained. For now, it was unclear what those benefits were, but one thing was certain—they were absolutely precious.
No one knew how long each step of the heavenly stairway was, but each was half a foot high and a hundred meters wide. It was truly enormous. Many people had already begun climbing, yet every one of them wore a strained expression, as though some force were hindering their advance.
Zhao Fu glanced over and said, "Let's go up too!"
Xian Ru gave a sound of agreement. Nü Lü happily wrapped her arms around Zhao Fu's arm. Seeing Nü Lü like that, Gao Li seemed to want to do the same, but she was too embarrassed, so she merely followed behind Zhao Fu.
The moment he stepped onto the stone stairs, Zhao Fu felt a faint force pressing down on him. Though it was weak in Zhao Fu's eyes, to ordinary people, it was an immense weight.
Bringing the three women with him, Zhao Fu climbed a full thousand meters without any pressure at all.
By then, there were noticeably fewer people around, because the force bearing down on their bodies had become tremendous—far beyond what ordinary people could endure.
A burly man, drenched in sweat and gasping for breath, shouted, "I can't do it anymore! This is as far as I can go. This force isn't something a human can bear! Old Zhang, damn you, how can you still keep walking?!"
Another honest-looking middle-aged man was also somewhat out of breath. He said, "The higher we climb, the greater the harvest. No matter how hard it is, we have to hold on a little longer. This is a sliver of opportunity for little