"Ten thousand eight hundred and eleven!"
"Ten thousand eight hundred and twenty-one!"
"Ten thousand eight hundred and thirty-one!"
"Ten thousand..."
"Ten thousand eight hundred and thirty-two!"
Jiang Feng's body was already completely bathed in that radiance.
He had long since seen clearly that the beam of light shining against his line of sight was actually the halo atop one of the pillars on the platform.
There were four pillars on the platform in total, and each pillar had a halo at its peak.
Jiang Feng felt as though his entire body was brimming with strength.
That was right—he had thought those final steps would drain his body dry.
Yet unexpectedly, he was instead filled with strength.
Perhaps this was the illusion brought by overwhelming confidence in the face of success!
As long as he took this final step, he would succeed.
Even though the enormous pressure had already crushed him until he could barely breathe.
"Rumble..."
Thunder rolled through the black clouds overhead.
Jiang Feng wanted to raise his head and look, only to find that he simply could not.
The only thing he could do now was look at the three behind him through the gap beneath his arm.
Master Chongbi led Yuan Gu and Yuan Chu onward, still stubbornly shifting their steps.
It was clear that although the pressure the three of them bore was far less than Jiang Feng's, taking even one step was no easy task for them.
Master Chongbi had already been pressed so hard that he could not straighten his back, but they must have seen that Jiang Feng was standing before the final stone step.
With only one more step, Jiang Feng could reach the summit.
"Mr. Jiang!" Master Chongbi called out.
His voice traveled up from beneath the stone stairs, as though