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At this moment, Chen Qiu had already reached the 180th level. To be honest, continuing downward like this was neither tiring nor did it require him to overcome any trials, but it was rather time-consuming. After all, each level was a thousand zhang high.
He could not simply fly far away first, then free-fall.
There were invisible walls.
The entire staircase was wrapped in the Void, forcing him to descend one level at a time. It was rather cumbersome.
"Phew."
Standing at the edge of the 180th level, Chen Qiu looked at the Void before him and the endless staircase below, then sighed softly. He still had not figured out how to bring Fat Dragon and the others up.
Clearing the trial himself was quite simple, but bringing Fat Dragon and the others up was a problem.
He did not dwell on it any longer.
Instead, he continued jumping down the stairs and heading lower.
It was worth mentioning that the leaderboard still displayed "Level 2" after his name. In other words, although the leaderboard updated in real time, it only displayed the highest level a challenger had reached. Once a challenger voluntarily descended, their ranking would not change.
After several incense sticks' worth of time, Chen Qiu finally found Badan on the 976th level. They did not chat much. He merely told Badan to wait for him on this level before continuing downward.
He encountered quite a few cultivators along the way.
He ignored their bewildered stares and simply kept walking downward, like someone moving against the current of a crowd. While everyone else was climbing, he alone was heading down. He was truly conspicuous.
It even sparked quite a few conspiracy theories.
Some believed this "Ascension opportunity" was a scam. Perhaps becoming the first to reach the