Forward Without Fear

"The higher you climbed, the harder the trial became."

"Qin Hao... how was he still moving so fast?"

"One more step up, and he could become an Azure Flame Sect Outer Disciple!"

"Damn it! Why couldn't it be me?"

Envy and jealousy showed on many faces.

Becoming an Azure Flame Sect Outer Disciple would surely bring plenty of benefits.

What stunned everyone even more was how quickly Qin Hao was climbing.

Even Lei Yun and the others, who had surged ahead fastest, were still stuck on the tenth stone step.

And every one of them was under tremendous pressure.

"Qin Hao has already reached the eighteenth stone step, while I was eliminated on the third."

Li Shan watched from afar, bitterness in his eyes.

Li Shan was not the only one there. Liu Xiao and Chen Yuntian were in the crowd too.

Chen Yuntian clenched his fists, his eyes wild. "I felt crushing pressure on the fourth stone step and had to give up. What makes Qin Hao so special that he can reach the eighteenth?"

"Why? Why wasn't it me?"

Chen Yuntian could not accept it.

"Hmph! Qin Hao only has a First-Grade Martial Soul. He reached the eighteenth step by sheer luck!"

"There's no way he'll make it to the nineteenth!"

A Lei family member spoke with a dark expression.

Hearing him, the others nodded instinctively.

The leap from the eighteenth step to the nineteenth had to be a major hurdle. There was no way it would be easy.

He won't make it! Qin Hao definitely won't reach the nineteenth stone step.

Many people thought the same.

Lei Jiaojiao had already been eliminated. She gritted her teeth and cursed, "A sparrow is a sparrow. It will never become a Phoenix! Qin Hao, I curse you to have