"Don't be so arrogant. So what if he climbs ten steps with every stride?"
"When he stepped onto the twentieth level just now, the Azure Dragon Battle Venerable attacked, trying to stop him from advancing!"
"Now that he's reached the thirtieth step, perhaps Ancient Gods and Devils will emerge and bar his way!"
Prince Yama snorted.
But he gritted his teeth and struggled onward.
He knew... even a god of the supreme Evil Race of Outer Chaos could not stop Ye Tian at the same cultivation level.
The other young prodigies on the Heavenly Ascension Ladder watched intently, their eyes blazing.
They longed to see for themselves just who the trial on the thirtieth step would be!
And whether that being could stop Ye Tian.
Jiang Wuya, whom Ye Tian had just saved, watched his performance with utter astonishment.
So this is his strength?
Following him would not disgrace my name as a prodigy.
In the void, the Academy's Elders and Elite Mentors breathed rapidly, their eyes burning with anxious anticipation.
The thirtieth step marked another enormous dividing line.
The trials of the Heavenly Ascension Ladder were not merely a matter of steadily increasing pressure.
Every checkpoint held different lethal dangers and opportunities.
The twentieth step had held the Battle Imprint of an invincible warrior of the Ancient Era. What terrifying existence awaited on the thirtieth?
Just then, a humming sound rang out, like a vast ocean surging!
"Wooo, hummm!"
The ancient bluestone altar on the thirtieth step did not erupt with the dazzling radiance of the twentieth.
Instead, a deep, murky black light that made souls tremble abruptly spread outward!
Wisps of chaos energy threaded through that black light.
An awful death intent that froze eternity and extinguished all vitality descended with a crash!
It was as though thunder