As everyone studied the stairway to heaven, the Flame Heavenly King's voice rang out beside their ears again. "The Physical Strength test is simple. Ten Earth Tier martial artists from the Mythic Heavenly Palace will stand at the summit and release their Earth Tier pressure together. The pressure on each step will be greater than on the one before it."
"All three hundred and twenty of you will climb at the same time. Reach the sixtieth step within two hours, and you pass. Fail to reach it, and you fail. Those who fail will be eliminated immediately and sent back to their respective cities."
Everyone's expression changed. They had known this assessment would be harsh and brutal, but they had never expected anything this outrageous.
Most of them were only Black Tier martial artists. Withstanding the pressure of Earth Tier martial artists was already a struggle, let alone reaching the daunting sixtieth step.
Jun Wangchen was not worried in the slightest. If anything, he was a little disappointed by this Physical Strength test. After all, he had climbed a hundred thousand steps on Sky-Piercing Mountain, under the might of heaven itself. Compared with that heavenly might, the pressure of these ten Earth Tier martial artists was worlds apart.
He wore the Swallowing Heaven Ring, rendering any pressure completely ineffective against him. Climbing this stairway to heaven would be effortless.
While Jun Wangchen's thoughts wandered, the Flame Heavenly King spoke again. "Probationary Members, please line up side by side below the first step. The assessment will begin shortly."
At his words, all the Probationary Members moved over without hesitation and stood in a row.
Jun Wangchen disliked being wedged into the middle, so he took a position at the far left, where he attracted no attention at all.
At the Flame