However...
"Tsk! This place...!" Li Xiaoya had moved quickly at first, but the higher he climbed, the slower he became. The gravity restriction grew increasingly formidable, making it impossible for him to pick up speed...
Clatter! Li Xiaoya could only climb the cliff one step at a time, his body gradually feeling heavier and heavier. Even with his extraordinary strength, he had to take it slowly. Whenever he sped up, his entire body immediately became much heavier. Though the cliff's stone was as hard as iron, it could not withstand that force. Huge chunks cracked apart, sending him sliding down again. He could only work his way up step by step...
However...
When Li Xiaoya had climbed higher and had only several hundred feet left to go, every movement became a struggle. Each upward shift of his body took a considerable amount of time...
In the blink of an eye, most of two hours had passed...
With only a few hundred feet remaining above him, Li Xiaoya was beginning to feel tired... He paused for a short rest...
Suddenly!
"Awooo!"
Boom, boom, boom! Faint roars from demon beasts and thunderous explosions came from somewhere off to one side, an unknown distance away. Somewhat surprised, Li Xiaoya hurriedly looked in that direction...
Although an astonishingly dense white mist of non-attribute spiritual qi obscured his view... non-attribute spiritual qi was not truly mist, and there were no illusory formations or restrictions within it. With Li Xiaoya's eyesight, he could still see quite far...
"Hmm? Have other cultivators and demon beasts arrived?" Looking into the distance, Li Xiaoya suddenly muttered to himself...
There!
Hum, hum, hum! Waves of light rippled out from the horizon thousands of miles away to one side. Tsunami-like waves of light swept across the sea, sending towering swells surging