"Push harder!"
"Hold on!"
"I believe in you. This isn't all you're capable of. You can definitely climb to fifteenth place!"
In truth, Zhu Xuanlun reaching seventeenth place had already far exceeded Zhu Zhengyan's expectations.
But after seeing him reach seventeenth, Zhu Zhengyan was no longer satisfied. He felt fifteenth sounded better!
"Ah..."
Zhu Xuanlun roared, mustering practically every ounce of strength he had. The brownish-black flames on his body blazed fiercely as he charged higher.
Sixteenth place!
Fifteenth place!
Zhu Xuanlun finally reached fifteenth!
"Phew..." He breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, Zhu Xuanlun was truly exhausted.
"Father!" he panted heavily. "I can't go on... I need to... I need to inscribe my name!"
Zhu Xuanlun reached out, about to carve his name at the corresponding height on the stone stele.
"No!" Zhu Zhengyan shouted from above. "Keep going up! I believe in you. You can definitely go another level higher!"
Zhu Xuanlun's face was pale, fierce brownish-black Solar Essence Fire burning over his body. "Father... I truly can't go any higher!"
"I don't care!" Zhu Zhengyan said. "No matter what, you have to go a little higher!"
"You're only five places away from the top ten!"
"Pass those five, and you'll be in the top ten!"
"Get up there!"
"Go!"
Zhu Xuanlun opened his mouth and swallowed five pills in one go. The flames on his body burned even more fiercely.
He made several fierce attempts to charge upward, but all were in vain.
He simply couldn't make it any higher.
"Brother Zhengyan!" Unable to bear watching, Demon Emperor Vajra said, "Stop pushing him. This child has already done well. If he pushes too hard, he'll damage the foundations of his cultivation!"
"That's right!"
"Xuanlun is truly gifted!"
"He's already tried very hard!"
"No!" Zhu Zhengyan