"Wouldn't it take someone at the upper ancient realm peak to withstand this by now?"
Zhuang Chen had been slowly increasing the pressure. As Huang Xiao saw it, holding out now required at least the strength of the upper ancient realm peak.
That was merely the minimum standard.
The true strength of those upper ancient realm peak experts below the platform amounted to far more than that.
Quite a few of them should be able to reach the primordial ancient realm early stage if they unleashed their full strength. There were certainly some who could reach the middle stage, though their numbers should be much smaller.
So this pressure actually amounted to little for those upper ancient realm peak experts.
Yet they still showed no intention of coming up.
These people were different from Huang Xiao.
They all wanted to compete for that final spot.
With that in mind, they would conserve as much of their strength as possible.
At the very least, they did not want to reveal their strength to their opponents so soon.
Tsk, tsk. Impressive. Truly impressive, Zhuang Chen silently marveled.
His thoughts were much the same as Wang Renyu's.
There were quite a few forbidden arts that could raise someone at Huang Xiao's realm by an entire major realm.
Great powers with deep foundations, such as theirs, all possessed them.
Yet disciples who could master them were still a rare sight.
Having encountered such a young man today, he was naturally interested.
With a tap, Huang Xiao's feet landed on the platform.
Huang Xiao was somewhat surprised. He had not expected the other man's pressure to suddenly weaken upon reaching the upper ancient realm peak, returning to the level of the upper ancient realm middle stage.
Pressure of this intensity had no effect on Huang