When Gu Chen said those words, everyone stared at him in stunned silence, including Gu Muyu Gu Chen.
Cao Miao was the first to react, bursting into a burst of laughter. Soon after, more and more people around him started laughing, their laughter forming a wave. You could imagine that they were all amused by Gu Chen's powerful logic!
Has Gu Chen gone mad? Just because his surname is Gu, does that mean he's from the Gu Family?
He even thinks it's unlikely that Gu Mingheng will be on the Dragon Ranking?? Hahaha, where does that confidence come from? It's utterly ridiculous!
But no one noticed that as Gu Muyu stared at Gu Chen's face, she felt it was becoming more and more familiar. Her pupils widened, and then cold sweat began to appear on her forehead, and her face turned extremely pale!
The Gu Family is based in Shangjing. She has met two members of the Gu Family from her generation, Gu Changfeng and Gu Beichi. And Gu Chen looks so much like Gu Beichi back then!
Moreover, if Gu Beichi had broken through to the Revolving Illumination Realm back then, he might have been able to enter the Land of Heaven and Earth!
Could this person be Gu Beichi's son?
Gu Muyu's heart began to pound. Because communication in the Land of Heaven and Earth was relatively backward, she did not know what had happened in the Shangjing, but she knew that Gu Beichi and his son had been expelled from the Gu Family. She never expected that his son would actually come to the Land of Heaven and Earth!
Amidst the laughter of those around him, Gu Chen's expression remained unchanged. His face was calm and composed, as immovable as a mountain and as steadfast as a pine tree.
"You..."
After staring at Gu Chen for a long while, Gu Muyu finally took a few deep breaths, then took a small step back and said, "You..."
Whether from excitement or some other reason, she couldn't utter a complete sentence; her chest was even heaving, as if she had received some great shock.
"May I go up now?" Gu Chen said calmly, "Gu Mingheng is about to reach the 20,000th step."
"You want to go up?" Gu Muyu, "I wouldn't dare stop you, but you should think about the consequences."
"There's nothing to consider," Gu Chen said with a proud smile.
"Okay." After a long silence, Gu Muyu stepped aside.
Gu Chen stepped onto this Road to Heaven step by step. At first, Gu Chen's speed was very slow, but after a few breaths, it became faster and faster. He leaped and was already hundreds of steps away.
Even after Gu Chen had ascended the Road to Heaven, her eyes were still filled with horror!
Suddenly, the surroundings fell silent.
When they saw Gu Muyu actually step aside and Rong Gu Chen ascend the steps, the smiles on their faces instantly froze. What on earth was going on?
No one answered them; Gu Muyu was lost in her memories and wouldn't answer them anyway!
Cao Miao gritted his teeth, a terrifying thought suddenly rising in his mind: Could this Gu Chen really be related to the Gu Family? Otherwise, why would Gu Muyu suddenly step aside, given her abilities?
But whatever their thoughts were, they couldn't stop Gu Chen anymore, because at this moment, Gu Chen had already rushed up to the top of the thousands of steps, and it only took him two-thirds less time than Gu Mingheng had taken!
A few minutes later, Gu Chen had reached the ten thousandth step, the first hurdle. Everyone had noticed that when Gu Mingheng arrived at that point, he also took a while to adjust, and Gu Chen was certainly no exception.
Sure enough, Gu Chen paused for a moment. Just when everyone thought he was about to adjust, Gu Chen took another step forward, his figure leaping forward, just like before!
"Thirteen thousand, fourteen thousand, fifteen thousand..."
"My God, what kind of monster is this kid!"
"It took Gu Mingheng more than twenty minutes to climb the 20,000 steps, but at this kid's speed, it probably won't even take ten minutes! With each step he takes, he can climb at least five to six steps!"
A commotion erupted below as everyone stared in disbelief at Gu Chen's retreating figure, which in their eyes began to gradually merge with Gu Mingheng's Gu Chen.
The Road to Heaven is indeed difficult to traverse. The pressure of the formation is controlled within the range that Grandmaster Realm martial artist can withstand. In other words, if you haven't reached the Grandmaster Realm level, you won't even be able to walk up the first ten thousand steps!
After reaching ten thousand levels, the pressure increased by more than 20%, to a level that only a martial artist at the Peak of the Early Grandmaster Realm could withstand.
A few minutes later, Gu Chen successfully conquered 20,000 steps, with only 10,000 left!
And he did indeed finish in less than ten minutes!
Looking up, Gu Chen saw Gu Mingheng still climbing the more than 20,000 steps. If he remembered correctly, Gu Mingheng had been here for at least five minutes.
This indicates that the pressure ahead is extremely intense.
Gu Chen used his True Qi to protect his body, releasing a barrier to block the pressure, and then took a step forward, remaining motionless.
Suddenly, a surge of high pressure, like that of deep-sea water, rushed in, and Gu Chen felt as if he were trapped in quagmire, his entire body instantly bound by this pressure. Not only that, but it seemed as if an invisible force from above was pushing him downwards. He tried his best to maintain his balance, but he was still swaying unsteadily.
"Hmph!" Gu Chen grunted, and his True Qi aura exploded instantly. Then, he stepped forward with his back foot, as if he had rushed into a giant net. Gu Chen's body was like a missile, instantly tearing the giant net apart!
The moment he broke through, Gu Chen's footsteps changed frequency again, and he accelerated once more, just like before!
From the moment he first ascended the Road to Heaven to the moment he stepped onto the final ten thousand steps, Gu Chen's speed remained unchanged! Everyone was instantly stunned. How did this monster manage to do that? Was the pressure of the formation ineffective against him? If they hadn't seen Gu Mingheng still struggling, they would have truly thought that Gu Chen had used some other method to cheat! And in Ruijin's eyes, Gu Chen's figure was getting closer and closer to Gu Mingheng!
Even surpassed it later!
"How could it be you?!" Gu Mingheng was still calmly dealing with the pressure, but when he heard the sound of wind coming from behind, he immediately stopped in his tracks. The next moment, he saw Gu Chen, who was still hundreds of steps away from him!
When Gu Mingheng saw Gu Mingheng Gu Chen, his expression changed!
Of course he knew Gu Chen; after all, Gu Chen was his cousin!
To his surprise, Gu Chen, the boy who should have been in Zhou City, not only arrived in the Land of Heaven and Earth, but also appeared on the steps of the Road to Heaven that he was heading towards, and even sprinted faster than him!
Moreover, Gu Chen's face showed no sign of strain or effort, and there wasn't even a drop of sweat on his forehead; he looked incredibly relaxed!
How did you get here?
Gu Mingheng's face was extremely ugly!
"What business is it of yours how I got here?" Gu Chen arrived not far from Gu Mingheng, exuding strong confidence, and said calmly, "But since we've met, I still have to say, you're too slow."
"I was too slow?" Gu Mingheng was taken aback, and then a surge of anger welled up in his heart.
Gu Mingheng wiped the sweat from his forehead, a ferocious smile spreading across his face. He said, "You actually managed to ascend the Road to Heaven! The Third Elder didn't even stop you!"
"Why did she stop me?" The two spoke high in the sky, yet their voices were crystal clear. Gu Chen smiled faintly and said, "Perhaps she also wants to see what abilities I have, or whether it was worth it for the Gu Family to have poured everything into raising someone like you."
"Haha, what a joke!" Gu Mingheng laughed first, then angrily rebuked, "Gu Chen, don't think that just because you've come to the Road to Heaven, the Gu Family will look up to you. You and your father are both good-for-nothings!"
Gu Chen nodded to Gu Mingheng and said nonchalantly, "I know you're arrogant, but unfortunately, I enjoy putting people like you down. I'll use my strength to show you that the Gu Family made the wrong choice!"
"You are..." This time, it was Gu Mingheng's turn to be shocked!
"Roll!"
Gu Chen let out a muffled roar, and then a wave of energy erupted from his body, forcing Gu Mingheng back several steps!
Immediately afterwards, Gu Chen arrogantly brushed past Gu Mingheng!
This scene also shocked the crowd below. Gu Chen had actually surpassed Gu Mingheng!