Chapter 642: Blood Sprinkled on the Heavenly Ladder

Zhou Yan raised his hand and waved it lightly.

A staircase towering into the clouds appeared before everyone.

This staircase was very wide, enough to accommodate everyone present to start climbing at the same time.

"This Heavenly Ladder is a Post-Heaven Supreme Treasure. The higher you go, the greater the pressure, and you may even encounter various illusions. Those who reach the top of the Heavenly Ladder can enter the next stage. The time limit is three days; those who fail to reach the top after three days will be eliminated."

Zhou Yan calmly stated the rules, then waved his hand.

"The first stage, begin."

As soon as his voice fell, many people couldn't hold back and rushed toward the ladder, wanting to be the first to reach the top.

At first, these people were indeed unstoppable, but after climbing a few dozen meters, their speed all slowed down, each one looking as if they were facing a formidable enemy, covered in sweat.

Some even exhausted all their strength and couldn't climb another step; if they forced themselves to climb, they would even be suppressed into coughing up large mouthfuls of blood.

Only then did the crowd vaguely realize how difficult this stage was.

"A Post-Heaven Supreme Treasure; this Immortal Cloud Sect is indeed a good place~"

Ye Lin looked at the Heavenly Ladder before him, his eyes shining.

He currently only had a damaged spiritual artifact, the Azure Light Shuttle; he hadn't even seen many spiritual weapons or spiritual treasures, let alone a Post-Heaven Supreme Treasure.

Being able to take out a Post-Heaven Supreme Treasure as an exam question meant that the Immortal Cloud Sect definitely had some very good things.

Just as Ye Lin was preparing to set off to experience the Heavenly Ladder, exclamations rang out from the side.

"It's Xiao Qingming! He has stepped onto the Heavenly Ladder!"

Ye Lin looked up and saw a man with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, a handsome face, and a slender build stepping onto the ladder.

The terrifying pressure on the ladder seemed like nothing to him; his pace was steady and firm. In no time at all, he surpassed everyone who had started first, becoming the undisputed first place.

"This Xiao Qingming has a Heaven-grade mid-tier single spiritual root and is also an Innate King Body. He is one of the most talented people in our batch. This entrance assessment probably has no difficulty for him at all."

Someone in the crowd sighed; participating in an entrance assessment with such a monster was undoubtedly a heavy blow to one's self-confidence.

"Gu Qianxue and Ye Chen have also stepped onto the Heavenly Ladder. The only ones who can be mentioned in the same breath as Xiao Qingming are undoubtedly those two!"

A woman in red stepped onto the ladder with elegant posture; she was like a blooming flower, gorgeous but not demonic, possessing a generous and graceful beauty.

At the same time, a man in black clothes and pants with a somewhat gloomy face also walked onto the ladder.

These two soon caught up to Xiao Qingming in front, walking at the very front like three lead sheep.

The distance between other people and the three of them was as unreachable as the gap in their talents.

"No wonder Brother Kuai Yan and Liu Ruyan and the others were thrown away to mine..."

Ye Lin was filled with emotion. The three people at the very front, Xiao Qingming and the others, setting aside everything else and discussing talent alone, were absolutely above Brother Kuai Yan and Liu Ruyan.

The Longevity Continent was already full of monsters; unless an ascender's talent was heaven-defying enough, they wouldn't get the favor of a large sect, and naturally, they wouldn't have the opportunity to reshape their bodies.

Ye Lin no longer hesitated and walked toward the Heavenly Ladder.

On the first step of the ladder, Ye Lin felt as if a great mountain was pressing down on him, and the joints of his bones all over his body were creaking.

Only this level of pressure naturally couldn't stop Ye Lin, so he continued to take steps and walk up the mountain.

With every step he took, the bones in his body emitted a series of explosions, but Ye Lin's pace didn't slow down in the slightest. Like the Beer Immortal, he walked toward the top of the Heavenly Ladder, one footprint at a time.

Soon, Ye Lin surpassed half the people, and he quickly attracted the attention of other cultivators participating in the entrance assessment.

"No way, buddy, Great Perfection of the Spirit Gathering Realm? How did you sneak in?"

"What the hell? Why is a Great Perfection of the Spirit Gathering Realm climbing faster than me, an Earth Fiend Realm cultivator?"

"Wait! Why is this guy starting to spray blood? He can't die here, can he?"

The nearby cultivators all looked at Ye Lin with horror.

Because he was climbing too fast and his body hadn't adapted to the pressure of the Heavenly Ladder, the pores all over Ye Lin's body were being pressed until they started spraying blood outward.

Lines of blood were spraying wildly outward, scaring everyone nearby.

The reason they were climbing so slowly was to let their bodies slowly adapt to the pressure of the ladder and avoid injury.

This kid was something else; he really didn't treat his own life as a life!

Ye Lin, bleeding from his seven orifices, looked like a fierce ghost, leaving a bloody footprint with every step, and revealed a smile to the crowd.

"Many thanks for your concern, fellow Daoists, I'm fine."

It would have been better if he hadn't smiled; this smile made him look even more terrifying, and many people's heartbeats skipped a beat.

"Damn, buddy, stop smiling, just stop and let your body adapt first!"

Ye Lin didn't speak, just climbed blindly.

He was only at the Great Perfection of the Spirit Gathering Realm; if he let his body slowly adapt to the pressure of the Heavenly Ladder, three days wouldn't be enough time at all.

Since that was the case, it was better to go all out and rush straight up.

At this time, Elder Zhou Yan also noticed Ye Lin. His attention had originally been on Xiao Qingming and the other two, but when he saw Ye Lin now, he was startled.

He saw Ye Lin covered in blood, the whole person looking like he had just been fished out of a pool of blood, bloody and still climbing upward without stopping.

"What exactly is this kid made of?"

The corners of Zhou Yan's mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly. It was one thing that his bone age was only three months, but why was his way of passing the stage so unique?

According to this amount of blood loss, a normal person would have rolled their eyes back and fainted long ago, right?

But Ye Lin was full of energy, kept rushing upward, and was still muttering something in his mouth.

"Joining the Immortal Cloud Sect is my lifelong dream."

"Don't underestimate the bond between me and the Immortal Cloud Sect!"

"I also have a reason that I must move forward!"

More importantly, Ye Lin's speed was getting faster and faster, actually showing a trend of catching up to Xiao Qingming and the other two in front.

"No, I must notify the Peak Masters!" Zhou Yan hurriedly began to transmit his voice.

The Immortal Cloud Sect was mainly composed of nine immortal mountains: Heart Peak, Soul Peak, Artifact Peak, Spirit Peak, Force Peak, Fury Peak, Martial Peak, Momentum Peak, and Pill Peak.

The nine Peak Masters were the people with the highest strength and status in the Immortal Cloud Sect, second only to the Sect Master and several Grand Elders.

On a daily basis, all the affairs of the Immortal Cloud Sect were handled by the nine Peak Masters and the elders within their peaks.

Zhou Yan was an elder within Heart Peak.

After organizing his words, Zhou Yan reported the situation here truthfully.

"Heart Peak Elder Zhou Yan, reporting to the nine Peak Masters: the entrance assessment for this batch of disciples has encountered a situation that requires the nine Peak Masters to decide. There is a disciple with a bone age of only three months whose spiritual root and constitution cannot be measured, and this person is currently sprinkling blood on the Heavenly Ladder." ===== CHAPTER 643 =====