Chapter 472: The Cloud Ladder

After Li Luo and his group arrived, they quickly found an uninhabited small island and occupied it, then raised the academy flag of the Holy Profound Star Academy to declare the place claimed.

The moment they planted the academy flag, everyone felt the crystal compass in their hands vibrate, followed by a piece of information appearing out of nowhere in their minds; that information was precisely about this gathering of Spirit Gathering Altars.

Everyone hurriedly received that information.

A few minutes later, everyone frowned.

"This is truly troublesome," Lu Qing'er said softly, frowning.

Li Luo nodded in deep agreement; he raised his head to gaze at the buildings amidst the clouds and mist in the deep sky of the lake. According to the information transmitted, these Spirit Gathering Altars in front of him could strictly be divided into four sections. Each section of Spirit Gathering Altars had a High-Grade Spirit Gathering Altar as its core, and surrounding this High-Grade Spirit Gathering Altar were many Mid-Grade Spirit Gathering Altars.

In terms of the abundance of resources, it was truly enough to make one drool with envy.

After all, Li Luo and his group had worked hard for a week previously and only found one Mid-Grade Spirit Gathering Altar and a few Low-Grade Spirit Gathering Altars.

However, obtaining these Spirit Gathering Altars was not such a simple matter.

First and most troublesome was the "Climbing Cloud Ladder".

The so-called "Climbing Cloud Ladder" referred to the stairs formed by clouds and mist before the four High-Grade Spirit Gathering Altars; the stairs extended all the way down, forming a ladder to ascend to heaven.

This was also the only way to enter the High-Grade Spirit Gathering Altars.

Only by passing through the "Climbing Cloud Ladder", walking all the way to the front of the Great Hall, and striking the Spirit Gathering Bell before the Great Hall could this section of Spirit Gathering Altars be activated, and subsequently, the Heaven Spirit Dew be harvested.

But passing through the "Climbing Cloud Ladder" was not simple.

Because this section of Spirit Gathering Altars condensed extremely vast Heaven and Earth energy; this Heaven and Earth energy would form energy pressure, surging down along the Climbing Cloud Ladder in waves like a torrent, and anyone unable to withstand the energy impact would be swept down.

Moreover, the Climbing Cloud Ladder could only accommodate one person at a time, meaning this person necessarily needed extremely strong strength to be able to withstand the energy impact.

However, although the Climbing Cloud Ladder could only hold one person, if one truly relied on just a single person to go, even Jing Jing Taixu would only be blasted into a fool by the terrifying energy impact of the High-Grade Spirit Gathering Altar.

Therefore, others were needed to share the burden.

And not just one person, because it was not enough, far from enough... this count was not measured by individuals, but by the number of academies.

According to the intelligence transmitted, four stone platforms floated around the Climbing Cloud Ladder; each stone platform required a team from an academy to guard it. Knowing that the total number of people in a single academy's team added up to over ten, adding these four platforms together, did that not mean a total of fifty or sixty people were needed?

So many people helping to share the energy impact showed just how terrifying the energy impact of that High-Grade Spirit Gathering Altar was.

Simply put, to activate a section of Spirit Gathering Altars, two conditions needed to be met.

First, a candidate with strength powerful enough to withstand waves of energy impact and ultimately strike the Spirit Gathering Bell.

Second, besides one's own academy, teams from three other academies had to be found to share the energy impact.

Of the two conditions, the first was undoubtedly the most difficult, because although so many people helped to share the burden, the person climbing the ladder would inevitably bear the most energy impact, and most importantly, the ladder climber was the first to go up; only when this person truly stood on the Cloud Ladder would the challenge be activated, allowing the other assistants to ascend the four platforms one by one to help share the pressure.

And this first ladder climber naturally needed to withstand the first wave of energy impact alone without anyone's help; although this first wave of impact was the weakest, at this time, no one was there to help share the burden.

Therefore, even the weakest wave of energy impact was absolutely not something an ordinary person could withstand.

The second condition was merely relying on people, and here, where so many academy teams had gathered, the thing least lacking was actually people.

So as long as the first condition could be met, the second condition became simple instead.

"The question now is, just how strong must the strength of that ladder climber be?" Bai Bai Doudou said thoughtfully.

Everyone shook their heads; this was not explained in detail, but there was no rush, because while they were discussing, many academies on this lake were already stirring with activity. Some chief captains who boasted of not weak strength were eager to try, and finally, someone rushed into the sky first, diving straight towards a Cloud Ladder.

"That is the chief captain of the Black Radiance Holy Academy, Qian Qian Yiming; this person has formidable strength, and it is heard that he previously defeated several chief captains from other academies."

On the archipelago, many voices rose, identifying the person attempting to be the first to eat the crab.

Under the gaze of those many eyes, the chief captain named Qian Qian Yiming shot into the sky like a great roc, then directly descended onto a Cloud Ladder.

Boom!

The moment he landed, everyone heard a loud booming sound resound on that Cloud Ladder; then, they saw a torrent of brilliant colors surge down along the Cloud Ladder like a flood.

Within that torrent lay violent Heaven and Earth energy; as it impacted, it rubbed against the air, constantly emitting booming explosions.

Bang!

Merely a few breaths later, that first wave of energy impact torrent collided with Qian Qian Yiming; the latter, amidst roars, unleashed his own Phasing Force without reservation.

However, he only managed to hold on for a few breaths before Qian Qian Yiming let out a miserable cry, spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and was directly swept off the Cloud Ladder, crashing headfirst into the lake, splashing up waves over ten meters high.

Countless gazes watched in stunned silence.

Is the energy torrent impact of the Climbing Cloud Ladder this terrifying?

Even Qian Qian Yiming couldn't withstand the first wave? If one cannot withstand the first wave, then the Spirit Gathering Altar cannot be activated, meaning the other assistants naturally cannot go up to help share the burden; this is simply a dead loop.

On the lake archipelago, the atmosphere quieted down slightly, and the originally heated atmosphere was immediately dampened.

Although this section of Spirit Gathering Altars was tempting, it was obviously not something just anyone could taste.

But this situation did not last long, because suddenly commotion spread through the archipelago; countless gazes turned towards the direction the commotion came from, and then they saw a figure seemingly walking on the wind, gradually ascending into the air.

Robes fluttered, exceptionally dashing.

When this figure appeared, the lake immediately boiled over, and countless hot gazes projected towards him.

Even Li Luo and his group focused their attention to look.

Because this time, the person ascending into the air and descending towards the Climbing Cloud Ladder was...

Jing Jing Taixu!