Chapter 784.2: [Endless Heaven Staircase, World Tree]
Chapter 784.2 [Endless Heaven Staircase, World Tree]
Only now did Yue Yang understand why it was called the Heaven Staircase, because it really was......He raised his head and looked into the sky, gazing into the vastness and endless sky, even in the places where there were twinkling stars, the World Tree grew......To climb this tree of such a magnitude, was no different from ascending a stairway to heaven!
"It is said that the Heaven Staircase has 100 million steps." As soon as Night Empress said this, Yue Yang felt a sense of dizziness, 100 million steps? My god, what's the point of building such a long staircase?
"There is a forbidden law here, every time you climb up a distance, you will feel the pressure increase several times, every hundred steps, is one level. According to the standard of the Tong Tian Tower, all those below Innate can only cultivate below the first hundred steps, and it was unlikely that they could even cross the hundred steps if they wanted to! For those who have reached the Heaven Rank according to the standards of the Heaven Realm, they would be able to climb up to 10,000 steps at most, and wouldn't be able to go any higher! For those who have reached the level of Supreme Innates according to the standards of the Tong Tian Tower, their situation will be better, and it is estimated that they would at least be able to climb up to 50,000 steps." Zhi Zun looked at Yue Yang, then glanced at Xia Wu Xue and Princess Qian Qian as well as the others while slowly turning around, "I'll wait for you guys at the 100,000th step, don't make me wait too long!"
"Here, it is okay to fly elsewhere, but flying on the stone steps is not allowed, one must walk up the stone steps step by step." The Night Empress remained invisible, but she carefully reminded Yue Yang about this point before setting foot on the staircase together with Zhi Zun.
They drifted away with ease.
Just as Yue Yang was about to be the first to step onto the lowest stone step, Lie Yan suddenly jumped out, "I'll try it first!"
However, when she jumped up the stone stairs, she was surprised and geeked out, "This feeling......"
Her astonishment drew the curiosity of everyone and they promptly stepped onto the first step, before gasping in astonishment. Yue Yang was the last to step onto the Staircase and first felt a divine force pressing down on him from the top, as if wanting to press his entire body to the ground. The pressure was not meant to crush or cause injury to people, but rather it was a huge movement restriction. If a person just stood quietly on the stone steps without moving, then the pressure would not affect that person, but in order to make just a little movement required great physical effort, and no matter what movement one made would easily lead to extreme fatigue.
"Oops, I can't even take two steps?" Giant Lolli also came out to try it out, and she was surprised to find that she couldn't step over the second stone step, and move up to the third step.
"I'm feeling the strain, too!" Even Ah Man who had the Heart of the Earth and Strength of a Titan, who would never get tired when stepping on the ground, was extremely surprised to realise that when she jumped up to the second step from the first step, felt tired for the first time ever. It was no wonder that without the strength of an Innate, one could only cultivate below a hundred steps of the Heaven Staircase, and even to move up the hundred steps, they could only slowly climb up at the speed of a snail
"Everyone, don't raise any strength or summon any war beasts, just go up together in your most normal state!" Princess Qian Qian who had the Six Senses Innate Skill sensed that this was the best place to cultivate.
"The effect is estimated to be better if we carry some weights!" Xue Wu Xia opened the Book of Truth and among the ten cultivation methods suitable to be used here, one of them was as stated.
Weight training, everyone would have more or less undergone some weight training at some point during their cultivation.
Those like Lie Yan and Drunken Cat Big Sis would have comparatively undergone more of such training.
The Phoenix Fairy Beauty and Luo Hua City Mistress, less so.
As soon as Xia Wu Xue suggested increasing their loads, everyone took out their own equipment from their storage rings. These load-bearing equipment were all made by Yue Yang when he was bored, with different weights depending on each person. Yi Nan, Yue Bing and Yue Yu's equipment were relatively much lighter, and for Princess Qian Qian, Drunken Cat Big Sis, Lie Yan and some others whose equipment were in the form of heavy armour, theirs were the heaviest.
Ah Man would definitely join in to climb this Heaven Staircase, and was also secretly helping Yue Yang keep an eye on Yue Bing to keep his sister out of any danger.
Naturally Red also came out to participate in this training, even Duo Duo gave up her sleep and excitedly took part. She took it as a great exploration of a far away land and leisurely ran forward, disappearing in an instance.... Only the Spirit of Sky Fire and the Reaper Mantis who were adept at flying and not used to walking on land were faced with a huge challenge.
Even Jiang Ying who had not fully recovered came out in her muddled state.
Groggily starting to climb the Heaven Staircase.
With her strength, even if she didn't walk properly and seemed to be staggering as if drunk, there shouldn't be any problem with her walking tens of thousands of steps, after all, she was a dragon girl who had inherited the divine power!
The War Goddess Guard Sisters, Yao and Yu, chased after Duo Duo, hand in hand.
As if wanting to race with Duo Duo.
Instead, it was Ika who came out to accompany Jiang Ying, since the last time she teamed up with Jiang Ying to fight, her relationship with the dragon girl had become the best!
"Do you want to join too?" Yue Yang saw that Wen Li had also come out, how strange. Normally when they were passing trials or undergoing training, unless there was fighting involved, Wen Li seldom came out to participate, why would there be an exception today? Moreover, this Heaven Staircase was the hardest type of trial, it was beyond extraordinary! Wen Li, however, threw Yue Yang a bright smile, her body flashed and suddenly transformed into a jade white girl.
The slender and long legs, a slender and shapely waist, and also a white as snow ass.
She looked just like a human!
When looking closer, her original six hands had now turned into two hands, except for her face which had remained the same, the current Wen Li, if changing into the clothes of a human child, would be totally unrecognizable as a Snake Demon Lolli.
When Princess Qian Qian saw this, she immediately exclaimed with joy, "Wen Li, you can transform into a human? It's so perfect, so well evolved!"
Yue Yu was the most attentive and hurriedly draped the naked Wen Li with some clothes.
"Maybe it had to do with the Conquering City in the Heaven Realm...." The moment Xue Wu Xia brought up this point, everybody suddenly understood. Wen Li was a divine beast, it wasn't that she couldn't transform into human form, she just didn't transform into a full human appearance, she hadn't been willing to change her original snake demon body. It wasn't until she had acquired the inheritance of her missing memories and energy in the Conquering City, that she became whole once more, finally showing herself to Yue Yang.
"Hmm!" Wen Li both nodded and shook her head.
She was actually able to perfect the human form long ago, it was just that the ene rgy consumed was great, and there was no need for it, also she didn't know how to do it properly; When in the Conquering City, she gained the inheritance of her previous energy and memories, improving herself in all aspects. Now, even maintaining a human appearance for long periods of time would not consume excessive amounts of energy. Also, her humanized form was now almost identical to a real human, which was why she had decided to come out and use this human form to train together with Yue Yang!
Yue Yang was ecstatic, and immediately picked up Wen Li, he tossed her into the air and cheered, "Good baby, you're too awesome! You must keep up the good work in the future too, you know?"
Wen Li gave a sweet smile towards Yue Yang and nodded her head seriously, "Mm na!"