Chapter 701: Difficulty in Climbing the Ladder

Soon, the nearly 200 Jindan-stage cultivators all walked up the steps, and then they climbed up one by one with their teeth gritted, and no one spoke.

At this time, the foundation-building cultivators also walked to the steps, but when they saw the embarrassing situation of the seniors above, they did not step forward immediately, and were obviously hesitant.

However, soon, an old man in the late stage who thought he was quite powerful immediately raised his right leg and stepped up, but at this moment, for some reason, this man suddenly groaned, and his body was instantly smashed to the ground, his face turned pale, and a mouthful of blood suddenly came out of his mouth.

Seeing this, the people nearby were suddenly shocked, and subconsciously stepped back a few steps, each with a look of doubt on their faces, and no one dared to step forward.

Moreover, everyone could clearly hear the "cracking" sound of bones rubbing in the old man's body. Obviously, this situation occurred because of the huge pressure.

At this time, they suddenly realized why the seniors were in such an embarrassing situation just now.

The old man lying on the steps had a painful expression on his face, beads of sweat as big as beans kept falling from his forehead, and blood kept gushing out of his mouth.

But this man did not give up on his life. He grabbed the edge of the steps with his hands and tried to move outward, trying to get out of here and return to the ground.

But no matter how hard the old man tried, his body seemed to be fixed on the steps, and he could not move at all.

If it lasted for a long time, the old man would definitely die, and there was no possibility of survival.

Fortunately, two people rushed over at this time, one of them grabbed one of the old man's legs and tried to pull him down to save him from death.

Judging from the clothes of these two people, they were obviously from the same sect as the old man.

From then on, all the foundation-building cultivators on the square retreated from the edge of the steps, and no one dared to step on the steps again, so they just looked at the seniors above and waited quietly.

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At the same time, on the steps, Jiang Zeyang and other late Jindan cultivators have already reached about the 60th step, but for some reason, their speed has obviously slowed down, far less than before.

And their faces have become ugly, and they even pause after each step before taking the second step.

As for the people in the second echelon, they have now reached about the 40th step, and only a few people are ahead of them, reaching about the 50th step.

The last team, which is the slowest, has only reached about the 20th step, and even more than a dozen people can no longer walk after only reaching the 10th step. Obviously, these people have just advanced to the Jindan stage not long ago.

As for Wu Fan, he is following the second team closely at the moment, and has only reached about the 40th step, but he is very relaxed at this time, obviously not using all his strength, just following slowly.

But even so, Wu Fan has attracted everyone's strange eyes, and they look at him as if they are looking at a monster, but no one says anything.

Dong Zhuojun was at the fifth step behind Wu Fan at this time, and was also trying to follow him, but he didn't seem so relaxed. Like the others, his face was flushed, and he seemed to use all his strength every step he took.

"Damn, this restriction is really powerful. I didn't expect that the pressure would increase the higher I went. Now I'm only at the 60th floor. I don't know how terrible the pressure at the top will be."

At the front, the already pale face of the Ghost Cry Master became even paler, and he cursed as he walked.

"Junior brother, what's the point of you complaining here? You should save some energy and climb quickly."

Three steps in front of the Ghost Cry Master, Yin Xiangsheng couldn't help but turn around and said in a cold voice.

"Oh, I know, senior brother!"

After hearing this, the Ghost Cry Master actually nodded obediently, and then he didn't say a word.

At this moment, everyone was anxious, but it was useless to be anxious. They could only try their best to climb up step by step.

If it were in other places, the distance of several dozen feet would be reached in an instant, but now everyone could only move forward slowly.

In this way, a cup of tea passed quickly.

At this moment, a sigh suddenly came from the back. On the 40th or so steps, a beautiful woman shook her head, and then turned decisively and walked down, obviously ready to give up climbing.

As if a chain reaction had started, one figure after another turned back to the original path, and everyone's face showed a look of pity.

But these people knew that with their strength, they could not reach the top.

After a while, more than 30 people returned to the square, but this was not over yet. As time passed, there were still people walking down, and most of these people were Jindan early stage cultivators.

Now on this entire staircase, there is no longer any echelon, and there are cultivators on almost every step.

But even the slowest person has now reached the 40th floor.

As for the late Jindan cultivators at the top, almost everyone has reached the 80th floor, and even Jiang Zeyang has already walked on the 88th step. It can be said that he is currently the person walking in the front.

The second person walking is "Xiao Wendao" from "Haotian Sect". At this moment, he is staying on the 86th step. It can be seen that this person's strength is not much worse than that of Jiang Zeyang.

As for the third person, no one expected that he was actually the average "Wu Aoyun". He was also a late-stage cultivator of the "Haotian Sect". But in terms of strength, he was probably not as good as Master Guiqi, but he was a real physical cultivator.

And the fourth person was none other than Di Jinghong of the Wanjian Sect. In fact, even Jiang Zeyang would be afraid of his true strength, but he might be a little worse than Jiang Zeyang in terms of mana.

As for the three people behind Di Jinghong, they were "Fairy Yu Ling", "Yin Xiangsheng" and "Feng Tianya".

The strength of these three people was almost the same. They were all very famous figures among the late-stage cultivators, and they were basically walking on the same step at this moment.

And the ones behind these three people were "Master Guiqi", "Leng Tianjun", "Fairy Qilan" and the "Man surnamed He" and "Woman surnamed Ling" of Xingji Palace.

Of course, there were five or six late-stage cultivators who were not left behind, such as the "old man surnamed Xue" of the Xuanyin Sect and the "man surnamed Shi" who had been following Di Jinghong.

At this moment, Wu Fan was still following those mid-stage Jindan cultivators at a leisurely pace, and was now on the sixtieth-level steps.

As for Dong Zhuojun, he was only five steps behind Wu Fan at this time.

While walking, Wu Fan had been watching those people above him, and his eyes were swaying, and he was a little hesitant about whether to catch up.