"good."

Xiao Chen looked at Li Guizi and nodded.

He thought about it and reached out to help him.

"I don't need your help. It's not like I can't walk on my own."

Li Quezi shook his head.

"If I can't walk anymore, you go up on your own..."

"good."

Xiao Chen responded, feeling quite uneasy.

The Li Cunzi in front of him seemed like a different person.

He still remembered how bad Li Guizi's attitude was when he first met him.

And now... Li Guizi is like an elder in the family, showing his love and care for him.

The two of them slowly moved upwards, and even though it was difficult, they seemed to have more strength because of the company they had.

After climbing to the thirteenth floor, Li Guizi stopped.

He had reached his limit, and his bones were cracking under the strong resistance and pressure.

It felt as if if I climbed any higher, I would be crushed.

"The road ahead is yours to walk alone."

Li Guizi looked at Xiao Chen and said slowly.

"Okay, you practice here."

Xiao Chen nodded and looked back. He was surrounded by clouds and mist, and no one was visible.

They seemed to be above the heavens!

He took a deep breath and continued to move forward.

By now, he was already exhausted. The pressure here was much greater than that in the no-man's land.

Click…

Even he felt his own bones making noises.

Soon, the pain came.

Xiao Chen kept walking. There were only a few dozen more steps before he would reach the top of the mountain.

If it weren't for the thick fog, he would definitely be able to see the top of the mountain from his current position.

"Xiaojian, how many people walked through these 9,999 steps back then?"

Xiao Chen asked the sword spirit as he walked.

"rare."

The sword spirit emerged from the sword, suspended in the air, seeming a little surprised.

"You are stronger than I thought."

"Is that strong? It's not even the top yet."

Xiao Chen still has the energy to show off.

"Xiao Jian, logically speaking, you should have seen many geniuses following Emperor Xuanyuan, right? Was I also the strongest genius in my era?"

"Wait until you get to the top of the mountain."

After the sword spirit finished speaking, it returned to the sword.

After Xiao Chen climbed up another step, he took a short rest and his consciousness entered the bone ring.

"#￥%..."

The spiritual roots of heaven and earth yelled when they saw Xiao Chen.

"Okay, okay, I'll take you out to play, but it's not fun outside now."

After Xiao Chen gave a reminder, he took the spiritual root of heaven and earth out of the bone ring.

Swish.

The Spirit Root of Heaven and Earth looked around and somersaulted up the stairs.

"What the hell?"

Xiao Chen was stunned. It was difficult for him to take a step, but this little guy just somersaulted up there?

Could it be possible that it could ignore the pressure here?

Or has this little guy found the bug here and is able to relieve the force this way?

He hesitated for a moment and decided to give it a try.

What if it works?

Wouldn't it be easy to get up there then?

He looked around and even Li Guizi had disappeared. There was definitely no one who could see him.

"Go!"

Xiao Chen muttered, and imitated the Spiritual Roots of Heaven and Earth, doing somersaults.

The next second, he was knocked to the ground by a huge pressure and almost fell on his face.

"Fuck!"

Xiao Chen screamed, barely able to steady himself, staggered, and fell down a few steps.

"Oh shit!"

Xiao Chen's face darkened and he cursed out loud.

I finally walked up a few steps and just fell down?

Was it a waste?

He looked up again and found that the spiritual root of heaven and earth had disappeared into the clouds.

"It's not that there's no pressure doing somersaults, it's that it's special... Is it born and raised to be so awesome?"

Xiao Chen walked up again while feeling envious.

A few minutes passed before he returned to his previous position.

"Oh my goodness, a fall...wasted several minutes."

Xiao Chen shook his head, not daring to take shortcuts anymore, and could only move forward with his feet on the ground.

One step at a time, one step at a time, slowly but surely.

After an unknown amount of time, he finally saw the top of the mountain.

There are only nineteen steps left.

Below, Zhao Yuanji and Wang Pingbei had finished their training.

"Is the harvest great?"

Wang Pingbei looked delighted.

"big."

Zhao Yuanji nodded.

"I feel like I can keep going up, what about you?"

"Me too, shall we continue?"

"Go on!"

The two stood up, walked up a dozen steps, stopped, and continued practicing.

"I think practicing here will achieve twice the result with half the effort."

"That's for sure. When you reach your limit, you will always break through yourself."

Just as the two were preparing to practice, a few more people came up.

"Shattered Star Palace?"

They recognized Zhao Yuanji.

When his eyes fell on Wang Pingbei, his eyes lit up. Isn't he Chen Xiao's follower?

But they hesitated and did nothing.

It’s not worth it if we provoke the Broken Star Palace.

"Where's Chen Xiao?"

"have no idea."

Zhao Yuanji said calmly.

"So what is this place?"

Someone else asked.

"have no idea."

Zhao Yuanji still said this.

"Boy, don't think you can do anything just because you rely on the Broken Star Palace."

The man was furious.

"I only rely on the Broken Star Palace, what can you do?"

Zhao Yuanji looked at the man with a bit of provocation.

"I killed you and no one would know!"

The man took a step forward, revealing his aura.

Anyone who can get here must be a strong person.

At least, stronger than Zhao Yuanji and Wang Pingbei.

"You want to kill my people from the Broken Star Palace? Ha."

A sneer came from above.

Two old men walked down. They were the two protectors left behind by Zhao Tianqiong before he left.

They had just climbed to a high place, and after reaching their limit, they practiced for a while and then came down to find Zhao Yuanji.

After all, they came to protect Zhao Ritian and Zhao Yuanji. If anything happened, they would not be able to explain to Zhao Tianqiong.

The man who had just threatened to kill Zhao Yuanji felt the aura of the two old men and his expression changed.

"roll!"

An old man shouted coldly.

"If you take another step forward, I will kill you without mercy!"

"You, the Broken Star Palace, are too overbearing, aren't you? I'm just talking!"

The man said in a deep voice.

"You are just talking, but I am not just talking."

The old man's voice was cold and murderous.

“…”

The man hesitated, but still didn't dare to take another step forward.

He regretted scaring Zhao Yuanji just now. Now, this place was obviously unusual, but he couldn't go any further up.

"How's it up there?"

Zhao Yuanji looked at the old man and asked.

“We didn’t go up there either.”

The old man shook his head.

"Chen Xiao and the others have all gone up."

"sharp."

As they were talking, two figures walked up from below with relaxed steps.

These are two middle-aged men, with a reserved aura that cannot be ignored.

Their relaxed state made the two old men squint their eyes. They were very strong.

The two middle-aged men did not stop. After glancing at Zhao Yuanji and Wang Pingbei, they continued to move upwards.

After walking a distance, a middle-aged man spoke up: "Chen Xiao must be up there. He was blocked by Qing Yunzi just now. This time... he must be killed!"

"Such a serious problem should be killed."

Another middle-aged man spoke, but his voice was old.