Chapter 48: Moving forward with difficulty.
Chapter 48
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Suddenly, several mysterious figures plummeted from the sky, slamming heavily onto the ground with a deafening roar. Bu Xingjin was about to discuss a plan of action with Qing Yan when he was startled by the sudden shock.
Bu Xingjin looked carefully and found that the people who fell down were not some mysterious person, but the ones who started out first.
They flew over the net without any hindrance at first, and everyone tried their best to compete for the first place.
At a certain altitude, despite the empty air next to the wall, they suddenly collided with something indescribable. Simultaneously, they felt as if they were bearing a tremendous weight. Flying at full speed and completely unprepared, the impact sent them plummeting.
Their falling speed was much faster than their ascending speed, so they had no time to adjust their falling posture. They could only add protective measures to themselves the moment they touched the ground to avoid being hurt.
After these people fell one after another, several more people followed. It was not until the people above realized that the situation was not good that they slowed down, thus preventing more people from falling.
Bu Xingjin was immediately pulled aside by Qing Yan to avoid the falling stars, staring in amazement at the stars falling like a silver waterfall.
"What's going on?"
"Have you all encountered this too?"
"This assessment is really not as simple as just passing it?"
The people who got up from the ground started talking about it. Perhaps because they all had the same experience, they no longer remained silent as they did at the beginning.
A teenager rallied, "I'm going up, be careful this time."
As everyone watched the young man fly away, their passion and curiosity ignited, and they leaped into the sky, no longer having time to question the reason for his disappearance. Their gazes didn't linger on Bu Xingjin and Qing Yan for a moment, as if they didn't exist, simply ignored.
Soon, silence returned under the wall, leaving only Qing Yan and Bu Xingjin.
What happened to them?
Bu Xingjin frowned in confusion. He and Qing Yan looked at each other at the same time, and saw a hint of confusion in each other's eyes.
"Let's go up too!" Bu Xingjin said.
Qing Yan nodded: "Yeah."
Bu Xingjin, with his profound cultivation at the late Jindan stage, was already able to control the void and soar. The moment Qing Yan set off, he urged his spiritual power and took off, like a dragon soaring into the sky, free and unfettered.
Bu Xingjin climbed slowly, at a moderate and steady pace. In comparison, Qing Yan's speed was even faster, and he had already surpassed his figure, becoming a small black dot in the sky.
Not long after, Bu Xingjin successfully caught up with the young man who was drilling a hole in the wall and climbing up, easily surpassed him, and continued to fly high into the sky.
Bu Xingjin originally thought that it would take some time before he could see other people, but soon after, he saw many figures suspended in mid-air within his sight.
However, after Bu Xingjin approached and observed carefully, he did not notice Qing Yan's figure among them.
With Qing Yan's strength, has it reached its peak now? Ever since Qing Yan saw Qing Yan kill the monster in seconds, he had blind confidence in Qing Yan.
Bu Xingjin, filled with curiosity, surpassed those who stopped in their tracks and continued to soar upwards. His speed wasn't very fast at the moment, which made Bu Xingjin feel fortunate and thankful for his good fortune, otherwise he might have fallen like the others at the beginning.
Why does this happen?
Bu Xingjin suspected that this third level was a kind of screening, and only those who were better and faster could enter the final assessment.
After surpassing a certain height on the wall, a transparent object suddenly appeared and collided with it, and he felt a certain pressure on his body. However, after flying close, he did not fall like the others before him. Instead, he simply bounced a little after the collision, retreated a little distance, and then stabilized his flying posture.
Weird? Is that why those people fell?
Bu Xingjin looked back at the people who were in lower positions than him. They were all staring at him, as if watching how he would break through this obstacle.
Bu Xingjin looked at the invisible and intangible place in front of him. He slowed down his speed and continued to approach with great caution.
Almost there!
Bu Xingjin stopped moving forward and reached out to touch it.
He touched nothing.
After thinking about it, Bu Xingjin withdrew his hand and continued to move forward.
It was a feeling that was hard to describe, as if you were suddenly squeezed into a sticky place. The faster you went, the stickier it became, and it became as hard as a wall of iron and steel. You could only go slowly.
After breaking through a certain height, the ground's attraction to you becomes much greater, and the resistance above is also many times greater.
It felt like there were many people above pushing him and not wanting him to come over, and many people below pulling him and not wanting him to go up. Bu Xingjin struggled to move forward bit by bit. His spiritual power was consumed rapidly, and it took him more time to advance ten meters than it took him to fly up from below.
This should be some kind of screening. Only by breaking through here can we continue to move up.
Bu Xingjin prepared the spiritual essence in advance, and when his spiritual power was almost depleted, he could drink a drop. Although this method could not achieve the magical effects of meditation and breathing, it could restore about 50% of his spiritual power.
Bu Xingjin advanced about 100 meters, encountering several others struggling just as he did. Everyone faced various difficulties, some exhausted their spiritual energy and fell, overwhelmed by the weight; others chose to stay where they were, recovering and ready to set out again when they were stronger.
As Bu Xingjin caught up from behind, everyone's attention was captivated by his tenacity and perseverance. His determination and persistence were especially striking as he steadily surpassed the challenger ahead. Each of his steps seemed to tell a story of unyielding perseverance, inspiring everyone present.
He drank another drop of spiritual marrow. This was the third drop of spiritual marrow that Bu Xingjin had drunk. He had moved from the last place to the top ten.
When Bu Xingjin climbed to another height, he suddenly felt a lot more relaxed. The resistance above and the gravity below had weakened significantly. Although it was still a distance less than the distance he had ascended from the ground, it was much more comfortable than the distance in between.
Bu Xingjin looked up and saw no one above, but when he passed them below he counted and saw there were 12 people.
This means he is now ranked 8th.
Only the top five can enter the final assessment, and he has to surpass three more people to make it onto the final assessment list.
Thinking of this, Bu Xingjin increased his speed. However, he did not dare to rush too fast, fearing that there would be places like the one he just passed waiting for him above.
Bu Xingjin had no choice but to change the speed by alternating between fast and slow.
Sure enough, after flying for a distance, I encountered the same place again.
The resistance and attraction encountered this time were at least three times greater than what we just encountered.
Bu Xingjin felt as if he was flying with a heavy mountain on his shoulders, while at the same time, he was tied with a rope around his waist to withstand the pull of another mountain.
These two "mountains" were incredibly formidable. Bu Xingjin needed to rest after ascending a hundred meters or so. With his spiritual essence in hand, it wasn't that he was short of spiritual power, but rather his physical strength. Even with his physical strength, which had undergone several systematic trainings, he couldn't handle it. You can imagine how difficult this place was.
No matter how difficult it is, he must persevere. Tiny beads of sweat appeared on Bu Xingjin's forehead as he slowly moved up step by step.
During this period, Bu Xingjin surpassed three people again and came to the fifth place.
The next step is to maintain his ranking. Bu Xingjin clenched his fists and made up his mind not to let anyone surpass him again.
After consuming eight drops of spiritual marrow, Bu Xingjin finally passed this area.
Before he could feel happy and relax, Bu Xingjin felt that the resistance and attraction here were about half of the area where it was strengthened the first time.
He looked up at the wall that seemed to reach the clouds. If it continued to extend in an infinite loop like this, he was afraid that even the top five would not be able to be selected. Apart from Qing Yan, Bu Xingjin really couldn't imagine that anyone else could climb to the top.
After two explorations, Bu Xingjin gradually grasped a pattern: in areas without resistance and attraction, each segment was approximately one kilometer long, while in areas with resistance and attraction, each segment was approximately five hundred meters long.
Bu Xingjin flew 500 meters at a meteor-like speed. After a brief rest, he climbed another 300 meters at an even higher speed, now still 200 meters away from the special place. After flying for another 100 meters, he slowed down, like a cheetah quietly approaching its prey, cautiously exploring forward.
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