"Although most of them aren't very good, there are a few promising talents," Teacher Liu said, watching the group quickly climb the ladder.
Zhao Ya glanced at Teacher Liu but remained silent.
...
Lin Jingge held her breath and climbed upwards in silence.
After leading Tang Cheng up the stairs, she ignored her and focused on catching up with the people ahead.
Lin Jingge didn't know if the competition had started after climbing the ladder, so she didn't dare to gamble and could only do her best to climb the ladder.
In her mind, three words kept repeating: Second place!
She only needs to get second place!
I don't know how much time has passed, but now the basic distance between us has widened.
Leading the pack were the two with the highest cultivation levels present, both of whom had broken through to become Spirit Masters.
They glanced back and saw Lin Jingge catching up with them.
After Lin Jingge, it was like a gap; they were so far apart that the dark mass of figures was almost invisible.
"Damn, who is that woman?! How can a Grand Spirit Master climb this fast?!" The second-place runner, who was almost overtaken, sped up and complained to the first-place runner who was climbing the ladder as if it were nothing.
This caught the attention of the person who had been in first place. He turned around and glanced at Lin Jingge, only then noticing the anomaly: "The psychological pressure in these steps doesn't seem to have any effect on her."
"Damn it, freak! She beat me!" the man shouted, communicating telepathically with the white-clad man in first place ahead of him.
He watched helplessly as Lin Jingge rushed past him.
The speed was astonishing, as if some vicious dog was chasing him.
Is this really the speed a Grand Spirit Master could achieve?!
However, Lin Jingge had no time to pay attention to people's emotions; instead, she kept her head down and focused solely on climbing upwards.
[Gege, that's enough, that's enough, you're already second.] Seeing how hard Lin Jingge was working, Xiao Shi was terrified. After seeing that Lin Jingge had already overtaken the others, it quickly spoke up, trying to make Lin Jingge relax a little.
However, as soon as it finished speaking, the person Lin Jingge had caught up with suddenly surged forward like he had been injected with adrenaline. He was so fast that he even created a gust of wind as he passed by Lin Jingge.
This scene really made Xiao Shi a little embarrassed; it shouldn't have talked so much!
"I am a Spirit Master, how could I let a Grand Spirit Master who is one level below me surpass me? What would people think if word got out!" The man who had taken back second place immediately transmitted his voice to the white-robed man who had been in first place and was even more at ease.
However, he had barely finished speaking when Lin Jingge overtook him again.
Lin Jingge's eyes were now bloodshot. She didn't know how long she had been climbing the stairs at this pace, but she wanted to be second, so she didn't dare to even take a deep breath, afraid that she wouldn't be able to keep going.
She dared not ask Xiao Shi for help even more. This was the selection of students by the most prestigious academy in the Cloud Peak Continent. Xiao Shi's methods could not escape the divine sense of those old foxes.
Lin Jingge's continued acceleration startled the white-clad man who had been steadily moving forward.
For a Grand Spirit Master to have achieved this much is already quite remarkable.
Immediately, he dared not underestimate him anymore and became serious.
Just as his friend had said before, if he, a dignified peak Spirit Sect, were to be surpassed by a Great Spirit Master, it would be a laughing stock if word got out.
The first three people were completely outpaced by the group behind them, while the second and third were neck and neck, neither willing to give way.
Finally, Lin Jingge was almost at the end of the stairs.
She gritted her teeth and sprinted with her last breath.
Once she stepped over the last step, she would be second. Lin Jingge looked up and could almost see the Dripping Pearl Fruit waving at her.
However, an unexpected event occurred: the man beside her got there first.
Lin Jingge climbed to the summit, looked at the panting man in front of her, and collapsed to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood, her eyes somewhat dazed.
It's all over, it's all over!
"What the hell?! You can't be serious, can you?!" The second-place man exclaimed, looking at the pool of blood on the ground.
However, Lin Jingge did not respond to his words, and just sat there blankly.
This scene left him somewhat bewildered.
The first man in white stepped forward and pulled the second man aside, saying, "Don't touch her. She's just exhausted. Give her some time to recover."
As they were talking, a blue figure flew towards them.
"Congratulations on passing the tiered test. Follow me," the woman in blue said.
"Test?" Lin Jingge looked up at the blue-clad woman floating in the air.
"Yes, it's a test. The competition will be held tonight. You are the top three in the South City. Come with me."
Having said that, he turned in a different direction without caring whether the people behind him could keep up.
Lin Jingge didn't even bother to rest and hurriedly tried to catch up. However, her spiritual energy was almost exhausted, and she couldn't fly at all.
The man in white and another man exchanged a glance, then each grabbed one of Lin Jingge's hands and helped her follow.
"You..." Before Lin Jingge could react, she was taken into the air.
"Just doing it on the spur of the moment!" the man replied to Lin Jingge, then looked at the white-clad man to Lin Jingge's right: "Brother Zhou, the clothes of that guide look somewhat familiar to me, do you recognize them?"
"It's the uniform of the Southern Academy disciples. If it's the same as in previous years, the woman in front should be a senior sister from the Southern Academy," the man in white explained.
The reason he knew so much about it was because his older sister had entered the South Courtyard and wore the same clothes when she came home to visit.
It took a while to reach our destination.
"Teacher, the person has been brought here," the woman in blue said to a middle-aged man standing in front of her.
The middle-aged man stroked his beard and waved to the woman in blue, signaling her to step back.
He then took two steps forward, about to speak, when he saw Lin Jingge being supported by two men.
"This is..." He frowned slightly, and upon seeing this strange scene, many thoughts immediately arose in his mind.
Could it be that this woman was lifted up by the formation along the way and couldn't withstand the pressure, which is why she looks like this?
The teacher wondered to herself.
Lin Jingge hardly exerted any effort along the way. Although her spiritual power had not recovered, she was able to stand firmly.
The man in white stepped forward and explained Lin Jingge's situation in a gentle voice.
The gist of it is that in their eagerness to be the first to go on stage, they lost control and suffered the consequences.
"I see." The teacher replied, then looked at the three of them with satisfaction: "You are very fast. Now go to the center of the round platform and meet up with the people from other areas. The final competition information will be announced when everyone has arrived."
After saying that, the teacher waved his hand, and the originally white expanse instantly lit up with a screen of light.
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