novelraw Chapter 942 940: No Rush, Let's Wait a Bit Longer! (Fifth Update)
Chapter 942 940: No Rush, Let's Wait a Bit Longer! (Fifth Update)
"Lin Fan? Are you scared? You're scared, aren't you!"
"You're really useless! Acting just now, and now playing dead? Get up here and let Fan Xiao kill you!"
"Exactly! Come up quickly and let Fan Xiao kill you! You useless thing!"
"Still pretending? Why are you closing your eyes?"
"Ah!"
"Don't kill me..."
"Puff puff puff!"
Fan Xiao continued to climb frantically towards the top of the Nine Treasures Tower, increasing speed, and increasing it again!
Along the way, he kept harvesting the lives of many.
Behind Fan Xiao was a bloodstained path, gruesome to behold!
"What's wrong? Not going up?" Amidst the curses of countless people, Xiao Chen raised an eyebrow, looking at Lin Fan, and asked calmly.
Even Xiao Chen thought Lin Fan was feigning calmness.
If one person curses you and you remain calm, it shows a good mindset.
If ten people curse you and you don't get angry, it shows endurance!
If a hundred people curse you, and you remain unmoved, that's thick-skinned!
If ten thousand people curse you, an average person's mindset would almost collapse.
If a hundred thousand curse you, it would basically make a person question their life...
If a million people curse you, it is tantamount to being scorned by the world. Generally, no one would receive such treatment, but those who do would basically have their Divine Sense collapse, affecting their mind, mindset, and personality.
Because even Xiao Chen, under such abuse, being cursed by hundreds of thousands, millions, could not remain calm, and it would affect his Daoist Heart!
Yet Lin Fan remained as calm as ever, eyes closed, somewhat unrealistically.
"Alright, if you like being cursed, continue standing there, I'll go up and wait for you! Or, just stand there until the assessment is over, then head back to Divine Wind Continent." Xiao Chen said coldly.
The next second.
One step out!
"Whoosh!"
In one step, Xiao Chen leapt up, the ground beneath his feet exploded and shattered.
"Bang!"
When Xiao Chen landed, he stood at the hundredth floor of the Nine Treasures Tower, to the surprise of many, as no one from the Cloud Immortal Palace stopped him, meaning this leap was achieved without using any Mana, purely relying on physical Power.
Incredibly terrifying!
Know this — the Nine Treasures Tower has a total of a thousand floors.
Ten thousand zhang (Chinese feet) high.
On average, each floor is ten zhang in height.
Thirty meters!
Moreover, the gravity on the Sumeru Continent is roughly a hundred times stronger than the lower planes; if one can jump a hundred meters on the lower planes, on the Sumeru Continent they could at most jump one meter.
Yet.
Xiao Chen now jumped a hundred floors in one breath, that is, a thousand zhang, three thousand meters!
Converting it to the lower plane's height, it means Xiao Chen could jump almost three hundred thousand meters high in the intermediate plane with this leap!
Terrifying!
Utterly terrifying!
He almost leapt out of the atmosphere in one go, simply inhuman.
Even the earlier Fan Xiao only leapt thirty floors, three hundred zhang in height!
"Out of the way!"
Xiao Chen shouted loudly, climbing swiftly.
The speed was fast!
More domineering than Fan Xiao, but without the bloodthirsty savageness of Fen Xiao!
Anyone in Xiao Chen's path was knocked flying and fell from the Nine Treasures Tower.
One hundred fifty floors!
Two hundred floors!
Two hundred fifty floors!
Three hundred floors!
...
Xiao Chen seemed to be in cheat mode, madly charging, almost closing in on the four hundredth floor!
At this moment, Fan Xiao had reached the four hundredth floor and was still in a killing frenzy.
But.
The frequency of Fan Xiao's killing had decreased significantly; below three hundred floors, Fan Xiao could slay anyone on a whim.
Above three hundred floors, these people had some strength; even Fan Xiao didn't dare strike rashly!
For fear of provoking public anger, if attacked by a group, Fan Xiao would be the one to die.
Upon surpassing four hundred floors, Fan Xiao simply stopped killing, focusing all his energy on climbing.
Xiao Chen, arriving later yet overtaking, at tremendous speed, nearly reached the four hundredth floor in mere moments, catching up with Fan Xiao!
Then.
Overtook him!
Fan Xiao's pupils contracted intensely.
He took a deep look at Xiao Chen's back without saying anything more!
Soon, Xiao Chen reached the five hundredth floor, the first among all to do so.
Meaning from now on, even if Xiao Chen chose to stop climbing, he could directly become a disciple of the Cloud Immortal Palace!
After reaching the five hundredth floor, Xiao Chen's pace visibly slowed.
Initially, Xiao Chen ascended one floor with each step!
Plus, his footsteps' speed frequency was fast, almost ten steps per breath.
After reaching five hundred floors, Xiao Chen was still climbing one floor per step, but now each step took a breath.
Standing in the square, Lin Fan observed this scene, then transmitted, "Emperor Jade, why does this Nine Treasures Tower feel so much like the ninety-nine Heavenly Palaces on Kunwu Mountain? They seem to both use the pressure of treasures to empower climbers' entire bodies with terrifying strength, forcing them to unleash inner potential to climb higher!"
"You guessed right," Emperor Jade responded.
"Why do this?" Lin Fan asked, puzzled.
"Because it's the simplest method! Using this way, making you climb higher, can stimulate the potential inside a cultivator, also assess one's determination, perseverance, explosive Power. Lacking any would prevent reaching higher." Emperor Jade explained.
"Moreover, this method is time-efficient, saves effort, and is the most efficient way to pick out exceptional talent!"
"Seems like it, just like exams on Earth; though not always fair, they select talent to the largest extent," Lin Fan nodded slightly.
At this moment.
The second person surpassed the five hundredth floor.
A young man, extremely low-key, his Cultivation also at Ninth Rank Eternal Supreme pinnacle.
Then.
The third person!
A woman whose beauty was above 9.7 points, with a graceful figure and very large 'weapons,' attracting much attention.
The fourth person!
Also a woman, dressed in fiery red attire, with a full and prominent figure, exuding an air of heroism.
The fifth person.
Fan Xiao.
The sixth person...
The seventh person...
More and more people surpassed the five hundredth floor limit, potentially becoming disciples of the Cloud Immortal Palace.
But none chose to stop; they continued climbing, hoping for better results!
Leading the charge, Xiao Chen fearlessly reached six hundred floors; the speed hadn't diminished, still one step per floor, one breath per step.
As seconds ticked by.
A total of a hundred people passed the five hundredth floor!
Then.
Two hundred people!
Three hundred people!
Four hundred people...
More and more passed five hundred floors, but most, after doing so, immediately collapsed.
Even without collapsing, they only climbed thirty or forty more levels, then rested.
Suddenly.
Lin Fan heard the anxious voice of Ning Ruoxue beside his ear, "Lin Fan... when are we leaving? The spots are running out; you know, only a thousand spots are available in the Cloud Immortal Palace, anyone beyond a thousand will be sent back to try again next year."
Indeed.
According to the rules of the Cloud Immortal Palace, only a thousand are recruited each year.
The rest, those who didn't pass, can try again next year.
Of course.
As long as you're under three hundred years old, you can participate unlimited times!
The issue is, you must be within those thousand spots.
This is why nearly ten million people participate in the Cloud Immortal Palace's assessment each year, otherwise if only one attempt was allowed per person, even with all the planes below the Sumeru Continent, it would be impossible to find a million monstrous talents every year!
Many have already participated in the Cloud Immortal Palace's assessment for several years, over a decade, or even decades.
"No rush, let's wait a bit more," Lin Fan gently shook his head.
Only four hundred have passed the five hundred floors, why rush?