Top-class Bodyguard

Chapter 684 - 663: Heaven-Reaching Ladder

Ren Feng's heart trembled; this knife edge was so sharp it could cut through hair!

"Have you made up your mind?"

"I've made up my mind." Ren Feng lifted his head and said firmly.

Elder Zhuyang nodded and stepped back. The other elders seemed to be performing some kind of witchcraft, moving in strange poses. All of a sudden, flames shot up from beneath the knife mountain, reaching sky-high!

In an instant, the entire area below the knife mountain became a sea of fire!

Knife mountain, sea of fire!

Ren Feng's eyes narrowed. He saw this knife mountain was surrounded by an extremely strange energy. Just as he was about to head towards the knife mountain, Liang Keqing suddenly shouted behind him, "Ren Feng, be careful!"

Ren Feng turned his head, smiled at her, and then looked seriously at the knife mountain and sea of fire.

He felt that this challenge was not so simple.

Ren Feng approached the knife mountain, and everyone around was watching him with anticipation and excitement in their eyes.

Taking a deep breath, Ren Feng stepped onto the knife edge, True Qi directly attaching to his feet. As he stepped onto the knife mountain, Ren Feng felt his body sink slightly, as if something was pulling him, like a pressure.

Array?

Ren Feng was somewhat astonished. The knife mountain had an array?

Moreover, the effect of this array suppressed True Qi, preventing it from being released, and even jumping was impossible; he could only climb step by step.

Climb, then. The difficulty of this knife mountain was not too great for him.

Ren Feng began to climb upwards, stepping on the knife edge, he took a deep breath, and suddenly his pace quickened.

The flames below were burning, and Ren Feng scrutinized those knife mountains ahead as he reached the middle layer of the knife mountain, where the blades on special silk threads were above.

With one step forward, the blade sank downward, then started to wobble. Ren Feng lost his footing and fell downwards!

"Be careful!"

Liang Keqing shouted out, and the other observers also held their breath.

Ren Feng's heart tightened, and he quickly grabbed onto a knife edge with his right hand, twisted his body forcefully, and leaped in midair to land on another knife edge.

That was close.

Ren Feng breathed a sigh of relief as the higher he climbed on the knife mountain, the harder it got.

Those watching Ren Feng also breathed a sigh of relief.

Ren Feng continued to climb steadily upward. After climbing for a while, he felt that the True Qi at his feet was depleting faster under the effect of the array.

He needed to speed up.

Ren Feng continued to make his way upwards, but at this moment, the gaps between the knife edges above him widened.

Ren Feng suddenly leaped, grabbing onto the knife edges. There was no path above, so he had to swing across like grabbing rings.

Ren Feng held onto a knife edge with one hand, True Qi clinging tightly to the smooth blade. Then, with a swing, his other hand reached for another knife edge. He could even feel the temperature of the flames below, and the blade he was holding was also getting hotter. A bit longer and it would be too hot to handle.

Gritting his teeth, Ren Feng slowly climbed upward, and those watching were on edge.

Finally, with a sudden flip, Ren Feng leaped in midair and landed on the top of the knife mountain, grabbing the golden knife and jumping back down.

The first test was over.

Liang Keqing's face immediately brightened, and Mr. Wu and Wu Meng also breathed a sigh of relief.

Elder Zhuyang nodded, "The second test is inside the Gu Chamber. You need to retrieve another item. The Gu Chamber might be very dangerous, even more so than this, because it houses many kinds of Gu worms."

Ren Feng nodded in agreement.

"Take this golden knife and open the door over there," Elder Zhuyang pointed to a huge wooden house not far away which occupied half the forest.

"Inside the innermost part of the Gu Chamber, there's a stone orb. You just need to bring it out."

Ren Feng nodded and headed straight for the wooden house.

Liang Keqing and the others were a bit worried, but they knew Ren Feng had to go!

After Ren Feng opened the stone chamber door, his figure disappeared, and the scene quietened. The other elders waited calmly.

Time passed by the minute, and it had been ten minutes. Ren Feng still hadn't come out, and Liang Keqing looked anxious.

Twenty minutes passed, then half an hour, and just as Liang Keqing worried, the door creaked open. Ren Feng emerged with a tired expression, holding a small stone orb, with bloodstains on his body.

The blood was of various colors, clearly spattered from those Gu worms.

"What's the final test?" Ren Feng couldn't hide his exhaustion. The fight in the Gu Chamber nearly prevented him from getting out.

"The final test is simple, yet difficult," sighed Elder Zhuyang, pointing to the rope ladder Ren Feng had seen before. "As long as you can climb up this Heaven-Reaching Ladder, the last test will be complete."

Ren Feng looked at the rope ladder with some doubt but nodded nonetheless.

Strange, why call this rope ladder the Heaven-Reaching Ladder?

Ren Feng found it odd, as it simply looked like a straightforward rope ladder, and the distance from the mountain top wasn't that far. Why call it the Heaven-Reaching Ladder?

Coming to the rope ladder, Ren Feng took a deep breath, grasped it, and climbed on.

As soon as Ren Feng stepped onto the rope ladder, he felt his surroundings ripple, and in that instant, his situation seemed to change.

He felt like he was in a boundless expanse, with the rope ladder attached to a massive stone pillar that extended upward, as if reaching into the sky.

Ren Feng was a bit shocked, and the surrounding scenery was extraordinarily strange. At this moment, he wasn't in an ancient village but in a vast expanse, and behind him, a bird flew by.

Ren Feng was somewhat shocked and finally understood why it was called the Heaven-Reaching Ladder!

Is this an illusion?

Ren Feng felt puzzled. The strangeness in the ancient village was terrifying!

He looked down and found that even with his eyesight, he couldn't see the bottom!

In other words, at this moment, apart from this stone pillar, he couldn't see anything else, and the most frightening part was that he couldn't even find the entrance he came through.

Ren Feng's heart was filled with shock. The situation he was in, was it real or fake?

Ren Feng tentatively stepped back and reached out behind him, only to find he was treading on air.

His heart suddenly tightened, and Ren Feng's eyes were full of shock. Was this real?

My God, is this not an illusion?

Ren Feng was thoroughly stunned. He looked up, gritted his teeth, and began to climb upward.

This Heaven-Reaching Ladder, he had to climb it!