Chapter 113 - One Step One Flight (1/2)

Chapter 113 One Step One Flight

The third level.

When Ou Yangming arrived at the first step of that level, he was already staggering.

The first level’s pressure was actually next to nothing such that an ordinary person could have easily withstood it. However, after walking the steps to the second level, Ou Yangming could already feel enormous pressure.

It was as though he was fully equipped with pieces of White Slate Equipment that weighed over a hundred kilograms in total, so much so that he could not breathe even if he stood still. If one had to actually walk while bearing the weight of those armaments, it would be a real struggle.

Nonetheless, Ou Yangming was already aware before walking the Testimony Path that it would not be a simple walk, thus he was mentally prepared. Although each step was difficult, he gritted his teeth and managed to endure the process.

It was when he finally took the step onto the third level that the unimaginable and ma.s.sive pressure suppressed him like a tidal wave.

The third level and the second level were simply worlds apart.

If the second level’s pressure was said to only affect a person’s body surface where only the outside of one’s body had to bear the pressure, the third level was completely different. The third level’s power actually had an effect on both the inside and outside of one’s body.

Not only was one’s body surface experiencing the same pressure, but one’s internal organs were also being gnawed by the strong pressure.

Ou Yangming’s face changed because he suddenly realized why one had to be in Yin Grade to attempt the Testimony Path. It was because a martial artist whose cultivation base was in Force Grade had only tempered his body surface and bone strength. Such a martial artist could surely pa.s.s the first two levels by having strong willpower, and could even crawl his way up even if he did not have sufficient power.

That said, on the third level, the pressure was omnipresent.

Especially when gravity began to reflect on the inside one’s body, the feeling became more obvious.

Ou Yangming curled his body a little. His forehead and body were covered in beads of sweat, and each breath he took was like a bellow being squeezed; he sounded like a panting cow.

If Ou Yangming was only a Force Grade cultivator, his internal organs would have ruptured when he took the step, and he would vomit blood until he died.

However, since he had the cultivation base of Yin Grade, the essential Qi released in his body could protect his organs.

The essential Qi in his dantian eventually gushed out to every corner of his body without end. “Crack” sounds were heard coming from his bones, and his body immediately became much lighter.

After exhaling deeply and feeling his essential Qi circulating around his internal organs, Ou Yangming continued to move forward slowly.

Despite that, he had another concern in the next instant; the essential Qi consumed increased by a few times when he moved forward under the internal and external pressure.

He came to a shocking realization that his essential Qi seemed to be unable to support himself in moving forward any longer.

Looking at the path ahead of him, which was not long but felt like it could not be completed, Ou Yangming was distressed.

If someone else was in Ou Yangming place at the moment, perhaps that person would consider giving up already, but Ou Yangming did not have another option.

Instead of panicking, he calmed down to ponder how the previous challengers had done it.

Ou Yangming faintly thought about a problem. Ni Xueming and the others had said that one had to at least be in Yin Grade to attempt the Testimony Path but never mentioned if the cultivation base of Yin Grade Cla.s.s One was enough to complete the path.

He reached to touch his waist sash, then made his decision after thinking for a while.

Since Ou Yangming would definitely not be able to withstand the whole process, he would have to borrow external force. As he took a deep breath, strong essential Qi flowed into the waist sash.

Next, extremely familiar energy returned to his body. Ou Yangming instantly felt that his body became lighter, and the fact that he was surrounded by such gravity made the feeling of being as light as a falling leaf stand out more.

His powerful mental power burst out right away, and he became one with the Blood Flight Art.

A step forward!

Ou Yangming stepped forward, but the step actually allowed him to pa.s.s the entire third level, and he landed on the next flight of stairs.

On the tower’s top level, Ni Jingtong looked at the light in front of him.

The light was the same as the one at the entrance, where they could clearly identify the challenger’s movement on the Testimony Path by observing the changes in the light’s color and gradation.

Ni Jingtong sighed when Ou Yangming stepped on the third level, and suddenly asked, “Xueshu, what was your cultivation base when you attempted the Testimony Path in the

past?”

Ni Xueshu and the four other elders, whose cultivation base was already at the peak of Yang Grade, were surprised when they looked at Ni Jingtong while maintaining the formation.

“I was already in Yang Grade Cla.s.s One when I walked the path,” Ni Xueshu answered after some thought.

“What about the rest of you?”