26 Climbing the Celestial Stairway! (2/2)
That was 90 steps out of a hundred thousand!
They haven't even reached 1% of the total number of steps of the Celestial Stairway.
However, those that remained could be considered to be the elites of their generation. Their faces were pale yet they remained determined to climb as they knew that this would be a big deciding factor of their future.
As time went on, more of them fell one by one as less of them climbed higher and higher.
Tian Long had his eyes on two of the participants, a pair of brother and sister. He couldn't help but be surprised when he checked their status page.
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Status
Name: Long Wang
Age: 13
Cultivation: Tempered Body Level 7.
Description: Hailing from the Barren Wasteland and inheriting the bloodline of a Dragon King, his talent and physique could be said to be one of the peaks of his generation.
Talent Grades:
Innate Talent: Saint Grade.
Physique: Peak Saint Grade.
Comprehension: 7
Will: 8
Luck: 8
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Status
Name: Long Xue
Age: 12
Cultivation: Tempered Body Level 6.
Description: Hails from the Barren Wasteland, inheriting the bloodline of a Dragon King, her talent could be said to be one of the peaks of her generation.
Talent Grades:
Innate Talent: Peak Saint Grade
Physique: Saint Grade.
Comprehension: 8
Will: 7
Luck: 8
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”Two diamonds in the rough, buried in this Endless Forces Continent. Their talent grades, even if in the Divine Continent, could be said to be incredibly rare.” muttered Tian Long as he smiled.
He kept his eyes on the pair of sibling and kept checking the statuses of the other participants.
Time passed,
150th step, there are 5,000 participants left.
200th step - 1,200 participants left.
220th step - 440 participants.
255th step - 250 participants.
The crowd was in awe as they watched the créme of the crop geniuses of their generation go toe to toe as they persisted to climb the stairway.
”These kids will represent the future of the Endless Forces!” said a Life and Death realm cultivator with a serious expression.
”Indeed, this is all thanks to master Tian Long. We need to nurture these young ones properly.” Another Life and Death real cultivator nodded his head in agreement.
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At the 256th step of the Glorious Celestial Stairway,
A figure and the last of the participants could be seen struggling to stand as his body trembled because of exhaustion.
The young man had an ashen and pale face yet he kept climbing up with difficulty as he gritted his teeth and forced his fatiged body to keep going up.
'Keep going! Keep climbing! Once you stop, everything will be over! You won't even have the chance to get your revenge on that man! DON'T STOP!' yelled the young man in his heart as his body bled profusely.
It was as if his body was being controlled by sheer will and the determination in his heart as he rose and tried to place his foot onto the next step.