C22 (2/2)

”Persevere! Persevere!” ”Ahhh!”

The immense pressure finally made Zhou Tong's legs unable to endure any longer. A wave of intense pain came forth, and Zhou Tong knew that his muscles had already been torn apart, and beads of sweat the size of beans were continuously rolling down his forehead.

Under the guidance of the mysterious Qi, Zhou Tong staggered forward, and slowly walked up the stairs.

The muscles on his left leg had been completely ripped apart. Other than feeling excruciating pain, he had no other instincts.

With every step he took, Zhou Tong would let out a heart-tearing and lung-splitting roar, like an angry beast that was continuously attacking the cage that imprisoned him.

With only ten steps remaining, eight, five, three, and the last step remaining, Zhou Tong grabbed his unconscious left leg and with a violent stomp of his right foot, he shot out like a fish, pouncing towards the platform in front of A Gate's entrance. Clang!

In that moment, the terrifying pressure disappeared along with the mysterious force in his body. Zhou Tong did not even have the spare energy to turn over as he lay on the ground with black eyes and fainted.

The last scene before he lost consciousness was of a man and woman walking over. Zhou Tong could vaguely see an ice sword pattern embroidered on both of their clothes.

”Senior Brother, did you remove the gravity restriction on the last three steps? Is this considered a form of protection?”

”Then you didn't control your flying sword to attack him during the last part of the journey. Is that considered protecting him?”

The two of them looked at each other and laughed, then at Zhou Tong who was on the ground, they looked pleased.

Not knowing how much time had passed, Zhou Tong finally woke up from the aching pain in his entire body.

When he opened his eyes, he found himself in a room that looked like a dormitory. When he looked out of the window, the sun had already set in the west.

With much difficulty, he took out two Ink Willow Dans from the Sumeru Pearl s and swallowed them. Only then did the aching pain in his entire body slowly subside, and the torn muscles in his left leg still ached slightly. Even after consuming the pills, it would take some time to recover. However, at a time like this, using a pill like the Ink Willow Pill was the best.

”Have you heard? Today, among the new disciples, one of them will directly rush into A Gate. ”

”How could I not know? The entire sect was going crazy. This is the first time in the past hundred years that someone has directly rushed up to the A Gate to select a candidate. ”

Hearing the sounds of discussion coming from outside the door, Zhou Tong heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed that he had succeeded. This should be the A Gate.

In the process of rushing up the stairs, Zhou Tong had exhausted almost all of the energy in his body, and even at this point, his whole body still felt weak. Zhou Tong crossed his legs and sat down, preparing to check the condition of his body with his inner sight.

But from the start, Zhou Tong was completely stunned.

”What the f * ck, what the f * ck is this!” Zhou Tong looked at the thousands of strands of pitch-black air in his body, and could not help but curse in his heart.

Within Zhou Tong's body, a large amount of pitch-black air currents appeared, and flowed through his meridians like millions of black silk threads.

Seeing the deep color, Zhou Tong immediately thought of the seal that had entered his body, thinking of the mysterious Qi that had suddenly erupted while he was rushing up the stairs, Zhou Tong immediately determined that the pitch black Qi had originated from the seal.

”You're awake?”

Just as Zhou Tong was pondering, a young man walked in. Her long, golden hair was carefully combed, accentuating her well-defined face. His eyes were the color of fine wine, amber, and he looked very warm. On his body was a set of green training clothes with the word 'A' embroidered on the chest.

The young man saw that Zhou Tong had woken up, and immediately went to the side of the table to pour him a cup of water.

”You've been asleep all day. Have a drink of water first. My name is Xue Yang, from today onwards, we will be roommates. ”

”Thank you.”

Zhou Tong took the cup and gulped it down, then immediately jumped down from the bed and looked at Xue Yang sternly, ”Hit me with your fist.”

”Huh?” Xue Yang was startled, he did not know how to react, ”Do you think you're dreaming?”

”No, don't worry about it. Just punch me.” Zhou Tong waved his hand and patted his chest as he urged him.