Chapter 288 Climbing the Ladder to Heaven

 At noon, Longmen City was bustling with activity.

On the huge 999-step ladder that goes straight up to the sky, tens of thousands of people are already climbing on it at the same time.

As time goes by, the gap between star card masters of various levels on the Longmen ladder has also widened.

Under the suppression of the strange force on the ladder, the bronze level is basically distributed between tens to two hundred steps, while the silver level is mostly three to four hundred steps.

 As for gold level, they have generally reached level 500 or above!

 “I can’t hold on anymore, I’m too tired...”

"ah!…"

“I can’t do it anymore, Lao Feng, I’ll take the first step...”

One after another, Bronze-level star card masters fell from the ladder, and were wrapped in the dragon-shaped brilliance of the ladder and landed smoothly on the ground.

"The star power in the body has indeed improved. Damn it, if I persist for twenty or thirty more steps, I might be able to break through to the high bronze level!" A young man who had just fallen back to the ground looked up at the ladder high in the sky and felt extremely regretful.

Not just this young man, but all the star card masters around him who fell back to the ground from the ladder felt this way.

Earlier on the ladder, I just wanted to move forward with all my strength, but now I landed back on the ground. After a little induction, I found that my cultivation had indeed improved a lot.

"You only have one chance. Those who have fallen down should go to the side and don't block other people..." The Dragon Gate disciple in charge of order in Denglong Square kept saying hello.

These people can only withdraw to one side and continue to observe the situation at high altitude.

 In addition to maintaining order, Longmen disciples also have many people who continue to pay attention to the situation on the ladder.

The task of these Longmen disciples is also very simple, that is, to keep an eye on the outstanding people on the ladder.

Whether it is the silver level that has broken through the 400th level, or the gold level that has broken through the 700th level, they are all the best at each level, and you can try to contact and win over them.

  A new king-level force has high growth potential and is quite attractive to many unorganized and uninfluenced independent planet card masters.

At this time, Su Yuan also climbed to the 500th step on the Longmen Ladder!

The pressure on the ladder is increasing. Even at the gold level, one must combine the physical body with star power to move forward with the pressure.

 “Hu, Hu…”

 Huang Xiang put his hands on his knees and gasped for air, sweat dripping from his chin and arms.

"I, I'm almost at my limit, don't worry about me, you...go first."

 Five hundred levels are indeed close to the limit for Huang Xiang, a high-level silver leveler.

 So far, there are only two silver-level players who have reached the 500th level, namely level 522 and level 538.

The two people were also sweating profusely at this moment, and their star power was surging, and they had already launched some kind of strengthening skills.

 Because the star power is suppressed by the ladder, although strengthening skills can be used, the effect is greatly weakened.

 Obviously, it was with the help of enhanced skills that the two of them were able to reach level 520 or 30.

 It’s just that on the ladder, you have to constantly consume physical strength and star power to resist pressure. If you use enhanced skills, it means it is the final sprint!

However, at this moment, it would take a while for the two of them to take another step. I am afraid that they will reach the limit at most 20 steps.

Su Yuan saw what Huang Xiang said and knew that he was here to put pressure on Huang Xiang, so he said, "Okay, we'll wait for you up there."

 Huang Xiang raised the corners of his mouth and smiled with difficulty: "I will... try my best!"

Su Yuan nodded and continued walking forward.

"come on!"

Luo Bingtong waved her fist expressionlessly to cheer Huang Xiang up, and then continued walking up behind Su Yuan.

“Forget it Su Yuan, even Bing Tong is as perverted.”

Seeing Su Yuan and Luo Bingtong walking forward slowly without blushing or out of breath, Huang Xiang couldn't help but smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Immediately, Huang Xiang took a few deep breaths, and there was some determination in his eyes.

“Although it may be slower, I will try my best to catch up.”

Thinking like this, Huang Xiang raised his heavy and trembling right foot and stepped forward one step again!

 …

“Level 666! The first level 666 has appeared!”

At Denglong Square, the star card masters who had been eliminated early suddenly started shouting.

"who is it?"

“Let me take a look...it seems to be Wei Yong, the former master of the Huli Hall of the White Elephant Gate, a veteran master of high gold level.”

“That’s right, it’s him. He has been leading the first echelon from the beginning, and now he is the first to climb the 666th step. It’s really amazing!”

“I just don’t know if I can climb the 999th step.”

“As far as I know, Wei Yong specializes in physical training, his star power is not weak, and he has strong ability to withstand pressure. I feel like he has a good chance.”

　　　…”

On the Dragon Gate Ladder, one hundred steps is a hurdle and will wipe out most of the Bronze Level Star Card Masters.

The subsequent levels 333 and 666 also saw a huge increase in difficulty, approaching the limits of silver level and gold level respectively.

At this moment, Wei Yong climbed up to the 666th step, and his body suddenly sank. After a while, he adjusted to standing up again and continued to move upward step by step. However, the forward speed was obviously much slower than before, and it could be seen that he was working harder.

Starting from Wei Yong, more and more gold-level masters have also broken through level 666, including Seth and Alaya whom Su Yuan had met before.

Seth looked calm, but Alaya turned pale and began to pant.

  After all, this Dragon Gate ladder does not depend on your actual combat power, but only on physical body and star power. It will naturally be quite difficult for Alaya, who is only at the gold level.

 “Alea, can you still hold on?” Seth asked in a low voice.

　　"It's...ok!" Alea bit her lip and looked up, "Finally, if I use the sacred power to strengthen it, I should be able to reach the 700th level without any problem!"

 “Okay.” Seth nodded.

“Brother, please leave first and don’t worry about me.” Alaya whispered.

 Seth shook his head and smiled: "It's okay. The current level of pressure is nothing to me."

Alaya nodded, knowing that this was indeed the case, so she calmed down a little and continued moving forward.

But Seth looked somewhere below, where two familiar figures gradually approached the 666th step from behind.

It is Su Yuan and Luo Bingtong.

"It's really easy, Su Yuan." Seth smiled, then turned back and followed Alaya.

Su Yuan was naturally aware of Seth's gaze, but he didn't pay much attention to it. After all, he was on the Longmen Ladder now, so he had to go down and talk about anything.

 “Six hundred and sixty-six!”

Su Yuan stepped onto the six hundred and sixty-sixth step of the ladder, and suddenly felt a transcendent power far beyond what he had experienced before, rising from the ladder beneath his feet.

My whole body shook slightly, and the star power in my body gurgled out like spring water, constantly impacting the boundary of the star power cyclone.

The bottleneck that was originally extremely stable is now somewhat loosened.

“There are still more than 300 levels left. If we keep going like this, we can reach a high level!” Su Yuan felt slightly happy.

Turning to look at Luo Bingtong, who was following him up to the 666th level, Su Yuan asked, "Bingtong, are you feeling okay?"

But as soon as Su Yuan asked, he knew that his question was in vain.

At this time, Luo Bingtong's face looked as usual, unchanged from usual, as if she didn't feel any pressure...

“Yeah.” Luo Bingtong replied.

Su Yuan nodded and continued forward with Luo Bingtong.

Before the two of them had taken a few steps, a strong wave of star power suddenly came from ahead.

 “Has someone made a breakthrough?”

Su Yuan's heart moved, and he immediately raised his head and looked forward.

That was a red-haired woman from the Fire Kingdom who had stepped onto the 700th level. She was in her early thirties. At this time, waves of golden high-level star power were constantly emanating from her body.

“I have been stuck in the gold intermediate level for more than a year, and I finally made a breakthrough!”

 The red-haired woman was extremely happy. Even a small bottleneck was possible, ranging from ten days and a half to several years at most.

 But this time with the help of the Longmen Ladder, she successfully broke the bottleneck that had trapped her for more than a year. The red-haired woman was naturally extremely happy!

 “Thank you City Lord Qin!”

The red-haired woman from the Fire Kingdom bowed to the sky, and then continued climbing.

 And this red-haired woman is like a start button. On the nearly a thousand steps of the Dragon Gate Ladder, gold-level, silver-level, bronze-level... star card masters have broken through one after another.

The turbulent and dissipated star power transformed into large auspicious clouds that hovered above the Longmen Heavenly Staircase, adding a sense of mystery to this heavenly ladder that already went straight into the blue sky.

As time continues to pass, the situation on the ladder is becoming more and more stalemate.

There are people who are constantly being eliminated, and there are also people who are making breakthroughs from time to time.

There are tens of thousands of people who have boarded the ladder, but at this moment, there are only three or four thousand people left on the ladder.

 And by now, everyone is almost at their limit.

 Those above level 500 are basically gold level, and the gap is quite obvious.

 The initial level of gold mostly stops at level 600;

 Intermediate gold level, some can exceed level 666;

 At the high level of gold, more than 90% of them cannot break through the 800th level.

 Among them, many have already achieved breakthroughs.

 Now, let alone moving forward, it is difficult for these people to maintain their current status.

 Under the pressure of hundreds of steps on the ladder, recovery has lagged far behind consumption. Just standing in place will continue to consume physical strength and star power.

To overcome the pressure and advance to the next level, the amount of physical and star power required is astonishing.

Under such circumstances, if you want to climb to a higher ladder before exhaustion, you must launch a final sprint.

 As a result, some gold-level people who had reached the heights started to use their full strength one after another!

Chapter 2 later...

　　

　　

 (End of this chapter)