To the north of the white tower, soldiers in armor stood on both sides of the stairs made of white jade crystals.
The seamless staircase is nine hundred and ninety-nine levels high from bottom to top. On each step stands a soldier wearing armor, hanging a sword on his waist, and carrying a spear on his back. He is solemn and full of murderous intent.
But if you get close to these soldiers in armor, you will find that all of them are dead bones that have been dead for a long time. If you just reach out and gently touch the armor, which is still as smooth as new, the dead bones inside will immediately break and collapse. .
When Su You saw this, he turned to look at the stairs that were extending upwards, and was about to lift his feet and continue walking up.
"Huh? This pressure!"
Just one foot stepped onto the second floor, a strong spiritual power fell from the sky. Su You was caught off guard like a small mountain and bent down. He quickly used the spiritual power in his body to resist the pressure of this spiritual power. .
"Those who climb the hundred steps can be my outer disciples of the Four Holy Temples, and those who step on the six hundred steps can be my inner disciples of the Four Holy Temples."
At this time, a mature and rich voice came from the end of the nine hundred and ninety-nine stairs, echoing in Su You's ears like a bell, "You only have half an hour, now the clock starts!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Su You immediately realized that the sound that just sounded should be just a mechanism arranged by this place called the Four Temples. As long as someone steps on the second step, it will be triggered and the steps on the platform will be triggered. People are considered as challengers who want to join the Four Temples.
According to the rules of the Four Holy Temples, only challengers who have stepped on the 100th floor or above can become outer sect disciples. Those who want to become inner sect disciples must step on the 600th floor.
"I wonder what I would get if I could complete the nine hundred and ninety-nine steps..."
Feeling the pressure of spiritual power exerted on himself, Su You, who didn't exert much effort, immediately became curious. He also wanted to know which level he could reach with his current strength.
Guessing the reward for stepping on the highest step, he immediately raised his feet and walked towards the third and fourth steps.
As expected, the higher the level of the steps, the stronger the spiritual pressure exerted on the body.
At the same time, I also noticed that every tenth level, the next spiritual pressure will be twice as powerful. If you are not prepared in time, you will be overwhelmed immediately, and it will be very difficult to stand up again.
Along the way, Su You did not pursue speed, but took one step at a time very steadily to reach the 100th floor.
"clang!"
The moment his feet stepped on the hundredth step, a clear bell rang, and the voice that sounded before also sounded and said: "Those who set foot on the hundredth step can be my outer disciples of the Four Holy Temples. If you want Those who continue to challenge must speed up, you still have one stick of incense left."
The words fell.
"I didn't expect time to pass so quickly. It looks like I have to use my real strength to do it."
Seeing that there were still 888 steps ahead, but half of the time had passed, Su You, who already knew it in his heart, immediately used his spiritual power with all his strength, and rushed up to the higher steps in three steps at the fastest speed.
Each step exerted more powerful spiritual pressure to limit his speed, but Su You quickly climbed up the steps one after another as if he was not hindered at all, in just a few breaths It has already crossed from the 100th floor to the 200th floor, and the speed is still accelerating without slowing down at all.
Two hundred and fifty floors...
Three hundred floors...
Four hundred floors...
Five hundred floors...
It only took Su You a few minutes to reach the 600th floor.
"clang!"
It was the same as when reaching the 100th floor, except that the sound was congratulating the challengers who had reached the 600th floor to join the Four Holy Temples and become inner disciples.
It was at this time that the mysterious voice suddenly said: "If anyone wants to continue challenging, you will have an extra half hour. If the challenger can succeed in the next half hour, Once you reach the top, you will have the opportunity to meet the masters of the Four Temples, and even become the direct successor of the masters."
"Now, the half-hour timer starts again!"
Immediately after the words fell, Su You raised his feet and stepped on the 601st step.
"Hmm! Why did this pressure suddenly become so strong?"
Suddenly, a powerful spiritual pressure was suppressed in an instant. Su You was unable to resist it for a while. His knees immediately bent, and he was about to be overwhelmed and knelt on the steps.
"Do you want to overwhelm me just because of this? You're talking nonsense!"
The power of the divine fire in the Extreme Yin Yang Yuan Dan exploded instantly. Suddenly, a pillar of fire rose into the sky, and even the floating clouds in the sky were pierced and detoured.
Bathed in the flames, Su You straightened his waist again in one breath, his eyes seemed to be spitting fire, carrying a surging heat wave as he stepped onto the steps that even appeared to be melted by the flames.
Layer after layer, with the blessing of the original power of the divine fire in the Extreme Yin Ji Yang Yuan Dan, Su You accelerated his speed again.
Six hundred and fifty floors...
Seven hundred floors...
Eight hundred floors...
Moving on to the 998th floor, the marks left by Su You's feet are clearly visible on every step starting from the 600th floor. They are still burning shoe prints burned by the power of the divine fire. .
But at this moment, Su You, who was standing just one step away from the finish line, still had a calm expression on his face.
Without hesitation, he immediately raised his feet and crossed the last step, successfully ascending the nine hundred and ninety-ninth step.
"Dang! Dang! Dang!"
Three bells in a row echoed in my ears.
What followed was a raging tide of spiritual power being poured into Su You's body, filling it with the spiritual power previously consumed in rushing up the 999th floor.
At the same time, a vague figure made of spiritual power slowly walked in front of him.
"Congratulations on successfully reaching the finish line. It seems that you are the only one among the challengers who has the opportunity to meet the Hall Master and become the Hall Master's direct descendant. Please come with me."
As soon as he finished speaking, the figure whose appearance was unclear turned around and walked in front.
Su You followed closely and followed the figure through the door in front of him, which was as big as a small mountain and made of unknown materials.
Go through the door that blocks everything in front of you.
What comes into view is a small bridge and flowing water like a fairyland in Taoyuan, as well as a sky pavilion and palace floating in the air that are far away in the sky but feel close to you, appearing vaguely between the clouds.
It's just that such a beautiful fairyland is lifeless. Not only is there not a single living person, not even a small animal is seen.
Only plants that are constantly drying but sprouting and rushing water are filling the gaps.
The figure leading the way turned a blind eye to everything around him. Sometimes when he looked back and saw Su You looking around, he would sigh and say: "I don't know where these homeless guys have gone. What if?" If they don’t come back, the palace master will teach them a lesson, hehehehe..."
The figure built with spiritual power did not have a high level of intelligence. He saw no one along the way, so he just thought that the temple disciples had gone out to practice, and he also swore that those children who were most afraid of the temple master's anger would Will definitely come back as soon as possible.
Hearing this, Su You did not respond, but nodded with a smile.
"Please come with me, we'll be there soon."
Perhaps because he felt that Su You was a little shy just after joining the Four Holy Temples, the figure made of spiritual energy did not blame Su You for being rude, nor did he continue to mention the incident just now, but pointed to a building surrounded by countless floating clouds in front of him. The palace said to Su You, "That's the White Tiger Palace. It's where our palace master presides over the affairs of the temple and entertains distinguished guests."
"You are the only three challengers in the history of our Four Temples who can pass the 999th floor, so the temple master must have been waiting for you there early."
"But I can't go in with you later, so you must be careful when you enter the White Tiger Palace, and don't offend our palace master by saying the wrong thing or doing the wrong thing."
"Our palace master's temper is not very good, hehehehe..."
As they talked and walked, the two crossed the small bridges and flowing water on both sides one after another, and soon stood at the intersection of the only road leading to the White Tiger Palace.
In other words, it is more appropriate to say that it is an iron cable bridge connected by iron cables.
Su You needs to walk across this chain bridge to reach the White Tiger Palace.
