When the unicorn-eyed beast died, the entire fifth-floor square was once again in full view. Everyone else had passed above the third floor, and two people had already entered the fifth floor.
The strange thing is that he is completely unharmed now, and his left shoulder that was originally pierced does not show any injury at all, which makes him feel surprised.
Whether this was an illusion or whether it was real, he really couldn't figure it out.
He glanced at the two people who were on the fifth floor with him. They kept moving around in place, as if they were fighting the air, and occasionally spit out a mouthful of blood.
But now he doesn't look injured at all. His whole body feels comfortable and his spiritual power is flowing without any hindrance.
"wrong!"
Jiang Kong was suddenly shocked. He was already in the illusion array. He suddenly understood that there was another illusion array on the fifth level.
He closed his eyes to calm down, and then ran forward in large strides in the direction he remembered.
"It seems that the fifth-floor square is no longer a problem for him. The next step is the Hercules Staircase, which should not be a problem for him either."
At the top of the Hercules Staircase, Da Zong had a complicated expression on his face. He hoped that Jiang Kong could cross the Hercules Staircase and become a disciple of the sect, so that the Hercules Sect would have the possibility to reach the top again.
I also hope that he will not be able to climb up and be expelled, so that it will not bring crisis to the sect, which will be full of conflicts for a while.
"Haha! Elders of the big sect, elders of the fourth sect, it seems that Jiang Kong's passage is safe and sound. Don't have any other ideas."
The three elders were upright and happy to see Jiang Kong being so outstanding. Guan Yu couldn't help but nod. It had only been more than half an hour and Jiang Kong had already walked out of the fifth-floor square.
The next Hercules Ladder mainly relies on strength. It is absolutely easy for him. It should not be difficult to reach the top.
…
Jiang Kong felt that he had reached the end. When he opened his eyes, he saw that there was indeed a high cliff in front of him. Looking up, he saw stone stairs reaching to the sky step by step. Each step of the stone stairs was one meter wide, ten meters long and one meter high.
It seems very simple. Even ordinary people can climb up with a little effort, let alone practitioners like them.
But is this really the case
Obviously not. When he stepped onto the first stone staircase, he finally knew the trick of this powerful ladder.
A pressure fell on his shoulders, just like an ordinary person carrying dozens of kilograms of weight.
"It turns out it's to increase gravity!" Jiang Kong said secretly to himself.
Look up and see that there are about 5,000 steps of stone stairs. If you add a little more gravity to each step, the front will be fine, but the last one is really difficult to pass.
Turning around, I saw that the others had almost arrived at the square on the fifth floor. What they saw this time was completely different. Each of them was fighting a fairy beast.
These fairy beasts generally have one characteristic, that is, they are one level higher than the humans they fight. Some of these people have the upper hand, and some can only fight to a draw. .
But the attentive Jiang Kong discovered a mystery, that is, all the injured people seemed to be much weaker, but in fact they were not. They were suppressed by an invisible force.
Seeing this, the expression on Jiang Kong's face was shocked again. This formation is really awesome. It can not only affect the spirit, but also affect the performance of the fairy spirit.
Only then did he suddenly realize why he was injured but not fine at all. It turned out that the battle was real and the injury was fake. It was all a trick of the formation.
Scanning the whole place and looking at the situation, the people below can also pass through the fifth floor square. After all, they are all ascendants. They were all geniuses in the past, and leapfrogging battles are basically commonplace.
Looking up again, I don't know what problems are waiting for me later, so while there is still enough time, let's sprint first.
Now this pressure was just drizzle to him. He took one step forward and reached the second step of the stone staircase.
Sure enough, the gravity increased again in the second step. Although it was not much, if we continued like this, it would definitely not be that easy to climb later.
Next, he kept walking and pedaled four thousand meters in one breath.
The gravity here is already very strong. If an ordinary person were here, he would definitely be crushed into a meat pie by the gravity here.
Jiang Kong let out a long breath. He could clearly see the top of the stone staircase, where more than a dozen people were commenting on him.
Cheng Xiu, Cong Yun, and Lu Feihu were suddenly on the list. As for the others, he didn't recognize any of them.
However, those few people were all full of energy, energetic in appearance, and surrounded by fairy light. They looked like they were not simple characters. Among them, the young man who looked like he was in his twenties and the old man with wrinkles even had a golden light in their eyes. Easy to get along with.
Jiang Kong just took a quick look and already guessed that these people were definitely the leaders of the Herculean Sect. He must have listened to what Cheng Xiu and Cong Yun said and wanted to see what Jiang Kong was capable of.
Smiling faintly, he didn't care at this moment. After all, everyone was curious, so he didn't pay any more attention to it and started walking again.
Four thousand meters equals four thousand stone steps. After visual inspection, he already had a rough idea. There were about five thousand stone steps in total, which meant that there were another thousand stone steps behind.
At the 4000th step, the pressure doubled based on the 4000th step.
The current gravity also made Jiang Kong feel difficult, or the system upgrade was too unexpected. If there was a five-fold defense card now, the last thousand steps would be absolutely easy.
But the system stopped being used and nothing in it could be summoned, so he could only do some Y~Y.
Six or seven hours have passed, and the system upgrade bar has not even reached 10%. It is obviously unrealistic to wait for the system upgrade to be completed.
"I have to fight hard on my own!"
Jiang Kong gritted his teeth and took another step forward.
Fortunately, the gravity did not increase exponentially, and his confidence increased greatly. He poured spiritual power into his whole body without feeling too strenuous.
One level, two levels, three levels... After a hundred levels, the pressure suddenly doubled again.
"Haha, in the last 999 steps, the pressure doubles for every hundred floors, and at the end it is nine times the pressure. And the pressure is different for everyone. The stronger the strength, the greater the pressure. Look at Jiang Kong still having some energy left. , I don’t know if he can get up successfully.”
Guan Yu chuckled, as the leader of the Herculean Divine Sect, of course he hoped to have a peerless genius under his sect, so he would not hesitate to offend the top power.
"Everyone is different?" Cheng Xiu and Cong Yun couldn't help being surprised. Neither of them were ascendants. Although they had gone through the test when they entered the sect, the training was too simple.
Moreover, they had never experienced the fifth-floor square or the Hercules Ladder, so of course they had no idea how difficult it was.
They looked down, and other people began to climb the Hercules Staircase one after another. At the beginning, everyone, regardless of their level, seemed easy and climbed quickly. But once they reached the four thousand steps, everyone began to climb. Slow down.
When he reached more than 300 steps, Jiang Kong's speed slowed down again. He took a deep breath and looked down. Others began to enter the 4,000th step and above.
However, they were far from catching up with Jiang Kong. Each one of them was recovering their fairy spiritual power at the same place. Even if they moved forward, they would have to recover a lot from the previous level.
Jiang Kong rested for a moment, and his strength regained a lot. His body was like a javelin, and he climbed up again with all his strength.
…
Half an hour had passed, and the top was already vivid in his mind. Guan Yu looked at Jiang Kong with a half-smile, and said: "The last nine levels, one level at a time, once you reach the top, you will be a disciple of the Herculean Sect. No matter how big it is, We are all supported by the sect. If you fail, you will have nothing to do with the Herculean Sect in the future."
Yes, after that, there are only the last nine levels left. These last nine levels must have doubled the pressure, otherwise Guan Yu would not have spoken like this.
Jiang Kong stood on the 4990-step stone platform. His face was a little pale, but his breathing was steady and not disordered at all. It seemed that he was not tired, but he did not continue walking up.
Because after listening to Guan Yu's words, he felt a little vigilant. This last ninth level must be different, and it would not be as simple as gravity.
After adjusting his mentality, Jiang Kong took another step forward. He was already mentally prepared to deal with emergencies.
Sure enough, when he stepped onto this level, he felt a mountain-like pressure coming over him.
Moreover, a blue arc of electricity came out of the stone steps, penetrated under his feet, entered his body, and wandered around crazily.
"hiss!"
After the blue electric arc entered his body, it was like a tiger returning to the mountain, running around wildly, and the power of the lightning points contained in it was continuously released, making him grimace in pain.
Jiang Kong immediately circulated his fairy energy to contain this arc. The blue arc was wrapped into a ball by his fairy power and isolated.
Then he used his strength again, walked around the body, and forced it out of his palm.
"boom!"
The electric arc exploded directly in the air, turned into bursts of lightning, and finally dissipated.
Jiang Kong secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he dealt with it carefully, it seemed that the remaining steps were not too difficult.
Taking a step upward, the pressure doubled again. He was suddenly under such pressure that he almost fell down.
However, he reacted immediately and used his strength to stabilize his body.
At the same time, a fire dragon appeared out of thin air and rushed toward him, causing the surrounding temperature to rise suddenly.
Jiang Kong was well prepared, smiled coldly, and directed his magical power to freeze the fire dragon.
The power of extreme cold exploded, colliding with the fire dragon, making a squeaking sound, and then the two forces burst out, instantly submerging Jiang Kong's figure, but he was firmly blocked by him.
As soon as the impact passed, Jiang Kong straightened his hair that was blown by the wind and moved forward again.
Next, he encountered water dragon attacks, sword energy, vines entangling his body, mountains surrounding him, and tornadoes. He overcame all of these one by one.
At this time, there were only the last two stone steps left above him.
These two levels are definitely not easy, and Jiang Kong is fully prepared to deal with them.
Step onto the penultimate step.
Huge pressure hit him instantly. He could no longer hold it up and was pressed to the ground.
At the same time, a powerful mental force entered his mind and moved forward in an attempt to destroy the nerves in his brain.
The pain in his head was unbearable, and the huge pressure from the outside world pressed him to the ground. He felt as if he was being suppressed by a huge mountain, unable to move at all.
Although the situation was not optimistic, he did not panic at all. The Supreme Shield of Divine Power was released instantly, and the pressure on his body was relieved. Then he suppressed the pain in his mind and sat cross-legged directly.
The power of splitting the gods penetrates deep into the brain, then resists the mental power that invades the brain, and slowly forces it out of the body.
Suddenly, he stood up in an instant, and with a movement of his body, he had entered the last step.
Seeing Jiang Kong take the last step, Guan Yu showed a smile on his face and said to Lu Feihu on the side, "When he comes out, bring him to see me immediately!"
After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the Temple of Hercules. The other five sect elders also turned around and followed him inside.
When the sect master and several elders of the sect disappeared, Cheng Xiu couldn't help but wonder: "Uncle Second Master, why did the sect leader leave like this?"
"Haha, of course I'm leaving. Jiang Kong has passed the test!" Lu Feihu said with a soft smile.
"If you pass the level, isn't there still one level left?" Cheng Xiu asked doubtfully.
"look!"
Lu Feihu didn't explain, and pointed to the last step.
…
Jiang Kong took one step forward and climbed to the last step.
He has already used the power of the fairy spirit, and the supreme shield and the diamond armor that have been upgraded to the second level have also been released.
But when he stepped onto the final step, it was completely different from what he had imagined.
At this time, he was on a circular platform. The platform was not big, one meter square. There was no pressure and no power to attack. On the contrary, he felt comfortable all over his body.
A stream of colorful divine light swayed down, and he suddenly felt extremely refreshed, as if he had reached some kind of orgasm.
This kind of colorful light is different from the color of fairy power. The color of fairy power is very light, but the colorful color that falls is very rich.
Blue is like water, red is like fire, purple is like lightning, and white is like a wind knife.
This surprised him. He carefully checked his whole body and found nothing wrong, and then he felt relieved.
Looking around, his entire body was gradually enveloped in colorful light. The light was dazzling, making it even harder to see what was going on outside.
suddenly!
A force entered his body. This force was very gentle, but it also shocked him. He wanted to use the power of the fairy spirit to drive it away.
But as soon as he mobilized the fairy spirit energy, this power had already merged with the fairy spirit energy in his body, and he felt that the fairy spirit power in his body carried a powerful vitality.
If you are injured now, if you use this power again, the healing efficiency will definitely be doubled.
"what happened?"
Before he could fully appreciate it, another force entered. This force was equally gentle and did no harm to him. However, this force quickly integrated into his body with a hint of fire.
The spirit of the fairy rolled around, a force of fire spread from his body, and the temperature of the surrounding air became steep.
This was not over yet, and then five powers entered successively, namely the power of electricity, the power of earth, the power of metal, the power of wind, and the power of water.
It was exactly the same power he felt on the last seven stone steps.
Now Jiang Kong somewhat understood that this must be his reward for passing the Hercules Ladder, but there was still one last step of spiritual power.
Sure enough, just when he was still doubting, a burst of excitement flowed through his body, and then entered his mind.
"It feels so good! It feels so good! It feels so good!" Jiang Kong couldn't help but roar.
…
Outside, eight days have passed unknowingly since Jiang Kong stepped onto the last stone staircase. Cheng Xiu and Cong Yun accompanied Lu Feihu and waited here for another eight days.