Chapter 876 Shadow Stone
Everyone’s hearts trembled!
The giant bear looked at the summit of the mountain in surprise, his voice stuttering, "Did… did I hear that right?"
"How long has it been, and Chen Yang has already surpassed five thousand steps?"
The giant bear still remembered the excitement he felt when he reached five thousand one hundred steps after giving his all.
But the giant bear also remembered something else: he had taken a day and a night to reach those five thousand one hundred steps.
The others were similar, taking the same amount of time.
And all of them had exhausted their internal strength around the five thousand-plus steps, and the mountain had also emitted a similar sound.
Liu Hei gasped, looking at Huang Xiu in shock, "It’s no wonder you lost to Chen Yang!"
"Among us, who could have reached over five thousand steps in such a short time?"
Faced with Liu Hei's question, everyone remained silent.
After all, no one could have done it.
Huang Xiu glared at Liu Hei through gritted teeth. This guy could always find a way to insult him!
However, as Huang Xiu looked at the steps again, another thought crossed his mind.
Chen Yang had reached over five thousand steps in such a short time.
This meant he was ascending at an exceptionally fast pace, and the faster he ascended, the quicker his energy would be depleted.
But even so, Chen Yang had persevered to over five thousand steps…
This indicated that Chen Yang's internal strength far surpassed theirs!
Some of them had tried before to rush up as fast as possible, but they had exhausted all their internal strength below the five thousand steps and had not triggered the bell.
In a way, Chen Yang was terrifyingly formidable.
While those below were lost in thought, Chen Yang continued his ascent.
Behind him, a bloody line had been formed by his bloody footprints.
At this moment, Chen Yang's body was being crushed by an incredibly powerful force!
As for the sound that had just occurred, Chen Yang had heard it, but he had no idea what it was.
When Chen Yang reached the seventh thousand steps, he felt as if his body no longer belonged to him.
He was now acting entirely on sheer willpower.
Unbeknownst to Chen Yang, his actions were being watched from start to finish.
On the palace at the summit of the mountain, a spiritual force was observing everything.
This spiritual force had witnessed countless years and had seen many people walk this path.
Some of them had succeeded, while the vast majority had failed. It had been a very, very long time since a situation like this had occurred.
He could naturally tell that the person ascending the mountain was using it to train his body.
For thousands of years, no one had dared to do this. How arrogant!
At eight thousand steps, Chen Yang felt his eyelids grow heavy.
An intense fatigue swept through his body, but a moment later, he was jolted awake by excruciating pain.
Chen Yang ascended step by step, oscillating between consciousness and unconsciousness.
At this point, Chen Yang had forgotten why he had even come up the mountain.
He only remembered one thing: he had to ascend. The reason no longer seemed important!
When Chen Yang reached the ninth thousand steps, even the ancient spiritual force atop the mountain was dumbfounded.
Based on Chen Yang's current progress, he could have been brought up now.
Chen Yang's speed of advancement had far exceeded his expectations.
The reason this spiritual force hadn't acted was simply to wait for Chen Yang to pass out on his own.
But Chen Yang seemed to have lost all thought, yet his body continued to move.
"No, if this continues, his body will be ruined!" After a moment of thought, the spiritual force made its decision.
Chen Yang's actions could indeed train his various strengths, but it was through repeatedly being battered by the steps' pressure, not being directly crushed!
Chen Yang's body had reached its limit!
As the ancient spiritual force approached Chen Yang, it gasped as it saw his bloody and mangled form.
Earlier, they had been some distance apart, and it could only use its spiritual force to sense Chen Yang's vitality.
But only upon reaching Chen Yang did this ancient spiritual force discover with astonishment that although Chen Yang's body had sustained numerous injuries, these injuries had not affected his core life essence, his heart.
Furthermore, even the exposed bones of Chen Yang were unharmed. The spiritual force fell into deep thought, "Could he have learned some special technique?"
At this moment, Chen Yang was oblivious to the spiritual force hovering extremely close, observing him.
Chen Yang's only thought was to keep going, to reach the summit!
Upon observing that Chen Yang's life was not in danger, the spiritual force overturned its earlier decision.
It wanted to see if this mysterious martial artist could truly reach the summit.
Chen Yang took step after step, leaving only his bloody footprints on the mountain.
At first glance, Chen Yang appeared like a walking corpse, but anyone who approached him could sense the vigorous life force emanating from him.
As Chen Yang continued to ascend the steps, the spiritual force surrounding him suddenly remembered something.
Everyone who could reach the nine thousand steps had to activate the Shadow Stone!
The Shadow Stone could record and transmit images!
It also held some significance for future generations.
With this thought, the mysterious spiritual force returned to the great hall, retrieved a Shadow Stone from a long-sealed box, and immediately went to Chen Yang's side to activate it!
The people waiting below the mountain suddenly saw a massive image appear in the sky.
"What is that?"
Everyone had never seen such a huge image before.
As they wondered how the image had appeared, someone suddenly recognized the person in the image.
"The clothes that person is wearing, why are they so familiar? Is that Chen Yang?"
Hearing this, Liu Hei almost popped his eyes out.
With that reminder, many recognized the person in the image as Chen Yang!
At this moment, other than his clothes, which were still mostly intact, Chen Yang was unrecognizable.
The bloodstains on his face made it impossible to discern who he was!
Even Chen Yang's clothes were stained with blood.
Liu Hei's mind struggled to comprehend, "What is going on? How did Chen Yang get so severely injured? Did you encounter anything like this when you climbed these steps before?"
Seeing that everyone else shook their heads, Liu Hei gritted his teeth and walked towards the steps.