Just as Su Yuan turned to look, the Holy Light in front of him vibrated violently. Seth finally stepped onto the 999th step just before his strength was exhausted.
“Phew, that was close. Almost didn’t make it up!” Seth breathed a heavy sigh of relief, a trace of luck flashing in his eyes.
Earlier, he had pushed himself hard to compete with Su Yuan, nearly halting on the 998th step and failing to advance!
Now, thinking back, Seth realized he had been somewhat irrational. This was an opportunity to directly break through to Shining Star, how could he afford to be so careless?
Looking at Su Yuan in front of him, Seth shook his head and smiled: “Su Yuan, you’re really powerful. I’ve lost this time.”
Su Yuan replied casually: “Climbing the Heavenly Ladder is the same, there’s no winner or loser.”
Seth, however, shook his head. His realm was higher, he had moved ahead first by several steps, and yet he was still overtaken by Su Yuan. A loss was a loss.
At this moment, a large amount of deep blue energy gathered towards Seth.
Seth took a deep breath and immediately calmed his mind to accept this extremely rich Transcendence Power.
The deep blue energy twined around Seth, flickering unceasingly, while the Star Power inside Seth’s body surged violently like a tumultuous sea…
After a while, all the Transcendence Power had completely vanished.
Seth closed his eyes, remaining motionless, his aura completely converged. Only occasionally would pure white Holy Light emerge from his body.
Clearly, Seth had realized something and had reached a very critical moment.
“Could he really break through to Shining Star?”
Su Yuan’s eyes narrowed slightly, but given the high degree of Star Power convergence in his opponent, nothing could be discerned at the moment.
Thus, Su Yuan turned his gaze back towards the lower part of the Heavenly Ladder.
The burly man with a bare upper body had lost his composure after being overtaken by Su Yuan, falling off the Heavenly Ladder early after reaching the 971st step.
As for the tall, black-haired woman, she was still struggling at the 989th step. However, her constantly trembling body indicated that she had reached her limit.
“Can’t take a single more step!” The tall woman’s eyes were bloodshot.
Looking ahead, the mere ten steps seemed like an insurmountable chasm!
Watching Su Yuan, who had leaped from Gold Middle Stage directly to Gold Limit, and Seth, who had closed his eyes attempting a breakthrough, the tall woman felt both envy and jealousy.
“Get up there!” she gritted her teeth and forced her right foot forward.
Yet, before her right foot could land on the 990th step, she was overpowered by the immense pressure, spat out a mouthful of blood, and fell off the Heavenly Ladder…
Su Yuan continued looking downward, and above the 950th step, there was only one person left—Luo Bingtong!
Su Yuan had almost reached his limit after the 930th step and had to burst forth first, using Enhancement Techniques to take the lead.
But Luo Bingtong’s pressure resistance ability was astonishing. She could still rely on her fundamental strength to continue moving forward.
At this moment, standing on the 954th step, Luo Bingtong’s already fair and flawless delicate face appeared even paler. Her petite body trembled unceasingly, showing that she was also nearing her limit.
But what was alarming was that until now, Luo Bingtong hadn’t used any Enhancement Skills, relying purely on extraordinarily strong physical body and Star Power to withstand the journey thus far!
“The 954th step, higher than Gold Limit like Seth!” Su Yuan’s eyes grew heavy.
Luo Bingtong was only at Gold Early Stage, yet she managed to reach such a level!
At that moment, Luo Bingtong raised her head slightly, as if she was about to initiate something…
Her icy blue eyes flashed with a cold light, her short white hair lifting with no wind.
Amidst the surging frost and snow, her entire skin turned as crystalline and transparent as cold jade, her icy flesh and bones, and two slender Ice Bone Wings emerged from her back.
This was Xuanming Ice Soul!
And the difference this time was…
The Ice Bone Wings bore ancient patterns flowing with obsidian-like light, seemingly containing a heart-pounding energy.
“Looks like the limit on Xuanming Essence Skill has also been lifted.” Su Yuan thought, not very surprised.
Luo Bingtong had long obtained the Ten Thousand Transformation Xuan Ice. With Kong Zheng and even the Demon Emperor of Ancient Forbidden Zone backing her, it was simply too easy to lift the restriction on Xuanming Ice Soul.
Now, with Ice Soul Transformation activated, Luo Bingtong’s strength surged, effortlessly handling the pressure above the 950th step.
“Wait …”
Her icy blue eyes glanced at Su Yuan atop the Heavenly Ladder, and Luo Bingtong stepped forward, quickly rushing to the top of the ladder.
Her unrelenting pace was no less fast than Su Yuan’s earlier!
Watching Luo Bingtong advancing rapidly, Su Yuan began to ponder.
“In this state, reaching the 990th step shouldn’t be a problem for Ice Tong. As for whether she can reach the top, that depends on whether she can take it a step further…”
[Ice Soul] itself was a top-level Enhancement Technique on par with the [Great Sun Burning Body Technique]. With Luo Bingtong’s foundation, the 990th step seemed well within reach.
But from the looks of it, reaching the top seemed a bit forced.
After the epic stage, the difficulty of cultivating skills increased drastically.
Su Yuan himself had upgraded the Great Sun Burning Body Technique to Master level through accumulated points. He didn’t know to what extent Luo Bingtong had cultivated Ice Soul.
If she could enhance it further, perhaps reaching the top was possible.
Su Yuan thought about this and then looked past Luo Bingtong towards the lower steps because there was one more person he needed to watch over…