C31

On the sixth floor of the ancient pagoda, Zhou Hua stepped onto the stone stairs and turned around. He smiled mockingly at Cang Yun, who had yet to set off. "From now on, I will keep you under my feet."

"Is that so?"

Cang Yun smiled and said coldly, "I don't think you have that kind of ability."

"Heh, then I'll show you my ability!" As he finished speaking, the Origin Energy in his body fiercely surged out. In the blink of an eye, his figure had actually consecutively jumped over five stone stairs. After slightly turning around, his cold laughter rang out once again: "How is his ability? Can you catch up to him?"

Cang Yun did not reply. Instead, he used his actions to prove himself. As his Origin Energy surged, he took a step and climbed up the stone stairs. Although his speed was not as fast as Zhou Hua, his footsteps were very steady.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Hua's expression darkened. He did not dare to delay any longer and turned around to continue climbing.

Six hours later.

However, Zhou Hua was currently not happy at all. This was because in these six hours, not only did the distance between him and Cang Yun not increase, instead, it was actually shrinking. This made him feel very uneasy, and even a little bit of panic had appeared in his heart.

"This guy's cultivation is only at the first layer of the Secret Treasure Trove, how could he go so far?" Zhou Hua gritted his teeth as he saw the figure chasing closely behind him.

Because right now, the pressure on the stone stairs was extremely huge, and it was quite difficult for him to climb with his current cultivation level. At this rate, he could at most reach his limit after a few more steps.

"Yes, this kid is definitely holding on. He won't be able to walk too far. I don't believe that I will lose!"

In the next moment, Zhou Hua consoled himself in his heart before he unwillingly buried his head and continued forward.

This time, he had expended the last bit of his physical strength, and his speed had also increased by a few points.

Another two hours passed.

Zhou Hua climbed up to the 90th step, and was only nine steps away from the finish line. When he looked up, he could clearly see the vast stone platform.

But at this moment, he was already exhausted. He was lying on the stone stairs, breathing heavily.

"What is it? can't walk anymore? "

Suddenly, Cang Yun's voice sounded from behind him.

Hearing that, Zhou Hua turned his head with much difficulty, looking at the figure that he was jealous of and loathed. His feminine face revealed a look of disbelief, "Impossible, how could you come to this place!"

Cang Yun smiled calmly, "I've already said this before, you don't have that kind of ability if you want to trample me beneath your feet."

"You …" Zhou Hua's face was ashen. The words he had said, yet he had been slapped in the face by someone else. That kind of feeling wasn't pleasant at all.

However, in the next moment, when he sensed the somewhat depressed aura around Cang Yun, the unwillingness in his heart also dissipated a little. He laughed sinisterly, "Don't think that I am unable to tell that you are merely at the end of your tether. You will not be able to win this gamble."

Cang Yun frowned but did not say anything. Zhou Hua was right, he had used all of his strength to reach this step and had now reached his limit. Most of his Origin Energy had been drained from his body, so it was difficult, very difficult to advance.

However, the difficulty did not mean that there was no chance and that the limit could be broken. Cang Yun raised his head and stared at it for a while before suddenly revealing a smile, "I'm afraid I will have to disappoint you."

The next moment, under Zhou Hua's puzzled gaze, Cang Yun suddenly let out a low roar. As the roar sounded out, the essence energy in his body shook, and his figure borrowed the new energy to soar up rapidly, before finally landing steadily on the ninety-first stone staircase.

"How is this possible!" Zhou Hua froze on the spot, looking at the figure standing above him. It was as if all his energy had been sucked out of him, and he sat down on the stone steps.

"Now you can say that I won, right? "The wager …" Cang Yun turned around and waved to Zhou Hua.

He hesitated for a moment, but after a while, he unwillingly took out the crystal. Many people knew about this bet, so he couldn't let it go.

"Thank you very much." Cang Yun smiled and nodded as he collected the Origin Crystals.

"Hmph." However, facing Cang Yun's polite smile, Zhou Hua ignored him. He coldly snorted, "You don't need to be so arrogant. Although you won the bet, the result is the same for us. You will only end up being eliminated."

Cang Yun shook his head. Towards Zhou Hua, who was extremely unbalanced, he had nothing to say, and in his heart, he did not agree with him. This was because he had already decided that no matter how difficult this trial was, he would do his best to complete it.

On one hand, he was doing this because he was worried about Zhou Xian'er's safety. After all, the inheritance was no small matter, and he did not want to see any mishap happening to the former due to his feelings alone. On the other hand, he had made an agreement with Zhou Hao that as long as he protected Zhou Xian'er's inheritance, the Vastheaven Realm would be able to form an alliance with the Scorching Sun Realm.

Therefore, whether it was feeling or reason, he had to fight with everything he had.

The next moment, Cang Yun took in a deep breath as though he had made some sort of decision. He sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes, taking a posture of cultivation.

"What is this kid doing?" Zhou Hua had been attentively watching Cang Yun. When he saw the latter's strange action, he mumbled to himself in a daze. Cultivating under such extreme pressure, wasn't that equivalent to courting death?

At this moment, the Heaven and Earth Origin Energy in the space was attracted by Cang Yun's cultivation and gradually gathered around him. As time passed, the fluctuations became more and more obvious.

Zhou Jun and the others on the stone stairs, who were extremely close to the finish line, also turned their heads. When they saw Cang Yun's actions, they were stunned at the same time.

"Break through here?" Zhou Jun raised an eyebrow, and then the corners of his mouth curled up into a sneer. "He's courting death."

Zhou Xian`er also couldn't understand Cang Yun's actions. Breaking through in that kind of environment was extremely dangerous, and in the Zhou Clan's previous trial, no one had ever dared to do such a thing.

However, compared to the duo's confusion, the usually silent Zhou An's eyes shone brightly at this moment. An extremely suppressed fighting spirit silently surged within his eyes.

He then said in a low voice that could only be heard by himself, "He clearly won the bet, but yet he still insists on breaking through. It seems that he wants to complete this trial. Such a persistent person is getting more and more interesting."

They all had different thoughts, but they all had one thing in common. That was, everyone stopped their steps and stared at the figure shrouded in dense Origin Energy. They wanted to see what would happen in the end.