"If she knew, would she look down on me? She would say that it would take me dozens or even hundreds of years to climb this broken ladder!" Shen Xiang felt a little uncomfortable when he thought of this, and Long Xueyi's sneering voice could not help but echo in his mind.
"You can't even climb up this broken ladder, and you still want to be the man of Emperor Tianlong?"
Shen Xiang shook his head vigorously, stood up suddenly, looked at the stairs in front of him under the moonlight, clenched his teeth, let out a wild roar, and then walked up with all his strength.
"My strength is not limited to this. The mysterious soul in my Killer Heart once used my body to strike out such a terrifying sword, but I myself cannot do it. Even now, the gap between me and that sword is very huge. It shows that I have never exerted my own strength."
Shen Xiang's eyes were determined, he felt that this was a good opportunity, this celestial body could obviously squeeze out all the strength that had not yet been unleashed in his body. He firmly believed that if he could complete this celestial ladder, his strength would definitely improve by leaps and bounds, and he might even be able to skip several levels and kill the enemy in seconds.
"I want to get more powerful strength!" Shen Xiang was no longer tired when he climbed the stairs. Instead, he felt pain all over his body. Every time he climbed a step, he felt as if his body was about to be cracked by the pressure. It was very uncomfortable, but he endured the pain and persisted.
He did not slow down, and no longer went up slowly step by step, but went up as fast as if he were walking up a normal staircase. Before, he was sweating, but now he was bleeding. Fortunately, he had the Jade Dragon bloodline, which could quickly repair his skin that was cracked by the strong pressure.
It was daybreak, and because he walked so fast, he actually reached the 5,000th step. Even he himself couldn't believe it was so fast. Although it was very painful along the way and he felt like he was going to die every moment, he did not die now. He just forcibly resisted the pressure, causing him to suffer some injuries both inside and outside.
"We have to continue. Try to enter the Emperor's Tomb in the shortest possible time and find a way out!"
Shen Xiang had a firm belief in his heart, which formed an invisible force that drove his tired and painful body forward step by step. Under his extremely firm will, this Lion Mountain seemed so small to him, and the pain in his body made him feel like itching. He firmly believed that he would be able to reach the top of the mountain in a short time.
The stairs have been dyed red. Shen Xiang has not rested, and the stairs have not retracted into the ground. Blood and sweat are all over this terrifying celestial body, making this already terrifying ladder even more weird.
In this terrible consumption and trauma, Shen Xiang had to continuously swallow blood dragon ginseng, phoenix fruit, and blood linglong fruit, which were medicinal herbs that could replenish blood and heal injuries.
The higher he went, the stronger the pressure became, but Shen Xiang worked even harder. No matter how much the pressure increased, he could always keep moving forward. Even when climbing, he would never slow down, so he could climb 10,000 steps a day.
His clothes were soaked with blood, which after drying were melted by the hot sweat and fell onto the stone steps, solidifying on this ladder.
Eleven days had passed since the day Shen Xiang stepped onto the stairs. It was just dawn now, and he, covered in blood, climbed to the top of the mountain with difficulty. He saw the lion-headed sun above the clouds emitting brilliant and warm rays of light, shining on him, making him feel that the pain and fatigue in his body were gradually subsiding!
"I'm finally up!" Shen Xiang looked at the endless sea of clouds, which shone brightly under the sunlight, like a blazing flame.
He sat cross-legged on a flat ground, looking at the slowly rising lion-headed blazing sun as he walked up, especially the last thousand steps. Every time he climbed a step, some cracks would appear in the strong golden bones in his body, but the Jade Dragon bloodline could quickly repair them. He didn't know how much his current strength had improved, but what made him happy was that the Jade Dragon bloodline had allowed him to hone a very fast self-recovery speed under such frequent and continuous repairs.
There was no such pressure on the top of Lion Mountain. He swallowed some pills, took out a few holy stones and placed them beside himself, resting and adjusting his condition.
"What's going on?"
He looked inward at the Divine Sea and found that the small world inside the Divine Sea had actually become a little bigger. The island was at least ten times larger, and the stars in the sky were much brighter. He summoned the five beast-shaped Heavenly Pills. They were originally as big as kittens, but now they were a lot bigger, and there were two rotating halos on their bodies.
"Two circles, this is the second level of transformation into a saint!" Shen Xiang looked at the terrifying ladder. He didn't expect that in just ten short days, he would be able to enter the second level of transformation into a saint. This not only stimulated his untapped powers, but also allowed his cultivation to rise to a higher level.
His current strength is undoubtedly much stronger, which makes him feel that the pain he endured in climbing the ladder is well worth it.
After resting for a few days, he walked towards the raised lion's head, where there was a path leading to the open lion's mouth.
"What's next?" Shen Xiang suddenly felt a little excited. The test of climbing up the Lion Mountain had benefited him a lot. Now that he was getting closer and closer to the Emperor's Tomb, he was not looking forward to the things inside the Emperor's Tomb, but was very concerned about the test that would make him stronger.
"No matter what, I won't be afraid!" Shen Xiang clenched his fists, stepped onto the path, climbed over the row of teeth in the lion's mouth, and came into the huge mouth.
In front of him was a passage that went straight down and was completely dark. Shen Xiang looked around to see if there were any mechanisms or something like that. Not finding anything, he took out the luminous bead, injected power into it, made it emit a strong light, and walked into the passage.
The whole journey was very quiet. Shen Xiang's steps were very light, without making any sound, which made him seem even more creepy as he walked in this eerily quiet and dark passage.
Because he was walking downwards, it took him just over an hour to reach the bottom. Under the illumination of the luminous beads, he saw a normal-sized stone door. In the middle of the stone door was a small lion head with its mouth open. This was a keyhole.
This is also the place to insert the Azure Dragon Demon Slayer Sword to open the door, but the Azure Dragon Demon Slayer Sword is very huge and cannot be inserted. Shen Xiang had to make the Azure Dragon Demon Slayer Sword thinner and insert it into the keyhole.
The stone door flashed and generated a strong suction force, sucking him in, just like the last time in the white passage.
"What is it this time?" Shen Xiang came to a brightly lit circular hall. The hall was surrounded by huge golden stone pillars that were tall and thick, and they were carved with patterns of giant beasts such as dragons, phoenixes, lions, and tigers.
In the middle of the lobby floor, there is a circle of black stone slabs covered with profound spiritual patterns.
"What is this place?" Shen Xiang said to himself, looking around, trying to find a door or something.
"Be prepared to die when your life is threatened!"
Hearing this voice, Shen Xiang was shocked. If it was any other voice, he might not be so surprised, because the voice and tone of the person just now were exactly the same as his!