Douluo blood duke

Chapter 59 Genius Development Program, Round Three: The Climb

This journey was not far away, and after a short while, the carriage stopped slowly.

Under the call of the coachman, the students participating in the second round came out of the carriage one after another.

The sweet air, cool breeze, combined with the endless forest sea and endless mountains, the crisp birdsong in the ear and the tinkling spring water make people feel relaxed in the heart. Zhang Heng couldn't help but take a few more breaths. Breathing the air in the deep mountain, I just feel that my whole body seems to be integrated with the world, turning into a ray of breeze, dancing freely in the air.

"Brother Heng, take a look."

Yun Xue stood behind Zhang Hengde and pulled his arm.

Zhang Heng turned his head and looked along where she pointed.

A straight long white stone ladder clings to the mountain in front of them, straight into the clouds, like a ladder to the sky. Heng raised his head and looked up the steps, only to see a black shadow with a sharp top looming in the misty clouds.

After the carriage gradually moved away, everyone present was at a loss because they didn't find the accompanying teacher and there were no guiding signs.

While Zhang Heng was still investigating the black shadow, the voice of Davis, who had already mingled with everyone, came from his ear.

"I think I know where we should go."

After coughing a few times, Davis pointed to the top of the long white stone ladder with a smile on his face and said, "Look there, is there a shadow of a spire at the top of that ladder?"

A group of people looked up along his fingertips, and after a while, they found the shadow of the spiers looming.

"Yeah, there really are."

Yun Xue sighed softly.

Davis continued: "As far as I know, it is an ancient tower called the Tower of Heroes. It is said that this tower was built to commemorate those who have made great contributions to the Star Luo Empire, but I have never entered it. So, I think our third round of tests should be there."

"Ah, then we are not going to climb this long ladder, it looks so high."

Yun Xue put her hand on her eyebrows, blocking the reflection and looking up from below, a sad expression appeared on her cute little face.

"I heard that this staircase is designed to allow people who come here to worship to have the most pious and firm state of mind. It is deliberately made so long. It seems that there are 99 floors, and there are regulations. If you don't rely on your will and body step by step If you climb up and use your soul power or other means to reach the top, the tower guards above will not let you enter the tower."

"Ah! There are tower keepers?"

"I don't know, I've heard it from others, and I haven't been there yet."

Davis shrugged, saying he didn't know either.

"Okay, don't talk nonsense, now we are in the deep mountains and old forests, and there seems to be no place to go nearby except for the long ladder. In that case, let's go."

Zhang Heng looked at the crowd and said, after finishing speaking, he walked towards the long ladder.

And the others did not hesitate, they all followed behind Zhang Heng and began to climb. As for the people other than them, some were still hesitating, and some followed.

Half an hour later, Zhang Heng was panting, and after confirming that his feet were firmly on his feet, he looked up and made a rough estimate before he climbed to a quarter of the entire ladder, and he couldn't help showing a wry smile.

The stairs were steep and narrow, the distance between each step was even more than two feet, and the width of each step was not even as wide as his one foot.

After only climbing a quarter of the distance, his outstanding body couldn't support it, and he was a little tired.

Zhang Heng is like this, let alone others.

Following him was Fan Ming, his face was as usual, but his forehead was covered with sweat. Following him were the two sisters Minami and Mili, and then there was the purple-haired girl Mo Yunyi. It was Dai Mubai, Lin Kai, and Yan Fei, Yun Xueluo was at the back, and the other people were more than ten steps behind her.

Yun Xue wiped the sweat from her forehead, looked up at Zhang Heng who was walking in front, she gritted her teeth, there was a voice in her mind that was always tempting her.

"Use your soul power. It's much easier to use your soul power. Maybe you can catch up with Brother Heng."

"no!"

It took only a few seconds for this idea to come up before Yunxue panted and said softly.

"If you use your soul power, you might be eliminated. Then you can't be with brother Heng. Absolutely not."

She clenched her fists and tried hard to make up her mind, but the exhaustion in her body kept telling her.

"If you don't have physical strength, you can't climb up, just give up."

Yun Xue lowered her head, pursed her lips lightly, her eyes showed powerlessness and anxiety.

"Cher."

At this time, a voice came from above, and she looked up excitedly. Zhang Heng looked at her with a smile, and lightly clenched his fists at her and said, "Come on."

As if freed from the mud, a powerful force poured into her body.

"Ah."

She returned a smile, answered softly, then lowered her head and continued to climb the tortured steps.

Everyone moved forward step by step, and finally some people couldn't help it.

Some people were covered in blue light, walking like flying, passing them like walking on flat ground, and even Zhang Heng, who was stared at by him with disdainful eyes, could not see his back, and some people spread their wings and flew high for a few seconds. After that, he went straight to the sky, lost his figure when he disappeared into the cloud.

However, a few seconds later, a scream came from above, and the man with blue light and Zhan Yi's man were thrown from the air, their life and death unknown.

Those who climbed the stairs stopped and watched them being rescued by a person wearing a college teacher's costume who sprang out from the woods when they were about to land. After all, the stairs were so steep. , No one is sure that they will be able to reach the top. If one accidentally slips on the way, it will be fine.

But now knowing that there will be help even if the foot slips and falls, this reassures the climbers a lot, and what happened to those two people also made some excited people put away their restless thoughts.

After another half, it disappeared.

Zhang Heng looked up at the top, and a conical pagoda figure appeared in his eyes. He was only one step away from stepping up to the fifth step, but at the same time, his physical strength was also consumed by about eight floors. To the limit of the body.

He looked back, the ground was already blurry, if he fell from here, if there was no one to save him.
The scene of the egg falling to pieces appeared in his mind, and he felt a chill in his heart. After shaking his head quickly to get rid of the incorrect thoughts in his head, he looked at No.2, which was Fan Ming's position.

At this time, the distance between Fan Ming and him had exceeded 50 steps, and he couldn't maintain a calm expression, his waist was bent, his legs trembled, as if he would lie down on the ground in the next moment.

But what surprised Zhang Heng was Yun Xue, who managed to climb up a step at a speed of half a minute with full stamina. At this time, she had already surpassed the purple-haired girl with a somewhat impressive complexion, who was located on the twentieth step of Fan Ming. When Zhang Heng was in a daze, she went up two more steps. However, her eyes seemed a little strange, without a gleam of light, like a walking dead, which made him feel distressed.

Zhang Heng turned his head, took a few deep breaths, calmed down his emotions, looked up, took another step, and went up to the fifth step.

When he stood firmly on the 5th step, his face turned over again.

Before the [-]th step, climbing the ladder only needed to overcome the influence of gravity, physical strength, and the pressure in his heart. Then after stepping into the [-]th step, he faced a new problem.

wind power.

The wind is a breeze, and if it blows in front of him on flat ground, he might not notice it, but he is now at an altitude of nearly 200 meters, but the chill brought by the breeze is no longer a superficial chill.

He swallowed his saliva, and after the wind blew, he raised his feet again, landed, stood up, and when the wind came, he quickly retracted his feet, and after forcibly stabilizing his body, he cursed in his heart.

"It's the damn ladder, man."

After being incompetent and furious for a while, he wiped off his cold sweat and continued to move forward, but his attitude became a little more cautious.

I don't know how long it has passed.

When the figure of the round tower was fully revealed in front of Zhang Heng's eyes, Zhang Heng stood firm and looked at the three remaining steps under his feet. Joy, joy, and excitement rushed into his heart in an instant. After a few seconds of extreme excitement, his emotions were like The tide generally recedes quickly, leaving only indifference and a little melancholy.

After lifting his leg, landing, and repeating it mechanically three times, Zhang Heng stood at the top of the ladder. Instead of looking at his target immediately, he turned his head and looked down, looking at those figures who were still struggling to climb.

Yun Xue was more than 100 steps behind him, her face was pale, but her body was unusually tall and straight.

Zhang Heng's heart trembled, and when he was thinking about whether to help her, an arm patted his shoulder.

He quickly turned his head to look at his shoulder. It was an arm that was as dry as a dead branch. The skin was withered, the knuckles were distinct, and a little black spot was all over the back of the hand. It turned around along the arm.

It was an old man with short hair, the middle part was completely bald, and only a few strands of white hair on the edge were blowing away in the wind, doing his last stubbornness, wearing a bluish-white gown, his chest was wide open, and his strong abdominal muscles appeared and disappeared from time to time. , but looked extremely thin on the outside, with a normal complexion, neither sad nor happy, and his eyes were slightly cloudy, but when Zhang Heng turned his head, they suddenly lit up.

In an instant, Zhang Heng felt a majestic momentum coming over his face.

He just felt as if something wanted to squeeze into his head.

However, Zhang Heng also reacted quickly. He calmed down, and a red light flickered in his eyes.

"The will is good, such a long ladder has not been worn away."

A voice of slight approval sounded in Zhang Heng's ear.

But before he released the murderous intent that had been brewing for a long time, the old man said softly.

Then he retracted his arm, took a few steps back with his hands behind his back, and said while bending over with his hands spread out.

"Since you're here, please go ahead"

(End of this chapter)