Chapter 84 Don't Give Up
Yun Xiaodao and Zhang De were walking in the front, but they were having an unusually difficult time. Every step they took was so heavy, and behind them, there were originally nearly three hundred people, but now only a hundred remained.
There were still many bloodstains on the square, all of which were vomited out by those disciples who could no longer bear it!
More than half of the time had passed, Shen Xiang was covered in sweat. Although he hadn't moved, the pressure he bore wasn't small either. The people walking on the square now only numbered over a dozen.
Yun Xiaodao and Zhang De, both young and old, were able to walk ahead, but the corners of their mouths had already overflowed with blood, and their bodies were also full of sweat. This was indeed a terrifying test of endurance!
Shen Xiang had once heard Yun Xiaodao say that over the years, there were many times when no one was able to pass the second assessment!
Time passed bit by bit, Yun Xiao Dao and Zhang De were only a dozen or so zhang away from Dan Chang Lao, but every step they took was extremely difficult, as if their feet weighed thousands of jin.
Zhang De could no longer bear it, kneeling on the ground and spitting out a mouthful of blood. However, he still knelt forward, slowly moving forward. At his age, he had been outside for so long and had already received many people's cold ridicule. Now, he was only one step away from passing the second assessment, and he couldn't give up!
Yun Xiaodao and Zhang De were both eliminated in this item before, so they deeply understand the difficulty of this assessment. So when they just learned that Shen Xiang was "specially treated", they all knew that Shen Xiang had no chance!
Yun Xiaodao, only sixteen years old, was actually more formidable than Zhang De. He managed to pass through while walking and arrived behind Elder Nandan. The pressure instantly disappeared, and he lay on the ground, panting heavily, swallowing a handful of medicinal pills to quickly recover, because what followed would be an even more terrifying third trial!
"Old Zhang, hold on!" Yun Xiaodao shouted with clenched fists, he knew the hardship and understood the desire to pass the assessment.
"Ah......" Long let out a loud roar, finally using his knees to "walk" to the other end of the square, while at this time everyone else fell down, choosing to give up, and some were even seriously injured.
Out of three hundred people, only two were able to pass the assessment! Shen Xiang had been standing behind them all along, and he personally witnessed how those who gave up left with such desperation and helplessness.
Now only Shen Xiang has not started, and the crowd can't understand why the high-ranking Dan Lao would have a bias against Shen Xiang. Although what Shen Xiang did was extremely surprising, they also think that's something Shen Xiang had to do!
"Shen Xiang, it's your turn! You can still choose to give up now, otherwise you will definitely suffer greatly and even ruin your future." Dan Chang Lao's voice was icy cold, and everyone found it hard to understand why she hated Shen Xiang so much. After all, Shen Xiang was just a small fry, did he deserve to be resented by a prominent figure from the Chenwu Continent?
Shen Xiang himself didn't know where he had offended this mysterious Dan elder.
"I will never give up!" Shen Xiang's voice was firm and powerful, echoing in all directions. At this moment, the onlookers around him realized that Shen Xiang had also been subjected to those pressures and torments, but he still stood upright, a strength that they could not match.
There were still many people around the square who hadn't left, including masters of the True Martial Realm, inner sect disciples, and outer sect disciples who had just failed their assessment. They all wanted to see how Dan Lao would treat Shen Xiang.
"Then let's begin!" said Dan Lao with a low voice.
As soon as the voice fell, everyone felt a wave of scorching heat surging out from the square. What shocked most people was that they saw those thick and sturdy giant stone bricks in the square actually rising and falling like seawater.
Immediately afterwards, a violent tremor came, as if the entire Taiwu Gate was shaking, and the thick stone slabs on the square were reduced to powder due to the massive shock!
The next scene made everyone gasp, those specially-made stone bricks suddenly turned into powder, and unexpectedly, under the stone bricks was a layer of metal-like substance that looked extremely solid.
An old man picked up a brick and threw it into the square, in an instant, the brick turned to dust, this pressure was even stronger than what Yun Xiao Dao and others had experienced earlier, and it was extremely hot.
"Come behind me and you'll pass this assessment!" Dan Lao had been standing there all along, without moving, but suddenly the entire square turned into a sea of lava.
Sweat dripped down Shen Xiang's face even more, he could feel the pressure he was under had increased several times over what it was before, this was extremely deadly.
Everyone held their breath and stared at Shen Xiang, whose body was engulfed in flames. His clothes could not withstand the intense heat of Dan Changlao's true energy and were instantly burned away.
However, Shen Xiang was unscathed. He could withstand the temperature and even released flames to cover his body's private parts.
Shen Xiang's robust muscles were a deep crimson, although the pressure had increased, his waist remained straight and his eyes clear. He stared directly at the distant Dan Changlao's burning eyes.
Shen Xiang took a step forward, and his body suddenly shook violently. The metal floor beneath him was extremely hot, but the Vermilion Bird divine ability he had cultivated allowed him to withstand this scorching heat.
As Shen Xiang began to move, everyone was shocked. They couldn't believe that Shen Xiang could still move in this situation. To think that even inner door disciples didn't dare try it! And yet Shen Xiang was just an outer door disciple, with a strength of only the 9th level of Mortal Martial Realm.
Shen Xiang walked very slowly, because every step was extremely difficult. He had to use all the true energy in his body to support himself, and that was the Qian Kun True Energy, yet it still made him walk with such difficulty.
Half a time had passed, and Shen Xiang's every step was seen clearly by the crowd. Although it was a short distance, Shen Xiang seemed to have walked for hundreds of years.
"Hmph!" Dan Changgong let out a cold snort, and Shen Xiang suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. It was clear to everyone that Dan Changgong had increased the pressure.
This is extremely unfair, although everyone thinks so in their hearts, but no one says it out loud. They know Shen Xiang can't finish this road, but they admire him greatly because he knows the road is very difficult, yet he doesn't give up and keeps moving forward with gritted teeth.
Time flowed slowly, and Shen Xiang's every step shocked people's souls. Everyone thought that after Shen Xiang took a step, he would definitely fall down, but Shen Xiang didn't. Instead, he took another step, spitting out mouthfuls of fresh blood onto the metal floor tiles, which evaporated instantly.
"I told you to stay outside the gate and practice, so you'd better be honest and stay there. I won't let you pass the second assessment!" Dan Chang Lao's voice was actually shaking with anger, clearly furious that Shen Xiang had managed to appear in front of him.
As her voice fell, Shen Xiang let out a miserable cry and knelt down on both knees. Dan Changlao was determined not to let Shen Xiang pass through and increased his strength once again.
"Although... although I don't know why you're treating me like this, I will never yield to you. I must pass the second assessment..." Shen Xiang suddenly let out a low laugh and said in a low tone.
The square was extremely quiet, and everyone heard his words!
After spitting out a big mouthful of blood, Shen Xiang surprisingly stood up again. He loudly shouted: "I'd rather die than bow my head to you!"
