Chương 251: Dual sky mountain path

Everyone stared at the large tower called the Dao tempering tower and instantly became cautious, aware that there was no way it would be the elimination round if it was simple. The purpose of the elimination round was just as the name implied, to eliminate all the trashes from the true talents. Out of over a thousand geniuses, only three hundred would actually be recognized and ranked. The remaining several hundreds would be eliminated without even given a proper ranking.

Thus, it could be imagined how brutal the competition would be. After a few minutes' silence, several youths couldn't wait any longer and charged forward towards the path between the two huge mountains. Watching the few dozens of youths that flew forward rapidly, some of the seven overlord continent's geniuses smiled in disdain.

"Such idiots. They think it is easy to pass the Dual Sky mountain path?"

"What can you expect from useless trash?" Those that stayed paid close attention to those youths that rushed out. The strongest among those youths was a rank two spirit realm warrior. The moment a few of them reached the path, they suddenly crashed into the floor as though a rock was dropped on their backs, forcing them to the ground as they grimaced. The rank two spirit realm warrior wasn't as miserable as the others, but he was clearly finding it hard to stand.

And when he took a step forward, his body shook as his face went white. His back bent and he was nearly forced to his knees. The youth roared and summoned forth his entire cultivation to take three more steps successively, but compared to the hundred steps required to leave the path, this wasn't anything. Gritting his teeth, he walked another three steps at once again. When he took the eighth step, he suddenly coughed up blood and staggered. The youth let out a muffled roar and took another step forward.

Suddenly, an invisible force seemed to hit him and sent him flying backwards. H coughed up another mouthful of blood and crashed into the floor outside the path, unconscious.

"What just happened?!" Long Feng was astonished. At first, it was as though the youth was under great pressure. Then when he took five steps, it was like the pressure increased. The eighth step clearly surpassed his limits and he was blown out of the path. Yet no one saw anything that happened. It was like the youth was playing a clown show. Many people had the same question as they frowned deeply, feeling disturbed. The unknown was usually very frightening after all.

"The Dual Sky mountain path is a formation, not a true mountain path. Anyone that steps on the path loses the ability to fly and has to walk the hundred steps required. A strong pressure fills the path. The formation sets this pressure for everyone at the same level regardless of your cultivation, but each step you take increases the pressure a bit and each five steps, the pressure increases by two times and at the same time.

Every ten steps, you'll have to dodge a sneak attack and endure the pressure multiply again. No participant can see others while on the path due to the formation so interference is not possible. Death is possible if you overestimate yourself. Also, If your bone age surpasses 25, you will immediately face the full force of the formation and no one will be held accountable for your death" The calm voice suddenly explained out of nowhere, leaving everyone gobsmacked.

Wasn't the explanation and warning supposed to come before anyone tried it out? Who the hell was this explainer? He deserved a serious beating!. Those who had recklessly charged out didn't know whether to laugh or to cry.

"That was a rank two spirit realm warrior yet he couldn't take ten steps! This is insane!" Long Feng exclaimed inwardly. Lan yanyue, the only rank three spirit realm warrior among them had a pale expression on her face already. If a rank two spirit realm warrior had failed so easily, then could she pass with her rank three spirit realm? Or would she also fail to even pass this path to the Dao tempering tower? That was the worst embarrassment for a proud genius of her caliber in the Yihua continent!

But remembering that Long Feng was even weaker than her with an unstable foundation, she couldn't help but feel relieved. Probably, he wouldn't even be able to take a step forward. Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author's consent. Report any sightings. If that happened, her situation wouldn't be as embarrassing. She suddenly imagined that his current expression must be extremely colourful, but when she glanced at him, she was quickly disappointed.

Long Feng's expression was still as calm as before without a single change.

"Your time is ticking!" The calm voice spoke again, spurring many youths who were confident in their strength to rush forward. Luckily, the path was extremely wide, enough to take a hundred people standing side by side. This time, dozens of rank four, five and six spirit realm warriors rushed out. The first person that reached the path was a rank four spirit realm cultivator. He landed on the ground and took several steps at once before pausing. In a single movement, he took five steps.

Then he paused and frowned as the pressure doubled, but it still wasn't enough to stop him. He rushed through another five steps, taking his tenth step. His expression suddenly changed as he crossed both his arms across his chest. A strong force seemed to hit him and push him one step back with a dark expression on his face.

"Hmph! Again!" He snorted and took the tenth step again. This time, he was prepared and fully withstood the attack only he could see and took another five steps. Upon seeing that the path wouldn't pose as much risk to rank four and five spirit realm warriors, many more people rushed forward.

"Hmmm, should we make a move? A day isn't too long you know" Among the thunder sky overlord continent's group, one of the rank one imperial master asked the calm youth leading them all.

"Let's wait a bit. I expect all those below rank three spirit realm would be eliminated by this. The Dao tempering tower should also reduce these trashes by about half" the youth slowly replied with a calm voice.

"Elder brother Lei is right. These trashes are simply wasting our time. I think we should be allowed to just challenge the other six overlords. There is no one worthy of our time among these trashes" another person added disdainfully. The elder brother Lei frowned at this"You're underestimating them. One rule of survival is to never underestimate anyone." The person who spoke lowered his head and nodded, not daring to speak back.

"Elder brother Lei is right. He misspoke. But I believe that this Dao tempering tower is completely meaningless to us. We've all reached the sixth floor at least once before. Elder brother Lei even reached the ninth floor out of the twelve floors. It's just a waste of time" someone else added, a rank two imperial master! The elder brother Lei shook his head"That was nothing. Today, I will compete against the other overlords and reach the tenth floor. The first place in this hundred continent meeting will be mine!"

He glanced calmly at the other seven groups of youths and spoke confidently. His cultivation was completely hidden even from other old Imperials. The seven overlords youths didn't move until half of the participants had rushed in. By now, it was clear to everyone that just this path to the actual elimination round would eliminate all those weaker than rank four spirit realm! Even among rank four spirit realm warriors, many would be eliminated at the end.

"I'll be going ahead." Gongsun Hao glanced at the others and rushed forward, unleashing his full speed and charging into the path. The Yihua clan's youths also left, followed by Ming Dao and Li Hu. Long Feng glanced at Li Yue'er and nodded then they both moved at the same time and headed to the path. Lan yanyue remained behind, waiting for Long Feng to fail before she acted so that she wouldn't be the first to be eliminated among the Yihua continent's group. Of course, she was bound to be disappointed.

Long Feng took a step into the path and suddenly felt everywhere go silent around him. Looking around, he couldn't see anyone. It was as though he was completely isolated in a separate world.

"This illusion is shocking. I can't see through it at all!" He praised as he sighed and took his first step. A weak pressure immediately descended from above, threatening to force him to his knees. This pressure was strong enough to shake a rank one spirit realm warrior at the first step and throw them out at the fifth step. A rank two spirit realm warrior could at most reach the tenth step before getting eliminated. But to Long Feng, this pressure was like child's play.

Not mentioning his ridiculous combat power, just the number of times he had to withstand the pressure of powerful cultivators was quite a lot. His ability to withstand pressure was beyond what any spirit realm warrior could compare to.

"I haven't been able to tamper my body since I left teacher's valley. This should be a good opportunity" he thought as he took his second step, third, fourth step. At the fifth step, the pressure doubled, surpassing what normal rank one spirit realm warrior could withstand. But Long Feng simply walked past without slowing down at all. At the tenth step, he suddenly looked up and saw a faint figure appear before him and throw a punch at him. At the same time, the pressure doubled again.

Normal rank two spirit realm warriors would fail to react on time and be eliminated, but Long Feng was anything but normal. He raised his palm and blocked the incoming fist, not paying attention to the increased pressure at all. The blurry figure faded away after it's fist was blocked.

"Hm? That was also an illusion?" Long Feng narrowed his eyes as he sensed this. If this was an illusion, then it wasn't supposed to actually affect anyone. But the first rank four spirit realm youth had clearly been forced back a step by the attack.

"Even if the formation has the ability to draw upon it's source soul energy to attack, it should be a soul attack not a physical attack" Long Feng thought. This was the truth. Soul power couldn't attack physically unless…

"Unless it comes from a cultivator who has gone through the soul transformation layer!" Long Feng exclaimed. The soul transformation layer was comparable to the deity realm and beyond that would naturally be equal to the Dao realm!

"They have a soul cultivator at that level in this continent? Or did they invite one from the mainland?" Long Feng pondered a bit then shrugged. It had nothing to do with him anyway. He took his next ten steps looking completely relaxed, not even shaken by the slowly rising pressure or the sneak attacks. In fact, he would occasionally stop and remove his body energy shield and face the pressure with his bare body.

But his body was merely equal to rank two spirit realm warriors, so doing this made him feel enormous pressure at the twenty something steps he was. This was exactly what he needed to temper his body and improve his physical strength. Outside, Lan yanyue watched in a daze as Long Feng walked through the path as though it was nothing, quickly reaching the thirtieth step. Her expression was frozen in shock at the relaxed look on his face"Is this formation broken? Or is it actually weak?"

She thought in disbelief as she watched him continue onward. She was the only one who paid attention to the 'weak' Long Feng so she was the only one who could see his shocking feat with his unstable rank one spirit level.

"It must be that the formation is easier than it seems. That rank two spirit realm warrior was just too trashy" Lan yanyue reassured herself and rushed forward as well. By now, almost all the participants had rushed into the path. The seven overlord groups we're also preparing to rush through. At the same time, dozens of youths were being eliminated rapidly. Even some rank four spirit realm warriors were eliminated at the final few steps.

There were also four people who exploded to death the moment they stepped into the path. No one needed to be told that they had disregarded the voice's warnings about the age risk and charged in anyway with their age beyond 25 years. But after their deaths, no one else died of the age restriction again. It was clear that those who's age were above the limit had given up instead of foolishly throwing themselves to their deaths. Lan yanyue took her first step in the path.

He instantly felt a strong pressure bear down on her. But she was able to withstand it quite easily. Her caution turned to excitement as she took a few more steps, reaching her fifth step. The pressure instantly doubled, making her to feel troubled but she was still able to bear it. Sixth, seventh step, eight, nine… On her tenth step, her expression rapidly changed as the pressure nearly forced her to kneel and a faint figure appeared before her and sent out a fist.

Lan yanyue wasn't very good at close combat, but her movement skill was good. And nothing was said about using your movement skill to dodge the attack, so it shouldn't be against the rules. She quickly used her movement skill and dodged to the side, causing the figure to fade away. Sighing in relief, Lan yanyue took the eleventh step. Her face paled and her feet began to wobble but she gritted her teeth and held on.

"That rank one spirit realm guy could do it, I can certainly do it as well!" She assured herself and forced herself through another three steps, reaching the fourteenth step. By now, she was finding it hard to keep herself standing. Her knees were under so much pressure that she felt as though they would shatter. But thinking about how relaxed Long Feng looked, she clenched her fists and took the fifteenth step.

The sudden increase in the pressure took her by surprise and sent her flying backwards as she coughed up blood. A soft force surrounded her and moved her out of the path; a work of the formation. This was the reason anyone who failed was moved out immediately.

"That guy is a monster!" Lan yanyue sighed and closed her eyes as he fell unconscious.