Chapter 1762: Chapter 1763: Ling Feng’s Attempt! (Part 1)

Luo Hanzhou, Xiao Juanyun, and Yie Ming, one after another, suffered setbacks on the Ascending Dragon Heavenly Ladder. For a moment, no one dared to easily try ascending the ladder anymore.

Only by stepping onto the Heavenly Ladder can one truly understand the terrifying pressure it exerts, how powerful it truly is.

Xiao Juanyun turned his head to glance at Ling Feng, and couldn’t help but ask, "Brother Ling, do you want to give it a try? Perhaps, with your strength, you might be able to ascend beyond Level 50 in one go."

Ling Feng merely smiled faintly without responding, his eyes fixed on the Ascending Dragon Heavenly Ladder. He took a deep breath and finally stepped forward.

At this moment, beside him, Luo Hanzhou once again gathered his courage. With a shout, his tall and mighty figure stood on the Ascending Dragon Heavenly Ladder. In an instant, he ascended to the eleventh level in one breath.

Obviously, Luo Hanzhou had gained some insight by reflecting on the lessons from his previous two failures.

Standing steadily on the eleventh step, Luo Hanzhou didn’t waver in the slightest. After a moment’s pause, he advanced again, stepping onto the twelfth step.

Although he didn’t ascend ten steps in one go as before, his progress was steady and methodical.

This time, Luo Hanzhou ascended to the fortieth step before finally pausing.

He rested for about ten breaths, took another deep breath, and then stepped onto the forty-first step.

"What formidable physical strength! What kind of place is the Beihai Domain anyway?"

Ling Feng murmured to himself as he watched Luo Hanzhou make his way upward step by step.

It’s important to know that in the Beihai Domain, Luo Hanzhou should only be considered above average among martial artists, far from being the most outstanding top prodigy.

Even so, Luo Hanzhou’s body refining skills weren’t inferior to his own Dragon Elephant Dominator Body Technique.

Of course, his own Dragon Elephant Dominator Body Technique had only reached Eighty Dragon Power, leaving much room for improvement.

Upon reaching the fiftieth step, Luo Hanzhou was completely drained, already at the end of his strength.

He wobbled, preparing to take another step with his right foot, but an invisible pressure blasted him away.

"Pfft!"

Luo Hanzhou’s body flew backward, spewing a mist of blood in mid-air, being thrown out of the range of the Ascending Dragon Heavenly Ladder from the fiftieth step.

Yet, no one said much. Just on his third attempt, Luo Hanzhou had reached the fiftieth level, which was already terrifying.

Leaving the Ascending Dragon Heavenly Ladder, Luo Hanzhou felt the pressure on his body loosen. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth hard, glanced at the Heavenly Ladder ahead, and sat down cross-legged.

This time, his injuries were not light, and he needed a good rest to recover.

"Looks like it’s my turn to give it a try."

Ling Feng raised a hand and rubbed his nose. Since there didn’t seem to be any limit to the number of attempts on the Heavenly Ladder, even if he failed the first time, there was nothing stopping him from trying again.

Taking a deep breath, under everyone’s gaze, Ling Feng finally took the first step and ascended the Heavenly Ladder.

"I wonder how many steps Brother Ling can climb on his first try?"

Xiao Juanyun’s eyes flashed brilliantly. After witnessing Ling Feng’s swordsmanship, which could kill Han Su from the Dragon Sword Mansion in a single stroke, Xiao Juanyun was thoroughly convinced by him.

He had to admit that the Eastern Spirit Domain also had geniuses, with talents comparable to, or even surpassing, those top-tier geniuses of the West Sword Domain.

Yie Ming, who stood silently by the side, also squinted his eyes. Martial artists from the West Sword Domain inherently looked down on those from the Eastern Spirit Domain.

He didn’t believe that Ling Feng could achieve anything extraordinary on the Ascending Dragon Heavenly Ladder.

As Ling Feng stepped onto the first step, he stopped. He closed his eyes as if he was meticulously sensing something.

"Hmm?"

Xiao Juanyun’s eyelid twitched slightly, unsure of what Ling Feng was up to.

With Ling Feng’s strength, no matter how lacking, he shouldn’t halt at the first step, unable to move forward, right?

Yet, the fact was that Ling Feng stood on the first step like a wooden stake, motionless.

Ten breaths!

Thirty breaths!

Fifteen minutes!

An hour!

After a full hour had passed, Ling Feng remained still on the first step, leaving everyone clueless as to what he was up to.

"Feigning mystery, this is laughable."

A glint of mockery flashed in Yie Ming’s eyes. It seemed that this so-called powerhouse from Eastern Spirit Domain was only capable of so much.

The inheritance of the Great Wilderness Sword Saint, it seemed, was beyond his reach.

At this time, Xiao Juanyun appeared to have rested enough and was preparing for his second attempt.

He glanced at Ling Feng, who stood dumbly on the first step, and shook his head slightly.

The pressure on the first step couldn’t compare to that of the steps beyond the tenth level. Ling Feng merely adapting to this level of pressure wouldn’t significantly help in overcoming the Heavenly Ladder.

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Juanyun stepped onto the Heavenly Ladder.

His body flickered, directly bypassing Ling Feng, maintaining a very steady rhythm as he surpassed the thirtieth step. However, as he stepped onto the thirty-first step, his body noticeably shuddered.

Beyond the thirtieth step, the pressure surged, giving him a feeling of being compressed and crushed.

After the thirty-fifth step, Xiao Juanyun’s speed slowed to a crawl, needing nearly ten breaths to lift a foot, and another ten breaths to set it down.

Thirty-six!

Thirty-seven!

Thirty-eight!

With each step, Xiao Juanyun’s body trembled violently several times as his body strength was far inferior to Xiao Juanyun’s.

However, the cultivation in Sword Dao made his willpower more resilient than Xiao Juanyun’s, allowing him to persist through the forty-fifth step before finally stopping.

By this time, Xiao Juanyun’s face had turned pale, his entire body drenched with sweat, swaying on the Heavenly Ladder, unable to take another step...