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Tap!

On the stone stairs, when Cang Yun's feet landed on the first level, a slightly eye-catching light also rose from the bottom of his feet. Under the enveloping light, a heavy pressure suddenly poured over his entire body.

Cang Yun's body could not help but shake. Even though he had been mentally prepared for this, when he personally experienced it, that kind of feeling still did not feel right.

In the next moment, the source power stirred in his body, suppressing the uncomfortable feeling, Cang Yun's face revealed a smile of understanding: "The source power can resist this pressure, it seems like this stone staircase trial is to test strength."

Thus, when he tilted his head and saw Zhou Xian'er's relaxed expression, Cang Yun no longer had any distracting thoughts as he leaped towards the second floor's stone stairs.

Arriving at the second level of the stone stairs, the pressure was indeed much stronger than expected. However, because this was only the beginning, it was not too intense.

Cang Yun raised his head slightly, and saw that Zhou Jun had already taken the lead to step onto the tenth floor, while Zhou An and Zhou Xian'er, a little later, also went up to the eighth floor. The strength of these three people were all above the third floor's secret scripture, so the test of the stone stairs before this truly did not give them too much pressure.

He continued to walk up, and compared to the situation where the three people in front were chasing after him, Cang Yun was not in a rush. Every time he stepped onto a flight of stairs, he would slightly pause his steps, and only continue to walk forward after his body had become completely familiar with the pressure.

Weng! *

Just as he stepped onto the fifth floor's stairs, a buzz suddenly came from the entrance of the space, followed by a few Zhou Family disciples who came to the trial grounds on the first floor.

Cang Yun had sensed something and turned his head, only to see a hostile gaze locking onto him, and he was the direct disciple of Zhou Family who targeted him together with Zhou Jun, Zhou Hua.

Cang Yun shook his head helplessly. Because with regards to the clan's quota, aside from Zhou Xian'er, almost all of the young disciples in Zhou Family had a grudge against him, but Cang Yun also realized that the hostility in Zhou Hua's eyes contained a hint of undisguised jealousy, which he quickly came to understand. It was obvious that the source of this jealousy was related to Zhou Xian'er at least once.

Swish!

In the next moment, under Zhou Hua's lead, several new disciples of the Zhou Family also stepped onto the stone stairs. After a slight pause, Zhou Hua's face revealed a smile of understanding, and he immediately smiled sinisterly at Cang Yun.

"How terrible. Even though I've been here for so long, I've only climbed up here." Zhou Hua slightly tilted his body, his mouth revealing a ridiculing smile.

Hearing that, Cang Yun also laughed: "Same here, you've also just arrived here."

"A sharp tongue." Hearing Cang Yun's sarcastic words, Zhou Hua angrily snorted. In terms of eloquence, he was really not good at it.

But in the next moment, he seemed to have thought of something, and looked at Cang Yun provocatively, and said: "Do you dare to gamble?"

"Betting on what?" Cang Yun raised his eyebrows and said.

He had interacted with people like Zhou Hua a lot in the past, so he understood that if he kept avoiding such people, it would only bring about more trouble.

"You actually didn't refuse. It seems like you have a lot of courage?" Zhou Hua revealed a slightly surprised expression on his face, but most of it was happiness. With Zhou Xian'er's protection, he would not be able to make a move against Cang Yun, so he was naturally willing to accept changing the method to hit the latter.

Therefore, Zhou Hua used his finger to point at the stone stairs beneath his feet, and a cruel smile slowly surfaced on his face: "Of course it's a wager on who can go higher, further."

"Then what is the wager?" Cang Yun rubbed his chin and asked.

"How about this, since the wager was made by me, then the wager will be decided by you. As long as you can take it out, I'll accompany you. How about it?" Seeing that Cang Yun was about to agree, Zhou Hua became even more excited. He did not care about the wager, he merely wanted to teach Cang Yun a lesson. After all, Zhou Xian'er had ridiculed him ruthlessly for the latter's sake.

"Alright, since you're so generous, then I won't be courteous." Cang Yun smiled, and laughed gently: How about we bet on this?

After he finished speaking, Cang Yun extended a hand and touched his fingers, then a resplendent stone appeared in the center of his palm.

"Origin crystals!" Seeing the bright object in front of him, Zhou Hua's pupils could not help but constrict, the excitement on his face also congealing.

He did indeed have an Origin Crystal on him, but to use such a precious thing as a wager, he also hesitated. But in the next moment, Zhou Hua looked at the warm smile on Cang Yun's handsome face, and couldn't help but feel a bit angry, as though that smile was mocking him.

A cold smile appeared on his gloomy face as he said, "Since you want to gamble, I will naturally accompany you."

As soon as his voice fell, under Cang Yun's gaze, who was laughing lightly, Zhou Hua snorted coldly. His body suddenly shot forward, flying towards the higher stone stairs.

"Third stage Secret Treasure Trove. This guy is not weak either. It seems like this gamble will be very challenging." Feeling the imposing aura the figure gave off, Cang Yun's eyes flickered slightly. He excitedly rubbed his hands together and his competitive spirit was stirred.

In the next moment, Cang Yun continued to slowly walk up. Although there was an existence that he had made a bet with, he was not anxious at all. This stone staircase had a total of ninety-nine floors, how could it be easy to completely ascend it? Even Zhou Hua himself should not have the slightest confidence of being able to reach the top, if not the content of the bet would not be limited to just the two of them being able to progress further.

As such, time flew by as everyone was climbing up the stone stairs. In the blink of an eye, four hours had passed.

And at this time, Zhou Jun and Zhou An had already simultaneously stepped onto the thirtieth floor, followed by Zhou Xian'er who was a bit later, and went up the twenty-eighth floor. The strength of the three people was undeniable, even though they had almost reached the thirty-third floor of the first stage, there wasn't too much pressure on them.

After the three of them, was the Zhou Hua who had walked up to the twenty-fifth floor. Seemingly because he had made a bet with Cang Yun, this person could be said to be rushing forward with all his might, yet in a short period of time, he wasn't far from the three people in front of him. Right at this moment, he slightly stopped in his tracks.

With an advantage of a full tenth floor, he felt that his chances of victory had been set!