Chapter 191: Noah Makes his Move! (Part 1)
Xu Shenwei narrowed his eyes and looked at the stele with a 'sharp gaze'. He started muttering as if he was reading whatever was written on the stele with great focus and finding a hidden meaning behind those words.
It was not just him, everyone was reading the words that were written on the stone. It was right on the top of the stone after all.
[πΏππ ππππππ πππ πππ ππ πππ πππππ πππ ππππππ πππ ππππππ.]
"There are finally some rewards." Someone among the remaining participants screamed with joy. Breaking the silence the disciples expressed their joy with a hearty laughter.
Noah rolled his eyes hearing those words thinking if the person cheated on the previous floor to pass the level.
How can someone with that level of intelligence even learn any technique so fast? The others did not seem to say anything as if they did not find his words wrong. It was not that they were dumb they just did not think that the techniques they learned were a kind of reward too. Your journey starts at m_v le mpyr
They just thought that all they had been doing was taking tests till now.
*Step*
Hearing the sounds of someone taking a step forward, everyone turned to look at the source of the sound. It was none other than Lin Feng, he had a determined look as he tried to rush forward at a fast pace.
"This distance is nothing, see how I will be the first one to clear this test and get that thing."
Lin Feng laughed out loud before making his way towards the rock, his eyes filled with greed as he increased his speed.
'Idiots, this is the place we will be getting the Lotus! No wonder we did not find any golden flashes and a huge amount of Qi as they said. It will be awarded as the prize for this level.' Lin Feng's thoughts were matched with what Xu Shenwei and Yueha were thinking but there was also something that was not sitting right with them.
What they found weird was how they easily saw the signs of what they looking for from the first floor and now that they were already on the third floor, there was not a single trace of the lotus.
The others seeing them taking the first step hurriedly followed behind and tried to catch up.
They all moved at their full speed wanting to take the best award for themselves.
Everyone except Noah had already made their move.
Even the girls had already crossed the 3-meter mark with Ruo'er at the front. Since the distance between the people and the Stele was 30 meters, they were still far away from it.
Ma Li could not help but notice that as they moved forward, their speed started to decrease slowly but she did not think much because if they continued with their current speed, despite the annoying pain in their mind, reaching the stone was easy.
With the strength of normal cultivators, any cultivator below Qi Condensation in a matter of seconds.
Butβ¦
How can the test be so simple? As soon as they crossed the five-meter mark, everyone felt it.
The uncomfortable feeling that was affecting their mind had increased considerably. So much so that everyone at least had a frown on their face. While some others were even feeling a stinging pain in their mind.
"Ugh"
Just after taking a couple of steps the first person fell to the ground, it was a woman from the Frozen Heart sect.
She was holding her head as her facial expression turned into that of a painful one. There was a reluctant look in her eyes as she glared at the stone slab.
Yueha looked at the girl for a second before she ignored her. Everyone had to fight for themselves in this world.
Even if she was from the same sect as her she could not give up such an opportunity to help others that would be dumb.
"Ouch!"
"Argh!!"
"This is getting painful!"
One after another people started to feel the stabbing pain in their head.
The ones who were the first ones to stop were not the weaker ones but the ones with weak willpower and determination.
At this moment no one was running or even jogging anymore, everyone was walking at a slow pace. Taking a step after a couple of seconds like snails.
With ugly looks on their faces and drenched in sweat, everyone was trying their best to reach the stele. They looked like they were walking in extreme conditions against the flow of the river.
10 Meters
At this point, more than 13 participants stopped while the rest stepped forward. They were all trying to push their limits while some of them still had a lot in them to show.
Yuan Ming and Ruo'er were not as nonchalant as they were at the start too, their face was covered in sweat and their bodies moved slowly but both of them maintained their steady pace.
*Thud*
"huff!!"
Those who had a weak spirit stopped and fell to the ground gasping for breath.
They looked around to see the progress others had made but to their surprise, they noticed something shocking.
The masked boy they had been wary of from the start did not even move from his place!!
Noah did not make his move till now because he wanted to see what the others would do and how they would handle the situation.
"Why is he not moving yet?" Ma Li, who saw the others looking in one direction, followed their gaze and frowned seeing Noah was not moving an inch from his place.
She did not think much about it as she was aware that Noah was not an immature kid who would rashly do things and continue to move forward.
"Are you so scared that you cannot even move from your place!" Lin Feng, who could not take it anymore, fell to the ground and ridiculed Noah to make himself feel better. He wanted to take any opportunity he got to humiliate Noah.