Chapter 981: Sky Ladder
To go to the Sky Ladder, they must first go to the tiny floating island where they originally appeared.
And no one knew the way there better than the Cloud Whale.
Perhaps it was a coincidence or something.
Anyway, when the four of them came to the big river, the Cloud Whale was flipping and moving in the clouds.
They directly flew to the sky and came to the Cloud Whale’s side in a moment.
The Cloud Whale seemed to remember Han Fei. At the first glance when he saw Han Fei, it opened its mouth and rubbed its head against Han Fei. Caught off guard, Han Fei was sent flying by the Cloud Whale.
Han Fei laughed. “Big guy, I’ll treat you to crabs!”
With that said, Han Fei took out a 20-meter-long crab and threw it into the Cloud Whale’s mouth.
“Woo~”
Crack~
Crus.h.i.+ng the crab in one bite, the Cloud Whale circled around happily and pushed them up.
Li Luoluo lay on the Cloud Whale’s forehead and turned to look at Han Fei. “Han Fei, you seem to be on better terms with the Cloud Whale than others!”
Qing Chen smiled and said, “This is the benefit of feeding him.”
Han Fei laughed. “Sure, I feed him every time I meet him.”
As he said this, Han Fei patted the Cloud Whale and said, “Big guy, please bring us to the Sky Ladder. Do you know where it is? It’s next to that floating island.”
“Woo~”
The Cloud Whale flicked its tail, dispersing a white cloud, and its body was submerged in the clouds.
Han Fei looked at Li Luoluo and Qing Chen. “Why do you two want to go to the Thousand Star City? Are you not happy on the Scattered Stars Island?”
Qing Chen was chewing dried fish. “After I became a Law Enforcer, there’s no more challenge for me here. Sea demons have suffered heavy casualties since the last war, and I don’t think they will attack us soon.”
Li Luoluo added, “I heard that the Thousand Star City is interesting. There are many ancient things there, so I want to have a look.”
Han Fei curled his lips.
Regardless of whether the two were telling the truth or not, anyway, there was no compet.i.tion between them. Besides, he couldn’t stop them from going there, right?
Zhang Xuanyu approached Li Luoluo and said, “Girl, do you remember me?”
Li Luoluo glanced at Zhang Xuanyu and raised her eyebrows. “No.”
Zhang Xuanyu didn’t mind at all and said with a smile, “Then let’s get to know each other again, OK? Girl, look at me and look at yourself. We have something in common.”
Li Luoluo looked Zhang Xuanyu up and down and said, “What’s that?”
Zhang Xuanyu chuckled. “We’re both good-looking… I… Hey, who is dragging me?”
Whoos.h.!.+
A vine caught Zhang Xuanyu and threw him directly into the air. Luo Xiaobai couldn’t stand him anymore.
The Cloud Whale also gave a “woo” and tilted his body, trying to catch Zhang Xuanyu. But then seeing Zhang Xuanyu flying back himself, he continued to fly forward.
Coming back on the Cloud Whale, Zhang Xuanyu sighed in frustration, sat beside Le Renkuang, and began to eat sea melon seeds with him.
Luo Xiaobai said, “The Sky Ladder is not easy to climb. Anyone who enters the Thousand Star City through the Sky Ladder will have permanent residence right in the Thousand Star City. Besides, the Sky Ladder is also a kind of a.s.sessment.”
“What a.s.sessment?”
Luo Xiaobai said, “The seven major sects will issue an invitation to those who enter the Thousand Star City through the Sky Ladder. Therefore, on the Sky Ladder, there will be tests set by the seven major sects along the way. Of course, it is not mandatory.”
Li Luoluo questioned, “How do you know this? Aren’t you from a town?”
Luo Xiaobai paused and then said, “I read it from a book.”
Han Fei asked, “Are the tests difficult?”
Luo Xiaobai shrugged. “I don’t know.”
Qing Chen smiled. “I heard that they’re relatively difficult! However, not extremely difficult. People from the Empyrean Waterfall have mostly pa.s.sed the tests.”
Han Fei raised his brows. “Mostly? Not all?”
In Han Fei’s view, none of the people who could go to the Empyrean Waterfall were weak. How could there be anyone who couldn’t make it?
Luo Xiaobai continued, “As far as I know, of the seven major sects, the Sea Cloud Tower is the most low-key but the a.s.sessment they set is the most difficult. If someone from the Empyrean Waterfall failed to pa.s.s the tests, he must have been stopped by the Sea Cloud Tower’s test.”
Han Fei was slightly surprised. Indeed, as a major sect, the Sea Cloud Tower was too quiet.
The Heavenly Sword Sect was the most high-profile. The Jade Fairy Palace was all women, so it was like paradise for Zhang Xuanyu and the like. Therefore, it was the most famous. The Grand Void Academy, Mountain Sea Pavilion, Origin Returning Peak, and Death Door Sect each had their own strong points.
But the Sea Cloud Tower was the most low-key. Although it belonged to the seven major sects, Han Fei had met very few people from the Sea Cloud Tower.
The only person from the Sea Cloud Tower he had met was Yu Xian. However, his strength didn’t seem to be strong and there was nothing special about him.
The sword of the Heavenly Sword Sect, the girls of the Jade Fairy Palace, the gate of the Death Door Sect, the virtual sword of the Grand Void Academy, the physique of the disciples of the Mountain Sea Pavilion, and the comprehensive strength of the Origin Returning Peak were all impressive, but the Sea Cloud Tower seemed to have nothing.
Han Fei asked, “What kind of a sect is the Sea Cloud Tower?”
Luo Xiaobai shook her head slightly and said, “I’m not familiar with the seven major sects. We’ll find out when we climb up.”
…
The Cloud Whale’s speed was very fast, and it only took them three hours to arrive.
They jumped off the Cloud Whale, and Han Fei put a big octopus into its mouth and said, “Thank you, big guy.”
“Woo~”
The Cloud Whale’s voice was ethereal, resounding between the heavens and earth. He turned around and sank into the clouds again, swimming lonely in the sky.
Turning around, the six of them looked at the so-called Sky Ladder.
When they saw it for the first time, they thought it was just a hanging ladder, and people needed to climb it with their hands and feet.
In fact, it was not true. Only now did they discover that the so-called Sky Ladder was more like flaming steps hanging in the air.
However, looking from the hanging island, only one side of it could be seen, so it looked like a hanging ladder.
The Sky Ladder was like a bunch of burning chains of fire. In fact, except for the burning part, the rest of it was blank. One could only move through the chains of flames.
Han Fei tried to stand in a blank s.p.a.ce outside the flames. However, his body immediately began to fall. Only by standing on the invisible flame chains could he stand.
However, once standing on the flame chains, his whole person turned into a burning man. This flame not only had the heat of flame, but also seemed to have a slight impact on his soul.
Li Luoluo immediately shouted, “Just stand on the flame chains!”
Li Luoluo tried to stand on the second chain of fire, only to find it was air underfoot and she couldn’t stand on it at all.
Luo Xiaobai suggested, “We should walk step by step. Otherwise, we can easily fly to the Thousand Star City along the fire chains. Then what’s the use of the Sky Ladder?”
Le Renkuang nodded and said, “It can’t be that simple.”
At this moment, Han Fei was stepping from the first chain of fire to the second one. The moment he stepped on the second chain, however, he disappeared.
Qing Chen screamed, “Oh! There is a problem with s.p.a.ce here.”
Zhang Xuanyu shrugged and said, “Yes! We can only walk the chains layer by layer.”
When they walked to the second floor one after another, Han Fei appeared. At this moment, they had turned into six burning people.
“I don’t know exactly how many layers of the Sky Ladder there are, but the intensity of the flames and the influence on our souls seems to be stronger and stronger. Hey, Xiaobai, are you going to climb the Sky Ladder too?”
Luo Xiaobai said calmly, “Yes, I’ll be with you guys.”
Yes, Luo Xiaobai certainly wouldn’t want to go back through the teleportation array alone.
Le Renkuang had stepped out, muttering, “Since I came back from the ancient battlefield, my soul has strengthened greatly. Let’s go. Hurry up.”
They walked up 4,000 steps, and all of them had already put on low-quality Divine battle suits.
If not, they would have been burnt naked by the fire.
At this moment, Han Fei seemed to see a fist light, whose power equaled that of a punch of a peak-level Hidden Fisher.
Han Fei casually punched out, easily shattering the fist light, and the others did the same thing.
Perhaps the Sky Ladder was difficult for others to climb, but they had all reached the realm of a Law Enforcer, so they were not afraid of this level of an attack at all.
On the 5,000th floor, a sword light swept over but was blasted to pieces.
On the 6,000th floor, it was still sword light, but the speed was extremely fast. Han Fei recognized at a glance that this was the Jade Fairy Palace’s combat technique, but it was still easily shattered.
On the 7,000th floor, it was a door.
On the 8,000th floor, it was a sea of swords.
On the 9,000th floor, the attack was a weird demonic sound. Le Renkuang felt slightly uncomfortable but still walked over. This should be thanks to the Pure Soul Beads he ate.
Han Fei smiled and said, “It’s only a Hidden Fisher-level a.s.sessment. Although the flame temperature is high, we can still handle it.”
Luo Xiaobai nodded. “The influence on the soul is not that strong. Let’s see the last a.s.sessment.”
Han Fei was thinking how the Sky Ladder had 9,999 floors. If it wasn’t set here by the Thousand Star City, it must have been set by the Yin-Yang Palace.
When Han Fei stepped onto the 9,999th floor, his heart suddenly did a flip and he fell into a short illusion. He saw Lin Miaomiao attacking him.
“Huh? Inner Demon?”