Chapter 64 - Life and Death Stage
The fat child was thoroughly confused by Su Zimo as he froze for a long time without understanding what had happened, pointing at Su Zimo and stammering, “Y-Y-You! I-I-I…! I’ll go let the peak master know about this too!”
Shrugging his head as though trying to clear his mind, the fat child patted his storage bag and summoned a flying sword before speeding to the back of the peak.
In the blink of an eye, both children guarding this place had disappeared.
Unnerved, the fat child had left in a hurry without saying anything else.
The little fatty seemed to be extremely interested in Su Zimo. With bright, shimmering eyes, he stumbled over and bowed. “Sir, how did you do it! Can you teach me?”
With an unchanging expression, Su Zimo shook his head. “That… has nothing to do with me.”
Even though he said that, his heart whispered another tune.
Unlike the many mortals, the 20 odd Qi Refinement Warriors present looked relaxed.
While this mountain may seem insurmountable to mortals, all they had to do was ride their flying swords and rise endlessly.
One of the Qi Refinement Warriors pulled out a flying sword from his storage bag and with a single leap, he chuckled with a suave expression. “Alright, I’ll make a move first and await you guys at the peak.”
Right after, he soared into the skies and disappeared into the clouds in the blink of an eye.
Not willing to lose out, the other Qi Refinement Warriors took out their spirit weapons and followed suit.
Yet, the strange thing was that the haughty man did not move at all. Instead, he frowned and gazed into the clouds, contemplating about something.
It was the same for the white bloused woman as she stood there in deep thoughts.
Some of the mortals gathered their courage and began climbing the peak. Compared to the Qi Refinement Warriors, they were much slower and every single step was horrifying.
A single misstep and they would fall right into the abyss!
“Bro, aren’t you moving?” The little fatty looked at Su Zimo.
Right as he was about to reply, a shriek rang out from the clouds.
“Ah!”
Everyone’s hearts skipped a beat.
In the blink of an eye, a shadow fell from the clouds and glided through everyone’s vision into the dark abyss beneath!
At that sight, everyone’s expressions turned grim as chills ran down their spines.
The person who had fallen was the Qi Refinement Warrior who had moved first!
A Qi Refinement Warrior was dead just like that?
What had he encountered up there?
The clouds rumbled and shifted, emanating a chilling killing intent.
“Ah!”
It was yet another shriek.
A shadow fluttered by them and dunked into the depths of the abyss.
Gulp, gulp.
The place rang out with everyone’s gulping sounds.
In just a mere short while, two Qi Refinement Warriors had fallen to their deaths!
The two children were right. The third stage was fair for everyone such that even Qi Refinement Warriors may not be able to reach the peak.
The few mortals that had just started climbing up the peak found themselves getting cold feet as they watched everything unfold in utter horror.
There were already people who had started to climb down.
What kind of a joke was that? There was no need for them to take such a risk when even Qi Refinement Warriors have died.
Suddenly, the haughty man laughed and mumbled. “Life and Death Stage, Life and Death Stage. The peak represents life while the abyss represents death. Interesting! Challenging!