redvbooks Chapter 2000: Pressing Forward with Difficulty
Chapter 2000: Pressing Forward with Difficulty
"Ah!!!"
As everyone jumped into the Washing Dragon Pond, they immediately let out shrill screams, feeling a wave of burning pain!
That burning pain was like someone taking a knife and slowly slicing open their skin!
Su Chen was no exception; he felt it too. But his ability to endure pain clearly far surpassed the others. He didn’t make a sound, though his brows had furrowed deeply!
However, the Washing Dragon Pond wasn’t very deep, just a bit higher than Su Chen’s waist.
"Kid Su, go toward the center!"
At this time, Zi Mei’s voice rang out.
Su Chen nodded at her words and walked forward!
He had only taken one step when he felt that burning pain grow a bit stronger!
He gritted his teeth and continued forward. Before long, beads of sweat were already dripping down!
Even so, his steps remained firm. He did notice that it seemed the closer he walked to the center, the deeper it got, forming a gradient.
Although that gradient was very, very gentle, it did exist!
After a moment, everyone finally adapted a little to that burning pain. Seeing Su Chen walk forward, they wanted to do the same!
But after just one or two steps, they once again let out miserable screams!
Because it hurt too much!
One person stopped after walking five or six steps, because they truly couldn’t endure it anymore!
It wasn’t hard to imagine: the farther forward you went, the stronger the pain the body had to endure!
At this time, Su Chen circulated the Calm Spirit Body Technique, and he immediately felt much better!
He continued walking forward...
When he had gone about eight or nine steps, another person stopped, naturally also because they couldn’t endure it!
When they were roughly sixty to seventy steps from the edge of the pond, other than Su Chen, only three people were still moving forward: Luo Qianqiu, Zhang Xiao, and Shi Zaitian!
But at the seventy-fifth step, Shi Zaitian also stopped with an unwilling look on his face!
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to continue, but he had truly reached the limit of his limits!
Luo Qianqiu and Zhang Xiao were still moving forward, but every step was extremely difficult!
Everyone stared at Su Chen, who was walking at the very front, all wearing looks of shock!
Did this guy not feel pain at all?!
Luo Qianqiu and Zhang Xiao kept going forward, each of them filled with a stubborn refusal to admit defeat at this moment!
Their Martial Arts strength might not compare to his, but were they going to lose even in this?!
This was really hard for them to accept!
No matter what, that guy was just someone at the Divine Sea Realm!
Yet, even with their powerful will, that skin-splitting pain still assaulted them nonstop at every moment, impossible to ignore!
With every step they took, their bodies had already started trembling, that pain making their very souls shudder!
Just like the others, as they looked at Su Chen still pushing forward, they couldn’t help cursing in their hearts:
"Pervert!"
If not for that stubbornness in their hearts, they would have already stopped!
They steadied their swaying bodies and continued walking forward!
In truth, the reason they wanted to keep moving forward was partly their refusal to lose, especially since the one walking at the very front was Su Chen!
The other reason, and the more important one, was that they felt the farther forward they went, the denser the aura in the Washing Dragon Pond became!
At first, it might not have felt obvious, but now, it was getting more and more distinct!
No wonder that kid headed straight forward right from the start!
But that brat wasn’t as familiar with the Washing Dragon Pond as they were, so how did he know about this characteristic of the pond?!
Could he have deduced it with common sense?!
That was indeed possible!
"Brother Luo, you go on. I really can’t hold on anymore!"
When they reached one hundred and twenty steps, Zhang Xiao spoke to Luo Qianqiu beside him.
He was cursing in his heart at this moment. He had already pushed his limit to two hundred percent!
If not for having Su Chen as a target in front and Luo Qianqiu by his side, he would have stopped long ago!
"Mm."
Luo Qianqiu wasn’t in much better shape. He nodded and continued forward.
Now, there were only two figures still walking in the pond, separated by roughly three hundred steps!
At this moment, outside the wooden fence, that old man was staring toward the house, waves surging in his heart!
"He’s actually a Body Refiner!"
The old man muttered:
"But even for a Body Refiner, to walk close to five hundred steps is no simple feat!"
"This is a record that has never existed before!"
...
When he reached one hundred and eighty steps, Luo Qianqiu had also reached the limit of his limits. He even felt as though his entire body no longer belonged to him!
He glanced at Su Chen ahead and couldn’t help but feel a wave of defeat in his heart!
In his eyes, that figure not far away was no longer even human, but a demon!
Of course, he had long since realized that it was impossible for him to reach the distance the other party was currently at!
After that he continued forward, hoping to get as close as possible to the areas where the aura was denser!
He knew that the denser the pond water’s aura, the more remarkable the Cultivation effect!
At this moment, other than Su Chen, everyone—including Luo Qianqiu—was already sitting cross-legged on the water’s surface, cultivating!
They didn’t have to worry about sinking, because the buoyancy of the pond was strong enough!
In the distance, only Su Chen’s lone figure continued forward, looking somewhat solitary!
Right now, Su Chen once again felt that massive tearing sensation, even stronger than before!
The effect brought by the Calm Spirit Body Technique had been completely offset, and was far from enough!
Even so, he had no intention of giving up. Looking at the vast expanse of water ahead, he took a deep breath and continued walking forward!
"Kid Su, can you still bear it?"
Zi Mei looked at his body, which was also trembling, and asked worriedly.
"No problem!"
Su Chen nodded.
He felt as if something ahead was calling out to him, urging him to keep moving forward!
By now, the water in the pond was already above his chest!
...
Outside the wooden fence, the Guardian of the Washing Dragon Pond suddenly opened his eyes. In his cloudy gaze, a dazzling light burst forth!
"A thousand steps, a full thousand steps!"
He spoke in a trembling voice:
"Is this young man trying to defy the heavens?"
He didn’t dare close his eyes again, staring fixedly at the house as if his pair of eyes could pierce through everything!
...
"Kid Su, are you still okay?"
Zi Mei said:
"You should stop, right?"
Because she could feel that Su Chen was already forcing himself. With every step he took, he had to stop first to steady his body!
"Don’t worry, I’m fine!"
Su Chen shook his head.
Right now, there was still half the distance left to the center!
But he also understood that finishing the remaining half would be several times harder than the first half!
Still, he refused to admit defeat!
Even though at this moment, every inch of his skin felt like it was being sliced back and forth by a sharp blade!
That pain stabbed straight into the depths of his soul!