It was clear that Su Fan and the other person were not meant to go up.
"Su Fan, don't worry, go up with confidence."
Hu Xuelan had reached her limit and couldn't go up, but she could create an opportunity for Su Fan.
This place was practically her home ground, and these people were no match for her.
Su Fan looked at Hu Xuelan in confusion,
not understanding why she was so confident.
Hu Xuelan smiled faintly.
"Get down, all of you!"
Hu Xuelan roared, and the gravity intensified on the people blocking Su Fan's path.
Their legs instantly went weak, and they collapsed onto the stairs in disarray, as if carrying a thousand-pound burden, leaving them without the strength to even lift a hand.
"Holy crap! Awesome!"
Su Fan couldn't help but exclaim.
Hu Xuelan's gravity, combined with the strange ability of the stairs, greatly amplified her power. With just one move, she rendered these people unable to stand.
"Go up, don't worry about me," Hu Xuelan said to Su Fan.
Su Fan nodded. Indeed, there was no need to worry about Hu Xuelan. In this environment, who could move under her gravity? Everyone would have to lie down obediently.
Su Fan continued to climb, smirking dismissively as he passed the fallen individuals.
"A bunch of weaklings."
Su Fan's words were clearly heard by everyone. The fallen men turned red with anger, but they couldn't even stand, let alone trouble Su Fan.
The higher Su Fan climbed, the heavier his body felt. By the time he reached the five hundredth step, every stride felt like carrying a thousand pounds.
Not far from Su Fan was Jiudi, from the assassin organization.
Jiudi frowned slightly upon seeing Su Fan reach this point.
"Hi."
Su Fan smiled and greeted Jiudi.
"Hmph!"
Jiudi snorted. If he could move, he would have attacked Su Fan long ago.
"Don't be so cold. Tell me, are you going to such great lengths just to escort Young Master Long to obtain the inheritance?" Su Fan asked Jiudi curiously.
The only one who benefited from all their actions was Young Master Long. They weren't part of the Long family, so why would they help him like this?
Jiudi ignored Su Fan, turning his head away and refusing to communicate.
"Let me ask you something, do you know a woman named Lin Yao?"
Su Fan asked Jiudi.
As they were both from the assassin organization, he wondered if Jiudi had any connection to Lin Yao.
Jiudi froze.
"You know Lin Yao?"
Seeing Jiudi's reaction, Su Fan immediately understood that he knew Lin Yao.
"Yes, I know her, quite well," Su Fan admitted, nodding. It was not a wasted trip if he could learn Lin Yao's whereabouts from Jiudi.
"What's your relationship with her? Boyfriend?" Jiudi, knowing Lin Yao's personality, asked Su Fan coldly.
"What do you think our relationship should be?" Su Fan retorted with a smile.
Jiudi's expression turned cold, and he looked at Su Fan with murderous intent.
"You'd better have no relationship with her, or I'll kill you," Jiudi warned Su Fan in a chilling tone.
"Oh? Try and kill me. Acting all powerful, yet you can't even move?"
Su Fan provocatively looked at Jiudi. You're in a predicament, and you're still threatening people?
"I'll kill you when I have the chance." Jiudi truly couldn't do anything to Su Fan now. Fighting was restricted in this place, so he could only resort to verbal threats.
"Then I'll be waiting. If you see Lin Yao, tell her I miss her. Bye." Su Fan waved at Jiudi and continued to climb with difficulty.
After climbing a few more steps, Su Fan finally reached his limit and could no longer move.
In front of him was Wuyun, also immobilized by the pressure, standing on the stairs with his sword sheath.
This wouldn't do. He had to think of a way, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to ascend at all, and he wasn't even halfway there.
Su Fan had to resort to one of his trump cards.
Su Fan had made ample preparations for this inheritance ground.
Su Fan took out a bottle of pills from his embrace and poured out one.
Yang-Strengthening Pill.
Don't misunderstand, it's not for aphrodisiac purposes; Yang-Strengthening here refers to strengthening one's vital energy.
Yang-Strengthening Pill
After consumption, it temporarily increases true qi reserves.
In the game, its effect was to boost all stats by 30% for 30 seconds.
Su Fan hadn't used it in reality yet, but it couldn't be any worse. This was a bottle of pills that cost him half of his in-game savings.
Su Fan popped the pill into his mouth and swallowed it with a gulp of saliva.
The pill dissolved in his stomach, transforming into pure energy that circulated through Su Fan's body before flowing into his dantian. The true qi in Su Fan's dantian instantly more than doubled!
Su Fan felt his body swelling, as if there was an abundance of power with nowhere to be released.
"I can't take it anymore!"
Su Fan, wanting to move and release the energy within him, lifted his leg and sprinted upwards. Su Fan ran at an incredible speed, instantly surpassing Wuyun and then Li Jun, charging towards Long Gongzi at the front.
"What the hell! Did he get injected with something?"
Wuyun was stunned. He only felt a gust of wind pass by, and Su Fan was already ahead of him.
Li Jun, seeing Su Fan overtake him in an instant, turned red with suppressed rage, almost choking to death.
"What kind of beast is this? So fierce!"
Li Jun, refusing to be outdone, burned his vital energy, trying to chase Su Fan.
A surge of blood energy ignited around him like flames, his aura instantly rising. He took a step to chase Su Fan, but after only a few steps, his blood energy dissipated, his aura weakened, and he collapsed onto the stairs.
This was the fourth time he had used the Blood Burning technique. His vital energy was almost depleted, and he had reached his limit.
Li Jun lay weakly on the stairs, his face pale from the aftereffects of excessive blood burning.
Looking at Su Fan ahead, he felt a sense of unwillingness. Was he really going to fall like this? He was inferior to an unknown nobody!
"Li Jun, do you want to catch up to him?" At this moment, Wuyun caught up. Using some unknown method, he had temporarily boosted his strength, barely reaching Li Jun's vicinity.
"Of course, I do!" Li Jun certainly wanted to catch up to Su Fan. He could admit he was inferior to Long Gongzi, but he couldn't accept losing to an unknown person!
"I'll help you, but after we catch up to him, kill him. Jiudi's orders," Wuyun said to Li Jun.
"Alright! I promise he won't see tomorrow's sun!" Li Jun immediately agreed.
After receiving Li Jun's assurance, Wuyun drew his long sword and cut his palm, blood flowing down.
Wuyun used his blood to draw a formation on the stairs.
"Lin, Bing, Dou, Zhe, Jie, Chen, Lie, Qian, Xing! Guiyuan Formation!" Wuyun chanted, forming hand seals. The formation on the ground lit up, and a large amount of energy gathered within it. Wuyun then swung his sword, and the energy instantly surged into Li Jun's body.
Li Jun, as if injected with a stimulant, instantly perked up.
"Su Fan! Stop for me!"
Li Jun felt his body filled with energy and roared as he chased after Su Fan.