Chapter 607 – Pagoda Race (2)
The fourth floor was nothing.
The fifth floor was so-so.
Miaomiao scoffed at the suppression force of the pagoda. He had fought so many clones in the isolated training space, and he got used to the natural aura of the high-ranked immortals.
Moreover, Miaomiao had the simulation mode. Whenever he was bored, he always watched a simulation fight between his clone and strong immortals. Sometimes, Miaomiao even simulated a battle between deities!
Coping with this natural suppression force and random gravity was trivial to Miaomiao. He was confident that he could challenge the raw aura of a 50-star stellar constellation immortal without using Qi.
Miaomiao calculated. He believed that his limit should be somewhere between the 40th floor and the 60th floor, depending on luck.
'What a pity. I've failed to become an immortal within a year… Heck, 36,000 years in dantian space isn't enough for me to ascend! I'm such a talentless cultivator.'
He self-blamed while he dashed up the stairs with his hands behind his back. When he crossed the threshold of the new floor, he Naruto-ran toward the next staircase.
The sounds of the pagoda no longer interested Miaomiao. He only cared about his limitation and his speed.
His goal was the 60th floor! Once he reached his limit, he would think about his fame and reputation later.
Also, Miaomiao was concerned about Xie Lian's safety. He wanted to finish this trial as quickly as possible.
Run faster!
Climb the stairs faster!
After reaching his limits, keep going until the day was over!
If he couldn't go any further, he would wait...
Wait faster!
Hmm???
Miaomiao's feet stopped moving for one second as his brain.exe malfunctioned while he was absentminded.
'How could someone wait faster? What the heck, brain?'
Miaomiao got rid of useless thoughts and kept on going.
…
Two hours later
Pan Mei and Horus were anxious. They managed to reach the 20th floor, which was the passing mark of inner disciples. Yet, Miaomiao maintained his speed throughout the marathon, and he didn't seem tired at all.
Horus was fine since he was a 35-star stellar constellation. His limit was the 45th floor, and he knew when to stop.
As for Pan Mei, he was not in a good condition. Although he used a similar cultivation method as Miaomiao and he had 9 stellar stars and 35 regular planets in his dantian, his passive Daos were a lot weaker than Miaomiao.
Currently, Pan Mei relied on basic Daos, such as the Dao of Axman, Dao of Anatomy, and Dao of Willpower to enhance his physical abilities. Thus, his buffs didn't give him an edge over Miaomiao or Horus.
Pan Mei calculated. At this rate, he might reach his limits somewhere between the 30th and 40th floor. After that, he might have to use artifacts to continue.
While Pan Mei had been thinking, he noticed that Horus glanced at him and sneered.
Something was not right.
As Pan Mei had guessed, Horus suddenly turned around and sent a flying kick at him!
There was no rule that contestants and candidates couldn't hit each other during the assessment exam. Sabotages, ambushes, or trickeries were within the rules as long as their body parts other than their feet didn't touch the floor.
Pan Mei juked to the right and dodged the flying kick.
However, Horus suddenly spread his wings and transformed into a half-falcon half-human. His feet turned into hawk claws, and they came for Pan Mei.
Getting caught off-guard, the claws grazed Pan Mei's face and chest, leaving shallow wounds.
Horus continued to flap his wings to fly and circled around Pan Mei.
"Bastard!" Pan Mei was enraged. He opened his system inventory and brought out a giant war ax, which was a divine-grade weapon.
Horus widened his eyes as he sensed the aura of the divine weapon.
Realizing that he was no match against Pan Mei, who had a divine-grade weapon, Horus fled toward a window of the pagoda, but he didn't fly out.
Pan Mei didn't pursue. He only glared at the humanoid falcon.
"I'll settle this later."
Pan Mei turned around and sprinted toward the staircase, which led to the next floor.
Horus grumbled for a moment and transformed back into a human. He glanced at his fingers.
"I forgot my rings. Oh, well."
Horus slipped his hand into his underwear, aka the only piece of cloth he had, and scratched his butt cheeks. While he was at it, he shoved his index finger into his anus and pulled something soft from it.
The mysterious thing looked like a brown golf ball. Its softness and smell were the same as a poop, but it was not a piece of feces. It was a living being, which lived inside his lower abdomen.
Horus gently knitted on it. A few seconds later, the small poop-like thing got larger.
A minute later, the brown poop thing transformed into a large python with wings. It hissed and stared at its master.
"Go, my boy. Kill the nearest guy on the higher floor. Do it quickly!"
Hiss!
The brown python jetted toward the staircase and followed the scent of Pan Mei.
Horus laughed and sniffed his finger, which had just inserted his butthole.
"Ew!"
Disgusted by the smell, Horus looked for something to clean his finger. He wanted to use his underwear to wipe it, but he was afraid that the cloth will be dirtied.
Then, Horus noticed a red carpet, which had been on this floor since the beginning.
He squatted and rubbed the carpet with his oily index finger.
Then, Horus heard the notification of the pagoda.
<Horus has been ejected from the pagoda as he touches the ground with his finger.>
"… Ah."
It was unknown if Horus was afflicted with Mao Miaomiao's curse or he had a bird brain. Horus suddenly forgot that he couldn't use other parts of his body to touch the floor.
WHOOSH
Horus was teleported out of the realm and appeared inside the resting place of initiates.
His scroll also lit up. The number changed from [1] to [3].
"FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!"
Enraged, frustrated, and disappointed, Horus screamed while he held his head. He shed tears of anger, and he rubbed his eyes with THE FINGER by instinct.
Obviously, the finger was extremely dirty. Horus accidentally hurt his eyes.
"MY EYES!!"
…
Pan Mei managed to reach the 30th floor, but he couldn't progress any further.
Currently, a stinky flying snake had been harassing him by spitting strange brown liquid all over his body. However, the spit didn't do anything to him other than inflict an abnormal status.
Ding
<You have been cursed by Horus.>
That was the only message Pan Mei got. His game system didn't inform him how the curse would affect him.
"Leave me alone!"
Pan Mei swung his ax, but the flying snake easily dodged it.
SPIT
SPLASH
The spit landed on his face.
Now, Pan Mei was enraged. Instead of trying to proceed further to keep up with Miaomiao's pace, he chased after the snake.
SPIT
SPIT
The dirty spit got into his eyes. Pan Mei took off his robe and cleaned his face before he tossed it at the snake.
The snake flew outside of the pagoda to flee from Pan Mei. Only then, it was teleported away from the plane as it left the assessment vicinity.
Pan Mei managed to catch his breath. He panted and sweated profusely.
"That fucking bird… I swear I will get him back."
Ding
<You have been cursed by Mao Miaomiao's Mysterious Dao.>
<Warning, your IQ has temporarily decreased.>
Pan Mei didn't notice the notification panel. He stored his ax and sat down to rest. But then, he remembered that he was not supposed to sit down.
"Ah, shit."
Ding
<Pan Mei has been ejected from the pagoda as he sits down.>
…
Meanwhile, Miaomiao had been racing alone.
Despite having set the 60th floor as his goal, Miaomiao could only get to the 52nd floor. He could not take another step further.
Currently, the number over his head showed as 60. Miaomiao's legs were about to give in because of the pressure of a 60th-star constellation immortal's aura.
Realizing his limits, Miaomiao looked back to see if there was anyone behind him. Unfortunately, nobody managed to reach this far.
He looked at the clock. So far, 12 hours had passed. He had half a day left to try his luck.
'In novels, protagonists are usually overachievers. Sun Bin said I only need to enter the fifth floor, but Xie Tian easily reached the top floor on his first try in the other timelines. If I want to catch up with his progress, I need to get the same result as him…'
Miaomiao gritted his teeth and slowly advanced, step by step.
While he was at it, he cultivated his physique. The War God Dao and Saint Dao were also refined by the suppression forces of the tower.
One step
Two steps
Five steps
Ten steps
Every step he made, Miaomiao's muscles, bones, and blood vessels were broken and regenerated. The reconstruction and destruction loop evolved his physique to adapt to the environment.
Miaomiao felt like he was a cockroach. He should have died a thousand times, but he came back to life a thousand times because of his Saint Dao.
An hour passed, Miaomiao managed to reach the 53rd floor.
This time, the number showed as 55. The forces were a lot weaker than the last time.
As the suppression forces were weaker, Miaomiao instantly dashed across the floor and reached the next level.
BOOM
The gravity suddenly increased as the random number changed to 61.
Miaomiao had a wry smile on his face. He glanced at his wristwatch, wondering if he should cheat. But on second thought, Miaomiao's real body didn't get many opportunities to train. Therefore, he couldn't afford to miss this chance to refine and evolve his physique.
Though arduous, Miaomiao took his time and reconstructed his bones and muscle.
…
Outside the plane, Sun Bin and spectators stared at the leaderboard with a bewildered expression.
Something unexpected had happened in there.
After Horus and Pan Mei were ejected from the realm, the second and third rank was settled.
Pan Mei secured second place while Horus was stuck in third place.
As for Miaomiao, his scores kept increasing.
Everyone stopped focusing on the scores. Now, they kept watching at the floor numbers.
Ding
Just now, it changed from 53 to 54. The scores were increased by 108, which indicated that Miaomiao got a 54 points bonus as the first person to reach the floor while he got 53 points for overcoming level 53's suppression forces.
53-star stellar constellation immortal's force!
This number told them many things. It showed that Miaomiao's foundation was comparable to a 53-star stellar constellation immortal!
Miaomiao's fans hit the drums and cheered while Sun Bin celebrated in advance as he won big.
Meanwhile, Grand Elder Mu and Grand Elder Rah had been observing the event in secret as well.
Rah came here to check on his junior brother, hoping that Horus wouldn't cause a scene here. Betraying his expectation, Horus got schooled instead.
Rah was relieved and rejoiced by Miaomiao's feat. Now, he was interested in Miaomiao's innate talent and his foundation.
As for Grand Elder Mu, his face turned ugly. He knew that Miaomiao was a freak, but his foundation surpassed his imagination.
Now, he deemed Miaomiao as a threat that needed to be eliminated ASAP.
Grand Elder Mu scoffed and vanished. He reappeared in front of the domestic hall, where internal affair elders took care of the sect's rewards, wages, and financial matters.
He immediately requested to see the pill, which he had entrusted the division.
The elders immediately handed the box, which contained Grand Elder Mu's planet condensation pill. None of them bothered questioning him what he would do with it.
Grand Elder Mu pretended to inspect the quality of the pill. Then, he swapped the pill and handed the box back.
"It's all good. Please excuse me."
Grand Elder Mu smirked and left.. The workers took the box put it back on the reward shelf.
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