Ch 669: Reaching The Summit
The disciple who had been forced back looked at Chu Ran, who had turned his back, seemingly without any guard.
Gritting his teeth, he hesitated for a moment, his face looking ugly as he spat out a “Let you off for now,” then.
He still suddenly turned around and ran towards another rope.
If he hadn’t felt wrong, the aura Chu Ran had just emitted was clearly that of the Profound Connection Realm.
When did Chu Ran break through?
This is simply unbelievable.
In his impression, Chu Ran had mediocre talent, usually alone, and was always a weak and easy-to-bully character, but now he had silently cultivated to the Profound Connection Realm.
In contrast to himself, he was still in the Transcendent Realm. If he were to clash head-on with Chu Ran, he would inevitably be the one to get hurt.
No matter how unwilling he was, he could only seek another path.
At this moment, Chu Ran gathered all his strength in his palms and wrists, continuously climbing upwards.
At the same time, he unreservedly released his Profound Connection Realm aura.
Causing the disciples who wanted to knock him down to stop in their tracks.
By now, dozens of people had climbed the ropes, and those at the forefront were all those with the cultivation level of the Profound Connection Realm, like Chu Ran.
However, with every passing moment, from the cliff above, an overwhelmingly large amount of Pure Spring would gush down, instantly drenching everyone into a flock of chickens.
Moreover, the water falling from above was clearly even more piercingly cold than the water gathered in the lake.
Soon, some people could no longer endure it, their bodies shivering, their hands loosening, and they directly fell into the lake below.
“So cold!”
Compared to those who fell, Chu Ran could still hold on, but he himself was also extremely uncomfortable.
Faced with the constant chill striking his face, he only had the path of adapting.
As time slowly passed.
Under the impact of the Pure Spring, the number of disciples who could remain on the ropes and continue climbing upwards, compared to before, was already very few.
“Just a little more distance left!”
The remaining people took a deep breath, ignoring their increasingly icy, slightly trembling bodies, and struggled to climb upwards.
Chu Ran glanced at the end that was within arm’s reach, then looked at the people climbing on the ropes on both sides, and his heart suddenly relaxed.
Putting aside those who climbed faster than him, he was currently in third place, as long as he could maintain this speed.
Third place would be his.
If he worked harder, he might even be able to take first place.
All these days of hard cultivation and training had not been in vain.
However, just as he wanted to make a final push to see if he could increase his speed.
Boom!
Another surge of Pure Spring gushed down, falling upon the disciples on the ropes.
Only this time, after being hit by the Pure Spring, everyone froze, and instantly stood still.
“The Pure Spring is taking effect!”
An Elder who was watching this scene spoke.
The longer one was immersed in the Pure Spring, the easier it was to develop hallucinations.
Chu Ran and these disciples were the first to run ahead, in order to climb the cliff, there was no place to hide, so they could only let the Pure Spring hit them, so it was expected that they would be affected by the Pure Spring.
“I wonder who will be the first to react?”
Zhou Yuanwu said with great interest.
This Pure Spring’s effect on them wasn’t too great, but for these disciples who hadn’t yet reached the Foundation Establishment Stage, it could be called a Dimensional Strike.
Although these disciples rushed to the front, this was the most important part of the assessment.
At this time, everyone who was frozen in place had completely fallen into the illusion created by the Pure Spring.
Although the scenes they each saw were different, they were all scenes that could cause a mental shock.
For example, at this moment, in front of Chu Ran.
The clear Pure Spring in front of him suddenly turned into blood, and the rope in his hand turned into an iron lock covered in spikes.
The scene almost made him want to vomit, and a sharp pain came from his palm, with blood faintly flowing from the gaps in his palm.
This pain, and everything in front of him, felt incredibly real.
In his heart, there was a voice telling him that if he continued climbing like this, he would probably die!
“No, this is all false!”
Chu Ran only hesitated for a moment before gritting his teeth and continuing to climb upwards.
If he gave up now, wouldn’t everything he had done before be useless?
And if he did that, how would his Senior view him?
Seeing the finish line within reach, even if it was a mountain of knives and a sea of fire, he had to climb over it.
Waves of piercing pain constantly spread from Chu Ran’s palm to all parts of his body, but he still resolutely continued climbing upwards, with no sign of retreat in his eyes.
“Eh!”
The Elders who were watching this scene all exclaimed in surprise, their eyes filled with astonishment.
They didn’t expect that Chu Ran, the disciple who had just been promoted to the Profound Connection Realm, would be the first to break free from the illusion.
At this time, as Chu Ran climbed a distance upwards.
His vision was no longer bloody, but had returned to normal, and the pain in his body was no longer there.
“Phew!”
Chu Ran let out a sigh of relief. It was indeed all false, thankfully he didn’t give up.
When he looked back, he found that he had unknowingly surpassed everyone else by a short distance. After experiencing the illusion, he had become the first.
Chu Ran’s face lit up, and he continued climbing excitedly.
“No good, how did he get to first place!”
At the same time, the remaining few also emerged from the illusion, and seeing Chu Ran’s figure above, their faces immediately darkened.
Then they thoughtlessly used their techniques to attack Chu Ran.
Buzz!
Feeling the movement, Chu Ran’s back went cold, and without thinking, he drew his long sword, channeled his Spiritual Energy, and blocked it in front of himself.
Bang!
Chu Ran’s figure swayed, his grip on the rope loosened slightly, almost causing him to fall.
He turned to look at the few people and said, “You are ganging up on me, don’t you think that’s too much?”
“Too much?”
“This assessment doesn’t restrict methods, as long as you reach the top of the cliff, if you’re not skilled enough to fall, you can’t blame us!”
“That’s right, I advise you to stop now, otherwise, you won’t even be in the top ten!”
Several people immediately sneered and spoke.
“I understand!”
Seeing the disdain in their eyes, a surge of anger rose in Chu Ran’s heart. After experiencing that matter in the Mist Sea Forbidden Zone, he understood that it was useless for him to constantly show weakness.
Since they wanted to deal with him, he would accompany them to the end.
As he spoke, Chu Ran tightened his grip on his long sword and stabbed at one of the people on his left.
“Hmm?”
Xu Pengyun and the others were all stunned when they saw this scene.
They hadn’t expected that with only one step left, these disciples would actually fight, and it was a gang-up.
And the one being attacked was actually Chu Ran.
They had a deep impression of this disciple, Chu Ran, after all, it was because of him that Li Hanzhou became their Yuanyang Sect’s Guest Elder, and it seemed that Li Hanzhou also took good care of Chu Ran, not long ago he had even taken Chu Ran with him without any trouble.
And Chu Ran’s performance in this assessment was also very eye-catching.
Simply being the first to break free from the illusion alone had already surpassed most of the disciples present.
But now Chu Ran was in some danger.
Although he had the Profound Connection Realm, those few who were attacking him together, weren’t they also?
This time, Chu Ran was probably in trouble.
At this moment, regardless of whether it was Sect Master Xu Pengyun or the other Elders, they no longer held any hope for Chu Ran to get first place in this assessment.
“He’s being besieged, but if you can’t even beat them, then all my guidance these past days will have been wasted.”
Li Hanzhou watched this scene and shook his head slightly.
He could see that although the few people attacking Chu Ran were in the Profound Connection Realm, their moves were very ordinary.
At the edge of Pure Cliff.
Facing the few people’s offensive, Chu Ran resisted calmly.
After receiving someone’s attack, he suddenly swung a sword at one of them.
“Azure Sea’s Mystery!”
A surging Sword Qi was emitted, swirling with the gushing Pure Spring, directly striking that person.
Bang!
The vast Sword Intent instantly rippled out, that person spat out a mouthful of blood, his hand loosened, and he directly fell down.
“What?”
“You’ve actually perfected the Azure Sea Sword Technique?”
The remaining few could no longer maintain their composure, their eyes full of disbelief as they looked at Chu Ran.
They were certain they hadn’t seen wrong.
The Sword Intent surging within that Sword Qi was clearly the result of perfecting the Azure Sea Sword Technique.
However, this Sword Technique was quite difficult to cultivate, how could Chu Ran, a person of mediocre talent, have perfected it, this was simply unbelievable!
“Ocean’s Rolling Waves!”
Chu Ran didn’t speak, but once again targeted someone and used another Sword Move.
The Sword Qi crisscrossed, as if towering waves instantly appeared before everyone.
The surging sound of waves echoed in everyone’s ears, before everyone could react, a sharp pain came from their bodies, they suddenly saw stars, and without paying attention, their grip on the rope loosened for a moment, and their bodies directly fell downwards.
And Chu Ran didn’t even look at them, he made a final push and directly climbed to the top of the cliff.
He stood there with his long sword, feeling the breeze on his face, the warmth of the sunlight on his body, and excitedly looked towards Li Hanzhou’s direction, muttering, “Senior, I finally didn’t disappoint your guidance, I’ve reached the top!”
And at this moment, the voice of the Assessment Elder sounded appropriately.
“First place on Pure Cliff, Chu Ran!”
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