Martial Artist: Stronger by Coasting Along-Chapter 369 - 99: Astonishing Beyond Words, Breaking the Record Again

Chapter 369: Chapter 99: Astonishing Beyond Words, Breaking the Record Again

"Just twenty more steps to go."

Inside the observation room.

The King of North of the River, Ao Dagang, and Huo Jiating felt that these three days seemed like years.

Initially, seeing Zhang Lingfeng fall behind everyone else, stopping at the fifteenth step, even sitting there for one to two hours, they had no hope for Zhang Lingfeng.

Yet Zhang Lingfeng, walking and stopping intermittently like that, surprisingly reached the seventy-second step, leaving only twenty-eight steps to the hundredth step.

Moreover, at this moment, Zhang Lingfeng still seemed to have some strength left.

It’s just unfortunate that there were less than three minutes left before the assessment ended.

So, although the King of North of the River and the others hoped Zhang Lingfeng would take a few more steps, they didn’t dare dream he could pass the assessment.

"Tap, tap, tap!"

Zhang Lingfeng stood on the seventy-second step, bent over, vigorously tapping his legs.

Having managed to transcend the spear intent and the spiritual domain beyond the Five Elements, he was already content and didn’t expect to reach the top.

He saw Liu Chuan and Lin Chunchi, their figures frozen at the two hundred and ninety-eighth and three hundredth steps, and he didn’t know if anyone had reached the top to offer incense in the temple.

Because until now, his attention had just shifted from spear intent and domain to his surroundings.

He didn’t even know how much time was left until the end of the assessment.

He only saw that there were still several third-line martial arts students struggling to climb up, one of whom was Fu Kejun.

In his memory, Fu Kejun seemed to have rolled down once.

Zhang Lingfeng seemed to hear Fu Kejun’s cry for help, asking him to grab her and not let her fall further.

But at that time, his mind was focused on refining the spear intent, only hoping it would transcend the Five Elements soon. Now seeing Fu Kejun sweating profusely as she climbed toward him, Zhang Lingfeng couldn’t help but call out, "Are you alright!"

"Why aren’t you going up, sitting here doing what?"

Fu Kejun asked.

"No rush, take it easy."

Zhang Lingfeng replied casually.

"Still no rush? The assessment ends in a minute, even if you can’t advance, at least test how far you can go. Haven’t you noticed, you’re the only one not sweating here."

Fu Kejun said speechlessly.

He noticed that although Zhang Lingfeng was at the bottom initially, he gradually caught up with some people. His pace was slow, but he seemed to have adapted to the power fluctuations on the Heaven-Ascending Ladder, unlike others who struggled significantly.

"What did you say, how much time is left?"

Zhang Lingfeng asked excitedly.

"Less than a minute."

Fu Kejun responded.

"Damn it!"

Zhang Lingfeng snapped out of his daze. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"Haha, just realizing now, even with enough energy, you won’t have a chance."

In the observation room, Zheng Ningbo couldn’t help but mock.

They had long noticed that although Zhang Lingfeng’s pace was slow, he was the most relaxed among everyone, needing a break after every step, and not a single drop of sweat had been shed from start to finish.

They knew the difficulty of the Heaven-Ascending Ladder was due to the powerful resistance of heaven and earth with each step. Zhang Lingfeng seemed to have found a way to contend with the power of heaven and earth, achieving a mind-refining effect.

But on the Heaven-Ascending Ladder, the best way to improve spiritually is to keep moving forward, continuously progressing upward, using each layer’s resistance to awaken one’s spiritual power.

That way, not only can physical fitness be enhanced, and the Dharma Aspect strengthened, the spirit becomes highly sensitive, making it easier to find subtle wave patterns and resonate with more of the power of heaven and earth.

As a fourth-line martial arts student, Zhang Lingfeng’s approach, however, was lazy yet fitting for his status, as there were no expectations placed on him from anyone else.

"I’ll go first then."

Yet, upon learning that there was less than a minute left, Zhang Lingfeng said goodbye to Fu Kejun and immediately ran toward the hundredth step.

Yes, that’s right.

He ran all the way up.

As if the resistance on the steps vanished beneath his feet, he completed the last twenty-eight steps in just thirty seconds.

Successfully standing on the hundredth step, Zhang Lingfeng wiped away his sweat, his legs trembling from crossing twenty-eight steps continuously from the seventy-third to the hundredth. He felt his legs were trembling.

If it weren’t for his powerful spiritual power allowing his domain and spear intent to counteract most of the resistance, along with having the seventh-layer Dharma Aspect, he wouldn’t have been able to finish the last twenty-eight steps in thirty seconds.

Standing on the hundredth step, he couldn’t help but sit down.

He felt a chill.

It was a power of frost.

It turned out that reaching the hundredth step incorporated the forces beyond the Five Elements into the power of heaven and earth.

Frost was the power of the hundredth step.

However, with his legs numb, Zhang Lingfeng couldn’t care less and just sat on the steps, vigorously kneading his calves.

Extracting his legs from layer upon layer of resistance consumed a lot of energy, and now he was finally drenched in sweat.

Although he could keep going up.

But it’s too exhausting.

Continuing upward would contradict the idea of coasting along, and since he successfully entered the fifth round, he decided to lie on the hundredth step for the remaining few seconds.

"Zhang Lingfeng, slow down."

Fu Kejun stood on the seventy-second step, waving at Zhang Lingfeng, lying on the hundredth step, and shouted, but as she finished, she realized something was amiss and couldn’t help but cover her mouth.