Martial Artist: Stronger by Coasting Along-Chapter 370 - 99: Shocking Beyond Words, Breaking the Record Again

Chapter 370: Chapter 99: Shocking Beyond Words, Breaking the Record Again

She actually called Zhang Lingfeng to slow down on the Heaven-Ascending Ladder, which sounded extremely ridiculous.

But just a moment ago, Zhang Lingfeng used thirty seconds to finish the last twenty-eight steps; his urgency really startled her. Afraid he might roll down, she couldn’t help but wave and shout.

The moment she shouted, she regretted it.

Several Third-Line Martial Arts Students below looked at each other in disbelief.

First and Second-Line Martial Arts Students standing above the two hundred steps were also stunned, curiously looking below.

The people in the observation room were all dumbfounded.

Even the King of North of the River couldn’t help but rub his eyes, thinking he was hallucinating.

"Ling Feng has advanced to the fifth round?"

Ao Dagang tried to say.

"I think I saw him turn into a grasshopper on the Heaven-Ascending Ladder, hopping all the way to the hundredth step."

"This guy’s Spiritual Power must have made a breakthrough."

"Advanced to the fifth round."

"Fourth-Line Martial Arts Student advanced...to the fifth round."

...

Everyone in the observation room exploded with astonishment, looking incredulously at Zhang Lingfeng lying on the hundredth step.

"Dong!"

Also, at this moment, a bell sound came from the mountaintop temple. A peculiar wave swept down with the bell sound, the resistance on the Heaven-Ascending Ladder disappeared entirely at once.

Zhang Lingfeng sat up from the stone steps, feeling the chill from the stone steps vanish in a blink.

The bell sound resonating around seemed like an invisible giant hand took away all the Power of Heaven and Earth from the surroundings. His 12.731 Spiritual Power couldn’t sense any fluctuation of Heaven and Earth Power around.

"How did they do it?"

Zhang Lingfeng looked shocked.

Just now, he was complacent about having a domain and spear intent beyond the Five Elements, but in the blink of an eye, all his joy was obliterated by the bell sound.

He couldn’t imagine that a bell sound could remove all energy fluctuation from the Heaven-Ascending Ladder, making him unable to sense even a trace of power aura.

What kind of power extracted all the surrounding Heaven and Earth power at once; is it from that bell, or from the person ringing it?

Zhang Lingfeng’s heart was full of doubt.

He couldn’t help but look up.

"The assessment is over. All those who passed or didn’t pass should go back together!"

At this moment, Bo Jincheng came out of the temple, followed by three Martial Arts Students. The three seemed to have reached the top, bowed to Bo Jincheng, and then walked down.

The Martial Arts Students above also came down one after another.

Zhang Lingfeng looked at Bo Jincheng.

He knew Bo Jincheng was a Realm Traveler, but a bell sound taking away all surrounding Heaven and Earth power fluctuation was too terrifying. How did Bo Jincheng do it?

Bo Jincheng noticed Zhang Lingfeng’s gaze, smiled, and nodded to him.

Zhang Lingfeng’s expression stiffened; Bo Jincheng actually nodded at him, with a smile full of meaningful encouragement. He hastily bowed in return.

Then, with a shocked expression, he walked down the mountain.

"What was up with you at the end?"

"You ran pretty fast."

Liu Chuan came down from above, asking.

"Are you deliberately hiding your strength?"

Lin Chunchi asked.

The two had not forgotten Zhang Lingfeng.

Zhang Lingfeng crossing twenty-eight steps consecutively in thirty seconds at the final moment, they both saw it, as they were already exhausted, unable to move forward, so they were looking downward, just in time to see Zhang Lingfeng’s actions. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

One stepped on the two hundred ninety-eighth, another on the three hundredth step. With their dharma aspect and domain, they confidently believed they could do as Zhang Lingfeng did, running from the seventy-second to the hundredth step, but doing so would consume a lot of power, making every subsequent step incredibly difficult.

So both couldn’t help but realize that Zhang Lingfeng’s limit might be similar to theirs.

A Fourth-Line Martial Arts Student, able to reach the steps nearly equal to theirs, was something that made both feel unimaginable.

They couldn’t help but scrutinize Zhang Lingfeng.

"No, I don’t have any strength to hide; I just thought the road up there was too difficult. I needed to accumulate power to make the final sprint to have a chance of advancing."

Zhang Lingfeng shook his head.

Liu Chuan and Lin Chunchi exchanged glances, acknowledging the reason.

Zhang Lingfeng noticed the subtle change in their eyes, knowing in his heart that he had bluffed past them. His 12.731 Spiritual Power already surpassed Liu Chuan and Lin Chunchi, or they wouldn’t have thought so.

He could even feel that when he spoke, Liu Chuan and Lin Chunchi were releasing Spiritual Power, trying to see if his aura fluctuations were abnormal.

Any abnormality would indicate lying.

Clearly, neither found any flaws.

"Lin Chunchi’s strength should be higher than Liu Chuan’s; Liu Chuan’s Dharma Aspect is at the Eighth Layer Perfection, Lin Chunchi should be similar."

"My Dharma Aspect is not as good as theirs, but my Spiritual Domain far surpasses both. My skills level is below theirs, but the power resonating with skills is stronger than theirs."

"My Combat Power is also above theirs."

"If we were to duel, I would only need to unleash my Domain to leave them overwhelmed."

"Even jointly releasing the spear intent, even at First Layer, they would find it hard to withstand."

"In short, in a one-on-one fight, I can win."

"Even if the two come at me together, I can still win!"

Zhang Lingfeng’s heart brimmed with unprecedented confidence, relying on his Spiritual Domain, transcending beyond the Five Elements, establishing the Five Elements Basic Power of metal, wood, water, fire, earth.

He even felt that when his domain was fully unleashed, even if the bell sound appeared again, his domain could withstand for a little while, not collapsing in a blink.

Liu Chuan and Lin Chunchi’s Combat Power is around 6000.0; even if skills reach the Third Layer, as long as they don’t transcend beyond the Five Elements, they can’t be his match.

Thinking of this, Zhang Lingfeng was full of confidence, not only advanced to the fifth round but even able to challenge the sixth round.

Previously, he heard Ao Dagang say that the better he performs in the national exam, the more rewards from the Seven Great Star Systems Alliance, benefitting not only himself but everyone in Jiangbei Province.

Even King of North of the River might receive a bottle of Spiritual Potion beneficial for nurturing Spiritual Root, even the Spirit Root Replenishing Liquid.

If such a day comes, perhaps the King of North of the River will become Jiangbei Province’s first Realm Traveler since the Great Crossing River Era.

Jiangbei Province could also be upgraded to a Third-tier Province.

The cultivation resources and living subsidies of Jiangbei Province’s people will also rise significantly.

Thinking of this, Zhang Lingfeng couldn’t help but check his panel information for changes, to see how much his Combat Power has changed, then the whole person was stunned.

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