Chapter 3623 The Ninth Step


    Her figure trembled even more severely as she had the thought of taking a step forward, and as she moved her leg, visions of her deep fears struck her, making her almost paralyzed from head to toe.


    She couldn''t move, and even if she wanted to talk, it felt like she was buried under the earth, suffocating to death.


    She stepped back like she had been pushed, her legsseverelytrembling as she forced a smile while looking at the ninth step.


    ''This looks almost impossible…''


    Fairy Thunderze wondered.Previously, the fears only increased in intensity when shestepped onthe next step but now, even before shended on the ninth step, the intensity exponentially increased.


    The deepest parts of her soulwere screamingat her not to tread to the ninth step, or something hideous and cmitous would befall her.


    She had never felt such danger in her entire life, making her gasp for breath heavily.


    Many saw that Fairy Thunderze was unable to reach the ninth stepand thismade some brave inheritors wonder if they couldreach it.


    They clenched their fists andbegan to climbup from the first step, taking it as a challenge.


    Many inheritors gave up at the fifth step.They decided that sealingtheir cultivations to Level Four Immortal King Stage would be the best course of action so they could optimally be at a better ce and still havesomewhat ofa better rate of survivability to escape from foes.


    And just as Davis expected, many powersdecided to followthe three-stage epassing n he thought of.


    One inheritor was assigned to the first step, one to the third step, and one to the sixth step.Thisallowed them to have a powerful Level Eight Immortal King in the Late Stage, a Level Six Immortal King in the Mid Stage, and a Level Three Immortal King in the Early Stage,allowing them to epassall kinds of difficulties andhaveeach other''s back.


    Mostof themajorpowers followed this n since they had three or even four inheritors, like the Earth Dragon n and Fire Phoenix n.


    If they had four inheritors, it allowed one of the four inheritors to do as they pleased.


    But in truth, no one knew the Fire Phoenix n and the Ice Phoenix n had five inheritors each.Thiswas due to Zahara and Yeyin or, intruth, merose and Frostrose being reborn into this world, allowing them to have the right to the Candidacy.


    The two of them stillseemed to beon the first step.


    They had their phoenix eyes narrowed.They were bent onbeing a support toShirley, so they wanted to give up on the first step and conserve their cultivationin orderto be ofbighelp to her.


    That thought didn''t change after they saw her go limp on the eighth step, as they couldn''t fathom how fearful it was to even be there.


    Nheless, they looked around and saw thatmost of the inheritors outof the nine hundred and sixteen were still on the first step, around four hundred of them.


    "It seemsmany of them realized that this is a teampetition."


    "Yes.There is no way onecansurvive after making it to the three upper stepsunlesswe can hide.Even then, it would be truly difficult to survive."


    Zahara and Yeyinmunicated.


    Now, all four hundred were a force to be reckoned with. If things were open season on the other side, thenit was possible the strongest of the four hundred wouldcontrol the situation in the beginning.


    However, they didn''tmake the choiceto give up now, watching if Shirley and the others could make it to the ninth step.


    The others were also interested, wondering if the ones at the top could make it to the ninth step as no one managed to do it even after a few entered the seventhstep and the eighth.


    At this moment, Tahundra, Atsuo, and Fawain had already entered the eighth step along with the four beauties, provingthat theywere brave. However, Atsuo trembledheavilybefore he went limp like Shirley. However, worse than her, he fainted after a few seconds and got teleported to the tform.


    It seems like faintingmeant giving up.


    When Atsuo woke up, he found that his cultivation had been sealed to Level One Immortal King Stage,makinghis expression churnin an unsightly manner, especially when he realized that he had fainted.


    A bold and aggressive-tempered Fire Dragon that had never shied away from a battle or was less susceptible to fear had fainted.Thiswas undoubtedly the most humiliating junction of his life.


    He red at the ones on the eighth step and wondered if their noble or regal blood allowed them to withstand such fears. Or was he the coward?


    Atsuo couldn''t ept such a result.He tried to go downbut there was a barrier blockinghim from leaving, causing him to harrumph with frustrationbefore heturned around and walked towards the altar like everyone else, leaving the ce after he entered the spatial vortex amidstughter and scorn.


    Shortly after, Fawain also fainted when he tried to enter the ninth step.


    He had a simr experience as Atsuo, his expression unsightly, but unlike Atsuo, he didn''t even show his face to the crowd and flew into the spatial vortex.


    Manyughed at him but none looked down upon him as he proved himselfthat he wasnot afraid of challenges.


    Thisonly left Tahundra, Fairy Thunderze, Evelynn, Isabe, and Shirley on the eighth step. However,there were neers who leapedfrom the seventh step almost at the same time as though they were racing. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    It was Daukran, a spirit inheritor from the Dynastic Evernight Phantasm Spirit Tribe. He could be said to be a manifestation of darkness and mostly invulnerable to fear, but even the eighth step made him shudder like any other inheritors present in the ce.


    There were three more inheritors who reachedthe eighth step.


    It was none other than Rea Tyriel. She red at Evelynn, Isabe, and Shirley, showingas thoughshe wasn''t any lesser than them when it came to bravery. However, she fainted three secondster, getting teleported to the tform.


    Then, there was a man who was none other than a ze Wolf Fey, his features sharp and handsome.His expression was clouded with fear,butheseemed to be faring well.He was none other than the Emperor-Tier ze Wolf Fey, who Davis pointed out.


    Dewzai, the Devilish me Fox n''s Emperor-Tier Fey inheritor, was also here.


    Evelynn, Isabe and Shirley noticed that their husband was on point when he said to watch out for them. Even the Azure Tree woman was at the seventh step, contemting whether to enter the eighth stepor notsince she was probably attending thispetition solo.


    As for the Lust Garden''s male dual cultivator, they couldn''t find him anywhere at the upper steps or even the mid steps.He wasperhapsin the sea of inheritors at the lower steps.


    Perhaps Davis was wrong about him, butthen again,it wasn''t like all powerful ones wanted to challenge the Stairway of Regression since it made them suffer a massive disadvantage by having their cultivations sealed.


    Some powerful ones, like the Lunaris Family inheritor who had the Silvermoon Physique, and Chanon of the Goldlust Rat n with King-Tier Bloodline, remained at the first step, looking to increase their chances at thenextfew trials while having their cultivation baseonlyregress a single level.


    They seemedfinewith only having one point from this trial.


    "Are you ready?"


    Taking in all this sight, Evelynn looked at her two sisters. They wanted to make it to the ninth step no matter what. Even if they failed to make it, they would only faint momentarily and appear on the tform.


    They feltthat itwas better than giving up by themselves, although they certainly didn''t want to embarrass themselves.


    However, before they moved, Dewzai from the Devilish me Fox n took a step forward.


    Her fine legs leaped into the air, but her jump didn''tseem toallow her to reach the ninth step. Instead, she sankdownand fell before the ninth step''s wall as she crouched, tremblingheavilyas she went wide-eyed.


    As her Emperor-Tier undtions spread with intensity, she let out a strange moan, one that was filled with embarrassment from the depths of her soul.


    "…"


    Evelynn and Fairy Thunderze noticed a puddleformunderneath Dewzai before it swiftly evaporated.


    They didn''t know what to say and neither did the others as all the inheritors on the eightstepnoticed it before Dewzai managed to evaporate her pee.At that moment, she remained crouched, her eyeslookingdevoid of any liveliness whatsoever.


    ''Shit… I feel like leaking myself now…''


    Everyone at the eighth step thought without fail. The fact that Dewzai embarrassed herself wasn''t on their mind, but the sight of her peeing induced their own as they wanted to be released from this situation, making them look away and try to control themselves.