Chapter 340, Second Trial: The Broken Bone Ladder

"Zhou Xingfan, how dare you hit me?"

Wang Qing rubbed her cheek, which had been slapped swollen, her eyes filled with disbelief.

For over three years, Zhou Xingfan hadn't even dared to breathe loudly in front of her.

If she said to go east, Zhou Xingfan would never dare to go west.

If she said to buy a skirt, Zhou Xingfan would never dare to buy a top.

Zhou Xingfan handled all the household chores. As long as she was angry, he would apologize immediately. Even getting into bed depended on her mood; if she was in a bad mood, she would kick him out of the room.

She had forgotten the last time she had been hit.

"This feeling..."

Zhou Xingfan rubbed his right hand; it still felt numb from the heavy slap. The force of action is mutual.

"This feeling is too damn good!!"

Zhou Xingfan suddenly felt unprecedentedly good.

I hit someone!

I hit a woman!!

I actually hit that beloved woman whom I had always regarded as a goddess, high and mighty!

Is this what it feels like to be a wife-beater?

It's just too damn satisfying!!

A satisfied smile involuntarily appeared on Zhou Xingfan's face.

He didn't know why he had done that just now; it was purely a subconscious slap.

But after hitting her, he realized...

He wanted to hit her again!

"Get up!"

Wang Qing rubbed her burning cheek, intending to sternly question him again, but a large hand directly grabbed her hair and yanked her up, making her scalp ache.

"Ah!!! Wait a minute!!!"

Wang Qing screamed, but before she could do anything, she was met with heavy, powerful slaps from left and right.

Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap!

Successive slaps landed on her face, beating her pretty face into a pig's head, with blood spilling from the corners of her mouth and nose.

"Don't... don't do it anymore, Xingfan, I beg you, don't hit me anymore..."

"I don't want the bride price anymore! I'll pay for you, is that okay?"

Wang Qing couldn't even open her eyes from the beating and hurriedly begged for mercy.

She was truly terrified, feeling that the man in front of her was so strange, as if she had never known him.

How could he be like this?

How could he hit a woman?

Is he still a man?

"Want to beg for mercy now? Too late!"

"You damn woman, I am the dignified Blade Demon Yan Chu, and you treated me like a simp!"

Slap!

Another slap landed, and Zhou Xingfan let out a soft exclamation:

"Huh? Why did I say that? Who is the Blade Demon Yan Chu?"

Why does this title feel a bit familiar?

After thinking for a long time, he really couldn't remember, so he stopped thinking about it.

"Screw it, keep hitting!"

Slap! Slap! Slap!

Listening to Wang Qing's pleas for mercy, not only did Zhou Xingfan not soften his hands, he became more and more energetic, hitting harder and harder...

Gradually, the woman's screams and pleas became quieter, and the force in Zhou Xingfan's hands grew stronger and stronger, already exceeding the limits of what a human could possess.

Slap!

Finally, the last slap dissipated the woman like foam.

As the woman disappeared, the scene in front of him slowly faded; the sofa, TV, and coffee table were slowly swallowed by a darkness.

"So, the Blade Demon Yan Chu is me!"

At this moment, Zhou Xingfan finally remembered that he was the Blade Demon Yan Chu; no wonder he looked so handsome when looking in the mirror.

At the moment of disappearing, Yan Chu extended his middle finger towards the sky and provocatively taunted:

"You are simply too weak!!!"

Next, Yan Chu fell into one illusion after another.

In these illusions, he experienced the thrill of becoming an emperor and enjoying the world's beauty, the regret of falling into an Inner Demon Tribulation and a predestined fate, and the temptation of Ascension to the Immortal Realm and achieving immortality.

Unfortunately, none of the illusions lasted long before being broken by him one by one.

There was no other way; he had already enjoyed the throne and beauties.

He was a worldly man and naturally liked beauties, but he had already tried beauties of various styles, and there were even several beauties from the beauties ranking list.

Relying on these to keep him was simply wishful thinking.

Even if a beauty is beautiful, can she be more beautiful than the stunners on the beauties ranking list?

Even if it were a fairy from heaven, her appearance and temperament might not necessarily be more outstanding than the women on the beauties ranking list.

As for immortality, his obsession really wasn't that deep.

After all, he was a man with a cheat; he believed that sooner or later, he would have the day to verify the Dao and achieve immortality, unlike those old things whose Lifespan was about to run out.

When all the illusions dissipated, Yan Chu opened his eyes abruptly and found himself back on the stone path from before.

The surrounding thick fog had dispersed.

In front of him was a stone ladder towering into the clouds; looking at it, there were nine hundred and ninety-nine steps.

Below the stone ladder stood a stone tablet about a zhang high, inscribed with four large characters: Bone-Breaking Heavenly Ladder.

At this moment, on the stone ladder, more than a dozen figures were slowly climbing.

"Oh? Blade Demon Yan Chu has already passed through the Myriad Illusion Fog Sea?"

When Yan Chu appeared below the stone ladder, everyone climbing above felt it and turned their heads in unison to look.

However, they only took one look and didn't care anymore.

Now was not the time to stop; there were still several trials before reaching the core area of Heavenly Pillar Mountain. Once the trials were over, all grievances would be settled.

The so-called Myriad Illusion Fog Sea was actually something one was already in upon entering. Walking on the stone path in the thick fog seemed endless, but in reality, one was just walking in place.

If one couldn't even pass the Myriad Illusion Fog Sea and didn't have the will to persevere, there was no need to mention climbing the Heavenly Pillar. They should just obediently stay on the stone path and wait until the time was up to be automatically rejected by Heavenly Pillar Mountain.

Whether it was the Opportunity of the Heavenly Gate or the Cultivation resources within Heavenly Pillar Mountain, they would have nothing to do with them.

After passing the Myriad Illusion Fog Sea, it was time to climb the Bone-Breaking Heavenly Ladder.

In this trial, one could only rely on their Physical Body to resist the pressure of the ladder.

Once stepping on the stone steps, the Primordial Spirit and Qi Sea would be Sealed, and for every step ascended, the pressure on the Physical Body would double.

Among the dozen or so people on the stone steps now, there were several familiar faces.

The Empress Dowager Empress Dowager Yuwen Feng and Meng Ao were among them.

Without saying hello, Yan Chu stepped up directly.

Everyone was currently burying their heads in climbing and had no time for idle chatter; everyone wanted to be the first to pass all the trials and be the first to eat the crab.

As soon as he stepped onto the stone steps, a wave of pressure immediately weighed on Yan Chu.

His Primordial Spirit and Qi Sea true energy really couldn't be mobilized in the slightest, and this pressure spread over his entire body like insects and ants.

Then he climbed the second stone step, and the pressure suddenly increased by a factor of two.

On the third step, the pressure increased by another factor.

Yan Chu walked without stopping until he reached the ninety-ninth step, when his expression suddenly changed slightly; compared to before, the pressure of the Heavenly Ladder suddenly underwent a qualitative change, no longer just doubling, but increasing several times over.

"This pressure..."

Yan Chu remained silent, let out a long breath of turbid air, and sighed:

"Is this also called pressure?"

Trying to break my bones? You're dreaming!

With that said, he took a step and soared upwards, covering over a dozen steps in one stride, treating the pressure of the Heavenly Ladder as nothing.

No wonder those people above were running so fast.

In the time it took Yan Chu to slack off here, not a single figure could be seen above; they had all disappeared into the distance.

For experts who have achieved the Heavenly Human realm, this Bone-Breaking Heavenly Ladder wasn't much of a tribulation.

After all, those who could achieve the Heavenly Human realm were all the best of the best in the mortal world in terms of talent, will, and Opportunity, with extremely solid Foundations.

Yan Chu climbed rapidly on the Bone-Breaking Heavenly Ladder and soon reached over seven hundred steps.

At this stage, the pressure on the Heavenly Ladder was indeed a bit interesting.

But that was only for Heavenly Humans.

Yan Chu had condensed his Innate Fetal Respiration, and his physique was already transforming towards a Primordial Embryo; this bit of pressure was simply easy.

Above, a figure about a zhang tall was climbing.

The figure was covered in rotting iron armor, emitting a thick corpse aura, climbing with both hands and feet at an astonishing speed, with the sound of iron armor fragments colliding constantly ringing out.

On its back sat a gaunt old man, whose eyes lacked pupils, like bottomless, pitch-black caves.