303: Speed ​​First

"That girl actually picks and chooses whether such a Fruit tastes good or not. What kind of family is she from, and which faction does she belong to?"

"Could it be that she is a descendant of some powerful nation, looking down on things like this? How rich must her family be?"

Diamond Stone clearly realized that what he had just said was inappropriate, and a very embarrassed look appeared on his face.

"Ahem, I don't know what to say to you. Anyway, that girl has been very kind to me. I've always wanted to ask which faction she comes from so I could repay her in the future, but she never told me. Now, you've completely ruined it."

Blind Swordsman coughed dryly, feeling somewhat helpless, a pensive look appearing on his face.

The sword techniques Su Yao taught him could indeed have miraculous effects in battle, especially when facing powerful enemies. If his sword techniques were varied and unpredictable, he would certainly be able to severely injure the opponent.

Su Yao checked the rules for challenging the giant tree, a look of surprise appearing on her face.

If one could reach the top within a certain time or break the record of this giant tree, one could receive massive rewards.

If one had not climbed to the top of this giant tree within the specified time, one would be punished.

The specific nature of the punishment was not explicitly stated, so for now, no one dared to try.

Among the crowd, someone soon could not hold back anymore. He did not want to waste too much time here, so he became the first person to climb this giant tree.

At the very beginning, his strength was still very great. Although he could not use his spiritual power or magic, he could climb the giant tree using his hands and feet.

It was very easy to climb at the roots initially, but as soon as he reached the branches, vines would rush out to whip him.

Just one hit would send him flying away.

Thus, the challenge was judged a failure, and he had to accept the punishment.

A massive bolt of heavenly lightning descended from the sky and struck the challenger heavily. He immediately felt that his Realm had been slightly reduced; at least a month of hard Cultivation had been taken away.

Seeing this, the others around also began to challenge the tree, wanting to climb it.

It was said that only one month of Cultivation was the price to pay, but if one won, one could receive massive rewards. Who wouldn't be tempted by that?

Soon, everyone began to climb. Blind Swordsman stood under the tree, quietly listening to the sound of the wind around him.

His Physical Body was not particularly strong, so he generally would not participate in such things. After all, he was a blind man; going up would basically be courting death.

Diamond Stone was different; his muscles were well-developed, and his greatest strength was his hard-trained Physical Body.

Therefore, he decided immediately to join the others in the challenge. Moreover, his speed was very fast; in almost an instant, he had climbed halfway up. To continue climbing upward, he had to constantly dodge the flying branches and the falling leaves from the sky.

These branches and leaves were things with terrifying lethality; just one strike on the body would tear the skin and flesh.

Those falling leaves looked soft and powerless, but in reality, they contained killing intent. Once touched, one would be cut open.

Many people were accidentally stabbed by the leaves and immediately cried out in pain, then lost their balance and fell from the tree. Some unlucky ones were even hit by people falling from above, losing their qualification for the competition.

With one person after another disappearing from the giant tree, only the last 20 people remained climbing toward the canopy.

Among these 20 people, most were in the Yuan Immortal Realm, with only one Heavenly Immortal struggling to climb.

Because Su Yao had consumed a large amount of resources earlier, her Cultivation had now reached the Late Stage of the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

Therefore, her strength was not weak, and she was particularly conspicuous among this group.

She jumped left and right, and could even use the power of the vines to continue climbing upward, her figure extremely agile.

Su Yao did not feel that her actions were anything special; this was clearly a very normal set of footwork.

The movement techniques her Revered Master had taught her were very simple to Cultivate.

In battle, such movement techniques had also brought her great convenience; she had not expected them to be useful here in this Secret Realm.

The crowd below watched in astonishment as the young girl moved nimbly between the branches. The frequency of the attacks from above had basically reached a point where more than a dozen branches were whipping over every second.

In this situation, Su Yao could rely on her Physical Body to move gracefully among these branches, and then she stopped touching the ancient tree altogether, instead using the branches themselves to climb upward.

In the eyes of others, these branches were whips lashing out at them, but in Su Yao's eyes, the speed of these branches was very slow, equivalent to a leverage point for her.

With the help of the branches, Su Yao's climbing speed was significantly faster than the others, and she quickly caught up to Diamond Stone, who was climbing the fastest.

Although Diamond Stone recognized her, seeing her catch up made a look of astonishment appear on his face, and then he watched helplessly as she stepped on the branches to climb upward.

While he was completely bewildered, he kept jumping on the branches, dodging these vines.

Diamond Stone's expression became increasingly strange. She must be a Disciple from some major faction. Her movements were so smooth and composed; her strength must be very high. If he could also have such movement techniques, his future combat power would surely increase.

It seemed necessary to befriend this girl.

The remaining people were all extremely capable, and they easily climbed to the very top.

If ranking by speed, Su Yao was naturally the first. By the time everyone had just climbed to the 2/3 position, she had already reached the top.

Su Yao not only completed the climb within the specified time, but she also directly broke the previous first-place record.

Everyone was amazed by this result; they hadn't expected that the former first place would look so poor compared to Su Yao.

Diamond Stone's Physical Body strength was very strong, and compared to the former first place, he was only a quarter of an hour slower. It was mainly because, towards the end, the branch attacks were too frequent, requiring him to dodge while searching for opportunities to continue upward.

Sometimes he would even be stuck in place for over two hours, unable to make any progress.

For others, this was a challenge that required both courage and wisdom.

For Su Yao, this kind of thing was simply child's play; those branches could not affect her at all.

After clearing all this, the top of the ancient tree emitted a brilliant golden light.

Pieces of green leaves with golden patterns appeared in front of everyone. Each person had only one green leaf in front of them.

In front of Su Yao, there was a whole handful. These green leaves quickly turned into starlight-like radiance and merged into everyone's bodies.

Diamond Stone was overjoyed, because he suddenly discovered that these green leaves had actually improved his foundation, making his Physical Body strength even more formidable.

Su Yao also felt the changes in her body and nodded, quite satisfied.