Dual Cultivator with a cultivation system-Chapter 577: Ch-576: 1000th Stair

"Hey, are you alright?" Wang Ming asked the girl in his embrace.

"I am fine. Can you remove your hands?" Nang Rongni looked at him and said in a cold voice. Wang Ming calmly let her go and was a bit nervous as he saw her staring at him with an intense look. He just shrugged his shoulders and resumed his climb.

Nang Rongni looked up as Wang Ming kept climbing the stairs under her wide eyes. ’Heavens—he’s climbing the stairs so easily. What kind of monster is he?’ Nang Rongni watched in disbelief as he reached the 219th stair without effort.

"Ugh... looks like this is my limit... huff... huff," Tang Ning panted as she gritted her teeth and stepped onto the 120th floor before falling to her knees, drenched in sweat. She looked up and saw only a dozen people, including Wang Ming, Wu Jing, and her sister, above her.

"At least Tang Nian seems to be doing fine, still going toe to toe with Princess Wu Jing," Tang Ning said with a faint smile as she watched Tang Nian on the 330th floor along with Wu Jing, both climbing with ease. Then she heard some chatter behind her.

"Hey, are my eyes playing tricks on me? Someone other than the royal and great families is going toe to toe with Nang Rongni?" one of the participants rubbed his eyes in disbelief, staring at Wang Ming with a gawking expression.

"No, you’re not wrong..." another man said, looking seriously at Wang Ming.

"Impossible, how can some lowborn trash climb so high while those from powerful backgrounds can’t even climb above the 100th floor?" another member of the top families exclaimed, refusing to believe what he was seeing.

"Damn, his sword comprehension is very high, maybe comparable to the elders of my family," another person said in disbelief, like many others who came to the same conclusion. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Tang Ning, who turned her head back after hearing all the noise from below, felt her eyes nearly pop out of their sockets when she saw the figure.

’Heavens, are my eyes playing tricks on me, or is Wang Ming running?’ Tang Ning cried out in disbelief, rubbing her eyes several times to check if she was hallucinating, only to watch Wang Ming running up the stairs effortlessly while everyone—even the judge—gawked at him.

Gulp.

Wang Ming ignored everyone and everything around him—his only focus was the step directly in front of him. Nothing else mattered. He forgot his enemies, he forgot the treasures, he forgot the steps he had already left behind. He didn’t even notice anyone as he passed, moving as though no pressure was exerted on him—which was true. After covering his body with sword intent along with his sword physique, he felt no pressure at all.

He didn’t realize when, but at some point, he had already stepped past 600 stairs—and at this moment, he was in second place. Wang Ming finally snapped out of his trance when he sensed a familiar presence nearby and saw Tang Nian, drenched in sweat as she struggled to keep climbing.

He looked back over his shoulder and saw that many who had been following him had already fallen behind. Wu Jing and Nang Rongni, in particular, were staring at him with their mouths wide open. Wang Ming just shook his head and continued advancing.

"Eh... Wang Ming?" Tang Nian, who saw him reach the 631st floor, paused and looked at him in disbelief.

"Wait, how is this possible? Is he going to break the record and reach the top?" the judge said nervously as cold sweat trickled down her forehead while she watched Wang Ming climb past the 720th floor. Not only her, but the others were also nervous and shocked. No one in history had ever reached the top; 723 was the highest ever recorded.

721st stair... 722nd stair... 723rd stair.

"Heavens, he reached the highest stair anyone has ever reached!" the female judge said as she clenched her fists.

724th stair.

"Heavens, who is this guy? He broke the record!"

"Damn, how can someone break a record our ancestors have even failed to break? Moreover, he is the same age as me? I refuse to believe it. He must be some old monster who just came out of seclusion!"

Everyone’s eyes widened in disbelief, yet none of them could look away. All their gazes remained fixed on Wang Ming.

900th stair... 920th stair... 950th stair... 955th stair.

"How is this possible?" Nang Rongni muttered, her voice trembling as her mouth hung open. She truly thought she was dreaming.

956th stair... 958th stair... 960th stair... 970th stair... 975th stair.

"Ugh," Wang Ming grunted as he suddenly felt the pressure bearing down on him.

"Heavens, just a few more stairs left!" someone exclaimed. At this point, everyone had stopped their own climb, their eyes glued to Wang Ming, anxious to see if he would become the first to conquer all the stairs.

977th stair... 979th stair... 980th stair.

"Huff... huff..." Wang Ming panted heavily as he stopped advancing and sat on the stairs to recover his stamina.

"Hey, is it over? Is this his limit?" someone said with a frown.

"Looks like this is his limit," another shook his head with a disappointed sigh.

Seeing Wang Ming stop, the others resumed their climb.

Three hours later...

Wang Ming stood up, having recovered his stamina, and resumed his climb. His movement caught everyone off guard.

"Heavens, I thought that was his limit, but looks like I was wrong!" one of the climbers said in an excited voice.

990th stair... 998th stair... 999th stair.

"One more... just one more stair and we’ll witness history," someone whispered in a trembling voice.

"Ugh... damn!" Just as Wang Ming was about to step onto the last stair, an overwhelming pressure—hundreds of times stronger than anything before—crashed down on him, forcing him to his knees. He gritted his teeth, struggling to resist.

Wang Ming clenched his jaw and forced himself to stand up, then placed his foot on the 1000th stair.

Boom!