Every step was about the same. There was nothing wrong with the Empress' Peak. Lu Li used psychic power to check the entire Empress' Peak several times but found nothing out of the ordinary.
When the Empress' Peak was attacking, Lu Li also checked carefully. Those attacks were soundless and there were no signs or ripples of Divine Glyphs. Lu Li couldn't tell anything from these.
Lu Li was deep in thought and so were the others. It would be hard for the Empress' Peak to reach 10,000 steps with brute force. They needed to find some tricks and techniques.
"Let me try!"
Wen Xiang released a skill after some thoughts. He waved his hands and attracted earth elements from all directions. Then, he made some Mud Golems.
Those Mud Golems were tall and mighty. They were glowing in a golden glow. They must be strong in defense.
"Go!"
Wen Xiang waved his hand and the Mud Golems rushed up at a fast speed.
One of the Mud Golems reached the top of the 1000 steps.
Hua Tiandao's position was not attacked.
The clay man continued to rush up, and very soon, he had reached the 1,200-odd stone steps. He was still not attacked by the light pillar, nor was he blocked by anything. At this moment, he was still rushing up with ease.
Soon, a group of Mud Golems had reached the top of the 2000 steps. Everyone's eyes dimmed.
Clearly, the Mud Golems could not trigger the attacks of the Empress' Peak. It was not feasible to use the Mud Golems to pave the way.
But it was understandable. This skill of making Mud Golems was not advanced. Everyone could understand it.
If they could use the Mud Golems to pave the way, then everyone could reach the top easily.
It was said that anyone who could reach the top would have abilities comparable to an Emperor Realm warrior. Wouldn't everyone be an Emperor Realm warrior?
"Let me try!"
Tu Ying took out a small hall. It was a spatial artifact. The hall glowed and then many small black beasts came out.
These little beasts were very cute. They had a single horn, and they looked like pets.
"Go!"
Tu Ying waved her hand and the beasts rushed out at a fast speed.
One of the beasts reached the 1000th step. After more than a dozen steps, several rays of white light appeared. The beast was hit and turned into a mist of blood.
Everyone's eyes glowed. When the second beast reached this step without triggering the Divine Glyphs, Tu Ying and the others smiled.
Boom!
The second small beast was killed after climbing up a dozen steps. Then, the third small beast continued to climb up. Each small beast could climb up a dozen steps.
"Not bad!"
Wen Xiang controlled the clay men to fly down to avoid affecting the little critters. He walked to Tu Ying's side and asked, "Young Master Tu, how many of these little critters do you have?
You've really helped us a lot this time. "
"Not much …"
Tu Ying forced a smile and said, "There are only about 300 of them. They're the offspring of a strange beast that I accidentally discovered last time.
I wanted to bring them back to cultivate, but since they're useful, I'll use them all. "
"Over three hundred?"
Everyone felt that it was a bit of a pity. If there were tens of thousands of them, they would be of great help to everyone. The little beasts opened the path in front, and they hurried along at the back.
The little beasts kept on rushing upwards, Wen Xiang, Tu Ying, Dong Yeying, and the wild eagle followed closely behind.
Hua Tiandao had been injured just now and was sitting cross-legged below to heal.
But Lu Li didn't move at all.
He was waiting for news from Blood Fairy. He did not expect her to decipher the runes on the weapon. He only hoped that she could give him some pointers so that he could reach 10,000 steps.
As long as Mount Empress did not attack, Lu Li could climb up to 100,000 steps in the time for a few breaths, let alone 10,000.
Therefore, it was okay to let them go first. As long as they were not over 9,000 steps, Lu Li could catch up with them.
After a while, Lu Li decided to sit down and use the Trace of Dao to sense the movements of Mount Empress when they were attacking. He wanted to help Blood Fairy find the way up.
"I can sense the runes!"
If Lu Li tried to sense it, he would be able to sense it.
The runes on Mount Empress were well-hidden. They were not on the surface, but inside. Outsiders could not see the runes.
Psychic power would be cut off and they could not see what was going on inside the Mount Empress.
"There are so many runes here!"
Lu Li tried to sense carefully. Every time there was an attack, there would be many runes in the Mount Empress.
The Divine Inscriptions on the Empress Peak were like human blood vessels. They densely filled the entire mountain.
As the small beasts died one by one, the three of them were on the 1,800 steps.
Hua Tiandao was getting impatient. His wounds were not serious. He had recovered after a while.
Hua Tian Dao was a little anxious. His injuries weren't too serious. After recuperating for a while, he had already recovered a little.
They used the small beasts to lead the way up. Lu Li seemed to have fallen asleep. He sat at the foot of the mountain, not moving.
He was not worried, but many others were. There were 10,000 steps in total. They had climbed nearly 2,000 steps. Was he going to be the last?
At the 2,000 steps, a small beast was suddenly attacked by 10 rays of light. That beast could not last for the time for one breath. It was crushed into dust. Not even a mist of blood was left behind.
Level 2000. After a small beast went up, it was suddenly attacked by ten beams of light. That small beast couldn't even last for a breath of time and directly turned into dust. Not even a mist of blood was left behind.
It was obvious that the Great Empress' Peak's attacks had increased once again after climbing the 2,000 stone steps. It was unknown if they would launch a second round of attacks.
Tu Ying continued to control the small beasts to move up.
After realizing that Mount Empress's attacks were only for one round, everyone was delighted.
Even though there were more than 100 small beasts left, they could easily climb another 1,000 steps based on the previous situation.
"Hmm!"
Hua Tiandao snorted when he saw that Lu Li was still sitting with his legs crossed. "This guy wants to sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor. I hope that when he comes up, Mount Empress's attacks will continue. That will be fun!"
Dong Yeying, Wen Xiang, and Tu Ying didn't like Lu Li at all. They were competitors to begin with. Nobody would be happy if Lu Li wanted to take advantage without doing anything.
The group of people continued to advance. After all the small beasts were killed, everyone rushed up nearly three thousand stone steps.
When the last small beast was killed, Tu Ying shrugged helplessly and said, "I don't have a choice. Do you have more beasts like this?"
"I do!"
Dong Yeying said, "But there is only one. Its defense is strong. I wonder how long it can last?"
"Go and try!" Hua Tiandao cupped his fists and said, "Regardless of the ranking, we will compensate you and Young Master Tu!"
"That's not necessary!" Dong Yeying said with a smile, "We are all friends. Why do we have to be so unscrupulous?
We all want to fight for the first place. We will do our best and compete fairly. Whether we win or lose, we are all friends.
As long as we don't end up like some people, it will be fine, right? "
"Yes, yes!"
Hua Tiandao immediately echoed. Wen Xiang and Tu Ying nodded. At this moment, the four of them suddenly became united against a common enemy because of Lu Li.
"Right …!"