Alone and Infinite

Even the physical fatigue has decreased significantly.

"You are tarnishing the honor of climbing this mountain!"

Seeing that Li Xia was full of energy and seemed like a completely different person after drinking the potion, Mimi, who was waiting to see him make a fool of himself, finally couldn't hold back anymore.

"Are you here to perform crosstalk?"

Awoo burst out laughing:

"We're not here to compete. Besides, is it that you don't want to use it? Or is it that you don't have the medicine?"

Mimi was stunned for a moment. As a plant species, they really did have all kinds of potions, but their resistance was too outrageous.

Normal medications have no effect on them at all; the only ones that are effective are extremely potent liquids with various strong side effects.

It should not be used lightly, and it is relatively difficult to configure.

So Aowu was right.

The feeling of being weighed down by heavy objects grew stronger and stronger, and Li Xia's breathing became increasingly heavy.

The scorching breath, barely exhaled, rapidly condensed into tiny ice crystals in the frigid high air.

The sunlight refracts the colors into a magnificent display, surrounding you like a fairyland.

"Click"

His fingers dug into the rock, the muscles in his arms trembled, and sweat rolled across his body, fueled by the heat provided by the Lava Armor.

Li Xia remained in that position, breathing heavily, and felt a faint spasm in her fingers.

I turned my head and glanced at the height display on my shoulder.

17925 meters.

Even from here, the mountain peak is still not visible, as if the mountain has no end, which evokes a sense of powerlessness and despair.

The Griggans below were clearly getting anxious; they hadn't expected Li Xia to climb to such a height.

Many of the Griggans, unable to withstand the weight, screamed as they detached from the rock face and plummeted straight down.

Their mournful cries lingered on the rock face, their echoes reverberating.

The remaining people, listening to the screams that rose and fell, felt as if the blood in their bodies had frozen in the cold air above.

But now, there is no other way but to grit our teeth and keep going.

Griggan's royal court is located at the foot of Tianbi Mountain, and the order had already been issued.

They brought back the sacred object, were collectively rewarded, and promoted to higher ranks and titles.

If they fail to bring back the sacred relic, everyone, including their families, will be beheaded!

These hundreds of Griggans were the brave men who had been rewarded handsomely.

"Keep going up, each step is harder than the last!"

Seeing that Li Xia's body was clearly nearing its limit, Mimi once again offered words of advice:

"My previous conditions still stand. If you can report back to your world that this place is barren, do not invade."

I could even recommend you for the title of Duke in my clan! To guard a region!

He smacked his lips, showering out all sorts of conditions and temptations as if they were free:

"You are still young and have unlimited potential. Why risk your life? Besides, the affairs of this fiefdom are entirely up to you."

Surely you can't have that kind of status within the clan?

Isn't it better to enjoy life here than to go back and be someone else's subordinate?

Young man, there's a lot more to this than meets the eye—

Li Xia suddenly rummaged in his pocket for a while and saw that the 'Heart of Stone' in his palm was glowing.

Immediately afterwards, the luster on the surface of the stone suddenly condensed, and a thin beam of light shot into the sky.

That feeling of heaviness suddenly vanished without a trace.

Even Mimi could feel this sense of ease.

He stared blankly at Li Xia, his mouth agape. Even with his cunning and shrewdness, he was speechless once again, unable to utter a word.

After a long while, Mimi finally spoke in a dry voice:

"Since you have such methods, why didn't you use them sooner?"

Li Xia felt as if every cell in his body was cheering, as if he had been wearing thick iron armor all along.

The feeling of ease and clarity that comes with shedding those clothes at this moment.

He handed the stone to the charcoal-covered man who had climbed back onto his back, and after thinking for a moment, said:

"Because I want to see how far I am from my peak based solely on my physical condition."

The strongest warrior in Griggs in a thousand years once climbed to a point thousands of meters from the summit.

This is the true peak of the third tier, and also an excellent benchmark.

Li Xia had wanted to see how far he was from the peak of the third tier, just in terms of his physical condition.

Figures like Scapo and the other Griggs Ten Pillars, while considered to be at the peak of the third tier, are examples of this.

But peak is a very broad concept.

For example, in the Hall of Light, the 100th place in the arena is also considered the peak combat power of that rank.

The first to tenth place rankings represent the peak.

If it really came down to a fight, the number one player could easily beat several number 100 players!

Scarpo is the 100th, the legendary strongest, who should at least be in the top 20.

The rest of the journey was much easier.

The light emitted from the Stone Heart in the Black Charcoal Claws acted like a positioning device; Li Xia only needed to follow the direction indicated by the light to climb.

Soon the Griggans were nowhere to be seen, and Mimi, with her ashen face, stood by her waist.

He even started thinking about whether he could end his own life.

As they climbed higher, Li Xia's gaze finally reached the mountain peak, where the summit of Tianbi Mountain shimmered with colorful rays of light against the unobstructed sky.

It truly resembles a sacred mountain inhabited by immortals.

"Boss, look!"

Aowu pointed in surprise to a huge scratch on the side, which was clearly a man-made mark.

There was also a line of large characters next to it:

"Eugene of Graegan climbed up here."

Is this the location of that Griggan from back then?

Li Xia glanced at the altimeter: 19231 meters!

His eyebrows twitched involuntarily, covering a distance more than a thousand meters further than when he had taken the stamina potion.

Considering the rapidly increasing load that followed, this distance of over a thousand meters is an astonishing figure.

It's safe to say that it's the pinnacle of Tier 3, with attributes definitely exceeding 40 points, and perhaps even averaging over 45 points.

"Boss, we've only just reached the first world of the third tier."

Seeing Li Xia raise an eyebrow, Aowu said something in the team channel.

"I know, but I'm just wondering if there's any chance of winning if I really encounter such a top-tier person."

"Is there a result? Can we win?"

Awoo immediately perked up, and the kitten turned its gaze to him curiously.

"Can't beat it!"

Li Xia simply shook her head:

"The difference in attributes is too great. An average of 45 points across all attributes is completely different from my current 30 points.

They can probably hold out for a while, but they'll have to run after a while.

"Even if you can hold out for a while, that's pretty impressive. Normally, if someone with 30 points encounters someone with 45 points, it would be over in a few rounds, right?"

After chatting for a while to relax, Li Xia mustered his strength and continued climbing.

"Snapped!"

Long, slender, reddish fingers rested on the cold rock wall, the five fingers curled up and gripped the edge tightly, then one arm exerted force.

He was lifted into the air and landed lightly at the top.

At this moment, not only Li Xia, but also Mi Mi forcibly suppressed the pent-up anger in his heart, opened his eyes wide, and couldn't wait to see this mysterious place that had not been visited for thousands of years.

"hiss!"

Even Mimi, who had lived for hundreds of years, couldn't help but open her mouth and instinctively take a breath.

The place where everyone stood resembled a towering city wall reaching into the clouds, inside which lay a vast, isolated world.

The entire sacred mountain is like a bowl, and inside is another world entirely!

Hundreds of meters away is a gently sloping curve, with no trace of the almost vertical cliffs outside.

Everywhere you look, there are lush forests, grasslands, rivers, and small mountains!

It's like a unique world, protected by cliffs.

"Wow! It's an independent world like this?"

Aowu stared blankly at this peculiar world, then smacked his lips:

"At first, I thought the entire Tianbi Mountain was a spaceship."

Li Xia nodded silently; he had thought so before.

The main problem is that Tianbi Mountain is too strange. No matter how you look at it, the previous burden seems to be a gravity generator that comes with the warship.

The Heart of Stone is more like a key that can unlock special permissions.

Furthermore, Tianbi Mountain doesn't seem natural at all. Whose mountain grows almost vertically? Apart from the outer armor of a spaceship, Li Xia couldn't think of anything that could match it.

A spaceship that is 20 kilometers long is not an incredible thing.

In the last Tier 2 advancement battle, the landing ships that the Hall of Light used to transport them were incredibly large.

This is just a landing ship transporting ground forces; imagine if it were a legendary flagship or fortress ship.

That would be tens of kilometers long.

"If there is such a precious place, why would these stone figures still leave, and so resolutely, even migrating out entirely?"

Mimi stared blankly, muttering to herself.

"We can survive as your slaves, so why rebel?"

Li Xia glanced at him and ended the conversation with a single sentence:

"High walls cannot confine the yearning for freedom, and killing cannot kill the free will."

The Heart of Stone in his hand was still emitting light, and a thin beam of light pointed down into the valley below.

"let's go!"

Li Xia put away the stone and walked several hundred meters forward, looking down at the cliff with a very smooth curve.

You can even see winding paths along the edge, which must have been the paths opened up by the stone men.

Even after a thousand years, these paths still look just like they did back then.

After thinking for a while, Li Xia gave up the idea of ​​rushing down directly.

Stepping onto this path, I felt just like the stone figure from years ago.

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