Zhou Leng felt he could still improve, so he accelerated to four times the speed of sound, then five times, trailing behind Wudian Zhiya.

However, he didn’t push himself too hard. After feeling fatigued, he activated the Great Sun Divine Skill. Once his body adapted, he stopped.

The trial takers in this area quickly distinguished themselves by their abilities.

An unknown four-armed Star Lifter was leading by seven times the speed of sound, alone in the first echelon.

Wudian Zhiya, Zhou Leng, and sixteen others were in the second echelon at five times the speed of sound.

The rest were all in the third or even fourth echelon.

With hundreds of millions of tons of weight pressing down, Zhou Leng finally felt a significant sense of pressure.

His breathing gradually became heavier, his heartbeat quickened, blood rushed rapidly, and his body’s various powers were gradually mobilized.

The strength accumulated over the years surfaced from various hidden sources.

This subtle pressure actually stimulated the potential of his body.

Boom!

A seemingly ordinary giant suddenly accelerated, ice layers and frost forming on his body, surpassing Wudian Zhiya, climbing at six times the speed of sound.

Zhou Leng was very familiar with the giant’s race.

Frost Giants.

Wudian Zhiya cursed under his breath, took a deep breath, and swiftly accelerated to seven times the speed of sound.

The ghostly mask on his body became increasingly heavy, nearly covering his entire chest and back.

Once the ghostly mask covered his whole body, he would lose his senses.

The rest of the trial takers began showing their might one after another.

A centaur with a rainbow-colored body started to accelerate, astonishingly reaching seven times the speed of sound.

Next, a giant with pitch-black skin that cracked open revealed starlight ribbons within his flesh, also reaching seven times the speed of sound.

Finally, seven trial takers reached seven times the speed of sound.

Zhou Leng took a deep breath and accelerated again, reaching seven times the speed of sound.

It was like the weight of eight starstones pressing on him.

His breathing became even heavier.

It had been a long time since he had panted like this.

Suddenly, the third hand of the four-armed Star Lifter radiated light, the starlight in the sky twisted, falling upon him, a faint starlight appearing on his surface.

He took a step, and with a loud boom, his speed surged to ten times the speed of sound.

The other demigods exchanged glances, slowly unleashing their body’s power, their auras gradually rising, accelerating one by one.

But the strongest among them could only maintain a speed of nine times the speed of sound.

The equivalent of ten times the weight, which was already the limit for an ordinary Divine Son.

Wudian Zhiya also increased his speed to nine times, pressing on silently.

He had reached his limit. Pushing further would make it difficult to endure the vast ancient road ahead.

Zhou Leng once again activated the Great Sun Divine Skill, his chest and abdomen turning the Great Sun inward, and revolving the Full Moon outward.

The starlight in the sky rushed in, transforming into starry true energy, nourishing his body.

The fatigue vanished, the pressure of the starstones disappeared without a trace.

Zhou Leng increased his speed to nine times the speed of sound, catching up with the second echelon, just behind the four-armed Star Lifter.

Others turned to look, their eyes filled with confusion.

This person seemed more at ease than anyone else.

Wudian Zhiya was silent for a moment before saying, "You’ve got plenty of tricks up your sleeve, hurry and catch up with the Star Lifter, you have a great chance to enter the Ancient Star Bridge."

"Oh."

Zhou Leng accelerated again, reaching ten times the speed of sound, charging forward.

"Faster!" Wudian Zhiya instantly saw that Zhou Leng had more to give.

Zhou Leng didn’t listen, running for a while, feeling okay, he stepped forward.

Boom!

He accelerated to twelve times the speed of sound.

Behind him, the demigods all blinked, wondering when did an ordinary human race produce such monstrous strength?

It seemed not to be True Qi, but starry true energy, an extraordinary origin.

"Hmm?"

Everyone behind widened their eyes.

Because Zhou Leng’s speed increased, the gap between him and the four-armed Star Lifter closed.

When they were over a thousand meters apart, the starlight around the Star Lifter’s body shifted, shining in Zhou Leng’s location.

"This guy..." Wudian Zhiya found it both funny and frustrating, who could have thought that this human actually possessed high-level starry Divine Techniques.

He surpassed the four-armed Star Lifter.

The Star Lifter also seemed to feel the powerful starry Divine Techniques, for the first time, looking back at Zhou Leng.

The fourth hand glowed, the back of his hand revealed the phantom of a fourth star.

Boom!

He took a step, a revolutionary change in speed, directly reaching fifteen times the speed of sound, creating distance from Zhou Leng.

Zhou Leng didn’t mind, once familiar with the speed of twelve times the sound, he began to increase bit by bit.

Slowly, without rushing, even Wudian Zhiya felt anxious for him.

When Zhou Leng reached fifteen times the speed of sound, all the demigods behind became solemn.

This guy is at least of the Divine Son level, maybe even beyond, infinitely close to the Deep Field level.

The Star Lifter looked back at Zhou Leng for the second time, and on his back, the phantom of a fifth star emerged.

All four of his hands raised upwards, lifting the starstone, surrounded by fifteen small spheres.

In the back, the demigods from high-level civilizations all showed anticipation, it’s rare to push a Star Lifter to go all out.

The Star Lifter accelerated again, reaching twenty times the speed of sound.

In that instant, the Star Lifter’s body shook, suddenly slowing down, but he gritted his teeth and accelerated again, maintaining twenty times.

With a full twenty-one times the weight of the starstone pressing on him.

"Surpass him!" Wudian Zhiya roared.

Zhou Leng felt he still had reserve strength, so he continued to accelerate bit by bit.

Increasing to twenty times, he continued to accelerate.

"Don’t..." Wudian Zhiya suddenly shouted to stop.

But it was too late, Zhou Leng accelerated to twenty-one times the speed of sound.

The twenty small spherical stones around the starstone transformed into three large silver spheres.

Zhou Leng’s body shuddered heavily,

Twenty times the speed, equating to twenty-one times the weight.

But twenty-one times the speed, it became thirty-one times the weight.

The additional tenfold weight hit him instantly.

Everyone saw Zhou Leng’s entire body turn red, faint crack-shaped red lines appearing on his skin.

That was the mark of imminent skin cracking.

"Such a pity..." Wudian Zhiya and the other demigods regretted internally, this meant he was about to be injured, needing to slow down and recover, otherwise unable to complete the entire vast ancient road.

In the next instant, the red lines on his skin disappeared, his body returning to normal.

Zhou Leng maintained twenty-one times the speed of sound, bearing the weight of thirty-one starstones, climbing at high speed, surpassing the Star Lifter.

The Star Lifter watched Zhou Leng’s back, continuing his ascent silently.

He didn’t follow and accelerate.

Not that he couldn’t, but accelerating now meant he couldn’t sustain it later.

"Beyond Divine Son level..." Wudian Zhiya silently thought to himself.

In the back, many demigods watched Zhou Leng high up.

No one expected that this seemingly ordinary human could overshadow countless demigods in this region.

On a nearby slope.

A dozen Demons were luckily assigned together, led by a Demon Giant with stacks of flesh.

Unlike usual layers of thick fat, now he had a peculiar demonized leather armor attached to his entire body, emitting a strong Void God’s aura.

His grandfather, the mighty Demon Lord Great Sky, granted him a drop of Divine Blood for this vast ancient road.

He gained extraordinary mighty Divine Power in a short time.

The layered fat hill growled, "All demons, spread out, find Zhou Leng. Even if we can’t kill him here, we can obstruct him! If we stall him, the Lords will reward us with unimaginable resources! We must break his divine path!"

"Yes!"

The demons scattered apart, maintaining visual contact with each other across tens of kilometers.