Invincible Little School Doctor-Chapter 1916: The Final Ten Steps...

Unfortunately, the illusions can ignore the pressure on these steps, but Ye Haochuan cannot.

After taking a few steps, he seemed frozen on the steps, as if hit by Sun Wukong’s Binding Curse.

Of course, he wasn’t really stuck; he was exerting all his strength, attempting to climb these steps but making no progress, ultimately reaching a stalemate with that repulsive force, neither able to overcome the other.

Watching as Lin Qingxuan and Sophia’s figures grew more distant.

Ye Haochuan was extremely anxious, his expression beginning to twist with distress.

He was fully aware in his heart that these were merely shadows, yet for some reason, he desperately wanted to catch up. Perhaps because they had separated once before, he didn’t want to let them go so easily this time.

"Ah~"

Ye Haochuan threw his head back and let out a long howl, various emotions such as unwillingness, anxiety, anger, and resentment surged like a tide, mixing like paint in a tumbler, indescribable.

"Get out of my way, move for me!"

Ye Haochuan kept roaring, unsure who he was yelling at.

"Roar~"

As if sensing Ye Haochuan’s immense distress, the blue skeleton head suddenly emerged, roaring alongside him.

This blue skeleton head was originally transformed from the blue crystal stone used for invoking a spirit. Since it could serve as a means for summons, the blue crystal stone was undoubtedly extraordinary, even in the Upper Realm, being an extremely rare Supreme Treasure.

The moment the blue skeleton head appeared, the repulsive force on the steps recoiled as if faced with a primordial beast.

The pressure around Ye Haochuan instantly dissipated, causing him to stagger and almost collapse on the steps.

He didn’t have time to think; not knowing how long the blue skeleton head could last, he got up quickly, sprinting up the steps in pursuit of Lin Qingxuan and Sophia’s figures.

"How... is this possible? Has this kid activated a cheat?" Ye Hao exclaimed from afar, dumbfounded as he watched the figure sprinting up the stairs.

He deeply understood the pressure on those suspended stairs. At his boundary, he had exhausted all his energy by the hundred and fifty-third step and had to retreat helplessly.

Yet now, Ye Haochuan was sprinting past the steps that marked his limits effortlessly.

"That’s amazing, as expected of my son, incredible!" Ye Xian’s heart was filled with overwhelming pride as he watched.

Ye Hao, with a hint of mockery, remarked, "What do you mean as expected of your son? Your achievements are nothing compared to his!"

"This..." Ye Xian felt embarrassed, unable to assume the parental stance in front of Ye Haochuan.

Suddenly, Ye Hao laughed and said, "I should say, as expected of my grandson, haha!"

Ye Xian couldn’t help but chuckle, realizing that his old man was competing for a sense of pride.

"Go for it, kid!"

Ye Hao turned to look at the stairs, a sense of longing rising in his heart, as if hoping for Ye Haochuan to reach the summit.

Meanwhile, he felt like the Yangtze River where the waves pushed the previous ones, reflecting on how he, the War God for so many years, felt overshadowed in front of Ye Haochuan.

Ye Haochuan seemed to sense Ye Hao’s encouragement, his speed increasing, using the opportunity created by the blue skeleton head to ascend swiftly.

Two hundred steps... five hundred steps... a thousand steps... two thousand steps...

Climbing a hundred steps would leave most gasping for breath, yet Ye Haochuan seemed entirely restored to his cultivation, scaling over two thousand steps without any visible exhaustion.

However, though he was fast, Sophia and Lin Qingxuan were even faster. Despite running for so long, he hadn’t closed the gap with them at all.

"Roar~"

Perhaps the pressure around him became unbearably intense, causing the blue skeleton head to wail in agony.

"I must speed up!" Ye Haochuan, cornered by urgency, increased his pace once more.

Unaware of how much longer the blue skeleton head could endure, he had to reach higher steps before it gave out.

Ascending another couple of thousand steps, Ye Haochuan reached the clouds.

The blue skeleton head now dimmed, its glow vanished, ready to collapse at any moment.

"Hold on, hold on, almost there!" Ye Haochuan kept muttering under his breath.

The words seemed meant for the blue skeleton head, or possibly for himself.

Hope was within sight, as he noticed, just twenty or thirty steps ahead, was the end of the stairway.

There, Sophia and Lin Qingxuan, holding a child, stood silently at the endpoint, possibly cheering him on, or commending his remarkable feat.

"Wait for me, wait for me!" Ye Haochuan seemed to have lost his mind, repeating those words continuously.

Twenty steps, nineteen steps, eighteen steps...

Victory was at hand, and a surge of excitement rose in Ye Haochuan’s heart.

...Thirteen steps, twelve steps, eleven steps, ten steps.

"Roar~"

The blue skeleton head finally succumbed, letting out an anguished wail before vanishing without a trace.

At the moment the blue skeleton head disappeared, Ye Haochuan felt as if the sky was falling; an indescribable magnitude of pressure surged from everywhere.

Crack, crack~

Ye Haochuan’s bones began cracking as if about to be crushed under the immense pressure.

Ye Haochuan anticipated this, knowing the blue skeleton head might not last till the end, so he had prepared, gripping the stairs firmly when it vanished.

Even so, the overpowering repulsive force made it difficult to hold, his body sliding backward uncontrollably.

"Get away!" Ye Haochuan shouted angrily, using the last of his strength, his hands gripping the edge of the steps like pliers.

With only ten steps remaining out of the thousands already climbed, he refused to give up.

Resolutely biting down, his hands reached forward.

The process was tough, apparent from his trembling arms and scarcely moving fingertips.

Ten seconds later, Ye Haochuan’s outstretched left hand grasped the edge of the step.

His full exertion gained ten centimeters of progress.

Yet he felt satisfied, believing those ten centimeters at a time would soon get him to the top.

One ten centimeters, two ten centimeters, three ten centimeters, one step, two steps...

Another five steps past, taking him two hours to accomplish.

Now, his body appeared extremely emaciated. His once evenly muscular frame had vanished, leaving a thin, yellowed skin covering a bony frame.

Clearly, those five steps drained more than his energy, exhausting his physical reserves...

No one knew how he’d find the strength to tackle the final five steps.