Chapter 1574: Time Is Urgent

organs inside were damaged as well."It's comparable to the Hardened Crocodile Python!" Su Meiyao said.Shen Xiang almost forgot that the Hardened Crocodile Python was still in Liu Meng'er's hand, he ha...The 1574th Chapter - Urgent Time

In the imperial tomb, Shen Xiang didn't know that outside a group of sky dragons were storming fiercely. He was inside, extremely quiet, and the crazy attacks outside couldn't shake the imperial tomb.

Shen Xiang walked toward Elephant Mountain. He walked slowly, alert and cautious all around him. This place was too quiet; the mountain looked frightening, making him wary to avoid accidentally triggering any traps.

The distance wasn't too far, but he felt like it took him much time to walk it. By the time he came under Elephant Mountain, his face was already covered in sweat from the tension and worry that had built up along the way.

"Nothing happened!" Shen Xiang turned his head to look at the path he had come from, still in shock. He didn't know why; as he got closer to this place, the pressure that was pressing down on him grew more intense, making it hard for him to breathe.

He looked up at the top of Elephant Mountain. He intended to climb onto the raised head, entering through its mouth that was open as if waiting for him. To prevent any accidents, he didn't use space-traversing techniques because of worries about triggering scary traps or offensive formations.

After resting for a while, his tension dissipated, and he carefully controlled the divine energy inside him to lift his body into the air. He wanted to try reaching that raised head gently, but just as he floated up, a huge force of pressure descended upon him, pressing him to the ground and burying his body into the mud.

"What's happening" Shen Xiang was terrified by this sudden intense pressure, unable to move as his face dug into the dirt. He tried to struggle but couldn't turn or stand up.

After a moment, the pressure lifted, and Shen Xiang was finally able to sit up. He panted heavily from his earlier struggle against the force pressing him down, feeling like he had been trapped by a powerful adversary.

"Am I supposed to climb" Shen Xiang looked up at the sky, his initial notions of a shortcut vanishing. He had already experienced that mysterious and powerful force earlier.

Elephant Mountain's surface was very smooth, with no footholds for climbing. Climbing up here wouldn't be easy but would just seem impossible from his position now, so he planned to circle the mountain first looking for any easier spots to climb. Otherwise, he would definitely spend an extended time trying.

Before completing the circle, he found a staircase that was straight up on the mountain's legs. It seemed to lead directly to the top, but it had many steps, which weren't much of a challenge for him.

He thought about using his Divine Travel Technique to explore the path ahead but decided against it, fearing causing unnecessary disasters. He started climbing the staircase, finding that the first hundred steps were easy to navigate.

However, once he passed those hundred steps, his feet grew heavy and seemed to sink into the ground. It felt like there was a mountain on his shoulders, making each step extremely difficult and exhausting.

"Surely it's not that simple!" Shen Xiang was already out of breath and felt his legs weakening as he climbed the third hundred steps. The staircase still seemed endless.

"Can't my strength take me this far" Shen Xiang looked down at the ground, noting how low he was compared to his initial position. He had barely walked any distance but felt extremely tired, realizing that the pressure increased with each hundred steps. He wondered how much weight he'd have to bear by the time he reached the top.

He took a few deep breaths and continued climbing, trying his best to step forward despite the weight on his shoulders. Sweat dripped down from him as he pushed through.

At five hundred steps, he was too exhausted to continue. He sat down and rested, planning to resume once he recovered.

He took out several Sacred Stones, quickly absorbing the pure sacred essence within to restore his energy. He had only been resting for a moment when he frowned, looking down at the steps and counting carefully. He was actually still on step four hundred and fifty, realizing that he must have only climbed another hundred steps in the time he thought had passed.

"Impossible, this sky ladder moves! Is it punishing me for taking a break" Shen Xiang stared at the steps as he absorbed the sacred essence from the Sacred Stones, noting that after a while, dozens of steps shrunk into the ground without him realizing it.

"I can't take breaks, or I'll have to return to my starting position." Shen Xiang took out a fragment of a sacred beast's essence, using devouring magic to absorb the vast amount of pure sacred essence inside and replenish his energy.

He continued climbing, realizing that every break he took now meant losing ground. As he absorbed the sacred essence and gritted his teeth, trying to climb this strange Elephant Mountain, even though he felt the weight increasing with each step, he couldn't stop. He had to push himself upward or risk not entering the imperial tomb at all.

This specially built imperial tomb had its own day and night, but Shen Xiang wasn't aware of the passage of time as he started climbing in midday and reached nightfall, only reaching a thousand steps.

"How long will it take before I reach the top Is this just to enter an imperial tomb" Shen Xiang inwardly cursed, realizing too late that he should have stayed away. His demonic dragon burial ground was about to be attacked soon, and if he spent too much time here, when he returned, everything would be lost.

When everyone else was defending against the attack, he wouldn't be able to participate, feeling guilty.

Without another way out, he might have left immediately. However, after entering this space, he couldn't find any escape routes other than reaching the lion's mouth. He had to climb up this sky ladder first.

Elephant Mountain was very tall and the floating clouds in the air were only half its height. He roughly estimated that reaching the top would require around 100,000 steps.

Thirty thousand might seem like nothing for normal stairs; even a hundred thousand wouldn't make much difference. However, the pressure from these steps felt like carrying a mountain onto his shoulders, making it increasingly heavier with every step.

Looking up at the staircase, Shen Xiang inwardly cursed himself. "At this rate, I can't imagine how long it will take to reach the top from here. I've been in the Cold Dark Domain for a month, with four months left until the great powers attack my dragon lineage. Maybe even the Heavenly Domain will participate, and if the Sky Dragon Clan comes too, I hope they don't resist but just run."

Thinking of the Sky Dragon Clan, Shen Xiang also thought of the dragon's whereabouts. He sighed inwardly, "I didn't expect this little dragon to be a Sky Dragon Emperor. Her strength will likely grow very powerful in the future; if she were here, maybe I would have found a way up.".A loud boom as the fire wave engulfed the whole Skull Demon Mountain Range, even the forest surrounding it couldn’t escape."Aren’t you seeing someone" The big man closed his eyes and felt that there...