The Almighty Dragon General

Chapter 5194
"...What?"
King Marciais’ eyes widened as he listened to the elderly man’s announcement.
They would be having the remaining six tests on the mountain before them.
In addition, the person who managed to arrive at the top of the mountain first would win an extra, mysterious reward.
The participants could see a tall, gigantic mountain before their eyes.
There was only one narrow path leading up to the peak of the mountain in sight.
James shook his head.
"I can't tell much about the mountain from here this time."
"Participants, please get ready to ascend the mountain."
The old man announced in a steady voice, "Ready...Go!"
In a flash, countless cultivators had rushed toward the mountain and reached its base.
"We shouldn't fall behind."
James immediately generated his powers and teleported in the same direction as the other participants.
He arrived at the bottom of a flight of stairs the next instant.
The stairs appeared narrow from where they were standing.
However, James was rather surprised to find that the stairs were hundreds of thousands of meters wide.
Meanwhile, the other participants had started climbing the stairs.
While some of them went up the stairs quickly and effortlessly, several cultivators seemed to be frozen to the spot.
As soon as they put both feet on the first step, it felt as though their feet were glued to the floor.

Those participants could not move a muscle no matter how hard they tried.
James and his team began climbing the stairs as well.
James sensed an overwhelming amount of pressure pressing down on his entire being the second he had taken the first step.
it was as if he had to hold up against the weight of a huge planet.
After a brief pause, James managed to cope with the pressure and continued to move up the stairs.
Similarly, King Marciais and the others swiftly adjusted to the pressure and ran up the stairs.
Soon enough, James’ team managed to catch up with the participants who were in the lead.
"These tests are much easier than | thought,"
King Marciais shouted merrily to his team members.
"They aren't exactly that challenging for us."
Gurgen grinned at him.
A few minutes later, they reached the end of the stairs and arrived at an area of flatland.
The flatland marked the end of the fourth test.
Not long after the participants had passed through the flatland, they could see another uphill road before them.
The path seemed just like any other mountain path.
Almost all of the participants had set their eyes on the special reward offered at the end of these tests.
They quickly dashed toward the mountain path.
When the first batch of participants entered the mountain path, multiple sword energies were generated almost instantaneously
to form a complex formation.
However, those cultivators managed to dodge the attacks and navigate through the formation effortlessly.

James and his team also had no trouble moving through the formation of sword energies.
As soon as the participants had exited the formation, they were greeted with the sight of a sea of flames.
One of the participants failed to keep his guard up and was hit by a fireball.
The man’s skin was badly burnt even though his physical body was exceptionally strong.
The other participants saw what happened to that man.
They immediately activated their powers to form a sturdy protective barrier around their bodies.
Then, those men continued to push forward through the sea of flames.
"Get out of my way!"
Just then, one of those men lifted his palm and blasted his aura in the direction of the participant running in front of him.
The person in front noticed it, and he swiftly generated an attack in response.
Boom! There was a loud blast as two forms of energy clashed.