I Can Upgrade Everything Infinitely

A full hundred million True Points. The number was shocking, but Xu Qing quickly calmed himself, gazing eagerly at the Endless Ladder.

Because...

The Endless Ladder and the peaks were also shining with a radiant glow.

This intangible glow, a radiance only Xu Qing could see, was a clear sign: it contained a massive amount of True Points.

[Ding!]

[True Points detected. Absorb? Yes/No?]

As the prompt appeared.

"Absorb."

Xu Qing took a deep breath. Without a moment’s hesitation, he stepped directly onto the Endless Ladder, landing on the very first step.

Immediately.

Xu Qing felt a subtle, almost imperceptible pressure.

Then.

Xu Qing squatted down slightly and touched the step beneath his feet with his right hand. In his mind, the Encyclopedia of All Things began to shine with a dazzling, brilliant light.

HUM! HUM!

The intangible glow from the entire Endless Peaks and its ladder transformed into a vast torrent, surging completely toward Xu Qing before being absorbed by the Encyclopedia of All Things.

[Ding!]

[Absorption successful!]

[Obtained: One billion True Points.]

The notification appeared.

"One billion!"

Xu Qing did his best to calm himself. ’I can’t believe there’s this much.’

And just like that.

Upon reaching the third trial of the Only True Path, Xu Qing had already obtained a total of 1.1 billion True Points. Such a massive sum was more than enough to raise his Realm by several Levels.

However.

Xu Qing was not in a hurry to level up.

"Let’s begin."

Xu Qing took a deep breath. His eyes were calm as he gazed at the endless steps. With his hands clasped behind his back, he began to climb the Endless Ladder, just like all the other living beings.

Of course.

Xu Qing’s pace wasn’t fast. Some of the other beings, however, had burst forward at extreme speeds from the very start. Since the initial pressure was not very great, they all transformed into streaks of light, rushing toward the heights at astonishing speed.

However.

Xu Qing was different. He proceeded one step at a time. With every new step he took, he would carefully sense the change in pressure, adapting to it as he went.

As time flowed by.

Before he knew it,

Xu Qing had already ascended 129,600 steps.

At this point,

Xu Qing noticed that some of the beings who had initially rushed ahead of him were now slowly falling behind. The pressure here had become terrifying.

However, it still had no effect on Xu Qing.

"AHHH!!!"

ROAR!

BOOM!

Suddenly,

Xu Qing heard screams, rumbles, and the hisses and roars of a monster. He looked toward the source of the sounds and saw an enormous beast. It was a humanoid monster with a dragon’s head. Its body was pitch-black, covered in innumerable black scales. Its eyes were bloodthirsty, and it possessed not a shred of intelligence.

However,

this dragon-headed, black-scaled monster was incredibly powerful. It was unclear how it had obtained its strength, but it actually possessed Immortal-level power.

SPURT! SPURT! SPURT!!!

Blood splattered everywhere.

There were already casualties.

The many beings who had reached this point were under immense pressure, which meant they could only exert about half of their usual strength.

Moreover,

these beings had all climbed too quickly at the beginning, consuming a great deal of stamina and Power. As a result, they were unable to fight back against these dragon-headed, black-scaled monsters.

In the blink of an eye,

many had already lost their lives at the hands of the dragon-headed, black-scaled monsters, and had even been devoured by them. After eating these powerful beings, the monsters’ own strength and auras grew noticeably stronger, improving by a large margin.

ROAR!

The next moment,

one of the dragon-headed, black-scaled monsters—one that had already devoured several beings—noticed Xu Qing. It let out a series of roars and lunged at him.

SHING!

In that instant,

the cry of a sword rang out.

SPURT!

It was followed by a spray of blood.

Xu Qing formed the Sword Pointing sign with his right hand. With just a casual flick, an indescribable beam of Immortal Sword Qi shot through the air, containing unparalleled Mighty Power.

The dragon-headed, black-scaled monster froze in place. The terrifying beam of Immortal Sword Qi had slashed across its neck, slicing its head clean off.

THUD!

The dragon-headed, black-scaled monster was decapitated on the spot.

It was dead.

Xu Qing had killed it in one hit.

"*Gasp*..."

"Th-this..."

"S-So strong!"

"That’s an insane level of power."

"..."

Nearby,

the many other beings had all witnessed this. Their faces were masks of pure shock, and they all let out cries of alarm. Their gazes, as they looked at Xu Qing, were now filled with deep reverence and awe.

"Everyone."

Xu Qing’s expression was calm. His gaze swept over the many beings present. After a moment of contemplation, he spoke in an even tone, "In my opinion, you should rest here for a while. Get used to the pressure in this area before you continue climbing. Otherwise, you won’t be able to deal with the dragon-headed, black-scaled monsters at all."

"This..."

"This senior is right."

"Indeed."

"We were too eager for quick results. Because we were in such a rush, we didn’t gradually adapt to the pressure here. That led to us being unable to display our full strength, and some even died at the hands of those dragon-headed, black-scaled monsters."

"It’s truly humiliating."

"..."

Nearby,

the many beings all nodded. They felt Xu Qing’s words were very reasonable. They began to band together, sticking close for mutual protection and to face any dragon-headed, black-scaled monsters that might appear.

At the same time,

they stopped advancing. Instead, they sat down cross-legged and began to adapt to the pressure at this stage. As long as they could acclimate, they would be able to exert at least ninety percent of their full strength.