"Very good, you are indeed well-suited for this path."
That deep voice spoke with some delight, "To reach the five hundredth layer so easily, it seems you could at least make it to nine hundred."
Lin Yue said nothing, but he understood the meaning of the voice.
To pass half of the altar's steps was fitting; it indicated that even half the difficulty was not insignificant.
The core altar had nine hundred ninety-nine steps, with five hundred being just over the half-way mark.
Lin Yue continued upward.
Although his speed had slowed considerably, he kept taking steps.
With each layer of steps he ascended, the pressure he felt increased, incessantly hindering his progress.
Six hundred layers...
Seven hundred layers...
Eight hundred layers...
Nine Hundred layers...
Nine hundred fifty layers... nine hundred sixty layers... nine hundred seventy layers...