Invincible Little School Doctor

Chapter 1917: Chapter 1917: Finally... Did I Succeed?

Huff huff~

Ye Haochuan was panting heavily, and it seemed that he was exhaling more than he was inhaling.

He had truly reached his limit; the energy that could be extracted from his body was completely exhausted.

Ye Haochuan looked at the focus beyond the fifth step, his eyes a bit blurry.

At this moment, his eyes had already turned blood red. This wasn’t caused by the Heavenly Eye, but by countless intertwining blood vessels.

”Almost there, almost there!”

Ye Haochuan muttered the same words to himself.

At this point, his consciousness was already somewhat blurred, and the only thing keeping him going was the obsession in his heart.

After resting for a moment, Ye Haochuan’s physical strength didn’t recover at all; instead, as time went on, he felt himself growing weaker.

”I can’t wait any longer; I must take advantage of having some strength left and make a decisive push upwards!”

The part of his consciousness that was still functioning made this resolution.

In no time, Ye Haochuan’s muscles, which had been exhausted to the extreme, began stubbornly working again.

Ye Haochuan slowly stretched his hand towards the next step at a pace even slower than a turtle’s.

”Ah~”

As soon as his fingers touched the edge of this step, they felt a heart-piercing pain.

But at this moment, he was so weak that even his scream seemed powerless.

He looked at his painfully aching fingers with blurry eyes and found that the skin on his fingers had been directly pressed into countless cracks.

At this moment, he didn’t have the strength to curse the Ascension Ladder’s perversity; he simply clenched his back teeth tightly, letting the pain drill into his heart, yet still resolutely reaching out his hand.

This step was like a purgatory, intending to crush everything that entered into mere fragments.

Ye Haochuan’s arm cracked, blood spurted out, then his head was immersed, bleeding from all seven orifices, followed by his entire body, legs—none escaped.

Ye Haochuan seemed to have completely lost his sense of pain, and without knowing where the strength came from, he kept reaching his hand forward without stopping, continuously moving forward...

Not far off in the clouds, two figures watched Ye Haochuan silently, their expressions complex.

These two people were Ye Hao and Ye Xian, who had been closely monitoring Ye Haochuan. By now, Ye Haochuan’s situation was hard to see clearly from the ground, so they chose to fly up to observe.

Although they could see Ye Haochuan, he couldn’t see them.

”Haochuan, why... why go through this?” Ye Xian’s eyes were already wet, looking at his son in such a pitiful state, his heart ached.

”Your son has a determination that most people can’t match!” Ye Hao sighed with a laugh beside him.

Previously, Ye Haochuan ascended furiously, and Ye Hao could guess what kind of fortuitous encounters Ye Haochuan might have had. He originally thought Ye Haochuan reached this height entirely relying on those encounters. But it was clear that today’s achievements were closely linked to Ye Haochuan’s persistence.

Ye Xian seemed not to hear Ye Hao’s words and suddenly roared, ”Give it up, Haochuan, you still have a chance; there’s no need to fight so desperately!”

These words were meant for Ye Haochuan, but evidently, Ye Haochuan couldn’t hear them. And even if he did, he wouldn’t be swayed.

The reason was none other than the three people at the top of the steps waiting for him.

”I actually think he should keep going forward. Perhaps, he might really create this once-in-a-thousand-years miracle!” Ye Hao said with a face full of comfort.

He wasn’t without concern for his grandson, but he was clearly more rational than Ye Xian. Ye Haochuan had spent too much to reach this point, and giving up would be a real pity.

Ye Haochuan didn’t know there were two people watching him with different emotions; perhaps, even if these two were in front of him, he wouldn’t be able to see them. Because his eyes were entirely focused on that final step.

Three steps... two steps... one step... half-rank... three inches... one inch...

Relying on an unintelligible obsession, Ye Haochuan discarded all thoughts and physically dragged himself onto the final step.

Finally, his fingers reached the terminal platform.

Boom~

The oppressive aura surrounding him disappeared completely, and his withered body instantly returned to its initial fullness; even his cultivation completely restored.

And the phantoms of Sophia and Lin Qingxuan dispersed along with his clear mind.

”Did I finally... succeed?”

Ye Haochuan stepped onto the last stage and looked down at the countless steps below, feeling as if he were dreaming.

This ladder, soaked in his blood and sweat, was an experience he would never forget in his lifetime.

Indeed, this road was not entirely to block people from entering the Immortal Realm; it was merely a test, a test harder than ascending to heaven.

”Haha... hahahaha...” Ye Haochuan suddenly burst into uncontrollable laughter, but tears kept streaming down his face as he laughed.

He was happy for his success and moved by his own resilience.

This path, which seemed impossible to complete, ultimately succumbed beneath his feet. Although during the process, the blue Skeleton Head was of immense help, his own efforts were undoubtedly crucial.

”I succeeded... actually succeeded...” Laughing while crying were Ye Xian and Ye Hao as well.

They felt proud of Ye Haochuan and deeply touched. Such steadfastness, their generational elders couldn’t match a young man in his twenties.

Whether the Heavenly Road was moved or not, Ye Haochuan suddenly noticed the two figures.

He shouted a few words toward his grandfather and father, but evidently, they were in different spaces, and sound couldn’t pass through.

Ye Haochuan confirmed this fact and stopped foolishly yelling, instead using his fingers to gesture in the void.

”What’s he writing?” Ye Hao asked offhandedly, somewhat unable to understand.

Whether through a father-son connection or not, Ye Xian surprisingly understood what Ye Haochuan wrote.

”He’s telling us to rest assured; he’ll definitely return soon!”

”Rest assured?” Ye Hao’s expression suddenly became serious, ”What’s up there is unknown, how can one be at ease?”

He suddenly felt self-reproach setting in, blaming himself for being inadequate. If he could make it up there, he could accompany Ye Haochuan into the fray, thus making Ye Haochuan much safer.

Ye Xian shared the same concerns, and pooled a few words using Spiritual Energy for Ye Haochuan to be careful.

Ye Haochuan suddenly felt himself foolish; maybe during the climb, he got too used to being an ordinary person, forgetting even how to use Spiritual Energy.

Only then did he use Spiritual Energy to draw a small string of words, showing Ye Hao.

”Reckless!” Ye Hao and Ye Xian were all enraged upon seeing this message.

Ye Haochuan, afraid the Long Family may worry about Long Keyue, revealed he was taking Long Keyue along.

But as a result, Ye Hao and Ye Xian worry even more.

What dangers lie above remain unknown; Ye Haochuan’s formidable strength is somewhat reassuring, but Long Keyue, merely at the Nascent Soul Early Stage, faces possible extinction if trouble arises.

But alas, with things standing as they are, saying anything more is futile. After explaining things to Ye Xian and Ye Hao, Ye Haochuan turned and walked into the tall blue stone gate at the final platform, disappearing without a trace.

The shadow of the Ascension Ladder also vanished from Ye Hao and Ye Xian’s view in that instance.

The two secretly resolved to intensify their cultivation urgently, aiming to pass the test as soon as possible and ascend to support Ye Haochuan.