Chapter 2381
All the royal children made their ascent at a speed that was neither slow nor fast. The crown prince Bai Weijie was leading the way, but their formation began to change once they reached the halfway point.
At the middle point of the mountain’s staircase, there was a stone tablet. Upon it was inscribed, “Travel half the mountain, thinking like a sword.” Han Sen didn’t know what it meant, but once they passed by the tablet, everyone started to speed up. Prince Four and Princess Two went past the crown prince Bai Weijie. Other royal children started to pull away, as well. The group began to spread out into ragged clumps of hikers, so it wasn’t as tidy as it had been before the halfway point.
The King’s Kingdom nobles that had been watching half-heartedly now looked wide awake. They paid attention to the two deified royal children, of course, but many of them were just as focused on Han Sen.
After all, Han Sen had sounded very cocky in the opening ceremony the day before. If he didn’t perform well now, it would become an embarrassing joke.
“Brother Sixteen, let us see who can reach the top of the mountain faster.” Bai Qing Xia moved his feet faster and ran up the mountain like a sharp sword.
Han Sen agreed to the competition, and he walked a bit faster, as well. Heavy resistance pushed against him.
Han Sen still didn’t understand, though. Earlier, they had all been hiking easily up the mountain. Why were they now forcing themselves to exhaust so much energy to go faster? They hadn’t reached the hardest section of the path, which meant they couldn’t be performing at their best.
Regardless of how ridiculous it might seem, since everyone else was speeding up, Han Sen couldn’t allow himself to be left behind. He had to take this chance. Otherwise, the boasting he had done during the opening ceremony would be for nothing.
Han Sen cast his water area power, trying to break the resistance coming against him and make it easier to move forward. But the further he went, the more resistance piled on. He had spent a lot of energy already, and he couldn’t really accelerate beyond his current speed.