A Marathon

As the crowd witnessed Jiang Ming and Yang Liqin's shadow slowly vanishing from sight, they no longer dared to idle around.

"Hmph, if those two can run up casually, then this golden staircase might not seem as fathomable as it looks." 

"You're right, why are we still idling around like some idiots? They already got a head start whereas we are still in the bottom." 

With the crowd snapping out of their daze about the sudden test, everyone hurriedly agreed that they needed to chase after them.

Thus, one by one, the crowd started taking their first step on the golden staircase.

However, the moment they did that, they instantly regretted their action for believing the test to be easy.

Upon placing their foot on the staircase, some directly coughed up a mouthful of blood as they were swung outside. There were others that got a bit lucky and only had their face fall flat on the staircase.