Pursued by the Top Grade Saintess after Engagement Annulled

Li Qingyu was almost spitting blood in rage below, yet Xia Feng still had no intention of stopping.

He hesitated for a moment, then used the ability he gained when absorbing the Celestial God Demon Heart.

A streak of black energy flickered over him for a moment, and then before anyone could react, Xia Feng had already leapt forward ten more steps.

Now Xia Feng was standing on the fiftieth step, having crossed half of the steps of Celestial God Mountain.

At this point, the surrounding pressure started to feel a bit heavy for him.

Xia Feng contemplated for a moment, instead of continuing upwards, he decided to sit and comprehend the Sword Dao contained within Celestial Sword Mountain.

He wondered if it was just his imagination, but after the black energy belonging to the Celestial Demon Body flickered, Xia Feng had a constant feeling that there was a gaze falling upon him from the top of Celestial Sword Mountain.

That gaze carried malice and greed, making Xia Feng extremely uncomfortable.

But wasn’t there supposed to be only the Holy Sword Elder in midair? Even if he did have some issue, he shouldn’t be so obvious about it.

The gaze only lingered for a moment before moving away, but Xia Feng didn’t dare to lower his guard, pretending to be even more arrogant.

Xia Feng glanced around, as if suddenly remembering something, and looked towards Li Qingyu, who was still struggling on the twentieth step.

"I thought with such a sharp tongue, you’d be able to climb really far."

"Turns out, this is it?"

Li Qingyu was already bitter, watching Xia Feng and others surpass her one after another made her furious.

Now Xia Feng was directly mocking her, causing Li Qingyu to spit out a mouthful of blood in rage.

"Scoundrel! Scoundrel!!!"

Li Qingyu’s voice was hoarse from screaming, if she had the strength, Xia Feng had no doubt she’d rush to kill him.

Xia Feng’s lips curled slightly in mockery, yet her capabilities couldn’t match her pride.

He no longer looked at Li Qingyu, closing his eyes to comprehend the Great Dao of the Celestial Sword at the fiftieth step.

But after comprehending for three to five minutes, Xia Feng opened his eyes with a subtle expression.

Li Qingyu seemed to be staring at Xia Feng all along, and seeing him open his eyes so quickly, she sneered and taunted, "What’s wrong?"

"After using external aid to climb up, did you realize you can’t comprehend the Sword Intent of the fiftieth step at all?"

"You were the one advising that bumpkin earlier, yet when it’s your turn, you ignore everything?"

Xia Feng treated her words as nothing more than flies buzzing, not acknowledging her rant, standing up subtly before turning around and continuing his ascent.

Everyone below was stunned.

That was the fiftieth step; originally they thought, with Xia Feng using so much external force to get so high, his speed should slow down, right?

Yet, the pressure above seemed to have no effect on Xia Feng.

Xia Feng only needed three to five minutes to understand the Sword Intent the Celestial Sword Mountain intended to test, flawlessly completing the trial of Celestial Sword Mountain.

On the subsequent steps, he simply stopped sitting and began to comprehend while standing, moving forward with eyes closed.

His speed didn’t slow considerably; still, within three to five minutes per step, making Li Qingyu below increasingly anxious.

The first to reach the top would definitely receive better benefits than those who came later; maybe the legacy of the Holy Sword Divine Emperor would be given out directly.

She didn’t dare gamble whether the Holy Sword Divine Emperor’s legacy would be exclusive to the Li Family’s bloodline, deciding to make extra efforts herself.

With this thought, her speed in grasping the Sword Intent increased.

By then, Xia Feng had already climbed to the sixtieth step.

At this point, his speed slowed a bit, taking slightly longer than before.

But even so, his climbing speed was faster than Li Qingyu’s below; after all, he was above the sixtieth step now.

Li Qingyu felt shocked, angry, and scared, seemingly suddenly realizing Xia Feng’s strong ability and talent.

Offending such a person seemed a poor choice.

Yet there was no regret medicine in the world she could take, and while she was fretting, Xia Feng had already climbed to the seventieth step.

Arriving here, Xia Feng needed about half an hour to comprehend the Sword Intent before continuing to climb.

By the eightieth step, he needed about an hour to grasp the Sword Intent therein.

The appearance of Celestial Sword Mountain was much like the Holy Sword Mountain outside, both resembling a Divine Sword stabbed into the ground.

The steps emerging atop were naturally steep, with Xia Feng almost unable to see below, nor where Li Qingxue and others had climbed to.

The higher he climbed, the more awkward Xia Feng felt, with an ominous feeling cloaking over him.

Yet he dared not enter the Dream Realm Pearl to confirm what was happening, or act too overtly; he could only grit his teeth and act as if nothing was wrong while climbing higher.

Upon reaching the eightieth step, his speed indeed slowed, needing more time to process the Sword Intent insights of the steps.

Meanwhile, he felt that the gaze from the mountaintop of Celestial Sword Mountain was growing more impatient and eager.

Xia Feng didn’t want to rashly charge up without any preparation, yet he couldn’t think of a way to solve the issue, choosing to bide some time.

Upon reaching the ninetieth step, Xia Feng needed hours to comprehend each step’s insights, making his pace even slower.

Faintly, Xia Feng felt that the Holy Sword Elder atop Celestial Sword Mountain had slightly adjusted the climbing difficulty of Celestial Sword Mountain, facilitating his quicker comprehension of the Sword Intent within.

Otherwise, the vast Great Dao contained therein wasn’t comprehended so quickly even when Xia Feng was in the Dream Realm Pearl.

Yet this special favor made Xia Feng even more uneasy, proceeding with more caution.

After days of struggling with shadows and light, Xia Feng finally reached the summit of Celestial Sword Mountain.

Though called a summit, it had been mentioned earlier that Celestial Sword Mountain resembled a Divine Sword; this was merely the hilt’s position, and in the middle of the hilt was a peak like a sword grip.

The silhouette of the Holy Sword Elder was beside the peak; upon seeing Xia Feng ascend, he seemed somewhat excited, his body shaking as he floated to Xia Feng’s side.

Yet, at that moment Xia Feng was still comprehending the Sword Intent imparted by the entirety of Celestial Sword Mountain, which was abruptly interrupted by the Holy Sword Elder.

He was nearly touching the edge of the Great Dao of the Origin Rules of Sword Dao, yet was directly awakened by the Holy Sword Elder.

Xia Feng’s eyes slightly reddened; for a brief moment he was genuinely infuriated to the point of wanting to kill the shadow before him.

However, feeling the immense cultivation of the other, he chose to suppress this anger for the time being.