Pursued by the Top Grade Saintess after Engagement Annulled

The smile on Li Qingyu’s face became even more bizarre, with a crimson glow flickering in her hand, interspersed with gold and black light.

"Oh? Then look at this?"

As the words fell, Xia Feng sharply sensed a tremendous change in the cultivation of the inheritors opposite him.

Originally, the climb of the third trial, Celestial Sword Mountain, did not allow anyone to retain their cultivation, only their Sword Heart.

Now Li Qingyu had lifted the restrictions on the cultivation of those inheritors, even enhancing them to the Celestial God Realm.

If that was all, it would be manageable, for Xia Feng had slain many Sword Demons of the Celestial God Realm before.

However, Li Qingyu maliciously imposed another restriction on Xia Feng and his two companions.

Their cultivation remained sealed, relying only on Sword Heart and Sword Intent to resist the attacks of these Celestial God Realm inheritors.

A malicious smile hung on Li Qingyu’s face: "Kid, I gave you a chance."

"If you hadn’t been so astute, it would be you receiving the inheritance now."

Xia Feng sneered: "Heh, I wouldn’t accept such a monstrous inheritance, even if it were given for free."

The Heaven-Burying Sword in his hand emitted a clear ringing sound, and then he charged at the inheritors with it.

Though his Sword Dao cultivation was restricted, and even other Great Dao’s cultivation was somewhat limited, Xia Feng charged at them relentlessly.

Behind, Xia Tianming wore a slightly serious expression, knowing that at times like this, it was best not to add to Xia Feng’s troubles, but to safeguard himself first.

So a streak of pitch-black Void Sword Dao flashed across him, and the Divine Sword in his hand was replaced with the Void Cauldron.

Xia Tianming crashed his right hand into his chest, spitting a mouthful of blood onto the Void Cauldron.

Black cauldron lit up with blood-red light, crawling along the patterns on it, creating a rather eerie scene.

Along with the Blood Dragon Sword Heart previously refined by Xia Tianming, layers of blood mist spread over the Void Cauldron, with waves of murderous aura emanating from him.

This was clearly the best offensive tactic, yet Xia Tianming did not attack recklessly, instead shrouding the blood mist aura around himself and Li Qingxue, forming a layer of Void protection.

Xia Feng was slightly worried about the two, but seeing Xia Tianming focus on defense rather than attack, relieved him quite a bit.

Understanding that the Great Dao of Space is best suited for defense and escape, while attack is secondary.

With Xia Tianming guarding beside Li Qingxue, Xia Feng felt more at ease.

As for Xia Feng himself, clad in the Infinite Divine Armor, even if these inheritors’ cultivation reached the Celestial God Realm, they couldn’t easily break through the divine armor infused with over ten Great Dao that protected him.

Seizing the opportunity, his sword light flashed, mercilessly striking at the inheritors.

Li Qingyu, with crimson and black light constantly alternating, did not attack Xia Feng, appearing to be on guard for something.

Her plan was to exhaust Xia Feng’s stamina and abilities using these Celestial God Realm inheritors, while she absorbed more Demonic Qi.

Eventually, when Xia Feng was thoroughly worn out in this cycle of increases and decreases, she would eliminate him in one fell swoop to avoid future troubles.

Yet the more she watched, the more astonished she became.

The divine armor on Xia Feng was indeed formidable, without a single flaw despite being attacked by so many Celestial God Realm inheritors.

Li Qingyu’s greed surfaced, revealing a bit on her face: "Such a fine thing should belong to me."

After speaking, her crimson light intensified, commanding the surrounding inheritors: "Increase your attacks, he’s a spent force and will soon be captured!"

Upon hearing this, Xia Feng almost burst out laughing.

What eye of Li Qingyu’s saw him as a spent force?

In fact, Xia Feng was becoming braver with each battle, and the Blood Dragon Sword Heart previously refined was being activated layer by layer with each kill, with his killing aura intensifying.

Originally, it took at least half an incense stick’s time to dispatch a Celestial God Realm inheritor; now it almost took just a few breaths to deal with one.

However, the inheritors looked particularly strange, with eyes tinged crimson, akin to Sword Demons tainted by the Evil Sword Spirit, having lost their original consciousness and left with only an endless killing instinct.

Especially with the occasional flash of crimson light from Li Qingyu, the inheritors’ consciousnesses became even more evidently corrupted.

Xia Feng, initially besieged, could not spare the time to check the situation.

Having slain more than a dozen people, he finally noticed something subtle.

These inheritors, with crimson eyes, beckoned by Li Qingyu, became increasingly saturated with Demonic Qi as they fought.

With a disregard for their lives, they rushed towards Xia Feng’s Heaven-Burying Sword, solely to immobilize him for a moment and provide an opportunity for those behind to inflict damage.

It’s worth noting these inheritors are the pride of the various families of the Celestial Sword Divine Domain, not predisposed to selflessness.

Their current behavior was shocking to Xia Feng.

Paying closer attention, he saw the bodies of the slain inheritors lose essence and blood rapidly, becoming desiccated.

As time went on, the earliest slain inheritor was nearing mummification.

This reminded Xia Feng of the Sword Pool, where the dead seemed drained of all blood.

His heart skipped a beat, sensing trouble.

Narrowing his eyes, Demonic Qi gathered within, turning the world before him black and white.

Wisp after wisp of crimson energy left those bodies, merging into Celestial Sword Mountain under their feet, then converging into the purest black energy, embedding itself in Li Qingyu.

As the pure energy gathered, Li Qingyu’s aura grew more intense, alarming Xia Feng.

This was true increase through decrease.

Even as Xia Feng expended effort slaying inheritors, it ultimately benefited Li Qingyu.

If this continued, he feared being worn down by Li Qingyu.

Thinking of this, Xia Feng’s expression grew solemn, calling out to Xia Tianming behind him: "Grandfather, find a way to trap the remaining ones."