Pursued by the Top Grade Saintess after Engagement Annulled

Although Xia Tianming didn’t understand why Xia Feng said that, he immediately aimed the Void Cauldron in his hand at the people besieging Xia Feng across from him.

Xia Feng turned his head for a glance and reminded, "Don’t kill them."

Xia Tianming’s expression grew more puzzled, but he directly enlarged the Void Cauldron in his hand and trapped all the remaining people inside.

Even though he captured all of them at once, Xia Tianming’s expression wasn’t relaxed.

After all, Li Qingyu had elevated the cultivation of these inheritors to the Celestial God Realm.

If it weren’t for the Void Cauldron being an Ancient Divine Artifact, in harmony with his Great Dao, Xia Tianming likely couldn’t have captured these Celestial God Realm inheritors.

But since Xia Feng said to avoid killing them, Xia Tianming felt less pressure.

The Void Cauldron has its own space; if he were to resolve them, it would take some effort.

But if it’s only to restrain them, he merely needs to alter his space, easily trapping these already mindless inheritors.

Subsequently, Xia Feng paid little attention to the aftermath, his Heaven-Burying Sword pointing straight at Li Qingyu.

Li Qingyu’s face looked troubled; perhaps angered as Xia Feng thwarted her grand plans.

"Kid, since you’ve seen through me, I have no need to hide any longer."

"Once you’re dead, the flesh and blood from you alone should sufficiently match the boost those more than ten others provided."

Li Qingyu had now reached the Celestial God Realm in her cultivation, even firmer than the previous inheritors’ realms, seeming tougher than the Third Grade Celestial God Realm Sword Demon.

For the Sword Demon relied purely on instinct, while Li Qingyu, possessed by the Holy Sword Elder, had surged her cultivation and abilities dramatically.

Xia Feng was careful, though showing no trace on his face, still taunting Li Qingyu during such moments.

"Ha, your predecessor only boasted, repeatedly defeated by me."

"Now you’ve possessed her without progress, spewing mere platitudes."

"Just don’t beg for mercy when the time comes."

The crimson and darkness in Li Qingyu’s eyes grew more apparent, sneering at Xia Feng: "These words, I return them to you unchanged."

"Don’t beg for mercy later."

"Of course... even if you do, I won’t spare you; your flesh, your body, and your soul will all be my sustenance."

Li Qingyu’s face, originally somewhat delicate, now bore a disruptive sinister grin, laughing wickedly after speaking.

Then she howled to the sky, emitting thicker black light.

She drew upon the surrounding heavenly might, coldly eyeing Xia Feng.

"I initially intended to absorb more flesh, but now forced to appear early."

"Kid, ruining my affairs repeatedly, I’ll be sure to torment you thoroughly before sending you to reincarnation."

As her voice fell, the Celestial God Mountain beneath Xia Feng began to tremble, startling him to leap into the air, cautiously watching Li Qingyu ahead.

Under their gaze, the Celestial God Mountain began slowly shrinking, with the covering stones slipping off.

Xia Feng had felt the mountain looked strange, like an exponentially enlarged Divine Sword.

Now as it shrank, he was stunned to find it indeed was a Divine Sword.

The Celestial God Mountain landed in Li Qingyu’s hand, amplifying her majesty.

She lovingly caressed the sword’s body, then looked at Xia Feng: "This was originally my body; now, using my current form to wield it, easily integrating with it."

"Absorbing more flesh might advance its grade to Upper Grade Demon Artifact."

The blackness in her eyes deepened, her gaze upon the Divine Sword containing some regret.

Xia Feng was shocked; although he guessed the sword was the Holy Sword Divine Emperor’s former weapon, he hadn’t thought the Holy Sword Elder was its Sword Spirit, now fallen to such a state.

Demonic Qi began swirling from Li Qingyu as the golden, radiant Divine Sword in her hand turned dark from the Qi.

The original golden glow of the Holy Sword tried resisting slightly, but with a pulse of pressure from Li Qingyu, the sword’s resistance weakened markedly, soon vanishing altogether.

Watching the now ink-black Divine Sword in her hand, Xia Feng whispered regretfully, then charged forward with the Heaven-Burying Sword.

After the Celestial God Mountain vanished, the cultivation restraints on the three originally covering Xia Feng weakened significantly; as the Holy Sword became the Demon Sword, the control evaporated.

Xia Feng assessed his aura, smiling coldly at Li Qingyu: "Come, let’s resolve the grudges between you and me once and for all."

By "grudges," he meant those between him and Li Qingyu’s original self, as well as him and the Holy Sword Elder.

Li Qingyu showed a more sinister look hearing Xia Feng still daring such bold claims.

"I’d like to see what justifies your boasting."

The Divine Sword and Demon Sword both issued clear sword cries in their hands, seemingly eager to settle matters.

Xia Feng stopped waiting, charging forth with the Heaven-Burying Sword, exchanging dozens of moves with Li Qingyu in a blink.

The Demon Sword, once the Holy Sword, had fought countless battles alongside the Holy Sword Divine Emperor, assuming its experience trumped Xia Feng’s by countless times.

Yet true combat revealed something amiss to Li Qingyu.

Xia Feng fought using the Heaven-Burying Divine Technique, yet his cultivation techniques were the Infinite Divine Technique.

Despite the Demon Sword’s battle history, it hadn’t seen someone as strange as Xia Feng.

His Dao switching showed no hesitation, often attacking with the Great Dao of Purple Thunder and Great Dao of Celestial Sword one moment.

In an instant before the sword moved away, he switched to the Great Dao of Extreme Ice, freezing Li Qingyu in place.

Though only for a breath, she broke free quickly, but both were top-tier Celestial God Realm experts, often exchanging three or four moves in such moments.

Xia Feng’s elusive technique changes seemed torturous for Li Qingyu countering.

Several times, she wished to unleash her wrath with a massive attack on Xia Feng, yet failed entirely.