Pursued by the Top Grade Saintess after Engagement Annulled-Chapter 403 - 399: Joining Forces to Block the Crowd, Xia Feng Races Ahead

Chapter 403: Chapter 399: Joining Forces to Block the Crowd, Xia Feng Races Ahead

The nearby Xia Tianming also quickly followed and urged Xia Feng, as he didn’t want to hold his grandson back.

In the end, Xia Feng reluctantly continued climbing, looking back three times with every step.

There were too many secrets surrounding Tang Yunqi, so many that Xia Feng couldn’t find a single clue to unravel.

However, the goodwill Tang Yunqi had shown to Xia Feng and Xia Tianming was enough for him to temporarily trust Tang Yunqi.

Thinking of this, Xia Feng no longer looked back, his gaze fixed on the illusion in mid-air, and his climbing speed suddenly increased significantly.

There’s still more than a day, and he will definitely reach the highest point.

Behind him, stopping at the fiftieth step, Xia Tianming and Tang Yunqi also looked slightly shocked, seemingly not expecting Xia Feng’s speed to be so fast.

It seemed like he had been accommodating Xia Tianming too much before, causing him to not dare to climb at full speed.

Meanwhile, beside him, Tang Yunqi was filled with confusion.

Earlier Xia Tianming called that person ’Xiao Feng’, and Tang Yunqi couldn’t think of any prominent figure with ’Feng’ in their name from this generation.

Let alone the Four Great Clans and the Loose Cultivators, he even quickly ran through the Ten Great Divine Domains in his mind.

In the end, he began to wonder if there was this particular surname in the ancient, hidden families.

But he couldn’t come to any conclusion, so he just frowned and set the matter aside for now.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced slightly at Xia Tianming, unable to help but mutter to himself: Well, being able to observe the emergence of a new generation of genius up close, he is indeed quite fortunate.

Thinking of this, he took out a row of silver needle hidden weapons from his pocket, secured them on his wrist, and prepared to unleash them on those people as soon as they approached.

After waiting for two hours, those below were still stuck around the fortieth step and couldn’t continue climbing.

Meanwhile, Xia Feng had reached the same step as Dongfang Qingcang, the sixtieth step.

The two exchanged glances, then silently and simultaneously averted their eyes.

Dongfang Qingcang did not make the first move, seemingly wanting to see how Xia Feng would handle the situation.

More importantly, he wanted to see if Xia Feng could climb up to the sixty-first step.

Xia Feng’s lips curled slightly upward, then he stood silently on the sixtieth step without speaking further.

"Hmm? Can’t climb any further? It’s been four hours already, right?"

"Dongfang Qingcang, is it? You’re quite impressive to have made it this far."

The condescending tone made people particularly uncomfortable, especially for someone like Dongfang Qingcang, who was accustomed to being in a high position; such words were even more unwelcome to his ears.

The expression on his face turned cold, his eyelids flickered, as if assessing Xia Feng.

"Heh, just a brat boasting with words, your reaching here is nothing more than sheer luck."

The divine artifact shaped like a fan in his palm seemed somewhat agitated, and a long sword also appeared in Xia Feng’s hand.

The moment the Heaven-Burying Sword appeared, it suppressed the opposing divine artifact into trembling submission, daring not to antagonize Xia Feng any longer.

Xia Feng’s lips curled slightly upward, seemingly somewhat satisfied with the timely intimidation exerted by the sword spirit.

Facing him, Dongfang Qingcang took a deep breath, his body somewhat trembling. Just as he was about to recklessly engage Xia Feng on the sixtieth step,

Xia Feng took a step forward, almost forehead to forehead with Dongfang Qingcang.

"Since you want to recruit me, it certainly isn’t just luck that I rely on."

"If it were just luck, are you mocking me, or ridiculing yourself?"

Dongfang Qingcang’s face turned exceptionally unpleasant, his eyes staring intensely at Xia Feng as if wishing to bore a hole through him.

In contrast, Xia Feng slightly narrowed his eyes, seemingly indifferent to Dongfang Qingcang’s provocation. Instead, he gripped the Heaven-Burying Sword and took another step upward.

Seeing Dongfang Qingcang stuck on this step for four hours earlier, Xia Feng was worried that he might not make it up himself.

If that were the case, he would directly slap his own face with the harsh words he just let out.

However, after exerting a bit more strength, he easily stepped up.

This made him momentarily bewildered, despite being mentally prepared for a long time, nearly stumbling from the effort.

His expression turned complicated as he looked down at Dongfang Qingcang below, the confusion and contempt in his eyes piercing Dongfang Baiyu’s heart like two sharp knives.

If not for the fear of fighting on the Heaven-Ascending Ladder and easily being targeted by the pressure, causing a fall, Dongfang Qingcang really wanted to disregard everything and kill him outright.

Especially when the sword spirit inside Xia Feng’s annoying ancient divine artifact sword, in a youthful voice, teased, "Is that all?"

This was practically stamping his face on the ground and trampling on it repeatedly, rendering him unable to bear looking at the expressions below.

After a long while, Xia Feng finally withdrew his assessing gaze from Dongfang Qingcang, nonchalantly continuing to climb upwards.

His speed wasn’t fast, but it definitely wasn’t slow either.

Compared to Dongfang Qingcang, who was stuck at the sixtieth step, Xia Feng’s speed already made him almost die of jealousy.

Below, witnessing this scene, the expressions of the others noticeably turned to panic.

"Oh heavens, is that person intending to climb straight to the top in one go?"

"Only the top ten will remain, the rest will all be kicked out, hurry up and climb."

At this moment, whoever had been lying low was no longer keeping a low profile, and those who had been biding their time gathered all their strength, beginning to climb up into the air.

Xia Tianming and Tang Yunqi suddenly felt the pressure increase significantly, with several people having reached the forty-ninth step, visibly preparing to charge upwards.

Then, a giant cauldron directly swept those people away.

Beside him, Tang Yunqi raised an eyebrow, his expression momentarily subtle, but quickly returning to normal, stepping in to assist Xia Tianming in mending the gaps.

Soon after, Beiming Ye also reached the forty-ninth step, and as the Void Cauldron was about to smash down on him, he seemed to instantly shift positions.

Directly sliding a significant distance to Tang Yunqi’s side, then Tang Yunqi pulled out a rod-like weapon and started fighting with Beiming Ye.

Initially, Xia Tianming looked over with some concern, but quickly averted his gaze.

Clearly, the two had prearranged it, appearing as if they were rigging the fight, hitting back and forth for a long time without scraping off even a sliver of skin.

Tang Yunqi even had the time to help Xia Tianming take care of those who slipped through the net.

Fortunately, Xia Tianming decided not to dwell on his little schemes.

High above in the air, Xia Feng had already climbed to the ninetieth step.

Upon reaching this point, every step forward became incredibly arduous.

He could even see the illusion of Wuji Divine Monarch gazing at his shadow from above.