Pursued by the Top Grade Saintess after Engagement Annulled-Chapter 444 - 440: Overpowering Counterkill

Xia Tianming rolled his eyes, too lazy to deal with Li Qingyu barking over here, but couldn’t stand that Li Qingyu was intent on seeking her own humiliation.

"With your abilities, staying with them is such a waste. Come with me; I’m just missing a Space Element Martial God by my side."

"I can give you unimaginable resources. Follow me, and you’ll have the hope of advancing further in the path of cultivation."

Xia Feng looked a bit annoyed: "Your talent for persuasion is just ridiculously stupid."

"Why don’t you think about your own situation instead?"

"Last time you managed to escape by sheer luck. This time I want to see how, after using the Divine King’s treasure, you can still escape from this battlefield."

Xia Feng’s body shook, and the sword energy on the Heaven-Burying Sword in his hand burst forth, swiftly sweeping towards Li Qingyu.

Li Qingyu’s face changed from green to pale for a moment, then she pulled out a sword talisman from her bosom.

"Bitch, I’ll remember what happened today; just wait until I bring people to wipe you all out!"

Xia Feng sneered. Even if you bring more people, they’ll just be coming to die one by one.

But he hadn’t expected that the Celestial Sword Divine King’s indulgence towards Li Qingyu would be so limitless, providing countless life-saving items, allowing her to repeatedly escape from Xia Feng’s grasp.

However, while Li Qingyu could escape, her subordinates were not so lucky.

The few who survived knelt on the ground in panic, begging for mercy: "Lord, please spare us."

"Lord, it was the Goddess Qingyu who forced us; we had no choice."

"Lord, if you spare my life, I’ll do anything you ask."

Xia Feng initially intended to kill them all, but seeing them babbling on, he got a bit interested.

"Oh? If you’ll do anything, then tell me about Li Qingyu’s situation."

"If you speak well, I won’t kill him today."

Xia Feng found a quiet spot, resting his chin on his hand, watching these people with a half-smile, waiting for their information.

The captives looked flustered, unsure of what to say for a moment.

Finally, someone from the edge spoke up: "I’m not one of Goddess Qingyu’s people; I was just tempted by her treasures."

"She said if I helped her catch three people, she’d give me a Middle Grade Divine Artifact after we got out."

Once someone started, others began to add more.

"Yes, that’s right, she said she’d give me a Middle Grade Divine Artifact, said she’d open the family treasury for me to choose."

"She promised to give me a Lower Grade Divine Armor if I could catch those three people..."

"We really didn’t think we would’ve gotten involved with Goddess Qingxue; even if you gave me ten times the courage, I wouldn’t dare entertain such thoughts against the Divine Maiden."

"Exactly, if I had known it was against Goddess Qingxue, I wouldn’t have taken the treasure at the risk of my life."

Beside him, Li Qingxue’s expression was as ugly as could be, and Xia Feng gently patted her hand in comfort.

Li Qingxue was even more infuriated: "The family treasury is the Li Family’s most secure place, and she just nonchalantly says she can take people to choose from it..."

She was so angry her lips trembled, but she continued to grind her teeth, restraining her temper.

Xia Feng, his mind turning, embraced her shoulder reassuringly: "Don’t worry, soon that stuff will be ours."

Li Qingxue suppressed her anger, and coldly questioned the people, "Besides this, what else have you done for Li Qingyu recently?"

The crowd’s expressions turned subtle, but the one who spoke first replied: "She just had us kill Sword Beasts."

"Then extract the Sword Heart for her to fuse with."

"Or chase after stray Sword Qi for her to comprehend."

Xia Feng paused, though he didn’t fully understand, he realized where Li Qingyu’s slightly solidified cultivation came from.

He silently noted the Sword Beast and Sword Heart, then waved his hand at Xia Tianming behind him.

Xia Tianming, smirking, deployed the Void Cauldron, expanding it as if intending to crush these people completely.

The first person to speak struggled and screamed: "You promised not to kill us, how can you go back on your word!"

He struggled desperately to escape, but the Celestial Sword aura from Xia Feng suppressed these already injured people completely, leaving them with no room to move.

Xia Tianming chuckled: "He said he wouldn’t kill you, I didn’t say that."

As soon as the words fell, the Void Cauldron slammed onto the ground, crushing them all into a bloody pulp.

Xia Feng’s expression was indifferent, his gaze turning distant, seemingly already contemplating how to capture the Sword Beasts.

In contrast, Li Qingxue behind him looked somewhat worried: "There’s really no need to kill them all, even if released, they wouldn’t stir any trouble for us."

"They know how powerful we are, surely they wouldn’t dare cause us any trouble later."

Xia Feng raised an eyebrow, smiling as he replied: "I don’t want the people outside to know how powerful we are just yet."

"If these people get out and the information spreads, it would be hard for Li Qingyu to gather so many people."

"She wouldn’t dare come alone to trouble us, so when would I get the chance to kill her?"

"It’s better to stifle the news, let no one know our true strength, and have Li Qingyu bring people over for us to kill in batches."

Though Xia Feng wasn’t interested in the Holy Sword Secret Realm’s inheritance, he still felt there were too many people in the Secret Realm.

Especially Li Qingyu’s people; there were so many it was beginning to annoy him.

Taking this opportunity for a thorough cleanup was best, especially to resolve Li Qingyu in this matter...

Li Qingxue didn’t understand Xia Feng’s intentions, and merely mentioned it casually before joining the other women in exploring the Secret Realm.

No one bothered them this time, and the women also hadn’t gathered like this for a long time.

Each one wanted to show Xia Feng the secret manuals they had learned in their respective Divine Domains, and in the end, treasure hunting became less important.

Beside them, Xia Tianming happily acted as the third wheel, occasionally checking his own cultivation, appearing somewhat uncomfortable.

Xia Feng turned to him: "Grandfather, what’s wrong?"

Xia Tianming wore a puzzled expression: "I don’t know if it’s because I just killed those people."

"It seems my Great Dao of Space is being deliberately suppressed by some rules within the Secret Realm?"