"Junior Sister, why are you here?"
Liu Jian looked at Meng Yuan and said.
"If I didn’t come, were you just going to run wild here? They didn’t even do anything. On what grounds are you canceling their qualification to participate in the selection? You’re not Elders, what right do you have to do that?"
Meng Yuan shouted.
"Meng Yuan, I’m standing up for you here. Didn’t they offend you?"
Liu Jian looked at Meng Yuan and said.
"Nothing like that happened at all. They’re all my friends. With me, Jiang Mengyuan, here today, whoever dares cancel their qualification for the selection, I’m not done with him!"
Jiang Mengyuan put her hands on her hips, looking at Liu Jian with a thoroughly spoiled-and-headstrong expression, snapping at Hao Jun and the others, looking fierce and aggressive.
"Jiang Mengyuan, don’t make a scene for no reason. They injured my younger brother, they’re not qualified to take part in the Divine Sword Mountain selection!"
That Hao Jun glared at Jiang Mengyuan and shouted.
"You don’t get to decide whether they’re qualified or not. You’re just a disciple of Divine Sword Mountain, not one of the decision-makers of Divine Sword Mountain."
"Besides, your younger brother getting injured only proves that his skill is inferior to others. He’s the one disgracing Divine Sword Mountain, what does that have to do with anyone else!"
Jiang Mengyuan snorted.
"You..."
Hearing Jiang Mengyuan’s words, that Hao Jun’s face instantly turned gloomy, anger flashing in his eyes.
"Hmph, you lot just wait for me!"
Hao Jun swept a cold gaze over Xiao Yifeng and the others, then turned around and left.
His younger brother followed at his side and left as well. Jiang Mengyuan was the beloved daughter of the Fifth Sword Master.
Although he was a disciple of the Seventh Sword Master, he still couldn’t afford to offend her.
"Liu Jian, why aren’t you leaving yet!"
Jiang Mengyuan glared at Liu Jian and shouted.
Liu Jian’s expression turned gloomy as he swept a glance at Xiao Yifeng, then left with Jiang Hao.
"Alright, it’s over now. Shouldn’t you be thanking me?"
At this moment, Jiang Mengyuan’s gaze swept toward Jian Yun, speaking with a very self-satisfied look.
But Jian Yun’s face remained expressionless. He didn’t say a single word, and he didn’t even spare Jiang Mengyuan a glance.
Jiang Mengyuan: "..."
"Bastard!"
Jiang Mengyuan glared fiercely at Jian Yun, huffed in anger, and turned around to leave.
"Jian Yun, you’re really ruthless. You even made that little beauty storm off in a huff!"
Luo Qianyu looked at Jian Yun and said with a smile.
Jian Yun said nothing, his demeanor icy cold.
The strong one at the Ninth Level of the Life and Death Realm swept his gaze over Xiao Yifeng and the others, then returned to his original position and said:
"Alright, the selection trial officially begins now. Everyone, start climbing the Divine Sword Steps!"
After that, all those participating in the Divine Sword selection began heading toward the staircase one after another. Most of this group looked full of confidence.
"You all wait here. If anything comes up, I’ll contact you."
Xiao Yifeng looked at Yan Bin, Little Xiuxiu, Luo Yue and the others and said.
"Master, be careful!"
Little Xiuxiu looked at Xiao Yifeng and said.
"Brother Xiao, be careful!"
Luo Yue also reminded him.
"Mm."
Xiao Yifeng nodded, then he, Jian Yun, and Luo Qianyu headed toward the Divine Sword Steps.
Ah!!!
Just then, a man at the Fifth Level of the Divine Soul Realm who had just stepped onto the Divine Sword Steps let out a miserable scream and retreated off the steps.
His face was pale as he panted heavily, as if he had encountered something extremely terrifying.
"What happened to you?"
The other people preparing to step onto the Divine Sword Steps all turned their gazes toward him.
"Swords, so many swords!"
The man’s voice trembled as he spoke, swallowing hard.
"So it’s like that after all."
At this moment, Xiao Yifeng already understood that the Divine Sword Steps were similar to the staircase trial on that mountain peak in the Secret Realm of Jiuxiao Country back then.
However, he felt no fear at all and took one step onto the Divine Sword Steps.
Buzz!
An invisible power arose on the Divine Sword Steps. Instantly, Xiao Yifeng seemed to see a terrifyingly dreadful sword light shooting toward him, as if it would completely annihilate him.
Humph!
Xiao Yifeng merely let out a cold snort, utterly fearless. A terrifying aura burst from his body, and that dreadful sword light dissipated into nothingness.
"So it’s an Illusionary Realm trial."
At this moment, Xiao Yifeng also understood the secret of the Divine Sword Steps.
That man just now must have been scared stiff by this illusion.
After all, when an ordinary person faces a sword light far stronger than themselves charging at them, they’d all react that way. Only Xiao Yifeng remained completely unafraid.
Then Xiao Yifeng walked up the Divine Sword Steps one step at a time.
He saw more and more sword lights attacking him, as if they wanted to completely destroy him.
Xiao Yifeng was utterly fearless toward all of this, using his own powerful Star’s Might to crush all these illusory visions.
At this time, Luo Qianyu and Jian Yun had also stepped onto the Divine Sword Steps and encountered the same illusions.
Xiao Yifeng had already sent them a sound transmission in advance, informing them, which allowed Jian Yun and Luo Qianyu to be prepared.
They weren’t frightened by the illusions, while as for the others, there were still quite a few people scared off the Divine Sword Steps.
At this moment, Chu Feicheng also stepped onto the Divine Sword Steps and encountered that terrifying sword light illusion as well.
However, he cultivated Sword Dao to begin with, so he naturally wouldn’t be frightened so easily.
Chu Feicheng erupted with a terrifying Sword Intent, unleashing an unparalleled might of Sword Qi.
Xiao Yifeng still walked at the very front. The Illusionary Realm trial of the Divine Sword Steps meant nothing to him.
After he had passed over a hundred steps, it was no longer an illusion trial.
Instead, a powerful Sword Intent pressed toward him.
"Hmph!"
Xiao Yifeng gave a cold snort as a terrifying aura suddenly exploded from his body, forcefully shattering that dreadful Sword Intent.
Boom!
But right after, an even more terrifying Sword Intent surged toward him, as if it would completely crush him.
"I was Master of the Starry Sky in the Ancient Era, Emperor of the Starry Sky in the distant past. And a mere Sword Intent wants to crush me? Impossible!"
Xiao Yifeng snorted coldly as the Nine Stars Tyrant Body Art within his body fully activated.
The Eight Great Apertures in his body released endless Starforce, starlight swirling around him, and the Starry Dominion was forcefully unleashed.
He completely crushed all the dreadful Sword Intent brought forth by the Divine Sword Steps, while Xiao Yifeng himself moved like a gust of wind, sprinting directly up the Divine Sword Steps.
In the blink of an eye, he had reached halfway up the mountain, having already traversed half of the ten-thousand-meter staircase.
Seeing this, whether it was the disciples of Divine Sword Mountain or the members participating in the selection, all of their eyes widened.
They looked at Xiao Yifeng, who had already reached halfway up the mountain, with expressions of disbelief.
Most of them had basically been forced off the Divine Sword Steps by the illusions and the dreadful Sword Intent.
Of the people remaining, other than Jian Yun, the rest had only climbed just over a hundred steps.
Jian Yun had only climbed a little over five hundred steps, yet Xiao Yifeng had already gone halfway. Naturally, this made everyone feel utterly shocked.