First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 199: Mountain Climbing!

On the other side.

Xiao Ling'er's response was quite clever!

She took out a cage made of light gauze, barely blocking Lu Ming's purple lightning arc, and quickly activated a third-grade talisman.

The gauze was shattered into tattered cloth by the thunder and electric light.

But she narrowly avoided Shen Mo's Shangqing Sword Qi and appeared on a stone step three levels lower than Shen Mo.

"Brother Shen, please wait!"

Xiao Ling'er glanced at Gao Xiaofeng's miserable state, feeling extremely shocked.

With such methods, even Meng Sanchi would have to avoid his sharpness!

After quickly weighing her options, she immediately adjusted her strategy: "Brother Shen, if you can show mercy, I am willing to join forces with both of you to help you secure the top spot for the Linjiang Sect."

Lu Ming was still amazed by Shen Mo's sword technique, and when he heard Xiao Ling'er's words, he seemed somewhat tempted.

He was different from Shen Mo.

Having invested a large amount of resources in Xingchen Peak, he naturally faced more pressure.

If he could easily secure the top spot for the sect, he would naturally be willing.

"No need! Miss Xiao, please take your leave."

As soon as Shen Mo finished speaking, a sword qi slashed out.

In Xiao Ling'er's resentful and unwilling expression, she was slashed down and fell directly below more than ten steps.

"Ah! Brother Shen..."

Lu Ming wanted to persuade him, but before he could speak, he had to close his mouth in frustration.

"Do you really believe... in Xiao Ling'er's promise?"

Shen Mo walked to Gao Xiaofeng, who was struggling to get up, grabbed his neck, and threw him straight down the mountain.

The face of this disciple of the Tianjian Sect turned red, wanting to fight desperately.

But Shen Mo restrained his body and used his Zifu spiritual energy to disperse the spiritual power he had gathered to perform his immortal technique.

Struggling in vain, he was thrown down the Tian Shan stone steps.

In mid-air, he let out a howl that echoed through the mountains.

Seeing this, Lu Ming's mouth twitched slightly.

After pondering for a moment, he sighed, "I also know that Miss Xiao won't care too much about personal honor and disgrace for the sake of competing for the sect's interests."

Shen Mo smiled faintly and nodded.

It wasn't that he deliberately made things difficult for Xiao Ling'er, but that the competition on Tian Shan was like this.

If he had been softhearted and let Xiao Ling'er go, taking her up the mountain to fight against Meng Sanchi and the others!

If he could gain the upper hand, it would be fine.

But once he fell behind, she would definitely betray Gao Xiaofeng and go against her current promise.

She might even help others deal with Shen Mo and Lu Ming.

Originally, bringing Xiao Ling'er along would only make it easier to win.

But if the final situation was evenly matched or slightly unfavorable... bringing Xiao Ling'er would only add variables!

In that case, why take the risk of bringing this unstable factor?

"Xiao Ling'er and I have been fighting against Gao Xiaofeng for a long time. I'm afraid Meng Sanchi and the others have already climbed more than a hundred steps ahead!"

Lu Ming put away the Thunder Banner, took a pill, and looked somewhat gloomy.

He believed that he was not weaker than Meng Sanchi, Li Chen, and Yang Chi, but now he had fallen so far behind.

His spiritual power was also depleted by Xiao Ling'er and Gao Xiaofeng.

And the time to climb Tian Shan was not unlimited.

Usually, it was divided into twelve hours, one day and one night.

With this delay, if he wanted to catch up with the other three, his spiritual power would be severely depleted.

Even if he caught up, it would be difficult to compete with them!

"If you have the strength, you can go ahead."

"Wait for me to recover a bit and then catch up with you. If I can't defeat Meng Sanchi and the others, I can wait for me to join you and compete with them."

Shen Mo nodded slightly and walked past Lu Ming.

He didn't think that Lu Ming had any ill intentions, wanting him to consume the other three's energy!

Since fighting with Xiao Ling'er, Lu Ming's condition has not been very good.

"I'll wait for you up there!"

Shen Mo left behind some encouraging words and continued to climb the steps.

At this point, he had already reached the fourth position!

There were only three people left in front: Meng Sanchi from Tianjian Sect, Li Chen from Guishi Sect, and Yang Chi from Qixing Altar.

If they only stopped here, Linjiang Sect would only rank fourth in this grand ceremony, which would not be considered an achievement.

Naturally, Shen Mo was not satisfied!

Moreover, he still needed to rely on the Tian Shan Sword Qi to temper his cultivation, physique, and swordsmanship.

After several hours.

"Creak!"

"Creak!"

Shen Mo's body made strange noises like an overloaded old building.

But he continued to climb higher step by step, relying solely on his strong physique.

"It's strange! I've already passed four hundred steps, why haven't I seen Li Chen and the others?"

Shen Mo had this doubt in his mind.

"Unless they have pulled ahead of everyone else and haven't made a move."

"Otherwise, it's not easy to climb over four hundred steps in just five hours."

"It seems that they have reached a tacit understanding! They have pushed their fights with each other to the end, not giving others a chance."

If that's the case.

Then Gao Xiaofeng most likely deceived Xiao Ling'er!

Meng Sanchi and the others didn't fight along the way, so they could maintain their best condition and climb to the highest point they could bear on the stone steps.

Even if Xiao Ling'er's strength was not damaged, it would not be easy for her to catch up with them.

Not to mention that she had exhausted herself fighting with Lu Ming and was no longer in her peak state.

She could no longer climb to where she could see their backs!

Shen Mo couldn't help but sigh.

These newly rising geniuses of the immortal sects were not easy to deal with!

"Let's continue climbing. They can't just rely on their Qi Gathering realm to climb to the top of the mountain!"

Shen Mo started to cultivate the "Purple Mansion Heart Sutra," continuously absorbing the spiritual energy between heaven and earth and converting it into Purple Mansion Spiritual Power in his Qi Sea Dantian.

And his climbing speed suddenly increased!

Other disciples of the immortal sects who were climbing Tian Shan would generally climb the fastest in the early stages, but as the pressure became stronger, their speed would gradually slow down.

There were cases in the history of the grand ceremony where someone like Shen Mo, who started slowly but suddenly exerted force later on, emerged.

But the outcome was usually not very good!

Either they were crushed by the pressure of the sword qi, causing their strength to greatly diminish.

Or they consumed too much spiritual power and mental energy, their condition became too poor, and they were defeated by other participating disciples, unable to move forward.

Therefore, when the disciples of Linjiang Sect on the floating stone platform saw Shen Mo's speed increase, their expressions became somewhat unpleasant.

"It seems that Master Zhou didn't give detailed instructions to the disciples!"

An elder from Qixing Altar couldn't help but laugh.

Tianjian Sect and Guishi Sect also chimed in.

After all, in their eyes, the top of Tian Shan could only be produced among Meng Sanchi, Li Chen, and Yang Chi.

As for Shen Mo.

With such a reckless attitude of not sparing any effort, even if he caught up with Meng Sanchi and the others, he would definitely not be a match for any one of them.

Although Peak Master Zhou Shili remained silent, at this moment, he also felt a bit of regret.

"Who could have expected that this kid, who was silent, would actually achieve such a level?"

"If I had given him a few more pointers back then, he might have been able to snatch the top spot in the Tian Shan Grand Ceremony."

"It's a pity, such recklessness..."

"I'm afraid he won't be able to defeat Meng Sanchi and the others!"

(End of this chapter)