Nie Li's invasive gaze swept across Long Yuyin's face, chest, and other areas, and her entire body tingled with a strange sensation, as though she were standing completely naked before him. She had never been scrutinized like that before. New...
Everyone around was dumbfounded. They never imagined Nie Li would speak to Long Yuyin like that.
Someone actually dared to provoke that she-devil Long Yuyin like this!
Xiao Yu was filled with worry, afraid that Nie Li had truly angered Long Yuyin and that the consequences would be dire. He couldn't understand why Nie Li was so antagonistic toward Long Yuyin — it seemed as though he bore some deep grudge. Long Yuyin had a powerful background; it would've been better to just endure it and move on.
Lu Piao, on the other hand, secretly gave Nie Li a thumbs up. A woman like Long Yuyin deserved to have her arrogance taken down a peg. Otherwise, she'd really think she was the greatest thing under heaven.
"You!" Long Yuyin was seething with fury. Who had ever dared to be this brazen in front of her? Nie Li's gaze made her skin prickle as if she were being stabbed by needles. "You lecher! I'll gouge your eyes out!"
"Long Yuyin, you think I'm interested in you? Don't flatter yourself! You may come from a prestigious family and possess exceptional talent, but in my eyes, you're nothing! Even if you stripped naked and stood in front of me, I'm sorry, but I wouldn't be interested! A woman with a heart as venomous as a serpent can't hide her inner ugliness no matter how pretty she is!" Nie Li said with utter contempt.
He recalled the vicious words Long Yuyin had once said about his master in his previous life, and now he was simply returning the favor. The thought of his master's unjust death filled Nie Li with rage.
Long Yuyin clenched her fists tightly as waves of overwhelming aura erupted from her body and bore down on Nie Li.
"Lowly trash! How dare you speak to me like that! I'll kill you!" Long Yuyin was on the verge of exploding. If not for the rule that no one was allowed to kill within the Heavenly Spirit Courtyard, she would have attacked long ago.
"Long Yuyin, the only thing you have to be smug about is your birth. Some genius! How laughable!" Nie Li cast a cold glance at Long Yuyin. Even under the pressure of her aura, he remained perfectly composed. Long Yuyin thought far too highly of herself and looked down on everyone. To her, anyone from an ordinary noble family was nothing but a lowly nobody.
Long Yuyin gradually calmed down. She didn't understand why she was so easily provoked by Nie Li. In the past, no one her age could even catch her eye. Perhaps it was because the talent Nie Li had displayed threatened her position, making her vaguely sense danger — and that was why she was so furious.
"I'd like to see how you plan to surpass me today! If you can't surpass me, I'll make sure you die!" A murderous intent radiated from Long Yuyin's body.
"Then watch closely!" A cold gleam flashed through Nie Li's eyes. "Not only will I surpass you, but I'll also show you just how laughable everything you rely on truly is. Someone like you — what right do you have to be so arrogant?"
The moment Nie Li finished speaking, the Heavenly Dao Divine Art within his Soul Sea surged into motion at tremendous speed.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Powerful sonic booms erupted beneath Nie Li's feet, and the vast Heavenly Dao force threatened to blow away everyone around him.
That terrifying aura caused the expressions of everyone nearby to shift.
Xiao Yu and Lu Piao looked at Nie Li in shock. The other disciples were even more stunned. At the center of the sonic blasts, Nie Li's robes billowed without wind, making him look like a god descended from the heavens.
What kind of terrifying power was this?
Even Long Yuyin's expression changed.
Nie Li ascended slowly and steadily. The one hundred and twenty-sixth step. The one hundred and twenty-seventh step. Watching Nie Li climb step by step with such overwhelming presence, Long Yuyin felt her breathing begin to constrict. From Nie Li, she sensed a suffocating pressure.
This aura was far more powerful than the Heavenly Dao force pressing down from the surroundings, forcing Long Yuyin to take a step back before she could steady herself.
Why? Why was it that Nie Li, who hadn't even reached the Destiny Realm, could impose such terrifying pressure on her — pressure that felt even greater than that of cultivators above the Five Destinies Realm?
What Long Yuyin didn't know was that the pressure she felt didn't come from Nie Li's own power. Rather, Nie Li had connected with the Heavenly Dao force near the Spirit Eye and drawn upon it. The concentration of Heavenly Dao force near the Spirit Eye was extremely dense, and when Nie Li channeled it, it erupted with astonishing power.
The one hundred and twenty-eighth step. The one hundred and twenty-ninth step…
Nie Li climbed step by step until he reached the one hundred and thirtieth step, standing on the same level as Long Yuyin. He glanced at her from the corner of his eye and let out a cold laugh. "A hundred and thirty steps? That's all?"
Long Yuyin stared blankly at Nie Li. She had always prided herself on her talent, believing that no one her age could possibly surpass her. But all her pride had come crashing to the ground. Nie Li looked down at her coldly, and the look of disgust in his eyes made her feel like she was nothing more than garbage on the floor.
Nie Li withdrew his gaze from Long Yuyin and didn't spare her another glance as he stepped toward the one hundred and thirty-first step.
Thud!
The moment Nie Li's foot landed, that deep, resounding impact made every disciple's heart tremble.
That was the one hundred and thirty-first step!
Outside the Sacred Spirit Immortal Realm, the crowd erupted in a cacophony of amazed shouts.