CHAPTER 27: CHAPTER 27: LIU SHIYU’S MENTAL BREAKDOWN

"Earth Tier Ninth Layer Martial Artist? No, that’s absolutely impossible."

Liu Shiyu got up from the ground, supporting herself with her long sword, her face twisted as she roared in anger, "You’re just a sixteen-year-old waste still stuck in the Martial Disciple level. How could you possibly be an Earth Tier Ninth Layer Martial Artist? I don’t believe it."

After yelling, she swung her long sword again, launching a fierce swordsmanship attack.

Xia Feng sneered, giving the Qingxue Sword a shake, as a stream of light flashed. With a loud bang, Liu Shiyu, who was leaping toward him, was struck and sent flying again, coughing up several mouthfuls of blood while still in the air.

After landing, she lay motionless on the ground, staring blankly at the sky.

It wasn’t this strike that injured her so severely that she couldn’t move, but the fact that she could not accept Xia Feng’s cultivation being higher than hers.

In her mind, Xia Feng was just a sixteen-year-old waste still in the Martial Disciple Realm, destined to be a waste, someone who could only look up to her.

Yet now, his cultivation far surpassed hers, and she couldn’t even withstand a single move from him.

The stark contrast was something she couldn’t accept.

"Xiao Yu!"

Seeing this, Liu Tianxiang, who was fighting Father Xia and Mrs. Xia, was taken aback and wanted to rescue her.

"Liu Tianxiang, your opponents are us."

Father Xia and Mrs. Xia were also shocked by their son’s sudden rise in cultivation, but they were more excited. Seeing Liu Tianxiang try to leave the battlefield, they launched even more ferocious attacks to hold him back.

Father Xia laughed up into the sky, "Who dares to call my son a waste anymore?"

Liu Tianxiang sneered, "It’s just some cultivation forcibly elevated by an elixir."

"Is that so?" Father Xia smiled calmly, and his attacks became even more intense.

In the sky, Niu Zhan, who was facing off against Cloud Mountain, smiled and said, "Good kid, you’ve mastered a good set of swordsmanship again."

Cloud Mountain glanced at Xia Feng on the ground, his face darkening.

He had originally planned to disguise himself and his men as Bull Subduing Sect members to attack the Xia Family and seize those resources.

But later he heard that the Five Top Grade Saintesses had detained the Sect Leader of the Bull Subduing Sect, Niu Zhan, at the Xia Family, so his plan to disguise as the Bull Subduing Sect to attack the Xia Family naturally fell through.

As he was about to give up, the Saint Children of the Celestial Fox Sacred Land, Extreme Ice Sacred Land, Li Huo Sacred Land, Purple Thunder Sacred Land, and Celestial Sword Sacred Land all descended upon the Cloud Mountain Sect, asking him to lead the sect’s disciples to attack the Xia Family and kill Xia Feng.

As for the Five Top Grade Saintesses, the Five Great Saint Children would engage them.

After the completion of the task, he would receive a lot of benefits and be protected by the Five Great Saint Children, so that the Five Top Grade Saintesses wouldn’t threaten the Cloud Mountain Sect.

With the backing of the Five Great Saint Children, Cloud Mountain once again led some elite members of the sect back to Xingyu City, but he didn’t have the sect’s disciples make a move. Instead, he approached the Liu Family.

He wanted to complete the task given by the Five Great Saint Children, gain benefits, and at the same time, not offend the Five Top Grade Saintesses too severely, so he intended to use the Liu Family.

He provided the Liu Family with some elixirs that could temporarily enhance cultivation and told them that the Five Great Saint Children would destroy the Xia Family, and all the Xia Family’s resources would belong to the Liu Family afterward.

He promised to block Niu Zhan for them, and after completing the task, Liu Shiyu could still cultivate in the Cloud Mountain Sect.

Hearing that they had the backing of the Five Great Saint Children, the Liu Family, already harboring deep hatred against the Xia Family, agreed without much thought, which led to the Liu Family’s attack on the Xia Family.

In Cloud Mountain’s plan, he would hold off Niu Zhan, Liu Tianxiang would engage Father Xia and Mrs. Xia, the Liu Family’s Martial King would keep the Xia Family’s Martial King busy, and the Liu Family’s guards could easily crush the Xia Family’s guards.

In the end, it would be just Liu Shiyu and Xia Feng left, and with Liu Shiyu’s strength, she should be able to kill Xia Feng.

As long as Xia Feng was killed, his task would be considered complete.

But Cloud Mountain never expected that Xia Feng would rise to the Earth Tier Ninth Layer Martial Artist realm in just half a day.

Now that Liu Shiyu has been utterly defeated, there’s no way he can rely on her to kill Xia Feng anymore.

Cloud Mountain looked at Niu Zhan across from him, his eyes flashing as he spoke, "Niu Zhan, Xia Feng is the one the Five Great Saint Children want to kill. Protecting him means opposing the Five Great Saint Children. Are you going to disregard the life and death of the Bull Subduing Sect?"

"The Five Great Saint Children?"

Niu Zhan’s expression changed slightly. No wonder Cloud Mountain dared to defy the Five Top Grade Saintesses; it turned out he had the support of the Five Great Saint Children.

Protecting Xia Feng would mean offending the Five Great Saint Children, while failing to protect him would mean offending the Five Top Grade Saintesses. Either way, it seemed like a no-win situation.

Seeing this, Cloud Mountain seized the opportunity to say, "Niu Zhan, if you personally kill Xia Feng, I can speak well of you in front of the Five Great Saint Children. With their support, the Five Top Grade Saintesses naturally won’t dare to do anything to the Bull Subduing Sect."

Niu Zhan glanced down at Xia Feng on the ground, his expression indecisive. After a moment, he looked up at Cloud Mountain and said coldly, "Cloud Mountain, you don’t want to offend the Five Top Grade Saintesses too severely, so you use the Liu Family. Now that the Liu Family can’t kill Xia Feng, you want to use me instead? Do you think I’m as foolish as that bunch of wastes from the Liu Family?"

Cloud Mountain replied coldly, "If so, then prepare for the Bull Subduing Sect to be destroyed."

Saying that, he let out a long howl.

Moments later, the Great Elder of the Cloud Mountain Sect led ten Martial Kings, soaring through the air and landing on top of the Xia Family’s courtyard wall.

Seeing this, Father Xia and Mrs. Xia immediately abandoned Liu Tianxiang and rushed towards Xia Feng, protecting him behind them.

"Xiao Feng, run."

Mrs. Xia said soberly.

"Xiao Feng, we’ll hold them off. You must leave quickly." Father Xia said without turning his head.

Xia Feng looked at the Great Elder and those ten Martial Kings of the Cloud Mountain Sect, his expression slightly sinking.

"Father, Mother, how could I leave you and escape alone? It’s just death, after all. The sons of the Xia Family aren’t cowards who fear death." Xia Feng said solemnly.

At this moment, Liu Shiyu, propped up by Liu Tianxiang, laughed maniacally, "Xia Feng, you hid so well. Pretending to be a Martial Disciple waste when you were really an Earth Tier Ninth Layer Martial Artist, just to trick me into breaking off the engagement? Such cunning. But even if you’re an Earth Tier Ninth Layer Martial Artist, you won’t escape death today."

Xia Feng glanced at her but did not respond.

His gaze turned to the distant sky. If the Top Grade Saintesses of the Northern Border truly came because of dream influences, then the Five Top Grade Saintesses of the Southern Border should also be on their way.

It had been over three hours, and by his estimation, they should be arriving soon.

Once the Top Grade Saintesses of the Southern Border arrived, the crisis facing the Xia Family would naturally be resolved.

Given some time, reaching the Martial King, Martial Sect, or even Martial Venerable level wasn’t impossible.

"Kill!"

Cloud Mountain commanded coldly.

The Great Elder of the Cloud Mountain Sect waved his hand, sending the ten Martial Kings charging toward Father Xia and Mrs. Xia.

"Hmph!"

Niu Zhan snorted coldly, striking with a palm from a distance, killing those ten Cloud Mountain Sect Martial Kings instantly.

"Niu Zhan, you court death."

Cloud Mountain raged, launching a Cloud Mountain Hand attack.

Niu Zhan, being evenly matched with Cloud Mountain, was caught off guard by the sudden attack and was sent flying backward over ten yards, his spiritual power in turmoil, a trickle of blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.

"Niu Zhan, you brought this on yourself, blame no one else."

Cloud Mountain pressed his advantage, launching another aggressive assault.

Meanwhile, on the ground, the Great Elder of the Cloud Mountain Sect personally attacked, a giant ten-yard palm pressing down on Xia Feng’s family.

"Presumptuous! Let’s see who dares touch my husband?"

Just then, a sweet yet powerful voice resounded throughout the battlefield, accompanied by an overwhelming, domineering blade intent sweeping over.