Just as he gritted his teeth, suppressing the rising blood in his chest, and was about to climb another step, a red figure gracefully walked past him.
Mo Yu was startled and looked up, just as she turned around.
In the sole glimmer of light in the darkness, the girl's delicate profile shone brightly, her long eyelashes casting fine shadows, and her red lips curving upwards, making her appear dreamlike.
"Senior brother, hurry up."
She opened her mouth, but she wasn't speaking to him.
Just as I was in a daze, a dark blue figure appeared beside me.
"They're here."
Mo Yu suddenly woke up, glanced to the side, and met Liu Jinghong's gaze.
In those eyes was a blatant warning and an intense killing intent that was almost tangible.
Don't go near her.
Mo Yu understood the meaning behind that look.
He recalled the time in the secret realm when Liu Jinghong was on the verge of death, and it was the red-clad girl before him who, like a deity descending from the heavens, swept her long sword across the ground and blocked a fatal blow for him.
Why is Liu Jinghong so lucky?
Mo Yu's eyes were dark and unfathomable.
After a long while, he wiped the blood from his lips and stepped onto the next step.
The immense pressure crashed down on him, and he groaned, then vomited a mouthful of blood.
Not far ahead of him, Liu Jinghong remained as upright as a pine tree, his back not even bending. But in reality, a thin layer of sweat covered his forehead, and he was gradually losing his strength. After all, his essence blood nourished the Blood Spirit Mushroom, making his body much weaker than that of a regular Nascent Soul cultivator.
Are you tired?
"fine."
He said that, but his pace slowed down more and more.
Chu Hongluan rested her chin on her knuckles, pondered for a long time, and felt that Liu Jinghong might be lacking some motivation.
So she tentatively swept her long hair that was hanging down her chest behind her shoulder, and loosened her neckline a little to reveal the elegant and smooth lines of her neck, as well as half of her exquisitely sculpted collarbone.
Liu Jinghong was indeed anxious. He took several steps and hurriedly adjusted her collar.
"It seems that Senior Brother is indeed not tired."
Liu Jinghong then realized what she had done, her face turned bright red, and she stumbled backward. Unexpectedly, her back foot slipped, and she fell backward!
Chu Hongluan reached out and grabbed his arm, pulling him back. Liu Jinghong leaned forward due to inertia, and for a moment the two were extremely close.
He seemed to hear his junior sister whisper something in his ear.
Before he could react, she had already let go of him, climbed several more steps, and stood there at a distance, smiling at him.
Liu Jinghong stared blankly at her, her ambiguous words echoing in his mind.
Liu Jinghong felt the temperature on her face rise rapidly.
Her cheeks and behind her ears were red, but the base of her neck was also completely red, like a boiled shrimp.
He subconsciously pursed his lips, took a deep breath, and stepped forward again. This time, his speed was significantly faster, even appearing somewhat urgent.
With a blink of an eye, golden pupils appeared.
He alternated between swallowing handfuls of Rejuvenating Pills and Bone-Regenerating Pills, and in one go, he advanced twenty or thirty levels.
When they encountered Ke Tinghe ahead, Ke Tinghe was stunned. Was this guy on steroids? He was so fierce!
Liu Jinghong completely ignored him, and her pace quickened with each step, leaving him far behind in the blink of an eye.
Whenever he slowed down even a little, Chu Hongluan would raise her eyebrows and ask with a smile, "Senior brother, are you even capable?"
Liu Jinghong's expression hardened: "Fine! It has to be done!"
"Indecent and immoral!"
It was Xu Qingqiu's voice.
She is currently at step 920, while Chu Hongluan is at step 915, with only a short distance between them.
Chu Hongluan took a long stride and strode directly in front of Xu Qingqiu, saying meaningfully, "People with filthy minds see everything as immoral and depraved."
Xu Qingqiu was startled, her face flushed red, and she stammered for a long time before finally managing to utter, "...You cheated!"
She's completely ignoring the pressure! Could it be that the restrictions on the Heavenly Ladder have no effect on her?
"If you can't do it yourself but others can do it easily, then you're cheating? As an elder of the Jade Maiden Sect, don't be so disrespectful."
"Relying on magical artifacts is relying on magical artifacts. Do you dare to do it but not dare to admit it?"
Xu Qingqiu was convinced that Chu Hongluan possessed some kind of supreme treasure, which allowed her to ignore the oppressive aura despite her mere early-stage Nascent Soul cultivation. This was true of her previous oppressive aura, and it was also true of the oppressive aura emanating from the Heavenly Ladder.
Chu Hongluan shrugged: "There's nothing I can do if that's how you think."
At this moment, Liu Jinghong also reached this step, and Chu Hongluan stopped paying attention to her and walked away with Liu Jinghong.
She's a proper Tribulation Transcending stage cultivator; even if she suppresses her cultivation to the Nascent Soul stage, her physical body is still that of a Tribulation Transcending stage cultivator.
This level of pressure was barely enough to make her struggle to move; it was still far from sufficient.
Nine hundred and forty-eight steps, nine hundred and forty-nine steps...
Liu Jinghong finally stopped, panting heavily. Her face was pale, but her cheeks had an unnatural flush. Her hair was soaked with sweat, which trickled down her cheeks and rolled into her clothes from her chiseled chin.
His chest was already soaked with sweat, and his wet clothes clung to his body, vaguely revealing his sexy muscle lines, which rose and fell with his heavy breathing.
Chu Hongluan knew this wasn't the time for her to admire beauty, but she still couldn't help swallowing.
But seeing him like this, she still felt sorry for him.
She sighed, then climbed down from her vantage point and took a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead: "Slow down."
Liu Jinghong remained stiff as she moved, even suppressing her breathing: "I will do it. Junior sister only needs to keep her promise."
Chu Hongluan was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh and scold, "Such a pathetic thing!"
After scolding him, she still gently took his arm and said, "Alright, I'll walk with you for the rest of the way."
Chu Hongluan channeled her spiritual power, silently helping him to share some of the oppressive force. In this way, she supported him and steadily surpassed the many elders in front of her.
The two figures leaned against each other, step by step, getting closer and closer to the end of the Heavenly Ladder. They felt the stream of light becoming more and more dazzling, and their intertwined robes were blurred by the strong light, gradually disappearing from the sight of the many people behind them.
Therefore, no one saw that the moment the two stepped over the last, the 1008th step of the Heavenly Ladder, the tall and slender young man stretched out his long arm, precisely gripped the girl's waist, and forcefully pulled her close to him.
Then warm, thin lips covered his, their breaths mingling.
This kiss was different from the first one, which was fleeting, and also different from the second one, which was lingering and tender.
He grabbed her head with one hand, forcefully pried open her lips and teeth, and ruthlessly swept away the air in her mouth, conquering her territory without mercy, like a sudden storm, carrying an extremely strong sense of aggression.
Chu Hongluan clung to his clothes, tiptoed in response, and responded passionately, which earned her an even more intense plunder.
It wasn't until Chu Hongluan calculated the time and felt that people below should be coming up soon that she bit his lower lip hard, signaling him to stop while he was ahead.
Liu Jinghong groaned and reluctantly separated from her, sticking out his tongue to lick away the tiny beads of blood that had seeped from his lips.
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