Although she had previously cleared the Heavenly Stairway and firmly occupied a place among the very best in East Academy,
if she were honest with herself, she had always lagged behind truly top-tier prodigies like Lin Ruoxi, Long Aotian, and Su Qingwan.
Whether in the depth of her foundations or the upper limit of her ultimate Combat Power, she had fallen just a little short of them.
But now, she could tell herself with absolute certainty—that slight gap had been completely erased.
Among those of the same realm, aside from Qin Yan, that freak who could not be judged by common sense at all, she feared no one.
At that thought, her gaze involuntarily fell on the white-robed figure beside her.
Even though she had now entered the peak Grandmaster realm and undergone a qualitative leap in strength, she still could not understand how someone could possibly be this powerful.
They had both cleared the Heavenly Stairway and cultivated for the same amount of time, yet Qin Yan had already left everyone else far behind.
Just what kind of monster was this guy?
"We've been here for quite some time. It's time to leave,"
Qin Yan said.
Huang Jiuli came back to her senses and nodded.
She then extended her slender palm, and the Phoenix Feather, dozens of zhang long, slowly emerged from it, radiating a warm yet ancient crimson glow.
"Collect."
Huang Jiuli gave a low shout. Red light suddenly flared brilliantly from the Phoenix Feather, and the feather itself rapidly enlarged at a visible rate.
In the blink of an eye, it became several hundred zhang long, standing in the very center of this underground space like a divine phoenix pillar descending from the heavens.
An immense, irresistible suction force surged from within the feather. Drawn by it,