章 390: The Battlefield

Xu Qing reached the 45th Stairway at an extremely high speed.

Gradually, though, he slowed down. He could only climb one step after every other breath.

When he reached the 50th step after expanding tremendous effort, he glanced back and found Zhang Ruochen was right behind him on the 48th step.

At this moment, Xu Qing looked up and in his eyes, unnoticed to most of those present, was a hint of a sinister smile.

The three descendants from the Saint Gentries who were already on the 60th step all felt something, and they turned around at the same time. Their eyes met Xu Qing's, and they all nodded.

But of course, Zhang Ruochen saw it all. He thought to himself, "There's indeed a trick, just as I expected. Do they want to deal with me together?"

But Zhang Ruochen was not afraid. Instead, he was in battle mode. He ran the Scripture of Emperor Ming's Empyrean with all his strength and madly absorbed the Divine Dragon Strength from the Dragon Pearl.