Three hundred kilometers away from Snow Listening Peak, three figures stood tall. Two of them were Xiang Yin and her sister.
Xuan Yu's body trembled slightly. Although she had long heard of the terrifying power of the red talisman produced by the Lesser Humans, this was the first time she had seen it with her own eyes. In front of such a terrifying power, even a late-stage Moon Jade cultivator seemed extremely weak.
Xiang Yin's face flickered under the light of the blood moon. A trace of shame flashed through her eyes, but it was quickly replaced by determination. In such a place and in such an environment, her actions were all for the sake of survival. It had nothing to do with personal grudges. Besides, she had no grudges with Lu Ye.
Standing in front of the two sisters was a man in a blood-red robe. His face was covered, and his face couldn't be seen clearly. Xuan Yu had seen this person when she had followed Xiang Yin here.
Although she didn't recognize this person, his attire undoubtedly revealed his identity — a cultivator from Saint Blood Mountain!
Moreover, he wasn't an ordinary cultivator from Saint Blood Mountain. He had once betrayed the Red Talisman Association and turned to Saint Blood Mountain. The red talisman he had just activated was something that the Lesser Humans had once bestowed upon them.
Meng Xu had told Lu Ye that they had been betrayed before. Those who had betrayed them weren't just those with weak minds. There were also cultivators who had once been considered brothers by them. They had been tested by the Lesser Humans for many years before coming here and were trusted by the Lesser Humans.
Hu Dequan was right. The resources brought in from the outside were limited. When one's own resources were used up, there was no way to replenish the energy they had expended. Many people couldn't bear the pleasure of having their cultivation weaken day by day.
The only spirit jade mine in this realm was controlled by Saint Blood Mountain. If they wanted to obtain resources, they could only rely on them.
It was precisely because of these many years of bitter experience that Hu Dequan and the others had decided to kill Lu Ye after learning that he had been tainted by the Divine Essence. There was a historical reason for this.
"You've done well. Follow me back to the mountain. The Sacred Sovereign will reward you," the red-robed cultivator said slowly. His aura was very weak.
Even though he was a late-stage Moon Jade cultivator, activating a red talisman with all his strength consumed an enormous amount of energy.
Especially since this red talisman had been nourished in his body for nearly a thousand years.
However, in order to kill Lu Ye in a single strike, he didn't dare hold back. According to Xiang Yin's information, as well as the information he obtained from the two Loose Cultivators nearby, this newcomer possessed a terrifying level of Holiness. It was a level that even Holy Sages couldn't reach.
It was precisely because of this that Saint Venerable Blazing Sky had spared no expense to send him to deal with this matter using the red talisman. Otherwise, how could a strategic weapon like the red talisman be used so easily?
If it weren't for the fact that Blazing Heaven was wary of the other party's divine nature, wouldn't it be safer for him to personally take action?
Now that the entire Snowhear Peak had been razed to the ground, all of the mid Moon Jade Realm cultivators who had been trapped there were dead.
"Thank you, Taoist Brother. Thank you, Lord." Xiang Yin pursed her dry red lips. She didn't look too happy.
"I need to recover for a while. Stand guard for me," the red-robed cultivator ordered, then sat down cross-legged.
However, at that moment, he suddenly sensed something. He turned his head and saw a figure leisurely flying towards him from that direction. The figure looked unfamiliar. It was a young man with a long saber hanging from his waist. It was obvious that he was a Weapon Cultivator. His magic power fluctuations weren't too strong either. He was only a mid-stage Moon Jade Realm cultivator.
In this world, a mid-stage Moon Jade Realm cultivator was nothing. After all, there were plenty of late-stage Moon Jade Realm cultivators in this damned place.
The red-robed cultivator was slightly stunned. He didn't know who this newcomer was.
However, Xiang Yin, who was beside him, cried out in alarm. Her voice was filled with disbelief and fear.
Then, the red-robed cultivator heard Xiang Yin shout urgently, "Big Sister, run!"
As his magic power fluctuated, Xiang Yin and her sister's robes fluttered in the wind. They fled into the distance as if they had encountered some dreadful monster.
Unfortunately, they couldn't escape!
Several rivers of blood formed by the precious blood swept over from all directions. As Lu Ye's figure approached, they surrounded the place.
Xiang Yin still wanted to struggle, but the rivers of blood suddenly swelled and merged into one, forming a huge ball of blood that tightly surrounded the entire area.
The center of the blood ball was bloodless. Xiang Yin and her sister's faces were also bloodless. After realizing that they couldn't escape, the two sisters had no choice but to land. They looked at Lu Ye, who was standing not far away, in horror. Xiang Yin's body trembled. She clenched her fists so tightly that her knuckles turned white.
She couldn't understand how Lu Ye, who was only a mid-stage Moon Jade Realm cultivator, had managed to escape the might of the red talisman. Moreover, from the looks of it, he hadn't been affected by the power of the red talisman.
The red-robed cultivator didn't know who Lu Ye was, but after seeing Xiang Yin and her sister's reaction, he immediately had a guess.
Looking at Lu Ye, who was standing not far away, a trace of shame flashed through the red-robed cultivator's eyes.
Originally … he could've stood on the same side as Lu Ye and called him a brother. Unfortunately, they had met in such a terrible way.
"Which sect are you from?" he asked, a trace of calmness appearing on his face.
If this newcomer's divine nature was as terrifying as he thought, then even if his cultivation was a minor realm higher than Lu Ye's, he would still be a fish on a chopping board. There was no point in resisting.
Not to mention, he had consumed a great deal of energy and his strength had been greatly reduced.
For many years, he had lived in pain. Because of his betrayal, he had no choice but to die. Perhaps it was a kind of relief.
"The east!" Lu Ye replied casually.
The red-robed cultivator nodded slightly. "I'm from the south. My Dao Companion is …"
Lu Ye raised a hand to stop him. "Don't say anything. I won't tell anyone about you."
The red-robed cultivator was stunned for a moment before he said with relief, "That's good!" As soon as he finished speaking, the remaining magic power in his body buzzed and a purple light bloomed from his body.
As expected, he was still unwilling to die like this. If he could face death calmly, he wouldn't have chosen to join Saint Blood Mountain all those years ago.
He had already used the red talisman, but he still had the purple talisman!
After so many years of nourishment, the purple talisman's power was not as strong as the red talisman's, but it was still not to be underestimated. As long as he could activate the purple talisman's power, he would be able to resolve the crisis before him.
As he activated the purple talisman, he shouted, "Attack together!"
These words were undoubtedly for the Xiang Yin sisters to hear.
However, just as his voice fell, the world suddenly buzzed. At the same time, the red-robed cultivator's body shrank as if he was carrying a star on his back. His magic power stagnated.
Not to mention that he was now an arrow at the end of its flight, even if he was at his peak, under such terrifying suppression, he wouldn't even be able to use 30% of his strength.
The red-robed cultivator's eyes widened. It was hard to imagine how someone in this world could possess such a terrifying divine nature!
Compared to Blazing Heaven's divine nature, it was like a firefly competing with the bright moon.
He had already learned about this from Xiang Yin in advance and had even personally asked two nearby cultivators. However, what he heard and personally experienced were two completely different things.
Some things couldn't be imagined without experiencing it personally.
His vision darkened. When he looked up again, Lu Ye was already in front of him. With a flash of his blade, the red-robed cultivator's vision turned upside down and then slowly turned dark.
Lu Ye shook off the blood on his blade and pushed away the red-robed cultivator's headless body. He expressionlessly looked at the Xiang Yin sisters.
Xiang Yin's face was deathly pale and her eyes were dim. Xuan Yu wasn't any better. The two sisters knew that today was a bad day.
In terms of cultivation, the two sisters were stronger than Lu Ye. However, the suppression of the Blood Race's divine nature was just so unreasonable. They had already experienced it once. Now that Lu Ye had killed the red-robed cultivator, they didn't even have the slightest thought of resisting.
Fortunately, Lu Ye didn't immediately kill them.
He looked at Xiang Yin and said, "You gave me a map of this world and specifically marked out an area, hinting that I should go there to look for the Red Talisman Association. You want to borrow their hands to kill me, right?"
The Red Talisman Association had methods to determine whether or not a cultivator was tainted by their divine nature. This shouldn't be a secret. Xiang Yin definitely knew about it.
However, Lu Ye was new to this world, so how could he possibly know about this? Therefore, Xiang Yin had specifically marked out that she wanted to kill him with a borrowed knife. As long as Lu Ye came into contact with the Red Talisman Association, he wouldn't be able to escape death.
In fact, it was very likely that Xiang Yin knew that the Red Talisman Association had set up many traps in that area. If Lu Ye didn't have a doppelganger or spatial spirit runes to help him, he would've been killed long before he met with Hu Dequan.
Xuan Yu looked at Xiang Yin in astonishment. She clearly didn't know anything about this and didn't understand why her sister would want to kill someone she didn't even know.
"Yes." Xiang Yin's hoarse voice sounded.
Lu Ye nodded. She had the same thoughts as him.
He couldn't understand why Xiang Yin had pointed him to that area. He originally thought that she had good intentions, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.
After parting with Hu Dequan and the others, Lu Ye had some guesses. He'd especially come back to find Xiang Yin and her sister. Firstly, he had nowhere else to go, and secondly, he wanted to verify some things.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have come to Snow Listening Peak.
"After I came here, you secretly contacted the Sacred Blood Mountain and left while the blood moon was still in the sky. In truth, you were afraid of being affected by the Red Talisman's might. You even deliberately gave me some false hints before you left. You wanted me to be trapped in Snow Listening Peak's grand formation so that the Sacred Blood Mountain could easily kill me."
"Yes!" Xiang Yin admitted.
"Do we have a grudge?" Lu Ye looked at her.
"No grudge," Xiang Yin replied. Xiang Yin, who had been keeping her head down all this time, suddenly raised her head and looked directly into Lu Ye's eyes. Pursing her lips, she said, "This is just a little girl's way of survival!"
Now that things had come to this, any explanation or refutation was useless. Judging from Lu Ye's decisiveness and ruthlessness, Xiang Yin knew that she wouldn't be able to escape death today, so her expression became much calmer. "I plotted against you and betrayed you because I wanted to live a better life. That's all!"
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