"Look at them, they're so happy." Yu Qing's soft body leaned over and her voice rang in his ear. Although she was very weak and her body was not as solid as before, it was undeniable that Yu Qing in this state had a sickly beauty to her.
However, Lu Ye did not think of her as a delicate woman. Although they had only known each other for a short time, he had already experienced her fiery personality.
"Are you curious why they're so optimistic?" Yu Qing whispered into Lu Ye's ear.
Lu Ye nodded and asked the question in his heart, "Senior, are you really not afraid of death?"
Yu Qing rolled her eyes and said, "Why are you calling me senior? You're making me sound old."
An Immortal Essence Guardian who was eavesdropping on them laughed. "You're an old woman who's thousands of years old. Is it wrong for Lu Ye to call you senior?"
Yu Qing was furious. "Liu Datong! If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll tear your mouth off! "
The Immortal Essence Guardian named Liu Datong did not care. He winked at Lu Ye. "Lu Ye, you have to keep yourself clean. Don't be tricked by this old monster! Let me tell you … "
Before he could finish, Yu Qing grabbed a chair beside her and threw it at him. Liu Datong raised his hand to block it. Seeing Yu Qing's angry posture, he could not help but shrink his neck and admit defeat. "Okay, okay, okay, I won't say anything …"
As he said this, he reached out his hand and pulled his mouth shut, as if he was trying to seal his mouth shut.
Yu Qing glared at him fiercely before giving up. She turned her head and looked at him shyly. Her tone became gentle again. "Call me big sister!"
Lu Ye sighed. "Senior, please don't joke around."
Yu Qing curled her lips. "You're so boring. Serves you right for still having Yang energy. No woman outside will like you."
Lu Ye was speechless.
Yu Qing pursed her lips and smiled. "Okay, I won't tease you anymore. But don't worry too much. Death is nothing to people like us. It's not that we don't fear death, but we're already used to it. Sometimes, death can be a relief."
Lu Ye did not know what kind of experience Yu Qing had to go through for her to say this. It seemed she was not the only one who thought this way. The other Immortal Essence Guardians also thought this way. Otherwise, they wouldn't be so careless in this situation.
"That's why …" Yu Qing patted Lu Ye's head, treating him like a child. "If we really die in front of you, don't mind it too much. You're different from us. Living in the present is the greatest respect for the future."
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. "Yu Qing nodded." Immortal Essence City's foundation is there. If the insectoids take over the city lord estate, then the entire Immortal Essence City will truly fall. " Yu Qing smiled. "But don't worry too much. With the city lord and Master Hong Yue there, the city lord estate will be fine. For a few thousand years, the insectoids couldn't do anything to us."
'A few thousand years …' This wasn't the first time Lu Ye heard this from the Immortal Essence Guardians. He frowned. "You've been fighting like this for a few thousand years?"
"It's always been like this."
Lu Ye felt something wasn't right. If Immortal Essence City had been defending against the attacks of the insectoids for a few thousand years, how could it hold on? At the very least, how could there be so many Immortal Essence Guardians in Immortal Essence City?
People would always die in war. Spirit bodies were the same.
The insectoids couldn't take it over once or twice but there was no reason they couldn't take it over after a few thousand years. Even with the city lord and Hong Yue there, it wouldn't be enough.
Hong Yue was probably the woman in red that Lu Ye met last time.
But before he could ask, Butcher walked down from the second floor and said plainly, "Let's go."
All of a sudden, all the Immortal Essence Guardians stood up.
Yu Qing raised her hand and patted Lu Ye's shoulder. "Do what you did before. You must protect yourself. No matter how great the danger is, don't rush to the rescue."
Lu Ye nodded subconsciously.
Walking out of the building where they were hiding, the Immortal Essence Guardians continued their mission of eliminating the insectoids under Butcher's lead.
Their progress was quite smooth. Although the Immortal Essence Guardians were getting weaker due to the consumption of energy, the insectoids were generally weaker as they went further out.
As Yu Qing said, the insectoids' target was the city lord estate. Therefore, the closer they were to the city lord estate, the stronger the insectoids were. Especially the outer area of the city lord estate, it was basically the battlefield of the Divine Sea Realm cultivators.
Many insectoids comparable to the Divine Sea Realm were basically active there.
This was also the reason why Lu Ye hadn't encountered any Divine Sea Realm insectoids before. With his current strength, if he really encountered a Divine Sea Realm insectoid, he wouldn't be able to fight back. Even the concealment and aura concealing spiritual tattoos might not be effective.
The commotion caused by the battle constantly attracted more insectoids wandering nearby. Led by Butcher, the entire Immortal Essence Guardians was surrounded.
If they were at their peak, it wouldn't be a big deal to deal with such a situation. But now, all the Immortal Essence Guardians, including Butcher, were extremely weak, which made the situation a little anxious.
Fortunately, Lu Ye was still there.
He had been staying at the outer area of the battlefield, controlling his insectoid team to kill the enemies in the chaos, gradually reducing the pressure on the Immortal Essence Guardians.
If nothing unexpected happened, the Immortal Essence Guardians would eventually win this battle.
However, something unexpected happened very suddenly.
When the blade flashed with a cold light, the bodies of two Immortal Essence Guardians were suddenly torn into pieces. Their dim bodies quickly turned transparent at this moment. Their faces were full of astonishment. Obviously, they didn't expect such an unforeseen event.
In the blink of an eye, the two Immortal Essence Guardians were gone.
Beside them, an inconspicuous praying mantis insectoid, which was covered in wounds, burst out with a powerful aura!
It was a Divine Sea Realm insectoid.
Normally, a Divine Sea Realm insectoid wouldn't appear in such a place. Besides, it was covered in wounds. Obviously, it had gone through a tough battle.
This insectoid should have come from the direction of the City Lord's Mansion. It was wounded in the battle there, so it needed to devour the corpses of other insectoids to recover. Somehow, it came here and happened to run into the Immortal Essence Guardians led by Butcher.
No one had paid any attention to it before it made its move. However, its thunderous attack had instantly reduced the originally complete Immortal Essence Guard team by two members.
The sharp boring knife slashed at Yu Qing. Yu Qing couldn't block such an attack at all.
Seeing this, Lu Ye didn't hesitate at all. He activated Wind Travel on his legs and instantly removed his stealth state. Then, he pounced on the battlefield.
"How dare you!" Butcher shouted angrily. He raised the boning knife in his hand and blocked the fatal blow of the boring knife.
The two Divine Sea Realm insectoids instantly engaged in a fierce battle. One had yet to recover from his injuries, and the other was at the end of his rope. They fought in full swing and were evenly matched. The aftermath of the battle engulfed the insectoids, and they died instantly.
The Immortal Essence Guardians also responded at this moment. They worked together to open up a bloody path and avoided the battlefield of the Divine Sea Realm.
Liu Datong, who was leading the team, looked up and saw Lu Ye rushing toward them. He cursed under his breath and led the team toward Lu Ye.
Another seven insectoid teams created chaos on the side. The situation was chaotic.
But soon, the Immortal Essence Guardians came to Lu Ye's rescue. However, the situation wasn't good for them.
Originally, with Butcher, a Divine Sea Realm cultivator, holding the fort, the Immortal Essence Guards would be able to deal with the overwhelming number of Insectoids. However, now that Butcher was entangled with the Divine Sea Realm mantis, Yu Qing, Liu Datong, and the others were under a lot of pressure.
If they were alone, dying in battle wouldn't be a big deal.
But there was still Lu Ye on the battlefield …
Before they set off, Yu Qing specifically told Lu Ye that no matter what danger the others were in, he shouldn't rush to their rescue. He only needed to protect himself.
Of course, Lu Ye remembered it in his heart. But how could he do nothing when he saw two Immortal Essence Guardians die tragically? At that moment, his body acted before his mind.
"Break out! Return to the stronghold! "Yu Qing shouted.
The nearest stronghold was only one street away. Under normal circumstances, such a distance wasn't too far. But if they wanted to kill their way out of the encirclement of the insectoids, the chances were slim.
But at this moment, no one had a choice. If they continued to stay here, they would only be waiting for death.
No one expected that there would be a Divine Sea Realm insectoid hidden in such a place, which made this mission so dangerous.
The insectoid team played a miraculous role as usual. Under Lu Ye's control, they formed a barrier behind everyone, blocking the pursuit of many insectoids.
But in the end, this was just drinking poison to quench thirst. It couldn't completely change the situation.
Everyone fought their way forward. Immortal Essence Guardians fell to the ground one after another. In a short time, more than half of the team of Immortal Essence Guardians had fallen.
And because of the leakage of a large amount of energy, the remaining Immortal Essence Guardians' spiritual bodies became more and more illusory. Yu Qing's body became translucent, but she and Liu Datong guarded Lu Ye tightly.
Behind them was the violent battle between Butcher and the mantis. The Immortal Essence Guardians surrounded Lu Ye in the middle and fled for their lives.
Seeing the Immortal Essence Guardians fall one by one, Lu Ye's heart rippled with grief, spreading in his heart.
"Hurry up and send him in!" Liu Datong shouted angrily and turned to face the insectoids who were chasing after them.
When Lu Ye looked back, he only saw the blabbermouth Immortal Essence Guardian being drowned by the insectoid tide.
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