As a ghost cultivator, fighting head-on had never been Chu Qing's strong suit. This time, if she hadn't been forced into a corner, she wouldn't have revealed herself at the very beginning.
Previously, she had joined forces with Qiao Yun and Ruoyan to attack Lu Ye, so she was well aware of this youth's strength and terror. Thus, when he said that he would spare her life if she could block three strikes, Chu Qing didn't think he was bluffing. He really did have the ability to do so.
But she never expected that she wouldn't even be able to block a single strike from him.
That strike didn't have any technique to speak of. It was purely a suppression formed by speed and strength …
The terrifying pressure suddenly disappeared, but Chu Qing didn't rejoice because of this. Instead, she felt her hair stand on end. The fiery red light once again flowed before her eyes.
This strike came from below. The raised blade collided with her two swords. The web between her thumb and forefinger split open and her arms went numb. Her two short swords flew out in response.
Kneeling on the ground, Chu Qing, who had lost her spiritual tools, looked up and saw the youth in front of her stabbing straight at her heart.
This was the third strike!
If she blocked this strike, would he really let her go?
This thought involuntarily emerged in her mind.
She suddenly felt that she was very laughable. When she discovered this youth in the valley, she saw a chance to avenge Chu Xue. However, not only did this ambush fail to kill him, it instead caused her side to suffer disastrous losses. The following confrontation even caused the Wind Flower Courtyard to suffer countless casualties.
Even now, at this critical moment of life and death, she actually still hoped for the enemy's pity?
So, she wasn't as fearless as she thought! In the face of death, she still wanted to live.
A dagger appeared in her hand out of thin air. She didn't try to dodge this strike because she couldn't. However, this was her chance. She had the protection of her armor artifact. The enemy's strike couldn't kill her. As long as she didn't die, it would be the enemy's death.
The dagger in her hand flashed with spiritual light, and she took the opportunity to cut at Lu Ye's neck.
The dagger stopped at the side of Lu Ye's neck, but Chu Qing seemed to have lost all the strength in her body. She couldn't move at all. Her pupils abruptly contracted.
She slowly lowered her head. She saw that the slightly heavy and not at all sharp blade had pierced through her armor and through her body.
The moment the blade pierced her body, thousands of long thorns suddenly appeared, riddling her body with holes.
"Who doesn't want to live?"
Lu Ye said indifferently as he unsheathed his Pan Shan Saber.
Chu Qing's body fell to the ground, the light in her eyes quickly dissipating.
That's right, who doesn't want to live? Atop the golden light, the Fifth-Order boy just wanted to live, but there were so many people who wanted him dead. Perhaps these people had never met each other before, and there was no hatred between them … What was the point of all this resentment?
"Roar!" Giant Armor's roar came from the side.
Lu Ye shook off the blood on his Mountain Plate Blade and raised his head to look. He saw that Ju Jia was forcibly withstanding Ruo Yan's attacks, forcing her into a desperate situation step by step. The defensive spirit tool that was still in his hand was also thrown away. Ju Jia's Qi and blood were boiling. The blood-red Qi and earthy yellow spirit energy blended together. Although Ruo Yan's blade was sharp, it was very difficult to cause any substantial damage to him. At most, it would only cause some superficial wounds.
Ruoyan must have been punched by Giant Armor, because her left shoulder blade had caved in, and her entire arm was hanging limply.
She struggled with all her might, but in the end, it was all in vain.
When Giant Armor grabbed her long blade, ignoring the cut on his hand, and viciously pulled her in front of him, everything was over.
Giant Armor's large foot kicked Ruo Yan's petite body, sending her flying. In mid-air, Ruo Yan spat out blood mixed with pieces of her internal organs.
Falling to the ground, Ruo Yan had already lost the strength to move. Giant Armor's kick had taken away half of her life, and who knew how many bones in her body had been broken.
Watching Giant Armor's battle was the most direct and violent, shocking to the heart.
Giant Armor threw away the long blade in his hand, strode forward, bent down, and grabbed Ruo Yan's head with his big hand. Lifting the gasping Ruo Yan up, he stared at her, his mouth and nose spewing out billowing heat waves, like a fierce beast that was choosing a person to devour.
Ruo Yan's lips squirmed, as if she wanted to say something, but the surging blood made her only able to make gurgling sounds.
Giant Armor grabbed her head and slammed her to the ground, causing a pool of blood to spurt out.
"Roar!" He roared towards the sky.
Revenge had been taken!
When Ji Yan led a group of people from the Divine Hidden Palace to this place, the battle had already ended. The death of the twenty people led by Chuqing meant that the Myriad Devil Ridge's camp had been completely destroyed.
Perhaps there were still some fish that had escaped and hidden, but that was no longer a big deal. If they encountered them, they would take care of them in passing. As for deliberately looking for them … it was meaningless.
Lu Ye sat on a flight of steps, cracking the restrictions on his storage bag. Giant Armor sat beside him, sharing jerky with Hu Po.
Ji Yan stepped forward, somewhat hesitant to speak.
"Brother Ji, is something the matter?" Lu Ye took the initiative to ask.
"I have something to ask of you." Ji Yan nodded. "It's like this. This time, my Divine Hidden Palace is actually led by Senior Brother Gu Shenyang …"
Slowly, Lu Ye understood what he wanted from him.
As the guardian of the Divine Hidden Palace's encampment, Gu Shenyang had both strength and prestige. It was just that he was unlucky and was captured by the Immortal Origin Guards when he entered Immortal Origin City.
Generally, when encountering such a thing, one could only admit that they were unlucky. In the past, there had been people who wanted to save those captured cultivators, but in the end, it was simply impossible.
This was because the dungeon seemed to be an important place in Immortal Origin City. There were many Immortal Origin Guards guarding it, and there were many commander-level ones among them. It was not something that Spirit Stream Realm cultivators could deal with, no matter how many of them there were.
Originally, the Divine Hidden Palace did not want to save people, but they saw hope when Lu Ye obtained a token from the woman in the red dress.
Only then did Lu Ye understand why the Grand Heaven Alliance and the Myriad Devil Ridge were at a disadvantage when they fought, even though their numbers were about the same. It turned out that Ji Yan was not the guardian of the Divine Hidden Palace. He had only been ordered to do so in the face of danger. Naturally, his commanding ability was just passable.
As for saving people from the dungeon, Lu Ye had not thought about that. After all, those cultivators who were imprisoned in the dungeon had little to do with him. However, after listening to Ji Yan's words, he vaguely felt that this plan might work.
After going through so much trouble to help the woman in the red dress capture Tang Yuan, the other party had only given him a token that was not very useful. This really did not make sense.
If that token could enter the dungeon, then the situation would be different.
He took out the token from his storage bag and tossed it to Ji Yan.
Ji Yan took it and was very happy. He kept thanking him.
He immediately led a group of cultivators from the Divine Hidden Palace toward the dungeon, ready to save Gu Canyang as soon as possible.
However, in less than two hours, the people from the Divine Hidden Palace ran back with their heads and faces covered in dirt. Moreover, there were fewer of them.
Lu Ye looked at them with a puzzled expression. He did not know what had happened to them.
Ji Yan said with a bitter expression, "Brother Yi Ye, you may have to do this yourself."
"This token doesn't work?"
If the token did not work, then it would not work even if he did it himself.
"It's not the token's problem. Previously, I asked the disciples to go to the dungeon with the token. In the end, the Immortal Origin Guards there said that they stole the token. Several disciples were arrested on the spot. If the disciple with the token had not been quick enough to throw it back, I'm afraid that the token would have been lost."
Lu Ye finally knew why there were fewer people from the Divine Hidden Palace. It turned out that they had run over and been captured by the Immortal Origin Guards.
Fortunately, the people from the Divine Hidden Palace also found out some information. The token was useful. The key was that the person holding the token was not right, which led the Immortal Origin Guards to think that they had stolen the token.
Ji Yan also confirmed this on the way back. When Lu Ye encountered the Immortal Origin Guards, he waved the token, and those patrolling Immortal Origin Guards did not dare to act rashly. However, now he asked people to take the token to those patrolling Immortal Origin Guards. It was useless. They would still take action when they needed to.
After thinking about it, Ji Yan felt that it was still possible to solve this problem by Lu Ye personally. That was why he came back to find him.
Lu Ye did not expect things to turn out like this. Now that he thought about it, the woman in the red dress gave him the token, which meant that she had approved of it. Only he or Giant Armor could use it. Others could not use the token to its full potential.
"Then I'll go personally, but I can't guarantee that it will work."
Lu Ye stood up.
Ji Yan was grateful. "Whether it works or not, the Divine Hidden Palace will remember Brother Yi Ye's kindness."
"Let's go." Lu Ye gestured with his hand. He did not know where the dungeon was, and he had never been there.
Ji Yan immediately led the way.
After less than an hour, they came to a corner of the city. There was a building in front of them, and a large round plaque with the word "prison" hung above it. This should be the dungeon of the Immortal Origin City.
Dozens of Immortal Origin Guards stood outside the dungeon, and there were also small teams patrolling nearby. It was obvious that the defense was very strong.
Lu Ye looked for a while and knew that this was not a place that could be broken through by brute force. He could only see the Immortal Origin Guards outside. Who knew how many Immortal Origin Guards there were inside the dungeon?
"I'm going." Lu Ye said and walked forward. Hu Po squatted on his shoulder, biting the token in his mouth.
Giant Armor stepped forward to follow. Lu Ye turned his head and glanced at him.
"Together," Giant Armor said.
"Brother Yi Ye, if you can't do it, don't force yourself." Ji Yan's voice came from behind.
They walked forward, and soon arrived in front of the dungeon. The Immortal Origin Guards standing here only glanced at Lu Ye, and then ignored him.
Seeing this, Ji Yan, who had been on tenterhooks all this time, finally breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, things were as he thought. That token was only useful to Lu Ye and Giant Armor. Even if others took it, they would be hunted down by the Immortal Origin Guards.
They came straight to the entrance of the dungeon, and a Immortal Origin Guard suddenly blocked their way.
Giant Armor's flesh began to wriggle, and Lu Ye put his finger on the hilt of his saber. This Immortal Origin Guard was very strong. Looking at the spiritual light on the surface of his body, he was much stronger than Feng Yuechan. This was most likely a Spiritual Body of the Cloud River Tier.
If they fought, the two of them together would not be a match for him.
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