and returned to his sect. He left Feng Yue standing there dumbfounded, and after a moment, she burst into tears.>Lü Yè couldn't possibly have truly taken Feng Yuè into the sect, even as a casual cult...Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan's attack drew everyone's attention. This cultivator hadn't guarded against someone sneaking up behind him, and by the time Lu Ye made his sudden move, it was too late for them to react.

Just as he had taken flight, his body crashed to the ground with a heavy thud. The searing pain in his back made it hard for him to breathe. When he looked up, a rain of blades descended upon him.

He hurriedly activated his spiritual energy barrier for protection, but the barrier only lasted three breaths before shattering under a barrage of sword lights.

The crisscrossing blades slashed down, a staccato rhythm echoing through the air. The cultivator's body trembled violently; in this instant, they endured countless blows, their protective spiritual energy shattered completely.

Then his body lightened, and his vision spun wildly, consciousness fading rapidly.ore battlefields and seize even more Daemonhold strongholds. But doing so would only push the Daemonhold into a final, desperate conflict with us.He wasn't afraid of death, but if he died, that great...