Free Web NovelChapter 2071: Chapter 2069: Man Dies for Wealth
On the Giant Red Planet, the towering Fire Giant roared, and in contrast, Lu Ye’s figure seemed as insignificant as an ant.
A seemingly unremarkable sword light suddenly darted out.
Simultaneously, the Fire Giant also raised its fist, fiercely smashing down towards the position where Lu Ye stood. The force of this punch was terrifyingly powerful, causing even the nearby magma to swirl up like a dancing dragon.
In the face of such a Fire Giant, the sword light was almost like a mere embroidery needle...
However, it was this very needle-like sword light that easily pierced through the Fire Giant’s fist, penetrated its entire arm, struck the center of its forehead, and then pierced through its body, hitting the formation barrier that isolated the inside and outside!
This formation was arranged personally by Ji Boyun, who, although not originally an Array cultivator, was skilled in formations due to the long life span of Sun Blaze cultivators. Once cultivators reach this level of cultivation, their power increases slowly, and many Sun Blaze practitioners take up secondary skills to pass the time. Ji Boyun had a decent talent in the Array Path, so the formations he arranged were naturally not inferior.
Especially since he also utilized the unique environment of this place, directly enhancing the formation’s power by thirty percent, ensuring that enemies like the Sun Flaming Beast King could not escape within this formation.
But even such a sturdy formation couldn’t hold back the sword light for even a fraction.
Almost at the instant the sword light touched the formation barrier, it pierced directly through it.
A crashing sound seemed to echo in everyone’s heart, and both Jeu Se and Lie Huo, who had already taken cover, looked utterly horrified.
The Fire Giant’s aggressive attack inexplicably came to a halt, and soon after, its massive form rapidly shrank, deflating like a leaking balloon. Within just three breaths, all the flames dispersed, revealing Ji Boyun’s withered figure inside.
At this moment, Ji Boyun looked like a shattered porcelain vase, with cracks covering his body surface and blood water flowing, barely holding onto his last breath.
This is the downside of the possession formation; if the formation is broken, the cultivator is sure to die.
He looked terrifyingly in Lu Ye’s direction, shouting loudly: "Affiliated treasure! Affiliated treasure... Who are you? Who exactly are you?"
He never expected that one day he would perish under the attack of an affiliated treasure.
With cultivation like his, he indeed ranked among the top in stellar space, seldom threatened by anyone’s life, but this absolutely didn’t include the affiliated treasures of the attacking kind!
No other force but an affiliated treasure could easily break his Fire Giant form and tear through his formation.
However... although the number of affiliated treasures in this world isn’t minuscule, they are all accounted for and essentially held by major domains as world-stabilizing treasures, rarely used, much less carried around by a cultivator.
Moreover, a cultivator carrying an affiliated treasure turned out to be only at the Sun Blaze Early Stage!
Which domain has a cultivator with such daring ambition? Allowing such valuable treasure to be carried around publicly by a Sun Blaze Early Stage cultivator—this absurd occurrence is unheard of.
He found no answer, and after voicing these questions, he could no longer maintain his presence, his body shattering like the formation itself.
The dimmed sword light was retrieved once more by Lu Ye.
He turned his gaze to the side towards Jeu Se and Lie Huo; even though both were Sun Blaze Late Stage cultivators, experienced and knowledgeable, they were still shocked out of their wits at that moment.
From the moment Ji Boyun made his move till now, a mere ten breaths passed, and a Sun Blaze Late Stage cultivator met such a baffling death.
Ji Boyun’s final cries made them incredulous, contemplating alike: which domain did Li Taibai come from, carrying an affiliated treasure while roaming freely through places? Wasn’t he afraid of attracting covetous eyes?
Suddenly sensing Lu Ye’s gaze, Jeu Se felt a tightening in her heart but, turning her thoughts, realized that although affiliated treasure power is strong, its consumption is enormous. Many affiliated treasures need nurturing after use; having seen the transformation in the sword light earlier, naturally knew Lu Ye couldn’t unleash an attack like before again.
This was an opportunity...
An affiliated treasure!
Would she miss this chance now and never see it again?
Therefore, after a brief period of panic, Jeu Se’s gaze instantly brightened, her Mental Consciousness surging as she secretly transmitted audio to Lie Huo beside her.
Her changing expression was noted by Lu Ye, who certainly knew what plans she harbored inside.
Jeu Se’s life or death didn’t concern Lu Ye, but Lie Huo...
After a brief consideration, he spoke: "Do you have any inquiries, you two?"
Jeu Se stepped forward, her gaze fixated firmly on Lu Ye: "Inquiries are too bold, we just want to borrow something from you, Fellow Daoist!"
"Oh?" Lu Ye glanced at her: "What does Fellow Daoist want to borrow?"
Jeu Se smiled: "Why bother asking when you already know what I want to borrow, Fellow Daoist?"
Lu Ye replied flatly: "Ji Boyun is dead, is Fellow Daoist not afraid I’ll kill you too?"
Jeu Se said solemnly: "The power of affiliated treasures I indeed have no ability to withstand, but can you still summon such force, Fellow Daoist? We’re strangers, no grievances nor enmity, but ah, inherently wealth stirs ambition, and missing such a good opportunity truly feels regrettable."
Lu Ye nodded, "Indeed, I can’t perform an attack like that again." He then looked at Lie Huo: "What about you, Fellow Daoist, do you also want to borrow that item?"
Lie Huo shook his head: "I don’t borrow, as a cultivator of the Savage Race, my own body is everything, why would I need external items!"
Lu Ye felt relieved; honestly, if possible, he didn’t want any conflict with Lie Huo because from the first glance, Lu Ye recognized his identity as part of the Savage Race.
He at least had some camaraderie with Arbuluo, and this Lie Huo should be one of Arbuluo’s elders. If he killed him, he wouldn’t be able to explain it to Arbuluo later on.
Of course, if Lie Huo insisted on opposing him, he wouldn’t show mercy.
Fortunately, nothing like that happened, easing his dilemma somewhat.
Jiu Se wasn’t surprised by Lie Huo’s response, it was clear from her prior audio transmission that Lie Huo had already given his answer, which matched her intentions. They only had one affiliated treasure, so if Lie Huo really wanted it, they would have to fight to decide ownership.
"Alright, no more idle talk, Fellow Daoist, please hand over the treasure." Jiu Se’s gaze stayed fixed on Lu Ye.
Lu Ye turned his palm, revealing the treasure gourd, calmly gazing at Jiu Se: "Want it? Take it yourself!"
Jiu Se stared at Lu Ye, seeing he showed no sign of panic, instead appearing calm and composed as if he saw her as insignificant, she coldly snorted: "Pretending to be mysterious!"
The calmer Lu Ye was, the more Jiu Se felt he was trying to trick her.
As she spoke, she darted forward.
But the next moment her brow furrowed, because she suddenly noticed that this treasure gourd seemed slightly different from the one she saw earlier...
Admittedly, the shape and size had no difference, the surface was covered with extremely complex patterns as before, but upon closer inspection, those patterns seemed different from those seen before.
"People are so ignorant, truly humans die for wealth, birds die for food." Lu Ye sighed, turning the mouth of the gourd towards the incoming Jiu Se, a burst of fire suddenly flew out, enveloping her.
In that instant, Jiu Se finally experienced the same feelings as Ji Boyun earlier; an overwhelming horror and terror suddenly befell her, causing her psyche to tremble, as if she encountered the greatest catastrophe in the world.
She fiercely drove her Mana, attempting to evade, yet the speed of the uncanny fire was so swift that she had no chance to dodge and was hit directly.
The next instant, a terrible scream sounded, the uncanny fire erupted exceedingly, engulfing Jiu Se completely.
Standing by, Lie Huo widened his eyes in disbelief at the scene unfolding.
Jiu Se’s screams were extremely shrill, like she suffered the most vicious torture. She frantically drove her Mana, throwing out magic treasures as if money was of no concern, but regardless of what means she used, she couldn’t extinguish the uncanny fire on her, instead her resistance only fueled the fire more fiercely.
"Fellow Daoist, spare my life! Have mercy!" Jiu Se could no longer endure, pleading while struggling.
Lu Ye turned a deaf ear, merely watching her quietly.
There was really nothing in this world, foolish people disturb themselves, killing Ji Boyun was an unavoidable counterattack, under those circumstances, the only option was swiftly to kill the enemy.
Towards Jiu Se and Lie Huo, he actually bore no intent to kill.
However, they sought their own deaths, the situation had reached this point, Lu Ye certainly wouldn’t show mercy, he could only ensure complete extermination.
"Lie Huo... save me!"
With no effect from pleading to Lu Ye, Jiu Se turned to Lie Huo, within this short moment, her vitality was dwindling rapidly, thanks to her being a fire attribute cultivator with high cultivation, which provided some resistance to the fire gourd’s uncanny fire. Otherwise, she would have perished already.
Lie Huo glanced at Lu Ye, seeing his indifferent expression, helplessly sighed, raised a fist, Mana shaking, then fiercely punched in Jiu Se’s direction.
With that punch, the struggling Jiu Se instantly fell silent.
He didn’t plead for her, as he wasn’t close enough to Jiu Se for that. Despite his casual talk of sooner or later getting Jiu Se into bed, it was merely pastime, concerning life and death, he was clear-headed, knowing his pleas would be useless, he simply gave Jiu Se a swift death.
"Fellow Daoist Lie Huo is quite kind-hearted." Lu Ye glanced at Lie Huo, with a push of the fire gourd, the remaining uncanny fire was withdrawn, leaving only a corpse burnt to char.
Of the three Sun Blaze Late Stage cultivators, two had died within a moment, leaving only Lie Huo.
Lie Huo shook his head slowly, showing no intent to converse further with Lu Ye. He was rather panicked now, realizing Lu Ye had at least two affiliated treasures on him, possibly more!
The gourd used to kill Ji Boyun earlier was clearly not the same as the one used now on Jiu Se.
For a Sun Blaze Early Stage cultivator to carry just one affiliated treasure was already astonishing, carrying two... simply unbelievable.
Having two, there might be a third...
Before Lu Ye, Lie Huo felt no sense of security, this was a place of trouble, he dared not linger. Fortunately, the Giant Red Planet was here, Lu Ye couldn’t stay here cultivating forever, he would return in a few years.
