Before leaving Balance City.
Yu Buxia asked, “Should we take Little White?”
In the dream, after years of companionship, Yu Buxia had long since grown used to having Little White at her side.
But Yinghuo refused outright.
“That guy stuffed himself two days ago and is sleeping it off.
Besides, what would we take it for?
To recognize another master?
Don’t forget, the two of us need to stay on the same side right now, clear the external threats first.
Then we deal with our internal issues.
Don’t give yourself a new rival, do I really have to teach you that?”
Hearing this, Yu Buxia nodded in full agreement.
True enough—there wasn’t much meat to begin with; add another person and there’d be even less.
“You’re right!”
“Right about what! You’re not even pretending anymore? Didn’t you used to say you wouldn’t compete with me?”
Yinghuo’s face chilled in an instant.
Yu Buxia immediately felt a pounding headache.
Her best friend’s face-changing speed was a bit much.
Earlier, to put her at ease, she really had kept insisting that Fu Nuannuan’s words were all misunderstandings, fake.
She had explained many times and Yinghuo still hadn’t believed her.
Now she failed to react in time, and Yinghuo was taking it seriously again. It was enough to make anyone speechless.
“You talked me in circles. I won’t compete with you, really. Let’s go, before that little lion runs off again.”
When Yu Buxia finished, she grabbed Yinghuo and shot off at top speed.
Not long after they left.
The sleeping Little White slowly opened its eyes.
The fluctuations of divine power around it had reached a terrifying level.
During this period, while it searched for Big Brother Ye Yu’s trail, it hadn’t forgotten to devour and grow stronger.
Its strength soared, breaking through to the early Ancient God Realm.
After waking, Little White went straight to the City Lord’s residence to ask Yinghuo and Yu Buxia whether there had been any news of Big Brother lately.
But it came up empty.
It found that Yinghuo and Yu Buxia were both gone.
Little White wasn’t surprised; instinctively, it figured they had also gone out to search for Big Brother Ye Yu.
So it didn’t linger in Balance City.
It turned and left, continuing to search the God Realm for Ye Yu’s whereabouts.
Big Brother, where are you?
...
A few hours later.
Ye Yu and Han Yuexi were still on the road to Balance City.
When they passed over a valley.
Han Yuexi’s expression shifted; she couldn’t help but look down twice, then glanced at the shadows beneath Ye Yu and herself, hesitating to speak.
“At this pace, we’ll reach Balance City in two hours. Keep accelerating.”
As Ye Yu spoke, he swept the surroundings with his divine sense.
He knew very well that just a single ghostly avatar of Zanggui Daoist Lu Yuan had been enough to defeat Han Yuexi.
If the real body came, they would not be able to withstand him.
So they had to reach Balance City as soon as possible to be safe.
But the more you worry about something, the more likely it is to happen.
A few breaths later.
Han Yuexi suddenly knit her brows, grabbed Ye Yu’s sleeve, and yanked him backward hard.
The pull was so strong that he crashed straight into her arms.
Han Yuexi was extremely tall, so even with Ye Yu falling into her arms it didn’t look too out of place.
Only, such intimate contact
left Ye Yu’s back feeling warm.
Of course, in a situation like this, he certainly didn’t think Han Yuexi wanted to do anything shameful.
There had to be another reason.
Sure enough.
A wisp of ghost shadow suddenly blocked the way ahead; if not for Han Yuexi’s quick pull just now,
Ye Yu would have collided with it.
The ghost shadow bared a ferocious grin, and Lu Yuan’s voice followed.
“I know you two are Daoist partners, but you don’t have to get that intimate in front of an old man like me.”
Seeing it was only a wisp of ghost shadow, Han Yuexi and Ye Yu instinctively moved to cut it down.
But then several more ghost shadows followed in succession and finally merged into Lu Yuan’s true body.
That gray Daoist robe radiated crushing pressure.
He raised a hand and pointed at Ye Yu, speaking softly. “Boy, your divine art # Nоvеlight # interests me. What’s it called?”
“Want to learn it? I could teach you.”
Ye Yu took a step forward, leaving Han Yuexi’s embrace, and subtly crooked the fingers of his right hand behind his back.
He was clearly preparing to use Sit at the Center again to pin Lu Yuan, while letting Han Yuexi attack at the same time—
just like when they ambushed the ghostly avatar—kill the true body.
The difficulty would be much higher, but it was likely the only way to break the situation.
Han Yuexi also readied herself at once, prepared to strike.
But having already witnessed the power of Sit at the Center, how could Lu Yuan let Ye Yu succeed again?
He let out a mocking laugh.
With a flick of thought.
The shadow beneath Ye Yu’s feet suddenly surged up, turning into a ghost shadow that wrapped him from behind.
He couldn’t move at all.
“How could the same trick work on me twice?
You really don’t take me seriously, do you?”
Lu Yuan lifted a foot and walked forward slowly, closing the distance to Ye Yu, and went on, “Fine, people who share a bed don’t grow into two kinds.
You two are both stubborn sorts; you’d rather die than tell me.
Then I’ll kill you and just search your divine souls myself.
By then nothing will be a secret.
Little girl, don’t even think about struggling.
Your pitiful divine power is nothing in front of me.”
These words made Han Yuexi’s face turn extremely grim.
In the God Realm, every step is a world apart.
Even though Han Yuexi was at the peak of the Gold God Realm, on the verge of the Ancient God Realm,
she still had no power to fight back before Lu Yuan.
This she knew all too well.
Even so, she didn’t give up; instead she tilted her head to look up at the sky.
The movement made Lu Yuan curious.
He looked up by reflex as well.
“What are you looking at?”
As the words fell, the blazing sun above seemed swallowed by darkness.
In just two breaths, the once-bright God Realm dimmed completely.
The once-in-nine-years solar eclipse had arrived.
Lu Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly.
Seizing the opening, Han Yuexi rushed forward and dragged Ye Yu away at top speed.
But that alone could never get them out of Lu Yuan’s palm.
With just a casual wave.
Ghost shadows streaked out and instantly encircled Han Yuexi and Ye Yu.
No matter how hard Han Yuexi tried, she couldn’t disperse them.
“I told you already—don’t waste your strength. It’s useless.”
Disdain surfaced on Lu Yuan’s face.
Clearly mere ants, and yet how they struggled.
Boom!
A thunderous crash erupted from the valley below.
Han Yuexi’s face went white in an instant.
Lu Yuan looked down, only to see a mountain peak of enormous diameter hurtling up toward him.
But he didn’t move at all.
Countless ghost shadows burst out from behind him and shattered the peak on the spot.
Just as Lu Yuan was about to see what lay below.
A scarlet figure shot upward, and countless ghosts let out hysterical wails.
(I'm sorry, everyone. There’s a big happy event today, and I got too excited, so the update is a bit late. I’ll give you a surprise in two months.)
