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Certainly, the mysterious woman could not careless about Lu Ye’s feelings. Since he refused to cooperate, she snorted and wielded her sword, which turned into countless Sword Lights as they descended on Lu Ye.
Faced with immense pressure, Lu Ye fully activated Mind’s Eye Technique as he madly wielded the Inviolable Saber. The clangs of the weapons reverberated across the place as they clashed with each other.
At that moment, Lu Ye was astonished. This woman was outrageously powerful.
He had killed an Eighth-Order Cloud River Realm Master before, though he had Yi Yi’s help at that time. All the same, even without Yi Yi, he could pull off the same feat, given his ample heritage. It was just that he would have needed a longer time and more moves.
In other words, he had the power to deal with a Ninth-Order Cloud River Realm Master. Even if he was not a match for the other party, he could hold on for a while.
However, when fighting this woman, Lu Ye realised all his attempts were futile. Faced with her storm of attacks, his defence was shattered in just ten breaths.
The woman had not even fully activated her power. She was a Sword Cultivator, so her forte should be shooting out Sword Lights instead of close-quarters combat like this.
All of Lu Ye’s Saber Lights had been destroyed. He was rooted to the spot as the woman’s sword pressed against his forehead. He could feel a cold sensation and some sticky liquid streaming down his forehead.
Although he could not see her expression since she was wearing a mask, he knew she must be furious.
“Go back to Jiu Zhou!” she demanded.
Since Lu Ye was no match for the woman, there was nothing much he could do. If the woman had wanted to kill him, he would have lost his life.
If he remained obstinate, he would be knocked out and brought back to Jiu Zhou. As such, he would rather oblige. It was just that his trip to Hundred Wards Tower would be delayed for a month.
Nevertheless, before he could dip his head, the woman suddenly grunted and could not even hold her sword stably. Her aura also became a mess in an instant.
She quickly stepped back to widen the gap between them. It was as though she was worried she would accidentally hurt him.
“What happened to you?” Lu Ye asked with a frown.
The woman did not respond to him, and what happened next astounded Lu Ye.
It was as though an invisible seal had been shattered. As the woman’s aura fluctuated, it kept rising until it broke through the Cloud River Realm.
Lu Ye found the sight familiar as he recalled what had happened in the Divine Trade Association a while back.
At that time, he was queuing in the Sanctum of Providence when several cultivators from Thousand Demon Ridge launched a sneak attack on him. All of a sudden, a manager from Divine Trade Association made a move and killed them with ease.
The manager’s condition was similar to what was happening to this woman.
Although they appeared to be in the Cloud River Realm, they were able to exhibit the power and aura of the Real Lake Realm out of the blue.
The mysterious woman was not in the Cloud River Realm. She was more powerful than that.
“Are you from the Divine Trade Association?” Lu Ye asked in shock.
As far as he was concerned, only those from the Divine Trade Association could use such a strange skill. They could arrive at the Cloud River Battlefield even though they were more powerful than the Cloud River Realm, and they could activate their true powers in a short time. ṙÂℕ𝙤𝖇ЁȘ
“Go back to Jiu Zhou!” the woman demanded through gritted teeth. She spoke with difficulty, as though she was going against something. After she finished speaking, the space around her contorted, and she disappeared the next moment.
If not for her unique fragrance that still lingered in the air, Lu Ye would have thought that everything had been an illusion.
As he recalled his time with the mysterious woman, everything just seemed odd.
The woman appeared all of a sudden and broke the siege for him so that he could run away. Following that, she took him to a hidden cave where there was a Teleportation Ward, which transported him to the current place where there was a Divine Opportunity Column.
No ordinary people could possess a Teleportation Ward and a Divine Opportunity Column. The former required one to be an expert in the Way of Wards and the latter needed lots of money to build.
The mysterious woman had been impassive to him. It could even be said that she was impatient most of the time, which went contrary to her actions of saving Lu Ye’s life. All the same, she had said she was following orders.
As for the person behind the woman, Lu Ye had no idea who it was.
He had a feeling that he had come into contact with something he had never thought about. The complication of it was beyond his imagination, and it was not something a Fifth-Order Cloud River Realm Master like him was supposed to know.
As he looked in the direction the woman had disappeared, he furrowed his brows.
It was not until this moment that he realised the woman probably was not from the Divine Trade Association, which had never interfered in the conflicts and feuds between the cultivators. Therefore, they were regarded as impartial in Jiu Zhou. Perhaps they had a pact with the Heavens, which allowed them to possess skills that the other cultivators could never master.
For example, even though some of them were above the Cloud River Realm, they were still able to enter the Cloud River Battlefield and activate their true powers in a short time.
If the woman was from the Divine Trade Association, she would not have come over to save him. Otherwise, it would affect the impartiality of the Divine Trade Association, which would result in them getting punished by the Heavens.
In other words, some other people were able to use a similar skill even though they were not from the Divine Trade Association.
Furthermore, from what Lu Ye had observed, the woman must have an organisation behind her.
The Teleportation Ward and the Divine Opportunity Column were left behind by the organisation. Also, only an organisation could possess such a powerful heritage.
The woman was wearing a mask to conceal her face. It was apparent that she was worried some people would recognise her. As such, she was supposed to be famous. Once she revealed her face, her identity would be exposed.
Lu Ye had no idea how powerful she truly was, but she was in the Real Lake Realm at the very least.
As for her disappearance at the end, she must have used a special technique to suppress her cultivation so that she could enter the Cloud River Battlefield. However, this kind of technique had a time limit. It was also possible that she could not use a power that exceeded the limit of this place, or else the technique would lose its effect. Once she used a power that transcended the Cloud River Realm, she would be forcibly expelled from Cloud River Battlefield.
This was different from the Manager in the Divine Trade Association. After showing his power as a Real Lake Realm Master, he could easily suppress his cultivation until it reached the Ninth-Order Cloud River Realm. Nevertheless, the woman could not do the same.
That was the main reason Lu Ye believed she was not from the Divine Trade Association.
In the martial world, there were many things that the weakest cultivators had no access to. These things were also beyond their imagination.
People always said that only Cloud River Realm Masters were allowed to enter the Cloud River Battlefield.
However, in just half a month, Lu Ye had seen two cultivators who were above the Cloud River Realm.
It was no wonder the woman was outrageously powerful, for she had a heritage that exceeded the Cloud River Realm.
Nevertheless, the woman must have taken a risk to save him. Regardless of how formidable she was, only moves of the Cloud River Realm were allowed on the Cloud River Battlefield. If she was besieged by many people, she would fall into danger.
Furthermore, she had exposed a secret location and the Teleportation Ward. Regardless of what the organisation behind the woman was, they must have suffered some losses this time.
Although Lu Ye didn’t want to assume that the other party had some terrible intentions, he had to be cautious since they had been acting furtively.
He didn’t know the nature of the organisation behind the woman or what their intentions were. However, since they decided to save him, they were definitely after something.
Perhaps they had their eye on Lu Ye’s potential.
That was not surprising. There were countless talented cultivators in Jiu Zhou. Nonetheless, it was rare to find someone like Lu Ye, who had kicked up a storm on both the Spirit Creek Battlefield and the Cloud River Battlefield.
He had shown his potential, so the organisation must have noticed him. Perhaps they just wanted him to owe them a favour by saving him, so the woman did not reveal anything to him.
Following the analysis, Lu Ye realised that he would certainly come into contact with the organisation again in the future.
He decided to push the matter to the back of his mind for now, for everything would be clearer in the future. He was still very weak. Even if he managed to find out who they were, there was nothing much he could do. It would not be too late for him to get to know more about them when he became stronger.
The crisis was over for now. The woman had wanted to make Lu Ye return to Jiu Zhou, but she had failed the mission. She was also chased out of the battlefield while Lu Ye remained in the same place.
Now, no one was forcing him to go anywhere.
Therefore, his current location was supposedly safe. As he became at ease, a sense of exhaustion swept over him, making him feel an urgent need to rest.
He had used up his Spiritual Power. After all, it was taxing to sustain Wings and Windwalk simultaneously for a long time.
Now, he had to restore his energy. He sat down with his legs crossed and stuffed some pills into his mouth before refining them.
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Meanwhile, in the sealed Sanctum of Providence of a particular Sect in Jiu Zhou, an alluring woman appeared out of nowhere.
She was the mysterious woman, and she was still wearing a white mask.
As she recalled what had happened earlier, she furrowed her brows. She tapped her Battlefield Imprint and sent a message. ‘Mission failed. The target didn’t return to Jiu Zhou.’
Although she had no idea what decision Lu Ye would make after she was gone, she reckoned that he would not obediently come back to Jiu Zhou, judging from how he had behaved.
Soon, she received a message.
‘Where is he?’
‘Base No. 35,’ the woman replied.
A moment later, the other party said, ‘Just let him be. Let fate decide his life or death.’
After the conversation ended, the woman stepped out of the place and took off the white mask, revealing her beautiful face.
As the door opened, the woman left the Sanctum of Providence.
A group of people had been waiting for her. They included cultivators in the Real Lake Realm, Cloud River Realm, and Spirit Creek Realm. They saluted the woman and said, “Greetings, Sect Master!”
The woman only nodded impassively and shot into the sky. As many young disciples watched her leave, they fell into a dazed state.
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