Translator: Jon
Translation Checker: Silavin
After consuming a drop of Soul Cleansing Water, Lu Ye fully recovered in just an hour. He slowly got to his feet and beckoned to Yi Yi and Amber before taking one last look at the dilapidated Soaring Dragon Boundary.
[It’s time to leave.] As a thought flashed across his mind, ripples spread through the Void in front of him.
He faintly caught a whiff of a familiar aura wafting from the ripples. That was the aura of Cloud River Battlefield. What surprised him was that he could see what was going on outside through the ripples. It was like the reflection on the surface of the water.
What came into his sight was the forbidden area outside Hundred Wards Tower, where he had entered Soaring Dragon Boundary through a Teleportation Ward.
Nonetheless, quite many people were seated around the Teleportation Ward. After taking a glance, Lu Ye reckoned there were hundreds of people.
He saw several familiar faces among these cultivators. Besides Xia Liang and Tan Sheng, there were also Chu Yun and Zhou Pei of Cult Blackfyre who had run after him from the City of Heavens.
These people surrounded the altar. As soon as Lu Ye showed up, he would be faced with a storm of attacks. The enemies were determined to kill him.
It seemed that what he had dreaded the most had eventually happened.
Soaring Dragon Boundary was only a Hidden Realm, after all. Lu Ye had always known that he would leave this place sooner or later.
He had been worried that cultivators of Thousand Demon Ridge might be waiting outside. Now, it seemed that his worries were justifiable as he was indeed besieged.
He sported an icy expression. It had been one month and a half since he entered the Soaring Dragon Boundary. A long time had passed, but these people had been patiently waiting here.
While he was exasperated, he also found it amusing. He understood that these people were motivated by money, for the reward for capturing him was enormous. To make things worse, he was only a Cloud River Realm Master. Regardless of whether they were resentful of him, they wanted a share of the reward when there was a chance.
He was relieved at the fact that while he could see what was going on outside, the people outside couldn’t do the same. Therefore, the cultivators of Thousand Demon Ridge didn’t react in any way.
Several people that looked like Ward Cultivators were examining the damaged Teleportation Ward. It seemed that they wanted to repair the Ward. Unfortunately, they were unlikely to achieve their goal, considering their mastery of the Way of Wards.
Lu Ye would be in trouble if he dashed out of this place just like this. However, it wasn’t like he could stay inside Soaring Dragon Boundary forever.
The cultivators of Thousand Demon Ridge didn’t look like they would leave anytime soon. Anyway, Lu Ye wasn’t desperate to leave. Although Soaring Dragon Boundary was in ruins, he could still consume Spirit Pills and cultivate.
While he was in his thoughts, he saw a familiar figure among the cultivators. The person was none other than Hua Ci. Lu Ye didn’t expect to see her on Cloud River Battlefield.
That said, it shouldn’t be surprising. Hua Ci already had the right to ascend to the Cloud River Realm. She had refrained from achieving an ascension because the environment in Myriad Poison Forest was suitable for her to cultivate. Therefore, she had been staying there to refine the forest’s power.
The last time they met, the Myriad Poison Forest had shrunk significantly. It had been a long time since then, so the Poison Source was probably fully refined by now. As such, it was only natural that she would go on to become a Cloud River Realm Master.
It was not a coincidence that she was even here. She must have heard some news about Lu Ye. However, her current state showed that she was in captivity.
She wasn’t treated harshly, though. In Jiu Zhou, even though the two sides were always going against each other, they had been magnanimous towards Medical Cultivators.
Therefore, even when Medical Cultivators from an opposing side were captured, they wouldn’t be killed. Their friends or family members could pay a ransom to get them back.
That was the treatment exclusive to the Ward Cultivators.
After all, everyone needed a Medical Cultivator at some point in their life. Moreover, there were not many Medical Cultivators in the first place. If they killed every Medical Cultivator they captured, all these healers would be gone for good in a few years.
Presently, Hua Ci was treating a patient as her body was alight with a green glow that was full of vitality.
When Lu Ye swept a glance over the cultivators of Thousand Demon Ridge and the surroundings, he realised there had been a battle.
Around the altar, the cultivators of Thousand Demon Ridge appeared restive.
Xia Liang, who was seated, sported a dark expression.
One month and a half ago, Lu Ye stepped out of Hundred Wards Tower. Xia Liang, Tan Sheng, Chu Yun, and Zhou Pei made a move at the same time, but they failed in their attempt to harm Lu Ye. Instead, he managed to sneak into the forbidden area and disappeared.
Then, Xia Liang called on the Ward Cultivators of Thousand Demon Ridge to break the Wards in the forbidden area. He was determined to find Lu Ye regardless of what it took.
There were a lot of dangerous Wards in the forbidden area. Usually, these Ward Cultivators would never dare barge into it.
Nevertheless, their interest was piqued when they learned that they were supposed to look for Lu Ye.
Since they were united, their progress had been impressive. Wards that had been around for a long time were shattered. Eventually, they found an altar with a broken Teleportation Ward.
A strange altar that existed in such a place showed that it could be an opportunity. Moreover, the Ward Cultivators examined the altar and confirmed that someone had activated the Ward as of late.
Throughout Cloud River Battlefield, only Lu Ye was able to repair a Teleportation Ward and activate it.
Therefore, Xia Liang and the others concluded that Lu Ye must be the one who had activated the Teleportation Ward, but it was a mystery as to where he went.
Such an altar was surely connected to a Hidden Realm.
The reward for capturing Lu Ye was attractive, and presently, he was hiding in a Hidden Realm with an unknown opportunity. For these reasons, the cultivators of Thousand Demon Ridge were tempted to catch him.
Therefore, the Ward Cultivators had been trying to repair the Teleportation Ward, but their attempt was futile.
Certainly, what they were doing couldn’t be hidden from those of the Grand Sky Coalition, who had come to this place to look into the matter upon hearing the news.
However, they were forced to retreat as Xia Liang and the others led the cultivators of Thousand Demon Ridge to launch an attack on them.
Besides having to capture Lu Ye, those of Thousand Demon Ridge would also never let those of Grand Sky Coalition get their hands on the opportunity hidden within the altar.
Over the past month, the cultivators of both sides had clashed several times. Fortunately, both parties were restrained, so there hadn’t been severe casualties.
That was the reason Hua Ci still treated the cultivators of Thousand Demon Ridge even though she was in captivity.
She arrived at Cloud River Battlefield one month ago and immediately learned that Lu Ye was in trouble, so she rushed to this place.
Tan Sheng approached Xia Liang and whispered, “Brother Xia, everyone is fidgety. It seems that we can’t hold out any longer.”
One month and a half had passed, but Lu Ye was still nowhere in sight, and the Ward Cultivators had yet to repair the Ward. The cultivators of Thousand Demon Ridge who had gathered here had run out of patience. Instead of waiting here endlessly, they would rather walk around Cloud River Battlefield. Perhaps they would come across Amulets granted by the Heavens or other opportunities.
There was never a lack of opportunities on Cloud River Battlefield.
Lu Ye could only see that several hundred people had gathered, but before that, there were thousands of his enemies there.
Only these people were left because most of them had run out of patience and left.
If there still wasn’t any progress, these hundreds of people would gradually disperse as well.
“We don’t have to work with those short-sighted people. Just ignore them.” Xia Liang snorted. If they didn’t even have the patience, they didn’t have a right to covet the reward associated with Lu Ye.
To kill Lu Ye, Xia Liang had put off his ascension to the Real Lake Realm. His cultivation stagnated in the past few months. Destroying both Lu Ye and Li Baxian was his ultimate goal.
That was because he could feel that he didn’t have many chances, for Lu Ye could increase his power rapidly. The first time they met in the Carnage Colosseum, Lu Ye was hunted down until he had no choice but to use the Golden Body Token and invoke the Divine Opportunity Column to escape.
Then, Xia Liang and Tan Sheng headed to Ameliorate Arcane Glade together. With the help of his Wards, Lu Ye managed to defeat the two of them and even kill Wei Que.
Since then, his power would’ve increased significantly whenever they met again.
When he left Hundred Wards Tower previously, he managed to survive even though four Ninth-Order Cloud River Realm Masters had joined forces to attack him.
Considering his rapid growth, if Xia Liang couldn’t kill Lu Ye as fast as he could, he wouldn’t have a chance in the future.
Therefore, he’d rather delay his ascension to the Real Lake Realm to destroy Lu Ye.
Only when Lu Ye was dead would Xia Liang have the courage to go back to Ameliorate Arcane Glade and kill Li Baxian to avenge Yan Xing’s death.
Seeing that Tan Sheng appeared worried, Xia Liang said, “Chu Yun and Zhou Pei will never leave.”
Those of Cult Blackfyre were obstinate people. Since the two of them had set their eyes on Lu Ye, they wouldn’t let him off, not to mention that there was a blood feud between Cult Blackfyre and Crimson Blood Sect.
Tan Sheng nodded in agreement.
As long as Chu Yun and Zhou Pei were still around, the four of them could join forces, so there was nothing to worry about. It wasn’t like they could force the others to stay.
Fifty kilometres away from the broken altar, Li Baxian, Feng Yuechan, and Ju Jia were hiding somewhere.
Since Hua Ci had come to this place after learning the news, they were certainly aware of what was going on as well. Nonetheless, the three of them couldn’t possibly go against so many people.
Moreover, Li Baxian wouldn’t dare to show up. Once Xia Liang discovered him, he would target him. By then, Li Baxian would be killed before he could save Lu Ye.
Feng Yuechan turned to look at Li Baxian and asked, “What did Junior Sister Hua Ci say?”
At the thought of Hua Ci, Feng Yuechan couldn’t help but revere her.
Although Hua Ci was only a Medical Cultivator, it wasn’t easy to capture her. The cultivators of the Grand Sky Coalition had tried to attack the enemies on several occasions, but none of them were detained except Hua Ci. It wasn’t that she was dumb; she had done so deliberately.
Although her identity as a Medical Cultivator might save her, she was still brave. Despite looking demure, she was determined and firm.
“Everything is under control,” Li Baxian replied with an awkward expression. Certainly, he wasn’t the one who made that claim. It was Hua Ci who said that to him through a message. “Junior Sister Hua Ci told us to stay put. If Junior Brother shows up, she will lend him a hand.”
A puzzled Feng Yuechan asked, “But what can she do to save Junior Brother from so many cultivators of Thousand Demon Ridge?”
Li Baxian shook his head to show that he had no idea either. He didn’t know why Hua Ci was so confident.