saint of humanity

Chapter 2903 The Death of Orihime

As Mingfeng darted towards Zhifei, Xuejiu indeed made no attempt to stop her, remaining quietly standing there with the Thunder Swamp Sword in hand, a strange smile on his lips, his gaze following Mingfeng's movements slightly.

This Zerg demigod was incredibly fast, leaving Blood Blade far behind in the blink of an eye. Just as he was getting closer and closer to Weaver's side, he suddenly changed direction and rushed towards the battlefield where Modo and Sisheng were fighting.

Xue Jiu laughed heartily as if he had expected this, and shouted excitedly, "Zhi Fei, you've been abandoned!"

Upon hearing this, Zhifei, who was waiting for Mizuhō to come to her aid, was shocked and refused to believe it, because just now Mizuhō had clearly stated that he would come to help her, how could he be abandoned?

However, when he hastily scanned the area with his divine sense, he discovered that the Ming Bee had indeed rushed towards Modo's direction and had no intention of coming to his aid.

Was I really abandoned?

Zhifei's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately cried out in surprise.

But Lu Ye had already charged over, slashing down fiercely with his blade, sending feathers flying everywhere.

Lu Ye, having achieved a decisive victory with a single strike, had no intention of fighting. He simply raised Fu Wei in front of him, and a faint light struck the tortoise shell treasure, causing Fu Wei to be thrown off balance. If Lu Ye hadn't been supporting him from behind, he would likely have been sent flying.

Meanwhile, the unhindered Mingfeng successfully reached Modo's side, resolving the crisis for him, and whispered, "Run!"

This is a dangerous place, and it's not advisable to stay any longer. If we delay any longer, even he and Modo might not be able to escape.

Modo knew this, and a look of gratitude flashed in his eyes. He immediately joined hands with Mingfeng and fought and retreated.

Si Shengya snorted coldly, and the Shattering Sky Blade in his hand swirled with clusters of crimson light, attempting to obstruct him. However, although he was strong and could suppress any one of his opponents in a one-on-one fight, he was somewhat overwhelmed when facing two opponents.

In the starry chessboard, Fu Wei had completely withdrawn from the battlefield. After directly withstanding the power of the Heavenly Needle, his Dao power was exhausted, and he was no longer able to support the upcoming battle.

So at this moment, it was a one-on-one battle between Lu Ye and Zhi Fei.

The situation was almost one-sided. Zhi Fei was undoubtedly in a state of mental confusion at this moment. In the midst of offense and defense, she no longer had the demeanor of a half-saint. Her movements were as flustered as a fledgling bird that had just entered the world of cultivation. After only a short while, Lu Ye had already slashed another deep wound on her body.

She couldn't understand why Mingfeng, who had clearly said she would come to help her, would suddenly run off to Modo's side. This feeling of being abandoned was really hard for her to accept.

"Can't figure it out?" A voice suddenly drifted into her ears. Zhifei was startled and looked up to see Xuejiu calmly charging over.

The Blood Lord, a mocking smile on his face, arrived with a surge of blood energy. He rushed into the Starry Sky Chessboard almost without any hindrance, quickly passing through one square after another as he approached Zhi Fei. He said leisurely, "What a naive fool. The reason you were abandoned is because Ming Feng didn't choose you from the very beginning!"

Zhifei's face darkened.

Xue Jiu continued, "Think about it. Mo Duo is much stronger than you. Given the current situation, Ming Feng would naturally want to save someone stronger, as that would be more valuable. Besides, you're clearly trapped. Saving you would be much more difficult than saving Mo Duo. If it were me, I would also go to support Mo Duo. Why would I choose you?"

Upon hearing this, Zhifei suddenly realized the truth.

As a half-saint who has cultivated for countless years, how could she be a fool? She was not unaware of what Xue Jiu was saying, but she had never experienced such a major crisis in her life, and her will to survive was so strong that she took a chance for a moment.

And the situation is indeed as Xue Jiu said. It is more difficult to rescue her. Mo Duo is stronger than her and is more worth rescuing. So as long as Ming Feng does not lose her mind, she will choose Mo Duo's side.

In fact, the words Mingfeng said to her earlier were most likely just to mislead Xuejiu.

To everyone's surprise, Xue Jiu completely ignored his explanation, rendering his confusion meaningless and shattering Zhi Fei's hopes.

With a sudden realization, Zhifei slowly exhaled. She knew that she was probably doomed this time, unless she could escape from this predicament before Xuejiu arrived on the battlefield. But if she had such an ability, why would she be trapped here forever?

Outside the starry chessboard, Si Shengya launched a ferocious offensive. He probably wanted to vent his anger at being besieged by various races in the Origin Realm that day, so he was going all out this time.

Compared to his time in the Origin Realm, he now has the added benefit of a Universe-level Dao Integration Bead. A ten percent increase in strength may not seem like much, but it depends on who it is. Si Shengyuan's strength is extremely high even among all the half-saints, so this achievement is quite remarkable.

Especially since neither Modo nor Mingfeng had much fighting spirit at this moment, the three figures rapidly fled during the fierce battle, getting further and further away.

After a few cups of tea, when Si Shengya returned calmly, he saw from afar Lu Ye cleaving Zhi Fei in two with a single stroke.

On the battlefield, Lu Ye frowned, holding his sword.

He sighed inwardly, realizing that a half-saint was truly difficult to kill. His strength was actually a notch above that of Zhifei. With the sharpness of his Panshan Blade, if he were to strike Zhifei a few times, she would surely die.

However, the semi-saints have endless tricks up their sleeves, and they can always come up with one or two life-saving methods when in crisis. Unless there is an absolute difference in numbers or strength between the two sides, they can only slowly wear each other down in this way.

No wonder that when most of the Saints from the Origin Realm besieged Si Sheng, he still managed to escape alive.

Sensing Si Shengya's approaching presence, Lu Ye looked up.

Si Shengya slowly shook his head: "They got away."

He alone was no match for Mo Duo and Ming Feng, who were determined to leave. Fortunately, Lu Ye made some gains this time.

"It's alright, the monk can run away but the temple can't." As Lu Ye spoke, he turned his head and glared at her.

Xue Jiu was furtively reaching out a hand towards Zhi Fei's corpse, clearly intending to touch it. He wasn't embarrassed when Lu Ye caught him; instead, he casually said, "I'll just take a look. I'll give it to you later."

He had long heard of the renowned Weaving Heaven Needle, and now that he had the rare opportunity, he naturally didn't want to miss it.

The outstretched hand was suddenly pulled back as if startled, as Lu Ye slashed down with his sword, nearly severing half of his palm.

"How stingy!" Xue Jiu sneered.

Lu Ye had already located the location of the Heavenly Needle, which was hidden by Zhi Fei under a feather on her left wing. He reached out to take it out, but suddenly felt a sharp pain between his eyebrows.

Almost instinctively, he raised the Panshan Blade and held it upright in front of him. Immediately afterward, a beam of mysterious light shot out and struck the blade of the Panshan Blade.

"Huh?" Xue Jiu and Si Shengya were both startled. As soon as the voice came out, the former drew his sword and the latter his knife, both slashing towards Lu Ye.

But the strike missed its mark.

After being blocked by the Panshan Blade, the mysterious light immediately flew off at an angle.

Behind the blade, Lu Ye's sharp gaze fell upon the mystical light, where he could clearly see a golden needle, no longer than a finger, within it.

"Trying to run away!" Lu Ye roared in anger and gave chase.

With the surge of spatial power, it only took a few steps to catch up with the golden needle and slashed down heavily. The golden needle flashed for a moment, then dimmed considerably.

After Lu Ye slashed down a few more times, the light on the golden needle completely disappeared.

Only then did he reach out and grab the golden needle in his hand.

Xue Jiu caught up, looking at the golden needle with lingering fear: "Does the Heavenly Weaving Needle have a spirit?"

The scene just now clearly showed that Zhitianzhen wanted to ambush Lu Ye, but failed.

He secretly rejoiced that Lu Ye had stopped his actions, otherwise he might not have been able to block that attack. His current strength was not as good as Lu Ye's, and his reaction was not as fast. If he had been ambushed by the Heavenly Needle, he might have had a hole in his forehead, and he would not have survived.

"Never heard of it." Si Shengya caught up and stared in astonishment at the quiet Heavenly Needle in Lu Ye's hand.

In terms of time spent in the Origin Realm, he undoubtedly far surpassed Xue Jiu, yet he was unaware that the Heavenly Needle, this supreme treasure, possessed sentience.

It should be understood that supreme treasures are generally not easily subdued by cultivators. The supreme treasures currently controlled by cultivators have basically had their intelligence destroyed.

It can be described as an inanimate object.

Besides the Panshan Blade in Lu Ye's hand and the Shang of Ba Qiu from that day, these two are weapons of the military clan and cannot be generalized.

Therefore, no one expected that the Heavenly Needle could possess sentience while being controlled by the Scarlet Weaver. This news was well concealed by the Feather Clan. Not only was Si Shengsheng unaware of it, but even the semi-saints of other races probably did not know.

Before she died, Zhifei must have left some Dao power in the Zhitian Needle, enough to allow the Zhitian Needle to launch a sneak attack.

It's a pity that I couldn't do my best. Now that the treasure has lost all its power, it is no longer a threat.

Under Lu Ye's divine sense, he could indeed feel that there was a divine consciousness inside the Heavenly Needle, which should be the Heavenly Needle's spiritual consciousness. However, this guy was extremely loyal to Zhi Fei. Not only was he willing to cooperate with Zhi Fei to launch a sneak attack, but at this moment he ignored Lu Ye's investigation and had no intention of communicating with Lu Ye. He even conveyed a strong sense of resistance.

That's interesting.

“Lu Ye…this treasure is dangerous. Why don’t you let me destroy its intelligence?” Xue Jiu suddenly spoke up. “I have a secret technique that is specifically designed to deal with this kind of situation. I used this method to deal with the Starry Sky Chessboard back then.”

Lu Ye dismissed it as nonsense.

Blood Blade might indeed possess some secret technique, but the Starry Sky Chessboard escaped from his grasp back then.

Furthermore, why would Lu Ye entrust such a treasure to Xue Jiu?

If others obtained this treasure, they might have to have their intelligence suppressed before they could subdue it, but he didn't need to.

He has forcibly taken away many intelligent treasures before, such as the black coffin and the Soul-Suppressing Bell. They were both intelligent and are now stuck on the Talent Tree.

The difference is that the black coffin only retained a bulge, but the Soul-Suppressing Bell received a lot of nourishment and is now Lu Ye's reliance to make up for his biggest weakness.

However, he didn't have time to refine the Heavenly Weaving Needle right now. With a thought, Lu Ye stored it in his inner world and then put it into the Tower of Time. (End of Chapter)