Chapter 253

Chapter 253: Losing the Lady and Losing the Troops

At that moment, Lu Ye felt strangely that he wasn’t as furious as he thought he would be.

Unlike Jiang Die’s attack on him, where he was thrilled beyond measure and fuming with rage.

He just smiled at Chu Ling’s words.

Streams of light flashed by, forming a formation. Lu Ye didn’t enter the Abyss of Darkness; instead, he sealed this entrance, which also served as an exit.

He then sat cross-legged, countless spirit stones flew out, and pure spiritual energy surged forth as he began to cultivate.

Chu Ling was taken aback.

“Why aren’t you coming in? Weren’t you here to kill me? Come in and kill me!” Chu Ling shouted angrily.

“Lu Ye, you’re just a coward! Reborn and yet you don’t even have the courage to kill your enemies anymore! How did you manage to kill that Parasitic Celestial Demon back then? The demon could fly and manipulate space, and you chased it for years. What’s wrong now? You can’t even muster the courage to kill me?”

“You’re just like this!”

“I honestly can’t find a single thing to appreciate about you anymore. You truly let me down!”

“Lu Ye, come in and kill me!”

Lu Ye ignored her.

Since Chu Ling had entered the Abyss of Darkness, there was no reason for her to leave.

Although there were multiple entrances and exits to the Abyss, she definitely couldn’t escape through the other exits.

Because if she attempted to leave through another exit, she would run into someone.

That someone was the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens!

What’s the rush?

While Lu Ye cultivated with peace of mind, his aura began to grow continuously.

Return to One Realm Fifth Stage!

Return to One Realm Sixth Stage!

Return to One Realm Seventh Stage!

Chu Ling kept hurling insults at Lu Ye, but as time passed, a hint of fear gradually crept into her voice.

“Young Master, I sincerely apologize now. Can you let me go?”

“No way!”

“Lu Ye, how can you be so cruel?”

Lu Ye continued to cultivate.

Chu Ling unleashed another round of verbal assaults at Lu Ye; she truly hadn’t expected that, even in a fit of rage, he would stubbornly refrain from entering the Abyss of Darkness to kill her.

What was Lu Ye doing now?

Based on Chu Ling’s understanding of Lu Ye, she could roughly guess what he was up to.

Lu Ye was preparing to cultivate to the peak of Return to One Realm, reaching a level where he could summon a tribulation at will, and only then would he come to kill her!

At that point, he would shatter the darkness with lightning.

The Abyss of Darkness wouldn’t be able to bind him during his tribulation.

“Young Master, if you let me go this time, you’re not going to kill Yue Hongling and Bai Qiulan, right? I’ll help you kill them both, and you can exchange their lives for mine. What do you say?”

Chu Ling’s voice was filled with pleading.

“Not a chance!”

Chu Ling erupted again.

But this time, she didn’t curse him out loud.

She contacted An Li.

“What do we do now? What do we do? What kind of plan do you have?” Chu Ling shouted angrily.

“I told you to focus on your training, ascend to the Fourth Heaven, and then spread this news, but you couldn’t wait to spread it and now you’re blaming me?” An Li felt quite miserable too.

Initially, she thought Chu Ling was just a piece on the board.

But it turned out to be a dead piece!

“Can’t you use the power of the Source of Darkness to find a way to take me away?”

“Leave? The Heavenly Dao is just waiting for me to act. If I do, the Heavenly Dao will definitely retaliate against me.”

“So what do I do then?”

Chu Ling’s voice pitched up.

An Li…

“Try begging again?”

Chu Ling…

“Lu Ye, do you want to know about An Li?” Chu Ling shouted.

Lu Ye opened his eyes.

“Speak!”

“You promise not to kill me first!”

“Alright, I promise!”

“Wuwuwu…”

At that moment, Chu Ling’s throat was choked by the power of darkness, and she couldn’t make another sound.

“Are you out of your mind? Are you addicted to backstabbing or something?” An Li looked dreadful.

How could Chu Ling never forget to backstab, no matter when?

“Stay calm for now, I’ll think of a way to see if I can save you!”

Lu Ye raised an eyebrow at this moment.

Looking at the situation, it seemed like Chu Ling knew a flaw of An Li’s?

No, would An Li really let others know her flaws? That’s not how An Li operates!

Lu Ye continued cultivating.

“Are you watching?”

“Ding, I’m watching!”

“As soon as she shows her face, hit hard! Smash her!”

“Ding, consider it smashed!”

The System was indeed keeping an eye on Chu Ling; as soon as the Source of Darkness made its move, the System would use the power of the Heavenly Dao to strike against the Source of Darkness.

If Chu Ling could be killed, that would be the best.

But if they could hit the Source of Darkness or An Li, that wouldn’t be a loss either.

Lu Ye’s strength was still increasing.

Chu Ling had already started frantically attacking the binding power of darkness that held her.

Lu Ye’s strength had reached the Return to One Realm Ninth Stage.

Just a bit more.

Return to One Realm Tenth Stage!

“Why aren’t you saving me?!” Chu Ling yelled.

Suddenly, a surge of dark power swirled into motion, forming a vortex that threatened to take Chu Ling away.

“Boom!”

A massive explosion echoed.

Dark purple lightning tore through the void, striking toward an endless expanse.

In that instant, Lu Ye also rushed into the Abyss of Darkness.

The surrounding darkness was extremely viscous, pulling with a terrifying force, making movement nearly impossible.

Yet, Lu Ye wasted no time and unleashed the Celestial Lord Fist, smashing it hard towards the black vortex.

“Boom!”

The vortex trembled violently.

Blood painted the black vortex red.

Just as the dark vortex appeared to be vanishing.

A pure black tribulation lightning charged into the void.

The dark vortex shook violently, abruptly ceasing its rotation, and Chu Ling’s body fell within the darkness.

She had not succeeded in escaping.

An Li was furious, unleashing the dark power of the Abyss.

This time, she had lost the lady and sacrificed her troops.

On one side, she was being struck by the System and the Heavenly Dao, and on the other, she had failed to rescue Chu Ling.

At that moment, all the dark powers in the Abyss of Darkness began to boil, turning the entire Abyss into a quagmire, attempting to entrap Lu Ye within.

Under the shadow of dark power, the Aroma of Achievement in Dao around him was actually suppressed.

Lu Ye paid no mind.

Anyway, he would soon undergo his tribulation, and the thunder would shatter all the darkness.

He approached Chu Ling.

Their eyes locked.

“Young Master…”

Chu Ling knelt before Lu Ye.

Unable to hold back her tears, she cried out.

“I’m sorry! I was seduced by the Source of Darkness, I truly realize my mistake now. I really loved you the most.”

“I initially wanted to grow as swiftly as possible, to follow in your footsteps.”

“Young Master, I was wrong!”

Lu Ye looked at Chu Ling, and in that moment, visions of the past seemed to appear in his eyes.

Chu Ling in a long green dress, dancing gracefully among a sea of flowers.

Sweetly calling out “Young Master” again and again.

But alas, it was all in the past.

“What is the threat of An Li to you?” Lu Ye asked.

“An Li is currently in the Fourth Heaven. When she seduced me with the power of darkness, I sensed that her true body was in the Fourth Heaven. Although she can traverse through the layers of heaven using the power of darkness, if you kill her true body in the Fourth Heaven, she would be finished!”

“Keep an eye on the ones crossing tribulation in the Fourth Heaven!” Lu Ye commanded.

“Ding, received… Ah, she’s starting her tribulation now!”

“Now, besides begging for mercy, do you have anything else to say?” Lu Ye asked.