ed it to Lu Ye: 'Take this if you want it!'""Elder, I dare not refuse your gift. How could I possibly decline" Lu Ye accepted the storage ring and glanced at it briefly. Inside were almost two thousan...Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan's attack drew everyone's attention. This cultivator hadn't guarded against someone sneaking up behind him, and by the time Lu Ye made his sudden move, it was too late for them to react.

Just as he had taken flight, his body crashed to the ground with a heavy thud. The searing pain in his back made it hard for him to breathe. When he looked up, a rain of blades descended upon him.

He hurriedly activated his spiritual energy barrier for protection, but the barrier only lasted three breaths before shattering under a barrage of sword lights.

The crisscrossing blades slashed down, a staccato rhythm echoing through the air. The cultivator's body trembled violently; in this instant, they endured countless blows, their protective spiritual energy shattered completely.

Then his body lightened, and his vision spun wildly, consciousness fading rapidly.n-watchers nodded slightly in acknowledgement.Those foreign cultivators they selected back then were all after a long period of investigation and training. Looking back now, most of the cultivators s...