This figure who had appeared so suddenly was the Universe Department Commander of the Ink Cult, the Blood Fairy, with whom they had crossed paths twice on their journey.
Zuo Wuyou’s gaze darted frantically between Blood Fairy and Yang Kai, his mind thrown into complete chaos. He felt the situation today was full of twists and treacherous turns, all the truth hidden within a fog, impossible to see clearly.
Was this brother Yang Kai beside him truly a member of the Ink Cult? If not, then why, in this moment of life and death, would Blood Fairy suddenly appear, break their grand formation, and save their lives?
But if he was, then so many of the previous events became inexplicable.
Zuo Wuyou had completely lost the ability to think, feeling as if there was no one in this world he could trust.
While he remained wary on his side, neither Yang Kai nor Blood Fairy spared him a single glance. Their eyes met, one pair filled with playful mockery, the other brimming with yearning.
«You still dare to appear before me?» Yang Kai sat cross-legged upon the stone block, arms crossed, showing not the slightest panic before a peak Shenyou Realm expert, nor even any intention of being on guard. As he spoke, he leaned forward, his imposing aura pressing outward: «Aren’t you afraid I’ll kill you?»
Blood Fairy let out a coquettish laugh. «Could you bear to?»
Yang Kai snorted coldly. «I have killed you before. It just didn’t take.»
Blood Fairy’s expression froze for an instant before she gave a light hum. «Truly a dull man.» Saying this, she tossed the withered body in her hand onto the ground. «This man wanted to kill you. I left him a thread of life. Do with him as you please.»
On the ground, Chu Anhe’s breathing was as faint as a gossamer thread. The essence of his flesh and blood had long since been drained completely. At this moment, he resembled a wind-dried corpse—not quite dead, but not far from it either.
Hearing Blood Fairy speak, his dry eyeballs rolled to look at Yang Kai, a look of begging in his eyes.
Yang Kai paid him no heed, letting out a soft chuckle. «Suddenly rushing over to save me, and even trying to curry favor like this? You must want something.»
«I want you!» Blood Fairy’s seductive eyes were like silk threads. As she spoke, a cloud of blood mist suddenly descended upon Zuo Wuyou.
Even though Zuo Wuyou had been on full alert ever since Blood Fairy appeared, he couldn’t evade the blood mist. The vast gap in their strength made his wariness a mere joke.
Yang Kai’s eyes turned sharply cold. Simultaneously, a powerful wave of spiritual sense surged forth, transforming into a sharp attack that plunged into his own sea of consciousness.
Yang Kai’s expression immediately became exceedingly strange...
He suddenly realized that the Zhenyuan Realm was truly a wonderful thing. Those Shenyou Realm powerhouses would, at the slightest disagreement, attempt to suppress him with their spiritual sense, even going so far as to propel their spiritual spirits into battle to decide the outcome.
He turned his head to look at Zuo Wuyou, only to see Zuo Wuyou frozen stiff on the spot, not daring to move a muscle. The layer of blood mist enveloping him was as thin as a light gauze, flowing around his body like water.
«Don’t move around,» Yang Kai warned. Blood Fairy’s secret technique clearly had no intention of taking Zuo Wuyou’s life, but if Zuo Wuyou made any abnormal movements, he would undoubtedly be devoured clean by the blood mist.
Sweat slid down Zuo Wuyou’s forehead, and he spoke in a hoarse voice, «Brother Yang, what exactly is the situation here?»
When Blood Fairy appeared to save them, he had almost been certain Yang Kai was an Ink Cult spy. But Blood Fairy had clearly just used a spiritual sense technique on Yang Kai, propelling her spiritual spirit into his sea of consciousness.
This proved that Yang Kai and Blood Fairy were not on the same side!
Zuo Wuyou was completely bewildered.
Yang Kai said, «She probably has her eye on me and wants to seize my physical body. You know her Blood Dao secret techniques require devouring flesh and blood essence; my flesh and blood would be a great tonic for her.»
«Then what is she doing now...»
«Whatever happened to Yan Peng, will happen to her.»
Zuo Wuyou immediately felt reassured...
Previously, that Yan Peng had also used a spiritual spirit technique on Yang Kai, only to die without a sound. He never expected this Blood Fairy to be so foolish as well.
No, not foolish. Such a thing had simply never occurred in this world before.
During the Earth Department Commander’s night raid, Blood Fairy had possessed the commander’s body to launch a spiritual sense attack against Yang Kai, but it had been utterly ineffective.
Blood Fairy probably believed Yang Kai had some special method to defend against spiritual sense attacks, so this time she had directly propelled her spiritual spirit forward with her full might!
She got her wish, plunging into Yang Kai’s sea of consciousness and landing upon that seven-colored small island. Immediately after, she witnessed a scene she would never forget for the rest of her existence.
«Ah, it’s Commander Blood Fairy. Subordinate greets the Commander!» A figure stepped forward and bowed respectfully.
Blood Fairy stared at the figure in astonishment. She confirmed it was also a spiritual spirit, and one she recognized, so she couldn’t help but ask, «Yan Peng? What are you doing here? Aren’t you dead?»
«Am I dead?» Yan Peng asked with a desolate expression.
«Someone beheaded you with a single sword stroke...» Blood Fairy replied in a daze.
«So I am already dead...» Yan Peng’s face was filled with profound sorrow. Although he had long anticipated his end wouldn’t be good, learning the truth was still hard to bear. He had built a reputation over his lifetime, painstakingly cultivated to the Shenyou Realm, risen to a high position in the Ink Cult, only to die so inexplicably.
«What is this place? And who are... these?» Blood Fairy looked toward the young man and the leopard beside him.
Yan Peng sighed. «That is a long story.»
«Less talk!» The leopard suddenly spoke with a human voice. «The Boss said you weren’t being honest, and told me to first teach you a proper lesson in how to behave.»
As it spoke, its entire body crackled with lightning as it lunged forward.