Chapter 2329 - 2327: Will You Join Me?

"Fellow Daoist, please hold on!" Having left the position of Baiyu Platform, the Blood Race Dao Fusion chased after the constantly escaping Su Yan. While pursuing, he transmitted through Mental Consciousness, "Our companions are all dead; the only way to survive now is to join forces!"

Truly, life is full of unpredictability. Just one incense stick's time ago, his task was to hunt down Su Yan, and now he has no choice but to ally with her.

But this is unavoidable; the power of an exotic treasure helped Solar Flames deal with Lu Ye and the female cultivator of the Insect Race. Now, even Ning Gu and Junior Sister Shuang are likely in grave danger.

The Blood Race and Su Yan are both alone, so the best response is naturally to team up.

The Blood Race has seen Su Yan's methods and believes that if he can partner with her, her effectiveness will be far greater than that of the deceased female Insect Race cultivator.

He wouldn't want to miss such a good opportunity, which is why he relentlessly pursues.

However, what puzzles him is since he set eyes on Su Yan, she rarely attacks him, merely escaping constantly. Her Escape Technique is exceptionally mysterious; every time he tries to get closer, she can suddenly disappear.

Su Yan, who had been fleeing ahead, seemed to finally respond upon hearing this, gradually halting her pace and turning to look at him.

The Blood Race rejoiced and stopped as a gesture of sincerity.

The two are currently at the edge of the stellar space fragment. Beyond lies the tumultuous Chaos Fog, but it no longer engulfs the fragment, so it won't dissolve further.

This location is the farthest away from Baiyu Platform for now.

Su Yan fixed her gaze on the Blood Race, her eyes filled with contemplation, seemingly intrigued.

The Blood Race relaxed, glad they could talk; he feared the woman might be unwilling to converse. But, come to think of it, anyone who has survived this long must have a stable temperament. Previously enemies based on the situation, now allies for survival; who wouldn't understand that?

Ultimately, none of the competitors have personal grudges. They are simply placed in opposition due to the rules.

"Fellow Daoist, would you be willing to team up?" The Blood Race asked again, needing no persuasion, believing the other side could not refuse unless a fool.

Sure enough, after brief contemplation, Su Yan nodded, "Alright!"

The Blood Race smiled, "Then I'll come over; don't worry, Fellow Daoist. Given the current situation, I rely on you to stay alive; I can't possibly harm you!"

"I know." Su Yan stood quietly, without a hint of defense.

Such a posture obviously satisfied the Blood Race, who flickered and came to stand not far before Su Yan. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly looked shocked and shouted, "Watch out!"

Behind Su Yan, a trace of breath suddenly revealed itself.

Someone was hiding here! And hidden so deeply, if he hadn't gotten close enough, he wouldn't have noticed.

As he alerted them, he prepared to unfold his Blood Sea.

He's not too concerned about who precisely is hidden here. Because anyone still hiding at this stage can't be that strong; he's confident he can handle it and use this to build rapport with his new ally.

But he didn't notice, despite his warning, Su Yan remained indifferent and simply observed him quietly.

Then the Blood Race's expression changed to one of fright, as indescribable fear descended, enveloping him.

His blood instantly stagnated; he couldn't start the Blood Sea unfolding, with only thin wisps of blood Qi faintly emerging, appearing extremely sparse.

From behind Su Yan, a figure slowly walked out.

The eyes of the Blood Race widened suddenly!

He stared incredulously at the emerging figure, unwilling to believe his own eyes. The hidden cultivator turned out to be the human race combat cultivator previously crushed by the exotic treasure!

He's still alive?

How can he possibly still be alive?

Yet the fact stands before him, suggesting the crushed one was a doppelganger?

But that's not right; if it were a doppelganger, the female Insect Race cultivator would have noticed, as a doppelganger's power is inferior to the original. But he secretly observed her battle earlier; she, at Peak Dao Fusion, barely held a slight advantage in the previous fight.

Therefore, it can't be a doppelganger. So how does one explain this presence?

Surely, it's not twins!

He's already bewildered enough by this, and even more so by the terrifying saintliness exhibited by this human race combat cultivator!

He is at Peak Dao Fusion, inherently possessing powerful saintliness, yet compared to the human race's saintliness, it's like a firefly challenging the brilliance of the moon. Under such suppression, he's frozen, unable to move!

Is he human race or Blood Race?

Doomed!

Ridiculous, he sincerely sought partnership with the female archer, only to be led into a trap, to be devoured both flesh and bones.

Lu Ye emerged from behind Su Yan, gazing at the Blood Race Dao Fusion, knowing that ever since his Blood Race Bloodline had a significant breakthrough, the suppression through saintliness had grown stronger.

He's used saintliness suppression against a Blood Race Peak Dao Fusion before, during collaboration with Yin Luo, but the effect then was nowhere near as prominent as now.

Previously it was only suppression, but now it's purely overpowering.

A Peak Dao Fusion can't even put up a fight against him.

"Kill!" Lu Ye gently commanded.

The reason for having Su Yan do it was that if he were to kill, there would inevitably be the phenomenon of Star Abyss Blessing, which might attract Solar Flames and Moonless here, making all previous efforts go to waste.

Inspired by that jellyfish star beast, Lu Ye switched his true self with a doppelganger on the way back to Baiyu Platform with Su Yan.

To make it believable, he even found a magic treasure blade similar in length to the Boulder Mountain Saber and deliberately carried a Star Abyss coin with him.

Even without Ning Gu targeting with the exotic treasure, the Talent Tree Avatar would find a way to underperform in the struggle against the Insect Race female cultivator, leading to its death.

Of course, this would need to be gradual and not too abrupt, otherwise, it would alert others.

But Ning Gu's actions undoubtedly saved him a lot of trouble. Such a powerful exotic treasure erupted, and he couldn't resist being blasted—an understandable situation without any inconsistency.

Anyone who saw the situation at that time would think he was dead!

In this regard, he truly owed Ning Gu thanks; without Ning Gu's aid, he wouldn't have achieved his objective so easily.

If he could avoid it, he actually didn't want to kill this Blood Race member; because of saintliness suppression, killing him would be easy.

Leaving him alive to fight with Solar Flames, Moonless, and that team of star beasts is a good option, a Peak Dao Fusion could weaken these two teams to some extent.

But this guy was determined to pursue Su Yan, seeking to accompany her, forcing Lu Ye to take action.

He was entirely self-destructive!

Su Yan immediately drew her bowstring…

The Blood Race Dao Fusion stood frozen on the spot, face full of shock and unwillingness.

As the arrow was released, his head exploded, and his vitality extinguished.

The corpse vanished from sight, but Lu Ye's eyes lit up.

Because after the Blood Race's corpse disappeared, it left not only a Star Abyss coin but also another item!

Exotic treasure!

Constrained by the rules of this contest, after a cultivator dies, only the Star Abyss coin and exotic treasures from this contest remain, everything else vanishes.

This was the first time Lu Ye acquired an exotic treasure in this manner.

He quickly stepped forward to pick up and examine the treasure; it resembled a rope, very slender, about three zhang in length.

Lu Ye only needed a slight investigation to understand its purpose.

It's not for attack or defense but for binding enemies, similar to the Spirit-Binding Lock he came across in Nine Provinces.

But its power is undoubtedly much greater than the Spirit-Binding Lock from Nine Provinces.

Lu Ye raised his hand and handed the treasure to Su Yan: "You keep this!"

In terms of strength, Su Yan is somewhat inferior to him, though her Escape Technique is arcane, without his Dao force reserves to support, her own strength is significantly reduced.

Having this with her ensures preparation, and it might prove useful.

Su Yan was in a daze…

Because the Blood Race Dao Fusion died so abruptly, with no resistance from start to finish, just stood there foolishly and got shot by her.

This was beyond her understanding.

That was a Peak Dao Fusion, and even facing something terrifying, shouldn't respond like this.

But in fact, from the moment Lu Ye appeared, the Blood Race stopped reacting, like an idiot.

This made her think about many things…

She knew that the Blood Race's Bloodline varies in nobility, with strong Bloodlines imposing a curious suppression on weaker ones—this is their racial characteristic and flaw.

She also knew of another powerful race with such Bloodline suppression, and this race is very closely linked to her own.

The Blood Race seemed to be in a state of suppression earlier, and the level of suppression was astonishing.

Is Lu Ye a Blood Race?

Su Yan found it hard to believe since she didn't identify any Blood Race traits in Lu Ye, and since meeting him, apart from the Blood Escape Technique, Lu Ye hadn't demonstrated any Blood Race secret techniques.

But the Blood Escape Technique is practiced by many cultivators from other races, a widely known secret technique in the entire cultivation world.

"Hold it, what are you thinking about?" Lu Ye urged.

"Oh." Su Yan snapped back to reality, quickly taking the exotic treasure and carefully storing it.

Never mind, even if he is Blood Race, it doesn't matter; from their interactions over time, Lu Ye's temperament is excellent, unlike some Blood Race individuals she's encountered who are cruel and evil.