Wei Que staggered, covered in wounds, a miserable sight to behold.
He had first been ambushed by Lu Ye and the others within the Illusion Array. Though a stroke of luck had allowed him to break the Grand Array, he was already at the end of his tether. Then he had been besieged by the group, and finally, regardless of the consequences, sacrificed that Broken Arrow treasure. At this moment, he had truly reached the point where the oil was spent and the lamp had gone dry.
His vision was a blur. When he looked up, he saw only Lu Ye plunging down from the sky, unable even to make out Lu Ye's face.
A snow-bright saber light flashed. The Crag Mountain Saber easily tore through the weak protective Spiritual Power around Wei Que's body, and the long saber cut down across his neck.
As they passed each other, Lu Ye's feet plowed more than a dozen yards through the ground before he slowly steadied himself.
The bone-clinging maggot-like sense of danger vanished the instant he struck that blow. After all, the Broken Arrow was controlled by Wei Que. Once he died, the treasure lost its power as well. Its light receded, it returned to its original form, and fell from the air.
Lu Ye let out a long breath and turned back. Wei Que's headless corpse had collapsed onto the ground, blood spurting from his neck.
A Cloud River Tier Nine had been slain by him, Li Baxian, and the others working together!
The Illusion Array deserved the greatest credit for such an achievement. Trapped within it, Wei Que had found it impossible to withstand the combined ambush of their group.
Back in the Hunting Ground, Lu Ye and his two companions had struggled immensely even against a Tier