Zhu Kou was dead. Lu Ye turned his head and looked in one direction.
In that direction, a figure abruptly revealed herself, transforming into a streak of light as she fled rapidly into the distance.
Judging by her shape, she was clearly the female cultivator who had already escaped earlier!
At some point, this woman had actually sneaked back and concealed herself nearby. Clearly, she had intended to play the mantis stalking the cicada, with the oriole waiting behind. If luck favored her and Lu Ye and Zhu Kou fought each other to a draw, she might have swept up both of them in one go and claimed two easy gains.
What she had not expected was that the battle had been one-sided from the very beginning. Under the Weapon Cultivator's savage, unreasonable suppression, Zhu Kou had been utterly unable to fight back and had been beaten to death alive!
Moreover, she had seen clearly that the Weapon Cultivator had discarded his long saber from the start, instead using two Short Pestle Spiritual Treasures that had not been refined at all.
In other words, the Weapon Cultivator had not even used his full strength! If his long saber had been in hand, who knew how utterly crushing the battle would have been.
The battle she had watched left the female cultivator's heart reeling. Earlier, she had sensed Lu Ye's power and decisively left, but she had been unwilling to give up. Thinking she might be able to pick up some advantage, she had secretly returned. Yet after one look, she understood that the Weapon Cultivator's strength far surpassed her expectations!
Zhu Kou was certainly no weakling. Among this batch of Divine Sea Realm cultivators, he might not have been among the very best, but he was at least above average.