On Three Realms Island, just as Nine Radiance was about to go speak with the two women, her heart suddenly stirred. She raised her head and looked up at the projected phenomenon.
Within the projection, more than two hundred headless corpses spouted blood like fountains. The sight was terrifying and magnificent.
Lu Ye's voice rang out again. "Those who remain in the starry sky for ten days shall die!"
As his words fell, under the horrified gazes of the surviving cultivators, he swung his third saber.
Saber light swept through. No life remained behind Lu Ye; every cultivator captured in the previous battle fell beneath his blade.
"This fellow... how did he become so strong?" Of the two women who had arrived together, the tall woman with a delicate, seemingly fragile bearing frowned slightly, her face full of confusion.
Though it was merely a projection reflected from some unknown place and she could not personally sense anything, she still discerned a few clues.
The power Lu Ye displayed now far surpassed that of an ordinary Upper Uniting Dao cultivator.
When she had last seen Lu Ye, he had not even been worthy of a second glance from her. How long had it been? No matter how great a person's opportunity, their growth could not possibly be this fast.
The other woman beside her gave it no further thought and simply praised him loudly. "Great Commander, mighty!"
Had Lu Ye been here, he would surely have been overjoyed, because this woman was none other than Yuan Xi, who had left after the battle at the Starry Sky Chessboard.
And the one who could remain with Yuan Xi was naturally Ni Chiluan, one of the Top Ten City Lords.
"He is quite clever too," Ni Chiluan said softly. "The situation in this