Chapter 209 - 15: Su Yuan of the Gu Saint Sect

Chapter 209: Chapter 15: Su Yuan of the Gu Saint Sect

This Ghost Bride had been awakened prematurely, so its intelligence was underdeveloped. It was now acting purely on the combat instincts engraved into its body during its creation.

Although its attacks and defenses were precise and efficient, it lacked the agility and adaptability of a true master.

To put it bluntly, it was just a killing machine running on a pre-set program.

’So as long as I can figure out its patterns, I have a chance to take it down!’

"Damn, you scared the hell out of me."

Not far away, Cong Bo saw that Chen Ye had made it through the danger unscathed and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But Tao Yong let out another furious roar, "Ling’Er, tear him to shreds!"

He couldn’t accept that his perfect creation couldn’t even deal with a mere ant from the Unobstructed Realm.

The Ghost Bride let out a piercing shriek and lunged at Chen Ye again.

Its speed was immense. As its claws swung, they left trails of afterimages, sealing off all of Chen Ye’s possible escape routes.

Faced with this tempestuous assault, Chen Ye didn’t meet it head-on.

With nimble footwork, his body spun and weaved, always managing to evade the deadliest attacks at the most critical moments with minimal effort.

At the same time, the long saber in Chen Ye’s hand would seize every fleeting opportunity to slash viciously at the Ghost Bride’s vital points from all sorts of unexpected angles.

For a moment, the small sacrificial altar was filled with flashes of the saber and shadows of claws, as powerful energy blasted in all directions.

Relying on his extraordinary combat intuition and the aid of his Bloody Vision, Chen Ye was actually trading blows evenly with a terrifying Puppet far stronger than himself!

Although he was constantly on the defensive and had sustained several new wounds, his eyes only grew brighter and calmer.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!" Tao Yong watched the stalemate on the altar, so enraged he felt like his lungs would explode.

His pride and joy, Ling’Er, his future Inner Realm-level combat power, was actually being tied down by some Unobstructed Realm vermin!

This was an utter humiliation!

What made him even more anxious was that on the other side, Cong Bo was fighting like a mad bull. His attacks grew more and more ferocious, a reckless style that traded life for life.

’That guy is clearly just trying to hold me back to create an opportunity for that kid, Chen Ye.’

’No!’

’I can’t let this go on!’

A vicious glint flashed through Tao Yong’s eyes.

’If this drags on any longer and something really happens to Ling’Er, it’ll be too late for regrets.’

At this thought, he no longer held anything back. Biting down hard on the tip of his tongue, he spat out a mouthful of Essence Blood.

The Essence Blood transformed into a blood arrow in mid-air, instantly piercing through the defensive arc of Cong Bo’s saber.

SPURT!

A sharp pain shot through Cong Bo’s chest. As if struck by lightning, he staggered back several steps.

Tao Yong seized the opportunity to charge toward the altar, his eyes boiling with killing intent.

’I’ll tear this little bastard who dared to defile my perfect creation apart with my own hands!’

Alarmed, Cong Bo wanted to step forward and stop him, but the churning of his qi and blood left him dizzy and weak. He had the will but not the strength.

’Not good!’

Atop the altar, Chen Ye also sensed the movement behind him.

’One Ghost Bride is already more than enough to handle. Now there’s a Sea Condensation Realm Evil Cultivator far stronger than me joining in.’

’If I get caught in a pincer attack between them, I’m dead for sure!’

’Damn it, I have to retreat for now!’

Chen Ye made a split-second decision. He feinted an attack, then turned to jump off the altar and temporarily avoid the danger.

However, just as he was about to leap...

A butterfly with strange, ghost-like eyes on its wings appeared on the altar without any warning.

The timing and location of its appearance were too strange, as if it had materialized out of thin air.

Chen Ye’s heart lurched in shock.

’It’s the Dream Awakening Butterfly!’

At the same time, a graceful figure appeared silently at the entrance of the secret chamber, like a phantom.

The newcomer was none other than Su Yuan.

She still had the same innocent and adorable girlish appearance, with a round face, round eyes, and a faint smile playing on her lips.

"It’s you!"

Tao Yong, who had been about to charge the altar, stopped dead in his tracks the moment he saw Su Yuan and the Dream Awakening Butterfly. A look of apprehension crossed his face.

"Someone from the... the Gu Saint Sect?"

He practically forced the words out through his gritted teeth.

As a remnant of the Puppet Sect, although Tao Yong operated in secret, he still knew of certain top-tier powers that he absolutely could not afford to provoke.

And the Gu Saint Sect was undoubtedly one of them.

Although this Sect was reclusive, walked the line between righteous and evil, and employed strange and unpredictable methods, its strength and profound heritage were in no way inferior to the famous major sects of the day.

He couldn’t for the life of him figure out how he, by simply creating a Puppet in a backwater place like Yu Huo County, had managed to attract the attention of the Gu Saint Sect.

Su Yuan paid him no mind at all. Her attention was focused entirely on the Ghost Bride.

"Interesting, very interesting," she murmured to herself, looking at the Puppet.

"Using a Pure Yin Spirit as a catalyst, gathering thousands of wisps of resentment to form its body, and then refining it with a Secret Technique... Tsk, tsk, the Puppet Sect’s methods really are something special."

Her appearance also made the situation on the battlefield instantly strange.

Chen Ye, for his part, was completely baffled.

He couldn’t understand at all how Su Yuan had suddenly appeared here.

In reality, what he didn’t know was that Su Yuan had started following him much earlier, back when he was investigating the Black Buddha Temple.

Back in the tavern, the idea she had given Yun Heqing was for him to use the Qi Observation Technique to watch Chen Ye and inform her immediately if he made any move.

Yun Heqing had faithfully carried out this duty, and sure enough, he had seen Chen Ye make his move.