Chapter 91 - 90: I Am the Wenda Alliance

Chapter 91: Chapter 90: I Am the Wenda Alliance

The thrust came without any warning!

Before anyone could react, the tip of Li Ye’s sword had already pierced through Qu Hao’s lower back.

Meng Mingzhe had indeed treated him well; the weapon he’d been given easily penetrated the defenses of a Divinity Transformation Realm expert.

This sword didn’t just pierce Qu Hao’s back—it also pierced Meng Mingzhe’s fragile little heart. The space between his brows twitched violently. ’It’s over,’ he thought. ’The Cyan Sun Sect is completely finished!’

As expected of a Divinity Transformation Realm master, the moment his back was stabbed, Qu Hao spun around and sent Li Ye flying with a single slash of his sword.

His lower back throbbed with pain, but the ache in his heart was worse. After fighting for so long without being harmed by the enemy, he had ended up wounded by one of his own. It was a truth anyone would find unbearable!

The Sword Light arrived in an instant, bringing with it a suffocating pressure. The Protective Jade Pendant on Li Ye’s body activated, blocking the attack just in time. However, the immense force from the Sword Light still sent him flying back several hundred meters, and the Ghost Soldiers manifested from the chess pieces along the way relentlessly attacked him.

In an instant, all his Protective Treasures were depleted, and the cooldown on his watch hadn’t finished yet.

’Damn it, that was one hell of an instinctive reaction...’

Li Ye sighed, casting a pleading gaze toward Lei Wenjie and the other man in the sky.

He would never truly put himself in a desperate situation. What Protective Dharma Artifact?

The two men in the sky were his real Protective Dharma Artifacts!

’You wanted to capture me, right?’

’Now’s your time to shine!’

...

Li Ye’s sudden stab had left Lei Wenjie and his companion dumbfounded.

For a fleeting moment, they truly thought Li Hao was an undercover agent sent by the Demon Sect.

They quickly snapped out of it. They couldn’t let their target die, or else all their efforts would be for nothing.

Qiu Ming withdrew the Ghost Soldiers on the chessboard that were attacking Li Ye, while Lei Wenjie unleashed a blast of Sword Qi to block the furious Qu Hao.

In that instant, the roles of attacker and defender were reversed, and it was now the members of the Demon Sect who were protecting Li Ye.

His body pierced and his defenses shattered, Qu Hao saw the very Jade Pendant he had given away block his own Sword Light. To make matters worse, Lei Wenjie was now protecting Li Ye. His eyes went red with rage, and he slashed at Li Ye again and again. Nothing could quell the hatred in his heart until he killed the man who had backstabbed him.

...

"Junior Martial Uncle Qu, can you really not feel the change in your body?" Li Ye asked helplessly, inwardly cursing the man for being an idiot as he watched Qu Hao’s rampage.

He could only strike a teammate once per battle.

He wasn’t about to let Qu Hao waste this precious opportunity on him.

Qu Hao froze, only then realizing the surge of Skill Level within him. Li Ye’s previous words also flooded his mind.

For a moment, he was completely bewildered. ’What’s the principle behind this?’

"Don’t ask why. This is the perfect opportunity," Li Ye urged. "This is our one chance to turn defeat into victory. Do you really want to die here?"

’What is going on?’

Lei Wenjie and his companion were just as confused. ’We’re helping you, so what the hell are you doing?’

"Sect Leader Meng, let’s join forces and kill Lei Wenjie first," Qu Hao called out to Meng Mingzhe, finally coming to his senses.

When Meng Mingzhe had been backstabbed by Li Ye, Li Ye had used a time-reversal ability. Meng Mingzhe had only received the surge in Skill Level but had lost his memory of what happened.

Li Ye stabbed Qu Hao, Qu Hao tried to kill Li Ye, Lei Wenjie helped Li Ye, and now Qu Hao wanted to team up with him to fight Lei Wenjie...

The rapidly changing situation defied all logic. He couldn’t make any sense of the relationships between everyone involved.

He didn’t even react when Qu Hao suddenly gave up on Li Ye and called for him to attack Lei Wenjie.

It was Li Ye who had to remind him, "Martial Uncle, attack."

...

One after the other, two beams of Sword Light that resembled bolts of white silk slashed toward Lei Wenjie and Qiu Ming.

The two men hastily parried.

They also had no idea what the hell was going on with those three.

’Is this some kind of self-harm ploy?’

’But who stabs their own ally on the battlefield as part of such a plan!’

The moment they blocked the Sword Light, they were shocked to discover that Qu Hao also seemed to have achieved a breakthrough mid-battle...

’What the fuck is happening?’

’Does fighting us come with a built-in effect that helps people break through?’

’One mid-battle breakthrough is one thing, but a second one!’

Lei Wenjie and Qiu Ming felt like they were about to cough up blood. Never in their wildest dreams could they have imagined that Li Ye’s stab actually had the effect of boosting someone’s power...

The group resumed fighting. Lei Wenjie and his partner had the initial advantage, but Qu Hao and his partner had been forcibly powered up by Li Ye’s cheat-like ability. Their strengths were once again balanced, and they were locked in a stalemate.

Lei Wenjie and Qiu Ming wanted to uncover Li Ye’s secrets, so even though Qu Hao was no longer protecting him, they wouldn’t intentionally try to kill him. Qiu Ming even directed the Ghost Soldiers on his chessboard away from Li Ye, afraid of accidentally hurting him.

Qu Hao had been stabbed, but not only was he not dead, his Skill Level had increased dramatically. Filled with a bellyful of questions, he no longer wanted to kill Li Ye either.

As for Meng Mingzhe, there was no way he would harm Li Ye. The future of the Cyan Sun Sect depended on him!

Both sides tacitly avoided Li Ye with their attacks. The occasional stray Sword Light that flew toward him would be blocked by one of them.

Sometimes it would be someone from Qu Hao’s side, and sometimes someone from Lei Wenjie’s.

Amidst the flashing blades and sword shadows, Li Ye, the one with the lowest Skill Level, had ironically become the most relaxed and safest person on the battlefield.

Gazing up at the four people fighting in the sky, Li Ye contemplated a way to break the deadlock.

Plans could never keep up with changes.

’My teammate-striking skill has been exposed. Once a winner is decided, it’ll be a huge problem if I can’t explain it properly.’

After much thought, Li Ye decided to take a gamble while both sides were busy with each other. It would be difficult to find an opportunity like this again.

Good and evil were matters for the natives of this world. A Time Traveler should never take a side.

"Qu Hao! Lei Wenjie! Don’t you want to know what the Wenda Alliance is? Now, I will tell you all the truth!" Li Ye gathered his Spiritual Qi and projected his voice high into the sky.

’He’s not even calling me Junior Martial Uncle anymore!’

Qu Hao couldn’t help but frown. ’Who is he, really?’

"Qu Hao, there has never been a Wenda Alliance. Or rather, I am the Wenda Alliance. The Wenda Alliance is me," Li Ye declared, looking toward Qu Hao. He stood with his hands clasped behind his back, revealing the watch on his wrist with boundless bravado.

"..." Qu Hao was stunned.

’My god, what the hell are you up to now?’

Meng Mingzhe’s head buzzed. The thought that the Cyan Sun Sect was finished resurfaced once more. Ever since Li Ye had appeared, his heart had been on a rollercoaster, and he could barely take it anymore.

"Hah!" Lei Wenjie scoffed, looking at Qu Hao with a mocking laugh. "Qu Hao, now do you see how stupid you’ve been!"

"Lei Wenjie, do you really think everything Ge Rui told you was the truth?" Li Ye said, playing both sides. "How could traveling here from another world possibly be a coincidence?"

"..." Lei Wenjie was also taken aback.

"If what Ge Rui told you was true, wouldn’t I be better off just cultivating peacefully? Why would I need to create the Wenda Alliance and throw the entire world into chaos? What’s in it for me?" Li Ye continued. "Even if the Wenda Alliance succeeded, would a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator like me get to rule the world? Or do you really think I’m counting on the Wenda Alliance to research an Ascension Method?"

"..." Lei Wenjie forced Qu Hao back with a flash of his sword and demanded, "What exactly are you trying to do?"

"The Ascension Method has existed all along. I will harness the power of the entire world to help me become an Immortal," Li Ye said.

"Utter nonsense," Lei Wenjie scoffed in disbelief.

"I have been in this world for little more than a month, and I’ve gone from a Mortal to Foundation Establishment. Just now, in the middle of this battle, I advanced from the first to the second level of Foundation Establishment," Li Ye said proudly. "Lei Wenjie, why do you think Meng Mingzhe had a breakthrough mid-battle? Why do you think Qu Hao also had a breakthrough mid-battle? Are there really so many coincidences in this world?"

Qu Hao trembled violently.

A sharp glint appeared in the eyes of Lei Wenjie and his companion.

"The path of cultivation has never been about accumulating time," Li Ye said. "There are ancient tales of attaining immortality in a dream, or ascending in broad daylight after taking a single Immortal Pill. Who ever said it had to be a step-by-step progression? The Cultivation Method of this world is fundamentally wrong. Epiphany is the root of Ascension—it’s the framework. The path of cultivation is merely about filling that framework with materials."

"And how would you know?" Lei Wenjie asked.

"Because I myself ascended step-by-step from a lesser world," Li Ye said. "In my own world, I created the Wenda Alliance, gathered the power of the entire world, broke through the limits of the human body, and shattered the void. In the last world, I created the Wenda Alliance again, broke through the limits of a Martial Artist, and ascended here. In this world, I will create the Wenda Alliance once more and ascend to the heavens in a single step..."

"Arrogant," Lei Wenjie said.

"Arrogant or not, you’ll know if you just ask Qu Hao and Meng Mingzhe," Li Ye said with a smile. "Qu Hao, Meng Mingzhe, is the sudden surge of Skill Level inside your bodies fake?"

"My surge in Skill Level... it was because of you?" Meng Mingzhe’s heart pounded.

"What else?" Li Ye retorted. "Did you really think such a good thing would just fall from the sky?"

Qu Hao remained silent.

"I can get you to the Void Refinement Realm in a single day, without taking any Elixir Pills or even cultivating. Are you willing to give it a try?" Li Ye said, determined to make a shocking statement.

"Impossible," Qu Hao said. "How could anyone break through to the Void Refinement Realm in one day? Even if they did, their foundation would inevitably be unstable..."

"Qu Hao, I achieved Perfect Foundation Establishment," Li Ye said with a smile. "With me, there’s no such thing as an unstable foundation. Spending hundreds or thousands of years cultivating only proves that your path is wrong. Besides, does the extra Spiritual Qi you gained conflict with your original Spiritual Qi?"

Qu Hao froze. He had already noticed it earlier: the new Spiritual Qi had fused perfectly with his own, as if he had cultivated it himself.

The battle in the sky had long since stopped.

The two sides watched each other warily, their eyes filled with suspicion.

What Li Ye said sounded like pure fantasy, but the facts were laid out before them, leaving them little choice but to believe.

"What do you want?" Qu Hao asked.

"Come with me, we’ll find someone else to fight, and then I’ll stab each of you once. You’ll understand naturally after that," Li Ye brazenly proposed this absurd method.

"Bullshit," Lei Wenjie said. "Are you playing me for a fool? I think you’re just trying to find a chance to ambush me..."

"Lei Wenjie, I’m only at the Foundation Establishment level. Qu Hao took one of my stabs and was still able to send me flying for a mile. If you’re on guard, are you really afraid I could kill you with a single strike?" Li Ye laughed mockingly. "You don’t even dare to try?"

"..." Lei Wenjie recalled the strange scene from earlier and began to have his doubts.

"Meng Mingzhe’s Skill Level also surged, but he wasn’t stabbed by you," Qiu Ming pointed out coolly, gesturing at Meng Mingzhe.

"I did stab him; you just didn’t see it. That’s another one of my Divine Abilities, which you’ll come to know in the future," Li Ye said, shaking his head. "True Immortals cultivate the path of Divine Abilities. People like you, who have walked down the wrong path, would never understand..."