Chapter 59: This Blade Is Slain Solely for You

At that moment, Ren Jie’s body bristled with goosebumps.

“Ye Yue! Dodge to the left!”

Hearing Ren Jie's shout, Ye Yue instinctively activated her Blood Flash, shifting her entire body to the left.

“Bang!”

At Ye Yue’s original position, the air was crushed and exploded violently.

Ren Jie yelled again, “Fall back! Quickly!”

Ye Yue had no choice but to retreat once more. Suddenly, with a thunderous boom, a massive claw mark, seven or eight meters deep, appeared where she had just stood.

Yet, no matter how wide Ye Yue’s eyes widened, she could see nothing.

“Ren Jie, what on earth is that thing?”

Ren Jie’s face turned pale, his eyes filled with terror.

“It’s a ghost—a spectral Blue Demon…”

Perhaps others couldn’t see it, but with his vision enhanced by X-ray sight, Ren Jie could clearly make out a towering, muscular Blue Demon standing in the middle of the arena. It had three heads and eight arms, fierce and terrifying like a ghostly apparition.

Around its neck hung a massive skull pendant, and all eight arms were thick and powerful. The claw that had just struck Ye Yue belonged to this demon.

Yet, to everyone else, this Blue Demon appeared transparent, completely invisible.

The reason Luo Su and the others could hover in the air was that they were standing atop the Blue Demon's head.

Luo Su raised an eyebrow. “Oh? You can see it? Interesting…”

At that instant, Ren Jie’s hair stood on end. Without another word, he turned and fled, even igniting his Burning Flame technique, for in his sight, a gigantic Blue Demon’s claw was ferociously slamming toward him.

Ye Yue’s eyes glowed blood-red.

“Don’t you dare touch him!”

She charged at Ren Jie with Blood Flash, but two giant Blue Demon claws slammed toward her.

Ye Yue couldn’t see the attack and was struck directly.

A sharp “crack” echoed as the sound of shattering bones filled the air. Blood spurted from her mouth as she collapsed weakly to the ground.

Luo Su’s strength was overwhelmingly formidable.

“Bang!”

Ren Jie was flung through the air, rolling on the ground, blood gushing from the corner of his mouth.

Before he could regain his footing, the Blue Demon’s claw descended from above with the force of a collapsing sky.

He was doomed.

The female secretary spoke up, “Lord Ghost King? This guy’s name is on the capture list, the data matches. Should we—”

Luo Su’s eyes gleamed. “Oh? Seems my luck is still good~”

The Blue Demon’s claw shifted from a slam to a grasp, capturing Ren Jie entirely and lifting him into the air.

Ren Jie struggled wildly, but how could he possibly resist the Blue Demon? Luo Su was a fifth-rank body cultivator.

At that moment, lying on the ground, Ye Yue glanced at the severely wounded and unconscious Yun Xiao and Ye Huai.

Wu Yunqing had completely lost his ability to move.

The other Demon Suppressors couldn’t directly harm the Blue Demon and were instead struck down by its invisible giant claws, some fatally.

Ye Yue staggered to her feet, her black hair disheveled, wiping blood from her mouth. Her eyes were scarlet as she stubbornly stared at Luo Su.

“Let him go!”

Luo Su sneered. “You’re struggling just to stand, what right do you have to order me around?”

“In such a hopeless situation, and you still try to fight? Isn’t that pathetic?”

Ye Yue summoned the Blood God Spear once more; the crimson in her eyes seemed aflame.

“There is never a truly hopeless situation in this world—only those who despair of their situation!”

“I said, let him go! Don’t you understand?”

Veins bulged on Luo Su’s forehead, his gaze icy cold.

“You can go to hell!”

In the next moment, the Blue Demon’s claw clenched into a fist and violently slammed down from above toward Ye Yue.

She instinctively raised her spear to block.

“Boom!”

The ground was blasted into a pit seven or eight meters wide. Ye Yue’s Blood God Spear shattered; she was struck down onto one knee.

Before she could recover, four Blue Demon claws rained down on her relentlessly.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!” The earth trembled continuously, nearby buildings even collapsing under the shock.

Ye Yue was completely trapped in the pit, forced to activate her Blood God Armor for defense, blood pouring from her mouth.

The skin on both her arms had completely vanished—the price of her divinity.

Her forearms’ flesh was disappearing as well.

If this continued, Ye Yue would be crushed into minced flesh.

Ren Jie, watching Ye Yue in the pit, was frantic, veins bulging on his neck.

“Let go! Damn it!”

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“Unquenchable Blazing Flame! Ignite!”

At that moment, Ren Jie’s body erupted in towering flames—not ordinary fire, but the blazing flames from the Blazing Flame Sword Slash, flames that would not extinguish.

The Blue Demon itself began to ignite starting from its claws, soon engulfed in dazzling fire, turning into a blazing torch.

However, this damage was negligible to Luo Su—barely a scratch.

But the flames made the Blue Demon’s form visible, outlining it clearly.

Luo Su glared at Ren Jie with disdain.

“Tsk, still not obedient, huh? Then I’ll make you even more obedient!”

He gripped Ren Jie’s large hand and squeezed with renewed force.

“Puh wah!”

Ren Jie’s eyes rolled back; blood gushed from his mouth like a fountain.

A pained roar came from deep in his throat as he felt his body fracturing.

The mechanical arm creaked under the strain and was crushed.

At the same time, Ye Yue finally saw the Blue Demon clearly.

Lying in the pit, battered and bloody, fragments of internal organs mixed with her blood.

She glanced at Ren Jie, then shifted her gaze to the Sacred Heavenly Gate shining with divine radiance in the night sky. Her eyes brimmed with hope as she silently prayed:

“O Lord God—

If there truly is a deity beyond this gate, please help me.

Tonight, no matter what, I must save him. This is my only wish.”

Her eyes filled with stubborn determination, vast amounts of blood surged within her.

The blood boiled and roared as if infused with Ye Yue’s life force.

“Moonless Blood God Descends!”

An immense torrent of blood swirled and condensed into a towering Blood God clad in heavy armor, dozens of meters tall.

Its eyes blazed with crimson light!

At the same time, Ye Yue’s body shriveled; her skin was vanishing bit by bit, flesh from her arms and legs fading away, as if consumed by some invisible force.

Her teeth clenched tightly, her gaze unyielding.

“I said! Give him back!”

The armored Blood God roared, raising its fist to strike the Blue Demon’s face violently. The explosion of air was deafening.

The massive Blue Demon staggered, even causing a nearby building to collapse.

The Blood God lifted its massive hand, aiming to snatch Ren Jie back.

Yet, looking at Ye Yue’s battered form, Ren Jie’s vision turned blood-red, ears ringing, he shouted wildly:

“Ye Yue, what are you doing? Are you crazy?!”

Clearly, Ye Yue was overpaying the cost. Her body was ravaged by the price of divinity, yet she gained power beyond her rank.

The recent blows had shattered her bones and ruptured her organs; she was barely able to move.

Ye Yue lay in the pit, looking at Ren Jie with gentle eyes.

“I can’t go on, but you… you must live. You still have a sister to care for. Your brilliant life is just beginning—it shouldn’t end here…”

“I’m the one who brought you into this. I must take responsibility for you…”

Ren Jie struggled desperately, shouting anxiously, “No! Stop! Don’t pay the price anymore! You’ll die!”

But Ye Yue gazed at the Sacred Heavenly Gate with resolute eyes.

“Since I’ve become one chosen by the gods, I must do something for this world, right?”

“Crimson Spear!”

The armored Blood God’s hand radiated a dazzling blood-red light, condensing a Blood God’s spear that shone like a ruby.

More of Ye Yue’s flesh vanished; even the skin on her cheeks was disappearing, revealing bone beneath.

The Crimson Spear was raised high and violently struck at the Blue Demon.

Luo Su’s anger flared.

“Do you think you can kill me like that? Dream on!”

“Ghost Devour!”

Invisible white mist was drawn into his body. The Blue Demon swelled again, raising its massive fist to smash the incoming Crimson Spear.

“Blue Demon Prison Break!”

A fierce azure glow radiated from the fist, threatening to destroy everything.

“Boom!”

At impact, the clash of blue and red light was fierce, the shockwave whipping up a gale that shattered every window of nearby buildings.

Yet in the next instant, the Crimson Spear shattered into countless fragments. The armored Blood God was pierced through the chest; energy exploded as the towering Blood God was crushed into a mist of blood, showering the world in crimson.

The entire world seemed to fall silent at that moment.

Luo Su laughed wildly, bathed in the torrential blood rain, his gaze growing more savage.

“Feeling despair yet? This is the gap between our strength. What a joke, so-called divine favor!”

“Today, no one can save you—not even the gods!”

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At this moment, endless blood rain poured over Ye Yue. She stared blankly at the unreachable Sacred Heavenly Gate, her eyes filled with loss.

Does the gaze of the gods truly watch over this world?

As this thought surfaced, her body was engulfed in crimson flames that swiftly consumed her.

Excruciating pain tormented Ye Yue’s nerves, as if both body and soul were being burned alive.

Her flesh was gradually incinerated to nothingness, turning to black ash drifting into the distant sky.

This was divine fire—when a god’s chosen loses faith in their deity, they are burned by divine flame, reduced to ashes in unbearable torment.

It was the gods’ punishment for traitors.

At this moment, Ye Yue had lost her faith.

Luo Su took two hurried steps back, sneering.

“Even the gods have abandoned you. Who else can save you now?”

Ye Yue struggled to rise, casting a cold glance at Luo Su.

“I’ve only lost faith, not my dreams…”

Despite the searing pain of the divine fire, she looked at Ren Jie trapped in the Blue Demon’s grasp, her smile still gentle.

“Don’t be afraid… I’ll get you out…”

Ren Jie, held captive, was filled with pain, tears streaming down his face. Watching Ye Yue burn, he shouted in grief and rage:

“No! Don’t! Why does this happen to me? We’ve only known each other for days! Don’t die for me so easily!”

“How am I supposed to live?”

Ye Yue smiled sadly, her eyes weak.

“Don’t cry. Remember? I told you about my dream? To reclaim the moon that once belonged to humanity, to let moonlight shine again upon the fertile lands of Daxia…”

“Now I entrust that dream to you. Go fulfill it. Do something cool, just like me.”

“The rest of the journey, you must walk alone. I won’t accompany you anymore. Remember, never reject meeting someone out of fear of parting. Meetings… are always beautiful things.”

Ren Jie shook his head violently, tears flowing as he choked out:

“No! No… I beg you…”

But Ye Yue raised her hand, gathering the last of her blood into a sheathed blood blade. Divine flames spread over it, blazing fiercely.

Her gaze burned as she looked at Ren Jie, smiling brightly.

“The gods cannot save us. Only we can save ourselves. Ren Jie… this is the last lesson I’ll teach you.”

“This time, I stake my life in this blade sheath. I’m no longer fighting to change this imperfect world. This strike is for you alone!”

Luo Su narrowed his eyes, a trace of fear toward the divine fire in them.

“Still struggling in vain, huh? Want to die? I’ll grant you that!”

“Prison Break!”

The Blue Demon raised its massive fist, aiming to crush Ye Yue.

At that moment, Ye Yue gripped the blade tightly, her eyes icy cold.

“Azure Star—Moonless Night Sky!”

The blood blade, stained by divine fire, was unsheathed. At that instant, it radiated an intense blood-red light, like a crimson star shining in the night sky.

The blade carved a stunning arc through the air, as if bending the world itself. Its edge resembled a blood-red full moon before suddenly dimming.

The Blue Demon’s arm holding Ren Jie was severed by Ye Yue’s blade.

The divine flames instantly incinerated the severed limb, and Ren Jie fell from the sky.

Their eyes met beneath the night sky.

“Live…”

Ren Jie gazed blankly at Ye Yue, consumed by divine flames.

In that instant, it was as if he had returned to their first meeting—the two of them on the matchstick bridge, enjoying the evening breeze, admiring the city lights of Jin City, sharing their dreams. She smiled, more beautiful than the city’s night.

She had promised to show him the winds of fate, yet now the wheels of destiny turned, and only Ren Jie remained on the road.

For just one look, their lives were torn apart.

She completely transformed into a burning crimson divine fire, her body gradually dissolving into nothingness within the flames, like a moth drawn to a flame, flying straight into the Blue Demon’s iron fist.

Ye Yue glanced at the dim moon overhead, eyes full of regret.

In the end… she never bathed in moonlight.

“Boom!”

As the Blue Demon’s iron fist came crashing down, Ye Yue’s flaming form engulfed it completely.

The enormous Blue Demon became a blazing torch, casting a blood-red hue across the night sky.

From this day forth, there would be no more Ye Yue in this world.

Ren Jie’s eyes were blood-red, his heart pierced as if stabbed by a knife, hot tears streaming uncontrollably.

“No!!!”

Amid the ruins, the gravely wounded Ye Huai, covered in blood, half-opened his eyes, trembling as he pointed toward the fallen Ren Jie.

“Go…”

In the next moment, Ye Huai snapped the steel belt around Ren Jie’s waist, catapulting him toward the burning night sky…