Chapter 1861: Blood Debt, Blood Repayment!

On Zixuan Island, Hu Guang, the Second Island Master, seemed to have lost his mind, forced to his knees by an unfamiliar human cultivator, yet offering no resistance.

Lionheart, who was rushing back towards them, saw this scene from afar, his eyes immediately turning red. He gnashed his teeth and roared, "How dare you!"

No more deaths!

Not to mention the hundreds of Constellation cultivators killed previously, just among the Moon Tier, there were Junior Brother Hu and Red Elephant, then Yuan Che, Junior Brother Chai, Junior Brother Lang, and now Bao Youyou... In less than half a month, six Moon Tier cultivators had died. If Hu Guang died, that would make it seven, leaving him as the sole Moon Tier cultivator on Zixuan Island!

Under no circumstances could he allow Hu Guang to be killed, especially right before his eyes.

As he roared, a red glow erupted around him, his blood boiling. Clearly, he had activated a secret technique to increase his speed, hoping to save Hu Guang before Lu Ye could act.

But this seemingly short distance was an insurmountable divine curse...

Meanwhile, Hu Guang, kneeling before Lu Ye, felt the cold blade of the Pan Mountain Sabre touch him and suddenly regained a shred of clarity, but only a shred.

His Sea of Consciousness was in turmoil, his spiritual soul withered; even if his physical body was unharmed, he was powerless to fight. He vaguely sensed his death approaching, and familiar faces of the deceased flashed before his eyes.

How could this be?

When did it start?

With great effort, he sifted through his thoughts and suddenly remembered that all of this began after that banquet.

Zixuan Island had spent a year planning against Three Realms Island, luring Lu Ye over when he appeared. The Great Island Master Lionheart had then swallowed a Three Realms Island cultivator named Wei Po alive, right in front of him.

Before taking action, Zixuan knew Three Realms Island would not yield and that once conflict erupted, Three Realms Island would surely retaliate.

But no one had expected Three Realms Island's counterattack to be so swift, so fierce, and so terrifying!

Immediately after Wei Po was swallowed alive, Lu Ye attacked, directly slaying Junior Brother Hu!

After Junior Brother Hu was killed, Junior Brother Red Elephant was also ambushed and killed within the island.

The three late-stage Moon Tier cultivators led four thousand troops, aggressively marching on Three Realms Island. But Yuan Che died midway, and hundreds of Constellation cultivators were also killed. Under duress, they were forced to retreat.

Today, Junior Sister Bao is also dead, and I probably won't survive either.

All of this was done by one person! It could be said that he alone had turned Zixuan Island upside down—what terrifying ability was this?

Terrifying, laughable—a vast, top-tier spiritual island had suffered a complete defeat in a confrontation with a single individual!

Hu Guang suddenly felt some regret. They shouldn't have provoked Three Realms Island; if they hadn't, there wouldn't have been so many tragedies, and so many Zixuan demon cultivators wouldn't have died.

But the most useless thing in this world was regret. Before taking action, when had Zixuan ever taken Three Realms Island seriously? Whether it was the deceased Junior Brother Hu, Junior Sister Bao, or Red Elephant and the others, who among them didn't think dealing with Three Realms Island would be as easy as twisting a snail, smooth and steady?

He was going to die. He didn't know if the Great Island Master Lionheart alone could avenge them. He wasn't even sure if Lionheart, who was always victorious in his memory, was truly a match for Lu Ye.

Full of regrets, yet powerless to achieve them.

"Blood debt!" a cold, sharp cry came from behind him, echoing across the four directions as arcane energy surged. "Repaid in blood!"

A sudden sharp pain shot through his neck. Hu Guang realized he had suddenly been lifted, his vision abruptly elevated, yet strangely, he couldn't feel his own body.

He blinked and suddenly realized he had been decapitated.

That's right, "blood for blood"—those words had been shouted by Zixuan Island's demon cultivators at the banquet that day, but for them, it was merely a pretense for dealing with Three Realms Island.

But Lu Ye had truly delivered!

The death of one Wei Po had cost Zixuan seven Moon Tier cultivators and hundreds of Constellation cultivators their lives.

And it wasn't over yet!

Lionheart, who was rapidly approaching Zixuan, watched with his own eyes as Hu Guang, kneeling there, was decapitated by Lu Ye's blade. Blood gushed like a fountain from his headless neck. His urgency and worry transformed into boundless fury at that moment; his eye corners burst, overflowing with blood that flowed down his cheeks, making him look grim and terrifying. Suddenly, he let out a roar, and visible sound waves converged into a beam, striking towards Lu Ye from nearly a thousand miles away.

"For you!" Lu Ye kicked out, sending Hu Guang's head flying towards Lionheart.

He turned and swept towards the interior of Zixuan Island, slaying a group of demon cultivators who surged towards him, fearlessly trying to save Hu Guang. Then he flashed into a grand hall and vanished.

Not long after the head flew out, it exploded into dust under Lionheart's sound beam attack, making Lionheart even more furious!

The countless cultivators observing from afar were silent, utterly stunned and alarmed by the terrifying and shocking scene that had just unfolded.

Had they not seen it with their own eyes, no one would have imagined that a mid-stage Moon Tier cultivator could kill two late-stage Moon Tier cultivators one after another in such a short time!

Due to the great distance, they clearly understood Bao Youyou's death: it was during a real confrontation and due to Bao Youyou's insufficient strength.

But Hu Guang's death was somewhat incomprehensible to them. After Bao Youyou died, Hu Guang was captured alive by Lu Ye without any resistance, forced to kneel, and then decapitated right in front of Lionheart.

The cultivators watching this tragic scene felt nothing but sympathy.

"Ah!" an old man suddenly sighed. "When killing someone, it's usually just a simple beheading, but this Lu Ye of Three Realms Island... has gone a bit too far."

From an outsider's perspective, Lu Ye's method of killing Hu Guang was clearly meant to humiliate him. Many cultivators constantly walk the line between life and death, experiencing countless battles in their lives; they are resolute and unafraid of death. But if death is inevitable, who wouldn't want to die quickly and cleanly?

With so many people watching, to be humiliated like that before death, and even have one's head kicked around like a ball, caused considerable discomfort to those who witnessed it.

"Too far?" a cold snort came. "What nonsense is that old fool spouting!"

The old man who spoke was at least a Moon Tier cultivator and was enraged by the remark. He turned to look in the direction of the voice and immediately saw a rugged, burly man. His eye twitched as he said, "So it's Fellow Daoist Mang Dang!"

The Great Island Master of Five-Color Island, whose status was equivalent to Lionheart's, hadn't been in the Myriad Manifestations Sea for many years, yet who with any knowledge wouldn't recognize him?

Although the old man's sect was decent, it was still far inferior to Five-Color Domain, and Mang Dang's cultivation and strength surpassed his. It was normal for Mang Dang to chastise him if he was displeased, so the old man immediately decided to swallow his anger.

But to his surprise, Mang Dang didn't let up. He looked at him coldly and said, "Do not advise kindness if you haven't endured their suffering. Old man, how much do you know about the grievances between Zixuan and Three Realms Island? How dare you make judgments here!"

The old man, at his advanced age, was scolded like this, his face immediately alternating between green and red. Even a clay figure has some temper, let alone a Moon Tier cultivator. He immediately spoke, "This old man truly doesn't know the grievances between these two great spiritual islands. If Fellow Daoist knows, perhaps you could explain?"

Mang Dang snorted coldly. "Very well, I'll tell you. A few days ago, Zixuan suddenly hosted a banquet for guests from all directions, and I happened to be on the invitation list. Having nothing else to do, I went to see, and happened to witness the origin of the grievances between Zixuan and Three Realms Island."

He then recounted the events of that day in detail. When they heard that Wei Po, a Moon Tier cultivator from Three Realms Island, had inexplicably killed several Zixuan Constellation cultivators while passing by Zixuan Island, everyone's expression turned subtle.

Zixuan Island was renowned; any cultivator who had spent some time in the Myriad Manifestations Sea would have heard of it. A powerful spiritual island like that — who would be so blind as to kill their cultivators, especially near Zixuan...?

Unless that Three Realms Island cultivator named Wei Po had gone mad, upon hearing this, discerning people knew it was definitely a false accusation by Zixuan.

They also heard that Zixuan had demanded ten billion spirit jades, and Lu Ye, to save Wei Po's life, had agreed without batting an eye, quickly raising the ten billion spirit jades. But when Hu Guang came out to receive them, he actually reneged on the deal.

Such deceit and going back on one's word were truly not the behavior of a top-tier spiritual island.

Subsequently, Lionheart swallowing Wei Po alive made people show even more disdain.

Many people knew that the demon race had a tradition of blood sacrifices, but to use a living Moon Tier cultivator as a sacrifice still made people frown. Although many cultivators came from different races, if the demon race could capture a human as a sacrifice today, they could capture their own kinsmen as sacrifices another day.

Mang Dang wasn't a great orator and didn't describe things with vivid detail, but through his narration, the events of that day's banquet were still clearly laid out before the many cultivators.

Only then did the observing cultivators understand the origin of the grievances between the two great spiritual islands. Moreover, the entire process sounded clearly as if Zixuan was targeting Three Realms Island.

As for the reason... Three Realms Island was currently thriving and making vast sums of money daily, which had already made many people envious, so it wasn't surprising that Zixuan would target it.

"Zixuan was deceitful, embezzling ten billion spirit jades from Three Realms Island, and Lionheart swallowed a Three Realms Island cultivator alive. Lu Ye's current actions are merely retaliation! Given all this... is it still 'too far'?" Mang Dang looked at the old man from before.

The old man remained silent. Putting himself in Lu Ye's shoes, if he had Lu Ye's ability and had suffered the same events, his actions wouldn't be much different from Lu Ye's. Cultivators largely pursued personal vengeance; who would suppress their anger after being wronged?

"This old man misspoke!" The old man was also a free-spirited person. Although he saw Mang Dang's intention to speak up for Lu Ye, and knew that this Great Island Master of Five-Color Island seemed to have some personal connection with Lu Ye—as when Three Realms Island's development was in trouble, Five-Color Island was the first to step forward and offer support, establishing a branch of the Five-Color Chamber of Commerce on Three Realms Island as the best evidence.

But it had to be said, Mang Dang's words were correct: "Do not advise kindness if you haven't endured their suffering." The grievances between cultivators are hard for outsiders to clearly understand unless they are involved. Perhaps the seemingly bullied party now was the one who initially stirred up trouble, just like Zixuan Island at present.