Rumble, rumble...

The sound of muffled thunder resounded, and twisted, snake-like lightning tore through the sky. The thick clouds gave an extremely oppressive feeling.

Lu Ye looked up at the sky, his eyes slightly squinted.

"I wonder when this damned weather will end." The rough man squatting beside him muttered, spitting to the side as if venting the dissatisfaction in his heart.

"How long has this weather been going on?" Lu Ye asked.

"Two months." The man replied cautiously. Although he was an ordinary person, he knew about cultivation. Lu Ye, with his extraordinary demeanor, was clearly someone who had achieved great success in cultivation, naturally making him both yearn for and fear Lu Ye.

Lu Ye remained silent.

To this rough man, such weather wasn't anything special, just a bit harsh. He only cared whether the crops in his fields could grow and whether he could harvest enough grain for the next year come autumn.

But what Lu Ye saw was naturally different.

He could clearly feel that beyond the sky, there was intense residual conflict. The anomaly in the weather was partly due to natural causes, but even more so due to this conflict.

This domain... is being invaded! Lu Ye immediately made his judgment.

Lu Ye wasn't too clear on the foundation of this domain, but just from having encountered Moon Jade before, it was undoubtedly a large domain. He just didn't know if it had Sun Blaze.

If there was no Sun Blaze, he wouldn't have much to worry about, but if there was, that would be a different matter.

Thinking about that 'doom' character on the Dice of Fate, Lu Ye estimated it was highly likely this domain had Sun Blaze.

So he had to be a bit cautious in his actions.

It's also unclear which faction is invading this domain. The fact that the war has lasted for two months suggests this domain still has some defensive strength.

It seems that Yunluo Sacred Land is a very important place. He hadn't received any intel about this journey, and everything had to be discovered and guessed by himself.

While thinking about this, Lu Ye suddenly frowned and turned to look in a certain direction.

Immediately, he flicked his finger, sending out a drop of treasure blood, which turned into a humanoid figure identical to Lu Ye in the shocked eyes of the rough man, except it was clothed in a blood-red aura, as if forged from fresh blood.

Leaving his Treasure Blood Avatar behind, Lu Ye's true self quickly left.

He sensed two powerful auras approaching, and what puzzled him was that these auras felt vaguely familiar as if he had sensed them somewhere before.

A dozen breaths later, about 30 miles away, Lu Ye stopped and looked at the two figures—one tall and one short—on the opposite side, eyes displaying surprise.

These two... were precisely the two he had slain in front of the thatched cottage earlier.

The short one had his head cut off with one slash, and the tall one was bisected, injuries that even a Moon Jade, let alone a Sun Blaze, could not survive. Yet, here they were, alive and pursuing him again.

What is going on?

Feeling the auras on them, it was indeed those two he had encountered, not others.

At this moment, they both looked at Lu Ye with sly gazes, their expressions furious, and the two seemed to have used some secret technique to link their energies closely, fully prepared to join forces against him.

"Fellow Daoist, your methods are impressive," the tall one spoke.

"We were careless earlier," the short one continued.

"Now, let's fight again!" the tall one added.

"If you don't want to die, there's another way!" the short one interjected for the second time.

"Hand over that baby, then Fellow Daoist, join my Great Celestial God Sect."

"Only then will you find peace!"

The two bantered back and forth, seamlessly continuing each other's lines as if one person were speaking, making Lu Ye feel extremely strange.

He frowned slightly, "Great Celestial God... What is that?"

He vaguely guessed this so-called Great Celestial God was the backing of these two Moon Jades, but he wasn't sure what it was exactly, perhaps a very powerful cultivator?

"How impudent!" the tall one shouted, "The Great Celestial God is supreme, reigning over all races, you must not be disrespectful!"

"So... what exactly is the Great Celestial God then?"

Under normal circumstances, Lu Ye was not inclined to waste words with enemies, but given how little he knew now, he naturally wanted to gather some more information.

"Also, I clearly killed you both, why didn't you die?" He voiced the doubt in his heart.

When a cultivator reaches the Constellation Realm, the direction of cultivation is refined cultivation, so after the Constellation Realm, a cultivator's blood Qi improves qualitatively, and recovering from injuries or regrowing limbs is not out of reach.

But Lu Ye had truly never seen anyone survive decapitation, it was illogical.

What puzzled him further was that he couldn't feel the presence of the barghest's power in their bodies, meaning they had somehow nullified it at the wounds.

Were these two truly the ones he had slain?

"No need to waste time with him, such ignorant people can never appreciate the glory of the Great Celestial God, kill!" the tall one ordered.

The two simultaneously channeled their blood Qi and mana, and under the connection of their energies, their momentum instantly surged to the level of the Moon Jade Late Stage.

The next moment, the two transformed into streaks of light, crisscrossing like a pair of scissors, heading straight for Lu Ye's body. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Lu Ye's expression was grave, the Boulder Mountain Saber unsheathed, and with a slight movement of his body, two blade lights simultaneously slashed out from the left and right.

The sound of slashing echoed, and blood flew, as two blood-red figures collapsed behind Lu Ye.

Lu Ye frowned and glanced to the side.

These two made quite an imposing appearance, speaking as if they were superior, and Lu Ye thought they were something remarkable.

But the result... was just this?

The confidence instilled in them by the so-called Great Celestial God was excessively inflated.

Given past lessons, Lu Ye took heavy-handed action this time, slicing them into quarters; they were dead beyond resurrection!

Retrieving the Boulder Mountain Saber, Lu Ye sensed with his Mental Consciousness, confirming that they had no signs of life, and the barghest's power entwining their wounds also dissipated.

The existence of the barghest's power relies on life force; strictly speaking, it devours a cultivator's life force to sustain itself, so without life, the barghest's power cannot exist independently.

As he was about to depart, Lu Ye's expression shifted, and he looked at the two corpses, showing a surprised face in the next moment.

Their wounds began to emit a faint glow, under which their shattered bodies began to close, and in the blink of an eye, the terrible injuries healed, each body radiating a remarkable vitality!

Lu Ye was dumbfounded.

If not seen with his own eyes, he couldn't believe such a preposterous thing could happen. Resurrection is a term heard only in legends, yet now it unfolded right before him!

These two... what are they?

Lu Ye was certain they were flesh and blood; the feeling of the Boulder Mountain Saber cutting through was unmistakable, but how could mere flesh and blood remain unscathed?

Given this, they had likely resurrected like this before too.

Upon resurrection, the two cultivators, one tall and one short, lunged at Lu Ye again. Having suffered earlier, they likely knew they weren't Lu Ye's match, but their gaze was fiercely resolute.

Lu Ye frowned, the scene before him exceeding his comprehension, but he didn't intend to dodge their assault.

He didn't know the means by which these two resurrected, but it's impossible for such an absurd thing to exist in the world. If they couldn't be killed once, or twice, what about three times, five times, ten times, a hundred times?

He needed to see if they were truly immortal!

The Boulder Mountain Saber slashed out, so swiftly that the two were unable to react, but just as they were about to die, a surge of violent mana erupted suddenly.

Then with a booming sound, they simultaneously exploded into a mist of blood.

Blood splattered everywhere, encasing Lu Ye in a dense black mist; it was the acute concentration of their mana.

Lu Ye immediately sensed something amiss because his Talent Tree had a stronger reaction than before, as it had been incinerating the bad luck power bestowed by the Dice of Fate, now bearing an additional burden.

Their mana... was poisonous!

He immediately remembered the injuries of the elder who had entrusted his child to him; the elder showed signs of poisoning, likely caused by these two.

Suddenly, Lu Ye understood where these two enemies derived their confidence. They weren't truly his match, but their sinister tricks were nearly indefensible. Once struck, they could triumph over the strong, slowly wearing down their opponent with their Undying Body.

Other cultivators would certainly be helpless and would have to retreat temporarily to regain their strength, but Lu Ye was not afraid of this.

The strong reaction from his Talent Tree had vanished, indicating the toxins invading his body had been thoroughly burned away.

He raised his head to see their countless remains beginning to reassemble, quickly forming the outlines of the two cultivators, showing faint signs of another resurrection.

Lu Ye did not take action but waited instead.

Three breaths later, vitality unique to the living burst from them, at which moment a flurry of blades flashed, extinguishing the nearly resurrected vitality once more.

Resurrected time and time again, dying time and time again...

It was as if they could truly be undying.

But Lu Ye keenly sensed that each time they died, their resurrection was slower.

By the fifth time, it had become significantly slow, taking almost one incense stick's time to show signs of revival.

During their resurrection, Lu Ye tried to explore their bodies, searching for any mysteries, but even when he sliced them into pieces, he found nothing.

After the eighth decimation, their resurrection took an entire hour, and even then, their vitality was greatly diminished.

This further confirmed Lu Ye's speculation that regardless of how they could resurrect, they were not truly immortal!

Their resurrection came at a certain cost.

Upon the twelfth destruction, the scattered remnants abruptly transformed into tiny glimmers and faded away.

Lu Ye was momentarily stunned before realizing those two were genuinely dead this time.

And they were clearly shadows!

Lu Ye initially thought, during his first encounter, that they were simply cultivators here for training.