Xie Lingyao realized the gap between herself and Ye Xingchen was far too great, so at this critical moment she gave up resistance, dispersed her remaining cultivation, and calmly faced death.
When participating in the Universe Holy War Grand Finals, she had embraced the mentality of either you die or I die.
At this moment, if Xie Lingyao had the chance to speak, it would surely be—Ye Xingchen, I won’t let you go even as a ghost!
Screech!
Ye Xingchen, charging forward with explosive power, suddenly braked hard midway.
His eyes remained fixed on her belly, as if struck by lightning, he stood frozen in midair like an idiot.
“Hm?”
Jian Guixu and Gu Tianxing’s brows furrowed slightly.
The two quickly sensed the fluctuation existing deep in the air, and said in unison: “Fetal energy?”
That’s right.
It was fetal energy.
Having reached their level of cultivation, determining whether a woman was pregnant was incredibly easy.
Ye Xingchen naturally sensed it too, and even felt an extremely strong sense of familiarity, as if… blood was thicker than water.
Although Night Emperor in his previous life had poor social skills and was arrogant, he had at least experienced quite a bit, so he immediately guessed that the child this woman was carrying might be…
“Ah!”
Suddenly, Night Emperor’s sea of consciousness felt like it exploded.
He dropped the Fang Tian painted halberd in his hand and clutched his head, howling in pain in midair.
“Pfft—”
A dagger suddenly stabbed into his chest.
The intense pain instantly brought Ye Xingchen back to his senses. He slowly lowered his head and looked at Xie Lingyao standing beside him.
This scene seemed familiar.
In his previous life, he had been ambushed by Empress Lingyao in the same way…
Xie Lingyao’s black hair danced wildly, her face pale. One hand gripped the dagger tightly, and she forced out a crazed smile at the corner of her mouth.
Revenge!
Finally, revenge!
“Huff! Huff!”
Ye Xingchen flew into a rage and raised his hand.
The same plot—he had actually experienced it twice. Unforgivable, inexcusable, she must die!
Memories from his past life occupied his sea of consciousness, causing Night Emperor to completely lose control. His palm gathered world-destroying power and blasted toward Xie Lingyao.
“It’s over!”
Su Xiaomo collapsed and said: “Junior Brother Ye isn’t just going to kill his wife to prove the Dao, he’s going to kill his child to prove the Dao too!”
“…”
Jun Changxiao’s brows furrowed tightly.
At this moment, he was considering whether to rush onto the arena platform and rescue Xie Lingyao.
Admittedly, that woman had stabbed Ye Xingchen, but with his disciple’s cultivation level, at most he’d be injured. If he didn’t quickly act to save her, the outcome would be two deaths.
Save her!
Must save her!
The child is innocent!
“Smack!”
Jun Changxiao stood up, just about to make his move, when he saw Ye Xingchen’s palm suddenly stop abruptly just as it was about to press down.
He had gone mad, he had lost control.
However, the closer he got to that woman, the more he could sense the fetal energy, the more he could feel blood was thicker than water. His remaining rationality forced him to stop.
“Even tigers don’t eat their cubs.”
Jun Changxiao sat back down, thinking to himself: “Let alone humans.”
“Kill me!” Xie Lingyao glared at Ye Xingchen, her eyes full of resentment: “Kill me!”
She wasn’t relying on having a child in her belly, but truly wanted to die together with this life that shouldn’t have been born in the first place.
She was pregnant.
How could Xie Lingyao not know?
Once, she had considered destroying it in her womb, but ultimately couldn’t bring herself to do it. She could only forcibly suppress it with spiritual power, even at the cost of hindering its normal development.
Counting the time, that incident happened almost ten years ago. The tiny fetus had been suppressed for a full ten years.
If Xie Lingyao hadn’t given up resistance just now, it would probably still be difficult for people to detect the fetal energy.
Since powerful beings in high martial worlds can fly through the heavens and burrow through the earth, naturally suppressing fetal growth is very easy. So everyone, don’t complain that Night Emperor was cuckolded, and don’t talk about some super Nezha—if you must say something, say that Gou Sheng was cuckolded.
“Pfft!”
“Pfft!”
Taking advantage of Ye Xingchen not daring to strike, Xie Lingyao stabbed him several more times in succession.
Two words: satisfying.
“…”
Jun Changxiao’s mouth twitched: “Too ruthless!”
“Swish!”
Ye Xingchen raised his hand and grabbed Xie Lingyao’s wrist. Without explanation, he took her flying out of the arena platform and landed outside the venue.
The referee was stunned.
According to the Universe Holy War Grand Finals regulations, if one side left the arena platform they lost. Now both contestants had gone out together—what should be said about this?
“Both parties have left the arena platform.”
At this moment, the organizing committee’s boss loudly announced: “This match is considered a forfeit!”
This meant there was no victor and no loser.
Ye Xingchen didn’t care about victory or defeat. He dragged Xie Lingyao toward the exit of the venue and transmitted his voice to Jun Changxiao: “Sect Master, this disciple has private matters to handle.”
“Go ahead.”
Jun Changxiao said.
After a moment, he added: “Since it’s a private matter, you should handle it properly.”
“Disciple understands.”
Ye Xingchen dragged Xie Lingyao out of the venue.
Because that woman was restrained and had injuries, she could only weakly resist along the way. Due to her large movements, she completely disregarded disturbing the fetal energy.
She didn’t care.
Ye Xingchen cared.
He pulled her over and carried her in a princess carry, saying: “If anything happens to the child, I’ll make you wish you were dead!”
“Sizzle! Sizzle!”
The wound on his chest spurted blood, splattering all over Xie Lingyao’s face.
…
The first match of the ninth round had ended.
Because Ye Xingchen and Xie Lingyao flew out together, there was no advancement in this round.
“So the Eternal Sect finally has a disciple eliminated!”
“Didn’t expect it would be that Ye Xingchen!”
Everyone discussed in low voices.
The Eternal Sect disciples had performed very dominantly, but ultimately only one person would claim the championship. So many people had been optimistic about Ye Xingchen, but didn’t expect him to be eliminated in this manner.
“He Wudi is still more reliable.”
“This championship should belong to him without question.”
Due to Ye Xingchen’s elimination, everyone locked their gazes on He Wudi again. After all, from beginning to now, no matter who the opponent was, he had shown calm composure—clearly the bearing of a champion.
“…”
Being watched by the audience, He Wudi felt very depressed.
Actually, from the start, he had thought that if he encountered Ye Xingchen in a match, he would deliberately admit defeat and let him win the championship. Now it seemed he’d have to choose another target.
Who should he choose?
After careful consideration, He Wudi locked onto Eldest Senior Sister, thinking to himself: “It’ll be her.”
Everyone else was thinking about how to win the championship, while he was thinking about how to lose. His mentality was truly different from the rest.
The matches continued.
Gu Tianxing watched the matches while transmitting his voice to ask: “Sect Master Jun, what’s the situation with your disciple?”
“Uh…”
After brief consideration, Jun Changxiao said: “Ten years ago, Xingchen and Miss Xie met in Tianyan Realm. Later, in a confused state, an indescribable relationship occurred.”
“And then, there was a pregnancy?” Gu Tianxing said.
“Mm.”
Jun Changxiao said.
“…” Gu Tianxing fell silent, tears instantly moistening the corners of his eyes.
Once, in order to continue the Gu family bloodline, he had traveled various star systems, searched for countless heavenly treasures, and only succeeded in planting his seed after ten thousand years of effort. Compared to Ye Xingchen now, it was definitely several thousand tons of fatal damage.
“Sigh.”
Su Xiaomo said bitterly: “In this aspect, I’m inferior to Junior Brother Ye.”
As the sect’s first disciple to end his single status, to be beaten to having a child first by Ye Xingchen was truly heartbreaking.
“By seniority.”
Li Qingyang was thinking: “Junior Brother Ye’s child will have to call us martial uncles, right? When the time comes, we’ll definitely need to prepare generous gifts.”
All the fellow disciples were thinking.
When Night Emperor’s child is born, not only will they need to give monetary gifts, but also presents.
However.
At this moment, Jun Changxiao was exceptionally calm. He interlaced his ten fingers, his gaze grave as he said: “Doesn’t this correspond exactly to the future vision Xingchen once saw? Could it be that because of that woman and the child in her womb, my disciple will ultimately leave the Eternal Sect?”
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