222: Borrow life, borrow destiny!

Cheng Ran lifted her foot and walked towards Qu Hongxi, briefly checking his condition. The expression on her face visibly stiffened.

"Qu Hongxi, your situation seems quite serious. I'll take you to the Demon Subduing Division's medical personnel first so they can examine you. Otherwise, if we delay any longer, it might lead to a great disaster for your cultivation."

Upon hearing this, Qu Hongqing's tears, which had just stopped, began to stream down again.

"Revered Cheng Ran, you must save my brother!"

Qu Hongxi hadn't expected his condition to be so severe. He also looked at Cheng Ran and managed to speak, "Revered Cheng Ran, I beg of you."

Cheng Ran nodded, then used a surge of power to lift Qu Hongxi. She turned back to look at Lu Ze, "For the Follow-up matters, you can handle them on my behalf."

With that, Cheng Ran left directly.

Seeing Cheng Ran depart and Qu Hongxi sent for treatment, the others slowly dispersed.

The Follow-up matters were merely finding people to repair the area and informing Xuan Yuan Daoxuan to move to a different residence.

Lu Ze, however, did no such thing. He walked and stopped in front of Xuanyuan Sect, his eyes lowered, still cold.

Xuanyuan Sect seemed to anticipate what Lu Ze would do. He sat on the ground, legs splayed, unmoving, with a fervent look in his eyes.

Xuan Yuan Daoxuan watched the subtle confrontation between the two, her heart suddenly in a panic.

At this moment, she felt two powerful, special "Qi fields" clashing, like two wild beasts tearing at each other, trying to claim a larger territory within their limited domain!

Xuan Yuan Daoxuan didn't know how to describe this unusual "Qi field" and could only begin to divine.

In the center of the courtyard, broken and dilapidated stones were piled on either side.

Xuanyuan Sect looked at the sword in Lu Ze's hand and slowly spoke, "What? Not going to make a move yet? Revered Cheng Ran leaving you here alone isn't just to use your hand to bring things to a conclusion? As long as you use this sword to injure me, after the Rookie Competition, she'll have an explanation for the Qu Family."

"As for our Xuan Yuan Family, it was I who injured someone first, so I am in the wrong. The Family won't have much to say. If you injure me severely, Revered Cheng Ran will personally step in to punish you, confining you for a year or two, and our Xuan Yuan Family will have nothing to say either."

"Like this, she, Cheng Ran, won't have to get involved in the dispute between the two families. Revered Cheng Ran's calculations are truly excellent!"

Lu Ze did not speak, merely narrowing his eyes.

Ever since Cheng Ran left, Lu Ze had noticed runes beginning to swirl within Xuanyuan Sect's body!

These runes were very strange. All the people he had seen operate runes before did so by using Spiritual Qi as a foundation and hand seals as a means.

However, the runes forming and swirling within Xuanyuan Sect's body seemed to be forming on their own!

This kind of bizarre phenomenon completely broke Lu Ze's understanding of rune Formations.

He recalled what Qu Hongqing had said earlier: Xuanyuan Sect was a rare Genius in the Xuan Yuan Family, with an extremely high understanding of Dao and Spell Cultivator.

Could this be a method of condensing runes that he himself had devised?

Xuanyuan Sect could even come up with a method to devour others' cultivation, so the Formation of runes without hand seals as a medium seemed much more plausible!

Those few runes soon condensed into a Formation, stabilizing within Xuanyuan Sect's body.

Lu Ze glanced at it and immediately pinpointed the Formation's weak point.

Xuanyuan Sect's voice continued to come from his ear.

"What? Lu Ze, are you afraid?"

The voice was extremely contemptuous, full of disdain for Lu Ze.

However, the taunting intent within it was obvious to anyone.

He was trying to provoke Lu Ze, to make Lu Ze strike him.

As long as Lu Ze drew his sword, as long as the sword pierced his body, he could use the Formation within him to borrow something else from Lu Ze!

This time, what he wanted to borrow was not luck!

But fate!

Heavenly Fate!

Lu Ze looked directly into Xuanyuan Sect's eyes, his own eyes calm, yet seeming to see through everything.

In an instant, Xuanyuan Sect's heart suddenly tightened. He seemed to have already understood the meaning in Lu Ze's gaze.

Lu Ze raised his sword, its tip pointing downwards, as if about to stab it in a daze.

But Xuanyuan Sect still did not dodge. His mind was filled with a single thought.

Lu Ze shouldn't be able to see the Formation operating within him!

No, he definitely couldn't see it!

Don't panic. As long as this sword strike landed, his many years of desire would be fulfilled.

The luck he borrowed from Lu Ze so many years ago had already been used up. Now it was time to borrow Heavenly Fate from Lu Ze for a while!

No!

As long as this sword strike landed, he, Xuanyuan Sect, could use the Formation in his body to twist their two destinies!

At that time, he, Xuanyuan Sect, would not be borrowing Heavenly Fate from Lu Ze!

He, Xuanyuan Sect, would be Heavenly Fate!

"Pfft!"

A dull thud of a sword entering flesh sounded, and Lu Ze's sword, as Xuanyuan Sect wished, pierced his body!

Xuanyuan Sect groaned in pain, his face contorted, but a smile spread across his lips.

"Finally! Hahahahaha! Finally! I got it!"

Xuanyuan Sect was drenched in cold sweat from the pain, but the smile on his face seemed to mask the agony. "Lu Ze, thank you. Last time I borrowed your luck and used it, it felt quite good. This time I'm borrowing your fate. I will carry your share and make my name resound throughout this world!"

"Is that so?"

Lu Ze chuckled softly, and the hand holding the sword twisted slightly.

A shrill scream escaped Xuanyuan Sect's mouth, his cries chilling to the bone.

Xuan Yuan Daoxuan was also startled, forcefully stopping her divination. Fortunately, the divination result was already out.

She quickly looked, ignoring the screams, and began to interpret the hexagram.

In just three or four breaths, Xuan Yuan Daoxuan fully understood the result of her divination.

"This inexplicable 'Qi field' is actually, Heavenly Fate..."

Xuan Yuan Daoxuan murmured to herself, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"Heavenly Fate, how can Heavenly Fate exist?! And these two actually both have Heavenly Fate's blessing?!"

She hurriedly looked up, only to see Lu Ze standing upright, his right hand slowly twisting the sword.

Xuanyuan Sect lay on the ground, writhing uncontrollably, his miserable screams echoing throughout the world.

Many people were intimidated, daring only to watch from afar, not daring to approach.

"I saw through your Formation long ago."

Lu Ze's voice was utterly flat, as if stating an ordinary fact.

Xuanyuan Sect's heart jolted, but he quickly dismissed it, thinking Lu Ze was bluffing him.

Even their Old Ancestor couldn't see the runes operating within his body, so how could Lu Ze see them?!

"Do you think, if your Formation could truly take effect, you would still be here being tormented by me for so long?"

Xuanyuan Sect froze. He hastily pulled some of his consciousness away from the pain to check the Formation within his body.

No, it's gone!

The Formation was gone!