CHAPTER 919: A JUST CAUSE

Translator: CinderTL

"Where in the market did you see Xue Mei?" Yang Yu asked.

Rong Jingyun replied, "Reporting to the Supreme Elder, I saw Xue Mei enter the sect’s ’Immortal Beast Pavilion’."

Yang Yu nodded slightly, then suddenly vanished without a trace.

He appeared outside Mi He’s cultivation cave and said in an unyielding tone, "Mi He, come with me to the market."

However, there was no response from within the cave.

"Could Mi He have gone out?" Yang Yu wondered.

He didn’t have time to investigate where Mi He had gone. Xue Mei wouldn’t wait for him in the market.

Yang Yu flew towards Rockshadow Mountain.

When Zhang Chen and the other two saw Yang Yu approaching, their hearts skipped a beat.

But Yang Yu ignored them. He simply sealed the Ice Soul Spider and Blood Wraith Beast into his Spirit Beast Pouch, glanced at the Windscale Beast halfway up the mountain, and then soared towards East Huafang Market.

As he exited the Beastmaster Sect’s mountain gate, he saw Mi He approaching.

"Senior Brother Yang Yu, where are you going?" Mi He asked first.

"Rong Jingyun spotted someone suspected to be Xue Mei in East Huafang Market. Come with me to capture her and bring her back to the sect."

As he spoke, Yang Yu didn’t stop his escape light.

Mi He asked, "Should I go back and bring the Windscale Beast?"

"No need," Yang Yu replied.

Mi He immediately changed direction and followed behind Yang Yu.

"Wait," Yang Yu said. "Once we enter the market, we’ll split up. I’ll search for Xue Mei’s whereabouts, while you go to the Enforcement Team in the market’s center. If I find her, I’ll notify you immediately. You must then activate the market’s Five Elements Universe Formation to trap her inside. Xue Mei has a Minor Teleportation Talisman and the Blood Escape Technique. Without a formation to contain her, it’ll be difficult to capture her alive."

"Senior Brother Yang Yu, rest assured," Mi He replied. "If Xue Mei is truly in the market, she’ll have nowhere to escape."

As they spoke, the two had already traveled a hundred miles and arrived above a lake.

Suddenly, a blade of light shot out from the forest beside the lake, aiming straight for Yang Yu’s throat.

The sudden attack darkened Yang Yu’s expression.

He raised his hand and summoned a three-foot-long flying sword, which deflected the incoming blade of light.

"Who dares to ambush me!" Yang Yu roared, his gaze blazing as he scanned his surroundings.

From the depths of the forest, a figure soared into the sky, stopping ten miles in front of Yang Yu.

Yang Yu’s pupils narrowed, and his expression grew serious.

"Ji Yin! It’s you! You actually..."

Before Yang Yu could finish speaking, a deafening thunderclap from the sky interrupted him.

Crack!

A bolt of purple lightning tore through the air, striking directly at Yang Yu.

Yang Yu dared not underestimate the incoming attack. He activated his flying sword, sending it soaring into the sky to intercept the lightning.

Simultaneously, he patted his waist, and the Blood Wraith Beast and Ice Soul Spider materialized on either side of him.

The Ice Soul Spider opened its mouth and spewed out a pillar of white mist.

The mist, imbued with extreme cold, followed closely behind the flying sword, surging toward the lightning.

Meanwhile, the Blood Wraith Beast’s round, fleshy body, resembling a blooming flower, split into petal-like segments. A slender tentacle emerged and burrowed into Yang Yu’s mouth.

The Blood Wraith Beast suddenly sprang up and inverted itself, enveloping Yang Yu completely.

In an instant, Yang Yu transformed into a humanoid monster over ten feet tall.

The monster was entirely blood-red, its body covered in thick bone armor.

It had a single horn on its head, a row of sharp bone spikes along its back, and a thick, seven-foot-long tail.

During this transformation, the flying sword and white mist had already struck the purple lightning.

The flying sword was easily knocked aside by the lightning, and the pillar of white mist was shattered.

The purple lightning’s power had diminished, but it continued to descend toward Yang Yu.

Now a monster, Yang Yu’s gaze was as heavy as lead.

Ji Yin’s Thunder Magic was clearly far more potent than when the three of them had hunted him down before.

Even his full-powered flying sword, combined with the Ice Soul Spider’s icy breath, had failed to shatter it.

Yang Yu gripped a ten-foot-wide shield and charged directly toward the lightning.

Just then...

The Blood Wraith Beast’s crimson shell suddenly began to tremble violently.

Then, a long fissure split open across its head, and a human figure was squeezed out by the convulsing shell.

It was Yang Yu.

His face was ashen.

Moments earlier, the Blood Wraith Beast had suddenly become violently agitated, bordering on madness.

The mental link between him and the beast had been severed, and the creature had slipped out of his control.

Yet he could clearly sense that the Spirit Beast Contract between them remained intact. It was the Blood Wraith Beast’s extreme state of excitement that had caused its consciousness to become chaotic and uncontrollable.

Yang Yu had no time to delve into the cause of the beast’s sudden change.

The purple lightning was already upon him.

He could only channel his Spiritual Power frantically into his shield.

The shield instantly erupted in dazzling golden light, meeting the descending lightning head-on.

Boom!

The lightning crashed down like a purple waterfall cascading from the heavens, striking the shield with tremendous force.

Yang Yu, having hastily activated the shield, had been unable to unleash its full power.

The golden light on the shield shattered, and it plummeted like a meteor, slamming into Yang Yu below.

The massive impact sent him plummeting dozens of meters before he managed to stabilize himself in midair, a thin trickle of crimson blood staining his lips.

Fortunately, the lingering force of the purple lightning had been spent.

Yang Yu immediately felt a surge of retreat.

The Blood Wraith Beast was out of control, and Ji Yin was terrifyingly strong. There was no need to risk his life fighting them.

Yang Yu swept his Spirit Sense backward, seeking a way to escape.

However, what he saw filled him with rage.

Lan Chen had somehow appeared on the only path back to the Beastmaster Sect.

It wasn’t Lan Chen who enraged him, but the person standing beside her: Mi He.

Mi He was forming a magic seal with her hands, seemingly casting some kind of Secret Art.

In an instant, a thought flashed through Yang Yu’s mind like lightning, igniting his fury.

"Mi He, it was you! You secretly tampered with the Blood Wraith Beast!" Yang Yu roared, his eyes wide with rage, his teeth clenched.

Mi He’s expression turned stern as she rebuked him sharply.

"Yang Yu, for your selfish desires, you colluded with the Demonic Profound Yin Sect and insisted on making enemies of the righteous He Huan Sect and Profound Heaven Sword Sect, disregarding the safety of countless disciples. This is treason against the sect! Today, I, Mi He, for the honor of the Beastmaster Sect and the safety of countless disciples, vow to strike you down with my sword, upholding the sect’s laws and reassuring the tens of thousands of disciples!"

Mi He channeled her Spiritual Power into her throat, her voice booming like thunder, echoing across the heavens. Even the Beastmaster Sect, a hundred miles away, could hear her clearly.

Then, she withdrew the Spiritual Power from her throat, a strange smile playing on her lips. Her tone was no longer so righteous.

"Yang Yu, who said I only tampered with the Blood Wraith Beast?"

(End of the Chapter)

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