Chapter 400: Finally Killed One Life

He was at his limit. Lu Ye was at his limit.

An Li smirked at the thought.

Because Lu Ye had failed to break through once again. Even earlier, his footwork had been so flawless that no enemy could lay a finger on him amidst thousands of soldiers. But now, his reactions had dulled, and he kept getting hit!

Lu Ye was looking increasingly battered within the demon army.

An Li was practically giddy—he was finally running on fumes!

The Tribulation Lightning kept hammering down.

Time continued to pass, and Lu Ye remained teetering on the edge of collapse without actually collapsing.

He began to get injured, began to weaken.

Countless demon warriors had already fallen by his hand.

"This act is getting hard to maintain..."

Lu Ye grumbled inwardly to the system.

*Ding! Host, have you forgotten you have other lives?*

Lu Ye froze. Now that it mentioned, he really had forgotten.

Old habits die hard—in his previous life, he had always lived with just one life, burning through each extra life. Even after rebirth, Lu Ye often subconsciously felt he only had one life.

But now that the system reminded him, Lu Ye realized it too.

Speaking of which, had An Li also forgotten he had multiple lives?

Or did she think that no matter how many lives he had, the demon army could whittle them all down?

Actually, An Li hadn't forgotten!

In her view, as long as Lu Ye lost one life, she wouldn’t need to control the Wuxin Demon Lord anymore—because a Lu Ye who had lost a life would show the demons no mercy!

At that point, she wouldn’t need to keep using the power of the Dark Origin, and Providence wouldn’t be able to keep targeting it anymore.

Lu Ye pondered whether he should pretend to lose one life.

He kept weakening, weakening until he was running on empty.

Any weaker and he'd be nothing left to weaken.

In other words, if he pulled a phoenix act, would it make An Li bolt?

At this point, killing An Li was important, but Lu Ye felt that weakening the Dark Origin was just as vital.

If the Dark Origin were gone, An Li?

She could be squashed like a bug!

Just hang in there, just hang in there!

Until An Li's face finally twitched with suspicion.

"An Li, why isn’t it over yet?" The Dark Origin was in a frenzy—its power was practically bleeding away in distress.

Seriously, what’s the point of all this?

Ever since An Li and Lu Ye faced off, the total time Providence had erased from her existence had reached thirty thousand years.

Thirty. Thousand. Years!

Not days, not years, not decades—thirty thousand damn years!

Sure, He had been stockpiling for ages.

But even that wasn’t enough to cover this kind of drain.

Lu Ye sighed.

Enough!

Might as well throw An Li a bone first!

He’d fake losing one life. Otherwise, watching An Li fail again and again would just be sad. What if Dark Origin ditched her? Where else would he find such a perfect conduit?

Ugh, he was just too damn nice.

With that thought, Lu Ye roared in fury.

Crimson fire erupted around him, his power spiking instantly as he unleashed an even bloodier rampage!

An Li didn’t panic—she was thrilled.

This was clearly Lu Ye burning out in one last desperate frenzy!

Hah! She’d done it!

She had done it!

She had finally taken one of Lu Ye’s lives—she had succeeded!!!

Even Dark Origin sighed in relief upon seeing this. It was finally coming to an end.

An Li had proven herself.

Fine, she wouldn’t have to bear the pain.

The agony on An Li’s body vanished, and she let out a ragged breath, grinning as she watched Lu Ye’s last stand.

Despite all this time, Lu Ye hadn’t even killed a tenth of the demon warriors. Moreover, more demons kept flooding in from the void.

This wasn’t like last time, when the demons were weakened.

In the end, Lu Ye sighed once more.

The instant Lu Ye’s life force vanished, a fresh Lu Ye appeared—power radiating at full strength.

The moment this Lu Ye emerged, his fury and killing intent surged to their absolute limit.

The old Lu Ye’s corpse shriveled and was devoured by the new one, absorbed back into himself.

"Kill!"

With a roar, Lu Ye went all out.

A massive sword light swept across the void, dwarfing even the stars. With a single strike, countless demonic warriors were reduced to dust.

An Li couldn’t help but let out a delighted laugh.

"Hahaha, my dear husband, one life gone!"

"I’ve taken another one of your lives! Don’t be mad—I just love you too much!"

Lu Ye glared at her with bloodshot eyes.

She’d fallen for his trick completely. Thanks to the refined elixir, his newly emerged body was still his true form. The Deception Art was downright thrilling—even with Dark Origin watching, it remained undetected.

Not surprising, really. After all, even Providence had fallen victim to the Deception Art in his previous life.

An Li released her control over Wuxin Demon Lord.

For a brief moment, Wuxin Demon Lord’s expression darkened, but it quickly softened into a gentle smile.

"Ah Li, was this really necessary? Not only are my feelings for you genuine, but we are also allies. Your enemy is my enemy—I will spare no effort in killing Lu Ye, mobilizing the full might of the demonic race. You have my oath!"

"Tch, now that the demonic race has taken one of Lu Ye’s lives, he will never let them go. Even if you try to capture me now, do you really think you can?" An Li sneered.

Wuxin Demon Lord was seething inside.

He never saw An Li’s control coming!

Had he not heard Lu Ye swear upon the Great Dao, he would have already prepared to ambush her.

But now, Lu Ye had lost a life.

The Demon Lord knew Lu Ye had more than one life, but no matter how many he had, the blood debt remained.

Was he doomed to this dark path now?

How many lives did Lu Ye have left?

If he could slaughter so many demonic warriors with just one life, a few more lives would likely wipe out most of the demonic race’s accumulated forces over the years.

What would become of his grand ambitions then?

"Wuxin, if you truly help me exterminate the rest of Lu Ye’s lives, do you know what you’ll become?"

"The Demon Sovereign of the Nine Heavens!"

"No—the Supreme Lord of the demonic race for this entire era!"

"Whether within the Nine Heavens or beyond, you will stand above all, second to none but one. What ambition could you possibly fail to achieve then?"

"Hitching your wagon to Dark Origin, securing its favor—that will be the most correct decision of your life!"

An Li was spinning grand promises!

Not that they were *all* lies. If Lu Ye truly died, An Li wouldn’t care who could oppose Dark Origin. Dark Origin might even collaborate with Reincarnation Celestial Worthy, bribing him with sainthood in exchange for a killing blow against Providence.

Just then, Lu Ye spoke again.

"Wuxin, my earlier vow still holds!"