Chapter 405: Angry Shen Xitong

The Wuxin Demon Lord fled.

The demon leadership all fled.

To the demon warriors, this felt like the sky was falling.

But reality was that brutal.

Lu Ye was pursuing An Li.

An Li stood no chance against the Heavenly Demon Bloodmorph Dash, so she had no choice but to borrow the power of the Dark Origin.

Providence took full advantage, hammering down without mercy.

"Are your strikes too weak?" Lu Ye frowned and asked.

While one heavenly lightning bolt could erase centuries of the Dark Origin’s accumulated power, the Dark Origin had been gathering strength for such an immeasurably long time. Dealing real damage would take ages.

"Ding, it’s being channeled indirectly—no way around it. The power of the Tribulation Lightning can’t be amplified."

Shen Xitong sighed.

"Hmm..."

Lu Ye pondered for a moment.

"Is there no other way?" Lu Ye asked.

"Ding, nothing yet."

"I have one!"

"Ding?"

The system sounded baffled.

She had no ideas—how could the host? Was the host actually this clever?

"System!"

"Ding!"

"Start calculating how to hit the Dark Origin harder!"

"Ding..."

"Ugh, host..."

"Ding, running calculations!"

Forced calculation—now we’re talking.

This was Lu Ye’s method. With the system’s formidable deduction capabilities, a viable solution was sure to be found.

"Beep, sis?"

"Beep, why’d you freeze?"

"Beep-beep-beep? Seriously stuck?"

...

Confirming that the system was truly unresponsive, Providence was getting bolder by the minute.

"Beep, ding, host! I'm the big sister here!" Lu Ye said.

Lu Ye...

"Ding, can't hit me now, can you? Nyah nyah nyah..."

"Ding, now the host is my host! Host, host, call me 'Good Providence'!"

"Ding, I want to ride on sister's head!"

Lu Ye...

Damn, has little Providence gotten too cocky?

Just wait till she's back!

You'll regret it soon enough!

Lu Ye could already picture the scene of little Providence being pinned down and beaten to a pulp by Shen Xitong.

"Ding, host, host, call me 'Good Providence'! Or 'Divine Providence' works too!"

"Ding, host, pretty please!"

"Ding, I'll bow and scrape, just call me 'Divine Providence'!"

Lu Ye shook his head helplessly, "Divine Providence."

"Boom! KABOOM! Boom!"

Suddenly, the void echoed with countless thunderous roars, which oddly began to sound almost like giddy laughter.

Providence was absolutely giddy.

With Shen Xitong currently lost in her calculations, it was truly a case of "when the cat's away, the mice will play."

She was bouncing off the walls.

"Keep the bombardment going!" Lu Ye said sternly.

"Beep, got it!"

...

"You're the one making us go so slow, don't blame me," An Li said coldly.

"We've already reached the Fifth Heaven's maximum speed. Any faster and the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens will emerge."

"Fine, let him keep attacking for a while then. Did you arrange for the people I asked you to deploy in the outer realm?" An Li asked.

"Done!"

"Then I'll lure Lu Ye out. Once he's out, this threat will be pretty much gone."

An Li bolted straight for the outer realm. Honestly, the two of them were already moving at breakneck speed.

However, even so, it took them quite some time to finally reach the location of the Nine Heavens Barrier.

Dark Origin had nearly been beaten senseless along the way, losing count of how many hits it had endured, but it was truly heartbreaking.

"Husband, this time, I've won decisively!"

An Li came to a stop, wearing a bright smile.

Lu Ye also halted.

Providence kept striking Dark Origin without pause.

Lu Ye, of course, felt no urgency.

"In my past life, I lost eight lives, relying only on the last to stand at the peak of Celestial Lord. You should know that even if you take one or two of my lives now, it means nothing."

"When all eight of my lives are gone, that’s when the real fight will begin."

Normally, Lu Ye wouldn’t ramble on so much, but with Providence relentlessly striking Dark Origin, why should he rush?

If a few idle words could weaken Dark Origin’s strength, Lu Ye was willing to keep talking nonstop for ten thousand years.

"Hahaha, husband, you’re just like in your past life—always finding excuses to make yourself feel better. But the truth is, you’ve lost. Completely lost. In your past life, you were completely defeated in love. This life, you stopped caring about emotions, yet even in the cultivation and combat you take such pride in, you’ve still been thoroughly defeated."

An Li laughed delightedly.

At this moment, Lu Ye couldn’t help but become thoughtful.

What should he say?

He had never been good with words, and he didn’t want to reveal the truth to An Li.