He ignored the dragon charging him. His demonic eyes continued to gaze upon Gu Ruoyun as if she was the only person he could see in the entire world.

Wham!

Just as the dragon, which was made out of spiritual energy, was about to attack Zixie, a hand suddenly grabbed the dragon’s tail and caused it to disappear in a puff of white smoke.

The man who had grabbed the dragon was dressed in crimson robes. He was surrounded by an intense bloodthirsty aura as his silver hair danced in the wind and his demonic red eyes stared coldly at the black-robed man in front of him.

“Qianbei Ye!”

Cang Ming glared at the man who appeared out of thin air and was shaken for a moment. He then turned towards Zixie and asked, “How had he managed to enter your formation?”

Zixie smiled indifferently. “It’s very simple, anyone who’s at the Ninth Transformation State and above can’t step out from this formation unless they sever their powers. However, that’s really tough because once you sever your own powers, you will certainly die! I didn’t want anyone who’s at a lower rank to dig their own grave by stepping into this formation so anyone who wishes to enter this formation must be at the Ninth Transformation State as well.”

That was how Qianbei Ye had entered the formation!

Cang Ming returned to his senses and looked at the silver-haired man before he coldly remarked, “Qianbei Ye, are you unaware that Zixie has feelings for Gu Ruoyun? This fellow is your love rival so why did you save him?”

Logically speaking, as Qianbei Ye’s love rival, Zixie should have been considered as his arch-enemy. However, Qianbei Ye had appeared in time to save him! This simply does not sound rational.

Qianbei Ye looked at Cang Ming and replied, “So what if he’s my love rival? All I know is that he’s an important companion to Yun’er and that’s enough! I won’t let him die by your hands either.”

“You are both insane! You would sink to this state for the sake of a woman! There’re so many women in this world. If she’s gone there are still tens of thousands more. What’s the point in doing this?”

Cang Ming looked enraged. He would never forget that if Gu Ruoyun had not appeared ten thousand years ago, his life would not have turned out so tragically ¹ !

“There are some things that you don’t understand. I will protect the people she loves and I will sacrifice everything to kill the people she hates.” Qianbei Ye’s lips curled into an angle. “However, it’s very unfortunate that you will never understand all this.”

Ever since Qianbei Ye had met her for the first time ten thousand years ago, he was destined to submerge into the whirlpool of love, never to emerge in this lifetime.

“Haha!”

Cang Ming burst into laughter. “Yes, I certainly don’t understand your reasons but I do know that as long as I consume you, you will become a power source to help me break through to the Full Circle State! I was worried that I would be unable to come out from this formation to look for you yet you’ve served yourself up on a silver platter. Since that’s the case, I shall digest your power without any hesitation.”

Qianbei Ye did not reply as his enchanting red eyes stared at Cang Ming coldly. The murderous intent from his body gradually intensified.

“Be careful.”

Zixie could not help but cry out behind him. He stared at the crimson-robed man in front of him and exclaimed, “Cang Ming is now very powerful and you may not be able to defeat him on your own now. You only need to stall for time, once this girl awakens, that will be the moment which will conclude this battle.”

The Zixie from the past would never have thought that he would be concerned about Qianbei Ye’s safety. After all, he had mistaken Qianbei Ye for the culprit behind Gu Ruoyun’s murder back then so he had been naturally wary of him.