The Side Character Who Wins by Doing Nothing

Xie Ningyuan looked toward True Monarch Liu Feng, who was suspended in mid-air.

True Monarch Liu Feng had already realized that Xie Ningyuan was at the Body Integration Realm. From his conversation with Lu Sangjiu, he also knew that the Demon Flower he had painstakingly cultivated was most likely gone.

Shocked and enraged, he dared not linger. He grabbed Ye Zhiyao and turned to break out of the Barrier.

The Barrier was strong, but he was still capable of breaking through it with his Divinity Transformation Stage cultivation.

But how could Xie Ningyuan possibly let him get his way?

He cast a Spell, blocking their path. Then, with a flicker of movement, he appeared directly in front of True Monarch Liu Feng.

Lu Sangjiu immediately shouted, "Remember to take him alive!"

Meanwhile, Ye Zhiyao, in True Monarch Liu Feng’s grasp, had once again become a hostage.

He grabbed Ye Zhiyao by the neck, his eyes fixed on Xie Ningyuan with deep apprehension. "Stay back, or I’ll kill her!"

Xie Ningyuan’s expression immediately turned strange. "...What gave you the impression that you could threaten me with her life?"

’For fuck’s sake,’ Ye Zhiyao thought. ’First one, now another, both using me as a hostage! Who the hell did I piss off?!’

She looked at Xie Ningyuan, forcing a pitiful expression onto her face. "Mr. Xie... I was captured and brought here by him! I’m a disciple of the Seven Emotions Sect, you can’t just stand by and watch me die!"

After a pause, she added through gritted teeth, "Besides, no matter how you look at it, we shared the bond of husband and wife in that Illusion Realm. You..."

She shouldn’t have mentioned that. The moment she did, Xie Ningyuan’s face darkened, and he unhesitatingly launched a palm strike at them!

True Monarch Liu Feng was truly ruthless. Despite having acted as if he doted on Ye Zhiyao, when faced with a life-or-death crisis, he shoved her forward as a human shield without a second thought.

"Ah!"

Ye Zhiyao cried out as a brilliant golden light erupted from her body, completely shielding her from Xie Ningyuan’s attack!

Down below, Lu Sangjiu felt exhausted just watching. ’As expected of the heroine, I guess? She can survive a strike from a Body Integration Realm expert!’

Seizing the opportunity, True Monarch Liu Feng tore an opening in the Barrier. As he shot through, he immediately began ripping a tear in the void with his bare hands, preparing to escape.

Unfortunately, he was a step too slow. Xie Ningyuan unleashed another palm strike, swatting him directly into the ground!

Seeing True Monarch Liu Feng plummet, Ye Zhiyao, who had been screaming in terror just moments before, instinctively rushed after him. "True Monarch Liu Feng!"

Lu Sangjiu’s expression was strange. ’This... is this the power of true love?’

’True Monarch Liu Feng just used her as a human shield, and yet she’s acting so concerned about him?’

However, True Monarch Liu Feng was already looking weak and drained; he wasn’t going to escape.

So, rather than focusing on them, Lu Sangjiu was more concerned about Xie Ningyuan.

She tilted her head back to look at Xie Ningyuan, who was still hovering in the air, her face full of confusion. "Hasn’t your Heart Demon been eliminated? Why are there still faint black wisps in your Buddha Light?"

Xie Ningyuan appeared by Lu Sangjiu’s side in the next instant, saying calmly, "It’s nothing. The Heart Demon is gone, but my shattered Buddha Heart cannot be repaired, so there are bound to be some flaws. It has no real effect."

Lu Sangjiu didn’t know much about Buddhist Practitioners. She looked skeptical. "Is... that so?"

But before she could dwell on it, she heard Luo Linlang cry out in alarm, "What are you doing?!"

Lu Sangjiu’s heart skipped a beat. She whipped her head around to see Ye Zhiyao plunging her top-grade immortal sword into True Monarch Liu Feng’s chest!

True Monarch Liu Feng’s face was a mask of shock and disbelief. Just moments ago, she had rushed toward him, her face etched with worry. He had even been touched by her devotion to him.

How could she run him through with her sword the very next second?

With her back to the others, Ye Zhiyao stared blankly at True Monarch Liu Feng and mouthed the words, "Don’t you love me? Then... for me, you can die."

As True Monarch Liu Feng’s vision faded, his last thought was, ’I’ve toyed with countless women in my life, but I never imagined I’d be played by one in the end, even losing my life at her hands... Is this karma?’

Ye Zhiyao watched without expression as True Monarch Liu Feng took his last breath. Then, she felt a hard shove.

She stumbled and fell to the ground. When she looked up again, her face was a mask of panicked helplessness.

Lu Sangjiu shoved Ye Zhiyao aside, but it was too late. True Monarch Liu Feng had already taken his final breath.

Ye Zhiyao’s strike had been vicious, shattering even the Nascent Soul within his body and leaving him absolutely no chance of survival.

Lu Sangjiu’s expression was grim. She had thought the dust was settled, never imagining that far from being lovesick, Ye Zhiyao had been intent on murder!

They had been too careless. They should have restrained Ye Zhiyao first.

But it was too late for that now. She could only glare at Ye Zhiyao. "You did that on purpose. Are you connected to this Demon Cultivator trafficking ring? Did you kill him to silence him?"

Ye Zhiyao immediately waved her hands in a panic. "I’m not! I was kidnapped and brought here by True Monarch Liu Feng from the very beginning! He imprisoned me and restricted my freedom! You can ask anyone in the Fang Family, they all know!"

"It’s just that... because he liked me, he treated me relatively well. I couldn’t bear to watch him die in front of me."

"So I went over to check on him out of concern, but I never expected that he’d try to kill me, even as he was dying!"

"I panicked, and that’s why... I didn’t do it on purpose! SOB, SOB..."

’Like hell I believe her!’ Lu Sangjiu thought.

’Not on purpose? How could she sever every trace of his life force with one perfect strike if it wasn’t on purpose?’

She glared at Ye Zhiyao, convinced that letting a menace like her live would only lead to disaster sooner or later.

And so, killing intent stirred within her once more... ’After all this time, her heroine’s plot armor must have weakened considerably. That defense against Xie Ningyuan’s attack must have been her last trump card. Maybe... I should try again?’

She tightened her grip on her domination map. But at that exact moment, a tear in the void appeared in the sky, and out stepped Hua Jianzhi!

Lu Sangjiu: "..."

She shot a deadpan glance at the pitiful-looking Ye Zhiyao, refusing to believe this was the heroine’s plot armor at work. ’Yeah, it’s probably just a coincidence. A total coincidence!’

In the end, she put away her domination map and suppressed her killing intent.

If she killed Ye Zhiyao in front of Hua Jianzhi, she’d likely be expelled from the Seven Emotions Sect, and that Transcendance Tribulation Stage ancestor of theirs would surely crush her to death.

"Elder Hua, what brings you here?"

Lu Sangjiu turned, a wide smile spreading across her face as she greeted Hua Jianzhi with a bow.

Hua Jianzhi glanced at the wreckage around them and said calmly, "Yan Zui sent me. She told me everything that was happening and was worried something might go wrong, so she asked me to come and lend a hand."

"But it seems I was a little late. You’ve already wrapped things up."

Visit and read more novel to help us update chapter quickly. Thank you so much!