Chapter 82

Under the cover of night, in a small grove of trees, Bu Ye sat casually against a tree, his eyes half-closed as if he were resting.

Not far behind him, Hong Yun was picking through the wild grass faintly visible under the moonlight, but it only sniffed and rarely ate. This young mare was clearly very picky; inside the Jieyuan, it wouldn’t feel hungry, but once outside, its appetite remained selective.

A gentle breeze rustled the branches of the grove, and the moonlight occasionally shone directly on Bu Ye’s face. At this moment, he had not disguised himself at all, and the bloodstains on his body had not yet been cleaned. He knew that he would be very busy tonight, and even for the next few days, he would continue to be busy...

Time passed bit by bit, and Hong Yun, who was picking wild grass, suddenly stopped, raising its head alertly.

Bu Ye’s eyes also slightly opened, a cold light flashing in them, but the corners of his mouth were slightly pursed.

The surrounding air suddenly turned cold, and a white figure appeared in the distance in Hong Yun’s field of vision!

The white figure flew straight toward them, and as it drew closer, strange sounds could be heard.

Bu Ye, with his back to the white figure, did not stand up from beginning to end.

Now, he was becoming increasingly familiar with these spirits. As long as he killed someone suddenly and without clear reason, a ghost would certainly be produced after death, and with some kind of extraordinary perception, it would come to seek revenge. All the spirits were left with only instinct and hatred; they feared the living, but when facing their killer, hatred would overwhelm everything. Therefore, he didn’t need to pretend to be afraid to lure the spirits over; they would come automatically.

Bu Ye had killed many people that night, and he hadn’t thought much about it at the time. Now, waiting for these spirits to come one by one was just an extra benefit.

However, so far, only five ordinary people’s spirits had come, while he had killed many more, including Xin Yun Awakeners.

Clearly, if his goal was to devour spirits, he would need to improve his method of killing...

Without hesitation, Hong Yun abandoned Bu Ye and hid in the distance, then watched as the white spirit fiercely enveloped Bu Ye, and finally, there was no more movement. Hong Yun’s large, bright eyes blinked twice, then quickly rushed to Bu Ye’s side, sniffing here and there. This was the fifth time it had seen such a situation, and it still couldn’t understand how Bu Ye could remain so calm when facing things that made it instinctively uncomfortable, and how he could be completely fine afterward.

Seeing that Bu Ye had no interest in playing with it, Hong Yun walked away dejectedly and soon became fully engrossed in its picky eating, forgetting the unpleasantness.

Bu Ye, on the other hand, once again focused his mind inward, continuing his internal observation.

Swallowing five spirits, surely there should be a qualitative change, Bu Ye thought to himself.

Inside Bu Ye’s body, gray cancer cells still spread throughout. When Bu Ye failed to activate a large star in a short time, the cancer cells began to leverage their inherent advantages, rapidly multiplying and gradually reversing the disadvantage. In this regard, Bu Ye was indeed very anxious, but what he was more concerned about now was not this.

On the surface of the cancer cells, a thin layer of black gas slowly flowed, seemingly without origin or destination.

Bu Ye quickly glanced at it and then shifted his attention to his left waist.

The flow of black gas was completely random, and no matter how many times Bu Ye looked, he didn’t get the result he wanted.

Bu Ye frowned slightly and then focused his internal observation on his right waist. The result was the same.

Is it still not possible?

Bu Ye took a deep breath and then focused his attention on his right shoulder.

Still...

Hmm?

The black gas seemed to flow randomly, but when Bu Ye made his internal observation more precise, he finally noticed the almost imperceptible change in the black gas!

A tiny strand of black gas, thinner than a hair, did not flow randomly with the other black gas but quietly flowed into the depths of his muscles and bones.

Bu Ye continued to concentrate, following that tiny strand of black gas with his internal observation and feeling. Gradually, a pin-sized depression appeared, then slowly grew larger, becoming the size of a grain of millet...

Five minutes later, the depression had grown to the size of a fingernail, forming a small dry well!

Bu Ye finally observed the position of his third specialized small star!

According to the normal method described by the red light, he could only feel the position of the small star when he activated a large star and the Xin Yun was awakened, but he had failed last time. Since the normal method didn’t work, and he didn’t want to wait, he could only take the path of cancer cells and black gas.

And the cancer cells and black gas did not disappoint him!

Even the power in the Xin Yun couldn’t achieve what the black gas from the cancer cells devouring spirits did!

Since he had found the position, the next step was simple.

Bu Ye did not hesitate to cut off the bridge after crossing the river...

The mutated cancer cells clearly had only instinct and no intelligence. When Bu Ye once again swore to be at odds with them, they helped him again. The black gas quickly flowed, and Bu Ye, by tightening his muscles and meridians, easily made all the black gas flow into the small dry well on his right shoulder. When the last strand of black gas disappeared into the small dry well, it was already filled to two-fifths!

The speed at which he activated the specialized small star, if known by outsiders, would surely make many people drop their jaws in shock.

But Bu Ye still thought it was too slow.

Actually, before this, although he cared about the small stars, the specialized small stars had a weaker effect on overall qi and blood, so they were far less important to him than the large stars. However, everything changed after his confrontation with Wei Xing.

At that time, he had already guessed that Wei Xing must be a Fu Yun strong, possessing star power he had never encountered. Even if Wei Xing didn’t know the constellation secrets, his strength was still far superior to his!

To ask, if Wei Xing had drawn two arrows from the quiver instead of one, would he still be sitting here now?

No one knew the danger better than he did!

At that level of combat, a small difference could lead to a huge disparity. He was only a little bit away from dying under Wei Xing’s arrow.

If Wei Xing had a second arrow, if he didn’t have Hong Yun, if they had engaged in close combat...

There was no need to think; he would only have one path to death!

When Wei Xing shot that arrow, his right arm gave a distinctly different feeling, already hinting at a power that surpassed the basic constellation’s energy!

Star power was truly amazing!

He was now at ten stars in the Xin Yun stage, just two stars away from reaching the peak of the Xin Yun stage, after which he could attempt to awaken the Fu Yun. However, awakening the Fu Yun was not a simple matter... In short, he definitely couldn’t awaken the Fu Yun in the short term.

Bu Ye gathered his thoughts and shifted his attention to his brain.

Around the Jieyuan, the original eighteen clumps of black gas had been reduced to just five, and it was already midnight. In a few hours, it would be daylight, and another clump would be gone.

In other words, he had only a little over four days and four nights before the red light would summon him.

...

“Clatter, clatter, clatter!”

It was the darkest moment before dawn, and the sound of hooves suddenly rang out from the official road outside the grove, growing closer.

There was more than one rider, and they were moving fast. Even the sound of wheels could be heard.

Bu Ye opened his eyes and squinted, looking toward the official road.

The moon had already set, and only the stars were visible in the sky. Even with his keen eyesight, he couldn’t see clearly.

About twenty riders, with a carriage in the middle?

Silently, Hong Yun had already walked to his side, looking excitedly in the direction of the sound.

As the group of riders approached, Bu Ye finally pushed himself up from the ground with his right hand and stood up with a “whoosh.”

“Let’s go.”

“Neigh.” Hong Yun softly neighed in response.

In the next moment, Bu Ye had already mounted the horse, lightly squeezing its sides, and slowly approached the official road.

When the group of riders was almost directly in front of Bu Ye, he had also approached the edge of the grove.

They were less than a hundred meters apart, and with the lanterns held by the two riders at the front and the carriage, Bu Ye finally saw the situation clearly.

The riders were indeed White Wolf Riders, and all twenty of them!

Bu Ye frowned and jumped off Hong Yun.

He turned a small circle in place and quickly came to a small tree as thick as a human arm, then silently drew the Moon Ci sword from his waist.

He didn’t immediately cut the tree but waited for the twenty riders to approach.

Just two seconds later, the twenty riders finally reached the official road directly in front of Bu Ye, and the distance between them was now only fifty meters.

Bu Ye quickly swung his sword, one slash diagonally upward and one horizontally downward.

The Moon Ci sword was extremely sharp, and Bu Ye’s two slashes cut through the tree with almost no sound.

As the top of the tree began to fall, Bu Ye suddenly pulled out the middle section of the tree trunk, which was about the height of a person.

The top of the tree lost its support and fell directly.

“Rustle, rustle!”

The sound of branches and leaves rustling could no longer be hidden.

“Who!”

As the two White Wolf Riders at the front of the official road shouted, Bu Ye had already taken several steps forward.

As he moved forward, his left arm naturally extended forward, as if he were trying to catch something, while his right arm, holding the tree trunk, was raised behind him, his fingers gripping tightly, almost embedding themselves into the bark!

On the final step, “thud,” Bu Ye’s left foot planted itself firmly on the ground like a nail.

As the light flared, all ten of his stars lit up, and not only that, but the third constellation also formed in the shortest time possible!

The small star in his left calf and the small star in his right forearm burst forth simultaneously!

In the next instant, Bu Ye, using his left leg as the pivot, swung his left arm downward, and his waist, shoulders, and right arm exerted force simultaneously, throwing the tree trunk forward with great force! The momentum was so strong that after the tree trunk left his hand, he took another step forward, as if he himself was about to be carried away by the tree trunk.

When Bu Ye cut the tree trunk, the top of the tree was cut