The Side Character Who Wins by Doing Nothing

”You’ve come all this way. Did you really think you could leave?”

The Divinity Transformation Cultivator shot forward, chasing right after Lu Sangjiu.

The Sect Protection Array was already active. Even if Lu Sangjiu managed to flee that far, she was destined to be trapped.

This was the Sect Protection Array. Even with only thirty percent of its power activated, there was no way Lu Sangjiu could escape from within it.

So, while he gave chase, he was in no hurry. He was enjoying this little game of cat and mouse.

”Did you think your plan to lure the tiger from the mountains was so clever? The Supreme Elder predicted you would make a move long ago. We’ve been waiting for you.”

”Your master went to help Jichen, so it’s just you and your three senior siblings over here, right? Our people have already found them. They can barely fend for themselves, so no one is coming to help you.”

”If I were you, I’d save my strength. If I’m in a good mood, I might even leave a sliver of your soul intact so you have a chance to reincarnate!”

The Divinity Transformation Cultivator trailed unhurriedly behind Lu Sangjiu. He didn’t rush to attack, just kept running his mouth.

”Are you a fly?” Lu Sangjiu snapped, tired of his voice. She whirled around and flung an attack at him.

It was a half-hearted attack, however, which the man easily dodged.

Clearly, Lu Sangjiu still had no intention of fighting him. She was still clinging to the vain hope of escape.

”So stubborn!”

He finally lost interest, accelerating impatiently.

Once he closed the distance, he sent a palm strike flying toward Lu Sangjiu’s back!

He was confident that with his Divinity Transformation Stage power, killing Lu Sangjiu would be a simple matter.

What he didn’t know, however, was that Lu Sangjiu had already killed two Divinity Transformation Cultivators back when she was only at the Golden Core Stage. Now that she was a Mid-stage Nascent Soul, how could he possibly be a match for her in a head-on fight?

And so, Lu Sangjiu easily dodged the palm strike. Then, she abruptly stopped fleeing, spun around, and began forming a hand seal!

In an instant, thousands of fine, entangling silks shot toward him, and the color drained from his face.

”Thousand Silk Entanglement?” The Ten Thousand Buddha Sect had dealt with the Western Demon Realm for years and had always been the first to charge into battle, so it wasn’t surprising that he recognized the technique.

Knowing how dangerous it was, he immediately dropped his arrogant attitude and focused on dodging.

While his attention was fixed on the Thousand Silk Entanglement, Lu Sangjiu didn’t hesitate. She began gathering Spiritual Energy in one hand and Demonic Qi in the other.

The fluctuation of Demonic Qi made him snap his head up. When he saw what Lu Sangjiu was doing, his pupils shrank in shock. ”How can this be...”

He cut himself off, suddenly realizing the danger. ’I can’t let her continue!’

”Stop what you’re doing!”

He launched a fierce strike at Lu Sangjiu, but Duoduo suddenly appeared, a massive Ice Wall condensing before her!

Duoduo had successfully undergone her Tribulation Crossing and advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage, but like Lu Sangjiu, she had been heavily injured in the process and had been recuperating in the Spirit Beast Bag ever since.

Now, she was fully recovered. And because she had forcibly swallowed that Cold Ice Crystal Stone, her cold power was much stronger. The Ice Wall she conjured was so sturdy that it actually blocked the Divinity Transformation Cultivator’s attack!

Just then, Lu Sangjiu’s Immortal Demon Attraction finished forming.

As Duoduo’s Ice Wall shattered, a surge of berserk power shot straight toward the Divinity Transformation Cultivator!

Lu Sangjiu had launched this attack with the intent to kill, and its power and speed were more than enough to do the job.

The Divinity Transformation Cultivator, his face a mask of terror, scrambled to defend himself, but it was nowhere near enough.

The violent energy slammed into him, tearing him to pieces in an instant!

To avoid any complications, he had specifically sent all the disciples to deal with the fires in the Outer Disciple sector when he came to capture Lu Sangjiu.

As a result, their path had been completely clear. At the critical moment, there was no one to help him. His death was swift and clean.

There was no need to worry about the aftershocks of her power injuring anyone else, though quite a few buildings were destroyed in an instant.

The commotion finally alerted the Sect Disciples, and... a Body Integration Realm expert!

After killing the Divinity Transformation Cultivator, Lu Sangjiu spun around and made to rush toward the edge of the Great Array. ’Another Immortal Demon Attraction should be able to tear a small hole in the formation.’

However, she had underestimated the speed at which the Body Integration Realm expert would appear.

Just as she reached the edge of the array, she felt an immense pressure rapidly approaching from behind—the kind only a Body Integration Realm expert could possess!

”Who is this vile cur that dares to trespass in my Ten Thousand Buddha Sect and murder one of my sect’s elders!”

The voice boomed with righteous power, deafening all who heard it.

The rage mixed within it was palpable.

For someone to infiltrate the sect and kill a Divinity Transformation elder was an unprecedented humiliation!

As his voice faded, he sensed the lingering Demonic Qi. His gaze sharpened, and his anger surged. ”...A Demon Cultivator!”

Instantly, a palm strike imbued with the Light of Merit came crushing down on Lu Sangjiu!

Lu Sangjiu was horrified. ’This one doesn’t underestimate his opponents at all! He’s using at least eighty percent of his power from the very start, just to kill a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator like me?’

Previously, she had used a Heavenly Luo Pill to push her cultivation to the Divinity Transformation Stage just to barely fight Fu Ling, who was at the Body Integration Realm. Now, as a mere Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, she would be hard-pressed to survive this single palm strike!

She drew her Domination Map Blade, pouring nearly all her remaining power into it as she swung it down in a vicious chop!

Beside her, Duoduo used all her strength to conjure another Ice Wall.

BOOM!

Even with her multiple defenses, the palm strike sent Lu Sangjiu flying back more than ten meters. She hit the ground and coughed up blood relentlessly!

But she had survived.

She struggled to raise her head and look at the figure in the distance.

She had seen this man before. She vaguely remembered him.

His dharma name seemed to be Wudao, and from what she recalled, he was a rather straightforward person.

’And judging by what he just said, it seems... he doesn’t know about the Tribulation Crossing Ancestor’s dirty business?’

Wudao, in turn, was looking at Lu Sangjiu with a hint of surprise.

’I thought she was just an ordinary Demon Cultivator, but how can she also use Spiritual Power?’

’Even stranger, how could a mere Mid-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator survive a strike I made in anger as a Body Integration Realm expert? It’s simply unbelievable!’

Out of this curiosity, Wudao didn’t immediately move to finish her off when he saw that Lu Sangjiu was only heavily injured, not dead.

He frowned, his eyes filled with caution. ”Who exactly are you?”

”COUGH, COUGH...” Lu Sangjiu clutched her chest and struggled to her feet. When she opened her mouth to speak, no words came out, only another spray of bloody foam.

After a ragged breath, she looked at Wudao and spoke with deliberate provocation. ”Your Ten Thousand Buddha Sect commits such despicable acts, and when I discover them, you try to silence me by killing me. Some ’righteous sect’ you are! Have you no shame?”

Wudao flew into a rage. ”Insolence! You murder a sect elder and still dare to spout such insults! You’re courting death!”

But Lu Sangjiu only sneered. ”Are you going to silence me, too? Then go right ahead. It’s not like I can beat you, anyway!”

She said this deliberately, and just as she’d expected, it aroused Wudao’s suspicion. He had been about to strike again, but his hand paused, then lowered.

He stared coldly at Lu Sangjiu. ”You keep insulting my Ten Thousand Buddha Sect. Then why don’t you tell me—what despicable acts have we done?”

”If you can’t answer, I will ensure your Divine Soul is utterly annihilated!”