Chapter 997, I’m Your Captive

Translator: Jon

Translation Checker: Silavin

 

Before Tang Yi Feng even arrived, he saw the Void in front of the cave contorting, and everything soon returned to normal.

 

As he scanned the surroundings with his Divine Ego, he realised that the mysterious woman and Lu Ye had vanished from the place.

 

“Teleportation Ward!” He was an experienced man, so he instantly figured out what had happened inside the cave. A Teleportation Ward must’ve been activated.

 

Still, he decided to descend and enter the cave, but Lu Ye was nowhere in sight. It was a wonder when the Teleportation Ward was built or who set it up, but it was now destroyed.

 

It was to prevent anyone from tracking down the mysterious woman through the Ward.

 

Without hesitation, Tang Yi Feng left the cave and stood at the entrance with an icy expression. After giving it some thought, he sent a message to Qian Wudang. ‘Get one Tracking Disc for me now. I need to use it!’

 

If he wanted to look for Lu Ye, he had to rely on a Tracking Disc.

 

Although such items were rare, there must be some reserve in Bing Zhou Watch. Considering that Qian Wudang was the Commander of the Ministry of Laws, coupled with the fact that Tang Yi Feng was a member of the Elder Council, there wouldn’t be a problem for them to get a Tracking Disc.

 

After the Teleportation Ward in the cave was activated, Lu Ye felt as if he was falling into a bottomless chasm. It was a horrible experience.

 

It also didn’t help that his Spiritual Power was a mess, so he couldn’t even activate it.

 

He thought that the Teleportation Ward he built wasn’t the only one with such a problem. It was the downside of the Teleportation Ward. Since the Teleportation Ward was much larger than anything he had built before, it must be able to send them to a faraway place. As for how long the distance was, he had no idea.

 

It was a good chance, though. Since it was an uncomfortable experience for Lu Ye, it wouldn’t be a pleasant one for the woman either. Perhaps he could try to attack her at the end of the teleportation. At the thought of this, he quickly mustered his Spiritual Power.

 

Time seemed to be flowing slowly at that moment. Suddenly, the sense of weightlessness disappeared as he landed on the ground.

 

He turned around and saw the woman standing beside him. She was swaying slightly as though she was drunk.

 

Beneath them, a Ward was buzzing as the patterns radiated a bright glow.

 

Lu Ye quickly activated the Spiritual Power he had mustered with difficulty and unsheathed the Inviolable Saber before trying to jab it into the woman’s neck.

 

The power of the attack was only half of what he could usually cast, but it was the best he could do now.

 

The saber was suddenly stopped when it was only several centimetres away from her neck. Behind the face mask, the woman seemed to be smiling derisively.

 

With her fingers pinching the blade, Lu Ye was unable to push the Inviolable Saber further regardless of how hard he tried.

 

“You’re mischievous, brat. I should punish you!” The woman snapped as her thumb and middle finger came into contact. Lu Ye watched as the woman flicked at his forehead.

 

At that instant, he felt as if a mountain had rammed into him. He flew away and crashed into the rock face.

 

The stones came rolling down. Lu Ye remained in the same position as when he launched an attack. While sliding down the rock face, he felt his head buzzing and couldn’t see anything.

 

It wasn’t until a moment later that he came to his senses. He lifted his head and saw the alluring woman standing in front of him. She had already taken off the face mask, and she was now glancing at him with a meaningful smile.

 

It had to be said that the woman had a beautiful face and a curvy figure. Someone like her was the dream woman for all men.

 

However, when Lu Ye looked at her smile, he felt it was as devious as a scorpion.

 

The woman watched as he rose to his feet and put the Inviolable Saber back into the sheath before lifting his hand. “Let’s go.”

 

While speaking, he shook his head as he was still dizzy. The teleportation had affected him, but the main reason was that the woman had flicked at his forehead.

 

The woman was startled. “Where to?”

 

“Where are you taking me to?” Lu Ye questioned.

 

The woman stared dazedly at him for a while before putting on a smile. “Have you resigned yourself to fate so soon? Weren’t you ferocious when you attacked me earlier?”

 

Lu Ye felt his forehead bobbing. It wasn’t an illusion as there was indeed a bulge on his forehead following the woman’s attack. He replied calmly, “I have no choice but to yield since I’m your captive. What’s the point of me being ferocious? I’m no match for you anyway.”

 

The woman squinted her eyes, which radiated a dangerous glow. “Since you’re so flexible, it makes me feel it isn’t a wise move to let you stay alive. You must be thinking that it’s never too late for you to get your revenge.”

 

“What do you want?” Lu Ye frowned.

 

The woman replied nonchalantly, “Perhaps I should kill you right now.”

 

“If you had wanted to kill me, you would’ve done so long ago instead of putting in so much effort to bring me here.” Lu Ye snorted. “Moreover, if you kill me, how will you explain yourself to the person behind you?”

 

The woman stopped smiling upon hearing that. On the other hand, Lu Ye was astounded as there was indeed someone behind the woman.

 

He had only tried to sound the woman out. In his opinion, those from the mysterious organisation had come into contact with him on several occasions because they wanted to befriend him. Since it was an organisation, the woman naturally couldn’t make decisions on her own.

 

She had probably received someone’s order to track him down and snatch him away.

 

However, it was merely Lu Ye’s speculation. He didn’t expect to discover that the truth wasn’t far from his speculation.

 

He wondered what they saw in him when they were able to abduct him in a situation where many Divine Ocean Realm Masters were around.

 

There was no doubt he could increase his power quickly, but he was only a Fifth-Order Real Lake Realm Master. What could he possibly achieve at this point?

 

Perhaps they could see he had great potential and wanted to bring him under control when he wasn’t powerful enough yet.

 

As the wild thoughts turned over in his mind, the woman suddenly flicked her fingers at his forehead again.

 

She didn’t exert much force on her hand this time, though. She had only done so lightly.

 

“Don’t you know smart people usually die early? It’s fine to be dumb sometimes,” the woman said meaningfully and turned around to leave. “Come with me. Your Sect Master is certainly running after us, so you’d better not make any rash move. Otherwise, it’ll be embarrassing for you if I tie you up.”

 

Lu Ye covered his forehead while feeling humiliated. He swore that he would get his revenge and make the woman suffer 100 times harder. Still, he followed the woman closely.

 

Since the woman had given him a warning, Lu Ye didn’t dare to make a move. Moreover, he could feel that even though the woman’s back was against him, there was a bit of her Divine Ego around him. If he did something unusual, the woman would immediately notice it.

 

They were inside a cave with a Teleportation Ward, which was connected to the previous one.

 

Before they left, the woman destroyed the Teleportation Ward. After leaving the cave, she engulfed Lu Ye with her Spiritual Power and shot into the sky.

 

After flying for a while, she descended and took Lu Ye to another cave, where they went somewhere else through the Teleportation Ward.

 

Along the way, they used four Teleportation Wards. In the end, Lu Ye didn’t know where he was. He wasn’t even sure if he was still in Bing Zhou.

 

He wanted to take a look at the ten-point map, but if he did that, he would suffer miserably. As such, he could only give up on the idea.

 

His experience along the way showed that the other party was meticulous in executing their plan. The large Teleportation Wards were the evidence.

 

Lu Ye even had a feeling that the other party had come up with such a perfect plan just to capture him. By making him go through several Teleportation Wards, they could ensure no one could find him.

 

When the last teleportation was over, the woman destroyed the Teleportation Ward as usual. She took Lu Ye to a waterfall and leapt into the air. After penetrating the waterfall, they entered the cave behind it.

 

“Stay here,” the woman ordered and went somewhere else before pressing her hand against the Void.

 

Lu Ye had no idea what the woman was doing, but he soon became shocked.

 

That was because as soon as the woman did that, a ripple spread and the Void in front of her started contorting.

 

In just ten breaths of time, the contorted Void revealed the entrance of a passageway that looked like a swirl. It was pitch black inside as though it could even devour one’s gaze. Nothing else could be seen as it was a dark hole.

 

“A Hidden Realm?” Lu Ye was astounded. He couldn’t believe there was an entrance to a Hidden Realm there. What was more, the woman could control it.

 

This made him recall the Peerless Continent where similar Hidden Realms existed. Three Hidden Realms were controlled by Humans and the remaining one by the Corpse Race. The three Hidden Realms run by Humans had been wandering around the Void with no fixed locations. On the other hand, the Corpse Race’s Hidden Realm was always in the same place.

 

Lu Ye didn’t expect that there was a Hidden Realm in Jiu Zhou that could be controlled by someone.

 

After opening up the Hidden Realm, the woman turned around and ordered, “Get in.”

 

Lu Ye was unwilling to do so. Although his freedom had been restricted, he was still in Jiu Zhou, after all. As long as he was cautious enough, he might be able to contact Tang Yi Feng or Qian Wudang so that they could save him.

 

But it would be impossible for him to do that if he entered a Hidden Realm, which was a world of its own that was separated from Jiu Zhou. He couldn’t send anyone messages through his Battlefield Imprint.

 

He had been to many Hidden Realms, so he was fully aware of that. In other words, once he entered the Hidden Realm, he could no longer contact Tang Yi Feng and the others.

 

However, it wasn’t like he had a choice since he was a captive.

 

The woman appeared impatient, ready to extend her hand. Seeing that, Lu Ye quickly entered the Hidden Realm.

 

His vision turned dark for a moment before everything lit up. He caught a whiff of the woman’s bodily fragrance as she approached him.

 

Lu Ye whirled around and saw a swirl at the entrance. After giving it some thought, he gave up on the idea of forcing his way out of there.

 

The woman turned around and did the same thing to close the entrance. Then, she stretched her back and complained, “I’m so exhausted.”

 

She had an hourglass body, so her movement made her figure look even more attractive.

 

Lu Ye decided to take a look at it anyway.