# Chapter 2485: Do You Dare?
Thus He Ye, showing no respect at all, placed the Judgment Greatsword across Zi Yuan's neck once more.
As if someone had grabbed her by the throat of fate, Zi Yuan, who hadn't slept well, finally woke up!
She reached up and rubbed her sleepy eyes, stretching lazily!
(๑⁼̴ࡇก̀) "Mmm~ What happened? Is it all over?"
Still half-asleep, Zi Yuan was completely confused, looking around blankly!
Wasn't I in a tree before? Where is this?
Did I sleepwalk again?
With all of you here, couldn't anyone keep an eye on me?
Mi Ye couldn't help but put her hand to her forehead:
(´-﹏-`(ヾ) "No... it's not over, but you're finished!"
Now Zi Yuan's consciousness gradually cleared. She looked down at the greatsword across her neck.
Then she looked at the crowd of angels around her, all with vicious faces.
Zi Yuan: =͟͟͞͞(꒪ᗜ꒪‧̣̥̇)!!!
Why did I wake up in the middle of the enemy camp?!
Didn't you promise to protect me from harm?
Zi Yuan immediately went into jackhammer mode, shaking like a leaf!
(⌒﹏⌒;) "Aha... ahaha, I'm dreaming, right? This must be a nightmare, right? Ugh, seriously, even sleeping on an empty stomach gives you nightmares~"
As she spoke, she grabbed a big handful of feathers from He Ye's golden wing!
Then she yanked hard!
He Ye flinched violently, his wing twitching as he looked at Zi Yuan with a twitching eyelid!
She had actually pulled out a big clump of feathers from his left wing!
Zi Yuan's eyes widened in terror:
∑(°口°๑) "It hurts? No... it's not a dream?"
He Ye: !!!
If you want to test something, pull your own damn feathers! Why are you pulling mine?!
ঌ(ꐦ°᷄益°᷅)໒꒱ "Behave yourself!"
As he spoke, a Judgment Light Array burst forth, directly sealing Zi Yuan's skills, and he even used Six Rod Light Prison to imprison her!
Zi Yuan panicked completely: ٩(˵¯͒ᯅ¯͒˵)۶ "Help! Everyone, help! Save me! Save me! (repeated)"
At this moment, Zi Yuan was like someone mashing the panic button, repeating herself like a broken record!
Facing an existence of He Ye's level, a weakling like Zi Yuan had no power to resist!
At this point, the Heavenly Might War Array expanded to its maximum, all angels activated their highest combat forms, and the Throne Angels suppressed the void!
Preventing any possibility of spatial rescue!
He Ye held the greatsword firmly across Zi Yuan's neck!
꒰ঌ(*‾᷄⁻‾᷅)໒꒱ "All humans present! Stop right now! If you kill another one of our people, don't blame me if my blade has no eyes!"
"In that case, all you'll receive is a corpse. Oh, and I won't even leave you the corpse!"
"Don't try to test my speed. Killing her takes only a moment for me!"
At this moment, whether it was the Cycle of Life and Death, the Eastern Divine Realm, or the Western Divine Domain, everyone stopped!
They looked at He Ye with dark expressions!
Even Zi Yuan was scared speechless by the cold greatsword!
However, neither Xiao Chuihuo nor Mi Ye, though annoyed that a hostage had been taken, showed any panic in their eyes. Before the match started, everyone had used numerous methods to ensure survival!
Especially for a weakling like Zi Yuan, she was a key protected target!
Not to mention that Zi Yuan still had a Lucky Little Cherry in her mouth!
The Shirley incident had made everyone extremely vigilant!
Mi Ye sneered, looking at He Ye with contempt!
(˶‾᷄～‾᷅) "Do you dare?"
He Ye narrowed his eyes, a tangible killing intent flashing within!
"You think I don't dare?"
As he spoke, he was about to press down with the greatsword, cut a small wound on Zi Yuan's neck, make it bleed a bit—standard hostage-taking procedure. After all, you have to go through the normal motions!
But Atiya immediately flipped out. She rushed forward, grabbed He Ye's arm, and transmitted to him quietly!
꒰ঌ(ﾉ)￢﹏￢)໒꒱ "Damn it! High Priest He Ye! Are you crazy? Don't kill her! What if she bleeds? You can't blow this out of proportion!"
"We just want Jiangnan to stop targeting our angel race and let us finish the match smoothly!"
"If anything happens to this weakling, things will be even worse! Who knows what Jiangnan might do?"
Ujiel also transmitted urgently:
꒰ঌ(ﾉ)･ˇ益ˇ･)໒꒱ "Have you forgotten how Erdius and Saxiel died? Take it easy, alright?"
He Ye shuddered violently. Yeah... that's right.
He couldn't go too far. He had to find the right balance—enough to force the humans to spare the angel race, but not enough to enrage Jiangnan into malicious retaliation!
Thinking about the previous angel execution, He Ye's hand holding the sword trembled a bit!
Zi Yuan panicked: (*꒦ິ口꒦ີ) "Hey hey hey! Hold that sword steady! Why are you shaking? What if you cut me? Do you have Parkinson's? If you have Parkinson's, don't point a sword at people!"
He Ye took a deep breath, then said coldly: "Don't test our bottom line! If you push the angel race into a corner with no way out, then this weakling has no way out either!"
Zi Yuan: !!!
(งᵒ̌皿ᵒ̌)ง "Who are you calling weakling? Say that again! I've upgraded to Noob Yuan! Don't mess with me, I'm warning you! Pfft! Pfft pfft pfft..."
Unable to reach He Ye, Zi Yuan started spitting at him!
He Ye's forehead veins bulged, but he blocked the spit with his wing and didn't retaliate.
However, Jue Jing, standing nearby, couldn't stand it anymore and shouted angrily:
(ꐦ°᷄д°᷅)☛ "You noob! How dare you speak to the High Priest like that? Do you understand the situation here? You're a hostage!"
"And when you're a hostage, you need to act like one! Looks like you need a lesson to know who's boss!"
As he spoke, his arm transformed into a mirror blade and swung toward Zi Yuan. Zi Yuan closed her eyes in terror and dodged!
But Ujiel freaked out. She took a step forward and kicked Jue Jing away!
With a "bang," she sent Jue Jing flying a long distance, half his body shattered!
Ujiel said angrily:
꒰ঌ(ꐦ￢益￢)໒꒱ "Stay put! Who asked you to speak?"
If you damage the hostage, and Jiangnan gets angry, the angel race will suffer the consequences!
Jue Jing held his cheek, completely bewildered!
=͟͟͞͞(ﾉ)꒪ᗜ꒪)?
Why did I get hit? I'm the one who did a good deed!
Why am I treated worse than the hostage?
Seeing that she wasn't hit, Zi Yuan started getting cocky. She made faces at Jue Jing!
Jue Jing was furious. In all my life, I've never seen such an arrogant hostage!
Then He Ye said: "Listen. All we want is for Jiangnan and the humans to stop bothering the angel race! Before the Great Hunt ends, we don't want to see any human faces!"
"Leave my sight right now, and we can coexist peacefully, no interference!"
"Naturally, I won't harm a single hair on this weakling. After the Great Hunt, I'll return her to you humans safely!"
"You don't have to worry about her suffering with us. We'll keep her well-fed and healthy! How about it?"
After all, in He Ye's eyes, Zi Yuan was like a free death-pass—an invincible shield!
As long as they held the hostage, with her life in their hands, Jiangnan and the others naturally wouldn't dare to act rashly against the angel race!
This was the only way for the angel race to survive until the end!
Otherwise, Jiangnan would definitely clear them out!
Mi Ye still sneered: "I'll say it again: Do you dare? Go ahead, kill her. Let me see?"
Zi Yuan: =͟͟͞͞(꒪ー꒪‧̣̥̇)???
Hey hey hey! What do you mean "kill her and let me see"?
Is this something you watch as a performance?
If you perform it, I'll be gone!
You can't treat a hostage like this! At least pretend to save me! Didn't you promise to protect me?
Ku Po squinted: "History always repeats itself! You should remember how Shirley died! And you haven't forgotten what happened to those who laid hands on her, right?"
"The angel race really doesn't learn!"
Freya's eyes were fierce: "I can tell you for certain! If Zi Yuan suffers any harm whatsoever, even a scraped knee, Nan Shen will wipe out your entire clan!"
"The Fifth Calamity will descend upon the Holy Kingdom again! And this time, it won't just be a matter of destroying a few planets!"
"Today! If you dare to let that sword fall, it will be the beginning of the angel race's destruction! You're not just cutting Zi Yuan—you're cutting off the angel race's only path to survival!"
Xiao Chuihuo looked at He Ye with disdain:
(˶‾᷄┏д┓‾᷅˵) "Little ones? Who said to stop? Keep on fighting! Beat all these bad guys, okay~"
"Blazing Red Lotus!"
At this moment, no one paid any attention to the angels who had taken a hostage!
The Flame Dragon God Emperor led the Eastern Divine Realm, wreaking havoc on the battlefield, slaughtering wildly!
Meanwhile, on the Western Divine Domain side, Odin and Martin cooperated, unleashing the Crimson Sunset Twilight!
Like burning swords of light, they shot and slashed wildly across the battlefield!
Mi Ye and the others were no slouches either. The Cycle of Life and Death rolled across the battlefield like a black eight ball on a pool table, crushing everything!
Wiping out massive numbers of the Etching Group Army!
Completely ignoring He Ye's threat, they intended to collect the points from the Group Army in front of them first!
They were betting that He Ye wouldn't dare kill Zi Yuan! Unless the angel race had the courage to bear Jiangnan's towering rage!
Only someone with a brain defect would dare to kill a human after the Angel Execution incident!
Even if He Ye lost his mind and actually dared to kill Zi Yuan, could he even succeed?
With all those life-saving measures she had?
Just a Lucky Little Cherry alone made it impossible for He Ye and his crew to kill her!
If the angel race still wanted to survive in the starry sky, they absolutely could not kill Zi Yuan!
He Ye knew that, and Xiao Chuihuo and the others knew it even better!
After all, the Cosmos Grand Hunt was only the first round. There was more to come!
Could the angel race really bear the consequences of angering Jiangnan?
So even though Zi Yuan was taken hostage, the humans were completely undeterred. Instead, they continued killing the Etching Group Army right in front of them, earning points!
Now the Etching Group Army was panicking!
(´థ益థ)☛ "Hey hey hey! You can't kill us! They said you couldn't act, didn't they? What are you doing?"
(Ϡ)꒪ͦ3꒪ͦ) "You have a hostage in angel hands! Aren't you afraid they'll kill her? Puh-wah~"
"Bastards! Inhumane! He Ye! Do something! What did you take a hostage for? Use it!"
Jue Jing also urged: (ﾉ)･ˇ益ˇ･) "High Priest! What are you waiting for? Threaten them with the hostage! Do something ruthless!"
"Otherwise soon our Group Army will be almost completely wiped out!"