Sage of Humanity-Chapter 457 455: Ambush

In the Nine Worlds map, Cultivator Sun frantically summoned his spiritual artifact as he saw nine streaks of light successively charging towards him, which turned out to be a long staff!

With the staff in hand, the man parried and sliced, knocking away the nine approaching controlled weapons. However, the long staff hummed incessantly, and his hands that held the staff trembled slightly. The anger on his face was replaced by shock, and he immediately realized he had encountered a formidable opponent!

Initially, seeing that Lu Ye was only of the Cloud River Level 2, he hadn't taken him seriously. But after this exchange, he understood that Lu Ye's strength at this level far exceeded his expectations.

The Cloud River Realm was a realm with huge disparities in cultivation. Some people advanced to Cloud River with two hundred and forty orifices opened, while others did so with three hundred and sixty, which meant the same level of cultivation could exhibit vastly differing strengths.

The sect of Cultivator Sun and his companions was merely 5th grade; none of them had advanced to Cloud River by opening three hundred and sixty orifices. The best among them was that burly man who had reached Cloud River with three hundred and twelve orifices. Cultivator Sun fared even worse, having cultivated up to two hundred and ninety orifices in the Spirit Stream Realm before reaching his limit and finding it difficult to open new spiritual orifices.

On the Cloud River battlefield, there were many cultivators like him, whereas there were few like Lu Ye who advanced with three hundred and sixty orifices.

Not to mention that Lu Ye was once the top of the Spirit Stream Ranking, blessed by Heaven's Augury four times with rewards and baptisms, and even received Heaven's Augury Bestowment when he was promoted to Cloud River!

No match!

In an instant, this thought emerged in the heart of Cultivator Sun.

Just as he had fended off the assault of the nine weapons and his figure was forced to repeatedly retreat due to the tremendous force, not even stabilizing his footing, Lu Ye had already pounced on him. A flash of fiery red saber light passed, and the saber chopped down.

This strike was blocked by the staff in Cultivator Sun's hands, but it also struck him so hard that his figure shrank slightly, and the immense power almost caused the staff to fly out of his hands.

Without any time to catch his breath, fiery red saber lights continuously fell one after another, relentless as a storm.

After the Boulder Mountain Saber was upgraded to a mid-grade spiritual artifact, it undoubtedly became even more agile in Lu Ye's hands.

Cultivator Sun clenched his teeth to resist, holding the staff in front of him as the clanging sounds of metal filled the air, with sparks flying everywhere, and his figure continued to shrink.

Suddenly, Lu Ye didn't chop down but stabbed forward instead. Even though Cultivator Sun saw the strike and intended to block it, his arms were already numb from the shock, completely unable to defend.

The saber stabbed into Cultivator Sun's shoulder blade, piercing through his body, as he let out a miserable howl.

As Lu Ye pulled out the saber, he simultaneously kicked, sending the man in front of him flying abjectly to the ground.

Without pursuing further, Lu Ye stood in place, saber slanted towards the ground, frowning.

A bit weak!

He had thought this would be a tough battle, or at the very least it would be evenly matched. However, having truly engaged in combat, he found that Cultivator Sun was lacking in both strength and reaction speed compared to him.

He understood clearly that this person had not opened more than three hundred orifices when he advanced to Cloud River, otherwise a Cloud River Level 4 cultivator couldn't show such poor performance.

"Fellow Daoist, wait a moment!" Cultivator Sun, who had fallen to the ground, stood up awkwardly, fearfully created a distance from Lu Ye, and asked anxiously, "Are you the helper Shen Xiaomao requested? If so, please spare my life, Fellow Daoist. My brothers and I will leave this place immediately and will never trespass again!"

Lu Ye remained silent, simply raising his hand to reveal his battlefield marking to him!

Cultivator Sun's complexion turned deathly pale.

Lu Ye understood, the man belonged to the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge camp.

If the opponent had been from the Haotian Alliance, Lu Ye really didn't know if he should kill him, as he had received a lot of help from the Haotian Alliance Sect on the Spirit Stream battlefield. Since it was Ten Thousand Demons Ridge, there was no issue.

With Move-Like-The-Wind enhanced, trailing shadows behind, Lu Ye instantly pounced in front of Cultivator Sun again, fiercely chopping down, sending the man flying. Mid-air, a spray of hot blood scattered, and a scream sounded.

Without waiting for him to land, Lu Ye followed with another strike, and the screams abruptly ceased.

With two thuds, a head and a headless body fell to the ground, blood drenching the earth red.

"Yiyi!" Lu Ye sheathed his sword and softly called out.

The next instant, repelling forces emerged around him, and the view blurred as he appeared in Cultivator Sun's room, with an additional corpse by his side.

Lu Ye bent down to collect the Great Array Jade Cluster and the opponent's storage sack.

Of the four, one was already dispatched, leaving a burly man, an array cultivator Junior Brother Cheng, and Ruan Qingzhu.

How to kill was a problem. He couldn't easily sneak into their rooms now. At best, he could lure one out and ambush them, managing to kill only one more, leaving two alive.

Among them, Junior Brother Cheng should be the easiest to kill, being an array cultivator; he must have devoted much time to Array Path, so his personal strength might not be very strong. The hardest to kill would likely be that burly man, manifestly a physique cultivator.

With Yiyi and Amber combining forces, they could probably hold one person for a moment. He then had to kill two of them in the shortest time possible!

It was a pity; some of the formations he had set up in this spirit ground had been broken. Otherwise, with the power of formations, facing three against one wouldn't be out of the question.

With a vague plan in mind, Lu Ye quietly pushed the door open and darted out, leaving Amber to continue staying in the room.

The developments until now had proceeded smoothly, so the death of Cultivator Sun had not alerted anyone.

Under the drive of the Concealment Spirit Runes, Lu Ye moved like a spectral bewitchment, silently arriving at the burly man's door.

If this man was the hardest to kill, then he would start with him. If he could deal with this man, the other two would be easy. Otherwise, if this man teamed up with the others, the situation would only worsen.

Having positioned himself well, Lu Ye was about to activate the Great Array Jade Cluster in his hand to create some noise to lure the enemy out to investigate, when suddenly a loud noise boomed from outside the formation.

Looking up, he saw a familiar figure standing in the sky, if not Shen Xiaomao, then who?

Instead of recuperating in the cave, somehow she had made her way here, her expression revealing a hint of urgency.

The disturbance just now was caused by her attacking the protective array.

Taking advantage of the situation, Lu Ye activated the Great Array Jade Cluster, shutting down the entire protective array.

Outside the array, right after Shen Xiaomao acted, she watched the protective array that enveloped the entire spirit ground suddenly dissipate rapidly. The spirit ground, previously concealed by the formation, was now clearly visible to her eyes.

She had been recuperating in the cave and upon waking up, found that Lu Ye had disappeared. At first, she thought he had abandoned her, but upon reflection, it seemed unlikely. If Lu Ye really didn't care about her, he wouldn't have bothered to rescue her and stayed with her for three days.

Recalling her previous conversation with Lu Ye, Shen Xiaomao faintly grasped Lu Ye's intentions and didn't care about her own injuries anymore; she hurriedly rushed to the spirit ground to investigate.

She didn't know if things were as she had guessed. If so, then it was possible that Lu Ye might have come to the spirit ground. However, Lu Ye being only in the Cloud River Level 1, was not very strong and might be captured due to a mishap.

So, she attacked the protective array to test, regardless, she and Lu Ye had signed the Heaven's Augury Pact of offense and defense alliance.

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However, what shocked her happened. She struck the protective array casually, and it simply vanished!

She saw no signs of a fight, nor did she see Ye Liu's figure…

Shen Xiaomao thought to herself that this was bad and immediately planned to leave rapidly.

But the noise was so loud, it had already alarmed the three people within the spirit ground.

The doors were swiftly opened, and three figures dashed out.

In the next instant, the burly man's blood Qi burst forth explosively, and he turned around to throw a punch.

A streak of saber light flashed by, and an arm flew out, blood spurting everywhere.

Lu Ye, who had concealed his presence, revealed himself, holding the Boulder Mountain Saber, his eyelids lowered. The burly man staggered backward several steps, clutching his severed arm, disbelief filling his eyes.

He had never expected that someone would ambush him right at his room's door. If not for his strong perception, that strike could have killed him on the spot.

Even so, he had lost an arm.

"Ye Liu!"

The injured Shen Xiaomao and Ruan Qingzhu, having witnessed this scene, both exclaimed in unison.

Junior Brother Cheng was initially stunned, then realized what was happening and, with a flicker, was about to pounce towards Lu Ye, but Shen Xiaomao had already rapidly dived down to intercept him.

In terms of strength, Shen Xiaomao was undoubtedly stronger than Junior Brother Cheng. If she hadn't been lying, she was also a powerful figure who had once climbed the Spirit Stream Ranking. But now, with her injuries not yet healed and her strength compromised, she was somewhat unable to match Junior Brother Cheng, an array cultivator.

At this moment, Lu Ye, holding the Boulder Mountain Saber, enveloped the burly man in waves of fiery red saber light, pressing forward step by step, not giving an inch.

If the man had been in full health, the battle might have been challenging, as the burly man's cultivation in the Cloud River Level 5 was much stronger than that of Cultivator Sun.

But having lost an arm, he struggled to maintain the Major Circumambulation cycle of spirit force, his strength greatly diminished. Facing Lu Ye's storm-like barrage of saber attacks, he could only dodge.

Meanwhile, Amber had burst out from Cultivator Sun's room, revealing her true form, fiercely pouncing towards Ruan Qingzhu. Yiyi hadn't shown herself yet, waiting in the shadows for an opportunity to deliver a fatal strike to Ruan Qingzhu.

When a scream rang out, and blood splattered, no matter how desperately the burly man stirred up his spirit force and blood Qi, he couldn't fend off Lu Ye's relentless slashes. In just a short time, he was struck by more than a dozen blows, with each one flaying flesh.

Junior Brother Cheng and Ruan Qingzhu were both extremely frightened. Originally, Ruan Qingzhu should have had no problem dealing with one Amber, but now distracted, she struggled to shake off Amber's entanglement.

It was unthinkable to her, that Ye Liu, who she saw only as an array cultivator and only of Cloud River Level 1, could be such a ferocious character!

And, where was Senior Brother Sun? Why was there no trace of him?

All sorts of questions and astonishment swirled in Ruan Qingzhu's mind, and she felt as if she had stepped into a deep abyss, her figure continuously plummeting downward.