Sage of Humanity-Chapter 684 - 682: A Way Out?

This was clearly a self-destruction.

It was hard to imagine what degree of despair a Cloud River Realm cultivator must reach to choose such a way to end their own life.

Lu Ye collected the storage sack next to this skeleton, just as he had with several others before. The restriction lock inside had already broken itself; without the continuous input of a cultivator's spirit force, the restriction lock couldn't function endlessly.

After a quick inspection, there wasn't anything valuable inside the storage sack, and Lu Ye didn't mind. He didn't even plan to take the corpse for a proper burial.

He stepped forward, walking through the formation.

After this trip to the Hundred Arrays Pagoda, his mastery over the Array Path was much stronger than before. Now, as he walked through this perilous land, he was constantly assimilating the gifts from the Hundred Arrays Pagoda.

If it had been earlier, falling into such a perilous land and trying to navigate through the numerous arrays would have been quite challenging, but now, it was as simple as drinking water and breathing.

What were impenetrable arrays for array cultivators of the Cloud River Realm were just like flat ground to him.

With one step, he entered another formation.

At one moment, as Lu Ye passed through a formation, he suddenly looked up ahead, his eyes revealing a look of surprise.

This way there had been endless formations, one after another, with no gaps in between.

But the space ahead had no traces of being enveloped by any formation.

This was inevitably a bit strange.

And what entered Lu Ye's field of vision was unmistakably a platform several tens of feet in size.

It was odd to find such a thing outside the Hundred Arrays Pagoda in a perilous land.

What made Lu Ye even more puzzled was that there was a vaguely familiar figure on the platform, pacing back and forth as if stumbling upon some problem, scratching his head in frustration.

That figure was none other than Cultivator Yooi, whom he had sent flying with a slash in the safe passage to the Hundred Arrays Pagoda in Hundred Arrays City.

At that time, this person had been injured by Lu Ye and fell into the perilous land; Lu Ye had not pursued him, because he thought the other was unlikely to survive. Unexpectedly, here he was again.

Did this guy have such a big life?

On that mysterious platform, Cultivator Yooi was busily scratching his head. Suddenly sensing something amiss, he looked up, catching Lu Ye's mocking gaze. The man instantly went rigid.

"It's you!" Cultivator Yooi could hardly believe his eyes. How did Lu Yiye find this place?

Previously, he had been sent flying by Lu Ye's slash, falling into the perilous land. By sheer luck, he had not triggered any formation and, panicking, fled, not knowing how but ended up here.

Seeing such a platform, he naturally wanted to thoroughly investigate. Unfortunately, he had yet to figure out its secrets when Lu Yiye appeared right before his eyes.

My opportunity! He internally wailed. Although reluctant to give up the opportunity hidden in the platform, he knew he was no match for Lu Yiye.

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Lu Ye's previous slash had completely terrified him.

So upon recognizing Lu Ye, he decisively fled backward, instantly crashing into a formation behind him.

Only this time his luck didn't seem so good. Accompanied by the fierce buzzing and firelight from that side, a formation of tremendous power activated, and after several agonizing screams, all was quiet.

Lu Ye silently watched.

Even if the other did not run, he would have killed him, but Cultivator Yooi's decisiveness was still surprising.

It was just as well, sparing him the trouble of taking action.

Lu Ye's interest was piqued as he looked up at the high platform.

Inside the perilous land outside the Hundred Arrays Pagoda, the existence of such a platform, which had never been mentioned before, including the intelligence he bought from Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union, was hidden.

It was not surprising, considering the danger of this land. The few skeletons Lu Ye encountered along the way were the fate of those who trespassed.

Moreover, in such an environment, intruders generally couldn't distinguish directions, and finding this platform was not an easy task.

What was this platform used for?

Curious, Lu Ye leapt towards the platform.

Although he didn't know how many years this platform had been here, it was well preserved, and it looked as though it was carved from a giant piece of jade, smooth as a mirror, with no patterns anywhere around it.

Only directly above the platform, a series of complex patterns intertwined and fitted together, giving off a highly chaotic impression at first glance.

Lu Ye stared intently, and his heart trembled.

The complex patterns on the platform seemed to be a teleportation array.

However, there were slight differences from the teleportation arrays Lu Ye had learned about.

Arrays, like spirit runes, involve many patterns that are not static; every formation, every rune is made up of countless Yin-Yang Dual Origins intertwined, each with endless variations.

However, sometimes a minor change could enhance or reduce the effects significantly.

What was certain was that the patterns engraved on the platform were definitely a teleportation array, but what effects this teleportation array could have, Lu Ye was somewhat unclear.

And under his observation, he found that this teleportation array was incomplete; there were some missing Void Spirit Runes at the core.

To understand the effects of this teleportation array, it would surely require the completion of the array.

No wonder that Cultivator Yooi he had just seen was scratching his head on it, looking like he was facing a tough problem.

Not to belittle him, regardless of his proficiency in array art, with Cloud River Realm cultivation, it was absolutely impossible for him to repair this teleportation array.

Perhaps... this was a way out?

A thought struck Lu Ye. He had been moving through various arrays in this perilous land, yet he had always been unable to leave, and here was a teleportation array, which naturally led him to some speculation.

Perhaps he could use this teleportation array to exit this place?

Even if not, such an array greatly intrigued Lu Ye. If he could complete this array, it would be greatly beneficial to him.

He immediately decided to complete the array and then test its power; perhaps he could escape this predicament in one fell swoop.

No sooner had he thought of it than Lu Ye set to work.

Having set up a teleportation array himself and faced the challenge of a teleportation array in the Hundred Arrays Pagoda, completing this array before him was not difficult.

The difficulty lay in the fact that the patterns on the jade platform were engraved, not subject to aging. To complete this array, would he need to use the Boulder Mountain Saber to engrave the missing patterns?

After a trial with the saber, he was shocked to find that the material of the platform was extraordinarily hard, and no matter how hard he tried, he could not leave a mark on it.

What material was this?

Although Lu Ye had reached the Cloud River Realm, his knowledge of some natural treasures in the Nine Provinces was limited, and he couldn't recognize the material of this platform. However, such a hard substance must be valuable, yet it was carved into a huge platform carrying a teleportation array.

He had no idea who had such capability, nor why it appeared here.

After trying for a moment, Lu Ye gave up helplessly. Even the Boulder Mountain Saber, enhanced with Double-Sharpness Spirit Runes, couldn't leave a mark. He couldn't think of what else he could do.

Perhaps he could directly use spirit force to complete the array...

With this thought, Lu Ye immediately placed his hand on the platform, and as the spirit force surged, he channeled it into the patterns.

The platform, which had not been activated for countless years, slowly began to emit light, with the patterns lighting up one by one as Lu Ye's spirit force entered them, up until the damaged section.

Lu Ye, controlling his spirit force, completed the broken formation according to his idea.

The moment the entire formation became complete, an unexpected change occurred.

Lu Ye felt an irresistible devouring force from the palm of his hand. His spirit force rapidly drained away as if floodgates had been opened.

This sudden change alarmed Lu Ye greatly; he hurriedly tried to pull his hand away but could not.

In less than ten breaths of time, nine-tenths of his spiritual power vanished!

"Awoo?" Amber, perched on Lu Ye's shoulder and half-squinting, also sensed the danger and widened its tiger eyes.

The space around them began to distort—an evident sign that the teleportation array was about to activate.

Turning around, Amber clung to Lu Ye's head. The sensation of teleportation... it was hard to forget. If it had known it would experience teleportation, it definitely would have asked to hide in the spirit beast sack.