Sage of Humanity
Chapter 1154 - 1152: Biting the Bullet
On a certain day, half a month after Lu Ye moved into the Bright Moon Cave, his secretly kept transmission stone suddenly began to vibrate without stopping. He quickly took it out to investigate.
It was a message sent by Loo Chang, who was out gathering information.
Lu Ye immediately got up, entered a stone chamber, and stood on the teleportation array. As his thoughts surged, his spirit force activated, causing the teleportation array to hum, and its patterns lit up.
Next, the void twisted, and his figure disappeared.
When he reappeared, he was already on another teleportation array several thousand miles away.
He quickly identified the direction and soared into the sky, heading straight towards a certain location.
After waiting for half a month, there was finally movement on Lann Qiyue's side. As always, she had emerged from a certain Blood Pool, causing chaos in a Grotto Heaven, where the blood of the Blood Race flowed like rivers, and corpses piled high.
However, before she could withdraw, the Saintly Venerable Mok Hai arrived upon receiving the news, and a battle between the two Saintly Venerables broke out!
This was the information sent by Loo Chang.
Lu Ye knew at once that Lann Qiyue had failed this time!
What he feared earlier was exactly this—the frequency of Lann Qiyue's actions was too high. Although she cleverly used Blood Pools and underground Blood Rivers to hide her movements, one can hardly walk by the river without getting wet, especially with Saintly Venerable Mok Hai constantly watching her.
Once or twice, she might escape before Mok Hai arrived, but with repeated attempts, there is always a chance for negligence. This is a matter of probability, not luck.
Originally, Lu Ye's plan was to find Lann Qiyue as soon as she appeared again and then take her out of this area as swiftly as possible.
By doing so, direct conflict with Saintly Venerable Mok Hai could be avoided. The Blood Refinement World is vast, and when the time comes, the two can hide wherever they choose. Once the opportunity arrives and the army of Nine Provinces cultivators invades the Blood Refinement World, they can stir up trouble.
But plans cannot keep up with changes, and this change is the one Lu Ye least wanted to see.
Yet he couldn't just let it be. Now, he had no choice but to press forward and face the danger.
Do your best, leave the rest to fate!
With Move-Like-The-Wind empowered and Wings activated, his entire body rushed like a thunderbolt passing through the sky, speeding towards the location of the battlefield.
Thanks to the teleportation arrays he had arranged earlier, the travel distance was greatly shortened, and within less than half a cup of tea's time, intense spirit force fluctuations came from ahead.
Looking up, he saw a gigantic Blood River spanning across the sky, with blood water surging and waves crashing within it. Lann Qiyue and Saintly Venerable Mok Hai were nowhere in sight, only the aftermath of a fierce battle was surging forth from the Blood River.
Lu Ye's heart sank; in the worst scenario, the worst situation had unfolded.
Lann Qiyue was trapped!
Just as he previously used the fusion of the Blood River to trap that female Sacred Seed, at this moment, Saintly Venerable Mok Hai undoubtedly used the same method to trap Lann Qiyue, because their Blood Rivers had already fused together, making it hard to distinguish one from the other!
Many silhouettes of the Blood Race stood around the battlefield, some exuding Divine Sea Realm auras. More Blood Race were making their way towards this direction.
In Sacred Seed level battles, ordinary Blood Race cannot intervene at will. The sheer bloodline suppression alone is enough to turn them into weaklings.
They gathered here, one to observe the battle, and two to cheer, preventing Lann Qiyue from escaping.
But looking at the current situation, Lann Qiyue is doomed not to escape.
Even from a distance, the Blood Race could vaguely sense the oppressive bloodline power emanating from there, and each displayed a longing expression.
In the Blood Refinement World, Blood Races that can achieve Sacred Seed status are all beings favored by the heavens, each possessing extraordinary luck.
Although achieving Sacred Seed status involves diving into Blood Rivers to merge with Sacred Blood, few Blood Races truly have the courage to attempt it.
Take Zhang Julai, the first soul slave that Lu Ye subdued here. He indeed had the courage and determination to dive into the Blood River, but his outcome was death.
Mature Blood Race entering Blood Rivers face enormous risks, but it remains the only path to dramatically increase their power and possibly achieve Sacred Seed status.
Oddly enough, newborn Blood Races hatched from Blood Embryos can freely swim in Blood Rivers, rapidly absorbing blood power to grow.
The wonders of Blood Rivers are evident.
To date, the Blood Race has yet to understand why this is the case, yet generations have lived this way.
The underground, vast Blood Rivers give the Blood Race a feeling akin to a gentle yet strict mother. Before they are fully matured, this mother is gentle, willing to let her children draw nourishment from her to grow powerfully. But once they reach adulthood, she immediately expels them, forbidding them from freely returning. If they dare come back recklessly, they risk being killed by this mother, with extremely high risks involved.
The numerous Blood Race members were watching the battle from a distance, all hiding beyond the range of bloodline suppression, not daring to easily approach.
In fact, if it were a struggle between the Sacred Seed and a human warrior, ordinary Blood Race members could still contribute. To say the least, they could use the Blood River Technique to merge into the Sacred Seed's Blood River, augmenting its volume and power.
But this was a confrontation between two Sacred Seeds; ordinary Blood Race members found it difficult to intervene. They could step forward to use the Blood River Technique, but it would offer no help to the situation.
So they were content to be spectators this time, and no one believed that the Saintly Venerable Mok Hai would lose.
This time they finally caught the Saintly Venerable Qiyue, and these ordinary Blood Race members breathed a sigh of relief. Otherwise, if a Saintly Venerable came out to cause trouble every now and then, they couldn't bear it.
"Hm?" Suddenly, a Divine Sea Realm Blood Race member sensed something and turned to look back, only to see a radiant streak of light racing towards them from afar, with thunderous booms constantly echoing due to its incredible speed, creating a grand spectacle.
More Blood Races noticed the presence of this human approaching the battlefield.
All of them showed expressions of surprise.
"Divine Sea Level 5 realm, whose Blood Slave is this?" A Blood Race Heavenly Venerate asked with a look of envy.
Looking across the entire Blood Refinement World, humans in the Divine Sea Realm were rare. Generally, they were meticulously cultivated as Blood Slaves by the Blood Race, requiring great effort and time. Non-Blood Slave humans had no chance or space to ascend to the upper realm: firstly, due to a lack of cultivation resources, and secondly, because the Blood Race wouldn't allow humans to give rise to powerful warriors.
So when most Blood Race members sensed the approacher's cultivation, they assumed it was a Blood Slave nurtured by some clansmen.
As for recognizing the human identity, it couldn't be simpler because the fleeing light wasn't blood-colored.
But soon, many Divine Sea Realm Blood Race members grew puzzled because no one claimed to know this suddenly appearing human in the Divine Sea Realm, and the situation quickly became strange. This human came with overwhelming momentum and showed no sign of slowing down or restraining their power at all, boldly crashing directly toward the Blood Race spectators.
"Not a Blood Slave!" A Blood Race member immediately roared angrily.
A Blood Slave would never have the courage! Even a Divine Sea Realm Blood Slave would be inherently humble before ordinary Blood Race, so with so many Blood Race members gathered here, how could any Blood Slave dare to act recklessly?
In an instant, the Blood Race members remembered some rumors from the Southern Territory.
It was said that in the Southern Territory, there was a human Sacred Land full of strong warriors, resisting the Sacred Race army's multiple sieges. Even Saintly Venerable class warriors had fallen in wars over there, which seemed incredible.
Because the Northern Territory was far away, such outrageous things hadn't happened here, but what if a strong human from the South ran over here?
Though the chances were slim, it was a fact that this Divine Sea Realm human showed no trace of respect towards the Sacred Race. If there was any respect, they would have slowed down and revealed their identity long ago, instead of storming in directly.
This made all the Blood Race members' eyes bulge with rage, feeling their authority was challenged.
"How bold!" A Divine Sea Realm Blood Race member shouted angrily, raising a hand to unleash a Blood Technique.
His cultivation was at the Divine Sea Level 9, and one could say across the entire Blood Refinement World, except for the Sacred Seed, he was among the strongest Blood Race members, confident that dealing with a Divine Sea Level 5 human posed no problem.
However, the situation unfolded unexpectedly. Facing his powerful Blood Technique, the opponent showed no intention of dodging, meeting it directly.
Next, an astonishing scene occurred that left all the Blood Race members in shock. The human raised his hand and unleashed a Blood Technique to counter the incoming Blood Technique.
Amidst the deafening explosion, the two Blood Techniques clashed, and the Blood Technique from the Divine Sea Realm Blood Race was shattered.
Had it been two months ago, Lu Ye might not have been able to achieve this. Even though he gained Blood Race lineage inheritance through refining the Sacred Blood and could freely utilize some Blood Techniques, Blood Techniques were ultimately the Blood Race's expertise, especially a powerful Divine Sea Level 9 Blood Race that had immersed in Blood Techniques for a long time. How could he, an amateur, compare?
But after refining that large drop of Sacred Blood from the female Sacred Seed, the benefits Lu Ye received were not merely an enhancement of his saintliness; his understanding of Blood Techniques also greatly increased.
This led to a situation where the same Blood Technique he performed now varied significantly in power compared to before.
It was absurd enough that a human could perform Blood Techniques, but even more absurd was that despite having a lower cultivation level, the Blood Technique he used became stronger.
But that was not all. What shocked all the Blood Race members tremendously was that as Lu Ye performed the Blood Technique, an invisible suppression descended with a bang!
It was the natural suppression from the bloodline, something no Blood Race could ignore.
In an instant, the Blood Race members originally suspended mid-air plummeted like dumplings to the ground. They were mainly the Cloud River and True Lake Realm Blood Race with lower strength.
The Divine Sea Realm Blood Race could still hold on, but they couldn't help feeling frightened with their psyches trembling in fear.
They had incredibly bad luck. The reason they stayed here was that this place was far enough from the battlefield, where they could slightly feel the bloodline suppression force from the two Saintly Venerables on the battlefield without it affecting them.
But now, there was no escaping some things.