Chapter 1374 - 1372: The Pursuit and the Unexpected Event - Sage of Humanity - NovelsTime

Sage of Humanity

Chapter 1374 - 1372: The Pursuit and the Unexpected Event

Author: Momo
updatedAt: 2026-01-30

The frontline formed by the people of the Nine Provinces at the edge of the Unparalleled Continent was tenaciously resisting the fierce assault of the Qingli Dao World's Constellations. In the short term, they were safe, but any prolonged confrontation would undoubtedly lead to mistakes.

Fortunately, during the aftershock of the red talisman earlier, these cultivators from the Qingli Dao World had sustained some injuries, otherwise, the situation of the Nine Provinces would have been even worse.

A small meteorite flew from the depths of stellar space, skimming past the battlefield.

At this moment, all the Constellations of the Qingli Dao World were concentrating on executing their tactics, who would pay attention to such a common meteorite?

However, as the meteorite passed, a strand of killing intent suddenly burst forth, and they realized something was amiss. As they turned to look, a purple glow filled their eyes.

Nian Yuexian, who had arrived on the battlefield relying on the meteorite, made her move.

Simultaneously, Jian Guhong was also shrouded in a purple glow, his gaze and Mental Consciousness locked onto a Constellation Late Stage enemy. The power of the purple talisman unfolded, transforming into an attack like a silken thread, striking towards that person.

A power far surpassing the Constellation erupted both in front and behind, leaving the Qingli Dao World group bewildered and unsure of how to respond. The two Constellation Late Stage members who were specifically targeted by Nian Yuexian and Jian Guhong felt an instinctive threat and hurriedly activated their protective means.

However, the protective spirit treasures they activated couldn't withstand the power of the purple talisman. As the spirit treasures shattered, the two fell in succession.

The sudden death of the last two Constellation Late Stage individuals shocked the remaining people from the Qingli Dao World. Aware that this group of enemies wasn't particularly powerful yet possessing purple talismans, they no longer dared to fight.

But before they could flee, the Constellations of the Nine Provinces charged in from the front and rear.

For the Nine Provinces, those two Constellation Late Stage individuals were the biggest obstacles. Now that those obstacles were removed, the remaining enemies were no longer a threat. With the advantage of numbers alone, the Nine Provinces could completely suppress the enemy, and not only could they decimate them, capturing a few alive was also feasible.

As the dust settled on that side of the battlefield, Lu Ye was making a perilous escape.

He was continually accelerating, far beyond what he could normally control, but his pursuer Tang Jun could also increase speed, and even more efficiently than him.

This led to the constant narrowing of the distance between them, and it was fortunate that he had the foresight to flee in advance when the situation seemed dire, otherwise there would have been no space to run.

If it were merely a matter of escaping, Lu Ye might still have a chance to completely shake him off. Though his speed wasn't as good as the other's, Lu Ye had his own unique escape techniques.

Yet Lu Ye couldn't completely shake him off!

Because once he shakes off Tang Jun, allowing him to lose his target, Tang Jun would certainly return to the Unparalleled Continent, putting the Nine Provinces Constellations remaining there in danger.

Therefore, not only could Lu Ye not be caught in this chase, but also had to find a way to prolong it, like fishing... except he was fishing a shark, who he couldn't let escape, nor be eaten by it. The difficulty was extraordinarily high!

He wasn't worried about the sect master and others there; with the purple talismans he distributed earlier, as long as they operated well, the remaining Constellations of the Qingli Dao World would not be a match for them, so the sect master and others were bound to resolve those guys.

He only needed to concern himself with his own situation.

"Surrender obediently, and I will spare your life!"

Tang Jun's voice came from behind. In the initial pursuit, he hadn't said this; he had claimed he would tear Lu Ye to pieces.

The change in his attitude was due to witnessing Lu Ye's miraculous means.

Originally, he thought killing a Constellation Early Stage would take little effort, but who knew that the person was as slippery as an eel, incredibly hard to capture.

The distance between them had reduced to about 30 miles, well within Tang Jun's range of methods. He had previously managed to reduce the distance to this extent several times, but whenever he was about to act, puzzling scenarios would occur.

Just like now, as Tang Jun's spirit force surged, the figure in front of his view suddenly disappeared!

Immediately, Tang Jun spread out his Mental Consciousness and quickly found Lu Ye's trace in stellar space thousands of miles away, promptly turning to pursue.

He had no idea how this young man named Li Taibai achieved such feats, for even he couldn't accomplish it. This involved using some profound powers, the kind only reachable in the Sun Blaze Realm.

Of course, using a transposition talisman could explain it, since the opponent had red talismans, they likely also had other Spirit Talismans.

Yet after several observations, Tang Jun found no signs of the opponent using talismans, only seeing a trace of spirit runes flicker and disappear beneath the opponent's feet at the instant they vanished.

Moreover, while a transposition talisman could save a life, no one would be extravagant enough to use it so frequently. Furthermore, the direction of a transposition talisman's teleportation is random, with significant errors in distance. However, observing the opponent's method, every time it was exactly a few thousand miles, and the direction was always slightly left or right, never suddenly moving behind.

This couldn't be explained by using a transposition talisman.

Thus, Tang Jun deduced that this Li Taibai must have mastered a technique that allows swift translocation within a range of a few thousand miles!

For a Constellation Early Stage to move thousands of miles, what if he mastered this technique himself? It could result in easily covering tens of thousands of miles!

It was due to this consideration that Tang Jun's attitude shifted a bit.

Dead men don't come back to life. His old friend's longevity was already short, and even if he survived this conflict, he wouldn't have many years left. But if he could actually make this young man willingly divulge the whole secret, then his old friend wouldn't have died in vain.

The original intention to hunt down Lu Ye was just a momentary rage, but now he increasingly wanted to capture Lu Ye alive. Of course, if the other party was willing to cooperate, all the better.

As for whether he could catch up to the opponent... Tang Jun was confident! As long as the opponent couldn't shake him off, escape was impossible. To say nothing of other factors, just the issue of spirit force endurance would be unsolvable for the opponent, especially after using the red talisman. Tang Jun was certain that this Li Taibai wouldn't be able to hold out much longer.

Thousands of miles away, the moment Lu Ye revealed his figure, he detected a trace of Mental Consciousness extending from afar, clearly indicating that Tang Jun had discovered his position.

He raised his hand and cast a weapon control towards the front left, while he flew towards the front right.

Having tried it before, if he so wished, he could teleport tens of thousands of miles, but he was afraid of really shaking off Tang Jun, so he always controlled the teleportation distance to a degree that Tang Jun could notice immediately.

With a gap of thousands of miles, while Tang Jun could immediately locate his position, it was difficult to detect the existence of the tiny weapon control, so Lu Ye inferred that Tang Jun would surely be unclear about what his method was.

Of course, even if he figured it out, there was no effective way to counter it; he would still have to keep pursuing him.

Lu Ye had to rack his brains to keep this old guy on the hook.

As for Tang Jun's consideration that Lu Ye couldn't hold out much longer due to lack of spirit force... that didn't exist!

It was only in the brief period after using the red talisman that Lu Ye felt the sensation of being drained, but as he swallowed a handful of spirit jade along the way, the faster he ran, the more energized he became, with his spirit force becoming more abundant!

Tang Jun's hope of chasing Lu Ye until his spirit force was exhausted was clearly a miscalculation.

Another audio transmission from Tang Jun reached his ear, but once again it was those threats, which Lu Ye regarded as nothing but fart.

Amidst such a chase and escape, three days passed in a flash.

Tang Jun's original calm demeanor was long gone, replaced by frustration and anger.

He just could not comprehend how a Constellation Early Stage, after activating the red talisman, could still have such vigor to run around.

He initially arrived at the battlefield and, upon seeing Lu Ye, clearly noticed that this lad had been already spent and exhausted. How could he be growing more spirited the longer he ran?

Logically speaking, a Constellation Early Stage couldn't possibly have such a vast reserve of spirit force, even consuming a large number of elixir pills in a short time couldn't replenish it.

While he was deep in thought, Lu Ye was already planning his complete escape.

The three-day period had ended. Likely, the battle on the Unparalleled Continent had concluded, and if any Nine Provinces Constellation had any sense, they wouldn't venture out to track him down, as it would be meaningless.

So Lu Ye surmised they likely had already withdrawn from the Unparalleled Continent and were heading towards the Nine Provinces.

There was naturally no need to delay any longer on his side.

As long as he managed to shake off the opponent, after some rest and full recovery, with the red talisman in hand, he wouldn't fear the Qingli Dao World.

If this time he could kill a Moon Jade, next time he could naturally do it again.

Qingli Dao World only had three Moon Jades in total, one already dead, leaving just two. Under the deterrence of the red talisman, they couldn't possibly clash with the Nine Provinces to the bitter end.

With his thoughts set, Lu Ye connected his mind to the weapon control he had sent out, which was roughly ten thousand miles away.

And a mere thirty miles behind him was Tang Jun's figure.

Perfect timing!

As spirit force surged, Void Spirit Runes formed underfoot, and just as Lu Ye was about to flash away, a very ominous feeling suddenly arose in his heart.

Simultaneously, the surrounding space started to violently tremble and distort.

The space's shake caused the Void Spirit Runes he constructed to shatter, preventing a successful teleportation!

Before Lu Ye could rebuild a new Void Spirit Runes, a sudden change occurred.

The surrounding space, like a mirror smashed on the ground, became shattered and began collapsing ferociously towards a certain point behind him.

This turn of events greatly shocked Lu Ye, who instinctively thought it was Tang Jun's doing, but he quickly realized it had nothing to do with Tang Jun, as there was no sign that he had taken any action.

Hurriedly attempting to construct a second void, yet under the violent shaking of space, it couldn't form at all.

Meanwhile, an immensely powerful devouring force emanated from the collapsing space. Lu Ye immediately felt as if an invisible giant hand had grabbed him, the force from behind was so powerful he couldn't resist, and he was sucked in all at once.

At the moment of disappearing, the only thing Lu Ye could do was quickly channel spirit force to protect himself!

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