Sage of Humanity
Chapter 839 - 837: Still Have an Ace Up Your Sleeve?

With the skills of the cultivators from the Five Great Families, how could they accomplish such a thing?

Obviously, the Golden Corpse King was also surprised by Giant Armor's transformation, his eyebrows furrowing involuntarily. At this moment, the Giant Armor actually brought him a feeling of powerful oppression.

This made him feel incredibly unbelievable.

With a few strides, Giant Armor had already killed his way to the front of the Golden Corpse King, his sand-pot-sized fist fiercely punching towards the Golden Corpse King.

The Golden Corpse King also raised his fist to meet the attack.

At the moment their fists touched, Giant Armor suddenly turned his fist into a palm.

Bang...

The fist and palm touched, the force of the impact exploding outward, a ring of visible shock waves spreading in all directions.

The Golden Corpse King's eyes, shining with golden light, slightly narrowed, flashing a look of disbelief. The burly man who had been repeatedly beaten back and forth by him was not blasted away like before this time. Instead, he only slightly leaned back his upper body and remained unscathed.

Giant Armor's feet seemed nailed to the ground, motionless. The violent force from the Golden Corpse King passed through his arms to his entire body, making his bones emit a cracking sound. The already densely packed tiny cracks on his body's surface suddenly became even more concentrated, and a large amount of blood spurted out of those cracks.

It looked as if his whole body might shatter at any moment.

However, Giant Armor's eyes were clearer than ever before, and deep within them exploded with an unprecedented ferocity and determination. White, fierce fangs emerged, and he smiled menacingly at the Golden Corpse King who was just inches away.

"Caught you!"

Smack...

His fan-like large hand instantly gripped tight, firmly clenching the Golden Corpse King's fist in his palm.

"This is bad!"

From their first strike up until now, it was the first time the Golden Corpse King showed a look of panic. He hadn't anticipated that the burly man who could only endure his beating would undergo such an extraordinary change at this critical moment. When he realized it and tried to withdraw his hand, it was already too late.

In a pure power contest, none of the three present were his match, not even Lu Ye who had maximized the effectiveness of Bloodstain Spirit Runes, let alone Giant Armor.

If it had been before, the Golden Corpse King could easily have escaped from such a grasp from Giant Armor.

But now, after a strange transformation and mastery of a mysterious secret skill, Giant Armor's hold had become tight and unbreakable. Even with the Golden Corpse King struggling forcefully, he was unable to free himself from Giant Armor's grip.

Enraged, he swiftly clenched his other hand into a fist, pounding towards Giant Armor's chest like a raging storm.

Giant Armor tried to fend off the blows, but their speeds were on completely different levels. Facing such attacks, he was utterly powerless.

Moreover, restraining the Golden Corpse King left him no room to dodge.

Despite understanding the mysterious secret skill, it didn't mean he wouldn't be hit, in fact, the attacks he took now felt even more vicious...

Luckily, Lan Ziyi charged in from the flank, her long saber slashing repeatedly, easing some of the pressure on Giant Armor.

Meanwhile, Lu Ye's voice rang out.

"Good job!"

Previously, he had intended to follow Lan Ziyi's suggestion to retreat temporarily, mainly because he couldn't identify the source of the Golden Corpse King's increased power. He didn't dare to use his final trump card hastily, as the Golden Corpse King wasn't a stationary target and couldn't be easily hit.

In truth, the Golden Corpse King's reaction speed was extremely fast. Under the previous circumstances, even if he used his final means, he might not have succeeded in dealing with the Golden Corpse King and might have even put his party of three in danger.

But now, the Golden Corpse King had truly become a stationary target!

What reason did Lu Ye have to hesitate? At this point, the source of the Golden Corpse King's increased power was no longer important. As long as they could deal with him before Giant Armor fell, they would win this battle.

"Roar!"

With a thought, Amber, who had been crouching on his shoulder, instantly sensed it and gave a tiger's roar, followed by a burst of blood-red light.

Lan Ziyi, who was attacking to distract the Golden Corpse King, was shocked, uncertain of what was happening on Lu Ye's side. Busy as she was, she turned her head to look.

She saw Lu Ye's location already shrouded in a blood-red aura, thick as substance, like swirling blood water. Within the blood water, a vague silhouette of Lu Ye could be seen.

At that moment, his silhouette appeared slightly distorted and strange...

A terrifying aura suddenly exploded from that blood-red glow!

Lan Ziyi's eyes trembled. She had felt the Golden Corpse King's powerful aura before, thinking that it exceeded the level of the Cloud River Realm. But now, the aura emanating from Lu Ye's side rivaled that of the Golden Corpse King.

This guy… still has a trump card?

Just as this thought crossed her mind, a sleek figure had already darted out of the blood-red light. So fast that even Lan Ziyi's trained eyes could only capture a vague outline.

She was momentarily stunned, as Lu Ye's current state appeared very strange.

The small white beast that had been crouching on his shoulder was nowhere to be seen, and Lu Ye's body was enveloped in a visible orange glow, which was the integrated essence of blood Qi and spirit force. The aura was highly condensed, forming shapes resembling tiger ears on his forehead and a lifelike blood-colored tiger tail behind him.

In that instant, Lan Ziyi felt she was not looking at a person but a primordial ferocious beast charging from the depths of the ancient abyss, radiating with endless fierce might.

Lu Ye's combat style had always been extremely aggressive, imposing tremendous pressure. This feeling had now intensified.

Intensified to the point that even though it was not directed at her, Lan Ziyi felt her breath hitch.

Beast Transformation!

Lan Ziyi realized instantly.

She had experienced the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain secret realm, fighting alongside Lu Ye, and witnessing Black Tortoise Sect's Niu Meng's formidable prowess vividly.

The strongest secret technique exclusive to the beast-taming faction from the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain. How could she be unfamiliar?

So she immediately recognized Lu Ye's current state—a manifestation of the Beast Transformation Secret Technique!

However, unlike Niu Meng's beast transformation, Lu Ye's form did not exhibit demon beast traits. The little demon beast traits only appeared as a mixture of blood Qi and spirit force.

This guy... hides deep!

"Master, master, I'm coming!"

The milk voice that sounded like a two or three-year-old child suddenly resonated in Lu Ye's mind, almost disrupting his killing intent.

He then remembered that after activating the Beast Transformation Secret Technique, Amber could communicate with him telepathically. Last time Amber did this, it gave him quite a scare.

However, since he had only activated the Beast Transformation Secret Technique twice so far, he had momentarily forgotten about this.

"Save Giant Armor quickly. The big guy's being beaten badly," Amber spoke, sounding indignant. Apart from Lu Ye and Yiyi, Giant Armor was the person it was closest to. Seeing Giant Armor getting beaten took a toll on Amber.

No need for it to remind him, Lu Ye had already rushed to Giant Armor's side. His figure had barely steadied when he thrust his saber.

In the beast transformation state, everything around him seemed to slow down. Lu Ye recognized this feeling, knowing it wasn't the external world slowing, but his own thoughts and consciousness speeding up—a result triggered by the sudden surge in strength.

Spirit force and blood Qi erupted fiercely, enveloping him with an unstoppable aura, and this thrust aimed directly at the Golden Corpse King's eye socket.

From the start of the combat until now, even with Giant Armor's grip, the Golden Corpse King had felt only mild panic, without a true sense of danger.

But now, he finally felt immense danger rising within him.

Being restrained by Giant Armor, unable to move, against the methods of these three humans, they could only hurt him, but not kill him. So he hadn't sensed real danger, until this moment.

He clearly felt that this thrust could threaten him.

Unable to move his body, the Golden Corpse King frantically tilted his head, trying to avoid the direct hit of the saber.

However, Lu Ye's reaction speed at this instant exceeded his normal state, as soon as the Golden Corpse King tilted his head, the saber's trajectory shifted accordingly. The dark blade gleamed with spirit light, the Double-Sharpness Spirit Runes adding lethal precision.

The Golden Corpse King was shocked!

Before, although Lu Ye had performed well, he couldn't keep up with his reaction speed, which had kept him always in control.

But now, that advantage was gone.

It was too late to dodge; the Golden Corpse King could only instantly close the targeted eye.

In the next moment, the saber struck his eyelid.

Sounding like metal scraping, emitting a piercing noise.

The Golden Corpse King leaned his head back to dissipate the thrust's force.

Rotten blood splattered, the Golden Corpse King roared angrily.

Although the thrust didn't pierce directly into his skull, it nearly blinded his eye. If not for his timely reaction, he would have been in grave danger.

Yet, his left eye now felt as if it had been sharply gouged, the eye socket throbbing with pain. Though not severely damaged, he temporarily couldn't see out of it.

Especially the corpse blood flowing from his split eyelid obscured his vision.

"He's not dead yet?" Lan Ziyi exclaimed in surprise.

Initially seeing Lu Ye's terrifying boost in strength, combined with the Golden Corpse King being restrained by Giant Armor, she thought the battle was secured. But now it seemed more fighting was required.

Without hesitating, she wielded her saber to join the attack. Although her contribution was limited, in such a situation, even slightly distracting the Golden Corpse King played a role.

"Cut him, cut him master! Use your Tyrannical Saber!" Amber's continuous voice rang in Lu Ye's mind, making him exasperated. It rarely had such direct conversations with him, so the few times Lu Ye activated the Beast Transformation Secret Technique, Amber would chat nonstop like a chatterbox.

It's especially peculiar hearing it speaking bloodthirsty thoughts in its milk-voice.

Under Amber's "supervision" and guidance, Lu Ye's figure darted around the Golden Corpse King like a striking blaze, blade light gleaming harshly from every angle, either slashing or stabbing.

With Lan Ziyi supporting from the side.

Giant Armor was completely freed.

Previously he had stood still, a punching bag, but now the Golden Corpse King had no time to deal with him.

Almost all his effort was focused on countering Lu Ye's attack.

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