Sage of Humanity
Chapter 886 - 884: Hidden Move

Ying Wuji narrowly escaped death, and so did Lu Ye!

At this moment, he stood on the spot, looking at the three figures quickly disappearing into the distance, his expression solemn.

Just now, he was helped by a strong person in secret, escaping a life-and-death crisis. He instinctively thought it was a strong warrior from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge.

But at this moment, how could he not know that the one who helped was not someone from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge, but Nian Yuexian, who was hiding in the dark.

There's no need to delve into why the Mountain Pass Chief is here; it must be because the commotion here was too big and attracted her.

He learned some things about Nian Yuexian from Second Senior Sister, and Lu Ye knew she was an extremely powerful Ghost Cultivator.

For a Ghost Cultivator like her, if she really wanted to conceal herself, it would be difficult for Ten Thousand Demons Ridge to find her traces.

But at this moment, she was already exposed.

Reflecting on the recent events, Lu Ye immediately understood that he had implicated her!

Nian Yuexian must have recognized him, saw him trapped and assisted in secret, resulting in the Divine Sea Realm cultivators of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge discovering the flaw.

He turned to look around, and the battle situation here had basically stabilized. The strongest Divine Sea Realm of the Fire Spirit Race was heavily injured, entangled by Tan Yaoniang, unable to escape easily.

Other members of the Fire Spirit Race also suffered great casualties, and it was only a matter of time before Ten Thousand Demons Ridge achieved the final victory.

With chaos and noise all around, almost everyone's attention was attracted by the commotion caused by the Divine Sea Realm cultivators. Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Lu Ye hastily activated the Concealment Spirit Runes to enhance himself and swiftly fled towards the city outskirts.

Nian Yuexian is indeed powerful, but fighting three at once, she might not end up well.

He must catch up to see the situation. Although the battle of the Divine Sea Realm is too far beyond him, Nian Yuexian was ultimately implicated by him; he couldn't just leave her alone.

Usually, entering and exiting Gushan City Pass wouldn't be easy, but now that the protective array was closed and the city was in chaos, who would think a Haotian Alliance cultivator would secretly leave?

Everything went smoothly. Until he was far from the noisy battlefield, Lu Ye then deactivated the Concealment Spirit Runes, and wings spread out from his back, turning into a flame of light, chasing in the direction of the battle's traces.

From the direction Nian Yuexian was fleeing, it seemed she was heading towards Cangyan Mountain Pass. However, the two passes were a thousand miles apart, and even for a strong Divine Sea Realm cultivator flying, it would take some time.

Moreover, Cangyan Mountain Pass was empty; even if Nian Yuexian returned there, she would still have no allies.

In such a situation, her best choice would actually be to flee towards the Haotian Alliance pass near Cangyan Mountain Pass; only by doing so might she be met by the Divine Sea Realm of Haotian Alliance.

Yet, Lu Ye didn't know why she didn't do this.

The most likely reason is that she had no ties with the nearby allies, or the enemy sealed her escape routes, forcing her to flee towards Cangyan Mountain Pass.

As he advanced several miles further, intense spirit force fluctuations came from that direction, with powerful ripples sweeping all around like waves.

Lu Ye's heart sank.

The dreaded situation had happened.

Nian Yuexian couldn't escape; logically speaking, as a sword cultivator, her speed should be unparalleled, and it shouldn't be impossible for her to escape.

Since she was caught up now, it indicates the enemy must have used some secret technique.

Recalling the scene of Wan Zhanggang wrapped in a blood light chasing out earlier, Lu Ye found he still underestimated this guy's determination to kill Nian Yuexian. That blood light wrapped around Wan Zhanggang must be some sort of speed-enhancing secret technique undoubtedly.

He had seen Ying Wuji use a similar secret technique in Great Wilderness Mountain before, except Ying Wuji used it to escape!

Feeling heavy-hearted, he approached the battlefield carefully, restrained his breath, concealed his tracks, and looked up to see four figures fighting fiercely in the sky. A sea of swords stood like clouds and mist, forming a towering sword array, with flying swords shuttling back and forth. In that sword sea, Nian Yuexian's figure stood proudly.

Wan Zhanggang, strong and vigorous, and two other Ghost Cultivators continuously attacked, yet were forced back by the fierce flying swords. Each Divine Sea Realm cultivator was blood-stained, evidently injured by the flying swords.

Lu Ye couldn't tell what kind of sword array Nian Yuexian had deployed, but such a powerful sword array undoubtedly consumes considerable resources, especially as there were traces of blood at the corner of Nian Yuexian's mouth; she must be injured too.

The situation seemed dire!

Nian Yuexian's current state clearly was defending rather than attacking. The opponents trying to break through the sword array's defense weren't easy, but without the sword array's shelter, she would likely face dire consequences.

In such a scene, the opponent only needs to slowly wear her down. Sooner or later, the sword array will collapse, and then will be her death!

Must think of a way.

Not to mention Nian Yuexian is currently his superior, but she exposed herself because she saved him before, and Lu Ye couldn't just watch her meet her end.

Before saving himself, Nian Yuexian must have known what consequences it would trigger, yet she still helped...

The battle in the sky was fierce; Lu Ye no longer hesitated and took Amber out of the spirit beast sack, then summoned Yiyi. Simultaneously, he raised both hands and pressed them onto their bodies.

With spirit force activation, a spirit rune simultaneously formed on the spirit and the tiger.

In the crater of Cangyan Mountain, Lu Ye finally illuminated the spirit rune he had been yearning for months, only to find it wasn't what he had expected—a Void Spirit Rune—but rather a somewhat useless spirit rune.

Pseudo-Might!

This spirit rune had no substantial effect, just that it could simulate strong pressure using its power; the stronger the pressure depended on the amount of spirit force injected.

This spirit rune couldn't grant Lu Ye any improvement in strength. Coupled with his unmet expectations, he thought it was utterly useless at the time.

But in the current situation, fighting head-on with the enemy isn't realistic; the gap in strength is evident. A True Lake Level 1 cultivator intervening in a Divine Sea Realm battle could very well end up dead.

Whether he could repel the enemy depended on whether this spirit rune was effective.

Lu Ye had never used this spirit rune before; its potential effect was unknown. At this moment, he could only hope it worked.

Lu Ye briefly explained the spirit rune's purpose to Yiyi and Amber, and they immediately understood his intention.

Having spent so much time together, they already had perfect telepathy.

Amber immediately turned and ran in one direction, Yiyi also dove underground, following close to Amber's side.

This position is too close to activate Pseudo-Might's power, making it easy to be seen through. Only by running further, where the enemy can't discern the truth, could this spirit rune have a miraculous effect.

After Amber and Yiyi left, Lu Ye continued to sneak forward.

Under normal circumstances, a True Lake Realm cultivator trying to approach a Divine Sea Realm would have exposed their tracks long ago, but with the fierce battle of four in the sky, who would have spare Heart Power to care about the surroundings?

Hence, it gave him an opportunity.

At this moment, a shout came from the sky: "I'll break the array, you two find the opportunity!"

It was Wan Zhanggang becoming impatient.

He couldn't help but be impatient. Despite knowing that slowly wearing down Nian Yuexian would bring dire consequences to her, too much delay could result in Nian Yuexian signaling for help, and warriors from Haotian Alliance arriving quickly.

After paying a huge price to trap this woman here, failing to kill her now wouldn't present such an opportunity again.

So someone had to break Nian Yuexian's sword array.

He, being a physique cultivator and the one leading this battle, was the obvious choice.

"Be careful!" a Ghost Cultivator from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge warned.

Wan Zhanggang roared as his blood Qi seemed to burn, violently charging into the sword array.

The sounds of swords breaking through the air were incessant, sword flashes crisscrossed brutally, and even a physique cultivator like Wan Zhanggang in the Divine Sea Realm found it hard to resist the sword cultivator's fierce killing power.

During the charge, blood splattered around him, wounds accumulated.

He clenched his teeth, refusing to retreat, his whole being like a big sun, crashing into the sword array.

The sword array's power exploded, slicing his flesh, yet as he approached, the supposed orderly sword flashes grew chaotic.

The two Ghost Cultivators wouldn't miss such an opportunity, attacking from the sides.

In the sword array, Nian Yuexian's eyes flashed coldly. She ignored the two attacking Ghost Cultivators, gathering all her strength, the endless sword light suddenly focused into one, slashing horizontally at Wan Zhanggang.

Determined to perish together with Wan Zhanggang!

Seeing her so resolute, Wan Zhanggang's eyelids couldn't help but twitch.

The two Ghost Cultivators attacking Nian Yuexian couldn't help but split, one drawing closer to Wan Zhanggang to help him resist the sword's power.

At this moment, the Heaven-shocking Sword Aura split into two.

"Not good!" Wan Zhanggang uttered lowly, realizing Nian Yuexian's intention.

Perishing together was merely a guise; her real target was one of the Ghost Cultivators.

The sword light fell, and the four figures became panic-stricken.

Wan Zhanggang and the Ghost Cultivator beside him barely resisted the sword aura's power, their wounded bodies growing even more miserable, with the Ghost Cultivator beside him groaning.

As for the other Ghost Cultivator, he narrowly escaped but was gravely injured, sweating in fear.

With one strike, Nian Yuexian injured three teamed-up Divine Sea Realm cultivators from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge; her strength was evident.

However...

This was all she could do!

After that strike, Nian Yuexian's clothes were drenched in blood, her figure like a broken kite, plummeting from the sky, her face pale as paper.

"Die!" Wan Zhanggang roared, ignoring his severe injuries, violently charging at Nian Yuexian, throwing a punch mixed with spirit force and blood Qi.

Facing such a punch, Nian Yuexian sensed the danger but had no strength left to block it.

Seeing the imminent resolution of this decades-long enemy, Wan Zhanggang's peripheral vision caught a burning figure suddenly darting in.

Snatching Nian Yuexian's body, a pair of flaming wings spread out, attempting to flee.

The fist shadow hit empty space, but its resulting ripples, like a fierce storm, impacted the suddenly appearing figure, making him wobble.

Wan Zhanggang laughed angrily, because the figure that suddenly came out was merely a True Lake Level 1 cultivator!

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