Sage of Humanity

"Oh?"

Lu Ye's expression showed a hint of surprise, seemingly not expecting that his single strike hadn't killed the spectral cultivator, but after getting a clear view of his aged appearance, he realized this must be the so-called seasoned Level 9.

Indeed, his reputation was well-deserved; an ordinary Level 9 would not have been able to withstand his fully-powered strike. These long-lived seasoned Level 9s certainly had some skills.

For some reason, there were intense fluctuations of spiritual energy behind the spectral cultivator, followed by a dazzling rope descending from the sky. It was Yiyi, hidden in the darkness, casting the Spirit-Binding Lock at the old spectral cultivator. This technique wasn't taught by the sect master. When the sect master was teaching Yiyi, she hadn't been able to grasp such an advanced technique.

This was a technique that Yiyi had figured out on her own in Xianyuan City by watching the Xianyuan Guards use it, because she felt it was very suitable for capturing people.

The unsuspecting spectral cultivator realized something was amiss too late. The dazzling Spirit-Binding Lock came crashing down, binding him firmly in place.

He struggled with all his might, his spiritual energy surging wildly, and to his horror, he found that the Spirit-Binding Lock was incredibly sturdy. Although he could escape, it would take some time.

A streak of Liu Guang came at him head-on, penetrated through the eye socket, and exited from the back of his head. The old spectral cultivator instantly stiffened up. Continue reading at My Virtual Library Empire

When Yiyi dispersed the technique, the spectral cultivator's thin body thudded onto the ground.

"Let's go."

Lu Ye called out, collected the old spectral cultivator's storage sack, and Amber leaped onto his shoulder, while Giant Armor brought out his own Flying Spirit Artifact.

Moments later, a beam of fleeing light shot into the sky, extremely conspicuous against the night sky.

At the same time, several beams of light flew up from below, coming straight for them. It was obvious that they were Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators who had been searching nearby for Lu Ye's whereabouts.

"Shoot him down!" someone shouted explosively.

Before cultivators transition to cultivating a Heaven Rank technique, they generally don't engage in combat while using weapon control-flying, because they lack sufficient control over their own spiritual power, which is dangerous. Even if they are more powerful than others, they could still be shot down, and falling from a height of dozens of yards, if they can't slow down their descent, they might as well wait for death.

The four Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators who were intercepting had a numerical advantage, but they still didn't dare to fight Lu Ye in midair. After all, it was rumored that Lu Yiye from the Righteous Blood Sect had a wings rune tattoo that allowed him to fly, so engaging him in battle in the air would clearly be unwise.

As the voice of that man fell, beams of weapon control fleeing light came shooting toward them, reaching them in an instant.

Standing in front, Giant Armor focused on controlling his Flying Spirit Artifact, which then fluttered through the attacks like a dancing butterfly, unharmed by the onslaught.

This scene not only surprised the attacking cultivators from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge but also left Lu Ye somewhat astonished.@@novelbin@@

Despite Giant Armor's bulky and unsophisticated appearance, his control over the Flying Spirit Artifact was meticulous, something Lu Ye admitted he couldn't achieve to the same degree.

The distance between them closed rapidly. The expressions of the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators blocking the way turned to horror. Although they desperately urged their own artifacts to turn around and chase, they still couldn't catch up.

Lu Ye reached into his storage sack, took something out, and tossed it forward. Four Spiritual Artifacts flew out, each flashing with light as they were enhanced with the Move-Like-The-Wind technique.

Screams rang out, and immediately two of the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators were pierced through by the Spiritual Artifacts, their heads pointing downward as they plummeted toward the ground. From the looks of it, they were unlikely to survive.

The remaining two, although injured by the artifacts, managed to not fall, narrowly escaping death.

However, before they could catch their breath, four beams of fleeing light crossed and struck them again.

Two more screams ensued.

The four cultivators might have posed some challenge on the ground, where Lu Ye might have had to put in more effort, but in midair, it wasn't as troublesome.

Without pause, Giant Armor manipulated his Flying Spirit Artifact, streaking across the night sky, leaving behind a dazzling trail of light.

As they pressed on, the occasional Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivator who had received news in advance tried to intercept with weapon control-flying. However, unlike last time when Lu Ye had frantically fled riding on Amber, which though not slow, was not particularly fast, leading to an extremely difficult escape, this time he was flying with Giant Armor's weapon control-flying, which had much stronger mobility.

Moreover, since Ten Thousand Demons Ridge dared not make too much of a fuss for fear of provoking a backlash from the Haotian Alliance, they only dispatched Level 8-9 cultivators.

This resulted in Ten Thousand Demons Ridge not being able to form a large-scale interception.

Three to five people would come each time, usually not returning.

After several such encounters, the cultivators from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge no longer dared to act rashly.

News continued to spread outward, and through Lu Ye's movements, the cultivators from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge could roughly deduce the direction he was heading. Although they were unclear of his ultimate destination, they had already gathered forces in the distance, ready to deliver a fatal blow once Lu Ye entered their encirclement.

A day later, as Giant Armor's controlled Flight passed over a serpentine river, they were confronted by no fewer than twenty beams of light approaching head-on, fierce and imposing.

Meanwhile, beneath the great river, another twenty or so figures shot up into the sky, blocking the escape route.

In the blink of an eye, the path ahead was blocked, and the route behind was already cut off.

Without needing Lu Ye's order, Giant Armor had already commanded the Spiritual Artifact to veer to the side, but just as he had not flown far, several dozen streaks of light shot up from the hillside over there.

It must be said that Ten Thousand Demons Ridge's layout this time was very meticulous, and their judgments very accurate. They had set an ambush well in advance along Lu Ye's path, simply waiting for him to blunder into it before closing the net.

It was actually not just a matter of judgement. There were two more similar encirclements nearby. As long as Lu Ye did not deviate too far from their predictions, he was destined to fall into an ambush.

Retreating now was clearly too late, and to come down from the fleeing light was not realistic either. If they truly landed on the ground, that would be a scenario with no chance of survival.

Lu Ye's eyelids drooped slightly as he took out four Spiritual Artifacts from his storage sack and silently urged his spirit force. The four Spiritual Artifacts hovered beside him.

Yiyi revealed herself and stood behind Lu Ye.

The spirit force surged around Giant Armor, and the luster of the controlled Spiritual Artifacts suddenly accelerated, charging straight towards the front. In the current situation, if they wanted to stay alive, they could only focus on breaking through in one direction. Only then could they withstand the least pressure.

As long as the speed of Giant Armor's controlled Spiritual Artifacts was fast enough, the first two groups of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators would not be able to threaten them.

What they needed to deal with was only the group of enemies directly in front of them.

The distance between them quickly closed in, and among the opposing ranks, seven or eight magic cultivators took the lead in activating their spells. In an instant, multicolored light enveloped them from across the way.

Giant Armor's Flying Spirit Artifacts danced once more, and under the dumbfounded gaze of a group of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators, it dodged and weaved through the air, miraculously avoiding the spells' attacks in the most dangerous moments.

They had never seen someone handle Flying Spirit Artifacts this slickly before. Such control over spirit force truly made them feel inferior.

As the distance continued to shrink, the frequency of spell attacks began to increase. That's because the magic cultivators realized that their well-crafted and powerful spells couldn't do much against their opponent and thus opted for smaller, faster-cast spells.

This put Giant Armor in a difficult situation, unable to dodge all the attacks anymore. However, he was clever enough to let the spells hit him rather than the Flying Spirit Artifacts.

His thick skin and abundant blood Qi could handle being hit by a few small spells, but it was different for the Flying Spirit Artifacts. They didn't have much protective force and could possibly be destroyed after a few hits.

Yiyi also made her move, and when she did, all the opposing magic cultivators began to feel ashamed, as whether in terms of casting speed, variety of spells, or their power, Yiyi was streets ahead of them.

Although she was only one person, the spells she unleashed in a short period were no less impressive than those of three or four ordinary magic cultivators attacking together.

Their spells collided and contended in mid-air, spiritual energy causing chaos and turbulent noises that were incessant. Amid this disarray, from within the ranks of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge, a combat cultivator suddenly drew a strong bow, pulling the bowstring to a nearly full moon shape, the bow and the cultivator himself gleaming with spirit light.

"Whoosh!"

The sound of the air tearing sounded as an arrow, four feet in length, almost instantly arrived in front of Giant Armor just as it was launched. This arrow was faster than all the spells, and even the might of controlled Spiritual Artifacts couldn't compare. The sheer power of this arrow was evidently extremely formidable.

Focused on controlling his Flying Spirit Artifacts, Giant Armor had no way to avoid it and roared as he raised his arms, blocking in front of his body. At some point, his arms were adorned with a pair of pitch-black bracers. These bracers, which were clearly quality Spiritual Artifacts, exuded a sense of thickness and heaviness.

The cultivator who fired the arrow's breath was slightly disordered. An all-out shot from him clearly caused some loss, and seeing Giant Armor's movement, the corners of his mouth curved up slightly.

He had also heard of Giant Armor's renown; his full-force shot might threaten an ordinary physique cultivator but was practically useless against Giant Armor.

His arrow hadn't been aimed at Giant Armor at all.

As the light streak from the arrow was about to strike Giant Armor, it suddenly shot downward at an angle, clearly targeting Giant Armor's Flying Spirit Artifacts.

Their group's target had always been the Flying Spirit Artifacts from the start!

Just as the opponent's goal was about to be achieved, a layer of spirit rune patterns suddenly covered the area in front of the Flying Spirit Artifacts. Those spirit runes quickly formed an extremely solid defense.

Behind Giant Armor, Lu Ye had crouched down, his hand placed on the surface of the Flying Spirit Artifacts.

With his current control over his spirit force, it was still possible for Lu Ye to bolster the Flying Spirit Artifacts with Defense Spirit Runes.

Boom...

The arrow struck the Artifact, causing a huge boom and chaotic spirit force. Although it didn't completely destroy the Artifact as anticipated, the powerful impact caused the Artifact to stagger and fall towards the ground.

Giant Armor hurriedly concentrated on controlling it, managing to stabilize it after much effort.

Yet, this delay led to even more spells closing in, and that wasn't even the worst of it. The worst was that the first two groups of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators had already approached them quickly, clearly about to enter their attacking range.