Sage of Humanity

Seeing Lu Ye fleeing in a panic, the cultivators of the Lu Ye Extermination Alliance were somewhat at a loss.

Before they could turn around, a buzzing sound reached their ears.

Someone immediately asked in confusion, "What's that sound?"

As soon as the words were spoken, their vision filled with terror.

Right where Lu Ye appeared, the clouds and mist rolled and writhed as if something was about to break through, accompanied by continuous buzzing sounds, their sight flooded by a swarm of demon bees.

The Lu Ye Extermination Alliance cultivators' scalps went numb as they finally understood why Lu Ye was running so fast—he had somehow provoked a swarm of demon bees and was now being chased by them.

The demon bees were incredibly fast; almost as soon as they appeared, they were upon them.

The cultivators of the Extermination Alliance hastily activated their protective spirit forces to shield themselves and hurriedly descended, but ultimately they were too late. As the protective spirit forces around these cultivators rapidly dissipated within the swarm, they were stung by venomous stingers and screamed as they plummeted from the sky.

Where the demon bees passed, more than a dozen cultivators from the Lu Ye Extermination Alliance vanished without a trace.

The cultivators rushing from a distance, seeing this scene, were greatly shocked. They all stopped in their tracks, watching as the dark cloud of demon bees swept past overhead.

It was not until now that Lu Ye had the chance to pull out the stingers stuck in his body, each one bringing a spurt of fresh blood.

These stingers were very long and had penetrated deep into the flesh, but fortunately, they hadn't hit any vital points.

After removing more than a dozen stingers, Lu Ye looked back and saw the swarm of bees still clinging to his trail like relentless maggots, and what made him feel even more helpless was that these demon bees were even faster than his regular weapon control-flying.

Fortunately, he was currently using the wings spirit runes, so as long as he had a little time, he could shake off the swarm.

That was a close call!

Just as he was thinking this, he felt an unusual sensation from the wings rune tattoo on his back, and the spirit force he sent there seemed delayed.

Lu Ye's expression became grave as he realized he was probably in some trouble.

This wings rune tattoo was inked by Madam Yun herself before he participated in the Spirit Stream Defense Battle. At that time, Madam Yun had said this temporary tattoo could last for a total of six hours. In other words, beyond this time limit, the tattoo would lose its effect.

Having used this tattoo intermittently over time, the cumulative duration Lu Ye had activated it was now close to reaching the limit.

He had also been vaguely aware of this, so since advancing to Level 8 and being capable of weapon control-flying, he rarely activated the wings rune tattoo except when necessary; it was something that could save his life in critical moments.

Unexpectedly, at this crucial juncture today, the wings rune tattoo was reaching its limit.

With no other choice, Lu Ye had to bring out his spirit ark, and before the wings rune tattoo lost its effect, he switched to weapon control-flying.

He also activated the flight spirit runes on his own spirit ark, just barely maintaining his previous speed.

He took out a few elixir pills, gulped them down, and then drank a bottle of Breath Fruit wine, quickly recovering the spirit force he had spent.

Using the wings rune tattoo consumed a lot of spirit force, and maintaining the Move-Like-The-Wind Spirit Runes on the spirit ark was equally taxing, so Lu Ye had to ensure he had enough spirit force endurance.

In the midst of the chase, he pressed on.

Only after two hours did Lu Ye manage to shake off the bee swarm pursuing him. He let out a long sigh and stopped his fleeing light, finding a safe place to rest and recover for a bit.

Meanwhile, the cultivators of the Lu Ye Extermination Alliance all received the news that Lu Ye was being chased by the bee swarm and had already escaped.

This infuriated the group of cultivators from the Extermination Alliance, who had been hunting him down in the Fog-shrouded Mountain for so many days, losing hundreds of people, only to have their quarry escape—how could they accept this calmly?

Although it was unknown why Lu Yiye was chased by a swarm of demon bees, that fellow had many tricks and moved fast while controlling weapons, so he was most likely to escape safely.

Now that the Extermination Alliance had lost track of Lu Ye, there was no point in continuing their pursuit.

After a short exchange of messages among the various parties, they had no choice but to accept the failure of this operation. Streaks of light rose into the air, weaving above the sea of fog, preparing to leave.

However, just then, new news came through—Lu Yiye had actually run back again, still followed by that vast swarm of demon bees. The cultivators he encountered were unable to avoid in time, losing over a dozen men in a most embarrassing predicament.

The cultivators of the Lu Ye Extermination Alliance were somewhat dumbfounded, truly not understanding how Lu Yiye had offended that swarm of demon bees to such an unrelenting extent.

But to them, this was a stroke of luck; it had been only them chasing Lu Ye, and now a swarm of demon bees was lending them aid, bringing great satisfaction to the cultivators of the Extermination Alliance and eliciting feelings that good and evil indeed receive their just rewards.

Even though they themselves had suffered some losses at the hands of the demon bee swarm, hadn't they lost enough people over this time? As long as they could kill Lu Ye, all their previous losses would be worthwhile.

After a brief discussion, those Extermination Alliance cultivators who had been ready to leave decided to stay. Even if they could not kill Lu Yiye with their own hands, they wanted to watch him meet his doom!

If they could coordinate with that swarm of demon bees, even better.

At this moment, Lu Ye was truly at a loss for words.

Perhaps it was because he had killed some demon bees in the beehive earlier, or maybe there was some undetectable scent lingering on him. Even though he had managed to shake off the swarm before, it was not long before the bees were once again hot on his heels.

During his escape, Lu Ye changed all his clothes inside out and washed his body several times with clean water, but still, he could not completely shake off the swarm.

If he could keep reinforcing the flight spirit runes on the spirit ark continuously, allowing him to fly with weapon control, Lu Ye did feel confident about evading the swarm.

However, even as a 7th Heaven level cultivator, he could not withstand such consumption. The energy required to enhance a spirit ark for flight was significant, even more exhausting than activating his wings rune tattoo. With his reserve of spirit force, he simply could not maintain it for a long time.

Unable to get rid of them through weapon control-flying, Lu Ye had no choice but to double back and try to use the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators to delay the bees slightly. This indeed caused some damage to the people of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge, but it did not change the current situation.

Having no other choice, he had to turn off his fleeing light and move forward through the dense forest, relying on the natural barriers of the forest to slow down the bees' flight speed.

While running, he suddenly encountered a group of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators.

Both parties were taken aback the moment they met.

But Lu Ye quickly took something from his storage sack and threw it directly at the other party—it was a beehive about one zhang in diameter.

Someone acted, striking the beehive in the air, bursting it open. The sweet scent immediately filled the air, and fragments of the beehive scattered in all directions.

Smelling this sweet scent, many Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators immediately changed color, their expressions turning to horror.

Everyone knew that Lu Yiye was being chased by a swarm of demon bees. Originally, if they encountered him here, as long as they could slightly delay Lu Ye's escape speed, once the swarm of demon bees caught up, Lu Ye's situation would become perilous.

No one expected him to throw a beehive at them first...

The buzzing sound rapidly approached from behind Lu Ye, and looking up, a dense dark cloud appeared amongst the trees...

Lu Ye, who had thrown the beehive, had already fled to the side, leaving them to face the terror of the swarm directly.

"Run!" someone shouted, immediately deploying their Flying Spirit Artifact and soaring into the sky.

Others turned and ran towards the back, causing a chaotic scene.

The swarm chasing Lu Ye suddenly split into several parts. The majority still pursued him doggedly, while the smaller fractions chased after the fleeing cultivators of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge.

Soon after, screams rang out. Not only did those Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators fail to escape, but the cultivators flying through the air were also caught by the bees.

With the strength of Core Circle cultivators, a few dozen or a hundred of such demon bees posed no threat. But once their numbers grew, resistance became difficult.

Once their protective artifacts and spirit forces were breached, bee stings penetrated their bodies, and the bee venom seeped in, death was almost certain.

Lu Ye, who was fleeing, suddenly had a gleam in his eyes. While being chased by the swarm, he had been thinking about one problem—how the demon bees were able to locate him.

He had changed his clothes and cleaned his body, so the only thing left was some scent he couldn't detect himself, like the unique sweet scent of honey...

When he had been looting the golden honey in the beehive, it was inevitable that he would be contaminated with that scent, which was difficult to clean off with normal methods in a short period of time.

Throwing a beehive at the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators was just a test. After all, he had many of these ordinary beehives on him, so losing one wasn't a big deal.

The results were unexpected.

Looking at it now, being relentlessly pursued by a swarm of demon bees did not necessarily seem like a bad thing.

The Ten Thousand Demons Ridge squad he had just encountered had over thirty people. With his strength, he could not have faced them directly, but by using them as a pawn, he could easily solve the problem.@@novelbin@@

It's just that he didn't know how many squads like that one there were.

Lu Ye also thought of Giant Armor and Yiyi. Amidst the chaos, he sent a message asking them to evacuate the area first and he would find an opportunity to reconvene with them later.

The demon bees were truly maddened now, and it was very dangerous for Giant Armor and the others to stay nearby.

Not long after, Yiyi replied, telling him to be very careful.

Without having to worry about the safety of Giant Armor, Yiyi, and Amber, Lu Ye could act without any concerns.

Traveling through the dense forest, although much slower than flying with weapon control, was actually better due to the natural obstacles and barriers. He just dared not stop for a moment.

The situation suddenly became even more chaotic.

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In the Fog-shrouded Mountain, Lu Ye led the swarm on a wild chase, bringing disaster to any Ten Thousand Demons Ridge squad he encountered.

After suffering several significant setbacks and losing hundreds of their number, the Lu Ye Extermination Alliance had to admit that it was no longer feasible to remain. Otherwise, their losses would only grow.

With feelings of helplessness and unwillingness, the Lu Ye Extermination Alliance cultivators ascended into the sky one after another, preparing to withdraw from Fog-shrouded Mountain. As for Lu Yiye, let him bite the dust with the swarm.

Persistently chased by such a swarm, it was impossible for a 7th Heaven level cultivator to survive, no matter what.