Sage of Humanity

The female demon's kick landed squarely on Lu Ye's chest, almost knocking him off the spirit ark.

Facing such an Overlord-class big demon, if he didn't have a Flying Spirit Artifact, Lu Ye would have undoubtedly died. Thus, right after he took that kick, Lu Ye almost instinctively hooked his legs around his own spirit ark, propelling both his body and the ark forward.

He barely steadied himself before hastily scanning his surroundings, only to find no trace of the female demon.

A sense of crisis descended from above, and Lu Ye swiftly looked up.

Under the scorching sun, the female demon's figure rapidly dived down. Nine Flying Spirit Artifacts, transformed into Liu Guang, headed straight at her, accompanied by a clattering sound, but all were repelled by the female demon's twin claws.

The sight left Lu Ye trembling with fear as he keenly felt the gap between himself and an Overlord-class big demon.

He had encountered two Overlord-class demon beasts before; one was Little Gray at his residence, and the other was the quasi-flood dragon he had met in the territory of the Sky Supporting Sect. However, Lu Ye had never directly confronted either Little Gray or the quasi-flood dragon.

The female demon was the first Overlord-class demon beast he had faced head-on.

With his 7th Heaven cultivation, he had slain quite a few 9th Heaven cultivators recently. However, even 9th Heaven cultivators were insignificant in front of such an Overlord presence.

Being called an Overlord meant ruling supreme over the entire battlefield.

This sudden battle was not because the female demon had ambushed him. Apparently, she had become aware of someone approaching while she was resting and burst forth in fury.

Lu Ye felt unlucky. If he hadn't been curious and returned to check, he wouldn't have encountered this situation.

Facing the downward attack of the female demon, Lu Ye had no escape. He just took a deep breath, raised the Boulder Mountain Saber, and as the light flashed over the blade, a double Sharpness was imbued.

A straight stab!

This was a stab from Lu Ye at the furthest limit of his reach, exerting his full strength, holding great expectations for this one strike.

However, the female demon merely tilted her head slightly. The Sharp edge of the Boulder Mountain Saber drew a bloody line on her fair neck, but before Lu Ye could make a cross-cut, she landed another kick straight to his chest.

Lu Ye's entire chest went numb; after a brief hesitation, he crashed heavily to the ground, and the spirit ark under his feet couldn't withstand such a tremendous impact and broke apart directly.

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The dark red ground cratered, and Lu Ye fell heavily onto it. That wasn't the end; the female demon, like a bone-burrowing maggot, followed and dived down, claws striking.

As dust flew and the ground split open, Lu Ye had already gotten up and was fleeing. Flight spirit runes enhanced his legs, and his mouth and nose were filled with blood.

He had never been in such a dire state as he was today.

The disparity in strength was too vast, and he was completely outmatched.

The Flying Spirit Artifact was also destroyed. Lu Ye felt the breath of death like an invisible ferocious beast chasing after him.

Gradually, that feeling of hanging by a thread disappeared.

In his busy escape, Lu Ye turned his head only to find that the female demon stood at her original spot, silently watching him with her crimson eyes. She hadn't pursued him further and even gracefully stepped back several tens of meters to the position where Lu Ye first spotted her.

Assured that she had no intention of pursuing him, Lu Ye finally sighed in relief.

Soon, he realized it wasn't that she didn't want to kill him, but rather she couldn't.

The deeper one traveled into the Land of Fiery Flames, the more intense the environment became. With Lu Ye's own strength, he could only reach about 30 miles from the center and could go no further.

Despite being an Overlord-class entity, the female demon also had her limits.

Her limit was right at the current location. Any deeper, and even she couldn't bear it; that's why she had retreated several tens of meters just now.

Realizing this, Lu Ye completely let go of his apprehensions.

From nearly 30 meters away, Lu Ye looked down at his chest, which was a bloody blur at the heart, punctured by the female demon's sharp claws earlier. The wound was not deep, and the chest had caved in a bit. Pressing his hand there, his ribs were sore, probably fractured by the sheer force of her kick.

Placing the Boulder Mountain Saber beside him, he retrieved the Spiritual Artifacts back into his supplies box, and then Lu Ye took out several healing pills and swallowed them.

After regulating his breath for a while and confirming he was not in grave danger, Lu Ye picked up the Boulder Mountain Saber once more and stepped toward the direction of the female demon.

Compared to earlier, the hostility in the female demon's crimson eyes had lessened, replaced with curiosity, seemingly puzzled how a much weaker creature could withstand the harsh environment and walk even further than her.

Cocking her head, she watched Lu Ye approach, her eyes filled with scrutiny.

Stopping sixty meters away from the female demon, Lu Ye looked her in the eye expressionlessly. In the next instant, his supply box shivered, and nine streaks of Liu Guang, faster than thunderbolts, slashed towards the female demon.

As she dared not venture deeper, her strength might as well make her a target. After witnessing the agile skills of the female demon that he could hardly counter, Lu Ye would never dare to engage her in close combat again. But, using weapon control, he had no such concerns.

After being beaten so brutally for no reason and nearly losing his life, Lu Ye was not about to let things go easily.

With a whoosh, the nine streaks of Liu Guang almost simultaneously reached the female demon. Lu Ye, with precise control, struck from all angles.

Then, Lu Ye witnessed what it meant to move like a Thunderbolt.

Standing in place, the female demon didn't even flinch. Her claws streaked through the air, leaving a trail of afterimages. After some clattering sounds, most of the Liu Guang were deflected, leaving the female demon completely unharmed.

Not only that, but three Spiritual Artifacts were grasped in the female demon's hands, struggling like living things, yet they could never break free.

The female demon seemed to be seeing Spiritual Artifacts for the first time, looking down at the struggling objects in her hands.

Lu Ye's eyes involuntarily twitched.

The fact that the opponent had dodged and even sent his weapon control flying was acceptable, considering she was an Overlord-class being, whose strength had reached the limit that the Spirit Stream battlefield could accommodate, but to directly seize his three Spiritual Artifacts like that was somewhat embarrassing.

Under her restraint, Lu Ye found it extravagant even to think of reclaiming his own Spiritual Artifacts.

Attempting to steal a chicken only to lose the rice.

With a slight thought, a glint passed over the three Spiritual Artifacts being examined by the female demon, and Explosion Spirit Runes instantly took shape.@@novelbin@@

Since returning from Xianyuan City, Lu Ye had been able to add spirit runes to weapon control, but he had not actually tried adding Explosion Spirit Runes to weapon control before.

He had previously only used these spirit runes as the core to set up an explosion magic array.

The female demon's perception power was undoubtedly extremely keen. Just as the Explosion Spirit Runes took shape, she casually raised her hand and threw the three Spiritual Artifacts out.

With three loud bangs, the three weapon controls significantly lost their spirit, their luster dimmed, and their internal restrictions were completely destroyed, losing their original functions.

Lu Ye roughly calculated; since encountering this female demon, he had first lost a spirit ark, then three weapon controls, and had even been beaten to a fracture...

A huge loss!

Without hesitation, he turned and left. The power difference was too great, and Lu Ye had already given up on the thought of slaying the female demon.

Heaven's Augury Mercantile Union was not lightly harmful; the ten-part map had clearly marked only three Overlord-class demon beasts in the entire Fog-shrouded Mountain, yet a fourth one appeared in the Land of Fiery Flames, clearly a misinformation, definitely not his own fault.

"Wait a moment!" The female demon suddenly spoke, her voice a bit hoarse yet carrying a hint of seductiveness.

Lu Ye was a bit surprised, not expecting that she could actually speak human language.

This female demon was not a demon cultivator. Lu Ye had specifically observed before, there were no Spiritual Artifacts on her, nor any traces of having cultivated any Cultivation Technique, fighting purely with instinct and overwhelming demonic power.

A true demon cultivator is different from her, perfectly coexisting with the human race, transforming into human form, pursuing the path of orifice-opening cultivation. Many sects have demon cultivator disciples, who aside from minor physical differences, are no different from the human race.

This female demon could be considered of the Demon Race.

The Demon Race and demon cultivators are slightly different, the former's life and cultivation are more primitive, no different from demon beasts.

Lu Ye did not know what the original form of this female demon was, as the traces of the Demon Race on her were few, but from her agile figure, it should not be too big.

In the previous fight, the female demon did not speak and was so curious about Spiritual Artifacts, Lu Ye had thought she had no contact with the human race, but it seems that was not the case.

At least this guy could talk.

Lu Ye stopped, turned around, and looked back.

Their eyes met, and the female demon spoke again, "Bring me what's inside!"

"What's inside?" Lu Ye asked.

"A ball of fire, I can feel it, a very powerful ball of fire."

It seemed this female demon too wanted to enter the heart of the Land of Fiery Flames in search of the legendary fire-type treasure. Although her strength couldn't reach the very heart, she could feel the presence of that ball of fire.

A treasure coveted even by an Overlord-class being definitely wouldn't be mediocre.

Lu Ye thought again of Quasi-Flood Dragon, who greatly desired his Scale Armor. In this light, that ball of fire in the depths of the Land of Fiery Flames was to the female demon what the Scale Armor was to Quasi-Flood Dragon.

He turned around and continued forward.

"I'll wait here for you!" The female demon's voice came from behind him.

Lu Ye acted as if he hadn't heard it.

He had traveled a long distance to get here, targeting the same thing as the female demon. Not only had she beaten him up, she now expected him to bring the items back and hand them to her—probably not thinking straight.

A ball of fire—it seemed that the ball of fire was indeed the source that created the Land of Fiery Flames. Lu Ye was very curious about what exactly it was that could transform such a vast area into such a perilous land.

As he moved forward, Lu Ye rummaged through his storage sack.

The original spirit ark was destroyed; he needed to refine another Flying Spirit Artifact quickly.

The previous spirit ark was from Yuan Guang of Sky Supporting Sect. Yuan Guang's ordinary Level 9 cultivation meant the quality of the spirit ark was passable, but recently Lu Ye had killed so many Heaven-rank cultivators and naturally captured quite a few Flying Spirit Artifacts.

He chose one from among them, whose shape was similar to the previous spirit ark, activated his spirit force to refine the restriction within. With Lu Ye's current cultivation and the purity of his spirit force, refining such a Spiritual Artifact didn't take much effort.

After about one incense stick's time, another spirit ark-shaped Flying Spirit Artifact appeared under Lu Ye's feet, undoubtedly of better quality than the previous one, flight spirit runes enabled, and the spirit ark swept forward transformed into flowing light.