Sage of Humanity

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The rustling sound broke the silence, branches snapped, and two figures tumbled awkwardly to the ground. Yiyi quickly appeared and, channeling her spirit force, caught Lu Ye and Giant Armor in midair, allowing them to land safely.

Lu Ye's vision was filled with double images, with stars flashing before his eyes.

The aftereffects of activating the Fire Phoenix were already taking their toll. Although his spirit force was gradually recovering under the influence of the Breath Fruit wine, the strain that such a massive spirit rune exerted on his body was not easily erased.

Just now, they were being pursued by the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators with no time to rest. At the moment, his skin was cracked all over, and blood was everywhere, presenting a horrifying sight.

"Lu Ye, are you alright?" Yiyi's voice carried a hint of sobbing. Besides the time she had taken Lu Ye to Mount Ying to seek life-saving help from Hua Ci, she had not seen Lu Ye in such a miserable state for a long time.

Lu Ye waved his hand, took a deep breath, and from his storage sack, he took out a bottle of royal jelly and handed it to Yiyi: "Give this to Giant Armor."

Giant Armor was severely poisoned and needed to be treated urgently. Yiyi had said before that the regular honey they brought from Fog-shrouded Mountain had some detoxifying effects, so the royal jelly must also possess that property, and probably even more potent.

As Yiyi was feeding Giant Armor the royal jelly, Lu Ye began setting up a Formation with great effort.

This place was deep within the Ten Thousand Poisons Forest, surrounded by virulent poisons. He himself had the Talent Tree burn off pill poison and could be immune to all toxins, provided the Talent Tree had enough fuel. However, Giant Armor and Yiyi were another story. Without the protection of a Formation, they would be poisoned to death in no time.

He tossed out array banners one after another, rapidly outlining a simple sheltering Formation. Lu Ye then directed Yiyi to place an adequate amount of Spirit Stones at the appropriate spots. Finally, he positioned the array banner that controlled the Formation at the core.

The big array was activated, and a light curtain surged forth, encasing the area where they were, forming a half-circle about 30 feet in diameter.

But that was not all. Lu Ye began to construct Spirit Energy Gathering Spirit Runes on his own spiritual orifice.

It wasn't to recuperate his own spirit force through the use of Spirit Energy Gathering Spirit Runes, but to devour the poisonous mist within the array. Only then would the environment inside the Formation barely be considered safe.

With Lu Ye's current cultivation, constructing the Spirit Energy Gathering Spirit Runes was quite a simple task.

Moments later, under the pull of the Spirit Energy Gathering Spirit Runes, the visible green mist started pouring into Lu Ye's body, and the environment within the Formation quickly improved. The area, once saturated with toxic mist, began to clear up.

Lu Ye also checked on Giant Armor and noticed that the detoxifying effect of the royal jelly was indeed remarkable, with the green on his body fading considerably.

He handed the storage sack containing royal jelly and high-quality honey to Yiyi, "Have Amber take a bottle of that liquid too, and keep the rest for detoxification. Look after them, I'm going to rest for a bit."

"Okay." Yiyi nodded quickly, and when she looked back at Lu Ye, she saw that he had already bowed his head and fallen into a deep sleep.

Yiyi stepped forward, carefully laid him down flat, and as she looked at Lu Ye's body covered in wounds and his clothes stained with blood, her heart felt sour.

Lu Yiye had been forced into the depths of the Ten Thousand Poisons Forest. His life was likely not long for this world!

After Lu Ye's rise to the 33rd place on the Spirit Stream Ranking with a 7th Heaven cultivation, another piece of news spread like wildfire.

The Ten Thousand Demons Ridge's side erupted in celebration!

It was no easy feat. This calamity, that bane of their existence, was finally stepping onto the road to his doom.

Thinking back to when this guy first revealed his identity as a Righteous Blood Sect disciple, he stirred up storm after storm on the Spirit Stream battlefield. The initial skirmish at Golden Light Peak is barely worth mentioning — things got rather out of hand, but the cultivators involved weren't of high cultivation. In the eyes of the real powerhouses, it was like children playing house.

But as his cultivation rose, so did the threat he posed to the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge.

In the outer circle, the power of the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge near the Righteous Blood Sect's territory was suppressed to the point they couldn't lift their heads. Sect cultivators spent years hiding within their own territories, not daring to show their faces, and even now two of the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge's forces haven't been able to rebuild their territories. Within that several hundred miles area, the Righteous Blood Sect held an absolute advantage — all thanks to Lu Yiye's deeds.

And when this guy entered the inner circle, things became even worse. He even employed unfathomable methods to break through protective arrays and occupy other territories. Especially after returning from his specialized study of the Array Path with the Tianyan Sect, he quickly assembled an Allied Forces army under the Haotian Alliance's flag. Wherever they went, they were unstoppable, causing over a hundred Ten Thousand Demons Ridge forces to suffer greatly. The depths of their resentment caused the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge to curse his name and fear at his mention.

In the end, the matter escalated to the extent that it required the intervention of Divine Sea Realm strong cultivators from both sides to come to a settlement. It was truly unprecedented.

Both the outer and inner circles were thrown into chaos by him. The Ten Thousand Demons Ridge side suffered so much and was holding in so much anger, all of them were sharpening their knives, waiting for him to enter the Core Circle to teach him a lesson!

This desire was quickly fulfilled. This guy advanced to the 7th Heaven rank at an astonishing speed and entered the Core Circle, and what happened then?

The pursuit through Fog-shrouded Mountain ended in a wretched state with the loss of several hundred from the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge side.

Here in the Ten Thousand Poisons Forest, he employed Thunderbolt tactics and wiped out more than two hundred forces in one fell swoop. Just on the Spirit Stream Ranking alone, five had perished, including Woo Beihan who was ranked thirty-third, allowing him to ascend to the Spirit Stream Ranking with his 7th Heaven cultivation and capture the attention of the entire Nine Provinces.

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This guy is not just a disaster star; he is a calamity and even the bane of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge! Anyone who gets involved with him is bound to encounter bad luck on the side of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge.

In an unfortunate stroke of luck, he is now forced into the depths of the Ten Thousand Poisons Forest, a true forbidden zone for cultivators, a notoriously dangerous place on the Spirit Stream battlefield. No matter how strong you are, entering that place is a death sentence.

How could Ten Thousand Demons Ridge not be pleased?

The heavy losses they had suffered before were temporarily forgotten because, for Ten Thousand Demons Ridge, as long as they could kill Lu Yiye, any loss would be acceptable.

The guy's growth rate was too fast, his methods too terrifying. They had to eliminate him before he fully grew into his power, or it would be too late.

The Spirit Stream Ranking that previously appeared in the sky had already vanished, but many cultivators could still use their battlefield markings to check it. So finding out whether Lu Ye was alive or dead was simple; they just needed to look at the Spirit Stream Ranking to see if his name was still listed.

During that incident with the Tianyan Sect, Lu Yiye had once feigned death. Ten Thousand Demons Ridge believed it was true, celebrating for a good while until two months later when Lu Yiye emerged from the Tianyan Sect, quickly pulling together a Haotian Alliance army to hammer down the various powers of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge, causing them to question their existence.

Now with the Spirit Stream Ranking as proof, he wouldn't be able to fake his death anymore.

Moreover, there was news that many from the Haotian Alliance were trying to contact Lu Yiye, but received no response...

Hearing this, Ten Thousand Demons Ridge became even more convinced that Lu Yiye's life was nearing its end. If he wasn't responding at this time, it surely meant he had already passed out, and it wouldn't be long before the poison took his life.

To prevent that scoundrel from escaping the Ten Thousand Poisons Forest, forces from various factions of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge sent a large number of cultivators to rush here. In an extremely short amount of time, they had completely surrounded the forest, with the presence of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators filling the skies and the ground, so tightly packed that not even a mosquito could fly out of the forest!

The Haotian Alliance also responded by organizing several attempts to break through the encirclement, led by the big sects of Bingzhou. But the vast disparity in numbers made it difficult for them to achieve success, forcing them to retreat temporarily and continue gathering reinforcements.

But everyone knew it was too late; the further you went into the Ten Thousand Poisons Forest, the more dangerous it became. Lu Ye was currently out of contact, and no one knew how long he could last. Perhaps in a day or maybe two, his name would disappear from the Spirit Stream Ranking, signaling his death.

In the meantime, near the border between the inner circle and the Core Circle, a streak of light flashed rapidly across the sky, carrying a plump figure wrapped within it—it was Hua Ci.

When she communicated with Lu Yiye earlier, he told her not to come. Although she agreed verbally, how could she not go?

If she hadn't received the legacy before, she indeed would not have gone, because her strength would have only caused more chaos, but now that she had obtained all the legacy from the land of legacy, and Lu Yiye and the others were trapped in the Ten Thousand Poisons Forest, there was a role for her to play.

At the moment, Hua Ci's face was filled with anxiety, her expression solemn. She tirelessly tried to contact Lu Yiye through her battlefield marking time and time again, but all her messages vanished like stones dropped into the sea.

She had heard about the situation in the Ten Thousand Poisons Forest on her way here, so she was proceeding at full speed without regard for the energy cost, eager to reach the Ten Thousand Poisons Forest as soon as possible. However, even with all the inheritance, she only had the strength of a regular Level 9 cultivator, and being a healing cultivator, how fast could her weapon control be?

Just as she was thinking this, several streaks of light approached rapidly, closing in quickly.

Hua Ci halted and looked towards the newcomers.

This place could barely be considered part of the Core Circle, so there was a wide gap in the strength of the cultivators she encountered.

The newcomers were covered with rich spirit light, indicating their fast weapon control speed, clearly those who had converted to cultivating Heaven Rank techniques.

The leader even had cultivation at the 8th Heaven, who looked coldly at Hua Ci and then slowly raised a hand towards her, revealing a pale red light on the back of his hand.

This approach, of revealing one's allegiance outright, clearly did not intend to waste words with Hua Ci. If they were from the same camp, things would be friendly, but if they were from hostile factions, the other party definitely would not hold back.

Hua Ci's Level 9 cultivation was plain to see, and any one of the Heaven rank cultivators could easily deal with her with a wave of their hand.

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Without lifting her own hand, Hua Ci simply looked at them and spoke indifferently, "I am a healing cultivator!"

The identity of a healing cultivator served as a protection on the Spirit Stream battlefield and throughout the Nine Provinces, just as when Lu Ye captured Phong Yue alive. If not for her status as a healing cultivator, she would have been killed without a doubt, even if she had knelt down and broken her head.

The young man who showed his battlefield marking to Hua Ci raised his eyebrows, "Words alone are no proof!"

As he finished speaking, he sent a streak of light slashing towards Hua Ci.

Hua Ci didn't dodge, and as the light was about to hit her chest, it abruptly altered its trajectory and grazed her arm instead.

Blood splattered as a three-inch gash opened up on her fair arm, flesh peeling back.