Sage of Humanity

Before this combat, Zhu Pang made a crucial mistake by deciding to allocate all his strength to defense.

In reality, had he performed normally, his situation might not have been so awkward. However, the complete abandonment of offensive tactics in exchange for defense hardly provided him any safety.

This was because Lu Ye's reputation was too ferocious, and even with Giant Armor at his side and greatly increased strength, Zhu Pang still lacked the confidence to defeat Lu Ye.

He indeed fortified his defenses to be impenetrable, but once a flaw in this impenetrable defense appeared, he no longer had any room to counterattack.

As Amber's massive tiger paw struck down, Lu Ye also launched his attack from the side, enveloping the killing intent with sharp saber light, sending a cold shiver through Zhu Pang.

He concentrated all his attention in the direction of Lu Ye and Amber, doing his utmost to channel his strength into defending against the attack from this human and tiger duo.

However, at that moment, furious spirit force surged by his side.

A vast impact swept towards him, striking from the breach in Zhu Pang's defenses and violently crashing into him. In that instant, Zhu Pang felt as if his entire body was about to be torn apart. Had it not been for the robustness of his physique cultivator's body, that strike could have been fatal.

Even so, the sharp attack ripped through his blood Qi and spirit force defenses, leaving wounds where flesh was flayed open, and even a glimpse of wriggling organs could be spotted!

He swiftly turned his head to look in the direction of the attack's origin, his eyelids snapping shut.

In his field of view was the reflection of a girl's figure, her body roiling with spirit force, forming a tumultuous magic spell!

The attack that hit him had indeed come from this girl!

How could this be…

What was happening?

Zhu Pang was confounded.

In the Spirit Stream Ranking combat, it was always one-on-one. That Lu Yiye had a beast pet and brought it inside was one thing since Heaven's Augury permitted it, given that there's a beast-taming faction among cultivators that use tamed demon beasts in combat. If cultivators weren't allowed to bring beast pets, then those from the beast-taming faction would hardly possess any combat power.

But what was the deal with this girl?

She surely couldn't be a beast pet.

It made absolutely no sense.

The first thought that sprang into Zhu Pang's mind was that Lu Yiye had employed some inconceivable methods, bypassing Heaven's Augury's surveillance, and had brought a magic cultivator to gang up on him!

But soon he felt that was impossible. Heaven's Augury, always lofty and impartial, especially in Spirit Stream Ranking challenges, there had never been any issues since ancient times; it didn't make sense for such a significant oversight to occur.

But soon, he no longer needed to ponder these incomprehensible issues, as under Yiyi's barrage of spells, Zhu Pang's burly figure swayed chaotically, like a canoe drifting in the open sea during a storm.

Moreover, Lu Ye and Amber kept up their relentless assault.

As another Spiritual Artifact shield shattered, a tremendous crisis enveloped him, and the scent of death hit him head-on.

Amber's ferocious roar, its soul-shattering impact, caused Zhu Pang's face to contort in pain, his nostrils bleeding. A vague thought urged him to admit defeat quickly, but he couldn't concentrate enough to voice it.

More spells battered his burly body, and a sharp long saber pierced through the defensive gap, stabbing upward from below through his jaw, and exiting at the crown of his head!

In that moment, the tumultuous fluctuations of spirit force abruptly calmed, Yiyi dispelled the spell she was consolidating in her hands, and Amber also retreated to one side, crouching slightly, ready to strike at any moment.

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Blood dropped onto the ground.

Zhu Pang's eyelids drooped as he gazed at the youth close at hand, his eyes filled with lingering thoughts of life and dismay at his plight.

Lu Ye withdrew his saber, blood spurted out, and Zhu Pang's burly figure thudded to his knees, then gradually collapsed, the ground beneath his body quickly stained red with blood…

His life force faded away.

Yiyi quickly moved forward to gather the spoils, putting the damaged cover armor into the storage sack and then tossing the storage sack to Lu Ye, before flashing back into Amber's body.

At that moment, Lu Ye had already taken out many bandages and Healing Medicine from his own storage sack, then wrapped them and tied them onto Amber's back.

Accepting Zhu Pang's challenge was just the start; if predictions were right, they would probably have to fight a bloody path forward!

Under the howling of the origin magnetic ore, spirit force was forbidden, and storage sacks couldn't be opened, so it was necessary to prepare these healing items in advance.

Not only that, but Lu Ye also specifically chose several long sabers resembling the Boulder Mountain Saber from his previous many spoils for backup use.

With everything prepared, Lu Ye stuffed a few healing pills into his mouth, mounted Amber, and then had Heaven's Augury teleport them out of the combat field.

As they returned, it was still that endless plain.

Just as his vision restored, a gust of wind slammed into Amber, causing even the robust tiger to stagger slightly.

The angry roar of a tiger resonated as its claws struck down in the direction of the attack, accompanied by a piercing beastly howl as the sharp claws scraped off a layer of flesh.

At the same time, a fierce attack targeted Lu Ye, who almost instinctively swung his sword in retaliation.

Amid the clanging sound, the Spiritual Artifact aimed at Lu Ye was sent flying, and the surprised cries of the cultivator could be heard.

It was only then that Lu Ye clearly saw who was attacking him and Amber. It was a Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivator riding an ox demon beast.

The beast that collided with Amber was the same one, and the attacker of Lu Ye was indeed the cultivator on the back of the beast.

However, both the beast and the cultivator on its back had suffered a great deal. As their figures crossed each other, the cultivator even fell directly from the ox's back.

Lu Ye raised his long saber, about to end the life of the cultivator, when several huge figures charged from various directions toward him, each one a cultivator riding a different demon beast.

Although he had swiftly slain Zhu Pang in the combat field, cultivators from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge who were quick to act had arrived at his original location and launched an attack the moment he appeared.

Fortunately, there weren't many of them.

Without Lu Ye's command, Amber had already leaped high on the spot and jumped out of the encirclement of those several beasts. While mid-air, Lu Ye bent down and swung his sword.

It struck directly at a cultivator's spear aimed at Amber's waist and abdomen.

The crisp clanging sound was followed by Amber landing about thirty feet away and sprinting forward, with the cultivators behind rushing to turn their mount's direction to chase.

For a time, across the plain, a snow-white figure dashed forward, pursued relentlessly by the followers who shouted and called out behind.

"Lu Yiye is here!"

"Kill Lu Yiye quickly!"

"Don't let him escape!"

Viewed from above, more cultivators riding demon beasts converged towards the area, and although the numbers were not vast, there were still over thirty.

Lu Ye was merely relieved that he had killed Zhu Pang quickly enough. If he had emerged from the combat field even just a few moments later, he might indeed have been surrounded by people from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge.

The sounds of swooshing broke the air as attacks descended from above.

This time, both Lu Ye and Amber were somewhat caught off guard, and although Lu Ye reacted quickly, using his long saber to block some attacks, some still landed on him and Amber.

However, a comical scene occurred. Although those attacks hit both him and Amber, the damage they caused was almost negligible.

Lu Ye looked up only to see more than ten bird shapes in the sky, with Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators on their backs, all wielding long bows and continuously shooting arrows downward!

However, how powerful can arrows without spirit force be?

Both Lu Ye and Amber, relying solely on their bodies, could withstand them. The arrows could only cause some superficial scratches on Lu Ye, and as for Amber, even those scratches wouldn't leave a mark.

"How can Lu Yiye's physique be so strong?"

Seeing that the arrows failed to harm Lu Ye, the cultivators from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge were all greatly surprised. They had thought that having flying mounts would guarantee Lu Ye's demise, but now it seemed, that idea was too naive.

Lu Ye's physical strength was somewhat excessive.

Strictly speaking, the change in his physique began gradually after the Dragon Spring Body Tempering. The effect of the Dragon Spring Body Tempering itself was not very intense, but Lu Ye brought back a piece of Scale Armor from the spring, which was rich in blood Qi and had the effect of enhancing physique.

Lu Ye would frequently use the scale to temper his physique whenever he could, strengthening his blood Qi. By now, the blood Qi in that scale had been completely depleted.

Moreover, each time he returned to the sect headquarters of the Righteous Blood Sect, the dishes prepared by Shui Yuan had the ability to strengthen the physique.

You must know, the Blood Red Trouts in Moon Lake were initially used by the Righteous Blood Sect to temper the bodies of its official disciples, with each disciple entitled to only one. Lu Ye had eaten more than his share during his time at the sect headquarters.

In addition, since he had cultivated the Bestial Gluttony Feast, his appetite had been much larger than that of an ordinary person. The food he consumed was transformed into his blood Qi, making his physique naturally and slowly stronger.

Yet, he had never adopted the method of physique cultivation, so his body size didn't appear as bulky.

Not to mention the baptism rewarded by Heaven's Augury previously...

With all these accumulations, Lu Ye's physique, though not as innately outstanding as Giant Armor's, was certainly not inferior to an ordinary physique cultivator and was even stronger.

As for Amber... that's even less of an issue. The blood Qi in the scale had been mostly devoured by Amber. If the blood Qi in the scale were to be divided into ten parts, Amber would have taken half, Lu Ye roughly three to four parts, and Giant Armor swallowed one or two parts!

Moreover, Amber was inherently a demon beast and had also learned the method of cultivation that involves absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon from Giant Armor.

In terms of physical strength, Amber could match two to three Lu Yes. When driven by Demon Origin, even if a cultivator used a Spiritual Artifact to strike it, it might still not be able to injure it.

The benefit of being resilient with tough skin and flesh became apparent as ordinary cultivators facing such an onslaught with arrows would certainly be injured, and accumulating too many injuries could be life-threatening.

But neither Lu Ye nor Amber were affected by the arrows. Initially, Lu Ye still used his long saber to block the attacks from above, but upon realizing that these attacks were about as bothersome as tickling, he simply ignored them.