Sage of Humanity
Chapter 1338 - 1336: An Extra Person!
Half an hour later, the third reborn cultivator from the Western Region rushed over from the camp, intercepted and entangled by Lu Ye, Huang Li, and Xu Xinghe.
As of now, three people from the Western Region had fallen into this place, powerless to support their own troops and the Southern Region's battlefield, among them one at the mid-stage, and two at the early stage.
For the team of only nine people, the absence of three suddenly had a significant impact on the situation.
On the battlefield of the South and West troops, they were already fighting fiercely. The overall strength of these two troops was not vastly different, and since the Martial Arts Meet began, they regarded each other as their sole opponent. In the battlefield, cultivators occasionally fell and perished.
Initially, both sides were evenly matched. Even though the West had an extra Constellation Mid-Stage cultivator to hold some advantage, the advantage was not particularly prominent.
But as time passed, the situation gradually turned unfavorable.
Southern Region cultivators arrived continuously from the camp, while the Western Region could not receive timely support. After a long day of fighting, the team of nine had lost three members, completely falling into the disadvantageous position.
The most straightforward representation was the Spirit Orbs they were vying for, which were slowly but surely moving toward the Southern Region Camp.
No one was a fool. Even if they hadn't witnessed exactly what had happened, they could guess—especially since Eastern Region cultivators hadn't shown up after transporting the Spirit Orbs. This was evidently suspicious.
The Constellation Late Stage cultivator from the Western Region was furious and roared repeatedly, "Eastern Region, you're seeking death!"
The Late Stage cultivator from the Southern Region, however, laughed heartily, channeling his spirit force so his voice echoed in all directions, "The Eastern Region truly keeps its promises. We'll collaborate with you again at the next Martial Arts Meet!"
Originally, they couldn't see the Eastern Region cultivators and thought they might not intend to fulfill their previous agreement. But now it seems they are fulfilling it in another way.
It's just that the Eastern Region is very self-aware, knowing their overall strength is the weakest, so they didn't rashly interfere in this fight. Instead, they intercepted on the route where Western cultivators would inevitably return.
The Eastern Region's approach was impeccable, and this could be considered a form of alternative assistance.
As it stands, it's nine against six. The Southern Region can be said to be in a winning position, but a total wipeout is somewhat unrealistic. After sensing the unfavorable situation, the six Western cultivators became much more cautious, adopting a strategy of entangling the Southern Region, delaying the Spirit Orbs' transportation speed, and avoiding any hard fighting.
This made things difficult for the Southern Region, but they had no choice, slowly sending the Spirit Orbs toward the camp.
The battlefield of the nine from the Eastern Region wasn't as intense. After all, each squad entangled one person, avoiding a fight to the death, so it was relatively relaxed.
However, the battlefield's pattern was slowly changing.
Originally, the battlefields of the three squads were dispersed, but now they were inadvertently moving closer together. Being the side with the absolute advantage, the three squads from the Eastern Region had the ability to do this.
This change was caused by Lu Ye secretly transmitting audio to Hai Tang and Han Molong, and they cooperated without knowing Lu Ye's plan.
After a while, with the surge of a unique energy fluctuation, the sixth Spirit Orb was born.
Lu Ye had been waiting for this moment, always watching the position of the fifth Spirit Orb, secretly breathing a sigh of relief knowing the time had come.
If it had been a bit later, and the Southern Region transported the fifth Spirit Orb back, all previous efforts would have been useless.
Fortunately, the timing of the appearance of the sixth Spirit Orb was not too late.
"Converge on me!" Lu Ye immediately transmitted the message to Hai Tang and Han Molong.
The distance between the three battlefields was already close enough, but after all, it's a Constellation Realm battlefield, needing a large area to maneuver, so the distance was still a bit insufficient.
With Lu Ye's audio transmission, the squads of Hai Tang and Han Molong began to drive their positions closer to Lu Ye's squad.
In the next instant, a blood light suddenly bloomed, followed by a surging Blood Sea. Even in this Void, everyone's ears seemed to buzz with the sound of waves sweeping.
This strange and vast scene stunned not only the three Western cultivators but also everyone from the Eastern Region who watched in astonishment.
No one knew that Lu Ye could even conjure such a secret technique.
With Lu Ye's cultivation enhancement, his foundation strengthening, and the surge of blood Qi, the appearance of the Blood River Technique was undoubtedly more grand and magnificent.
This was indeed a genuine Blood Sea.
An area of about 30 miles was instantly enveloped in this thick blood hue, and everyone was trapped within, with their bodies unsteady amidst the dark currents of the Blood Sea.
However, soon the Eastern Region members, under Lu Ye's guidance, regained clarity of mind and senses. As for the three from the Western Region, they weren't so lucky, experiencing blocked Mental Consciousness and unsteady bodies, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
Shortly, a giant Blood Orb spanning about 30 miles hovered in the Void, with nine figures emerging triumphant from the Blood Sea: the nine from the Eastern Region.
Lu Ye led the charge toward the sixth Spirit Orb, and everyone followed closely. In an instant, their speed accelerated to the extreme.
It was another race against time!
Hai Tang glanced back at the giant Blood Orb, vaguely feeling that this was somewhat similar to the Blood River Technique of the Blood Race she had seen in the ancient texts.
Mount Fangcun in the East was once besieged by the Blood Race, so it has extremely detailed records of various secret techniques of the Blood Race. Even though the Dwarf Race here has never seen the Blood Race or Blood River Technique, they can discern traces through some signs.
But blood techniques are exclusive to the Blood Race, how could a human like Lu Ye perform them?
Ultimately, it was concluded that this is the Blood Path Secret Technique cultivated by Lu Ye.
Blood techniques are indeed exclusive to the Blood Race, but Blood Path Secret Techniques are not. Many races cultivate secret techniques on the Blood Path with mysterious and immeasurable powers.
A human who can perform Blood Path Secret Techniques so grandly shows Lu Ye's high level of mastery in this secret technique.
At this moment, Hai Tang finally understood the purpose of Lu Ye's prior arrangements.
Intercept the three cultivators from the Western Region here, draw the three battlefields closer together, and when the time is ripe, activate this Blood Path Secret Technique to trap them. In this way, they would inevitably be delayed.
The timing is precisely when the sixth Spirit Orb is birthed!
As for how long that Blood Path Secret Technique can trap those three, Hai Tang does not know, and this is not the time to satisfy one's curiosity.
While everyone from the East, under Lu Ye's lead, was hastily flying towards the sixth Spirit Orb, in the Bizarre Fog space, members of Sun Blaze from three troops all paused, their eyes widened as they looked toward the center Martial Arts Meet space.
For nothing, the phenomenon appearing in the space is something they don't understand!
There were a total of twenty-seven light spots, now it has become twenty-eight!
In other words, a person appeared out of thin air!
Under such a special environment as Black Abyss, it is impossible for someone to suddenly appear inexplicably. Now that such a situation occurs, there is only one possibility.
Second Zhu from the Southern Region looked up at the direction where Chen Xuanhai and others were located: "Body talisman?"
The so-called body talisman is an out-of-body incarnation talisman. Previously, during the great battle between Chen Xuanhai and Su Yuqing, they used the body talisman; it wasn't their true bodies on the battlefield.
Generally speaking, once a Dwarf Race's cultivation reaches Divine Sea, they are qualified to refine their own body talisman, which can perform wonders in certain special environments.
But after all, a body talisman is just a Spirit Talisman with limited power. A body talisman refined by the Divine Sea Realm only has three-tenths of its own strength. In a contest of the same level, such a body talisman cannot exert much effect.
For a body talisman refined by Constellation, it can probably exert five-tenths of strength.
Of course, it's not absolute, because after a body talisman is refined, it can be nurtured using one's own strength, the longer it is nurtured, the greater the power it can exert, but there is always a limit.
On the Dwarf Race side, only those whose cultivation reaches the level of Moon Jade will use a body talisman in battles. At this level, the power exerted by refined body talismans is quite significant.
Constellation Realm is ultimately somewhat lacking.
The Sun Blazes are astonished not by the body talisman itself, but by the appearance of the light spot. Normally, even if the Dwarf Race activates body talismans in Black Abyss, no extra light spot appears because its power is insufficient to be specially marked in the Martial Arts Meet space.
The light spot appearing this time is evidently abnormal. Judging only by its brightness, it is equivalent to a cultivator at Constellation Early Stage.
Which Constellation has refined a body talisman with such great power?
Not only was Second Zhu puzzled, but Chen Xuanhai and Woo Qimo were equally astonished, looking towards Su Yuqing.
Their juniors did not possess this skill, so the root cause of this change could only be one possibility — the Lu Yiye from the Nine Heavens World!
Yet the two could not understand what this exactly was, so they could only ask Su Yuqing, since Su Yuqing was the most familiar with Lu Ye among them.
Su Yuqing was utterly clueless about this technique and shook her head slightly, indicating her lack of knowledge.
The Sun Blaze from the Western Region suddenly cursed: "Damn thing, three against one and still unable to succeed, have spent these years cultivating on dogs!"
In his observation, three from the Western Region were against one from the Eastern Region, and the Western Region had a mid-stage, while the Eastern was only early-stage, yet they could not take down the opponent, which truly made him angry.
He could see three against one from the Western Region, but could not see in Black Abyss, where these three were trapped in the Blood Sea, like headless flies.
The key is, Lu Ye's doppelganger sits in the Blood Sea, and with a thought, a great array can form, with the three forming their own arrays. Even if going all out, they cannot escape quickly.
At this moment, nine from the East are rapidly heading toward the direction of the sixth Spirit Orb. In another direction, six from the Western Region, led by a Constellation Late Stage, are also rushing toward this place.
They were entangled with the Southern Region previously, but their three were trapped, unable to receive support for a long time. The forces were gone. Since they couldn't hinder the Southern Region, they naturally set their sights on this newly birthed Spirit Orb.
Currently, the Southern Region is transporting the Spirit Orb, and until it is taken back to the camp, there isn't a need to consider interference from the Southern Region, so they only have to face the Eastern Region.
When did they ever take the East seriously? So this Spirit Orb is something the Western Region is determined to obtain!