After a moment, Lu Ye finally verified his own speculation.

The power of the jade disc can be activated at will, but it has a time limit. In other words, it can only be maintained for a certain period, and once the time is up, it takes a while before it can be activated again.

This is also why he couldn't activate the power of the jade disc when he first got it. The time hadn't come yet. After giving it to Little Crooked, she kept trying and naturally was able to easily activate the jade disc's power.

The item indeed is a good one. Especially on a battlefield like this, with the jade disc guiding the map, the squad can easily find anyone they want to find.

Little Crooked continues to be in charge of the jade disc. Lu Ye led the squad of four flying in one direction.

During the investigation, he noticed that many cultivators were gathering in that direction. If his assumption was correct, there must be a treasure emerging there.

The Melee Battle Meet battlefield is vast, and not all emerging treasures can be detected by the squad. Some are too far away to be detected at all.

Not to mention others, just the dead-substitute puppet and this jade disc are treasures that emerged on this battlefield, but the squad of five knew nothing about them.

It can be foreseen that many people should have already acquired treasures, so when encountering enemies later, they must be cautious. No one knows the strange powers those treasures might have.

All the way forward, after flying for over half an hour, they finally reached the place.

From a distance, a point of light was seen there. It was clearly the emerging treasure, but it was unknown what exactly it was. Centered around the point of light, in the vast space nearby, cultivators could be seen everywhere, engaged in fierce battles.

In such an environment, even if a cultivator just wanted to refine the pure energy descended with the treasure here, it wouldn't work because no one would let others sit on the mountain watching tigers fight. As long as you enter this battlefield, everyone is an opponent.

This kind of bustle was exactly what Lu Ye longed for. Until now, his plan had been going very smoothly. He recruited four temporary companions, each with exceptional looks and appealing aesthetics, and the livelier it got, the better he could showcase the array disc's power.

As usual, he led the four women to charge into the battleground from the edge.

Nothing could stop them!

Most cultivators, upon seeing this special squad, had two reactions. First, they were pleased because Lu Ye's squad's overall cultivation level was very low, easily giving the impression that they could be crushed effortlessly. But immediately they were shocked, for the spirit force Black Tortoise figure was clearly visible. As long as one wasn't blind, they could see that these few had formed a Black Tortoise Array.

In such a battlefield environment, Lu Ye's squad was unique in being able to form an array. It made everyone realize that this squad must have some backing to survive until now and dare to boldly charge into this battlefield.

But there are always those who don't believe it and want to test the squad's mettle, ultimately resulting in a swift end.

The Black Tortoise figure formed by spirit force was like a real ferocious beast roaming the seas, stirring up a storm of blood rain wherever it went.

Soon, Lu Ye noticed the presence of another team.

That team was composed of a typical group of three, but the strength of these three was formidable. Like their own squad, they killed wherever they went, with no opponents capable of standing against them.

This was the first time Lu Ye encountered such a powerful team since the Melee Battle Meet began.

This team also noticed Lu Ye and the others. A look exchange between them established a mutual understanding, avoiding each other's areas.

Both parties knew it wasn't the time to compete against each other. It was more crucial to first eliminate any unrelated individuals before they could face off against each other.

This was likely an understanding among the strong, and a sorrow for the cultivators coming to this battlefield to contend for treasures.

After an intense battle, Lu Ye's team encountered some trouble. Although with the Black Tortoise Array and Lu Ye's outstanding abilities, they basically maintained a stride-blocking-killing pace, some impressive individuals still managed to cause some trouble for the squad.

For cultivators who had cultivated to the Constellation stage, who wouldn't have a few tricks?

This time, the enemies they encountered were not exceedingly powerful, but the kind of people Lu Ye was most wary of—those not particularly strong, yet having bizarre treasures in hand.

He had encountered quite a few of such people during duels before, though he ultimately won, it was often a pyrrhic victory.

The treasure was something like a chain, constantly shifting between reality and illusion, making it difficult to target. Every time the chain, controlled by its owner, lashed out, it appeared unpredictably mysterious; if Lu Ye blocked it, it would become intangible, making it impossible to block. If he didn't block, a heavy blow awaited the squad, with the thing having the effect of disturbing the psyche.

Fortunately, the squad was in a Black Tortoise Array, with excellent defense. Though they were hit a few times, with Lu Ye's timely adjustment of the array, supplemented by the Sacred Guard Spirit Runes, they managed to avoid causing any loss in squad members.

The opponent wasn't battling alone; they had companions aiding them, making it truly difficult.

Eventually, the squad braved the chain's fierce assault and got close to the owner, resolving the crisis by taking them down.

Though treasures are remarkable, in cultivator combat, one's foundation is equally vital. Without a strong enough foundation, merely having treasures won't suffice to show strength.

After dealing with the opponent here, Lu Ye immediately looked over at Little Crooked. The place she was in got hit by a strike from that chain, and although there was array protection, she still felt a bit dizzy.

"How is it?" Lu Ye asked with concern.

Little Crooked shook her head, "It's not a big deal, just need a moment to recover!"

There's no good solution for psyche shock, you can only wait for the Divine Sea to settle down.

Just as Lu Ye was about to speak again, he suddenly felt a warning, his gaze crossing over Little Crooked to look into the distant background behind her.

A point of light suddenly blossomed far away, accompanied by a violent and intense spirit force fluctuation.

Lu Ye's pupils instantly shrank to the size of pinpoints, almost instinctively urging his spirit force, triggering the array, and leading the four-member squad to dodge to the side.

At the same time he made a move, that point of light explosively expanded, transforming into a massive light beam, blasting from a distance of thousands of miles away.

Along its path, it destroyed all in its way like decaying wood.

Lu Ye saw clearly how some cultivators were caught off guard and enveloped by the light beam, their entire beings vanishing into nothingness without even a scream, and it wasn't just one person who suffered such a fate.

Although they dodged in time, the array, which was always in the form of a massive tortoise, was grazed by the light beam on the abdomen, as if a piece had been gouged out, causing a direct collapse.

Five figures were flung out.

Lu Ye's heart was chilled, knowing that in that instant, if they hadn't dodged in time, the lives of the five-member squad would likely have ended here.

Such an aggressive strike, almost comparable to Moon Jade making a move! He couldn't help but wonder what on earth that thing was.

Urging his spirit force, he managed to capture the figures of the four women flung out, stabilizing their shocked forms and re-gathering the array, Lu Ye finally had the time to look in the direction the attack originated from.

At this moment, the chaos on the battlefield had subsided, and with that aggressive strike's arrival, almost everyone was investigating the situation.

What met their eyes left each of them in stunned silence.

For they saw a starship.

A starship, sinister and daunting, resembling a shark, was gliding slowly from the depths of stellar space. The slowness was just an illusion, as in reality, it moved swiftly, bringing with it an indescribable sense of oppression and horror.

Everyone felt a bitter taste in their hearts, with some even cursing outright, "Why does this thing appear again? It's unfair!"

The reason they said 'again' was not because they had encountered it before, but because there had been a precedent of a starship appearing in the Melee Battle Meet's venue before.

No matter how wealthy the cultivators from outside were, capable of bringing a starship in, it couldn't be used, because if it could, the Melee Battle Meet's battlefield would inevitably turn into a war between starships.

Those cultivators from major factions, unlike rootless beings like Lu Ye, had the opportunity to borrow starships from their elders.

Take Chu Shen for instance, if he wanted, he could completely bring in a starship, it wouldn't be a big deal for him.

However, the Melee Battle Meet had its own rules, even if a cultivator brought a starship from outside, it couldn't be used here.

The only starships usable here are those that the Melee Battle Meet's battlefield has itself.

The treasures that emerge are bizarre and varied, including starships!

It's obvious that a group with extraordinary luck seized a starship, then rode it to sweep across the lands, and before this, surely many others met misfortune.

Saying it's unfair, it indeed feels unfair, because a starship's lethality is so immense, no ordinary cultivator's flesh and blood can stand against it, not even physique cultivators. With such a starship at hand, the cultivators piloting it have already secured victory.

But it's a treasure they seized through ability, a thing that can only be used within the Melee Battle Meet's battlefield.

Moreover, unleashing a starship's power costs a hefty price, even if ordinary cultivators seize one, they might not have the means to use it.

Just like that fierce strike earlier, it cost at least two to three thousand spirit jade, amounting to the price of an ordinary spirit treasure.

So, whether fair or unfair, depends on how you view this issue.

Besides, is there any fairness to speak of in the cultivation world? Chu Shen has Sun Blaze as a backer, which ninety percent of cultivators don't have, is that fair?

Now is not the time to haggle over these things, as the starship approached, more light began to bloom, and having witnessed the terrifying power of this starship, no cultivator still vying for treasures had the courage to stay, fearing they might get hit by the starship, meeting an unknown death.