The battle raging aboveâLu Ye could faintly sense parts of it.
But once the Blood Sea turned cold, he instantly knew: it had to be Bai Qiulan who made her move.
The Blood Sea was unique. Perhaps it was due to its thick, viscous nature, or the chaotic mixture of energies within the bloodâit left Lu Ye largely blind to what was happening above.
Still, it didnât really matter. No need to see everything clearly.
Having secured the Blood Sea Wugou Stone, Lu Ye began floating upward, intending to take a look at who Bai Qiulan was fightingâperhaps there would be an opportunity to trip someone up.
His body rose rapidly.
The higher he went, the colder it became.
Bai Qiulan had really gone all out!
With such an intense concentration of Lunar Dao force, it was certain that more Chaos Yin Venom would be birthed soon.
Perfect!
He hoped Bai Qiulan would fight others more often.
Fighting brings strength. If she dies, no one will save her.
Tsk, that rhymed!
His figure finally broke the surfaceâand right at that moment, the Blood Sea abruptly turned solid, as though forged from divine iron.
Brilliant lights burst forth in rapid succession, various colored lines crisscrossing. Foreign powerhouses each took their designated positions.
First layer.
Second layer.
Third.
Fourth...
Lu Ye watched as one formation stacked upon another, layer after layer, each nested within the last. For a moment, an unusual expression flickered across his faceâconfusion.
He genuinely felt dazed inside.
What the hell...
In his past life, heâd been the temporary alliance leader of the human race, leading the charge against foreign clansâthat they would hate him for that made sense.
But this lifeâwhat exactly had he done?
Sure, he cultivated in the Heavenly Spirit Pool, and yeah, killed a few monksâbut they came to cause trouble first.
Yes, he killed a few more monks under the Dao Comprehension Treeâbut again, they came looking for death.
Oh, rightâhe also killed that guy Tu Wuying. Aside from that, all the others were small fry, nobodies. He hadnât done anything too high-profile, nor had he slain any supreme Heavenâs Chosen.
And the Ghost Clan, the God Clan, the Spirit Clanâ
He swore on his systemâhe hadnât even met most of them!
Lu Ye simply couldnât understand why this crowd had gathered in the Blood Sea, deploying formation after formation, all just to kill him.
He remained silent for a moment.
Finally, he reached a conclusion:
This was bullying taken too far!!!
Boom!
They didnât even bother exchanging nonsense. One of the Divine Aurora beams from the God Clan surged forth, drawing upon the immense power of at least twenty God Clan cultivators. The terrifying beam of light shot straight toward Lu Ye.
Even space itself wavered under the beamâs impact.
In an instant, Lu Ye drew his sword.
The stone sword slashed upward. His feet sank deep into the iron-hard surface of the Blood Sea.
The beam split in two, exploding past him on both sides. The destructive force made the true essence around his body tremble violently.
âWuuuuuââ
A shrill, weeping howl echoed.
Lu Yeâs body shook faintly. He threw a punch toward the grotesque Heavenly Ghost. The ghostâs shriek rose in pitch, growing even more ear-piercing.
Boom!
A tiger claw collided with the fist imprint. The claw shattered. The fist, now dimmer, still struck the Heavenly Ghost and knocked it into disarray.
Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise!
The Four Symbols manifested.
Towering silhouettes surrounded Lu Ye on all sides. The Heavenly Ghost reappeared, now visibly dimmer.
âI told youâhe must be killed!â
Ye An roared.
Holy shitâwhat kind of terrifying existence was this? What cultivation realm was he even at? He smashed a tigerâs claw with one punch and nearly obliterated the Heavenly Ghost?
The ghostâs soul attack had only made his body stiffen for a second.
If a human like this isnât killed, the foreign races are doomed!
âRoar!â
The Four Symbols charged at Lu Ye simultaneously.
The Vajra Pestle radiated blinding Buddhist light, waiting for the right moment to strike.
Lu Ye swept his sword in an arcâsevering the Azure Dragon in two. But the dragon didnât seem to careâit was a construct of energy, easily reformed.
His figure darted through the chaos, sword light flying in every direction. The Four Symbols continued to shatter, re-form, and assault him endlessly. It was giving Lu Ye a headache.
Each of their attacks carried the force of Unity Dao. Even Lu Ye had to use deflection techniques to endureâif he took them head-on, heâd be injured.
His offensive power was fearsome. The sword light could cleave through anything. The True Heavenly Sovereign Fist was even more terrifying.
The Vajra Pestle saw its opening.
With a flicker, it rushed straight toward Lu Yeâs face.
Lu Ye didnât turn aroundâhe slammed his elbow back.
âDong!â
A terrifying â đđšđŻđđ„đąđ đĄđ â boom erupted.
His body staggered slightly.
âAhhh!â
A shrill scream echoed again.
Lu Ye felt as though his skull was about to split open. His tolerance for pain was immenseâhe remained consciousâbut couldnât avoid stiffening for a moment.
The Divine Aurora of the God Clan erupted again.
âBoom!â
A heaven-piercing beam of light crashed directly onto Lu Yeâs body. His fist had already clenchedâhe was a breath away from striking.
âDarling!â
âSenior brother!â
Bai Qiulan and Yue Hongling screamed at the same time.
Sun Ruowei???
Her mouth fell openâbut no sound came out. She even began doubting her own ears, or whether the battle was just too fierce and had rattled her brain.
Did she just hear... what Bai Qiulan called him?
Hus... husband?
At that moment, Bai Qiulan didnât care whether she had used the wrong form of address. She unleashed an even more terrifying burst of power. One Unity Dao cultivator after another howled in anguish.
The Divine Aurora beam struck Lu Ye head-on.
In an instant, his body sustained devastating injuries. Breaking through from Nascent Breakthrough to clash with Unity Dao cultivatorsâit really was too difficult.
So be it.
Within the overwhelming beam of light, Lu Yeâs expression twisted into a savage grin.
Then bring it on!
His Nascent Soul, towering like a small giant, suddenly opened its eyes.
In that instant, it transitioned from illusion to reality.
It took a step forward.
From illusory to tangibleâhis Nascent Soul became real, now able to exist in the world.
As the Nascent Soul transformed, Lu Yeâs refined true essence underwent a qualitative metamorphosis.
Streams of true essence, once flowing like rivers, now surged forth as azure dragons.
And at that exact momentâ
A spinning, blood-red lotus seed emerged from the void into realityâthen shattered in the next instant.
Puh!
Killing intent!
A torrential tide of murderous energy surged out like the Milky Way in upheaval.
Overwhelming slaughter aura burst forth like the collapse of stars.
How many beings had Lu Ye slaughtered in his past life?
Too many to count. Truly uncountable.
The War of Demon Extermination.
The War against the Yao.
The War of the Great Thousand Realms.
The Ancient War.
The War in the River of Time.
The Battle of the Nine Nether Realms.
The War to Cleave the Eternal Era, to Shatter the False Heavens!
Slaughtering gods and devils, pacifying the chaos!
Hundreds of thousands of battlesâmillionsâhad forged Lu Yeâs peerless heart of slaughter, and his soul of pure killing intent.
âNine-Life Heavenly Sovereignâ was the honorific given by the human race.
âWorld-Destroying Heavenly Sovereignâ was the name foreign races spoke of in fear.
His blood-red eyes opened within the Divine Aurora.
And in that moment, all traces of human emotion vanished from his gaze.
Even his soul had been overtaken by slaughter.
The slaughter endured by a Heavenly Sovereignâhow could a mere Void Refinement cultivator possibly contain it?
Kill!
Kill!
Kill!
Lu Ye raised his head within the Divine Aurora. Crimson killing aura surged around him in fiery waves.
âBoom!â
He shot upward against the current of lightâone punch.
The first layer of the Four Symbols Heaven-Suppressing Formationâshattered.
Over a dozen Yao cultivators were instantly turned to blood mist.