Sage of Humanity-Chapter 632 - 630: Who Lives and Who Dies

In the deepest part of the mine, Lu Ye sat alone. Near the entrance, the cultivators from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge were distributed in an arc, continuously attacking and pushing forward layer by layer.

Within the vast mine, the spirit force was in utter chaos.

Song Zhui no longer made a move, as so many people had gathered, he found it unnecessary to act.

He was secretly observing Lu Ye's reactions, what puzzled him was that, even when faced with such a desperate situation, Lu Ye's expression remained as calm as still water, without a hint of panic.

This made his heart skip a beat, wondering if Lu Yiye, that fellow, might really have set up a teleportation array in advance. Otherwise, why would he be so calm? Or perhaps he knew there was no escape and thus had no intention to resist?

But if the other party had set up a teleportation array in advance, they should have fled by now. Why bother staying and taking the risk?

Quietly estimating the efficiency of his own cultivators, it would take less than the time it takes to brew a pot of tea for them to progress fifty zhang. Once they reached that distance, even if they only used some long-range methods, it would be enough to doom Lu Ye. He certainly set up a Protective Array, but how long could it last?

As Song Zhui's thoughts raced, Lu Ye, who had been sitting still, slowly stood up. He rested his long saber in front of him and gazed across the air at Song Zhui.

Their eyes met, and Song Zhui was startled to see a faint smile on Lu Ye's lips. Then a mild voice followed, "Quite a lot of you have come. Very good!"

Song Zhui frowned and shouted, "Lu Yiye, what tricks are you trying to play now?"

He had been played by him once before at Great Reversal Valley, which left Song Zhui holding a grudge. Now that Lu Ye suddenly made such a remark, Song Zhui didn't know what gimmicks he was trying to play.

Under the current situation, unless he had set up a teleportation array in advance, there was no chance of survival.

Yet the opponent's stance didn't seem quite right.

"With so many of you and only me alone, what tricks could I possibly play?" Lu Ye responded indifferently.

Someone from the crowd began to shout, "Lu Yiye, if you're sensible, you'll end yourself quickly to suffer less pain. Otherwise, when we get to you, dying won't be so simple."

"Who lives and who dies... who can say for sure?"

The one who spoke burst into loud laughter, "You don't think you still have a way out today, do you?"

A large group of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators joined in the laughter.

"Whether I have a way out today is not your concern, but for you today... I'm afraid there is no way out."

This arrogant statement prompted even more laughter from the cultivators of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge; for a while, the atmosphere inside the mine became jovial.

Some laughed so hard they clutched their stomachs, pointing in Lu Ye's direction, "I can't take it anymore, we've always heard how remarkable Lu Yiye is, turns out he's just tough-talking."

"Braggart!" someone shouted angrily, "Then I shall see how we have no way out!"

As if in response to this person's challenge, a violent surge of spirit force suddenly emanated from the mine tunnel behind them, accompanied by a loud humming sound.

This sudden change left all the cultivators of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge in shocked confusion, as they all turned their heads to look back. They all changed color at the sight; somehow, the tunnel they had come through had collapsed. At a position ten zhang from the entrance of the mine, large chunks of rock sealed the tunnel tightly.

The intense fluctuations of spirit force continued to surge, as if someone inside the tunnel was frantically attacking. With each attack, the range of the collapse grew bigger and longer, and the continuous roaring sounds gradually moved further away.

At this moment, in the tunnel, Yiyi was casting her spells. Powerful magics repeatedly struck the fragile walls of the tunnel, causing them to crumble and rocks to fall, sealing it off.

With her current level of cultivation, it would have been difficult to collapse a completely intact tunnel.

But this tunnel had already been weakened by the explosion magic arrays triggered by Lu Ye, with the surrounding walls being more fragile than usual, and many areas even showing small-scale collapses.

What Yiyi was doing now was simply pushing a little further on the existing basis, making it easy to collapse the tunnel.

All the cultivators of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge had by now poured into the mine, leaving no one in the tunnel, and all their attention was drawn by Lu Ye. Earlier, when Yiyi revealed herself from the tunnel, no one noticed.

It wasn't until she began attacking all around and the tunnel started to collapse that the cultivators of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge were startled, but by then it was too late to stop her.

Seeing the collapse of the tunnel, all the cultivators of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge stopped their attacks. Ning Zizai even teleported into the tunnel to check the situation. Looking up, they could see that the passage they had come through was completely blocked, and judging by those noises, the range of the collapse was clearly spreading, extending a mile or two.

Such a large-scale collapse wouldn't be fixed in a short time. Even with the large number of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators, it would take at least half a day to clear the passage.

Luckily, despite the tunnel's collapse, the inside of the mine was not greatly affected, only the violent shaking caused some loose rocks to fall from above.

This great commotion naturally reached the outside as well.

Persuaded by Spectral Shadow to wait outside, Senior Brother Qin and the others also noticed something was amiss at once. Looking up, they saw the mountain in front of them shaking violently.

"What's happening?" Senior Sister Hu asked.

Senior Brother Qin frowned and said, "Judging by that noise, it seems like there's been a collapse."

"How could a cave-in occur all of a sudden?" Senior Sister Hu was puzzled.

"Maybe it was caused by the spread of the aftermath of a battle inside." As soon as Senior Brother Qin finished his sentence, he realized something was wrong. Lu Yiye was alone, and more than two thousand had entered Ten Thousand Demons Ridge this time; the battle couldn't be that intense. As long as the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators found Lu Yiye's whereabouts, they should be able to kill him quickly.

While the two were talking, a violent gust of wind suddenly swept out from the depths of the mine tunnel, gushing from the entrance and stirring up dust everywhere.

"It really is a cave-in," Senior Sister Hu said with a face full of fear. Such a large-scale collapse, even a cultivator of the Cloud River Realm wouldn't dare to ignore it. Once buried inside, death was almost certain.

She wondered if anyone had been affected.

"Is this the crisis that Junior Brother sensed?" Senior Sister Hu turned to look at Spectral Shadow, unable to deny that her Junior Brother indeed had an exceptional ability to sense danger. Just now, if he hadn't persuaded everyone to hold back, they might have been caught in this disaster.

Spectral Shadow's expression was grave as he slowly shook his head, "It shouldn't be that simple."

A mere cave-in could not elicit such an intense sense of crisis in him. Even now, as he recalled that feeling, he felt a chill in his heart.

But he truly couldn't understand what kind of danger could be inside. No matter how you looked at it, Lu Yiye seemed to be doomed this time.

Inside the mine, as the noise of the collapse kept coming, the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators also stopped what they were doing, but their expressions remained calm.

Unless the entire mine collapsed, it wasn't a big problem.

A collapsed tunnel merely meant that they couldn't leave for a short time. After killing Lu Yiye, with so many people working together, they would surely clear a way out. They wouldn't be trapped to death in here.

"He actually has an accomplice!" Song Zhui's brows furrowed.

The recent incident wasn't an accident, but a deliberate act.

Lu Yiye had a hidden accomplice who, after everyone had entered the mine, caused the tunnel to collapse from behind.

But what that accomplice looked like, no one saw.

If it were just that, it would have been fine, but the unusual signals coming through made Song Zhui feel uneasy.

He recalled following Si Nan, watching as Si Nan marched forward with boundless authority, seemingly with the power to dispel the explosion magic arrays that Lu Yiye had set up.

At the time, he thought Lu Ye knew those explosion magic arrays couldn't stop Si Nan, so he deliberately triggered them in advance, trying to collapse the tunnel and buy himself some time to cling to life.

But now it seemed that things weren't so simple...

The prematurely triggered explosion magic arrays didn't collapse the tunnel. Instead, they loosened the surrounding rock walls, making it easier for a collapse to occur after being attacked...

Lu Yiye had arranged for another accomplice to hide at the rear and create the current situation where no one could leave the mine.

The current situation wasn't the result of coincidence, but seemingly part of some plan.

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What is he trying to do? Song Zhui's brow was tightly furrowed, truly unable to guess Lu Ye's intentions.

All he could think of now was that Lu Ye had arranged a teleportation array in advance and would find an opportunity to use it to leave the place. If that were the case, then this operation would end in failure once again.

But the opponent hadn't left yet, and it was highly likely there was no teleportation array.

He also had an accomplice secretly collaborating, creating the current situation in which everyone was trapped in the mine.

Suddenly, someone in the crowd laughed, "Lu Yiye, you don't intend to make this mine collapse and have everyone buried with you, do you? If that's the case, you'll be disappointed. Only the tunnel has collapsed."

The emptied mine, despite being affected by the recent shaking, was still mostly undamaged and sturdy.

"A burial with you?" Lu Ye's gaze remained calm as he looked at the dense crowd of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators. "You're not qualified yet. I said, the only ones without a way out today... are you!"

As he spoke, Lu Ye raised one hand and curled his middle finger, the tip holding a green orb.

In the Root Spiritual Orifice, a large swathe of grey mist ignited on the Talent Tree at this moment.

Lu Ye channeled spirit force into it, targeting the direction where the many Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators were, and flicked his finger.

"Stop that thing!" someone shouted.

Despite not knowing exactly what Lu Ye had flicked out, in such a critical moment, any of his actions were highly suspicious.

As the words were uttered, a multitude of attacks targeted the green orb.

A myriad of colored lights enveloped the green orb as if a flood had submerged it, but in the next instant, a dense green light burst through the blockade of colors, exploding like a green mist, and swept in all directions.

The Ten Thousand Poisons Bead, destined to become notorious throughout the Nine Provinces, terrifying countless cultivators, unveiled its domineering power for the first time on this day.