Sage of Humanity-Chapter 637 - 635: One Man Kills 2000

In the mine, Si Nan stood alone in front of Lu Ye, the light of the protective array forming a barrier as solid as gold, which isolated Lu Ye's murderous intent and brought a rare sense of safety to Song Zhui and the others.

Lu Ye observed the protective light screen in front of him, his expression still indifferent.

The protective array hastily set up like this did not provide a very high degree of protection because it lacked sufficient accumulation of spirit force. Generally, the longer the setup time of a protective array, the more spirit force it accumulates, and the stronger the protection becomes.

Furthermore, the area covered by this protective array was too small; its natural upper limit was not very strong.

However, with Si Nan in charge of the formation, it was not easy for Lu Ye to forcibly break through the array, and his current condition was not suitable for forcing a breakthrough.

But breaking arrays had never relied on brute force for Lu Ye.

A faint glimmer flashed in his eyes as Insight Spirit Runes enhanced his vision, allowing him to observe the nodes and flaws of the formation in front of him.

The scenery within his sight transformed, with colorful traces of spirit force flow clearly visible. The protective light screen, which appeared smooth as a mirror to the naked eye, revealed subtle flaws under the examination of eyes enhanced with Insight Spirit Runes.

It had to be said, this person named Si Nan possessed high expertise in the Array Path. So far, Lu Ye had not encountered any array cultivator of note, but Si Nan definitely counted as one.

Just then, Si Nan spoke, "I've long heard that Fellow Daoist Lu's expertise in the Array Path is exceedingly high. However, the formations you setup seem rather ordinary. I've already deciphered your arrays. My formation, can Fellow Daoist possibly break it?"

Although he had never directly fought with Lu Ye, for an array cultivator, setting up and breaking arrays was already considered combat.

He had deciphered so many of Lu Ye's explosion magic arrays in the mine, and in the end, had even "forced" Lu Ye to trigger those arrays prematurely. From his perspective, Lu Ye's expertise in the Array Path was probably not as good as his own, which was why he dared to stand in his way here.

Because he was confident that he could stop Lu Ye with his own protective array.

Almost simultaneously as he finished speaking, Lu Ye raised his hand and threw out an array banner.

The array banner swept out, embedding itself precisely within the protective light screen.

Si Nan looked on in utter astonishment at this scene because he felt clearly that the position where the array banner embedded was exactly a node of his protective light screen, a location where the protection was weakest. It could also be said to be the weak point of the entire array's light screen.

Others might not know the nodes of a formation, but how could he not, as the person setting up and overseeing the formation?

In formations like protective arrays or trap arrays with a light screen, using nodes to break the array was the most effective method. However, even for an array cultivator with high mastery, finding a node of a formation wasn't easy. It required direct contact with the formation's light screen and a slow and meticulous search, and only then might one be able to find it.

And that was just a possibility; the discovered node might even be the wrong one.

Especially now, with the formation under his control, he could alter the speed of the spirit force flowing on the light screen to conceal the node's position.

Was it a coincidence?

Otherwise, how could it be so precise?

The moment he thought this, he instinctively controlled the large array, and the speed of the spirit force flowing across the light screen suddenly increased several times. Consequently, the position of the formation's nodes rapidly shifted.

Another array banner flew out, embedding once more into another node of the large array.

Then the third banner, and the fourth...

Si Nan's eyes bulged out, his face showing an expression as if he had seen a ghost, as he exclaimed in disbelief, "Impossible!"

By this point, he finally realized that the scene just now was no coincidence... Could it really be coincidence if it happens twice, three times, four times?

Could Lu Yiye discern the positions of the formation's nodes? But how could someone of the Cloud River Level 5 realm possess such incredible ability?

What he was witnessing had already surpassed his understanding.

At this moment, he finally realized something was terribly wrong. Regardless of whether Lu Ye's array setting skills were inferior to his, at the very least in breaking arrays, he was incomparably inferior.

The irony was that just a few breaths ago, he still thought that with him overseeing the protective array, it would be as solid as gold.

Four array banners embedded into the nodes of the large array, Lu Ye took a strong step forward and raised his hand to press on the array's light screen. Spirit force surged around his body and from the center of his palm, a fiery red spirit force flowed out, and under his delicate control, traces of Yin-Yang Dual Origins rapidly spread out.

Si Nan's expression turned to one of horrified despair because, as the Yin-Yang Dual Origins spread, the spirit force flowing on the large array's light screen became more and more sluggish, creating a massive resistance as if obstructing his control of the large array.

Si Nan clenched his teeth, waving the array banner in his hand while simultaneously driving the spirit force to counter Lu Ye.

However, within just the span of 5 breaths, the spirit force on the large array's light screen had nearly ceased flowing, and an array without flowing spirit force was like a stagnant pool, no longer able to function at all.

Lu Ye pushed hard on the light screen with his large hand.

With a loud crash, the large array's light screen shattered, his expression in that instant became distraught, as if his spirit had also shattered along with the light screen.

When the bright gleam of the saber flashed by, Lu Ye had already surpassed Si Nan, holding a blood-stained long saber, and step by step, he advanced into the mine tunnel.

The sound of Si Nan's body falling echoed from behind.

He was a Level 8 magic cultivator, not particularly strong physically and was more severely affected by the potent poison compared to other Level 8 cultivators. Once his arrays became ineffective, he had no choice but to face death at the hands of Lu Ye.

He collapsed to the ground with his eyes wide open, dying with his eyes unshut, seemingly unable to believe that the array he set up was so easily shattered. He couldn't comprehend how someone could so effortlessly break it, and in his last moments, he greatly doubted his own mastery over array setups...

But he thought too much.

In terms of mastery over arrays, Lu Ye indeed surpassed him slightly. However, breaking the arrays conventionally shouldn't have been so easy.

But Lu Ye broke the arrays with the help of Insight Spirit Runes.

There aren't too many spirit runes masters capable of constructing Insight Spirit Runes in the world, but among them, only Lu Ye dared to enhance his eyes with Insight Spirit Runes.

Even the most experienced spirit runes masters wouldn't guarantee that their constructed spirit runes would always succeed. Eyes are a cultivator's vulnerability; even physique cultivators known for their robust bodies teem with fragile eyes.

To enhance one's eyes with Insight Spirit Runes is good if successful. However, failure would invariably cause irrevocable damage to the eyes.

Thus, historically, no spirit runes master has ever dared to do so.

Lu Ye dared because the Insight Spirit Runes were granted by the Talent Tree, creating them held no risk of failure. As his thoughts shifted, the spirit runes would naturally form.

Deep inside the tunnel, a semblance of safety had just begun to form within Song Zhui and his companions when a chill crawled over their entire bodies.

Just moments earlier, Si Nan had boasted arrogantly, "Can you possibly break my array?" And in the blink of an eye, the array was broken, and he was killed...

Amidst profound shock, the surviving Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators couldn't help but feel a desire to laugh at Si Nan's overestimation of his abilities.

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It felt as if an ant stood before an elephant asking, "Can you crush me?" And the moment the elephant stepped down, the ant perished just like that.

"Lu Yiye!" Song Zhui gritted his teeth and shouted fiercely, "You truly are a disaster!"

More than two thousand people, in the span of four hours, only a few dozen of them were left, and the enemy they faced was merely one person! Even Si Nan's protective array failed to slow him down for a moment.

A single person annihilating over two thousand individuals is unheard of in the Nine Provinces cultivation world, it's not only unprecedented, it's unthinkable.

But today, right now, such an event unfolded right before their eyes.

Song Zhui cursed Ying Wuji's incompetence!

Previously in Great Reversal Valley, had Ying Wuji been more careful and not been discovered prematurely, perhaps he could have assassinated Lu Yiye, preventing all the subsequent trouble.

Now look, a single operation to surround and kill Lu Yiye resulted in countless deaths of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators while Lu Yiye himself remained unscathed.

"Fellow Daoists!" Song Zhui raised his arm and shouted, "We have nowhere to retreat. If we wish to live, follow me and let's slay this barghest!"

He didn't speak any words meant to deceive, as they were meaningless now. In the current situation, they had no retreat, and only one side between them and Lu Ye could survive.

Even though they were all afflicted with severe poison and substantially weakened, their numbers were still a factor, and with the concentration of the poison fog decreasing—it wasn't as blinding as before—there might still be a chance.

As he finished speaking, Song Zhui was the first to charge forward. It wasn't that he was fearless in the face of death, but among those present, he was the strongest. If he didn't set an example, the situation would only worsen.

Only if he took the lead would the others gain the confidence to fight against Lu Ye.

However, quickly following a muffled grunt, Song Zhui was sent flying, blood spraying wildly in mid-air.

Shocked, he couldn't believe he couldn't even withstand a single strike from Lu Ye. Even though he was poisoned and supposed to possess strength comparable to a Level 6 realm, Lu Ye was just a Level 5 realm cultivator and appeared to be on his last breath. How could he still burst forth with such incredible strength?

The narrow confines of the mine shaft limited the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators' performance, allowing, at most, three or four people to simultaneously attack Lu Ye.

Lu Ye steadily walked forward, the Boulder Mountain Saber continuously sliced out blazing red saber lights.

Screams and shouts of alarm occasionally pierced through, leaving behind only corpses in pools of blood where he passed.

In just the time it took to finish a cup of tea, the few dozen who resisted had dwindled to only a handful, each of them wounded and wearing a look of despair.

From the waist-mounted supplies box, nine trails of light streaked out, and with accompanying grunts, the few struggling cultivators each collapsed onto the ground.

Only Song Zhui still clung to life, though grievously injured. After two strikes at Lu Ye, both had sent him flying, and a huge gash on his chest barely concealed his beating heart. Now he leaned on the cave wall, his face filled with despair as he watched Lu Ye steadily approaching him.