Sage of Humanity-Chapter 681 - 679: Joining Forces in a Pincer Attack

It was time to leave.

Silently assessing his own condition, apart from immense pressure on his psyche, everything else was fine.

This attempt at the Hundred Arrays Pagoda could be said to have been hugely rewarding, several times more so than his last visit to the Tianyan Sect.

At least one thing was certain: he had never felt an overflow of psyche during his last time in the Tianyan Sect, signaling that the benefits he received this time in the Hundred Arrays Pagoda were incomparable to the last.

And this was under the premise that his Psyche Force was many times stronger than before.

Such gains, although they had greatly enhanced his knowledge in the Array Path, had not yet reached the limit. If one day he could fully assimilate and settle all the information in his mind, who knew how much more his skills in the Array Path could improve.

Besides, there was also his cultivation, which had advanced from Level 5 to Level 6. Although it was just a minor level up, his strength had undoubtedly increased significantly.

As the surrounding repulsive force surged, the space around Lu Ye began to distort.

Instinctively, he put Amber into the spirit beast sack and activated his spirit force to protect himself, placing his hand on the hilt of the Boulder Mountain Saber at his waist…

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He did not know what he was on guard against, but he felt it was the right thing to do.

The next moment, his vision blurred, and he was already standing in front of the entrance to the Hundred Arrays Pagoda.

The scenery that met his eyes surprised him; looking around, it was a sea of people.

Were there so many people outside the Hundred Arrays Pagoda? He vaguely remembered that although there were quite a few people when he arrived, it was not to this exaggerated extent.

The moment he appeared, countless eyes turned towards him in unison, each showing a look of astonishment.

Because the Hundred Arrays Pagoda had been resonating these days, no other array cultivators had chosen to challenge the pagoda, and those who had entered before had already left.

So when Lu Ye suddenly appeared, the nearby array cultivators couldn't help but be stunned, as no one knew when he had entered, nor how he could have exited the pagoda at that moment.

Among countless astonished gazes, Lu Ye felt several sharp eyes on him.

Looking up, he immediately saw several familiar faces.

Lu Ye suddenly realized what he had forgotten and understood what he had been on guard against.

On his way to the Hundred Arrays Pagoda, he had encountered an attack by two cultivators from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge. He ended up killing one in self-defense and severely injured the other, slashing him out of the safe passage, uncertain if he was dead or alive.

Such injuries were severe, but for a cultivator, they might not be fatal in the short term.

The other party could recognize him, and having suffered a huge loss, as long as he was not dead momentarily, he would definitely send out a message and call for friends.

This would expose his whereabouts.

Elsewhere, he could hide or flee, but at the Hundred Arrays Pagoda, there was only one exit. The moment he left the pagoda, he was bound to be intercepted.

The pressure on his psyche had made him temporarily forget this, but his instincts remained, so even though he had forgotten, he put Amber in the spirit beast sack and took a defensive stance before being expelled from the pagoda.

As many thoughts flickered through his mind, a sharp saber light already spread across his field of vision.

Xia Liang and Tan Sheng had been guarding the entrance of the Hundred Arrays Pagoda, so the moment Lu Ye appeared, they spotted him without any hesitation. Xia Liang drew his saber and struck, crossing the distance of several meters in a flash. The swing of the saber stirred the spirit force violently, showing off the power of a Level 9 combat cultivator.

Simultaneously, Tan Sheng also shook his spear. The spear, as if alive, struck like a flood dragon emerging from the sea, thrusting straight at Lu Ye with overwhelming might.

Caught between attacks from both sides, and with two Level 9 combat cultivators of Cloud River striking at such close range, it was almost impossible for an ordinary person to react.

They got him!

Xia Liang and Tan Sheng roared in their hearts at the same time, finally, their days of waiting had paid off, for they had successfully cornered Lu Yiye right here.

As they thought this, Lu Ye also drew his saber, and as he did, his figure shifted quickly to the side, not just that, a solid Defense Spirit Rune emerged on his body.

With a cracking sound, the newly formed Defense Spirit was hit by a long spear. Starting from the point of contact, cracks spread in all directions and burst apart with a loud bang.

The might of this spear thrust from Tan Sheng was evident.

However, by using the Defense Spirit to block for that split second, Lu Ye's body slightly tilted, and the long spear passed close under his armpit, piercing his clothes, making him feel an intense burning pain on his skin near his ribs.

One could imagine that, had it not been for the block by the Defense Spirit at the crucial moment, that spear would probably have pierced right into his chest, leaving him either dead or severely injured.

Grazing past death, Lu Ye's eyes became clearer than ever; the immense pressure on his psyche seemed to have eased considerably at that moment.

The long saber in his hand just managed to block a strike from Xia Liang.

The fierce saber light shattered, sparks flew in all directions, causing Xia Liang's body to shake slightly, his brows furrowing.

The feeling from this strike made him realize something was amiss.

This Lu Yiye was much stronger than he had imagined!

The last time he had fought with Lu Ye was in Fox Fairy Valley, where Lu Ye had asked him to teach saber skills. At that time, although Lu Ye seemed stronger than the typical cultivator at Cloud River Level

4, it wasn't by such a huge margin.

But now, the strength that Lu Ye was displaying was astonishing because he had just managed to block his fully-powered strike, even with Tan Sheng's assistance.

What did this mean? It clearly meant that Lu Ye now had the qualifications to confront him head-on.

In the midst of this life-and-death struggle, Xia Liang didn't have the time to ponder too much. His determined strike had failed to achieve its purpose, so he adapted by changing his move, his saber sweeping around, grazing past the Boulder Mountain Saber, and heading towards Lu Ye's neck.

At such close quarters, this strike was extremely dangerous.

The Boulder Mountain Saber was raised abruptly, pre-emptively thwarting Xia Liang's intent.

But the next moment, Lu Ye was struck as if hit by lightning, his body flying sideways.

It was because of Tan Sheng's spear that hadn't managed to kill Lu Ye. After piercing under Lu Ye's armpit, he flicked it.

With that flick, the long spear, like a whip, struck hard against Lu Ye's rib.

Lu Ye felt his internal energy roiling and an unbearable pain in his ribs, faintly accompanied by the sound of bones breaking.

Fortunately, he used the force of this strike to rise into the air, thrashing to the side.

Behind him was the Hundred Arrays Pagoda, leaving no way back, with Tan Sheng and Xia Liang in front, so if he wanted to survive, his only option was to break out sideways.

Though Tan Sheng's spear had injured him, it also provided him with an opportunity to exploit.

"Where do you think you're going!" Xia Liang cried out in anger, his saber ringing. He moved with his blade, quickly catching up to Lu Ye, thrusting it straight toward Lu Ye's back.

Hailing from the Mad Saber Sect, and having practiced for a longer duration, his mastery in saber skills was far stronger than Lu Ye's, the only thing he lacked compared to Lu Ye was experience in life-and-death battles.

This wasn't to say he lacked such experience; any cultivator who had reached this stage had gone through several life-threatening crises.

But Lu Ye had places like the Mirage Realm for training; ever since he obtained the Breath Fruit Core, he didn't know how many times he had died in the Mirage Scene.

Xia Liang didn't have that kind of advantage.

Therefore, when faced with a life-and-death crisis, Lu Ye had incomparable experience in handling the situation.

The Mental Eye Secret Technique played a crucial role at this moment; sensing the imminent threat of death from behind, where most others would have turned to defend, Lu Ye didn't even look back but instead summoned another Defense Spirit Rune.

This Defense Spirit, however, still couldn't block Xia Liang's strike. The blade tip pierced through at the same moment it shattered.

The blade tip went three inches deep into the flesh, nearly reaching the internal organs, but this also exhausted the full force of Xia Liang's strike.

Gigantic waves of heat swept across, and somewhere in the crowd, two vividly lifelike fire dragons twisted and turned towards Lu Ye, launched jointly by Chu Yun and Zhou Pei.

The two were magic cultivators, reacting a bit slower than Xia Liang and Tan Sheng, not casting their magic until after Lu Ye engaged them in battle.

But it was just on time.

This moment was when Lu Ye was wounded by Xia Liang, the moment the defensive barrier behind him shattered.

The two fire dragons, one after the other, slammed hard into Lu Ye's back, engulfing him in a blaze of fire, the tremendous force making him involuntarily spew a mouthful of blood, which instantly evaporated in the scorching flames.

Then, under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, the figure of Lu Ye enveloped in firelight smashed through a ripple and disappeared without a trace.

The scene was reminiscent of the one in the safety passage, where he had chopped an enemy cultivator of Level 6 flying with a single slash.