Sage of Humanity-Chapter 787 - 785: Corpse Herder?

Watching for a moment, Ying Wuji's expression grew solemn, for although Lu Ye demonstrated incomparably strong power, with each saber strike claiming a victim.

However, the number of rotting corpses was simply too many, and by Lu Ye's strength alone it was utterly impossible to eliminate them all.

If the struggle continued, even Lu Ye would exhaust his strength and perish.

Yet, Ying Wuji, looking again and again, saw no sign that Lu Ye intended to flee, only a lone figure with a saber, moving in and out amongst the horde, fighting relentlessly.

Anxious in his heart, he had no choice but to hurriedly consume an elixir pill and heal himself first.

In the midst of the battlefield, Lu Ye slew in all directions, with his powerful mind and spirit stretching out.

After a long battle, he had begun to sense something was amiss.

The rotting corpses undoubtedly lacked any sign of life, in other words, they were dead things, yet they could move as if alive, and under the cover of that yellow corpse Qi, they even burst forth with strength greater than in life.

This was clearly somewhat off.

Lu Ye faintly felt that these rotting corpses were like puppets on strings, someone was controlling them from the shadows.

Moving in and out of the horde, his sole purpose was to trace and find this hidden assailant.

Finding him, perhaps, would solve the issue with this group of rotting corpses.

He had thought the hidden enemy would be hiding in some concealed corner, or have similar ghostly techniques to hide their presence, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.

The person controlling this group of rotting corpses was hidden right in their midst!

Indeed, a bold and skillful move.

Strangely, he felt no trace of life, nor could he find any clues.

Therefore, to find the hidden enemy, he could only resort to this crude method.

Until at a certain moment, when his long saber thrust forward toward a certain direction, his expression subtly changed.

After a long fight, the rotting corpses he had severed with his long saber numbered in the hundreds, but those corpses had never tried to evade his attacks, because being dead things, controlled by someone, they felt no fear, no pain.

Yet this thrust was met with a rotting corpse suddenly lurching to the side, stepping in front of another corpse.

It might seem coincidental, but in the eyes of Lu Ye, who had anticipated such a thing, it was a clear flaw!

He immediately turned his head and focused on an unassuming corpse in the horde, that rotting corpse looked no different from the others, utterly ordinary, its figure emaciated, its body missing large chunks of flesh, enshrouded in thick corpse Qi.

In such a horde, no one would give it a second glance.

But after Lu Ye took notice, its murky eyes suddenly came alive with spirit, and its form rapidly retreated.

"Trying to escape?"

Lu Ye's eyes were sharp as a blade, his aura fierce and tenacious, clinging to the rotting corpse like a leech, his spirit force surging, following the path of his saber.

Even as rotting corpses continuously lunged at him, none could deter him in the slightest.

One man, one saber, brazenly carving a path through the horde, within a few movements he caught up to the retreating corpse.

The hidden one's trail exposed, the rotting corpse could no longer conceal itself and opened its mouth to let out a beast-like roar at Lu Ye. A visible cloud of thick corpse Qi spewed out, engulfing Lu Ye from above.

Ying Wuji, lurking in the shadows, was shocked and hurriedly cried out a warning, "Lu Yiye, be careful!"

He had previously fallen victim to this, resulting in him being poisoned by the corpse Qi. Otherwise, with his strength, even if he could not defeat such a horde, he wouldn't have been driven to such desperation.

Had he not encountered Lu Ye in time, he would likely have ended up as part of this horde of corpses. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

But his warning was still too late. The thick corpse Qi had already enveloped Lu Ye's head and face, wrapping him entirely within it, and Ying Wuji felt his heart sinking.

He never thought that one day he would worry about the safety of Lu Yiye, truly a fickle turn of events.

Lu Yiye was probably done for!

This thought flashed through Ying Wuji's mind, and he immediately thought to retreat.

However, just as he had this thought, a familiar figure burst out from within the thick corpse Qi. The fierce and wild aura was not in the least bit diminished, the violent saber blade piercing the sky, one strike chopping off the rotting corpse's arms, another severing the legs, and a third piercing the head of the rotting corpse.

The tumultuous battlefield suddenly fell silent.

Like a group of demons frozen by an immobilization curse, the entire horde stood rigid, only the thick, yellow-like-cloud corpse Qi still rolled unpredictably.

Ying Wuji looked up to see, across the way Lu Ye's long saber aimed straight, piercing the skull of the corpse in front of him. At first glance, it appeared as if that rotting corpse was nailed to midair by Lu Yiye.

The howling wind passed by, Lu Ye's clothing fluttering sharply.

This scene shook Ying Wuji to the core, and he couldn't help but silently acknowledge that it was indeed Lu Yiye, always accomplishing what others could not.

Such a formidable enemy that had left the sixteenth domain of Cloud River helpless, was subdued by Lu Yiye so effortlessly, the disparity between them was not just significant.

Lu Ye felt increasingly fortunate that Lu Yiye was not far from him, and that it was a coincidence that he had run into him. Otherwise, he feared his life would really have been lost there.

The Boulder Mountain Saber penetrated three inches into the flesh but did not pierce through the rotting corpse's head, so it didn't cause any fatal damage.

However, with its limbs cut off and its whereabouts exposed, the rotting corpse couldn't stir up any more trouble.

A pair of eyes, fiercely struggling, looked at Lu Ye in disbelief. Its mouth opened and closed, emitting a harsh, grating sound like metal scraping against iron: "How could you possibly have found me?"

He had command over an army of eight thousand corpses, a force that wasn't weak in the entire Unparalleled Continent. Over the years, with his corpse army, he had been invincible, never having been discovered within his undead legions.

Yet today, he had met his match!

Moreover, it was almost the instant he was discovered that he was subdued!

As soon as he spoke, Lu Ye couldn't help but knit his eyebrows.

Although he had confirmed earlier that the corpse army was being controlled by someone, Lu Ye had thought that the one controlling the corpse army would be a cultivator.

Just like in the Nine Provinces, where there was a beast-taming faction, except the cultivators in that faction controlled demon beasts, while the cultivators of the Unparalleled Continent controlled a corpse army.

Or should they be called the corpse-taming faction? Corpse herders?

But regardless, according to Lu Ye's existing knowledge, this person should at least be alive!

But now, it seemed that the situation was a bit off.

Although the individual in front of him, whose limbs had been severed, could speak and showed intense emotions, Lu Ye didn't sense any sign of life from him.

And judging by his appearance alone, this fellow seemed to be a dead man who had been dead for who knows how long.

If it weren't for his strong mind and ability to seize that fleeting moment of vulnerability, finding this fellow in such a vast corpse army would have been truly difficult.

"How could you possibly have found me?" the "corpse herder" roared again, his face full of rotting flesh, but his eyes were filled with intense resentment. If it wasn't for Lu Ye pinning his head down with the saber, he would not be so compliant.

Lu Ye pushed the Boulder Mountain Saber forward by an inch and said tersely, "I ask, you answer!"

Provoked, the "corpse herder" retorted coldly from his cracked mouth: "No matter what you want to know, I will not satisfy your wishes. We of the Corpse Race are spirits of death; death means little to us. It is only your human race who fears death!"

As his words ended, the yellow cloud of corpse Qi covering countless rotting corpses began to squirm as if alive. The rotting corpses, which had been still as if under an immobilization curse, also began to move again.

They came from all directions, emitting a harrowing, sinister growl, bearing their fangs and claws as they lunged at Lu Ye.

Spirit force surged, and flames lit upon the Boulder Mountain Saber as Lu Ye flicked his wrist.

The rotting corpse's head in front of him exploded, and its mutilated body fell to the ground.

The rotting corpses that had reached close to him fell like puppets with their strings cut, tumbling down to the ground, smashing into pieces and splashing into pools of corpse fluid, a shocking sight to behold.

Without the "corpse herder" in control, the majority of the rotting corpses were fragile and easily defeated.

In just a moment, the vast army of eight thousand corpses was reduced to rotten flesh and broken bones, and the large wilderness was filled with an appalling stench.

Howling winds swept through, dispersing the previously dense yellow cloud, which drifted apart and faded away.

"It's settled!" Ying Wuji stood dumbfounded, watching the scene unfold with a surreal feeling rising in his heart.

Thanks to various elixir pills, his injuries had recovered a bit, and the corpse poison that had invaded his body also seemed to be dissipating, which allowed Ying Wuji to breathe a sigh of relief.

Hailing from Senluo Hall, the elixir pills he carried were naturally not ordinary. Detoxification Pills were something he always had at hand.

However, this was Ying Wuji's first encounter with corpse poison. Although his Detoxification Pills were effective, it would still take some time for a full recovery.

After some contemplation, he stepped out of hiding and called out to Lu Ye from a distance: "Lu Yiye, this place is dangerous and not suitable for a long stay. Let's leave quickly!"

If possible, he wouldn't really want to travel with Lu Ye.

Only by witnessing and experiencing firsthand can one comprehend his strength.

But under the current circumstances, if he didn't join forces with Lu Ye, he wouldn't be able to withstand another incident like before.

Between a completely unfamiliar world full of dangers and the barely known but powerful Lu Yiye, Ying Wuji naturally chose the latter.

Especially since he owed Lu Ye a life-saving debt.

Believing that Lu Ye by now would also be aware and would not attempt to harm him.

In mid-air, Lu Ye came back to his senses from deep thought and with a wave of his hand, a lifelike fire dragon flew out, writhing as it descended below.

When the fire dragon struck the ground, flames shot up into the sky, and an even more foul odor spread out. Under the fierce flames, those shattered bodies were enveloped in firelight and quickly turned to charred remains.

After doing all this, Lu Ye turned and flew off in a direction. Seeing this, Ying Wuji hastily followed.

The murky big sun went down, with no bright moon rising, and even the stellar space above was devoid of Myriad Stars' twinkle.

This was a world on the brink of death, and also a world on the verge of destruction. Yet today, nine visitors from beyond had suddenly arrived, bringing a dim glimmer of life to this doomed world.