Sage of Humanity

A moment later, Lu Ye nodded to Ding Yushu and suddenly stopped in his tracks.

The Infinity Heights had hundreds of cultivators who, under Ding Yushu's leadership, thundered into the distance, but seven hundred monks from the Righteous Blood Sect stayed behind.

On the tiger's back, Phong Yue swiftly cut off the communication with Phong Lianju, looked around in shock, and a large hand reached out, grasped her neck, and dragged her down from the tiger's back, throwing her to the ground.

Phong Yue, covered in dust, looked up in terror at Lu Ye towering over her.

"Thank you!"

"Huh?" Phong Yue was stunned, "Thank me for what?"

Lu Ye tossed an elixir pill into his mouth and started to chew slowly.

"Did you tip off the people from your Phong family?"

"I didn't!" Phong Yue naturally wouldn't admit to such a thing, but facing Lu Ye's mocking gaze, she finally realized, "You used me?"

Her act of tipping off had been discreet, but to a vigilant observer, it certainly hadn't gone unnoticed. She now understood that Lu Ye hadn't put her on the tiger's back out of kindness, but to create an opportunity for her to send a message. Ridiculously, she had thought her compliance had dulled his vigilance.

If that was the case, then the message she had just sent to Phong Lianju was surely disastrous.

And all that had just been a play, a ploy to lure the snake out of its hole...

"Infinity Heights' station wasn't attacked?" Phong Yue's head spun as she recalled the expressions of Ding Yushu and Cao Huahong, which didn't seem feigned.

"Infinity Heights' station was indeed attacked, but compared to Mount Shixiang, I am more interested in the Phong Clan."

Ding Yushu had already led his troops back to provide assistance, and a sect's station wasn't so easily conquered. Those at Mount Shixiang would likely retreat upon seeing Ding Yushu, unless they lost their reason.

Thus, whether the Righteous Blood Sect helped or not made no difference; at best, they could have killed more from Mount Shixiang, but as long as the station wasn't breached, it wouldn't significantly hurt their enemies.

The Phong family was a different story; their station had been captured, and if the cultivators left in the insect cave suffered heavy casualties, it would undoubtedly cause them severe damage.

Initially, when Lu Ye heard that Infinity Heights' station was under attack, he really wanted to lead the Righteous Blood Sect to help, but he quickly realized it might be an opportunity. That's why he decisively tossed Phong Yue onto Amber's back.

If this woman had been honest and hadn't tipped off the Phong family, then the Righteous Blood Sect could only have chosen to follow Ding Yushu to aid the Infinity Heights' station.

But if this woman wasn't honest, then the Phong family's vulnerability was exposed.

Either way, the Righteous Blood Sect wouldn't be at a loss.

Indeed, Phong Yue had passed information to the Phong family's cultivators, as Lu Ye had confirmed it from Yiyi, who he had left behind. At this moment, a few cultivators from the Phong family were climbing out, ready to scout their surroundings, unaware that eyes in the dark were watching them and reporting their every move to Lu Ye.
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Clang...

The Boulder Mountain Saber was drawn and plunged down, pinning Phong Yue's hand to the ground, eliciting a scream and a flow of blood.

With her eyes teary, Phong Yue looked up at Lu Ye; she had tried to send another message...

"You only had this one chance. One more time, and you die!"

Lu Ye pulled out the saber, causing Phong Yue to cry out again.

"Chen Yu, watch her closely. If she tries anything foolish, kill her."

"Yes!"

"Everyone, follow me!"

Lu Ye changed direction and led seven hundred cultivators back majestically.

At the entrance of the insect cave, a few Phong family cultivators climbed up tremblingly, looked around to ascertain that the Haotian Alliance cultivators who had previously converged there had withdrawn, and finally breathed a sigh of relief. One of them approached the entrance of the cave and shouted down, "It's clear, come up quickly!"

The Phong family cultivators, who had been trapped for almost half a day, eagerly climbed up, emerging one after another from the insect cave until a hundred of them had gathered outside.

Phong Lianju also climbed up, trying to contact Phong Yue, but all his messages went unanswered, like stones dropped into the sea.

This unnerved him, as he didn't know what Phong Yue might have encountered.

However, escaping their predicament was immediate priority. They also needed to rush back to recover their station. Without a station, they were like trees without roots, a source with no water.

Suddenly, a surge of strong spirit force vibrations transmitted through the air, causing Phong Lianju to look up just in time to see a fiery-red streak of light swiftly approaching from not far away.

He just had time to recognize that the streak was a human figure before the person was already upon him.

The glow of weapon control flared as it lunged toward his chest; Phong Lianju raised his spear and flicked the streak away. The powerful force numbed his hands and forced him to stagger backwards for two steps.

As soon as he steadied himself, Lu Ye's figure descended from above, Boulder Mountain Saber drawn and slashing toward Phong Lianju.

Phong Lianju held his spear in front of him, blocking the razor-sharp saber strike, and as the two clashed closely with their spiritual artifacts, their eyes met, Phong Lianju felt an enormous pressure overwhelming him from the front.

"Who are you?" he gritted his teeth and growled. Being equally of Level 7 cultivation, he found it hard to accept that there was such a massive gap between his strength and that of his opponent.

The response was a flash of brilliance that passed over the Boulder Mountain Saber.

Phong Lianju's face drastically changed, feeling his body becoming immensely heavy, as if a huge mountain pressed down on his shoulders. Already at a disadvantage in strength, he was now forcibly brought to his knees.

Hefty Weight Spirit Runes, these could create a peculiar force field that made everything within it extremely heavy.

Weapon control's Liu Guang flew towards Phong Lianju from behind his head. At this moment, while he was suppressed and sensed the danger, he was powerless to react. Liu Guang broke through his protective spirit force, penetrating the back of his head and flying out of his mouth.

As Lu Ye leapt up, several magic and spells struck where he had just been, and several spiritual artifacts also chopped down.

In just a brief confrontation, Phong Lianju of Level 7 met a tragic death on the spot, a scene that left many cultivators from the Phong family horrifically shaken.

High in the sky, Lu Ye gazed down, slightly raising his hand, shuttling Liu Guang of weapon control, executing the Fire Dragon Technique.

At the same time, from the direction he'd come, seven hundred cultivators from the Righteous Blood Sect also charged into the fight.

The Phong family cultivators, who had just emerged, jumped back into the insect cave in terror, but with the fire dragon roaring and burning inside the cave, their chance of surviving was extremely slim.

Those Phong family cultivators who hadn't emerged yet had no idea what had transpired. They were gathering together, preparing to leave the area. Some retreated, others moved forward, immediately creating chaos at the scene.

Suddenly, the fluctuation of spirit force from magic and spells surged from behind them, screams rang out, and several Phong family cultivators were slaughtered on the spot by Yiyi, who had infiltrated the area.

The underground passages were extremely advantageous for her; she could kill a few people, dive into the cave walls, and her enemies couldn't find her. Moreover, Yiyi was now quite powerful, ordinary cultivators simply couldn't withstand one of her magic and spells.

In such chaos, the situation near the entrance of the insect cave became even more disordered.

By the time the seven hundred cultivators from the Righteous Blood Sect arrived, there were already thirty more corpses near the entrance, with many more inside the cave as Lu Ye had thrown several Fire Dragon Techniques inside earlier.

With Phong Lianju dead and Phong Yue captured, the Phong family now lacked a leader to take charge of the situation; only a few of those of Level 6 were left alive, fleeing deeper into the Insect Path.

As his subordinates arrived, Lu Ye was the first to jump into the insect cave, choosing a random passage and pursuing the enemy relentlessly.

Seven hundred cultivators entered the insect cave, each heading in different directions to chase down their targets.

At the entrance of the insect cave, only two people remained, Hua Ci and Phong Yue.

Phong Yue stared blankly at the bodies around her, her eyes lifeless, her heart numb with despair. She could hardly believe that simply sending a message had led to such dire consequences.

Hua Ci stood not too far from her, calm and composed as jade.

Despite their cultivation differing by one level, Hua Ci was not afraid of Phong Yue doing anything to her; why should a healing cultivator trouble another healing cultivator? And even if Phong Yue did make a move, Hua Ci could show her what it meant to 'plant mushrooms.'

This was also why Lu Ye was at ease having Hua Ci watch Phong Yue.

However, Hua Ci hadn't expected that Phong Yue, perhaps due to the severe shock she received, would just stand there from beginning to end without trying to escape or attack.

Until the first group of Righteous Blood Sect cultivators returned from their pursuit, and eventually, everyone had come back.

Some were injured, and some had died; casualties were inevitable in such conflict-filled circumstances, but compared to the enemy's losses, these were insignificant.

Every single Phong family cultivator who had fled into the insect cave was relentlessly pursued and exterminated.

Lu Ye sent a message to Ding Yushu, inquiring whether he needed help, and quickly received a reply, Mount Shixiang had already retreated.

That was an inevitable result, unless Mount Shixiang really wanted to engage in a decisive battle with Infinity Heights. Otherwise, they would retreat after Ding Yushu called for reinforcements.

Fighting in such circumstances would suit neither side; as a governor of a sect's headquarters, Ding Yushu had the decisiveness required.

"Senior Brother Five, who are we hitting next?" Guk Yang asked excitedly, being one of the few of Level 6 in the sect.

A group, all eager with expectation, looked on. Although these continuous travels and battles were exhausting and fraught with danger, the spoils and accomplishments earned were immensely gratifying.

Never before in the history of the Spirit Stream battlefield had any power been able to breach two enemy sect headquarters in such a short time, especially in the outer circle, where the difficulty was even higher.

The Righteous Blood Sect's remaining cultivators, every single one of them, had gained a full load of merit and spoils of war.

"Return to the sect!"

Stop hitting anyone.

They had managed to defeat Sky Fiend Hall by leveraging an Insect Plague that annihilated hundreds of their people, and they had taken down the Phong Clan by borrowing the power from Infinity Heights.

Now, with the insect plagues managed by various sects, it was no longer possible to trap many cultivators of a sect inside a cave. Attacking other sects' bases forcefully, even if leveraging an insect plague, would be strenuous and ungrateful.

Moreover, the strong figures from Sky Fiend Hall and the Phong Clan must already be rushing back! If they didn't return to their sect now and were caught by those of Level 8-9 or even those who had cultivated Heaven Rank techniques, the Righteous Blood Sect would meet a fate most sour.

Thus, hastening back to the sect was critical – only returning to their headquarters could they consider themselves safe.