Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1526 - 1524: The Marvels of the Bone Ocarina

Feeling unhappy, Lu Ye had nowhere to vent his frustration, so he sulkily picked up the bone ocarina and blew into it hard.

The discordant melody reverberated within the starboat.

He truly lacked any musical talent; during the trials at the Divine Conch Hall of the Merfolk Race, he barely passed by relying on his uniqueness. How could he possibly play the bone ocarina well?

Lih Shang's good mood was ruined, and she helplessly extended her hand to Lu Ye: "Give it to me!"

"Can you play it?" Lu Ye asked her in surprise.

"I've learned a bit," Lih Shang replied.

Lih Shang had definitely learned more than just a bit. When the bone ocarina's sound began to play, a desolate and ancient ambiance started to permeate.

After finishing the tune, Lih Shang handed the bone ocarina back to Lu Ye, who waved his hand: "It's yours!"

This thing was completely useless in his hands, and during the long journey, listening to a few tunes from Lih Shang could help pass the time.

As he finished speaking, Lu Ye suddenly felt something and turned to look in a direction. He saw a gigantic figure rapidly approaching. Under the starlight from all directions, the figure appeared particularly ferocious and terrifying.

"Moon Jade star beast!" Lih Shang also noticed the figure and couldn't help but shout.

Lu Ye quickly accelerated the starboat to escape to the distance. He had personally experienced the terror of the Moon Jade star beast; previously, he and Ban Ci had teamed up to kill a Great Lust Demon Spider. But that time, they relied on the advantage of a sneak attack; if faced directly, they definitely wouldn't be a match.

This approaching star beast was much more formidable than the Great Lust Demon Spider, possibly comparable to the Moon Jade Late Stage. With Lu Ye and Lih Shang's small build, how could they possibly withstand it?

The starboat turned into a stream of light, continuing to accelerate forward, with the star beast relentlessly pursuing from behind. Despite its massive figure and seemingly clumsy movements, its speed was not slow at all. Even though Lu Ye pushed the starboat to its speed limit, he could barely maintain enough distance not to be overtaken.

Logically speaking, star beasts encountering living beings in stellar space, if unable to succeed for a long time, would often voluntarily give up. But this Moon Jade star beast, for some reason, was as persistent as a leech, unwilling to let go.

Lu Ye stubbornly held out against it for half a month, seemingly unable to shake off this beast that clung like a tail.

During this half month, Lu Ye's personal exhaustion was substantial, not to mention the significant consumption of spirit jade. After all, starboats traveling at full speed also needed to draw on some of the power from spirit jade.

Lu Ye couldn't understand—he hadn't offended this Moon Jade star beast, so why was it so relentless?

Continuing like this was not a solution. Seeing that it was indeed impossible to shake off the star beast, Lu Ye had no choice but to launch a weapon control in another direction.

After flying forward for a while, Lu Ye shouted to Lih Shang: "Soul Possession!"

Lih Shang, without hesitation, immediately depended on Lu Ye's body, and then Lu Ye withdrew his starboat, disappearing in a Single Flash.

Reappearing in the position where he had launched the weapon control earlier, spanning tens of thousands of miles away.

He quickly glanced around, finding a large meteorite. He concealed his body on it, activating the Concealment and Breath-concealing Spirit Runes to blend into it like a specter.

Tens of thousands of miles away came terrifying energy—no doubt the Moon Jade star beast had lost its target and was in a rage. Lu Ye was increasingly certain the opponent was a star beast comparable to the Moon Jade Late Stage.

He didn't dare move, not even letting any of his own aura escape, and drifted toward the depths of stellar space along the meteorite's path.

He even detected the traces of the Moon Jade star beast passing several thousand miles away, evidently still searching around.

After drifiting for a few days and no longer sensing the Moon Jade star beast's presence, Lu Ye finally relaxed, lifting his concealment and breath-concealing.

He looked around to confirm his position anew, plotted his course, and launched the starboat again, continuing forward.

After the previous encounter, Lu Ye was even more cautious, knowing that danger lurked everywhere in stellar space. This time, luck was on his side, having encountered only the Moon Jade star beast which he could manage to escape from. Had it been a Sun Blaze star beast, he and Lih Shang would only have been able to wash their necks clean.

The following half month passed without incident, allowing Lu Ye and Lih Shang to relax a bit. To be fair, though space held many dangers, they weren't always easily encountered, and should they face an unavoidable crisis, they could only resign themselves to fate.

The melodious sound of the bone ocarina rang again, as Lih Shang seemed to enjoy this instrument greatly.

Before the tune finished, Lu Ye's face suddenly changed, as he sensed the presence of the Moon Jade star beast again—this time, more than one!

Turning his head, he saw from deep in stellar space three fiery streams speeding toward them, and through the stream's cover, Lu Ye saw three steeds!

The three steeds—two large, one small—were entirely wrapped in flames, as if blazing fiercely, displaying absolute might. It was clearly a family of three.

Lu Ye felt a bit relieved as the three star beasts, despite being Moon Jade, were not as formidable as the last one. If the last encounter was Late Stage, then these three were two mid-stage and one Early Stage.

Since he managed to shake off the Late Stage star beast earlier, he was confident he could escape from the mid-stage and early one as well. Lu Ye immediately pushed the starboat's speed up, fleeing for several days before finally shaking off this family trio.

On the starboat, Lu Ye exhaled deeply, exchanged glances with Lih Shang, then both turned their gaze toward the bone ocarina Lih Shang held.

If the first star beast attack was mere coincidence, then the second occurrence revealed a peculiar pattern to them.

Because each time he encountered a star beast, it happened right after Lih Shang played the bone ocarina.

"Do you sense any special power in it?" Lu Ye asked.

Lih Shang shook her head: "It seems like just a regular musical instrument!"

That's true, if this bone ocarina really possessed some unique power, Lu Ye should have been able to sense it, but the coincidence of two star beast attacks remains unexplained.

Verifying it is quite simple.

A few days later, on a desolate planet, Lu Ye painstakingly arranged a big array. Furthermore, his doppelganger was waiting tens of thousands of miles away, ready to assist him and Lih Shang at any time.

With everything ready, Lu Ye finally looked at Lih Shang, who was waiting beside him, and nodded slightly.

Lih Shang picked up the bone ocarina and gently blew into it.

Though the sound of the bone ocarina was melodious, its reach was very limited. Lu Ye didn't really think the Moon Jade star beast encountered earlier was attracted by this thing, but it had to be tested to know for sure. Otherwise, having such a strange object around wouldn't feel safe.

After Lih Shang finished playing, Lu Ye cautiously scouted the surroundings and found no abnormalities, so he sighed in relief, feeling he might have been overthinking it; the earlier incidents were likely just coincidences.

He didn't stop Lih Shang and let her continue playing.

Lih Shang played three songs in a row, and still, everything remained calm and unaffected.

Lu Ye called out, "That's enough."

It was confirmed that he had indeed been overthinking earlier. Such an object without any restrictions couldn't possibly attract Moon Jade star beasts.

However, no sooner had he spoken than rumbling sounds came from underground, resembling rolling thunder.

Lu Ye's expression changed, and just as he was about to investigate further, the sound reached Lih Shang's location.

Lih Shang reacted swiftly; her figure shifted from the spot just as rocks flew about, revealing a sudden hole, from which a pair of blood-red eyes glared.

Soon, the owner of those red eyes crawled out from the hole swiftly.

Lu Ye remained calm. In his perception, the intruder was not a Moon Jade star beast but merely a star beast comparable to the Constellation Late Stage.

Taking a closer look, he noticed that the creature resembled an armadillo, covered entirely in thick Scale Armor, looking exceptionally robust.

Soon, Lu Ye's eye twitched as another armadillo beast emerged behind the first, followed by a third...

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen armadillo beasts appeared.

"Armadillo beasts," Lih Shang identified the type of star beasts they were facing.

All the armadillo beasts' gaze fixated on Lih Shang's direction—more precisely, on the bone ocarina in her hand.

"Throw it to me!" Lu Ye called out to Lih Shang.

Lih Shang immediately tossed the bone ocarina over, and once Lu Ye caught it, he saw the armadillo beasts indeed turned their gaze towards the ocarina in his hand!

It was certain now that the previous encounters with Moon Jade star beasts and this armadillo beast horde were all attracted by the sound of the bone ocarina.

Lu Ye cursed internally; what was the Great Wheel of Fortune doing, giving him such a hazardous thing without any rhyme or reason? Luckily, it hadn't attracted a Sun Blaze star beast yet; otherwise, he wouldn't even know how he'd die, and that would be too unjust.

But Lu Ye could not sense any Power of Prohibition coming from this bone ocarina; it seemed like a regular musical instrument. Why could it attract star beasts?

Unable to figure it out temporarily, Lu Ye slowly drew Boulder Mountain Saber.

Faced with Moon Jade star beasts without the strength to resist was one thing, but against a group of Constellation star beasts, he naturally had no reason to retreat.

The brandishing of the saber inevitably provoked the armadillo beasts, whose strange beast roars echoed, and they charged towards Lu Ye.

Lu Ye didn't bother to dodge, holding his saber and charging forward, instantly engaging in battle.

Lih Shang dashed over, and her Soul Possession enhanced Lu Ye's physique, greatly enhancing his strength.

The saber swung and fell, blood splattered; the Scale Armor on these armadillo beasts was indeed formidable, more so than physique cultivators—indeed formidable enough that even with the Divine Sharp Edge empowered Boulder Mountain Saber, it was difficult to kill them with one blow, and at best, it could only leave some wounds on them.

Each armadillo beast required Lu Ye to chop several times to bring it down.

He felt increasingly the inadequacy of his own cutting power; in the previous battle with the Blood Race Moon Jade, conditions were even worse, because his slashes had no effect at all—if Lih Shang hadn't initiated a soul battle to vanquish the enemy on the psyche level, he would've had no effective means in that fight.

Despite the Divine Sharp Edge Spirit Runes empowering Boulder Mountain Saber with sufficient strength, it still wasn't enough, but Lu Ye was temporarily at a loss on how to resolve this issue.