Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1527 - 1525: Copper Coin

Among peers, Lu Ye's saber was unmatched, but while traversing the stellar space, his opponents were not just of the same rank, and even if they were, the power of some protective spirit treasures was not easily broken.

A dozen armadillo beasts were jumping and lunging, but without much coordination, only rushing and biting wildly. For Lu Ye in the state of Soul Possession, dealing with them wasn't too difficult, just required some time.

One by one, the armadillo beasts fell in battle, their blood staining the ground red. As Lu Ye was fighting fiercely, suddenly, Lih Shang's voice rang in his mind: "Careful!"

At the same time, Lu Ye turned and slashed to his side. From that direction, an armadillo beast had somehow leaped out of the battle circle, opening its mouth and spraying a beam of copper light at him!

Lu Ye wasn't sure what this copper light was. From beginning to end, these armadillo beasts hadn't shown any special means, yet this particular one seemed different.

But regardless of what this copper light was, it was, after all, just a means exhibited by a Constellation star beast, so Lu Ye wasn't afraid.

As he slashed down with his saber, Lu Ye frowned because the Boulder Mountain Saber showed no sign of being obstructed. The copper light went straight through and headed towards his flesh.

Lu Ye hurriedly constructed Sacred Guard Spirit Runes on his body to block it.

Strangely, the Sacred Guard couldn't block this copper light. The copper beam passed right through the Sacred Guard Spirit Runes and struck his body.

Lu Ye's expression changed slightly, and in the next moment, he felt his body suddenly sink, as if a great mountain was pressing down on his shoulders, causing his body to stiffen abruptly.

Originally in mid-air, his body fell uncontrollably downward. Looking down, he saw his body enveloped in a faint copper light, identical to the light emitted by the armadillo beast's mouth.

The surviving armadillo beasts charged from all directions. Lu Ye wanted to dodge, but his body was extremely heavy, and he couldn't evade in time.

The sound of tearing flesh echoed, accompanied by Lu Ye's muffled grunts, as wounds appeared on his body, leaving him in a dire state.

He crashed to the ground with a thud, dust flying up. The armadillo beasts attacked like maggots on a corpse, their tusks ferocious, intending to seize the opportunity to tear Lu Ye to pieces.

"Come out!" With the situation critical, Lu Ye quickly called for Lih Shang. He couldn't understand the essence of the copper light, considering its marvelous power, but it seemed somewhat similar to Chu Shen's Body-stiffening Mirror, though with stronger and more bizarre effects.

However, regardless of what the copper light was, since it invaded his body, he could burn it away with the power of the Talent Tree, freeing himself from the copper light.

Lih Shang was currently in Soul Possession on him. If she didn't leave first, the power of the Talent Tree might burn her away too.

Hearing this, Lih Shang immediately tried to release the Soul Possession Secret Technique, but to her surprise, she couldn't. Under the suppression of the copper light, she seemed entirely merged with Lu Ye.

In the moment of delay, the armadillo beasts had brutally attacked again, leaving several deep wounds on Lu Ye.

Lu Ye couldn't wait any longer, only thankful for the arrangements he had made earlier; otherwise, it would have been troublesome.

A thought summoned a Great Array Jade Cluster into his hand. As spirit force was poured into it, a humming sounded, and streams of light surged from all sides.

The armadillo beasts charged violently, but this time, they couldn't harm Lu Ye. A visible transparent light screen appeared where he stood, blocking all the attacking armadillo beasts.

A protective array!

Lu Ye had previously set up a Formation here intended for the Moon Jade star beast. Of course, a Formation set up in such a short time wasn't a significant threat to the Moon Jade star beast; he just wanted to buy himself some time to escape.

However, instead of Moon Jade, a group of Constellations came, putting the big array to good use.

With the protection in place, he didn't worry about being attacked. Under the control of the jade cluster, Sword Qi began to rampage within the array!

To enhance this array's lethality, Lu Ye even placed the sword gourd at the Array Eye, the only treasure he had that could act as one.

The Sword Qi, forming a long river, swept the armadillo beasts into it.

Their Scale Armor was indeed tough, but it couldn't withstand such an endless onslaught. In no time, the vitality within the Sword Qi river began to fade.

Lu Ye focused on one particular armadillo beast, urging the Sword Qi river towards it.

This armadillo beast was the one that had spat out the copper light. None of the other armadillo beasts had such an ability, only this one did. But despite closer observation, Lu Ye couldn't see anything special about it.

Indeed, this armadillo beast was nothing special, not larger than its kin, with similar strength, and it hadn't shown any similar technique since emitting that copper light.

Until the Sword Qi river engulfed it and shredded it on the spot, all the attacking armadillo beasts were thoroughly eliminated.

The chaotic battlefield gradually calmed down. Lu Ye stood where he was, frowning deeply. It wasn't that he didn't want to move; he simply couldn't. Moving a step required enormous strength, his body felt so unusually heavy.

This heaviness wasn't physical reality but rather a sensation he felt. If he were really that heavy, deep footprints should have been left where he stood, but in fact, his prints were shallow.

"Still can't break free?" Lu Ye asked.

Lih Shang's voice came with some helplessness: "No!"

"That's quite strange!"

By logic, the copper light is a technique used by the armadillo beast, and now that it's dead, the technique should lose its effect. Yet the copper light continues to envelop Lu Ye, making him look as if he's cast from copper molten.

Under this copper light, Lih Shang is utterly unable to release the Soul Possession.

The doppelganger is still thousands of miles away waiting for a response; Lu Ye isn't in a hurry to go there because the sword gourd still needs to be recovered, and he wants to see what exactly is special about that armadillo beast.

There's no reason why out of all the armadillo beasts, only it can provoke such copper light; the strange part is it only activated it once...

Lu Ye had long silently warned himself not to underestimate anyone because of their low power; the world is full of strange methods and treasures, and one never knows when they might be caught off guard.

He always acted this way, but didn't expect to suffer a loss when dealing with a Constellation star beast this time.

Days passed one by one, until a few days later, the copper light covering Lu Ye's body suddenly trembled slightly, then abruptly vanished.

The moment freedom was restored, Lih Shang released the Soul Possession Secret Technique, flashed out, looking quite relieved.

She was really afraid that she'd have to remain in a Soul Possession state with Lu Ye perpetually, and if that happened, the two of them would never be able to separate.

Lu Ye moved his somewhat stiff body, first reclaiming the sword gourd before going to the location of the special armadillo beast's corpse.

Previously, under the sweep of the Sword Qi river, this armadillo beast's corpse had become quite tattered.

Lu Ye examined it carefully and found that there was indeed nothing special about the corpse; under Mental Consciousness perception, he didn't sense any anomalies.

Looking at the other armadillo beasts' corpses, they seemed to be all the same.

That's indeed strange; if these armadillo beasts have no differences, then why could one of them use such miraculous techniques? Even someone like him, seasoned in Hundred Battles, suffered a considerable loss. If it wasn't for the pre-arranged big array, this trip would really have relied on the doppelganger's assistance to escape.

Persistently, he dissected the corpses of each armadillo beast, and Lu Ye indeed found something unusual.

It was discovered inside that special armadillo beast.

Wiping off the bloodstains on the object, Lu Ye focused his gaze on the item in his hand.

It resembled a Copper Coin, round on the outside with a square hole in the middle, adorned with extremely intricate patterns on both sides, looking like spirit runes yet not quite.

"What's this?" Lih Shang curiously looked over.

Lu Ye shook his head indicating he didn't know, but he felt that the armadillo beast's ability to emit copper light must be related to this item.

From this perspective, the copper light wasn't a technique of the armadillo beast itself but rather the power of the Copper Coin; it explains why only this armadillo beast could emit copper light while the others couldn't. The reason was this.

This was undoubtedly a treasure!

Lu Ye felt quite pleased, having personally witnessed the power of the copper light; it made even someone like him stiff and incredibly heavy, let alone the other Constellations.

Even Moon Jade, if hit by such copper light, would likely see her power significantly weakened!

Lu Ye tried to channel spirit force into the coin, but there was no reaction, then infused it with Mental Consciousness, with equally no effect.

Thinking about it, he handed the Copper Coin to Lih Shang: "You try it!"

Lih Shang took it and tried various methods, finding that no matter what she did, she couldn't get the Copper Coin to react, thus returning it to Lu Ye: "This might be an exotic treasure!"

Lu Ye had the same thought.

There's no reason why the armadillo beast could harness this treasure's power, but when it came to him and Lih Shang, it had no effect.

There's only one possibility, which is that this item is a one-time-use exotic treasure, losing its effect after being used once.

Based on the fact that the armadillo beast only emitted copper light once, this possibility was quite great.

Lu Ye couldn't help but feel a bit depressed; rarely stumbling upon such a great treasure only to find it's a one-time-use exotic treasure. Lu Ye's good mood instantly soured, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh.

However, what puzzled Lu Ye was that if this was indeed an exotic treasure, why wasn't it destroyed?

Under normal circumstances, this type of one-time-use exotic treasure would be destroyed after losing its power, yet the Copper Coin remained intact.

Though it had lost its power, Lu Ye decided to keep it, because the Copper Coin had many complex patterns on both sides, which might benefit his derivation of spirit runes. He could study it when he had free time.