Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1555 - 1553: Massive Power Boost

Lu Ye did not pin all his hopes on Yaya. After her last action, he discovered an issue: although Yaya indeed possessed the power of Sun Blaze, her body evidently had some problems. Once she engaged in combat, she would quickly become weakened and fall into a slumber.

So on this journey, they should avoid trouble whenever possible.

However, some troublesome matters cannot be avoided just because one wants to, especially since Lu Ye made no effort to conceal himself. Instead, he was steering the starboat boastfully. Even though he followed the route pointed out by the Indeterminate woman of Sun Blaze to a sparsely populated area of the Insect Race, they eventually discovered his trail.

Half a day after leaving the floating land where the Indeterminate frontline fortress was located, Lu Ye realized the Insect Race was pursuing him from the side. These were Constellation-level Insects, their speed far inferior to the starboat's top speed, so after a brief pursuit, they were left behind, disappearing from sight.

Continuing forward, the starboat was like a small fish falling into a shark tank. Wherever it went, there were Insects chasing from all directions. These Insects couldn't match the speed of the starboat, so they ultimately watched helplessly as the starboat darted into the depths of stellar space, vanishing from view.

Occasionally, scattered Insects, upon receiving the message, would attempt to intercept ahead but were scattered by the starboat's charge. Those unable to avoid it might be killed on the spot.

The Insect Race is a very peculiar species. They have an extremely tight and mysterious connection with the insect hive that nurtures them, allowing them to rapidly spread information using the hive's power without needing any audio talisman.

With such an advantage, once one Insect spotted Lu Ye's starboat, it meant the entire swarm knew of the starboat's trajectory.

So even if those Constellation Insects failed in their pursuit, the swarm could arrange intercepts in the direction Lu Ye was heading.

Thanks to the route guided by the Indeterminate woman of Sun Blaze, they hadn't encountered any formidable Insects along the way, so the journey had been relatively smooth.

Until a few days later, when a mass of darkness suddenly appeared in the stellar space ahead.

Lu Ye focused his gaze, only to realize it wasn't a cloud, but a densely packed swarm of Insects!

This surprised Lu Ye greatly, since physically traversing stellar space required being at the Constellation realm. Even though the Insects' reproduction and growth were rapid, there shouldn't be so many Constellations. The Insect Constellations he'd encountered before were sparse, with at most two or three forming a squad.

This dark mass of Insects numbered at least in the tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. Could a single insect hive nurture so many Constellations?

If this was indeed the case, the Insects could easily overrun the Indeterminate and capture it completely.

As if understanding Lu Ye's doubts, Lih Shang spoke up, "The Insect Race's physiology is very unique, unlike any species in stellar space. Other cultivators need to be at the Constellation realm to survive in stellar space, but some special Insects don't. They are naturally able to withstand stellar space energy's erosion."

Only then did Lu Ye realize why there were so many Insects ahead. Originally, they weren't all Constellations. It was similar to star beasts, who are also born able to survive in stellar space. It's an innate ability.

Although he'd encountered many Insects in the Nine Provinces, he hadn't truly met them in stellar space and wasn't aware of these facts.

The dark, swarm-like insect pall spread like a cloud towards them. The distance was close, and the starboat's speed was too fast. It was too late to change course.

Lih Shang could only brace himself and steer the starboat to crash into the insect pall. Lu Ye lifted Yaya, who had been sitting in his lap, placed her to the side, patted her head, and instructed, "Stay put."

He feared that without such an instruction, Yaya might suddenly take action. Although her intervention could easily resolve the current trouble, she was an ace up his sleeve, and he needed to save her for critical moments, lest she act and then fall back into slumber.

Yaya hugged a bowl-sized pear spirit fruit, chewing and nodding obediently, mumbling, "Yaya won't move!"

Lu Ye slowly stood up, drew the Boulder Mountain Saber from his waist, and quietly watched the approaching insect pall.

Suddenly, he remembered the Insect Race and Blood Race had jointly placed a bounty on him. The Blood Race's Constellations could recognize him; the Insects might, too. He then activated the Thousand Faces to alter his appearance, just in case the Insects recognized him.

The next moment, the spirit ark crashed into the insect pall. At close range, it became evident that many of these Insects weren't at the Constellation level. Many were at the Divine Sea level, and some were even at True Lake.

With such lightning-fast and fierce impact, the insect pall was immediately torn apart, countless Insects turning to dust in an instant.

Like a knife cutting through tofu, the starboat recklessly plunged into the insect pall, leaving a path of death and destruction in its wake.

Lu Ye's vision darkened as Insects filled all directions. Those below the Constellation level fearlessly used their flesh as a barrier to block the starboat, but their efforts were almost in vain.

If there were only these Divine Sea and True Lake level Insects, the starboat could easily break through. But within this insect pall, there weren't just Divine Sea and True Lake level Insects—there were some at the Constellation Realm as well.

Identifying whether an Insect had Constellation-level power was obvious; unless exceptionally gifted, an Insect couldn't develop spiritual intelligence below the Constellation level. Just like the Insects Lu Ye encountered in the Nine Provinces, no matter how powerful they were, they acted purely on instinct. Visually, they appeared as variously magnified insect forms.

Just like those Insect Race members Lu Ye killed in the Taichu Realm, they were all promising youngsters that the Insect Race strongholds had high hopes for, each exceptionally gifted, and had awakened spiritual intelligence at the Divine Sea level. Their future achievements were boundless, yet unfortunately, Lu Ye killed almost all of them.

However, it's different when the Insect Races reach the Constellation level. Not only do they gain spiritual intelligence, becoming cunning and sinister, but even their appearance undergoes significant changes. Many Insect Races transform into human shapes; some retain insect characteristics, while others appear indistinguishable from humans.

Thus, within this insect pall, anyone with a human form is basically a Constellation Insect Race.

There are quite a few, no less than thirty individuals, these Constellation Insect Races are undoubtedly much more troublesome than ordinary Insect Races. As the starboat crashes into the insect pall, these Constellation Insect Races launch their assaults from all directions toward the starboat.

Starboats are generally used for traveling in stellar space, and lower-grade starboats don't even have formations. Lu Ye's starboat was purchased for as much as three hundred thousand spirit jade, and it does have a protective array with certain defensive power, but it is not very strong.

How could such a protective array withstand the combined attacks of dozens of Constellations? It was about to break in an instant.

Lih Shang quickly retracted the array to prevent it from being shattered, which would require repairs and be quite troublesome.

Without the protection of the array, those Constellation Insect Races immediately charged at Lu Ye's position like cats smelling fish.

Spirit force surged, saber light like a waterfall; all the attacking Constellation Insect Races felt as if a huge blood-thirsty mouth suddenly opened beneath the saber light, revealing dreadful fangs, swallowing them whole.

Fangs bared!

This is the saber skill inherited from Qing Li, strangely enough, Qing Li's saber stance is agile, yet this move is extremely ferocious, it coincides with the concept of the Tyrannical Saber Technique.

As the saber light flashed, the leading Constellation Insect Races didn't even have time to react before disintegrating into pieces.

Among them was even a very powerful Constellation Late Stage Insect Race!

The remaining Constellation Insect Races were all startled, never expecting such an outrageous event to occur, instinctively retreating, yet the fierce saber momentum was already encompassing them, rising and falling like waves, endless.

A moment later, the starboat burst out of the enveloping range of the insect pall, which had shrunk by half compared to the initial sight. Countless Divine Sea-True Lake level Insect Races were killed or injured, and even Constellation level Insect Races numbered over a dozen dead.

The insect pall dared not pursue, mainly because they couldn't catch up, they were merely stationed here upon receiving news, but their speed was far inferior to the starboat.

In front of the insect pall, the surviving Constellation Insect Races stared at the starboat transforming into a streak of light, their expressions terrified; such a long-prepared interception battle ended in a crushing defeat for the Insect Race, and this resulted from merely one encounter, the Constellation Insect Races had no doubt that if the opponent wasn't in a hurry to leave, they would have the ability to wipe them all out.

"Is there such a Constellation in the Indeterminate Galaxy?" A bug-shaped Insect Race with sharp features mumbled, unsure of his origin.

"Who knows? But why is a single Constellation running in that direction?" wondered an Insect Race.

If he really was a Constellation from Indeterminate, there would be no reason to go that way, as it leads away from Indeterminate.

"Whatever his identity, he's doomed," an Insect Race with six compound eyes on its forehead scoffed, despite their failed interception, there's a stronger one ahead.

The human Constellation's power was indeed impressive, yet he didn't believe the opponent could pass that barrier, moreover, their side's failure surely prompted Moon Jade Insect Races to rush over.

On the starboat, Lih Shang continued to steer the starboat forward, gazing at Lu Ye's back in astonishment, realizing that Lu Ye seemed even more powerful than when they departed from the All Phenomena Ocean.

She had performed the Soul Possession Secret Technique on Lu Ye several times, offering her a direct sense of his strength, once believing that his earlier prowess was sufficient; she hadn't expected this wasn't his limits, and there was still room for improvement.

She hadn't seen Lu Ye undertake significant cultivation over this period, how could he achieve such a substantial increase?

At this moment, Lu Ye was sitting cross-legged, Boulder Mountain Saber drawn, resting horizontally across his lap. He gently stroked the blade, feeling its sharpness.

Lih Shang's intuition was correct; he had indeed grown significantly stronger, yet this strength wasn't due to an enhancement in his foundation.

Since departing from the All Phenomena Ocean, his cultivation time had been limited, leaving little room for foundation improvement. Besides, he'd already reached the Constellation Late Stage, and further advancement was constrained.

The main reason for his enhanced power was the transformation of the Boulder Mountain Saber.

This could attribute to the enormous changes brought by external force.