Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1558 - 1556: Praying Mantis

A Moon Jade was actually cut off an arm by a Constellation, even if he was somewhat careless, such a thing shouldn't have happened, it's simply a great humiliation, and he'd be laughed at by other Moon Jades of the Insect Race for a lifetime.

Under such humiliation, how can he vent his anger without killing Lu Ye?

But before he could charge towards Lu Ye, he faced a pair of cold eyes.

The source of the gaze wasn't Lu Ye, but the Yaya he was holding in his arms.

Yaya was very obedient and well-behaved. Before, Lu Ye told her to be patient, and she remained quiet until now, until Lu Ye was struck by the Insect Race Moon Jade.

Yaya was clearly a bit angry, at this moment, her eyes were flowing with a strange brilliance, staring at the Insect Race Moon Jade charging angrily over here, as if looking at a dead man.

Under her gaze, the Insect Race Moon Jade felt somewhat anxious in his heart, the more he advanced, the stronger the sense of crisis in his heart became, as if there was some unknown danger waiting for him over there.

With Lu Ye's focused vigilance, the speed of this Insect Race Moon Jade got slower and slower, until eventually he stopped tens of miles away.

He stared at the Yaya in Lu Ye's arms, his expression changing bizarrely, hesitated for a long while, ultimately didn't dare to take the risk, and silently turned around and left!

He didn't think Yaya was an ordinary child, how could one survive in stellar space be ordinary? Yet he couldn't feel any trace of cultivation from Yaya, which made him somewhat hard to understand. It was precisely because he couldn't understand that he didn't dare to take the risk.

This time the Insect Race really hit an iron plate, don't know where this human race emerged from, actually killed so many Constellations of the Insect Race, and even his personal appearance couldn't save face.

The Insect Race Moon Jade left, didn't forget to take his severed arm before leaving, and those Constellations of the Insect Race who were watching from afar naturally didn't dare to continue staying, scattering like birds and beasts.

Lu Ye coughed lightly, suppressed the rolling blood Qi in his chest, realizing there was still quite a gap between him and the Moon Jade.

Even nowadays, he was possessed by Lih Shang and additionally benefited from the new Boulder Mountain Saber, yet still so strenuous against an Insect Race Moon Jade Early Stage. The reason lies in the qualitative difference in the strength within his body.

If everyone's internal force was spirit force, even if the opponent's cultivation was higher, Lu Ye felt he could kill them. But before his spirit force metamorphoses into mana, attempting to kill the Moon Jade is too challenging.

"Daddy, I scared him away!" Yaya suddenly spoke, with a proud expression.

"Yaya is amazing!" Lu Ye praised, holding his saber, turning around to look at the site where his starboat fell.

The starboat was still bound by the web, floating among several meteors, but the star beast spider previously perched on the largest meteor was nowhere to be seen, Lu Ye was busy fighting the Insect Race just now and didn't notice when the star beast spider disappeared.

Lih Shang lifted the soul possession state, flashed out from Lu Ye's body, and said, "Wait here, I'll go fetch the starboat."

Lu Ye nodded, sat down directly, and then took out elixir pills for healing and recovery from the storage ring to swallow.

The consumption was significant, though the Brazen Plundering Technique was formidable, it imposed a huge burden on oneself, not just from the consumption of spirit force but also from the squeeze on the flesh.

One might say that if the physical body is not strong enough, it's impossible to grasp the essence of the Brazen Plundering Technique.

The previous battle didn't last long, yet Lu Ye's spirit force was already consumed more than half, even his flesh showed hints of being torn, but such damage was not a big deal for him, a bit of recovery would restore him.

Even the punch from the Insect Race Moon Jade on his back was merely a minor injury.

On the contrary, that Moon Jade had his arm cut off...

Normally, Moon Jade having an arm cut off isn't a big problem, just like Kang Cheng before, an arm was shattered, yet he paid some price to make the arm regenerate.

But what cut off the arm was the new Boulder Mountain Saber transformed from the barghest, Lu Ye knew the bizarre power of the barghest, if that Moon Jade wanted to reattach his severed arm, it might be troublesome, unless he had the ability to dispel the barghest's power.

Overall, although this battle didn't kill that Moon Jade, he didn't lose out.

Lih Shang quickly freed the starboat from the web, piloted it to in front of Lu Ye, tidied the battlefield around, gathered the storage rings from the deceased Insect Race Constellations, then the group set off again.

Originally, Lu Ye thought the Insect Race wouldn't let them go so easily, a Moon Jade Early Stage couldn't take them down, certainly stronger Insect Race would be waiting ahead.

Yet to his surprise, the subsequent journey was peaceful all the way, no Insect Race came to cause trouble again, even occasionally encountering some Insect Race, they all avoided far away as if unseen.

After thinking it over, Lu Ye roughly understood, now that the Insect Race intends to encroach upon the Indeterminate Galaxy, how can they bother targeting a passing traveler, moreover the further he goes, the further he leaves Indeterminate direction, strong Insect Race wouldn't pursue all the way.

That's exactly what Lu Ye was pleased to see, although he hated the Insect Race, he didn't want to entangle with them further at this time.

Without any disturbance, his injuries recovered quickly, and almost immediately after his injuries healed, he immersed his mind and entered the blue hall within the Barghest.

A short moment passed, in the hall, two figures darted back and forth, both as swift as Thunderbolts. During this maneuvering, Lu Ye and Yien Xi continuously searched for an opportunity to strike, yet neither of them found one, thus maintaining this stalemate.

The stalemate didn't bore Lu Ye; instead, it excited him. In the past, when he fought against Yien Xi, he couldn't hold on for long before Yien Xi found a chance to kill him with a single strike. Now, being able to hold a stalemate with Yien Xi undoubtedly indicated a significant improvement in his Brazen Plundering Technique.

This was thanks to the fierce battle he had previously with the Insect Race.

However, amidst the excitement, Lu Ye felt a bit troubled, as continuing to stalemate like this would lead to a situation where neither could defeat the other. How, then, could he pass Yien Xi's trial? Surely, it couldn't be a matter of endurance alone?

As he was pondering this, Yien Xi's figure suddenly paused, and Lu Ye hurriedly stopped as well. Looking up, he saw Yien Xi nod slightly at him before his figure abruptly vanished.

Lu Ye was taken aback but soon realized what was happening.

Apparently, things weren't as complicated as he thought. In the Brazen Plundering Technique, one only needed to maintain a stalemate with Yien Xi for a certain period, which would be considered passing his trial.

Just as Qing Li's figure had disappeared and Yien Xi appeared back then, now Yien Xi's figure vanished, and another figure appeared out of nowhere.

With anticipation, Lu Ye looked forward. The inheritance left by the two predecessors in the Barghest had greatly benefited him, so he was eager to find out which race the next predecessor belonged to and what inheritance had been left behind.

As the figure slowly gathered and solidified, Lu Ye's expression gradually turned peculiar.

Because he discovered that this third predecessor looked like an Insect Race!

Upon closer inspection, it wasn't just a resemblance; it was indeed an Insect Race.

It was quite unexpected for Lu Ye that the Barghest had once been possessed by the Insect Race. Yet, on second thought, the Barghest had existed in the world for countless years, and numerous strong individuals had possessed it over the millennia. Having one from the Insect Race wasn't too strange.

This Insect Race had a humanoid appearance, but its two arms were not ordinary limbs; instead, they were two long blades. Lu Ye found this appearance familiar, as he had seen such a form back in the Nine Provinces.

Among the Insect Race, there's a branch resembling a praying mantis, with two blade arms that are deadly weapons, unmatched in Sharpness.

After the Insect Race appeared, it glanced at Lu Ye, and just like Qing Li and Yien Xi upon their first appearance, it slowly spoke, "Insect Race, Praying Mantis."

This time, it only reported its race and name without mentioning its origin or background.

As those words fell, Praying Mantis swirled its body, and a mantis saber descended. Lu Ye quickly raised his saber to block, producing a clanging sound, and Lu Ye's body slightly sank.

The contests with Qing Li and Yien Xi had taught Lu Ye one thing: no matter how great the achievements these predecessors had attained or how high their standing was, in the blue hall within the Barghest, the spirit force they could invoke was comparable to Lu Ye's own.

Because the source of that spirit force was the power Lu Ye infused into the saber's body.

However, while the spirit force was comparable, their strength, speed, and reaction abilities were at the level they possessed in the Late Stage of Constellation.

Just from the power of this one strike by Praying Mantis, Lu Ye discerned that its strength was not inferior to his own and perhaps its speed was even greater!

Under normal circumstances, Lu Ye would surely counterattack after blocking this strike, yet he quickly realized he had no opportunity to do so.

As the mantis saber pressed down, Praying Mantis turned with the momentum, and before Lu Ye recovered from the previous pressure, the second saber had already cleaved down, seemingly even faster than the first.

Lu Ye's body trembled again, surprised, because not only was this strike faster, but its power seemed stronger.

His expression turned bitter because he had foreseen what was to come.

Sure enough, Praying Mantis continued to spin, with the two mantis sabers continuously slashing at Lu Ye. After one strike came another without the slightest pause.

Moreover, in Lu Ye's perception, each strike from Praying Mantis carried more force than the last.

In just over a dozen strikes, Lu Ye was almost pressed entirely to the ground. He didn't employ Yien Xi's Brazen Plundering Technique, for this wasn't a life-and-death duel with an enemy; he needed to comprehend the inheritance left by Praying Mantis. So, while enduring tremendous pressure, he intently watched Praying Mantis' movements.

The rapid barrage of strikes left Lu Ye with only the ability to defend, with no opportunity to counterattack. The increasingly heavy saber pressure slowly pushed Lu Ye to his own limits.

Until finally, with another strike from Praying Mantis, Lu Ye could no longer withstand it and was directly ejected from the blue hall.