Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1613 - 1611: Drawn Saber Slash
Luo Xie glanced at Luan Xiao'e and smiled, "That's naturally no problem, Junior Sister Luan can find me anytime, I'm always available!"
Sun Blaze's experiences and insights upon advancing aren't particularly precious but aren't easily imparted either, usually only shared when they guide the juniors of their own star system.
Luan Xiao'e and Luo Xie have no relations, if not for Lu Ye's words, accomplishing this would indeed be difficult, but since Lu Ye spoke, Luo Xie naturally would grant this favor.
Luan Xiao'e was delighted, rose to her feet, and expressed her gratitude.
After Luo Xie left, Luan Xiao'e looked at Lu Ye and saluted gracefully: "Thank you, Junior Brother."
Previously she always called Lu Ye as Fellow Daoist, but now she addressed him as Junior Brother, clearly indicating a shift in mindset.
Lu Ye waved his hand, "Just a small effort."
Luan Xiao'e hesitated, then asked, "Junior Brother, could you lend me some As-Close-As-Siblings array discs? After earning some spirit jade in the All Phenomena Ocean from the Jade Conch World's side, I'll repay you."
Lu Ye shook his head, took out dozens of array discs, handed them to her, and sighed, "Previously I didn't foresee the war against the Insect Race would be so perilous. Initially thinking it an effortless victory, I didn't have the Jade Conch and Qingli Dao Worlds people equipped with array discs beforehand, resulting in unnecessary losses. Take these discs, Senior Sister; no need for spirit jade. Our Three Worlds in the All Phenomena Ocean will need to advance and retreat together."
Lu Ye was somewhat regretful because if he had equipped the cultivators in Qingli Dao World and Jade Conch World with array discs sooner, the casualties in the big battle might have been fewer; even if one more life was spared due to the array discs, it would have been worthwhile.
Unfortunately, he didn't anticipate the originally straightforward battle to be so dangerous. If he hadn't used the bone ocarina to call forth the Dancing Girl, the entire battleship fleet of the four galaxies would have been annihilated.
Indeed, array discs could fetch spirit jade if sold, but the ones he had were crafted by himself, costing little in spirit jade. As he said, future cooperation among the Three Worlds in the All Phenomena Ocean entails equipping Qingli Dao World and Jade Conch World's people with some array discs.
A month after the fleet entered the desolate star region, they arrived at the Cracked Sky Mirror.
This stellar space marvel is extremely perilous, riddled with cracks in space, some detectable by the naked eye, some invisible even to the physical body, and even Mental Consciousness could not entirely perceive them.
From afar, this area resembles a giant shattered mirror suspended in the stellar space for countless ages, leaving one in awe.
Even the mighty Sun Blaze like Luo Xie wouldn't dare to casually venture into the Cracked Sky Mirror's vicinity. Lu Ye led the starboat to skirt around it.
Inside the blue hall within the barghest, a storm of blades swept over, and both the Praying Mantis and Lu Ye spun like tops.
Two storms of blades collided and dissipated constantly within the blue hall, with an immensely intimidating momentum.
After a long while, the furious blade storm gradually came to a halt. Praying Mantis remained unscathed, but Lu Ye appeared quite forlorn. Fortunately, what manifested here was but a strand of his Mental Consciousness, not his physical body, or this confrontation would have ended in grave injury!
Praying Mantis collected its twin sabers, nodded faintly at Lu Ye, and its figure suddenly vanished.
Lu Ye maintained a calm expression, neither happy nor sad, knowing he had passed the Praying Mantis's test. Having trained under the Praying Mantis for so long, he finally was regarded as adept in the Twin Saber Style, but further proficiency would require his own exploration and practice.
Reflecting carefully, after conquering the barghest, he encountered the three former masters within the blue hall: Qing Li's revealing fangs, Yien Xi's sweep, and Praying Mantis's twin sabers. Each had far surpassing accomplishments in saber skills compared to Lu Ye himself. Although he endured great tribulations to pass these ancestors' tests, it didn't mean these predecessors' abilities were limited to this.
In true life-and-death combat, these ancestors surely possess far more diverse methods, but what they left in the barghest were merely their proudest techniques, emphasizing testing and teaching rather than deadly intent as Lu Ye ventured within.
Upon passing the Praying Mantis test, logically, the next test should appear; Lu Ye felt a tinge of anticipation to discover which race the fourth was from and what skill they left behind here.
Fixing his gaze, the light that scattered after the Praying Mantis's disappearance began to gather anew, forming into a figure.
Upon seeing, Lu Ye found this was a human, his heart settled, affirming there were indeed strong humans.
Across the stellar space, humans could be considered the largest race. No other race rivals humans in sheer population numbers, yet among the former master figures appearing in the barghest, three have been unveiled, including an Insect Race member, but not one human, evoking some disappointment in Lu Ye's heart.
Now finally seeing one.
The man wasn't tall, and his face wasn't particularly handsome, yet his demeanor exuded an undeniable stern presence.
He stood with a slight turn, the saber strapped at his waist, holding the sword sheath with his left hand and the hilt with his right, his eyes cold as he stared at Lu Ye, as if beholding a cadaver.
Though merely a manifested strand of Mental Consciousness, with such a penetrating gaze, Lu Ye involuntarily felt his hairs stand as though electrified.
This was a feeling never experienced before under Qing Li, Yien Xi, and Praying Mantis; the seemingly calm surface belied a latent volcanic eruption beneath this human's entirety.
Lu Ye immediately understood that the next slash from this person was bound to be earth-shattering!
A faint voice sounded, this ancestor self-introduced like Qing Li and others: "Human race, Wang Xiu!"
Lu Ye almost didn't hear his voice, all his attention was focused on the knife in his hand, then he heard a saber cry, and a blade light appeared suddenly. The knife in Wang Xiu's hand seemed to have been unsheathed, but also seemed like it hadn't, maintaining its previous posture.
When he snapped back to reality, Lu Ye already had his eyes open, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead, with a slight stabbing pain in his mind.
Suppressing the lingering fear in his heart, he took out a psyche refinement herb to refine, mending the damage to his Mental Consciousness, and then carefully recalled that instant, Lu Ye was amazed.
Undoubtedly, the foundation of Wang Xiu's earlier slash was still at the Constellation Late Stage, but such a slash had him cut down on the spot without being able to see it clearly, almost leaving no room to counterattack.
Having a general understanding, Wang Xiu's legacy is just the burst of that slash.
Wang Xiu's sword indeed was unsheathed, but his action was so fast that the long saber instantly returned to its sheath after being unsheathed, so even if Lu Ye stared without blinking, he almost missed it.
What a powerful slash!
Lu Ye's eyes shone brightly. His own strength was already very strong, almost invincible at the same stage, and if he could comprehend the mystery of this slash, perhaps even against Moon Jade, he might have the chance to kill with a single slash.
However, Lu Ye soon became puzzled because previously, whether it was Qing Li, Yien Xi, or Praying Mantis, they all conveyed wisdom through battling with him, letting him gradually understand the mysteries of their legacy.
How to comprehend this legacy of Wang Xiu? There was fundamentally no confrontation process to speak of because such a slash, merely relying on a hint of Lu Ye's Mental Consciousness manifestation, couldn't withstand it.
If his physical body could enter the azure hall, there might be a chance.
Without any confrontation process, seeing the blade light meant death, let alone gaining Insight. Even if he were lucky enough to block that slash, he couldn't decipher its mysteries, thereby unable to cultivate such saber skills.
Thinking it over, Lu Ye felt that the most pressing matter now was figuring out how to survive under such a slash, survival first before considering anything else.
After resting for a while, Lu Ye's mind once again immersed into the azure hall.
When he reappeared, he was not far in front of Wang Xiu, who still maintained the previous stance, and Lu Ye instinctively retreated, withdrawing straight to the edge of the azure hall, yet still feeling no sense of security.
Wang Xiu didn't rush to draw his saber, seemingly waiting for him to be ready.
When Lu Ye stabilized his posture and brought forth the Boulder Mountain Saber and Godslayer Saber, Wang Xiu made a slight move, and then a blade light appeared suddenly, and Lu Ye found himself inexplicably killed out again.
"Not right, not right!" Lu Ye shook his head, realizing his decision earlier was wrong, rested again for a moment, and re-entered the azure hall.
But this time, he no longer evaded. Upon appearing, he slashed toward Wang Xiu, since he couldn't defend, he went on the offensive, hoping to create a flaw.
This slash utilized Qing Li's legacy, as the saber fell, it was as if an invisible fierce beast opened a bloodthirsty maw, within which fangs interlocked.
Wang Xiu had no intention of dodging whatsoever, the blade light reappeared, and the fangs shattered.
Try again!
Lu Ye then activated Yien Xi's Leap and Prowl, leaping and prowling throughout the azure hall, his body like a Thunderbolt, moving like the wind, yet still got slain by Wang Xiu's slash!
Try again!
Lu Ye deployed Praying Mantis's Great Windmill, raising a whirlwind of blades in the azure hall, yet still failed to withstand Wang Xiu's slash!
After several attempts without success, Lu Ye even used the Tyrannical Saber Technique and Tidal Sea Ten Thousand Waves, resulting in a splitting headache. He refined a psyche refinement herb for recovery, staring at the barghest placed horizontally on his knees, brows knitted tightly.
Being a legacy within the barghest, Wang Xiu's legacy somewhat didn't follow the rules.
This doesn't mean the other legacies were inferior to Wang Xiu's; it's just each had their own strengths. Wang Xiu's slash was purely an instantaneous burst. Although Lu Ye passed the trials for those legacies, not being the original owner, he hadn't fully mastered them in cultivation to withstand Wang Xiu's onslaught.
In cultivation, there's nothing worse than dwelling on stubborn puzzles. Lu Ye pondered for quite a while without figuring out a solution, so he decided not to think about it further, taking out some spirit jade for cultivation, while activating the Talent Tree's power to derive spirit runes.
Since obtaining the barghest, much of his time was spent immersing in confrontations with those ancestors, although, in his spare time, he also worked on deriving spirit runes. Over this long period, he had derived quite a few new spirit runes. The Insight, for instance, after derivation, could exert more powerful effects than before.
