Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1675 - 1673: The Direction of Escape

With the slash from the Boulder Mountain Saber, the soaring red light enveloping Lu Ye converged towards it like fluid, and a massive red saber light, resembling a crescent moon, swept out.

With a cracking sound, Lu Ye felt a sharp pain in his right arm holding the saber, the flesh splitting, blood spattering.

Even the Boulder Mountain Saber emitted a slight hum.

It must be known that this saber was transformed from the barghest of the Combat Race. Although it currently only exhibited the level of a spirit treasure, this was limited by Lu Ye's own cultivation; its quality is simply beyond the spirit treasure level.

Usually, no matter how Lu Ye mobilized his power, the Boulder Mountain Saber would not react abnormally, but this slash resulted in the saber vibrating slightly due to the overwhelming feedback of power.

Fortunately, it was transformed from the barghest. If it were the former Boulder Mountain Saber, Lu Ye suspected it might have shattered directly. The power of such a slash had already exceeded what a spirit treasure could withstand.

Not far away, the white-haired elder's pupils constricted to the size of a needle. Despite sensing something was amiss the moment Lu Ye wielded the saber, Lu Ye's actions were simply too fast, taking him by surprise. He was still immersed in the joy and excitement of soon acquiring the World King Flower, yet in an instant, the threat of death descended.

As the red saber light burst forth, the white-haired elder immediately attempted to escape, but to his horror, he found that the saber light had completely locked onto his aura. Unless he could instantly distance himself by a hundred thousand miles, he simply couldn't evade this terrifying strike.

He hurriedly sacrificed an object that seemed like a piece of beast bone. As mana was frantically poured into it, the beast bone shattered, wrapping back onto the elder. In the blink of an eye, his body was encompassed by a hazy gray light screen, within which a shadowy exotic beast appeared to move.

And that wasn't all—he also sacrificed a magic treasure resembling a tiny bell, placing it directly over himself!

With two major protective magic treasures adorning him, the elder still felt no sense of security.

He had no chance for further action now.

The crescent-shaped red saber light arrived before him, cutting through the protective magic treasure as easily as slicing through tofu, then pierced through the hazy light screen, effortlessly penetrating the elder's body...

Not far behind the elder, two Tiger Shark battleships were spectating. They had been repelled by the elder earlier, and never expected such a change to occur. Those navigating the two Tiger Shark battleships were merely Constellation cultivators, unable to react as swiftly as the elder. When the crescent red saber light came, they hadn't even comprehended what was happening before being swept into it.

After breaking the elder's two layers of protection, killing him on the spot, and then breaking the two Tiger Shark battleships, the crescent saber light appeared to dim slightly in power, yet its speed and ferocity remained terrifying.

A loud boom echoed as the saber light struck the large array enveloping the stellar space, carving out a massive breach.

The cultivators of the Divine Wind Galactic Pirates Group, faces stunned and terrified, were overwhelmed by the sudden explosion of horror, nearly believing that Sun Blaze had arrived.

Lu Ye was already rushing towards the breach!

Though he had slain the strongest Moon Jade Late Stage, there were two Tiger Shark battleships and one Moon Jade Early Stage left, in addition to numerous foes. Lingering here was not advisable.

Now the array was broken, and naturally, escaping was his priority.

Before the Divine Wind Galactic Pirates Group's cultivators could react, Lu Ye had already reached the breach in the large array.

Just as he was relieved that everything was going according to plan, he suddenly furrowed his brow, turning to look back.

Where the elder's body should have been, there was no sign of him, but instead, a ragged, palm-sized puppet had appeared.

The puppet had a huge wound running through it, exactly matching the injuries the elder had just suffered.

Dead-substitute puppet!

Lu Ye immediately recognized it since he had seen this in the Constellation Palace. It's an unparalleled exotic treasure for preserving life, capable of transferring all lethal damage to the puppet, thus saving one's own life.

In the stellar space, dead-substitute puppets are always priceless and exceedingly rare.

Lu Ye never expected that a galactic pirate group's Moon Jade would possess such an object.

He instantly sensed something was wrong.

Sure enough, a mighty aura suddenly revived from a nearby tower ship, followed by the white-haired elder, who was supposed to be dead, abruptly emerging, his expression dark as he glared at Lu Ye, grinding his teeth and growling: "Boy, I'm going to kill you!"

Such a precious treasure, the dead-substitute puppet, wasted on a Constellation Late Stage.

Despite the terrifying power of Lu Ye's previous slash, capable of killing instantly, the elder's discerning eyes naturally saw the red talisman's might. How else could a Constellation Late Stage produce such a fearsome slash?

The dead-substitute puppet is precious, and so is the red talisman.

Having one red talisman is already impressive for a Constellation Late Stage, how could there be a second?

Nonetheless, the elder dared not rashly approach Lu Ye, merely stimulating Mental Consciousness from afar.

In an instant, the overwhelming and powerful Mental Consciousness surged toward Lu Ye like a tide, almost condensing into a visible form, transforming into a spear and striking at Lu Ye.

With his Moon Jade Late Stage foundation, even if it's just a psyche attack, it is more than enough to take down a Constellation Late Stage!

That's what he thought...

The result was quite unexpected for him, because the spear formed from Mental Consciousness did not have the desired effect after hitting Lu Ye's body. Lu Ye merely swayed slightly before emerging unscathed, then darted out of the big array's breach without looking back.

What happened? The white-haired elder froze for a moment, then shouted, "Chase!"

Only at this moment did the remaining cultivators of the Divine Wind Galactic Pirates Group wake up as if from a dream, hurriedly deploying various means to chase through the big array, with the white-haired elder leading the charge.

He had lost a precious dead-substitute puppet, two protective magic treasures, and two Tiger Shark battleships; even the painstakingly arranged big array had been broken. If he couldn't reclaim the World King Flower now, it would be a massive loss.

Therefore, he absolutely would not let Lu Ye go. Although he couldn't understand how a Constellation Late Stage could seize the World King Flower, he had witnessed the scene when Lu Ye manifested, truly seeing the World King Flower being taken by Lu Ye.

As long as he caught that kid and took him down, the World King Flower would still be his.

At this moment, he was extremely regretful. Had he known, he would have killed the kid upon spotting him. How could he have let things get so complicated afterward? At the time, he thought of using Lu Ye as a laborer, and since Lu Ye's cultivation was vastly inferior to his own, he didn't pay much attention.

On Lu Ye's side, he had already activated the Blood Escape Technique, transforming his figure into a blood light rapidly darting forward, and at the moment of exiting the big array's breach, three Treasure Blood Avatars condensed, splitting with the main body into four paths, fleeing in different directions.

Despite not expecting the white-haired elder to have an exotic treasure like a dead-substitute puppet, he had already made various strategic predictions while waiting in the Flower World earlier, so any dire situation was within his response range.

His biggest worry was whether the Divine Wind Galactic Pirates Group had not only the two Moon Jade cultivators he saw; what if there were hidden forces he hadn't discovered before?

The situation now is somewhat bad, but not terribly so.

There are only two Moon Jade cultivators in the Divine Wind Galactic Pirates Group, one Late Stage, one Early Stage, but the white-haired elder's resurrection through the dead-substitute puppet was completely unexpected, so he still had to endure a Moon Jade Late Stage's pursuit.

Whether he could escape depended on his skill.

It must be said, Moon Jade Late Stage's Mental Consciousness is indeed fierce, as it's only a step away from Sun Blaze existence. Though Lu Ye once killed a Moon Jade Late Stage, the opponent was from the Blood Race, completely suppressed by him, and he had Shang's Soul Possession at the time, so it doesn't count.

The white-haired elder, undoubtedly an aged warrior, immersed in this realm for countless years, possesses a sheer psyche attack that Constellation cultivators can't withstand.

Lu Ye's unscathed condition was entirely thanks to the seven-color Divine Lotus.

When the white-haired elder launched the psyche attack, Lu Ye had already activated the Sacred Guard, condensing layers of protection in his Divine Sea. Unfortunately, the cultivation gap was too wide; the layers of Sacred Guard shattered quickly without much effect, immediately followed by the spear-like offensive crashing into his Divine Sea, stirring turbulent waves.

Under normal circumstances, a Constellation attacked in such a manner would either have their Divine Sea shattered or their psyche injured—let alone escape, surviving would be uncertain.

But at this critical moment, the seven-color Divine Lotus suddenly radiated seven-colored rays, where the rays passed, the turbulent divine sea quickly calmed.

Lu Ye truly didn't expect that the seven-color Divine Lotus, besides nurturing the psyche, also had a suppressive effect. If that were the case, he wouldn't need to fear similar psyche attacks in the future.

Although the Ghost Ship in the Divine Sea was also mysteriously strong, it could only be used when other psyches or Spiritual Bodies invade the Divine Sea, and its effect differed from the seven-color Divine Lotus.

Out of the big array, Lu Ye's main body immediately fled in a predetermined direction, according to the earlier strategic plan.

Actually, at this point, there were only two escape directions available to him, one being the Grotto Void Galaxy!

No domain welcomes galactic pirate groups. The Grotto Void Galaxy is under the guard of Sun Blaze powerhouses, and if Divine Wind dared to pursue him inside, once those Sun Blaze powerhouses notice, there's no way they would leave alive.

However, fleeing towards the Grotto Void Galaxy has one drawback—if the World King Flower's information leaks, Lu Ye couldn't ensure that the Sun Blaze powerhouses there would not be interested.

It must be known that the Grotto Void World is not a top-tier domain; how could they not covet treasures like the World King Flower?

If the white-haired elder was targeted by the Sun Blaze, he would most likely offer the World King Flower as a bargaining chip for survival.

If he escapes the tiger's den only to fall into the wolf's lair, that would be disastrous.

So Lu Ye did not consider fleeing toward the Grotto Void Galaxy.

If he couldn't flee towards the Grotto Void Galaxy, there was only one direction left.

The Yin-Yang Great Millstone!