Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1677 - 1675: Mu He and Black Umbrella Facing Death Without Fear
Lu Ye naturally understood the performance of the Tiger Shark battleship, as he had bought ten of them when he returned to the Nine Provinces. This type of battleship is the smallest, and can be piloted by three to five people.
At this moment, the Tiger Shark battleship from the Divine Wind Galactic Pirates Group was being piloted by four Constellation warriors; two in the Late Stage and two in the mid-stage. With their foundation, combined with the numerous configurations on the battleship, they were indeed capable of launching attacks comparable to Moon Jade—albeit with a slightly slower frequency.
Even so, it relentlessly pursued the Treasure Blood Avatar, making escape extremely difficult.
Had the Avatar not focused solely on fleeing instead of entangling with them, it might have been annihilated long ago. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
At this moment, under the astonished gaze of the four cultivators inside the Tiger Shark, another figure of Lu Ye suddenly appeared out of nowhere, making them momentarily stunned.
What the hell?
One of them reacted more quickly, showing an expression of delight after a brief pause: "This must be the original body; quick, capture him!"
Just as he spoke, a strange portal appeared in their view.
Immediately following, a mass of cloud-like substance suddenly drifted out of that portal, diffusing in all directions!
The spore cloud, it was evidently a means activated by the Black Umbrella. This thing looked like a mass of white cloud, but was actually composed of countless spores invisible to the naked eye.
The sudden change made the four cultivators inside the Tiger Shark battleship feel uneasy, and what shocked them even more was that within that strange white cloud, two Moon Jade auras were revealed.
Where did two Moon Jade come from? The four warriors of different races racked their brains but could not figure out what was happening.
Before they could react, the massive spore cloud had already enveloped the battleship, its might was fierce, and from within came a roar of fury.
It was Mu He roaring, a roar filled with boundless anger and rage.
Mu Ling and the Spore Race had it tough; they had been living peacefully in the Blue Jade World, only to be attacked by the Blood Race, forcing them to abandon their home. The tribe members below Constellation were relocated into the Tree World of the Reincarnation Tree, while those Constellation members had to leave their homeland to find a new home.
During this journey, they endured many hardships, reducing their already small numbers further. Fortunately, with heaven's pity, a chance encounter led them to a Flower Race, which guided them to the Flower World to settle, and with the Flower Race's great support, two Clan Leaders ascended to Moon Jade.
They thought the future for their two tribes was arriving, who knew the Flower World would be targeted by a galactic pirate group.
If the Flower World were seized by the pirate group, not only would the Flower Race suffer, but the remaining small number of their tribesmen would also be doomed!
The two Clan Leaders were sorrowful, furious, powerless...
Until Lu Ye's appearance brought a sliver of change to their bleak future.
Mu He and Black Umbrella had already decided to fight to the death to protect Lu Ye and help him escape to safety; so the moment they breached the portal, the two tribesmen unleashed their full power!
The spore cloud spread out, enveloping the battleship.
The four cultivators from the pirate group inside the battleship were appalled, feeling the battleship's speed drastically reduced, as if it was stuck in a quagmire; no matter how desperately they piloted, it crawled slowly like a turtle.
Before they could figure out a solution, a deafening blast rumbled from outside the battleship, followed by the entire battleship beginning to tremble violently.
Inside the spore cloud, Chief Mu He's figure had expanded to a hundred meters tall, resembling a giant standing between heaven and earth. Countless sharp wooden spikes suddenly sprouted from his body, like long whips, wildly stabbing at the Tiger Shark battleship.
Restricted by the spore cloud, the Tiger Shark battleship could barely move, unable to dodge such fierce and furious attacks. The four cultivators inside the battleship frantically activated the protective array of the battleship.
However, how much protection could the array of such a small battleship provide? It could probably withstand two or three attacks from a Moon Jade, but the problem was that the furious Mu He unleashed a dense, layered assault.
In the blink of an eye, the protection of the Tiger Shark battleship was breached, with sharp wooden spikes piercing the hull from all directions, the severe tremors practically making it impossible for the four figures inside to stand firm.
Outside the spore cloud, Lu Ye's true body observed, initially planning to act, but upon seeing the fierce momentum inside the spore cloud, he realized he needn't intervene.
The Treasure Blood Avatar had already fled in the direction ahead when his original body descended.
Following the unbeatable law of fleeing via Avatar: the original body and Avatar should try not to stay together! Lu Ye understood this principle well.
In just ten breaths, the battleship's defenses encased within the spore cloud were completely shattered, not only that, but the surface of the battleship was battered with pits, creating one crater after another.
If not for the notable material of the battleship itself, it surely would have been pierced through.
As Mu He's assault continued, a wooden spike finally pierced into the interior of the battleship.
Seeing the sturdy wooden spike, the four cultivators of the pirate group turned pale, realizing that if such an attack landed on them, they wouldn't have confidence in resisting it. Ultimately, the power difference between Moon Jade and Constellation is a difference in the essence of strength.
As the wooden spike withdrew, the white spore cloud slipped inside through the hole, the four cultivators were horrified, yet entirely powerless to resist, watching helplessly as the spore cloud filled the interior space of the battleship.
Black Umbrella's voice echoed beside Lu Ye's ear: "Little friend, I have them under control, should we just kill them?"
Controlled? Lu Ye was momentarily stunned. The battlefield was enveloped by a massive spore cloud, so he could only sense the vague situation inside; it was difficult to discern what was happening.
"What kind of control?" Lu Ye asked.
"They've been corrupted by my spores. Now they are my puppets. Perhaps we can probe them for some intelligence?" Black Umbrella said.
If not for such consideration, Black Umbrella would have long ago been brutal.
But... how come the situation is different from what he and Mu He anticipated?
In their minds, once they left Flower World, they would have faced the terrifying power of that Moon Jade Late Stage. The opponent still had an entire galactic pirate group for support, and even if both of them ascended to Moon Jade, they would surely not be opponents.
This was a battle with certain death, without any retreat.
They were already prepared to die in battle!
But in fact, there wasn't a single Moon Jade Late Stage here. After coming out, there was only a Tiger Shark battleship, which they easily captured with their cooperation.
The cultivators inside the battleship were not high in cultivation; they were only Constellation states, and there were only four of them.
Where are the rest of the galactic pirate group? Where are those two Moon Jades? Black Umbrella was puzzled.
"Really?" Lu Ye was surprised. He knew the Spore Race could summon the spore cloud to cooperate with the wood spirit in combat, but he didn't know they had such a strange ability.
Just when he was about to say there's no need to gather intelligence and to kill directly, he thought quickly and said, "To what extent can you control them?"
Black Umbrella replied, "Right now they are akin to my doppelgangers. I can exert basic control over their bodies. Of course, if given some time for me to erode their Divine Sea, I can fully control them!"
This ability... truly peculiar.
Lu Ye thought for a moment and said, "Don't kill them; they still have uses."
Soon, the spore cloud dissipated, revealing the battlefield. Mu He scratched his head with a bewildered look, as if searching with his sword in all directions, wondering where the formidable enemy was and why a Tiger Shark battleship was here? He felt like he exerted great effort to kill mosquitoes.
Lu Ye was about to step forward to check the situation inside the battleship when his heart suddenly jolted. He turned in one direction and was extremely surprised, "So fast!"
That white-haired old man actually caught up! What puzzled Lu Ye was how the opponent located his position?
He used the Void Spirit Runes, teleporting across tens of thousands of miles. In theory, the white-haired old man's Mental Consciousness shouldn't be able to extend here, so how did he catch up so quickly?
Upon reflection, perhaps the cultivators on the battleship sent out a signal after encountering the attack.
No matter the circumstances, it wasn't safe to linger here.
"Don't activate your powers!" Lu Ye dashed to Mu He and Black Umbrella's side. As he spoke, a huge Void Spirit Rune was already being constructed, sprawling out and linking under the three of them and the Tiger Shark battleship.
As the Void Spirit Rune appeared, the white-haired old man, still at a distance, could only watch Lu Ye's figure disappear once more.
"Damn it!" The white-haired old man was immensely annoyed. He didn't take an opponent at Constellation Late Stage seriously, but who could have expected such a mysterious and unpredictable ability?
The opponent clearly relied on some strange exotic treasure, otherwise, he couldn't have accomplished such a feat on his own.
Since it's an exotic treasure, there must be a substantial burden on the user, and it can't be activated often!
So thinking, the white-haired old man quickly arrived at the place where Lu Ye vanished and activated his Pupil Skill. Just as before, he determined the direction of Lu Ye's escape using the remnants of space power traces.
Behind another Treasure Blood Avatar not far away, a Tiger Shark battleship was pursuing relentlessly.
Soon, this Tiger Shark battleship faced the same situation as its companion. Only this time, Lu Ye didn't just arrive alone; Mu He and Black Umbrella were also brought over.
Upon emerging, Black Umbrella's spore cloud instantly expanded. The Tiger Shark battleship pursuing them had no time to react and plummeted into the spore cloud.
What followed was simple: Black Umbrella entangled them, Mu He unleashed his force, and the second Tiger Shark battleship fell into Lu Ye's hands, in a matter of ten breaths.
Lu Ye's gaze moved to the distant place where the third Treasure Blood Avatar was.
Compared to the previous two avatars, this one's situation was particularly dire because the pursuer was the Flame Race Moon Jade.
If not for the rapid speed of the Blood Escape Technique, they would have long since been caught up.
Even so, the distance between them was closing quickly, and it wouldn't be long before the Treasure Blood Avatar would be within the attack range of the Flame Race Moon Jade. At that point, the avatar would have no power to resist.
Lu Ye didn't rush to head over but exerted his Mental Consciousness, simultaneously controlling his three Treasure Blood Avatars.
