Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1723 - 1721: I’ll Kill Your Companion First

Moon Jade's battle caused quite a stir, drawing many cultivators from all directions, who pointed and commented on the scene.

While conflicts occasionally occur over All Phenomena Ocean, battles involving Moon Jade-level cultivators are rare, usually happening during Spirit Island conquest battles.

Encountering such an event is rare, and the cultivators naturally enjoy watching the excitement.

The two Moon Jade cultivators besieging Tang Jun—one a combat cultivator, the other a physique cultivator—thought this affair to be straightforward. After all, teaming up against an older mid-stage magic cultivator, especially in a surprise attack, left little room for failure.

They planned for a swift victory.

But once they actually began, they realized how wrong they were.

Tang Jun's strength indeed seemed lacking; since the battle started, he showed no intention of counterattacking, relying solely on a few protective magic treasures to survive, clearly guarding while awaiting reinforcements.

These two finally broke through Tang Jun's protective treasures, only for Old Tang to then invoke a red talisman.

The cultivators were astonished by his fear of death and puzzled over how Tang Jun had such wealth; those protective treasures, though formidable with 4 or 5-star ratings, weren't excessively valuable, but the key was that red talisman, costing no less than two million spirit jades.

Without this red talisman's protection, how could a mid-stage Moon Jade like Tang Jun have lasted this long?

Yet, even so, the red talisman couldn't withstand continual attacks indefinitely; its protective light had dimmed greatly and was on the verge of breaking.

Within at most ten breaths, the two were confident they could shatter the red talisman's protection and slay Tang Jun here!

But at this moment, the late-stage Moon Jade physique cultivator suddenly looked up, spotting fast-approaching red mist heading towards the battlefield. His expression darkened, and he spoke: "Someone's coming!"

They were quite aware of Tang Jun's details, and considering his non-aggressive stance after the attack, it was evident he was expecting reinforcements, which they somewhat anticipated.

What they hadn't expected was how quickly Tang Jun's reinforcements arrived. The place wasn't close to Three Worlds Island; under normal circumstances, a Moon Jade cultivator from Three Worlds Island wouldn't arrive so quickly.

With brief perception, the physique cultivator detected two presences within the red mist: one a late-stage Moon Jade like himself and the other merely early-stage.

After a slight hesitation, he swiftly decided: "I'll go intercept them; you speed up!"

With these words, he rushed toward the red mist.

A few breaths later, facing each other, the red mist suddenly expanded, transforming into a Blood Sea that engulfed him amidst his shock.

Within the Blood Sea, Lu Ye didn't pause, rushing straight towards Tang Jun.

Though collaborating with Ma Shangsi could swiftly resolve this physique cultivator, the priority now was preserving Tang Jun's life.

His situation urgently needed addressing.

The distance swiftly closed between them.

Next to Tang Jun, the mid-stage Moon Jade noticed Lu Ye's charging figure, hesitated slightly, but ultimately chose to abandon Tang Jun and faced towards Lu Ye.

Simultaneously, he cast a sinister glance at Tang Jun and threatened: "I'll kill your companion first, then deal with you!"

With these words, he charged directly at Lu Ye.

Tang Jun's pale face briefly betrayed struggle. An experienced old man, he instantly realized the opponent's intent to threaten him; clearly intending to force him to abandon the protective power of the red talisman.

Purchasing this red talisman from the All Phenomena Merchants Guild at great expense, its protective power was exceptional, otherwise, he couldn't have endured the relentless assaults from two Moon Jade cultivators of superior strength.

However, this red talisman had a disadvantage: once activated, it couldn't move, effectively making him a stationary target.

This was why he remained in place, partly due to the talisman and also because escape was not feasible.

Now, with Lu Ye arriving to rescue him, he couldn't watch helplessly as Lu Ye faced danger.

Despite sensing Lu Ye as a Moon Jade, he had clearly just ascended recently, possibly not yet stable in his current realm, and facing a mid-stage Moon Jade foretold a dire outcome.

The opponent's threat aimed to force him to relinquish his defense and attack actively.

Despite understanding this, amidst the dire situation, Tang Jun gritted his teeth, proactively dispersed the red talisman's power, preparing to coordinate a pincer attack with Lu Ye.

However, just as he did so, the combat cultivator charging towards Lu Ye abruptly turned around, bearing a cold smile, swung a staff at him.

Tang Jun sighed, foreseeing this unfolding, yet he had no choice; confronting the fierce attack, Tang Jun could only muster all his nearly depleted mana to invoke magic in response.

As mana collided chaotically, Tang Jun's magic shattered, the fierce offensive bore down, and with a cry, Tang Jun fell like a cut kite.

He was nearly at the end of his tether; the opponent also expended much, but their disparity in strength was evident; this collision swiftly established the victor.

The staff-wielding combat cultivator clearly intended to finish off Tang Jun, but lacked the opportunity. Sensing Lu Ye's swift approach, he had to turn, sweeping his staff horizontally in response.

Under the stimulation of mana, this strike wielded a massive shadow, sweeping across about thirty miles.

In his vision, Lu Ye's figure suddenly disappeared, startling the combat cultivator. In the next instant, he saw Lu Ye inexplicably appear not far in front of him. Lu Ye raised his hand, pressing it against the sword sheath, his eyes slightly lowered, expression calm, yet the fury in his eyes was like an erupting volcano.

The sound of a blade singing echoed as the Boulder Mountain Saber unsheathed, the flash of the blade flickered.

The body of the combat cultivator holding the staff suddenly stiffened slightly, astonished. He looked down at the magic weapon in his hand.

This 5-star magic treasure was now divided in half from the middle, the cut smooth as a mirror.

His eyes flashed with an incredulous expression, unable to believe that his magic treasure was actually cleaved in two with a single slash!

Though it wasn't a defensive type of magic treasure, it was still a magic treasure, with inherent durability, it shouldn't be as fragile as a wooden stick.

His vision slowly shifted, looking towards his chest, where a line of blood started to seep out.

He suddenly felt a little panicked…

The pain engulfed his entire chest, the line of blood turned into a fountain, spurting, and his vision began to tilt…

Behind him, Lu Ye had already sheathed his saber, grabbing Tang Jun, who almost fell into the All Phenomena Ocean, asking, "How are you?"

Old Tang appeared dazed, the near-death experience left him momentarily blank, only slowly recovering after a while: "I won't die."

He urgently said, "Don't worry about me, face the enemy first!"

Lu Ye released his arm, shaking his head, saying, "No need!"

Old Tang was stunned, why wasn't there a need? But soon he understood why, looking up, the back facing them suddenly gushed with fresh blood, the body splitting in two, falling into the All Phenomena Ocean, plunging into endless darkness.

Old Tang was dumbfounded.

He had been hit by the combat cultivator's staff, leaving his mind spinning, unable to clearly see what happened, so he didn't know how this person died!

Even though he didn't witness the specifics, Tang Jun understood that the opponent's death was inseparable from Lu Ye.

In a single encounter, defeating the strong with the weak, and slaying a Moon Jade Mid-Stage? Tang Jun was shocked in his heart.

"Come with me!" Lu Ye activated his mana, wrapping Tang Jun, and swiftly headed towards Ma Shangsi. Two Moon Jade attackers had ambushed Tang Jun, one had already been slain by him, and he didn't plan to spare the other.

Though unclear about the hidden agenda, without his timely arrival, Tang Jun would definitely have been dead.

If they were out to kill, he naturally wouldn't show mercy!

However, just as actions were taken, there was turmoil in the Blood Sea on Ma Shangsi's side, followed by a figure emerging from it, surprisingly, it was the physique cultivator!

At this moment, his blood Qi was surging, his body bearing some wounds, clearly going all out. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

After leaving the Blood Sea, he didn't pause at all, not sure what Escape Technique he used, fleeing rapidly in one direction.

By the time Lu Ye conjoined with Tang Jun and Ma Shangsi, the physique cultivator had already fled a great distance.

Lu Ye glanced, suppressing his killing intent, not pursuing, since chasing now had little meaning. He was weaker in cultivation than the opponent, and the opponent had used some Escape Technique, making it difficult to catch up.

The Blood Sea receded, revealing Ma Shangsi, his breath uneven, looking at Lu Ye uneasily, "Failed the Saintly Venerable's trust, couldn't stop him, I deserve to die!"

Lu Ye shook his head, "It wasn't your fault."

If it were normal times, Ma Shangsi using the Blood Sea Technique to trap the physique cultivator shouldn't have been a problem, but earlier, during the journey, Lu Ye had him explode his treasure blood and pushed him to use the Blood Escape Technique, causing excessive short-term consumption, draining his vital energy. So, during the confrontation with the physique cultivator, he wasn't in peak condition, giving the opponent an opening.

Having killed one of them already, it wasn't a fruitless endeavor indeed.

Tang Jun stood aside, gazing suspiciously at Ma Shangsi, doubting if his injuries were causing hallucinations, how could there be a Moon Jade Late Stage treating Lu Yiye with such respect?

Ever since Lu Ye slayed that Moon Jade Mid-Stage with a single strike, everything seemed surreal…

"Let's head back first." Lu Ye glanced at the many onlookers around, called out, and first summoned the starboat, guiding Ma Shangsi and Tang Jun back the way they came.

He had many questions but here clearly wasn't the place to talk.

After the trio left, the onlooking cultivators started discussing passionately. They had just witnessed an awe-inspiring battle.

Both being Moon Jade level combat cultivators, a Mid-Stage being slain by an Early Stage in one slash, not only that, even his own magic weapon was cleaved into two.

Such a thing had never been seen or even heard of before.

Aboard the starboat, Lu Ye quietly sensed himself, the burden from the Drawn Saber Slash was immense, although just one slash, there was much damage inside his flesh, fortunately for a Moon Jade, such damage wasn't significant and would recover swiftly.