Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1798 - 1796: Clash in the Black Abyss

The many Yin-Yang dual origins interwoven and filled the leaves, Lu Ye immersed his mental consciousness, meticulous to the extreme.

This is the most intricate and complex spirit runes Lu Ye has encountered so far, compared to which, As-Close-As-Siblings does not even deserve to carry its shoes.

He must ensure flawless success throughout the construction process, without any errors; otherwise, all would be lost. The mystical properties of the Talent Tree afforded him the possibility to complete this; had he tried to construct such spirit runes on the jade tablet, he would have likely failed long ago.

Several days later, when the last basic element was successfully constructed, this Blood Eye Spirit Runes was truly complete.

Under internal observation, there was a prominent eye pattern on the lush leaves of the Talent Tree. This pattern was pieced together from several leaves, occupying a large area. From afar, it appeared as if the Talent Tree had grown an eye, with intertwined patterns within it; upon closer inspection, one could find an inverted triangle pattern at the pupil's position, looking extremely peculiar.

Lu Ye was very curious about the function of this spirit rune…

When the Demon Eye blinks, if the cultivator is in the marvel outside, their Divine Sea would be eroded by this Blood Eye, suspended in the Void. This Blood Eye has an illusory effect on the cultivator, greatly unsettling their mood and making them prone to anger; in severe cases, they might even be unable to control themselves.

But if the cultivator is within the Core World, under the Blood Moon, their power would noticeably increase.

According to Lu Ye's speculation, it's the Sacred Blood of the Blood Ancestor at work. In other words, whether the Blood Eye reflected in the cultivator's Divine Sea, or the Blood Moon suspended in this world, is an manifestation of the sacred blood's might in different environments.

Even though he managed to glimpse the Blood Eye Spirit Runes from it, he should not compare the power when activated to it, and it might even yield completely different effects because, after all, he is not the Blood Ancestor.

So he would need to find someone to test it on. With this thought, Lu Ye sent a message out, summoning Xiang Yin and sister.

More than ten days passed again.

On this day, while Lu Ye was meditating, the audio talisman shook.

Checking it, he found Hu Dequan had sent a message.

The time has come, the competition of the Black Abyss is about to begin, unaware, it has been a year since he came into this world.

Based on all the intelligence he has acquired, to completely crush the Sacred Blood Summit can only happen on the battlefield of Black Abyss. If this time fails, then he can only wait another decade.

A decade may not be much for other Moon Jade cultivators, but for Lu Ye, it's quite long.

So this competition can only be a victory, not a defeat!

He stood up, mental consciousness swelling, and walked out of his chamber.

Soon arriving outside, numerous figures revealed themselves from around; precisely the ten plus cultivators he had subdued earlier, most of them were Moon Jade, with two or three Constellations among them, some showing slight unease.

Not saying much, months of dormancy and preparation, everyone had been waiting for this day.

"Let's go!" Lu Ye led the way to the side, with numerous cultivators following closely. Shortly, on a pre-arranged Teleportation Array, light burst forth, this hidden base, the population dissipated.

A day later, in another hidden place, Lu Ye quietly waited with his forces.

After a while, footsteps approached.

The meditating Lu Ye turned his gaze and immediately saw some familiar faces, not only them, but around, some hidden presences appeared gradually.

Hu Dequan, Yang Ling, Meng Xu stopped at a distance from Lu Ye, mutually exchanging glances.

After a while, Hu Dequan spoke solemnly, "Brother Lu, we can trust you, right?"

Though several months of contact had been made, and occasionally personnel had been exchanged between both sides, when really at this step, the Red Talisman Society was still somewhat uneasy.

If Lu Ye's people were arranged by Lih Tian, then getting so close to them would inevitably lead to defeat in this battle.

Despite existing signs indicating this was unlikely.

"You don't seem to have any other choice." Lu Ye spoke.

Hu Dequan gave a bitter smile, this was precisely the toughest point for the Red Talisman Society.

Meng Xu spoke, "Actually, I've always had a question, could Fellow Daoist answer?"

Lu Ye looked at him, "Fellow Daoist, whatever you wish to ask."

Meng Xu said, "Fellow Daoist has mid-stage Moon Jade cultivation, how could you gather so many cultivators with higher cultivation than you to serve under you? They seem extremely loyal to you!"

Meng Xu had noticed this before, and he had also probed through Xiang Yin and others, but had never gotten an answer, hence always confused.

For cultivators, power is forever the voice of authority; Lu Ye has many late-stage Moon Jade cultivators here, in terms of cultivation higher than him, why do they obey him? 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

He hadn't directly asked Lu Ye before, it's people's secrets after all, probing rashly isn't right, but now with the battle impending, he needed clarity, for even if they trusted Lu Ye, whether Lu Ye's subordinates could be trusted was another matter. Moreover, when the battle starts, if someone on their side turned against them, the situation would be dire.

Lu Ye pondered briefly and said, "The Blood Race is of two kinds, one is ordinary Blood Race, one is with Sacred Blood, possessing saintliness, the latter can condense treasure blood, which has infinite uses and can be granted to other Blood Race, making them Blood Servants, Blood Servants would be inherently loyal to the Blood Master."

Meng Xu frowned, "So Xiang Yin and they are your Blood Servants... Yet Fellow Daoist's time in this world is short, by saintliness, they should surpass you, right?"

"Before coming to this realm, I already possessed saintliness, unlike Xiang Yin and the others."

With a confused expression, Meng Xu asked, "So are you a human race or a Blood Race?"

"I am naturally human. The Blood Race saintliness is just one of my powers; it doesn't affect me at all."

Meng Xu remained silent, unsure whether he believed it, but he did clarify the doubt in his heart. Xiang Yin and the others are actually Blood Servants...

Hu Dequan spoke up, "Alright, things have come to this point, and there's no turning back for any of us." He looked deeply at Lu Ye, "Brother Lu, I hope you won't disappoint us."

"I won't!"

Hu Dequan turned his head and glanced around before shouting in a low voice, "Let's begin!"

As he spoke, cultivators of the Red Talisman Society hidden around emerged one by one. Not many, just around thirty, adding Lu Ye and the others on this side, making a total of about forty.

This is the Red Talisman Society's foundation accumulated through countless hardships over the years, and the only available manpower the Society has.

The cultivators from both sides gathered together.

Hu Dequan raised his hand, summoning a streak of red light at his fingertips, with a fierce and violent aura emanating.

Not just him, but Yang Ling, Zhang Xu did the same as well.

The three simultaneously activated the might of the red talisman, causing the Void to begin trembling.

Lu Ye quietly observed from the side, having learned a lot about the Black Abyss Contest from the Red Talisman Society. He knew that Hu Dequan and the others weren't truly activating the red talismans but were using their power for a form of guidance.

The target of guidance, if Lu Ye's guess was correct, should be the Core World Consciousness!

Sure enough, as the power of the red talisman continued to spread, a small black dot suddenly appeared in the middle of the three. Initially imperceptible, it expanded fiercely in all directions in just an instant.

No one made any effort to dodge.

In a split second, the cultivators experienced a momentary darkness, feeling a sense of weightlessness, and when they regained their senses, they were no longer in the original location.

Lu Ye took the opportunity to survey the surrounding area, immediately feeling a strangely familiar sensation.

Countless floating meteorites traversed the Void, with floating lands of varying sizes interspersed. The environment was precisely what he had encountered when participating in the Black Abyss Martial Arts Meet at Mount Fangcun.

The so-called Black Abyss, indeed, bore no difference to the space he had entered back then. Lu Ye wasn't sure if it was the same Black Abyss.

Most likely, it isn't, because the Black Abyss Contest here occurs once every ten years, while the Dwarf Race's Martial Arts Meet spans a longer cycle. If it were indeed the same Black Abyss, there should be times of overlap.

If that were true... a bunch of unfamiliar Moon Jade cultivators suddenly appearing amidst a martial arts gathering of constellations would be utterly chaotic.

Yet, over the years, star constellations participating in the Martial Arts Meet at Mount Fangcun have never encountered such an event.

Lu Ye leaned more towards the idea that it was another space, albeit similar to where he had been before.

The only difference was a patch of bright light emanating from a not-so-distant location.

Turning his head to look, he saw a sphere resembling a small sun glowing brightly. On closer inspection, the sphere's surface even exhibited some faint blood hues.

"Move, hurry and move!" Hu Dequan's shout echoed, and he darted towards the direction of the small sun.

The others followed closely behind.

Xiang Yin and her companions gathered around Lu Ye, looking at him for direction.

"Follow the plan." Lu Ye instructed calmly, leading his group to follow the Red Talisman Society cultivators. The plan, essentially, was to assist the Red Talisman Society.

A short while later, over forty people gathered around the small sun, all standing solemnly. Hu Dequan looked towards Lu Ye and his group and solemnly opened his mouth, "Brother Lu, though we've communicated before, I must explain carefully that the Black Abyss Contest, for us, is the Protection Battle for the Origin!"

The "Origin" is what the Red Talisman Society calls the small sun; the Origin is the core world's Origin.

Furthermore, the Origin genuinely possesses its own consciousness, as Lu Ye confirmed during his prior discussion with Hu Dequan.

Previously, the core world's consciousness would have some interaction with Red Talisman Society's cultivators, providing guidance and assistance, but over time, this consciousness became increasingly silent, and often the Society's members received no response when seeking it.

The root cause was precisely the blood hue covering the Origin, from which Lu Ye clearly felt an intensely terrifying saintliness.

That blood hue undoubtedly stemmed from the power of the Blood Ancestor's treasure blood!

The treasure blood is gradually eroding the Origin, and the Origin is perpetually resisting, thus remaining in a dormant state.

Only during the Black Abyss Contest does the Origin Consciousness receive guidance from the might of the Red Talisman, which leads Red Talisman Society's cultivators into this location.