Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1804 - 1802: The Death of Lih Tian

The Blood Sea surged, holy power fluctuated, and Lu Ye had driven his saintliness to the extreme.

With him as the lead, numerous cultivators from the Red Talisman Society, along with a group of Blood Servants, were madly besieging Lih Tian within the Blood Sea.

In this battle, although our cultivators suffered heavy losses, there were still over twenty alive at this moment, and each was Moon Jade.

If Lih Tian was in perfect condition, even with these cultivators united, they might not be able to do much to him, considering he was Sun Blaze.

It's like over twenty Constellations fighting against a Moon Jade; without As-Close-As-Siblings support and formation, they would easily be defeated individually. Besides, he had higher cultivation: attacking at will, escaping at will, he held an absolute advantage.

But under Lu Ye's suppression of saintliness, Lih Tian's strength greatly reduced, coupled with the blockade of the Blood Sea surrounding, he was destined for a hard death.

Yet strangely enough, even in such dire straits, Lih Tian showed no signs of panic, instead laughing wildly, facing attacks from all directions without any intent to defend, but rather attacking to attack.

He seemed to not care about his life or death at all!

The unease in Lu Ye's heart had already intensified to the limit, he was certain that Lih Tian had a backup plan, otherwise how could a distinguished Sun Blaze be in a position seeking death, plus the words he spoke earlier were quite intriguing, but with the war reaching this point, there was no room for maneuvering.

No matter what Lih Tian's backup plan was, he must be killed first!

The result of not defending was Lih Tian's body continuously appearing with large and small injuries, flesh and blood starting to collapse and separate, revealing ghastly white bones.

Our side also began to suffer casualties gradually. Under the suppression of Lu Ye's saintliness, Lih Tian's strength was far less than at peak, but the biggest difference between Sun Blaze and Moon Jade was not the enhancement in physique and mana, but the psyche.

Comparatively, Sun Blaze's psyche force has reached another level, Lu Ye could suppress his physical strength, but not his psyche force.

This led to once our cultivators were caught by Lih Shang's flaw, they weren't dead but injured, the terrifying and violent soul power fluctuating, continually playing the sad song of death.

Seeing the situation like this, Lu Ye dared not drag on any longer.

He made a snap decision, quickly retreated, avoiding the fierce confrontation area from afar, meanwhile, as mana surged, a streak of red light blossomed.

Before coming here, the Dwarf Race had given him three Red Talismans for protection: one for attack, one for defense, and the last one for escape, known for being extremely comprehensive.

The defensive Red Talisman had already been used by him, and now he was activating the attack-type Red Talisman.

Dreadful dreams are plentiful, he was going to use the Red Talisman to settle the score once and for all.

The red light shone brightly, even the gloss of the Blood Sea couldn't overshadow this dazzling color, and Lu Ye's whole momentum was rising frantically, his clothes fluttering incessantly.

The red light, like a living entity, flowed towards the Boulder Mountain Saber in his hand, in the blink of an eye, the originally pitch-black Boulder Mountain Saber transformed into a blood saber!

Lu Ye held the saber in hand, a powerful belief rose that in this moment, all things in the world could be cut down by one slash!

With the Red Talisman empowering, even the Boulder Mountain Saber trembled, Lu Ye raised his other hand, gripped the saber hilt with both hands, mental consciousness surged in all directions, his form darting forward.

Received through audio transmission, the many cultivators who were besieging Lih Tian rapidly retreated to all sides, the heavily scarred Lih Tian also, at this moment, looked towards Lu Ye, even with the obstruction of the Blood Sea, he could feel the deadly threat of this slash.

He still was not afraid, the Blood Sea around transmitted a strong binding force, obviously afraid he would escape, intending to confine him in place.

But he had no intention of fleeing, just his psyche force violently surged, bombarding towards Lu Ye.

Instantly, Lu Ye's Divine Sea surged, his heart and mind wavered, fortunately, there was the seven-color Divine Lotus guarding his psyche, facing Lih Tian's psychic attack, he still managed to hold on for a while.

His form was enveloped in the red light, within about 30 miles, reached in the blink of an eye.

The blood-red long saber fiercely cleaved!

Lu Ye originally planned to urge the saber momentum, but under the Talisman's empowerment, this slash was too overwhelming, he could no longer urge any saber momentum.

A simple and plain, straightforward slash!

The vast Blood Sea slightly trembled then instantly split like a chunk of blood tofu, the bloody saber energy straightly spread over thousands of miles, seemingly wanting to cut open this space, along the path, meteorites and floating land all turned to dust.

Deep groans sounded, but the Blood Servants were impacted, each face pale.

Though the Blood Sea centered around Lu Ye, the Blood Servants had always been supporting from behind, this slash cleaved the Blood Sea, and they suffered from backlash as well.

Cultivators of the Red Talisman Society didn't suffer much backlash but were unsteady under the massive power ripple.

Until after several breaths, the dazzling red light gradually faded.

Everyone immediately looked towards Lih Tian, eager to know the outcome of this slash.

What met the eyes was exhilarating for everyone, as the place where Lih Tian once stood now had no flesh, only a chilling skeleton.

Lih Tian is dead!

Lu Ye stood not far from this skeleton, holding the Boulder Mountain Saber in a forward slashing stance, with a furrowed brow.

Something isn't right.

The power of that previous slash was incredibly strong, and under the restraint of saintliness and severe injuries, Lih Tian couldn't survive, which Lu Ye had anticipated.

However... why has his skeleton remained intact? By logic, even if the slash couldn't turn Lih Tian into powder, it should at least have split him in two.

Yet his skeleton displayed an unnatural hardness, with no marks of damage from such an overwhelming strike.

Lu Ye gazed intently and couldn't help but shrink his eyelids!

He discovered that there were complex, intertwined patterns spread over the chilling skeleton, and the key was that these patterns felt extremely familiar to him.

These were unmistakably the Blood Eye Spirit Runes, covering every corner of Lih Tian's skeleton.

Looking at these patterns, Lu Ye recalled a piece of information he had previously gleaned from Zhou Tianbao — that Lih Tian had been cultivating a secret technique, which only recently showed some success.

Upon hearing this, Lu Ye immediately thought of the Blood Eye Spirit Runes, as they appeared with the Blood Moon, and he could observe them, as could others. If there's any secret technique in this realm that would interest someone like Lih Tian, it would undoubtedly be the Spirit Runes that emerged with the Blood Moon.

During the confrontation with Lih Tian, Lu Ye had been vigilant about this, because he had personally tried to activate those Spirit Runes and knew their eerie nature.

But in truth, Lih Tian showed no signs of activating the Spirit Runes from beginning to end.

Lu Ye never expected that Lih Tian would brand the pattern of the Spirit Runes onto his own skeleton, and to achieve this, Lih Tian's mastery on the Path of Spirit Runes must be terrifyingly profound.

This level of difficulty cannot be compared to branding the same Spirit Runes onto the leaves of the Talent Tree, as there is a huge advantage in doing it on the Talent Tree: mistakes can be revised. With this convenience, Lu Ye can easily brand any Spirit Rune he knows onto the leaves of the Talent Tree, thereby making it his own.

No other methods of constructing Spirit Runes compare, as they require a continuous effort. One can only imagine the difficulty Lih Tian faced in branding such a complex Spirit Rune onto his own skeleton.

Yet he achieved it...

Oddly, Lih Tian never activated the power of this Spirit Rune, and neither the Red Talisman Society nor his Blood Servants ever mentioned Lih Tian's proficiency in the Path of Spirit Runes.

Many doubts arose in Lu Ye's heart, making it hard to understand what Lih Tian's purpose was in doing this.

Nonetheless, Lih Tian is ultimately dead, and this battle... our side has won!

Turning to look around, only fewer than twenty cultivators survived the chaotic battlefield; in the duel with Lih Tian, several more were killed. Initially, there were forty-plus on our side, and the Sacred Blood Summit had more than a hundred.

But in just a few days of skirmish, Moon Jade lost a great number, and even a Sun Blaze fell. Those who remain alive feel a deep sense of unfamiliarity.

Lu Ye, however, saw joy in the eyes of Hu Dequan and others, which soon turned to surprise as they stared behind him.

Lu Ye suddenly turned his gaze to Lih Tian's skeleton, and the chilling bones started to emit a faint red glow, radiating from the ribcage and rapidly spreading throughout the body.

In an instant, the spirit runes branded on the skeleton were activated!

This strangely eerie scene left Lu Ye completely puzzled. By logic, Lih Tian was dead, and no matter what he branded onto his skeleton in life, it shouldn't have been triggered again.

Yet this occurrence was unfolding right before his eyes.

Almost without hesitation, the Boulder Mountain Saber returned to the sheath, Lu Ye grasped the hilt with one hand, assuming a saber-drawing stance, focusing intently with mana surging robustly.

As the long saber unsheathed, blood and flesh on Lu Ye's right arm burst apart, and even his whole being endured immense pressure at that moment.

Drawn Saber Slash!

An astonishing saber light flashed by, a move that Lu Ye could unleash as his strongest technique without relying on external force. With his Moon Jade Mid-Stage foundation, even if Lih Tian were alive, he wouldn't fare well against such a close-range slash.

Yet such a slash failed to damage the skeleton in the slightest, as Lu Ye could clearly sense that his strike was repelled by that peculiar red glow.

The skeleton flew instantaneously with the slash!

In the surrounding space, an unknown force was drawn towards where the skeleton was.

Lu Ye concentrated his senses and quickly discerned that it was the immense blood Qi energy dispersed when Lih Tian died, as his Sun Blaze-level blood Qi energy was unimaginably terrifying.

At this moment, the originally dissipated blood Qi was clearly attracted by some force, enveloping the skeleton and forming a not-so-dense Blood Orb.