Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1806 - 1804: Devastating Losses

Zhou Ran, at the Moon Jade Late Stage of cultivation, died inexplicably, turning to dust with a distant grip from the Blood Ancestor's Treasure Blood Avatar, without the slightest resistance.

Blood Qi drifted as if it were drawn, pouring into the Treasure Blood Avatar's body!

The spectacle left the group horrified, for none saw how the Treasure Blood Avatar acted. At the instant she gently clenched her fist, no force wavered outward, yet Zhou Ran was crushed like an ant, clearly defying logic.

One could understand if the Treasure Blood Avatar showcased the power of a Sun Blaze-level strong cultivator, killing Zhou Ran across the void, but what transpired didn't seem like that was the case.

Almost everyone was at a loss, except for Lu Ye, who vaguely perceived the truth.

Zhou Ran was akin to a first-generation Blood Race; his saintliness came from the Blood Ancestor's Treasure Blood Avatar, which is why, upon the descent of the Treasure Blood Avatar, she could take Zhou Ran's life at will. She was reclaiming her own power!

Not only Zhou Ran, but all of his Blood Servants were likely the same, for each had acquired their saintliness before Lu Ye arrived.

As Lu Ye pondered this, the Treasure Blood Avatar turned her gaze towards another Blood Servant.

That Blood Servant, witnessing Zhou Ran's tragic end, was now exceedingly fearful, mustering his Mana to flee from the place. However, it was too late. With another fist clench from the Blood Ancestor's Avatar, that Moon Jade Mid-Stage Blood Servant followed Zhou Ran's fate.

"Run!" Lu Ye shouted urgently as he realized the situation was not right.

Before the Blood Ancestor's Treasure Blood Avatar, the Blood Servants were powerless, even inadvertently boosting her strength. The only option now was a swift escape, whoever could run should run.

Even he, at his word's fall, quickly retreated backward.

Instantly, figures scattered in all directions, and the surviving cultivators of the Red Talisman Society, witnessing the scene, dared not linger, scattering like birds and beasts. The Treasure Blood Avatar appeared so terrifying that it left them without the thought of resisting.

It wasn't for a lack of courage; their years of perseverance against someone like Lih Tian at Sun Blaze level proved their bravery, but Lih Tian's and the Treasure Blood Avatar's abilities were in no way comparable.

As they fled, Lu Ye could clearly sense his Blood Servants dying one by one, leaving only Xiang Yin and her sister within moments. At that moment, the two sisters, like frightened rabbits, desperately moved forward.

They fled in the same direction as Lu Ye, instinctively drawn to him upon his shout, seeking some semblance of safety. Little did they know, Lu Ye himself had no safety to offer at that moment.

"Venerable Lord!" Xiang Yin looked at Lu Ye with a plea in her eyes. She too sensed the deaths of the other Blood Servants, aware that she and her sister were next. Also knowing the Venerable Lord was powerless to help in this situation, she instinctively turned to Lu Ye, hoping against hope at the brink of life and death.

Lu Ye's retreat suddenly halted; swiftly, he appeared before them, pointing ahead in urgency, "Get in quickly!"

As the words left his mouth, a strange portal suddenly appeared in the void. Xiang Yin and Xuan Yu plunged in without hesitation, their figures vanishing.

Lu Ye quickly closed the portal, steadied himself, and turned around to look toward the Blood Ancestor's Treasure Blood Avatar's location.

He couldn't escape; with Xiang Yin and her sister taken into the Small Flower World, Lu Ye felt clearly that the Treasure Blood Avatar's gaze fell upon him.

Undoubtedly, she sensed the intense saintliness within him.

Their eyes met across the void, and Lu Ye channeled all his Mana to protect himself, his Divine Soul Power raging and surging. Spirit runes defense and divine runes defense were simultaneously layered upon each other.

He didn't know if he could withstand the Treasure Blood Avatar's distant grip, but he refused to sit and wait for death.

Fixing his mind, he watched as the Treasure Blood Avatar raised a hand towards his position and lightly clenched her fist.

At that moment, Lu Ye's heart nearly skipped a beat.

However, he quickly realized he was unharmed!

He perceived no abnormal sensation, indicating the Treasure Blood Avatar's absolute control over saintliness was ineffective on him.

Lu Ye exhaled deeply, feeling as though he'd narrowly escaped death.

He had somewhat expected this because as he refined the Blood Race's Sacred Blood, the Talent Tree incinerated everything detrimental, leaving only the beneficial parts for him.

In other terms, the Blood Ancestor's imprint within the Sacred Blood had been refined by the Talent Tree. Though Lu Ye felt the pressure from stronger saintliness when he activated his saintliness, he wouldn't be at the Blood Ancestor's mercy like the Blood Servants.

This was the true reason he escaped unscathed.

In the distance, the Blood Ancestor tilted her head slightly, her expression puzzled, evidently unclear as to why Lu Ye survived unlike other cultivators, remaining unharmed.

Nevertheless, her limited spiritual intelligence afforded her little capacity for analysis, so upon seeing Lu Ye unharmed, she darted towards him with incredible speed.

Lu Ye, who had just been relieved that he escaped death, suddenly turned pale, realizing that he might truly be in grave danger this time.

He could ignore the Treasure Blood Avatar's control over saintliness power, but if the opponent came to kill him personally, he had no solutions.

Even if this Treasure Blood Avatar couldn't wield the peak power of the Blood Ancestor, even if it displayed just one-tenth of it, that would be more than he, being in the Moon Jade Mid-Stage, could withstand.

As he watched the Treasure Blood Avatar closing in, Lu Ye's peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of a light shooting over from nowhere, reaching him in the blink of an eye, and then hitting the space around him.

Ripples spread across the surrounding space, tossing all around, and at that moment, an old voice sounded in Lu Ye's ear, "Don't move!"

Lu Ye instantly recognized it as Veteran Fang's voice, immediately stabilizing his stance and even restraining his Mana.

The space distorted, and Lu Ye couldn't help but feel an incredibly strange sensation, as if he was both in this world and yet not.

The Treasure Blood Avatar approached not far in front of him, its already puzzled expression becoming even more bewildered, incessantly looking around as if searching for a trace of Lu Ye.

Yet Lu Ye was clearly standing not far from her.

Lu Ye held his breath, knowing that under Veteran Fang's influence, the Treasure Blood Avatar had lost track of his position.

After a brief ponder, Lu Ye understood what was going on.

After all, Veteran Fang was the Origin Consciousness, and being the Origin Consciousness, it naturally had some degree of mastery over the powers of this world, much like Number Nine could harness the power of the Nine Provinces.

Although suffering from the Blood Ancestor's Sacred Blood erosion, Veteran Fang couldn't completely control this realm like Number Nine, but at a critical moment, disrupting the space and banishing him deeper into it to ensure his survival was feasible.

Thankfully, the Treasure Blood Avatar didn't possess high spiritual intelligence. Otherwise, just a simple move would break Veteran Fang's methods, after all, the Blood Ancestor's Sacred Blood had been eroding this world for many years, gaining some degree of control, making this level of spatial banishment effortless to crack.

The position of the Origin, which had previously been concealed by a big array set up by cultivators of the Red Talisman Society, began to glow, with the aura of the Origin clearly flowing out.

The Treasure Blood Avatar, which had been standing there with a face full of confusion, immediately turned its head to look towards the Origin's position and, in the next instant, moved like lightning towards it, like a shark smelling blood.

The act of saving Lu Ye earlier had undoubtedly exposed the Origin.

After countless years of struggle, the Treasure Blood Avatar finally descended here with the help of Lih Tian's plans, aiming to erode the Origin, which was the will left by the Blood Ancestor in the Sacred Blood, and the primary task for the Treasure Blood Avatar to accomplish.

She had previously been unable to enter this space, so all erosion attempts were superficial. Now, having finally broken the seal with Lih Tian's plan and arriving here, she couldn't wait after sensing the Origin's aura.

In an instant, the Treasure Blood Avatar moved further away.

The force that had banished Lu Ye also vanished at this moment, and as the anomaly in the surrounding space was restored, Lu Ye's figure reappeared.

He looked around, finding no one.

After this battle at the Sacred Blood Summit, everyone from top to bottom was dead, and the Red Talisman Society had also suffered heavy losses, with only a dozen or so surviving.

As for his Blood Servants, only Xiang Yin and sister, brought into the Small Flower World, survived. It wasn't that he hadn't thought of using the Small Flower World from the start, just that the Blood Ancestor acted too swiftly, and even if he used the Small Flower World at the beginning, he couldn't have saved many Blood Servants, not to mention the limited capacity of the Small Flower World.

In just two days of battle, over a hundred in the Moon Jade Mid-Stage were killed or injured, and one in the Sun Blaze fell. This was, without a doubt, the second most brutal battle Lu Ye had participated in.

The first was the battle outside the four galaxies against the Insect and Blood Races army, in which even several Sun Blazes died.

Lu Ye once again looked at the position of the Origin but saw nothing—no light, no aura, and not even a trace of the Treasure Blood Avatar's presence.

He considered checking out the situation over there but didn't dare to venture casually, imagining that the Origin Consciousness should currently be contending with the Treasure Blood Avatar.

But this contention was not a simple combat but a deeper level of rivalry.

After pondering a bit, Lu Ye sent out a message.

After a moment of waiting, Yang Ling and Hu Dequan led the surviving cultivators of the Red Talisman Society over to join him.

Seeing Lu Ye still alive, Yang Ling looked relieved; he had fled earlier, and upon looking back, saw from afar that the Treasure Blood Avatar was chasing Lu Ye. He had thought Lu Ye was certainly doomed, yet unexpectedly, Lu Ye survived, truly a blessing amidst misfortune.

"That woman... what's her deal exactly?" Hu Dequan still had lingering fear, mainly because the deaths of Lu Ye's Blood Servants were too bizarre.

Moreover, they had been in this world for many years and never seen that woman. If the Sacred Blood Summit had such a powerful individual, it clearly wouldn't make sense, for if so, how could the Red Talisman Society have any place here?