Sage of Humanity-Chapter 470 468: Stand Firm
After forming the Beast Seal, Lu Ye faintly felt that he could borrow strength from Amber!
At that time, he was not in combat, so the feeling wasn't very clear, but now that the battle had started, he discovered that it was indeed the case.
This was the advantage of forming a Beast Seal.
Not just him, but the other ten-plus members of Ten Thousand Beasts Sect also experienced the same, with each of their natal demon beasts following by their side, their blood Qi mingling, borrowing power from their own natal demon beasts.
This was how the beast-taming faction should look!
For Lu Ye, this was undoubtedly an enhancement.
Previously in battle, Amber would crouch on his shoulder, hardly able to intervene in his combat, because his strength had always been much higher than Amber's, so the most Amber could do was roar, intimidating the opponent with Tiger Roar Intimidation.
But now it was different. Even if Amber did nothing and just followed Lu Ye, it could continuously provide Lu Ye with support, inadvertently increasing his strength.
And this was not even the limit of borrowing power. The real limit was when their blood Qi blended to a certain extent; Amber could completely merge into Lu Ye's body. At that time, human and beast would unite as one, causing a great change in Lu Ye himself.
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This was the first time Lu Ye experienced the enhanced support of forming a Beast Seal, and naturally, he had no clue how to merge with his natal demon beast.
The Boulder Mountain Saber ignited with flames, slashing down on the back neck of a demon beast, blood splattering. The beast was killed instantly, and a figure stained with blood crawled out from under the beast's corpse, adjusted the helmet on their head, and nodded to Lu Ye, "Thanks, Fellow Daoist. Where are you from?"
This person was clearly a cultivator native to Ten Thousand Beasts Domain; had Lu Ye not acted swiftly to save him, this person might have lost their life under the claws of the demon beast.
"Ten Thousand Beasts Sect!"
The man's eyes lit up at this: "So it's the esteemed members of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. No wonder your strength is so formidable." He raised his arm and shouted, "Brothers, the members of Ten Thousand Beasts Sect have come to assist us, fight the enemy bravely, we must not let these fiends break through our defense line!"
"Yes!" Many cultivators atop the city walls responded like thunder.
This person wiped the blood from his face and said to Lu Ye, "This section of the city wall is defended by my Crimson Fire Camp. I am Fang Zhun, head of the Crimson Fire Camp. How may I address Fellow Daoist?"
"Ye Liu."
"Brother Ye Liu! Time is pressing, so let's dispense with the formalities. Since you've come here, you must have received the City Lord's Residence's order. I need you to lead people to hold this position and defend Thunder Roar and the brothers of the Crimson Fire Camp over there. Can you do it?" Fang Zhun pointed.
Lu Ye looked in the direction of Fang Zhun's pointing. He saw a large array in operation at a certain location on the city wall. At the core of the array, something shaped like a demon beast's head was installed, but it was not an actual demon beast's head but something cast from a metal material, gleaming with a metallic luster. If he was not mistaken, this was the Thunder Roar that Fang Zhun referred to.
At this moment, seven or eight cultivators from the Crimson Fire Camp were surrounding the Thunder Roar, desperately channeling power into the array below their feet. Judging by the fluctuations of their spirit force, these cultivators were from the Cloud River Realm as well as the Spirit Stream Realm.
As these cultivators infused their spirit force, Lu Ye distinctly felt a very dangerous aura emanating from the Thunder Roar!
This was... an assault magic array with a Spiritual Artifact as the array's core!
Lu Ye recognized the nature of the Thunder Roar instantly; he was, after all, to an extent, an array cultivator, and he had the discernment that came with it.
The so-called Thunder Roar was very likely a top-tier Magic Artifact or even a spirit treasure-level item. Such an item, relies not merely on a single cultivator's power to be activated.
After all, the strongest in the entire Ten Thousand Beasts Domain was only at the Cloud River Level 9.
The power of a single cultivator was hardly sufficient to activate it, but letting more people do it together was not feasible, as coordinating everyone's power without a special method was a difficult task.
Therefore, the best solution to this situation was to use a Formation.
Using the Thunder Roar as the core, setting up a Formation would let many cultivators channel their power into the Formation, triggering its formidable power, and thus activating the Thunder Roar to unleash tremendous destructive power!
Such a mechanism was generally a powerful tool for attacking fortresses and plundering territories, rarely encountered by cultivators in single combat. Now used for defense, it was also a very good choice.
While Lu Ye was observing, a considerable amount of spirit force had already been channeled into the Formation, with bright light shining from the front end of the Thunder Roar, and an indescribable spiritual might pervading, even powerful cultivators like Xia Qianqian at the Cloud River Level 9 felt the goosebumps, their skin stinging.
It was an innate reactive sensation from feeling threatened, a physical instinctive response—in other words, the Thunder Roar was now a threat even to the life of a powerful cultivator like Xia Qianqian!
As for Lu Ye, it goes without saying, if not for the fact that the Thunder Roar was not directed at him, he might already have sensed great disaster approaching.
A thunderous roar erupted suddenly, like an angry bellow, shaking the entire Section A-3 walls. At the front of Thunder Roar, the light transformed into a straight beam that pierced through miles of terrain, brutally slamming into the horde of demon beasts. On either side of the beam, lightning spread, continuously crackling and sparking.
The beam obliterated everything in its path, whether ordinary demon beasts or Demon Generals, instantly reducing them to nothing.
The beam persisted for about ten breaths before it gradually faded and vanished. The several miles that had been in the path of the beam had been turned into a vacuum zone.
Lu Ye watched, utterly mesmerized.
Such power was indeed something that a Cloud River Realm cultivator could not withstand.
This single strike had slain hundreds of demon beasts and had been activated by the joint effort of only seven or eight cultivators.
On the walls of Two Worlds City, setups like Thunder Roar were not unique to one spot; each section of the wall had such configurations, though the treasures embedded in the formations varied, thus the potency unleashed was vastly different. The only constant was their immense power and terrifying lethality.
After the strike, the cultivators responsible for activating Thunder Roar all sat cross-legged, swiftly recuperating. The exhaustion from such activation was also immensely taxing on them.
Whether they were activating Thunder Roar or resting afterwards, they all needed others to guard them.
The task assigned to Lu Ye by Fang Zhun was to lead a team to ensure their safety.
"Understood, I will keep them safe!" Lu Ye nodded.
"Thank you!" Fang Zhun bowed sincerely, then, lifting his own magic artifact, charged towards another area.
At this moment, over ten Cloud River Realm cultivators from Ten Thousand Beasts Sect had already reached the top of Section A-3 wall, joining the cultivators from Crimson Fire Camp in defense. Lu Ye, calling upon Xia Qianqian and the other three women, flashed to the side of Thunder Roar, relieving the cultivators previously guarding the spot.
The supplies box hummed, weapon control beams flitted about, wielding the Boulder Mountain Saber; any demon beast that dared to climb the walls met its demise beneath the blade.
From time to time, Lu Ye also activated the Fire Phoenix Technique, blasting down those avian demon beasts that attempted to fly over the walls.
Among the four, Xia Qianqian undoubtedly stood out the most, her cultivation being the highest, and being a magic cultivator, she unleashed powerful magic and spells that often wiped out a large swath of demon beasts. She even occasionally checked her inscription tablet to see how much her battle merit had increased, the curve of her smile indicating her battle merit was rapidly increasing.
For the cultivators of the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain, this was a battle for survival guarding the city, but for the cultivators from the Nine Provinces, this was an excellent opportunity to rack up battle merits. Facing such a dire situation, most cultivators from the Nine Provinces enthusiastically engaged, earning their own battle merits, which could be exchanged for spirit fortune sticks at the military supplies area—a great way to quickly enhance one's power.
In comparison to Xia Qianqian, Lu Ye's speed of killing enemies was undoubtedly much slower, the gap in cultivation clear, but Lu Ye had a variety of techniques: sometimes activating weapon control, sometimes casting spells, sometimes using the Boulder Mountain Saber to slay the demon beasts that got too close.
Lan Ziyi was not far behind; she might have had only one controlled weapon, but its lethality was immense. Coupled with her broad swings of dual swords, demon beasts were constantly slain by her hand.
This led Shen Xiaomao to somewhat question her own life...
Lu Ye was one thing; Shen Xiaomao knew some of Lu Ye's capabilities—the fellow who had single-handedly charged into a spirit ground. He couldn't be judged by common standards. In Shen Xiaomao's view, when Lu Ye was in the Spirit Stream Realm, he was definitely among the top contenders on the Spirit Stream Ranking. His Level 2 was equivalent to the ordinary Level 4-5 realms.
But what about Lan Ziyi?
Was Level 2 of Cloud River Realm so proficient now? She, at Level 5, exerting her full force in battle, could only just keep pace with two Level 2s.
A sense of discouragement emerged unbidden; she had also fared well in the Spirit Stream Realm, even being in the top fifty of the Spirit Stream Ranking...
On that vast stretch of wall, the cultivators from Ten Thousand Beasts Sect and Crimson Fire Camp worked together in unison to combat the invading demon beasts, soon dripping with blood from head to toe.
The wall was piled high with the corpses of demon beasts, the smell of blood almost tangible.
Yet, such slaughter did nothing to deter the demon beasts' resolve to besiege the city. They continued to climb the walls or fly over, these mad beasts as if oblivious to the concept of death.
They had only one goal: to exterminate all living humans in this world.
Being a world dominated by the beast-taming faction, the number of demon beasts in the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain was enormous before any catastrophe. This led to the spread of madness, and with the cultivators' power alone, they couldn't stop the onslaught of the demon beast armies, eventually leading to a dire situation where only Two Worlds City remained as the last stronghold.
The situation on Section A-3 wall was similar to other parts of the city's fortifications.
Although the demon beasts from the entire Ten Thousand Beasts Domain were furiously charging this way, Two Worlds City, having gathered all the surviving cultivators, could endure this calamity for a while at the critical juncture of human race's near extinction. These cultivators from various sects were able to set aside their differences, united in their efforts to survive the ordeal.
No matter what, Two Worlds City would be able to hold out for a while.
