Wandering around this area for a while, Lu Ye grew increasingly agitated; there were so many treasures, but unfortunately, he lacked enough Asura Seals to exchange for them!

Resolutely, he gritted his teeth and left, deciding it was better not to see. He would come back to splurge once he had gathered enough Asura Seals in the future.

A moment later, Lu Ye went to the large plaza, wandered around the marketplace where cultivators gathered. There were many good things here, too; the advantage was that transactions here didn't require Asura Seals. The downside was that all the items here were priced higher than outside, especially the elixir pills used for healing and recovery.

After wandering for a while, Lu Ye lost interest. In this Asura Treasure Vault, there was no chance of finding cheap deals. Even if a cultivator obtained an unfamiliar treasure, they only needed to spend a little time to find its counterpart in the vault and then evaluate its value.

Returning to his own cave residence, he took out the jade slip Gui Yi had given him before leaving, and began to inspect it carefully.

This was the intelligence Gui Yi herself had compiled regarding various aspects of the Asura Field, including many crisis management strategies she encountered during her training, making it highly valuable for reference.

Lu Ye had great confidence in his own strength, but being cautious wouldn't hurt. In this vast cultivation world, haven't there been numerous instances where a moment of carelessness led to downfall?

The information recorded in the jade slip was abundant; however, Lu Ye read through it quickly and finished in just half an hour.

There was nothing else he needed to prepare. Since he was at the Asura Field, earning Asura Seals was the priority. The affiliated treasures of the Asura Field couldn't be relied upon, but those items that enhanced the quality of his Magic Source were not to be missed. This was Lu Ye's main goal for this trip.

Lu Ye first spent a hundred thousand spirit jade to exchange for ten thousand Asura Seals.

This was a benefit bestowed upon every cultivator entering the Asura Field for the first time. Although ten thousand Asura Seals weren't much, a little was better than none.

The method of exchange was simple; it could be completed within his cave residence. Channeling mana into the Asura Seal, he focused on his intention, and a ray of white light appeared before him. After tossing the hundred thousand spirit jade in, the white light vanished.

Soon after, Lu Ye examined his Asura Authority Token again and indeed saw the information indicating an additional ten thousand Asura Seals in reserve.

Lu Ye activated his Asura Authority Token once more, murmuring, "Combat field!"

Another ray of white light suddenly appeared in front of him, transforming into an oval portal that allowed one person to pass through. Without hesitation, Lu Ye stepped inside.

Chen Xuanhai had specially instructed him that upon entering the Asura Field, the first thing to do was not to rush into training, but to strive for the ranking in the combat field. This was one of the ways cultivators could earn Asura Seals, and it also had special benefits that couldn't be obtained through training.

The Asura Field accommodated millions of cultivators, categorized into the three realms of Constellation, Moon Jade, and Sun Blaze. Naturally, the lower the cultivation level, the greater the proportion of cultivators. It was estimated that ninety percent of the Asura Field consisted of Constellation, with only a small portion of the remaining ten percent being Sun Blaze, and the rest being Moon Jade.

Differences in realm meant vast disparities in power, so the combat field of the Asura Field was divided into three tiers. Cultivators of the upper three realms competed within their respective realms.

If one could rank high in the combat field, they would gain not just fame, but also tangible benefits.

The combat field's ranking was settled every two months, with cultivators gaining corresponding amounts of Asura Seals as rewards based on their rankings. The higher one ranked, the more Asura Seals they would be rewarded.

Take the Moon Jade realm's combat field as an example; those who rank within the top ten can earn at least thirty thousand Asura Seals during settlement, while the first place holder could get as much as two hundred thousand, enough to exchange for a bodhi fungus with some extra.

Moreover, the combat field adhered to a special rule: participants in this competition would not die, ensuring cultivators had no worries, thereby greatly stimulating their enthusiasm to compete.

This place was likely where the Sky Asura clan trained their members' combat experiences, hence the special protective rule.

It was said that while some cultivators visiting the Asura Field might avoid training, fearing for their lives, they would never miss the combat field.

An additional rule stated that if someone could consistently maintain the first rank, accumulating a certain number of times, they could enjoy discounts on resource exchanges in the Asura Treasure Vault. Compared to the rewards of Asura Seals, this reward was undoubtedly harder to obtain.

Such a competitive model was naturally familiar to Lu Ye, even intimately so.

Because back in the Spirit Stream battlefield of the Nine Provinces, he had experienced similar events.

This was no surprise; surely it was when the ancestors of the Nine Provinces created the Heaven's Augury Compass, they borrowed numerous rules from the Asura Field, just like many exotic treasures within the Nine Provinces had correspondence with prototypes found in stellar space.

The difference was that his power then versus now was worlds apart.

As his figure passed through the portal, Lu Ye's vision shifted, yet he didn't immediately appear in the combat field. Instead, the sounds of intense competition echoed in his ears, mixed with various blasts, which filled him with fervor, conjuring up scenes of two armies clashing in his mind.

Soon, a loud voice rang in his ears: "Who will be the king of ironclad horses? Who will stand out among the flowing ships? The path of combat stretches from ancient times to present, we cultivators will never back down, battle! Battle! Battle!"

Accompanying the voice, the pounding of war drums and the humming of horns resonated.

The sounds gradually faded away, then disappeared, and Lu Ye's vision returned to clarity. He found himself in an enclosed environment.

The corner of his eye couldn't help but twitch slightly. That sound must have been created by the Asura Field, seemingly having some effect of beguiling the mind. Anyone who came here and experienced this would probably be filled with fighting spirit.

This was a dilapidated city, as if ravaged by fierce warfare, with ruins of walls everywhere. At the edge of the broken city was a visible light screen, undoubtedly the boundary of the combat battlefield.

He appeared at one side of this battlefield, and dozens of miles away, a faint silhouette stood, undoubtedly today's opponent.

Just as Lu Ye was about to examine it, he saw his opponent's figure flicker and bizarrely disappear.

He immediately understood that this time the opponent was a ghost cultivator, who used a secret technique to conceal his figure, and it was unknown where he was hiding.

He wasn't in a hurry to search, as this was his first time entering the combat field, so the opponent he could encounter wouldn't be too strong, probably just someone at the Moon Jade Early Stage.

At leisure, he took out his Asura Seal, immersing his mind to probe it, and the recorded information had changed.

Besides the previously added ten thousand Asura Seals, there was another piece of information added.

Combat field ranking (Moon Jade): 533,572.

Lu Ye raised his eyebrows, which undoubtedly meant that there were over 530,000 Moon Jades staying alive in the Asura Field's scope now!

Because his ranking on the Moon Jade side must be the last, this number basically corresponds to the number of Moon Jades, without much difference.

It was undoubtedly an extremely shocking number; you could never see so many Moon Jades on the All Phenomena Ocean, as the local forces of the All Phenomena Ocean would never allow so many Moon Jades to remain. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Just as he stowed away the Asura Authority Token, a thread of murderous intent blossomed from the side, undoubtedly the ghost cultivator taking the opportunity to sneak up for an attack.

Lu Ye didn't move, just slightly lifted his hand, and the Boulder Mountain Saber at his waist was already unsheathed.

With the collision of mana, a startled cry resounded, blood splattering.

From the side, the frail-looking ghost cultivator at this moment clutched his neck, retreating frightfully with blood gushing out of his neck.

At that moment, he genuinely felt the arrival of death. If not for the protection rules of the combat field, he would have been decapitated.

Besides fright, there was more frustration. He hadn't been in the Asura Field for long, and this was his ninth battle. The previous ones were still manageable despite the opponent's strength; he still had room to maneuver, after all, his ghost cultivation skills were adept.

He never imagined the opponent this time being so terrifying.

He was just relieved it was the combat field; in any trial scenario, against such an opponent, no number of lives would suffice!

As his figure dimmed and he exited the combat field in the last moment, he tried hard to stare in Lu Ye's direction, to imprint this figure in his mind, for who knew when they might meet again.

The ghost cultivator's figure dissipated, and although not instantly killed due to the rules of the combat field, the injuries sustained were real, requiring time to recover.

As the ghost cultivator's figure vanished, Lu Ye also perceived a peculiar power enveloping him. The surroundings rapidly changed, and in a blink, he was back in his cave residence.

Reflecting on that instant, when he struck the opponent's neck, a sudden force stopped his Boulder Mountain Saber, preventing him from striking further.

The power of the stellar space supreme treasure was indeed extraordinary, and its protection for participating cultivators was intriguing, undoubtedly offering cultivators a more complete experience during combat, without concerns.

He wondered whether the affiliated treasure of the Asura Field had this capability. If it did, its value would be immense. If brought back to the Nine Provinces, Nine Provinces cultivators could rapidly accumulate combat experience, particularly the genuine life-and-death battle experience.

Checking his Asura Authority Token, the ranking hadn't significantly changed; previously it was 533,572, now it's 533,569, moving up only three places.

Lu Ye reflected briefly and realized why there was such a change.

It's not because he won against the ghost cultivator just now. Initial participation in the combat field fight doesn't determine your true ranking until you've completed ten battles. The pre-ten battle rankings are not accurate; the Asura Field will assign an initial ranking based on the performance in these ten battles. The better the performance, the higher the initial ranking, which is one of the combat field's rules.

The advance of three places undoubtedly means that during that brief period, three Moon Jades left the Asura Field or died.