Sage of Humanity
Chapter 1913 - 1911: Unadorned Clash
Just as Lu Ye was thinking this, five dense popping sounds suddenly erupted from within Arbuluo's body, making his aura extremely dangerous.
Lu Ye immediately understood that Arbuluo's strongest form had appeared.
He indeed couldn't perform the sixth transformation, it was a secret technique he used for desperate situations, naturally he wouldn't use it to contend with Lu Ye, but that didn't mean he didn't have a stronger stance.
After the fifth transformation of the Savage Beast, Arbuluo could still use another technique. Under this technique, the enhancements brought by each previous transformation would partially remain within him, all exploding at this moment.
In short, in this state, Arbuluo combined the blessings of five transformations on himself. Although there was a limit to these blessings, it was undoubtedly stronger than the simple fifth transformation, and most importantly, it wouldn't damage his foundation, nor would it endanger his life.
In his contests with Gu Sheng, he decided the victory or defeat every time in this state!
For so many years, only Gu Sheng could force him into this state, until today when Lu Ye was added!
At this moment, Arbuluo had no savage beast form, instead transformed into his original appearance, only his physique seemed three points more robust. When Lu Ye looked over, he felt Arbuluo was like a black hole, with everything around him being engulfed by his body.
What surprised Lu Ye even more was that Arbuluo suddenly had a conspicuous symbol on his forehead, a star-shaped pattern that looked exceptionally familiar.
Lu Ye was stunned, then quickly realized, Arbuluo had actually condensed the Body Flower, he was a cultivator who reached the peak of the Constellation Realm!
Indeed, according to his previous understanding of the Secret of the Three Blossoms, this was a very ancient method, belonging to the cultivation methods of ancient times' cultivators. In today's cultivation environment, it wasn't suitable for the promotion of this ancient method, so the Three Blossoms Method had long been discarded by the times.
But the Ancient Savages World where the Savage Race originates has always maintained the cultivation environment of ancient times. As a standout among the Savage Race, it's not surprising for Arbuluo to cultivate the Three Blossoms Method.
It could even be said that the Savage Race is the most suitable for cultivating the Three Blossoms Method!
Other cultivators from various stellar spaces don't have such convenient and unique environments.
The revealing of the Body Flower undoubtedly meant Arbuluo was prepared to go all out, and Lu Ye's expression involuntarily became serious.
In an instant, the various phenomena surrounding Arbuluo's body vanished without a trace, even the Body Flower that had just appeared disappeared as well, at this moment Arbuluo returned to a normal state.
Many cultivators on the stands watched in confusion, instinctively thinking Arbuluo's activation of the secret technique failed, causing the phenomena to disappear.
But facing him directly, Lu Ye knew for sure this wasn't a sign of the secret technique failing, but because Arbuluo could perfectly control his own power, so no external force leaked out.
This is getting interesting!
Just now Lu Ye thought how could the second strongest on the Moon Jade Ranking be only at this level, now he knew they indeed had some skill.
"Come fight!" Arbuluo lightly uttered a few words, and as his voice fell, the afterimage remained in place, his true body already pounced in front of Lu Ye, carrying an unstoppable momentum, he punched toward where Lu Ye was.
Compared to before, his speed was beyond a league faster.
This punch almost grazed Lu Ye's side as it crashed down, when the fist fell, there was no spread of power, it seemed like an ordinary person swinging an ordinary punch.
Yet, the retreating Lu Ye suddenly felt half his body go numb, and the next moment, the position he had just been in, the space shattered, akin to a broken mirror, although it quickly returned to normal, it still showed the power of this punch.
His heart chilled, this was just from being grazed by the momentum of the punch, if actually hit, even with his current physique, he would surely have to withdraw immediately.
Arbuluo was indeed the strongest Moon Jade he had encountered so far, far surpassing the Lion Heart he had slain in the All Phenomena Ocean in terms of caliber!
After a missed punch, Arbuluo pressed forward again, throwing another punch, this time Lu Ye didn't retreat, he raised his saber to meet him.
At the moment fist and saber collided, the intense explosion sound echoed throughout the combat field, but that was all.
Shortly after, the expressions of the cultivators on the stands turned peculiar.
Because the fight between the two in the combat field was somewhat strange, looking around, their speed wasn't fast, far from the dazzling intensity of before, even a Constellation could clearly see their mutual offense and defense.
What was more baffling was that with each of their clashes, only sounds came out, there was no mana unleashed, nor any dazzling brilliance.
The large and small figures both had concentrated expressions, fighting extremely earnestly.
But frankly, even the struggle of novice Spirit Stream Realm cultivators at the start of cultivation would be more visually appealing than their fight.
The Constellations couldn't discern much, only felt Lu Ye and Arbuluo's contest wasn't as thrilling as Arbuluo and Gu Sheng's battles. When those two met, it was true thunder stirring Earth Fire, battling fiercely, often leaving people amazed, but looking at the current scene, what kind of fight was this...
Some Moon Jades seemed contemplative.
Beside Walnut, her master couldn't help but sit up straight, watching the contest in the arena with a solemn expression, incredulous: "These two fellows... these two fellows..."
"Master, what's wrong?" Walnut had never seen her master show such an expression—surprise, shock, and perhaps even a hint of longing?
The woman stared intently at the two figures in the combat field, exclaiming: "Indeed, talents emerge in every generation! If these two can ascend to Sun Blaze, their future will be limitless. No, given their current aptitude and foundation, ascending to Sun Blaze is certainly not an issue."
Walnut's eyes turned, and she deliberately said, "Their fight seems average, where did you see something remarkable, Master?" She vaguely sensed something, but her limited vision held her back from certainty, so she sought her master's guidance.
The woman said, "What do you understand? Don't think just because their fight isn't flashy that they aren't impressive. In truth, these two have reached an unbelievable level of control over their own power, which is why there's no overflow of force in each clash. This means their power is not wasted at all; this alone, not many in stellar space can accomplish."
"What about you, Master?" Walnut asked.
The woman was silent. In normal circumstances, she could do this, but if she were to fight an opponent of equal strength, it would be impossible. Because when the opponent is evenly matched, one must go all out, and in doing so, who can perfectly control their own power?
She couldn't achieve it, whereas those two little fellows did. Just in this regard, she wasn't as good as those two youngsters.
In the combat field, Arbuluo's expression remained extraordinarily serious, yet he couldn't hide the surprise in his eyes.
Lu Ye managing to withstand his Savage Beast 5th Transformation was already impressive enough. Who would have thought that even in this state, he couldn't do much to the opponent?
You must know, even Gu Sheng wouldn't dare face this head-on in this state. Of course, Gu Sheng is a magic cultivator and could never contend in this manner.
But this human opposite managed to do it.
He was relying on secret techniques; but what about the opponent?
From beginning to end, he hadn't seen the opponent use any secret techniques to enhance his own strength. In other words, the strength the opponent displayed at this moment was what he possessed in his normal state.
This was truly astonishing!
As many thoughts ran through his mind, he suddenly felt an intense danger emanating from Lu Ye opposite as his aura abruptly changed.
He knew Lu Ye was about to unleash some deadly move, and dared not be careless, he prepared to face it vigilantly.
But strangely, Lu Ye showed no signs of using any killing move; just like moments ago, he slashed down with his saber.
Arbuluo raised his arm to block while his other hand clenched into a fist, pounding toward Lu Ye's chest.
As the Boulder Mountain Saber descended, at the moment of contact with Arbuluo's arm, Lu Ye's right hand holding the saber suddenly began to tremble intensely but subtly.
This kind of vibration was hardly perceptible unless directly contacted; from an outsider's perspective, this strike seemed no different from before.
Blood splattered!
There was a slight look of shock in Arbuluo's expression, and the cultivators watching from the stands exclaimed.
Arbuluo was injured!
This Moon Jade powerhouse, whose physique was so formidable it left cultivators of the same tier in despair, had been injured!
This was something Gu Sheng hadn't achieved; in previous clashes between Arbuluo and Gu Sheng, there were outcomes decided, and Gu Sheng had been injured at times, but Arbuluo never had, because all of Gu Sheng's methods couldn't harm his terrifyingly resilient physique.
Gu Sheng's victories, without exception, were won when Arbuluo could no longer sustain his secret technique of merging the Five Transformations. Though strong, the stronger the secret technique, the greater the drain on essence, and Arbuluo couldn't maintain it for long.
But today, under an otherwise unremarkable strike, Arbuluo was wounded, blood flowed, and that blood wasn't the normal red but a dark red shading toward black, a trait unique to the Savage Race.
An unprecedented battle, an incomprehensible confrontation, instantaneously igniting the passion of all cultivators in the stands.
Their fight indeed lacked flair, but within this seemingly ordinary clash lay great danger.
The pain from his arm didn't affect Arbuluo at all. Unheeding, the power of his punch increased further.
Lu Ye at this moment was already too late to retreat, a layer upon layer of Sacred Guard Spirit Runes appeared on his chest out of nowhere, soon totaling over a dozen.
Given his current Moon Jade Late Stage expertise, any single layer of Sacred Guard Spirit Runes could withstand a strike from a fellow Moon Jade of the same tier.
But when facing Arbuluo, he didn't dare show the slightest carelessness; had there been more time, he would have drawn far more than a dozen layers of Sacred Guard.
With a crackling sound, as Arbuluo's punch landed, all the Sacred Guard layers shattered, causing Lu Ye's chest to shudder violently.