Sage of Humanity
Chapter 1041 - 1039: Ferocious Beast Released

Chapter 1041: Chapter 1039: Ferocious Beast Released

On the northern front’s building ship, the expression of the Star Moon Saintly Venerable changed for the first time: "Impossible!"

The Blood Race had besieged the Righteous Blood Sacred Land many times before. In the numerous wars against the human race, they were already familiar with the rhythm of the human side. Three days was a dividing line, marking the beginning of the human defense’s weakness, which had been repeatedly proven in previous wars.

But why this time...

Even though he was indifferent to the death of those cannon fodders, his expression was somewhat hideous at this moment.

Previously, the deaths of the cannon fodder were necessary and valuable. Their deaths wore down the human forces and paved the way for the later counterattacks, but this sudden change was unexpected for all the Blood Race.

In just that one instance, tens of thousands of Blood Race under his command had died or were injured.

Since when did the human race become so resilient?

His large hand gripped the ship’s guardrail with such force that it crumbled to pieces.

In an instant, the Star Moon Saintly Venerable found himself in a dilemma.

At this moment, only two paths lay before him. One was to order a retreat, but if he did so, the efforts and sacrifices of the past three days would be in vain, rendered meaningless.

The second path was to keep pressing hard, gambling that the human race’s counterattack wouldn’t last long, that this outburst was just an anomaly. If he bet right, the destruction of the Righteous Blood Sacred Land was within reach. If wrong, not many of his hundreds of thousands of Blood Race troops would survive.

There wasn’t much time on the battlefield to ponder, and with a hideous expression, he shouted: "Continue!"

He chose the second path!

Although he didn’t know why previous intelligence was wrong, he firmly believed that the human race’s outburst just now couldn’t last. They had already suffered huge losses, and retreating in disgrace was unacceptable.

The main point was that he wasn’t distressed by the deaths of his subordinates.

As the order was given, the Blood Race army continued to press hard.

Facts proved that he had bet correctly.

In just less than an hour, the counterattack from the human side began to weaken.

This was inevitable. Although the As-Close-As-Siblings Great Array covered each small island, allowing the cultivators controlling the formations to continuously borrow power without worrying about personal depletion, they could barely hold on. However, the formations set up on the city walls couldn’t withstand it.

After more than three days of continuous activation, each formation was under great strain, and after that fierce outburst just now, many formations began to malfunction.

Even with a large number of array cultivators pacing along the city walls, attempting repairs, they couldn’t maintain the previous power.

The oppression of the Blood Race army replayed, and this time the advance was even quicker because the proportion of strong individuals in the Blood Race army had increased.

The distance was continuously closing.

For the human side, although they had the advantage of defensive terrain, once the Blood Race army got too close, the human race’s strong individuals would have to intercept.

The Blood Race must not be allowed to set foot on the island.

The current outer eleven archipelagos were the last line of defense for the Righteous Blood Sacred Land. Not a single one could be destroyed. The human race understood this, and so did the Blood Race. Thus, if the Blood Race set foot on the island, their first act wouldn’t be to kill— but to destroy the island.

Destroying just one small island would rip open a breach in the human race’s defense line.

The human side had no choice but to keep the enemy at bay.

Two hundred zhang was the maximum distance; any closer and they couldn’t intercept in time.

Intercepting at this distance meant that the defensive installations on the rear islands could provide some level of support.

Speaking, Mong Jie slipped a string of stones off his wrist.

This string looked plain and ordinary, threaded with only seven or eight colorful stones. Lu Ye had noticed it before but hadn’t paid much attention, merely assuming it was a small hobby of the elder.

But now, it was evident that wasn’t the case. Mong Jie took off the string at this moment, clearly intending to take action.

He raised his other hand and picked a stone bead from the string. Although called a bead, it wasn’t actually round but rather an irregularly shaped small stone.

He weighed the small stone in his hand, like a playful child, before tossing it forward.

In an instant, a violent burst of spirit force and blood Qi erupted, sending an invisible shockwave that made Lu Ye’s clothes rustle and his hair fly back.

In his line of sight, a sound wave erupted from behind the small stone, swelling rapidly as it flew forward, transforming in the blink of an eye into a massive rock the size of a house.

Where the rock passed, it forcefully blasted a vacuum in the Blood Race army’s formation; whether Cloud River Realm cannon fodder, True Lake Realm, or Divine Sea Realm Blood Race, touching it was death, brushing it was ruin. Even the Blood Rivers stirred by the Blood Race’s strong individuals were cut in half, with pitiful screams echoing from within the Blood Rivers.

Mong Jie struck out with both hands, tossing pebbles one after another.

In an instant, seven or eight vacuum zones originating from him stretched across the battlefield, causing countless casualties among the Blood Race.

Lu Ye watched, his eyelids twitching in shock.

Although he had seen Divine Sea Realm physique cultivators before, Dao Thirteen was one such cultivator, he definitely didn’t have Mong Jie’s terrifying methods.

Those little pebbles were obviously not ordinary stones; they seemed more like exotic treasures. It was unclear whether Mong Jie had refined them himself or obtained them from somewhere.

If he refined them himself, he could make more in the future; if obtained from elsewhere, today’s display of prowess couldn’t be replicated.

Regardless, just this one move caused heavy losses to the Blood Race.

One large stone was clearly aimed at the rear building ship. However, along its path, it killed too many Blood Race members and was hindered by several Blood Rivers, losing most of its power before reaching the ship.

A ray of blood light burst forth from the building ship like an arrow, colliding with the stone and smashing it to powder.

Across a distance of over ten miles, the gaze of Star Moon Saintly Venerable and Mong Jie met briefly. The former’s face was gloomy, while the latter seemed indifferent.

"Take care of yourself!" Mong Jie said out of nowhere, then leaped forward, charging solo into the fray. The explosive burst of spirit force and blood Qi made the Void tremble.

Like a tiger among sheep, wherever his figure charged forward, death followed, and the Blood Race’s strong experts couldn’t withstand even a single blow.

This was the profound strength of an elder from the Nine Provinces, having reached the pinnacle of physique cultivation, only limited by certain reasons from taking that crucial step forward.

Almost at the moment Mong Jie charged forward, numerous human race cultivators who had been on standby atop the small island’s walls also leaped out in unison.

They formed groups, typically of five or six people, and some had seven or eight members.

They showed no signs as they left the walls, but during their assault, each one’s spirit force activated, linking their energies.

In an instant, spirit forces converged and formed into different arrays.

Different arrays manifested in different forms, like the Black Tortoise Moon Gazing Array, which took the form of a giant Black Tortoise gazing at the moon, with the array’s members positioned at its limbs, head, and back, their spirit forces merging, making the Black Tortoise appear lifelike.

Or the Tiger’s Roar Mountain Forest Array, which manifested as a roaring tiger in the mountains, its roar shaking the heavens.

And the Sky Piercing Battle Dragon Array, which manifested as a dragon soaring through the Nine Heavens, its dragon’s wail boosting morale.

In the view of many Blood Race members, those charging out from the small island were not familiar human race members; they resembled ancient ferocious beasts breaking free, leaving them stunned and at a loss.

The human race cultivators forming arrays ignored this, carrying the might of their formations as they charged fearlessly into the enemy ranks, causing blood rain to scatter everywhere.

Lu Ye also charged out.

His task this time was to cooperate with Mong Jie and Lady Moon in defending the small island. After observing for several days, the moment had finally arrived for him to exert force, and naturally, he wouldn’t be left behind.

The lineup on his side was luxurious; over a hundred Blood Race Dao soldiers, after days of practice, were well-versed in various array transformations. Before the battle, Lu Ye had made detailed arrangements, so at this moment, there was no need for him to issue further instructions. Those Blood Race Dao soldiers swiftly formed arrays according to prior arrangements as they charged forward,

Lu Ye himself formed the Nine-Melody Chain Array, accompanied by Dao Thirteen and seven carefully selected Blood Race Dao soldiers, each possessing cultivation at Divine Sea Level 4.

They plunged into a Blood River spanning the sky.

In the Blood Refinement World, underground Blood Rivers are fundamental to the Blood Race, serving as cradles for nurturing Blood Race Blood Embryos. However, the Blood Race could also use Blood Techniques to condense their own Blood Rivers.

The Blood Rivers condensed in this way naturally couldn’t compare to true Blood Rivers but had their own mysteries, especially effective for trapping enemies.

In the past, Dao Thirteen was trapped in a Blood River within the Thousand Streams Blessed Land and couldn’t escape for a long time, even though that Blood River was created by True Lake Realm Blood Race members.

Of course, this was also related to Dao Thirteen’s low spiritual intelligence. If he had sufficient intelligence, a Blood River created by True Lake Realm Blood Race couldn’t have trapped him; his strength was evident.

Trapping enemies is only one aspect. The Blood Race hidden in a Blood River has concealed bodies, difficult to spot, and those trapped must constantly guard against their attacks, making them extremely troublesome.

If Lu Ye were alone, he would never recklessly charge into such a Blood River. The Blood River is the Blood Race’s territory, so why would he flaunt his weaknesses?

But with the formation, especially with seven Blood Race Dao soldiers in the array, it didn’t matter.

Blood Race Dao soldiers were highly familiar with Blood Rivers despite never receiving instruction in such matters, as the Blood Race naturally excels in all their secret techniques.

Leading the Dao soldiers into a Blood River, cries of alarm and screams echoed immediately from within, followed by corpses falling from the Blood River into the Empyrean Sea.

The Blood River’s size diminished steadily until it finally disappeared.

Strictly speaking, Blood Race Blood Rivers can also form arrays because different Blood Race members can fuse their Blood Rivers, thereby increasing the size and power of the Blood River, enabling them to trap and kill enemies within. The larger the fused Blood River, the greater its power, though it doesn’t enhance the Blood Race itself.