Sage of Humanity
Chapter 1043 - 1041 The Defense Line is Broken

On the chaotic battlefield, Lu Ye felt surrounded by enemies from all directions. This had one advantage: he didn't have to worry about accidentally hurting his own people. However, the downside was that he was constantly engaged in combat, without a moment's respite.

Fortunately, it was simple for him to replenish his own energy consumption, but other human race cultivators were not so fortunate. Over time, the human race would inevitably weaken. Of course, the Blood Race faced the same issue, and their situation was even more severe because they had no aid from the rear.

On the human side, the formation support from the small island never ceased. Although not as intense as at the beginning, it continued to have an effect, killing numerous Blood Race members.

The battle had reached a point where it became a test of endurance for both sides. _{f.r(e)e\webn.ovel.co\m}

The Blood Race had arrived with an overwhelming force of over a million troops, intending to capture the Righteous Blood Sacred Land in one fell swoop. They had the capital and the confidence for this.

If it had been the Sacred Land of more than two months ago, the chance of withstanding the Blood Race's attack would have been less than thirty percent.

However, the widespread use of the As-Close-As-Siblings Array Disc and the deployment of the As-Close-As-Siblings Great Array on various small islands became the greatest support for the human side.

This enraged many Blood Race powerhouses.

Lu Ye was unaware of the situation on other small islands because the battlefield was too vast and chaotic. With his limited Mental Consciousness, he couldn't investigate positions too far away.

As far as the current situation was concerned, the defense of the small island he was responsible for seemed adequate.

There was no need to worry about the situation on other islands, as each island had several older masters in charge, and they would only do better than himself.

As Lu Ye was thinking this, a sudden warning arose in his heart, and an invisible terror lingered in his mind. Soon after, a massive pressure assaulted from afar.

Looking up, he saw a streak of blood light rapidly approaching from the distance, weaving deftly through the battlefield, closing in within three miles in the blink of an eye.

Star Moon Saintly Venerable!

Lu Ye realized who had targeted him.

Since the start of the great battle, the Star Moon Saintly Venerable had been stationed at the rear, never involving himself in the combat until now when he had no choice but to engage.

Lu Ye didn't expect this guy to target him first.

Was it the presence of the Blood Race Dao soldier that drew the other's attention to him? It was possible.

This was the first time Dao soldiers appeared on the battlefield between the two races, and while other Blood Race Dao soldiers formed their arrays separately, only his side had additional human race figures, making them quite noticeable.

The Star Moon Saintly Venerable probably wanted to understand the mystery of the Dao soldiers, which was why he approached Lu Ye directly.

However, Lu Ye was not panicked at all and had no intention of retreating.

He knew someone was watching the Blood Race's Saintly Venerables. If Star Moon made a move, it was no longer up to him to step forward.

With his small arms and legs, finding and killing some Divine Sea Realm Blood Race members was the right course.

Sure enough, when a sonorous sword hum resounded, a streak of sword light diagonally attacked the Star Moon Saintly Venerable, intercepting him three miles away. A fierce battle ensued, and the Empyrean Sea seemed to boil.

The two figures entwined, spinning like a top as they rose into the sky, rapidly distancing themselves from the main battlefield. Lu Ye glanced up, vaguely recognizing the figure of Jian Guhong within the sword light.

High above, many small battlefields opened up separately. These were where the Sacred Seeds and older masters exchanged blows.

The aftermath of their duels was too terrifying, and only by staying far from the main battlefield could they avoid engulfing the cultivators of both races.

The Blood Race Saintly Venerables certainly didn't care about such things. To them, the number of Blood Race deaths was irrelevant. If a Blood Race death could take down a human race cultivator with them, it was still considered a gain. But once up against the older masters, they had no choice in the battlefield selection. The elders from the Nine Provinces had the means to teleport the battlefields away.

"Lu Ye, fall back!"

At that moment, a gentle voice reached Lu Ye's ears.

Without any hesitation, he led his eight Dao soldiers to retreat to the rear.

On landing on the wall of the small island, there was no trace of Lady Moon nearby.

Lu Ye frowned, knowing something was off.

Lady Moon was the strongest defender on this small island. She needed to remain stationed here to prevent the Blood Race powerhouses from taking advantage. But at this moment, she was nowhere to be seen, clearly indicating an unexpected situation.

Before disappearing, she had used audio transmission to tell Lu Ye to fall back and take over her position.

Under normal circumstances, Lu Ye didn't have this capability, but by forming an array with the Dao soldiers, he could barely manage for a while.

Looking around, he still couldn't see Lady Moon's figure.

Lu Ye immediately focused his gaze below the Blood Sea. There was no reason a living person would disappear into thin air, much less a powerhouse like Lady Moon. Since she was not in sight, there was only one place to go.

Lady Moon had ventured into the Blood Sea!

Almost at the same time Lu Ye looked into the Blood Sea, massive bubbles burst from its depths, accompanied by violent spirit force fluctuations.

The small island hummed and shook, like an earthquake.

Lady Moon was fighting someone.

And the only ones capable of fighting her were the Sacred Seeds.

A Sacred Seed secretly dived from beneath the Blood Sea.

In the Blood Refinement World, the Blood Race's feelings toward the Blood River are quite complicated. Before reaching adulthood, they absorb nutrients in the Blood Sea to grow stronger, but after adulthood, the Blood River becomes forbidden territory that they cannot easily touch.

No one knows why this is, but it's been this way for countless years.

Blood Race members have the chance to delve into the Blood River to cleanse their bloodline and become stronger. Of course, the risk is extremely high.

In the past, Zhang Julai wanted to dive into the Blood River to cleanse his bloodline and continue to serve Lu Ye, but unsurprisingly, he failed.

However, for the Sacred Seeds, the Blood River is a place they can freely enter. They even cultivate within the Blood River, continually growing rapidly until their cultivation reaches its peak, with no further progression possible.

The Righteous Blood Sacred Land uses the vast Empyrean Sea as a barrier, which certainly causes headaches for countless ordinary Blood Race members, but there is also a drawback.

That is, the Sacred Seeds can use the Blood Sea as cover to silently approach.

The fall of the peripheral islands in the past has generally been related to this.

For this reason, the elders of the human race take many precautions. This is why each small island has an elder stationed there, to prevent such occurrences.

Now, Lady Moon is fighting with a Sacred Seed beneath the Blood Sea. Lu Ye doesn't know who is stronger or weaker, he only knows that if Lady Moon doesn't find a way to relocate the battlefield soon, this island is in danger.

The island trembles non-stop, Lu Ye can barely stand firm, and numerous cracks have appeared on the city walls, looking as though they will collapse at any moment.

Fortunately, Lady Moon did not disappoint Lu Ye's expectations. About ten breaths later, waves surged in the Blood Sea, and two figures emerged one after the other, one of which was Lady Moon.

It's unclear what wonderful technique she used, but the Sacred Seed had no choice but to obediently follow behind her, rushing into the sky and in the blink of an eye, becoming two dots of light.

The shaking of the island did not stop, powerful energy waves fluctuated beneath the seawater.

Another figure flashed over, expression grave, and directly plunged into the Blood Sea.

Lu Ye didn't recognize this elder, but he was evidently also from the Nine Provinces.

Soon, this elder rushed out from the Blood Sea, but no sign of any Sacred Seed was seen.

Lu Ye was puzzled.

He thought there was another Sacred Seed causing trouble beneath the sea, but looking at it, it didn't seem that way?

Noticing Lu Ye's gaze, this elder looked up and sighed softly, "We can't hold on."

Lu Ye immediately understood, it was the previous Sacred Seed who left some special means under the sea, perhaps Lady Moon didn't notice, or more likely, she noticed but was powerless.

The best she could do was take that Sacred Seed away.

The island's tremors grew more intense, the walls of the city continuously collapsed, the ground began to crack open, and blood water flooded in.

Amidst exclamations, numerous human race cultivators soared into the sky from the island.

In just a moment, the island sank more than ten zhang, seemingly about to be submerged by the blood-red seawater.

With no further support from the island's defensive structures, the situation on the battlefield for the human race cultivators quickly became dire.

Originally, with the support from behind, the human side couldn't be said to have a great advantage, but maintaining the situation was not a problem, but with the island shattered and sunk, the defenses destroyed completely, losing the support from the rear, the pressure at the front increased dramatically.

Blood Race members kept joining the battlefield endlessly.

Beside Lu Ye, that elder transformed into a long rainbow and charged into the enemy group, while issuing an order: "Retreat!"

The human race's power is limited, they cannot waste their troops in such entanglements.

With a single order, many human race cultivators fought and retreated, quickly moving to the spot where the island was originally located in the sky, with more and more cultivators gathering, almost every one of them was injured, but their eyes were determined, forming formations in mid-air.

The island was gone, but they remained.

Their bodies also served as a defense line!

Among Lu Ye's Blood Race Dao soldiers who charged back, about a hundred Blood Race Dao soldiers, more than twenty were lost, over seventy survived.

It shows the intensity of the battle.

The human race cultivators retreated, yet the fierce battle continued, where that elder was, a large number of Blood Race members were surrounding him, from a distance, the elder's figure could no longer be seen.

Suddenly a point of light erupted, immediately shining bright as day, under the glow, countless Blood Race members turned to nothingness, revealing the elder's figure, his spirit force surged, within a hundred zhang, no one was left alive.

However, only a moment of silence, and Blood Race members from all directions continued to rush upon him.

More Blood Race members were swarming toward the direction where Lu Ye and the others were, overwhelming and densely packed.

The outer defense line of the Righteous Blood Sacred Land has been torn open, an opportunity for the Blood Race, naturally, they would not let it slip by.

Facing the swarm of Blood Race members, Lu Ye's Mental Consciousness surged, giving an order to all the Blood Race Dao soldiers.

The next moment, the over seventy Divine Sea Realm Blood Race Dao soldiers had their blood Qi surging around them, converging and condensing into a massive Blood River.