Just when the 9th Heaven cultivator finished speaking, Lu Ye changed direction and attacked once more.
As before, dozens of people attacked him, but most of their weapon controls and magic and spells missed. Only a few hit him, but they were blocked by the Defense Spirit Runes, leaving him unharmed.
Enveloped in searing spirit force, he once again cut through their formation, leaving several dead from his blade or by weapon control.
In midair, Lu Ye paused and looked down at his spirit ark.
He had nearly failed to dodge an attack just now, which left a dent on the spirit ark. Fortunately, it didn’t affect the overall performance of the spirit ark.
These small Flying Spirit Artifacts weren’t very robust defensively. If they were hit too many times in a short period, they definitely wouldn’t hold up. In such a situation, if Lu Ye didn’t have a Flying Spirit Artifact, he would be essentially left waiting to die.
The Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators clearly realized this too, and after some whispered discussions, as soon as Lu Ye came near, they targeted his Flying Spirit Artifact, knowing that destroying it would be a significant achievement.
Just as they were thinking this, Lu Ye raised his hand and, despite the distance of several dozen zhang, he gathered scorching spirit force to form the outline of a Fire Phoenix, flapping its wings as it swooped towards them.
Dozens of cultivators scrambled to defend together! However, they barely blocked one Fire Phoenix Technique when a second came flying in, quickly followed by a third, incessant and unstoppable!
Each technique was surprisingly powerful, the scorching force twisting the space around and sending sparks flying.
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Even a 9th Heaven level magic cultivator couldn’t cast spells as quickly, and the power of his techniques was outrageously strong.
What shocked them further was that under the cover of the Fire Phoenix Techniques, successive weapon controls stealthily came at them, catching them entirely off guard!
Their solid and tight defense was breached, and the glint of weapon controls darted through, resulting in continuous screams.
In just a moment, more than ten people had died.
With fewer numbers, their defensive strength greatly diminished. Seeing Lu Ye pounce towards them, the 9th Heaven cultivator could no longer hold out and shouted lowly, "Run!"
As he spoke, he was the first to run out.
Seeing this, the remaining Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators, one after another, all scattered and fled.
Lu Ye was about to give chase when he saw a large group of Liu Guang rushing towards him from afar, clearly the nearby reinforcements of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge arriving. Left with no choice, he had to leave first.
The Lu Ye Extermination Alliance, reorganized under the leader from Daoxuan Sect’s Spirit Stream Ranking, began operating efficiently.
Messages continuously spread in all directions, and as soon as someone spotted Lu Ye, nearby Lu Ye Extermination Alliance cultivators would rush over immediately, giving him no chance to catch his breath.
Over the past few days, Lu Ye had erupted into dozens of skirmishes with the Lu Ye Extermination Alliance cultivators, averaging seven or eight battles a day.
If the number of enemies wasn’t large, Lu Ye would try to kill as many as possible; if there were too many, he would escape first.
The Lu Ye Extermination Alliance suffered significant losses, including some 9th Heaven level cultivators.
In a forested mountain area, with many cultivators searching back and forth in the sky and others in groups on the ground, they investigated Lu Ye’s whereabouts.
Under the massive manpower mobilization of the Lu Ye Extermination Alliance, even if Lu Ye could temporarily evade pursuit, he would struggle to remain hidden for long.
All the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators in the Core Circle now made killing Lu Yiye their primary task, putting everything else aside.
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Half an hour earlier, a group from the Lu Ye Extermination Alliance had encountered Lu Ye and fought a fierce battle. Soon after, Lu Ye escaped, and the alliance lost track of him.
It was certain that he was still in the area, but his exact hiding spot needed to be searched for.
To be honest, Lu Ye’s performance over the past few days had shocked all the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators. Not to mention his absurdly strong personal strength, he had the capability to kill 9th Heaven cultivators when he was only at the 7th Heaven. Now that he had reached the 8th Heaven, ordinary 9th Heaven cultivators were no match for him.
What puzzled the Ten Thousand Demons side even more was his endurance!
Lu Yiye had only recently advanced to the 8th Heaven, and his orifice-opening should only be over three hundred. His spirit force should be limited, and without time to recover over these past days, how could he possibly keep going?
Even someone at the Cloud River Realm should have run out of energy by now.
But, in the battle half an hour ago, Lu Ye still appeared at ease, albeit looking a bit wearied.
One thing was for sure, no matter how he restored his spirit force, after dozens of battles these past few days, he must be nearing his limit.
Therefore, killing Lu Yiye was set for today!
In a hidden cave in the woods, Lu Ye set up a teleportation array.
The decision by the Ten Thousand Demons side was correct; Lu Ye indeed was nearly spent, feeling both physically and mentally exhausted. Although he could endlessly swallow elixir pills to replenish his spirit force, the high frequency and intensity of the battles caused his spirit force to exceed what he could replenish.
At this moment, his spirit force had dwindled to less than 20 percent. Although he still had the strength for another battle, he simply wasn’t in the mood anymore.
After several days of fighting, even though he had Defense Spirit Runes, it was inevitable he would get hurt, and additionally, his spirit ark was nearly wrecked.
For a Spirit Stream Realm cultivator without a Flying Spirit Artifact, the situation basically equaled awaiting death.
Therefore, he had to return to the Ten Thousand Poisons Forest to recuperate urgently.
He was less than fifty miles from the outskirts of the Ten Thousand Poisons Forest and about thirty miles from the parent teleportation array he had left behind. If everything went smoothly, he would be able to teleport back.
Actually, Lu Ye could have chosen to fight his way back into the Ten Thousand Poisons Forest. Having made it out once, he certainly had the ability to fight his way back in. However, by doing so, he would have exposed his tracks. If Ten Thousand Demons Ridge then surrounded the Ten Thousand Poisons Forest again, it would make his next escape more troublesome.
Using the teleportation array eliminated these concerns. No one would know where he had gone. It could be said that it was done without anyone being the wiser.
By the time he had rested well in the Ten Thousand Poisons Forest, the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators would still be searching for his whereabouts, like headless flies buzzing around in confusion.
The feeling of manipulating countless enemies in the palm of his hand was quite good indeed.
After setting up the array banners and constructing the framework of the teleportation array, Lu Ye activated his spirit force to perfect the interior structure of the formation, centering it around the Void Spirit Runes and then made some adjustments.
Standing in the teleportation array, Lu Ye activated his spirit force, stimulating the formation.
The next moment, he felt as if the array under his feet was calling out to another array far away.
Everything went smoothly, and the child array under his feet established a connection with the parent array in the Ten Thousand Poisons Forest.
However, recalling the sensation of teleportation made Lu Ye’s face slightly bitter.
Clamping his teeth, he completely activated the formation!
His mind suddenly sank, that sensation of stepping into a bottomless abyss and continuously plunging downwards appeared again. At the same time, a formidable pressure surrounded him, as if an invisible giant hand was constantly squashing and rounding him. Throughout this entire process, he was utterly powerless to resist and could only activate his spirit force to protect his body…
The feeling was indescribably bitter yet thrilling.
Almost the moment Lu Ye activated the child teleportation array, a team of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators patrolling the sky detected the spiritual force fluctuations here. Quickly, the news spread in all directions, and cultivators from nearby rapidly converged here.
In just a moment, the concealed cave entrance was filled with the figures of cultivators, and even the sky was covered with a net aimed at capturing Lu Ye the instant he showed himself!
"Are you sure he’s here?" a 9th Heaven cultivator suddenly asked.
The cultivator who first noticed the activity here replied, "Our people haven’t entered this place, yet there was a fluctuation of spirit force emanating from here; it must be that Lu Yiye without a doubt."
"It seems like there’s no trace of recent human presence…"
"Should I go in and check?" A burly physique cultivator asked.
"Be careful, it might be a trick!" the 9th Heaven cultivator shook his head, "That Lu Yiye is skilled in Array Path; rashly entering could fall right into a trap he has set. Is anyone here from the cover armorer or beast-taming faction?"
"I am a cover armorer." A plain-looking cultivator stepped forward.
"Check what’s inside."
The cover armorer nodded, took out something from his storage sack that looked like a cat, activated it with his spirit force, and the cat agilely rushed into the cave.
The next moment, a violent fluctuation of spirit force burst out from within, as if something had exploded, and fierce flames gushed out from the cave entrance, frightening the group of cultivators, cursing that Lu Yiye was truly cunning, and this was indeed a trap. Had it not been for the cover armorer sending a mechanical beast to scout, anyone who entered would have had a bad fate.
Fortunately, they were cautious enough to have the cover armorer send a mechanical beast to scout the way.
"Do we have an array cultivator?" the 9th Heaven cultivator asked again.
This time, quite a few people stepped forward.
He casually pointed at a few: "Come in with me and check."
Under his lead, a group of several people stepped into the cave.
They soon came out.
Inside, they couldn’t find many useful clues, the only certainty being that Lu Yiye had indeed been there and set up a great explosion array. As for the rest, they couldn’t tell, as the inside had been blown into chaos by the explosion array, even the array banners left behind were completely destroyed.
About one hour ago, this side of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge had lost track of Lu Ye’s whereabouts, and then he had stayed here. This raised the question…
Where is he now?
In this entire zone, Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators sealed the heavens and locked the earth; Lu Ye wouldn’t be able to escape even if he were incredibly skilled, yet they couldn’t find him.
This left the people from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge utterly baffled.
They eventually concluded that Lu Ye probably had some mysterious method of concealment, escaping their detection.
The matter became troublesome; if Lu Yiye indeed possessed such an extraordinary method of concealment, how could they ever find him?
Meanwhile, deep in the Ten Thousand Poisons Forest, under a canopy of poison barriers, the figure of Lu Ye suddenly appeared. Unsurprisingly, the teleportation had some deviations and did not land him on the parent array, but it should not be too far from the parent array.
At that moment he was suspended mid-air, and as soon as he appeared, he plummeted rapidly downwards.
About thirty feet from the ground, a height that Lu Ye could still withstand.