As usual, wielding a weapon to lead the way, nine streams of Liu Guang struck the physique cultivator’s big shield spirit artifact one after the other. The enormous force wrapped around the impact, causing the physique cultivator’s figure to shake violently, while the luster on the big shield spirit artifact rapidly faded.
The physique cultivator was greatly alarmed; he knew just how strong the defensive capabilities of his spirit artifact big shield were. It was seriously affected in such a short time, showcasing the incredible strength of the opponent’s offensive.
Following the nine streams of Liu Guang, Lu Ye had already pounced in front of the combat cultivator, his Boulder Mountain Saber slashing down like lightning. He struck the big shield while at the same time, the Hefty Weight spirit runes were reinforced.
In an instant, a massive pressure descended from the sky. The physique cultivator felt as though a great mountain was pressing on his shield. Straining against it, refusing to retreat, his figure still stooped perilously close to kneeling on the ground.
He furiously urged his spirit force, his complexion reddening and his muscles tensing up as he bellowed. He shoved the big shield forward and swung down his hammer simultaneously.
The streams of weapon control came from the side, striking his hammer and causing his blow to brush past Lu Ye and forcefully strike the combat arena, which let out a thunderous noise as cracks spread across the ground.
Lu Ye’s long saber thrusted straight ahead, his spirit force boiling around him. With 8th Heaven cultivation, and the Double-Sharpness spirit runes reinforcing the strike, the saber unleashed a lethality that was unimaginable.
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The luster of the big shield spirit artifact directly faded away, and with a crashing sound, the shield shattered to pieces.
Seeing the long saber, attached with flames, chopping down on him, the physique cultivator’s expression turned to one of terror, instinctively wanting to concede defeat verbally.
However, just at that moment, Amber, who had been lying still on Lu Ye’s shoulder until now, suddenly let out a roar. Visible sound waves surged toward the physique cultivator, causing his thoughts to become chaotic for a moment, and the words that had reached his lips were not shouted out.
The long saber chopped down, blood splattered!
The stalwart figure of the physique cultivator stumbled a couple of times before collapsing with a bang, his eyes wide open, dying with lingering resentment.
He knew he was no match for Lu Ye, but he figured that, as a physique cultivator, he’d at least have the chance to concede defeat verbally. He hadn’t expected this last opportunity to be thwarted by Amber—under the Tiger Roar Intimidation, he lost his final breath of life.
Yiyi materialized her figure, "Is it over?"
Not happy!
She hadn’t even had the chance to make a move!
Gathering the spoils of war, she left the place with the help of Heaven’s Augury’s teleportation.
Back in the wooden cabin, Lu Ye checked the Spirit Stream Ranking; he was currently ranked ninety-eight and could challenge up to five people above him, so the highest rank he could challenge was the one at ninety-three.
However, he didn’t do so but instead chose to challenge the person ranked ninety-five. The reason he didn’t challenge those ranked ninety-six and ninety-seven was naturally because those two were from the Haotian Alliance camp.
Since entering the Core Circle, Ten Thousand Demons Ridge had targeted him in various ways and pursued him relentlessly. If his strength hadn’t been formidable, he would have died countless times by now.
To say he harbored no resentment was impossible; as a spirited youth, who didn’t have some temper? Previously he fought his way out of Ten Thousand Poisons Forest, partly indeed to buy some array banners for future use, but also to vent his anger by killing some Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators.
However, contending against the entirety of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge was always risky.
The Spirit Stream Ranking challenge was a perfect opportunity. Such challenges were always one-on-one, eliminating Lu Ye’s fear of being ganged up on.
He decided to take them down one by one!
He was determined that wherever he went, he wouldn’t see a single name of a Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivator any longer!
Since he was being targeted, he might as well return the favor.
The cultivator ranked ninety-fifth wasn’t so busy. As soon as Lu Ye issued the challenge, it was quickly accepted. When Heaven’s Augury teleported him to the small space for combat, Yiyi, as usual, immediately went into hiding, and Amber crouched on Lu Ye’s shoulder.
He surveyed his surroundings and discovered that this was a vast desert area, with the blazing sun overhead, an extremely hot environment. Looking around, the vision was filled with flying yellow sand without any other color, and he couldn’t see the brother ranked ninety-fifth...
This guy was probably a magic cultivator who practiced either fire element or earth-type magic and spells.
Lu Ye concluded in his mind; otherwise, he wouldn’t have chosen such terrain.
He didn’t bother to look for the enemy’s trace, simply standing in place and waiting. Soon after, Yiyi sent a message, having found the person’s whereabouts. As expected, the other party was indeed a magic cultivator.
The Ten Thousand Demons Ridge camp was in an uproar.
Many cultivators from the Lu Ye Extermination Alliance were searching for Lu Ye the Sect Destroyer but to no avail. No one knew where he was hiding; it was as if he had vanished into thin air.
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But on the Spirit Stream Ranking, the name Lu Yiye from the Righteous Blood Sect appeared again.
This guy actually started to climb the rankings!
Initially, only a small number of people were aware of this news, but soon it spread widely. In no time, countless gazes turned toward the Spirit Stream Ranking.
They watched, eyes wide, as his ranking continuously rose. Initially, when they noticed him, he was just ranked ninety-fifth, but in just half a day, he had moved up to eighty-second. Another half a day passed, seventy-third.
By the second day, he was at sixty-fifth place!
His ascension speed through the Spirit Stream Ranking was incredibly fast; it seemed he had no intention of taking a break. If it weren’t for those being challenged making him wait for two Shichens, he would climb the rankings even quicker.
The waiting time for challenges greatly disrupted his rhythm.
What infuriated the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge side even more was that Lu Ye faced his challenges one at a time. He did not spare any Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators ranked ahead of him, and all of those who had crossed hands with him had not survived; they were all slain by him!
This led to a peculiar phenomenon where the twenty people ranked behind him were all from the Haotian Alliance camp.
This was something that could never have happened in the past. Both the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge and Haotian Alliance camps were cradles of talents, and on the Spirit Stream Ranking, it was basically impossible to see four or five consecutive people all from one camp.
But after Lu Ye started his challenge, this unthinkable phenomenon occurred.
It’s simply because the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators who should have been mixed in with these Haotian Alliance cultivators were all killed off!
For a time, many Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators were filled with righteous indignation and some were frustrated to the point of hating iron for not becoming steel.
They couldn’t understand how the strong contenders, once considered as the future pillars, just couldn’t hold their own. Even if they couldn’t match Lu Ye one-on-one in combat, they surely had time to concede defeat. How could they be completely wiped out by that Lu Yiye?
And Lu Yiye’s actions were undoubtedly deliberate, a targeted move, slapping the face of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge.
If this ranking list were man-made, it would be easy to handle—just revoke it to avoid the embarrassing display. But the problem is that the Spirit Stream Ranking is generated by Heaven’s Augury, beyond the interference of humans. Any Spirit Stream Realm cultivator with enough strength can connect to it and check.
Such a ranking list undoubtedly stripped Ten Thousand Demons Ridge of its dignity. Every Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivator capable of checking the list felt a burning sensation on their face when they saw the rankings, as if they had been slapped repeatedly from both sides.
With Lu Ye acting so recklessly, the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge side felt deeply humiliated, but the Haotian Alliance side enjoyed the show. News of the changes in the Spirit Stream Ranking kept spreading, and every time Lu Ye moved up in rank, the einated celebrations erupted whenever one of the challenged Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators completely disappeared from the Spirit Stream Ranking.
On the third day, Lu Ye’s ranking had reached the fiftieth place!
There wasn’t a single able fighter.
That was Lu Ye’s biggest impression from the past few days of ranking battles.
No matter what faction those Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators were from, no matter what terrain they chose, as long as Lu Ye discovered them, he could usually end the battle in a very short time. And with Amber by his side, even if those people realized they were no match and tried to surrender, they didn’t stand a chance.
Amber was only doing one thing now, squatting on Lu Ye’s shoulder. As soon as any challenged cultivator showed signs of wanting to speak, she would immediately roar, and under Tiger Roar Intimidation, their only destiny was death!
Inside the wooden house in the Ten Thousand Poisons Forest, Lu Ye was still cultivating while allowing the Talent Tree to absorb the Earth’s Core Fire.
He had been busy ranking for the past few days, and had used up only twenty out of forty pieces of Earth’s Core Fire, which allowed him to gain two new spirit runes, one Golden Arc and one Lightning Attracting...
After checking the specific information for these two spirit runes, he found that if they were constructed, they could be used to cast magic and spells.
This move further expanded his journey on the path of magic cultivation.
However, since his spirit force was of fire element with a hint of metal, if he constructed these two spirit runes to activate magic and spells, the results might differ from the normal spells. These two spirit runes would best be used to set up killing arrays, which could have some unique effects.
He had already issued a challenge to the cultivator ranked forty-eighth. Although the opponent had accepted the challenge, the battle had not immediately commenced; it seemed there would be another wait of two Shichen.
Lu Ye took out a portion of Earth’s Core Fire and let the Talent Tree absorb it, while also dedicating some of his consciousness to cultivation.
The twenty portions of Earth’s Core Fire were quickly devoured, and Lu Ye looked towards the Talent Tree expectantly, curious about what new spirit runes he might obtain.
Looking over it, he was slightly startled.
Because there were no new leaves burning, it was just that in a certain area of the Talent Tree, there was a large number of leaves glowing red...
He had experienced this situation once before.
It was when he was in the Land of Fiery Flames, absorbing that cluster of Phoenix True Fire. At that time, a large area of leaves responded simultaneously when he absorbed the Phoenix True Fire. It was only after completely devouring the Phoenix True Fire that those leaves burned up, outlining the figure of a Vermillion Bird perched on the treetop, subsequently granting him the Fire Phoenix Spirit Runes.
Now a similar situation had occurred once again; it was likely another special spirit rune!
Lu Ye carefully examined and discovered that the responsive leaves were not as numerous as those for the Fire Phoenix, only about a dozen or so. Nonetheless, this was still extremely remarkable.
Ever since he obtained the Fire Phoenix Spirit Runes, Lu Ye had been particularly looking forward to the emergence of such special spirit runes because they were far more powerful than regular spirit runes.
The leaves on the Talent Tree glowing red were not arranged haphazardly but in a symmetrical pattern.
Upon closer inspection, if one were to connect the symmetrical leaves, they seemed to form something resembling a pair of... wings?
Lu Ye’s spirits immediately lifted.
Could it be...
Could it possibly be...
It was very likely...
It took the absorption of no less than twenty portions of Earth’s Core Fire for those dozen or so leaves to begin glowing red. It was unknown how much more they needed to devour before they could fully ignite.