Following the signs of battle, Situ Han lead dozens of people to rush to the plaza in front of Heaven’s Augury Hall, where they saw a blood-soaked figure sitting on the steps from afar, a sheathed long sword casually placed beside him, and in front of him lay one or two hundred storage sacks.
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Given his focused demeanor, he seemed to be… unlocking the restriction locks of the storage sacks?
And that blood-drenched figure, if not Lu Yiye, then who else could it be!
"Fifth Senior Brother!" Phong Yue hurriedly approached.
Lu Ye looked up, nodded slightly, then turned to Situ Han, who was behind her, with a complex expression, "You’ve arrived?"
Regaining his senses, Situ Han hurriedly performed a formal bow and then asked, "Brother Yiye, are we too late?"
"Not at all, you came just in time, the battle has just ended."
This is exactly coming late... Situ Han had originally planned to bring dozens of people to assist Lu Ye, but upon arriving, he found that Lu Ye had already finished the fight, and it ended with the tragic defeat of the Xuanqing Palace. Just a moment ago, he had casually counted the bodies scattered around this station—there were at least sixty to seventy…
Suddenly realizing, it seemed from the beginning to the end that Lu Ye never intended to ask for his help; thus, he said they weren’t late!
"Brother Yiye, did you kill all these people yourself?"
"Certainly not."
Situ Han’s heart relaxed, thinking as expected, if it really was one person doing all the killings, that would have been too terrifying. He had not seen any other helpers, perhaps they were hidden or had already left.
"Amber was helping me too." Lu Ye raised his hand and patted the head of Amber, who was lying beside him.
Isn’t that basically one doing all the killing?
Situ Han’s mood fluctuated wildly, suddenly feeling a bit dizzy.
Standing behind him, a group of Three Saints Sanctuary disciples also swallowed hard…
The tragic scene of the Xuanqing Palace headquarters sprawled before their eyes, the plaza in front of Heaven’s Augury Hall littered with bodies and blood, all done by one person!
They had long heard that Lu Yiye of the Righteous Blood Sect was exceptionally strong and skilled, but only upon seeing it with their own eyes did they realize the fame was well-deserved.
Taking a deep breath, Situ Han said with a complex expression, "Then, Brother Yiye, you asked me to come here because you wanted to…"
He was somewhat confused. If Lu Ye possessed the capability to annihilate a sect, why would he ask Phong Yue to call him over? He initially thought that Lu Ye wanted him to bring some people for assistance. However, it seemed that wasn’t the case.
"Previously because of my matters, the Three Saints Sanctuary station was destroyed. I found out that the Xuanqing Palace played a major role in it. As the saying goes, ’an eye for an eye,’ they destroyed your Three Saints Sanctuary station, so I came to destroy their Xuanqing Palace headquarters. Moreover, there was an agreement between our sect’s headquarters and your sect that I would cultivate at the Three Saints Sanctuary station. Now that I have reached the 9th Heaven level, I will soon be leaving the Spirit Stream battlefield, and that agreement cannot be honored. As a parting gesture, I thought I might as well alleviate some pressure for the Three Saints Sanctuary on this side."
Situ Han was left speechless.
This was more than alleviating pressure; seeing the outcome of this battle, with so many people from the Xuanqing Palace dead, they wouldn’t dare act high and mighty above the Three Saints Sanctuary anymore.
"Everything here for the Xuanqing Palace is untouched; Brother Situ, please help yourself."
At these words, the group from the Three Saints Sanctuary became excited, clearly understanding Lu Ye’s intention.
Situ Han was overwhelmed with shame, "How can this be proper? We didn’t do anything…"
"In the inner circle, as the Tianyan Sect station was compromised because of me, whatever they lost, I help them retrieve. Since the Three Saints Sanctuary station was also compromised because of me, it should be treated equally. Brother Situ, please do not refuse. In the future, it is likely that more disciples from the Righteous Blood Sect will come to your sect station for cultivation and training; we will still need your sect’s care by then."
After hearing what Lu Ye had to say, Situ Han no longer hesitated, "Then I will not be modest. If your sect’s disciples want to come to our sect’s station for cultivation in the future, just let us know, our sect’s station doors will always be open to your sect’s disciples!"
With a shout from Situ Han, the group he brought with him dispersed like tigers descending the mountain, pillaging the Xuanqing Palace headquarters. Everything that could be carried away was stuffed into storage sacks and taken, and what couldn’t be moved was destroyed on the spot.
Meanwhile, Situ Han himself entered the Heaven’s Augury Hall, standing in front of the Heaven’s Augury Pillar and, using his identity as a governor, plundered various enhancements from the Xuanqing Palace.
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Lu Ye continued to unlock the restriction locks on the storage sacks, while Phong Yue stayed behind to heal his wounds.
It must be said, after training for days in the Three Saints Sanctuary, Phong Yue’s cultivation and medical skills had greatly improved. Lu Ye casually chatted with her, knowing that the Three Saints Sanctuary treated her well and didn’t blame her for the past incident.
After all, being a healing cultivator and a delicate woman at that, no one would casually offend such a delicate healing cultivator. Moreover, the previous destruction of the Three Saints Sanctuary station had nothing to do with her; it was an operation from the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge targeting Lu Ye.
While they were busily engaged, the news of Lu Ye single-handedly annihilating the Xuanqing Palace had spread rapidly.
Not all from the Xuanqing Palace had died; in the end, approximately thirty managed to escape through the Heaven’s Augury Pillar. However, after this battle, over seventy percent of the core circle cultivators from the Xuanqing Palace were slain, substantially weakening their vital energy.
Everyone who heard this news initially reacted with disbelief!
Even if Lu Yiye was strong, even if he had advanced to the 9th Heaven level... Truly, after he had ascended to the 9th Heaven, following a battle at the Xuanqing Palace, his cultivation level had been updated on the Spirit Stream Ranking.
But even so, it was impossible for him to single-handedly destroy a sect! Throughout history, this had never happened. Even Feng Yuechan and Li Baxian, in their time, did not possess such capability; what made Lu Yiye think he could?
Keep in mind that both Feng Yuechan and Li Baxian had been immersed in the Spirit Stream Realm for over a decade...
News continuously spread to the Xuanqing Palace as they probed for information to confirm the truth of the matter.
Eventually, it was confirmed... the unbelievable had actually occurred.
The vast Xuanqing Palace headquarters had been challenged single-handedly by Lu Ye. According to the reports, Lu Yiye forced his way into the Xuanqing Palace headquarters by leveraging his expertise in the Array Path; he wreaked havoc all along his path, and even though the Xuanqing Palace had prepared a force of over eighty people in an array formation, they failed to stop him. Instead, he slaughtered them, causing a river of blood.
Such vile character and brutal methods were unheard-of. He butchered core circle cultivators as if they were mere chickens...
The Nine Provinces were shaken.
Inside the Spirit Stream battlefield, cultivators from the core circle of the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge felt endangered one by one.
All who confirmed this news from the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge couldn’t help but be aghast.
Before this, the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge faction had anticipated that if Lu Yiye ascended to the 9th Heaven, he might dominate the entire Spirit Stream battlefield alone, but even so, no one could have imagined that right after ascending to the 9th Heaven, he would commit such a dramatic deed.
Could it be that this enormous Spirit Stream battlefield was truly entering an era ruled by one man?
The Ten Thousand Demons Ridge faction, discontented, wondered: Could such a murderous person truly be beyond control?
Half a day later, another shocking piece of news emerged.
Not far from the Xuanqing Palace headquarters, the Half-Moon Pavilion headquarters was breached!
Again, it was Lu Yiye, again alone!
If the breach of the Xuanqing Palace headquarters could be attributed to their inadequate foundation—owing to the 3rd grade faction’s limited number of 9th Heaven level cultivators and the absence of Spirit Stream Ranking powerhouses—the breach of the Half-Moon Pavilion headquarters was clearly because Lu Yiye was powerful enough.
After all, the Half-Moon Pavilion was a 1st grade faction! They had more 9th Heaven cultivators than the Xuanqing Palace, and even had a powerhouse ranked in the fifties on the Spirit Stream Ranking.
Even so, after paying a very heavy price, the surviving cultivators from the Half-Moon Pavilion were forced to retreat back to the Nine Provinces, surrendering their large base to the hands of one man.
Overall, the Half-Moon Pavilion’s losses were not too severe thanks to the lesson learned from the Xuanqing Palace. They had arranged their formations from the start, and their retreat was well-organized; nevertheless, thirty to forty people died.
These were thirty-four promising talents who could have ascended to the Cloud River Realm, mercilessly killed, causing the high echelons of the Half-Moon Pavilion immense grief.
When the Xuanqing Palace headquarters was breached, many within the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge still harbored hope, thinking that the Xuanqing Palace was just too weak. However, with the subsequent breach of the Half-Moon Pavilion headquarters, even those who had been hopeful had to start taking Lu Yiye seriously.
If even the headquarters of a 1st grade sect couldn’t stop his carnage, who else in the entire Spirit Stream battlefield could possibly stand in his way?
The following day, a third Ten Thousand Demons Ridge headquarters nearby was breached.
While the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge faction was furious, they were also terrified.
Back when Lu Yiye was causing upheaval within the inner circle, he had to enlist the aid of a Haotian Alliance Allied Force, relying on the power of the alliance to act. But now, in the core circle, he didn’t need to enlist any allied forces; wherever he went, he brought the devastation of sect destruction.
Lu Ye the Sect Destroyer, rightly named!
Indeed, there’s no wrong nickname, only misused names.
At that time, in order to contain Lu Yiye, the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge faction had also gathered many people, confronting the Haotian Alliance Allied Forces while having Divine Sea Realm strong cultivators negotiate. Only after compensating with many resources did they manage to calm matters.
But now, with Lu Yiye acting alone, the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge truly found it difficult to respond. Of course, they could gather people again, but with Lu Yiye currently at 9th Heaven cultivation and unmatched in weapon control speed, who could possibly catch up to him?
If they couldn’t catch up, what was the point in gathering more people?
For a time, many strong cultivators from the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge were extremely troubled, and they shockingly realized that they had no means to restrain Lu Yiye, unless they abandoned all their bases and formed a large army to eradicate the Haotian Alliance’s base as well.
If so, then it would be a case of ’if I go down, no one ends well.’
However, such actions would have no effect on Lu Yiye himself. His Righteous Blood Sect headquarters were located on the outermost periphery of the battlefield, far from the storms of the core circle, completely unaffected.
As time passed, one sect headquarters after another in the core circle of the battlefield was breached, no matter if it was a 1st grade sect; in front of Lu Ye, they were as fragile as paper. Initially, some sects refused to believe the external exaggerations of Lu Ye’s strength and tried to resist his onslaught with numerical superiority, but after suffering losses, they all abandoned their bases and retreated to the Nine Provinces sect headquarters.