The enemy who should have been on the ground was now above him. Under the glow of the full moon, the person behind him had a pair of fiery red wings flowing with spirit force fluttering gently. The long saber in his hand was climbing with spirit force, and he swiftly slashed down at him!
Impossible! As he plumted towards the ground, the magic cultivator scread inwardly.
Boom...
Dust flew as the magic cultivator's body heavily crashed to the ground, feeling as if many of his bones were broken, and a mouthful of fresh blood spurted out.
The spirit force barrier that could have blocked a Boulder Mountain Saber's strike, enhanced with two Sharpness Spirit Runes, also dissipated into nothingness—not because it was sliced open, but because the magic cultivator no longer had the strength to maintain it.
In order to dodge the might of Lu Ye's weapon control just a mont ago, he had flown a bit too high, nearly forty ters from the ground, which led to him falling and nearly killing himself.
Darkness filled his vision, unable to see, and his ears buzzed. Blood Water seeped from the orifices of the magic cultivator, and in such a state, he was truly on the brink of death.
Lu Ye drifted down lightly beside him, retracted his wings behind him, reversed the long saber in his hand, aid straight at the magic cultivator's heart, and stabbed down.
The magic cultivator's body tensed up instinctively, grabbing onto the blade of the Boulder Mountain Saber with both hands, his eyes full of unwillingness.
He was a Level 9 magic cultivator; had he died in a mutual combat, it would have been due to his lack of skill or being outclassed by his opponent. But after facing Lu Ye, a Level 7, not even a single magic or spell had been cast before he was bewilderingly killed—how could he be willing to accept that?
But unwillingness changed nothing.
His straightened body crashed back to the ground once more, a red light flew out— the Level 9 magic cultivator... dead!
Lu Ye pulled out the long saber and walked step by step to where the combat cultivator had disappeared. As if he'd broken through a weak barrier, the scenery around him twisted, and the next instant he was back in the familiar rocky forest terrain.
At this very mont, the battle here was tense. The Hao siblings, Hao Ren and his sister, one was up close battling with the combat cultivator, the other manipulating a controlled weapon from not far away to interfere, working seamlessly together, leaving the combat cultivator infuriated.
One-on-one, the Hao siblings were no match for this combat cultivator, but with their cooperation, the combat cultivator was no match for them.
Among cultivators of the sa level, there are differences in strength.
Lu Ye had already observed that the spirit light of this combat cultivator was not very bright, far inferior to the Yuan Guang whom he had killed.
If Yuan Guang had faced the Hao siblings, he might have been able to take on both, but clearly, this combat cultivator did not have such ability.
Fighting with frustration and suddenly seeing Lu Ye appear out of nowhere, the combat cultivator was alard.
Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't have taken a Level 7 seriously, but at that mont his situation was dire, and he could not afford another enemy.
He wondered where his magic cultivator comrade had gone! Why hadn't he killed this Level 7?
Fiery red Liu Guang shot out from Lu Ye's hand toward the combat cultivator, while nonchalantly chewing on an elixir pill...
He didn't know when it beca a habit, but after a battle, he wanted to eat so elixir pills, even if the consumption wasn't large.
This combat cultivator from the Sky Supporting Sect was now trapped inside the Nine Worlds map, fighting desperately like a cornered beast, dood to die, even without his intervention; the Hao siblings would be able to deal with him.
So, Lu Ye did not choose to go forward but instead supported with his controlled weapon.
He and the Hao siblings had a cooperative relationship; naturally, he couldn't hoard all the benefits. That kind of cooperation, rooted in the idea that "everything is mine," was destined to be very fragile.
The tinkling sounds of tal rang out, with the light from the two controlled weapons constantly circling the combat cultivator, striking him unexpectedly. Although Hao Qing was a woman, her combat style was as fierce as any man's. Her actions were extrely fast, her Spiritual Artifact almost a blur in her hands, managing several tis to target the combat cultivator's vitals while he was distracted. After a dozen breaths, the combat cultivator was grievously wounded, his clothes stained with fresh blood.
Another twenty breaths went by, and with Hao Ren's controlled weapon piercing through the back of the combat cultivator's head, the battle was over.
A point of red light drifted from the body of the combat cultivator, landing on the back of Hao Ren's hand.
Hao Qing quickly gathered the spoils of battle.
A strong sense of rejection emanated from their surroundings, and in an instant, the three were back in their original location, with two additional corpses on the ground. Yiyi stood not far away, holding the Nine Worlds map.
"Thrilling, hahaha!" Hao Ren laughed loudly.
The siblings had decided to join Lu Ye in creating chaos only after seeing his technique, uncertain whether they would actually succeed or not.
But now, with two Level 9 cultivators from the Sky Supporting Sect dead and no casualties on their side, both were greatly emboldened.
"Let's go!"
Lu Ye grabbed the Amber on his shoulder and threw her on the ground, where she quickly reverted to her original form. He mounted the tiger, pulled Yiyi up behind him, and Amber ran swiftly towards the mining area of the Sky Supporting Sect.
The Hao siblings anwhile blended into the surrounding darkness, invisible, but their faint presence revealed they were not far off.
Luring the snake out of the hole only works once; there would not be a second ti.
The cultivators of the Sky Supporting Sect were not fools; two Level 9 cultivators had gone out, but not only did the enemy not perish, they even returned. The cultivators left to guard would only need to investigate a little to learn the fate of those two Level 9s, and at that ti they would send a ssage back to their headquarters.
Earlier, Hao Ren had already scouted out that there were a total of three Level 9 cultivators from the Sky Supporting Sect guarding that vein. Two had been lured out and killed, leaving only the last one to stay behind.
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Therefore, as long as this remaining Level 9 cultivator is dealt with, there will be no more Level 9 cultivators in the mining area. With Lu Ye's current strength, he would naturally be able to do as he pleases, as long as he can retreat before the Sky Supporting Sect catches on.
The key now is to kill the opponent.
As he moved forward, three miles away from the mining area, Lu Ye dismounted from the tiger's back, and Amber shrank to the size of a house cat before jumping onto his shoulder. As for Yiyi, she scouted ahead, searching for the location of that Level 9 cultivator.
Hao Qing and her brother were nearby to coordinate, just waiting to find that last Level 9 cultivator so they could join forces with Lu Ye for a powerful ambush.
As Lu Ye took a step, he inhaled softly, and a spirit rune spread silently over his body. In an instant, all his traces were gone, along with Amber who was perched on his shoulder.
Breath-concealing.
It was one of the spirit runes he got along with Cactus.
There was a type of Spirit Talisman called Breath-concealing Talisman, which Lu Ye had used before when he was rescuing Amber. He used to keep a few on him because they were very useful in certain situations.
Like right now!
However, ever since he obtained the Breath-concealing Spirit Runes from the Talent Tree, those talismans beca redundant.
Actually, Lu Ye wished he could get his hands on spirit runes that could hide his physical form. If he had such runes, he could completely vanish, becoming as elusive as a ghostly cultivator—not just concealing his presence but becoming truly undetectable.
Looking up, he saw faint lights shining from the mining area, scattered and disorganized. These were the lights coming from the various mine entrances.
This reminded Lu Ye of the days he spent mining in Evil Moon Valley...
He originally thought that becoming a cultivator would free him from the crude labor of mining, but it turned out that even as cultivators, so still had to mine.
Not just the Sky Supporting Sect, but all the big sects were the sa. The resources produced by their territories were one of the sources for the cultivators' daily cultivation, and none would give up easily. The sects were not so affluent as to be able to do without mining.
The big sects had thought about hiring mortals to mine in the past, since the numbers of mortals were not few in the Spirit Stream battlefield. However, mines often contained dangerous beasts or were attacked by enemy sect cultivators, situations in which mortals had no ans of protecting themselves and often suffered heavy casualties.
After several such occurrences, no mortals dared to mine for the cultivators anymore.
Left with no choice, the cultivators had to do the work themselves.
It could be said that almost everyone who had mingled in the Spirit Stream battlefield, whether from a big sect, a small family, or as an independent cultivator, was skilled in mining.
In the storage sacks of cultivators, one could typically find a pickaxe or other quirky mining tools.
Less than a mile away from the mining vein, Lu Ye, moving forward without a sound, suddenly ca to a halt.
A subtle sense of crisis erged, as if soone had set their sights on him.
Without any hesitation, Lu Ye channeled his spirit force into his right eye, where a complicated spirit rune swiftly ford.
In an instant, his perspective changed.
Under the enhancent of the Insight Spirit Rune, he could see things he normally couldn't—the surroundings lost their reality, reflected instead of by varying thicknesses of luminous lines or bands, constantly twisting and changing. These were the glows of nature's spiritual energy.
The function of the Insight Spirit Rune was to clearly observe the flow of spiritual energy and the changes in spirit force.
His gaze swept across the area, and when it circled back, it settled on a point to his left. There, the flow of spirit force was amiss, with one area noticeably denser than the surroundings, outlining a human figure!
The figure rushed towards him at an incredible speed and was upon him in the blink of an eye.
In that mont, a heavy sense of crisis enveloped Lu Ye, making the hairs all over his body stand on end.
The Boulder Mountain Saber was unsheathed in an instant, and with the enhancent of Sharpness Spirit Runes, he slashed forward.
With a clang, a dagger appeared out of nowhere, blocking Lu Ye's strike. Following that, a figure materialized before Lu Ye's eyes.
It was a short man with a tuft of a goatee, whose spirit light revealed him to be a Level 9 cultivator!
And he was a Level 9 ghost cultivator at that, otherwise there would be no explanation for his eerie abilities.
Was this the Level 9 cultivator left behind to guard the place?
Lu Ye had no ti to think further as he withdrew his saber and stabbed straight forward.
The opposing ghost cultivator looked surprised, as he hadn't expected his movents to be so easily detected by a Level 7 cultivator, let alone be preempted by the attack.
The strike he had unleashed was powerful and heavy, making his tiger's mouth split despite his hasty response.
As Lu Ye lunged with another stab, the ghost cultivator hurriedly raised his Spiritual Artifact to defend.
Just then, Amber, who had been crouching on Lu Ye's shoulder, suddenly let out a roar. The air distorted, and visible shockwaves crashed into the ghost cultivator, who felt as if he had been harshly struck by an invisible hamr, causing his head to buzz and leaving him dizzy for a mont.
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