Lu Ye activated the Insight Spirit Runes to examine the nodes of the great array in Crimson Blood Valley, in keeping with his previous experience, and began working with the array cultivators from Tianyan Sect to break the array.
During this period, cultivators from both sects arranged their troops and set up their formations under the arrangents of Zhao Li and Song Yin.
The governor who controlled the Great Array Jade Cluster in Crimson Blood Valley, although he had heard of Lu Ye's array-breaking thods through so channels, had never witnessed them personally.
Not until this mont did he deeply understand what despair felt like.
No matter how he urged the jade cluster to induce various changes in the great array, he could hardly contain the progress of Lu Ye's array-breaking.
Just as he had heard, in only a few dozen breaths, the spirit force in one area of the great array stopped flowing, and with a fierce attack from the cultivators of both sects, that part of the great array completely shattered.
The cries of cursing from both sides ceased, giving way to a clash of weapon control and magic and spells, and in an instant, a spectacle of colorful lights zigzagged back and forth in mid-air, creating a highly dramatic scene.
Accompanied by cries of agony, the governor of Crimson Blood Valley, who was commanding from the rear, realized sothing was amiss.
Their physique cultivators were dying too quickly.
As the largest barrier for their cultivators, if too many physique cultivators died, their defensive line would inevitably be broken.
After a brief observation, he quickly saw the truth.
It was Lu Yiye from the Righteous Blood Sect, nearly half of the dead physique cultivators were killed by him!
The Liu Guang of four weapons flew under his control, and the physique cultivators targeted by him couldn't resist the might of the weapons at all—each strike was lethal, and the physique cultivators carefully cultivated by Crimson Blood Valley were as fragile as paper under his sharp attacks.
In just a span of ten breaths, the number of physique cultivators at the forefront had already been halved, and without them in front, the casualties on Crimson Blood Valley's side surged, and as ti went on, their casualties rapidly increased as well.
In contrast, the enemy's physique cultivators, although also suffering casualties, had a tight defensive line that always remained firm, especially one in the middle whose blood Qi was so robust it seed almost unreasonable; he personally witnessed a defensive spirit artifact on the opponent being shattered, more than ten strikes hitting him, yet this physique cultivator appeared unhard.
This guy's body was even stronger than regular defensive spirit artifacts.
The governor of Crimson Blood Valley realized the severity of the issue and knew he had underestimated the opposition this ti.
But now escape was impossible, and fleeing at this mont would only give the enemy a chance to annihilate them completely.
He hastily activated the battlefield marking, sending out a ssage.
The next mont, five figures appeared out of nowhere in Heaven's Augury Hall. Without hesitation, they dashed out and turned into five glows of light, heading straight for the battlefield.
Among these five were both n and won, so young and so old.
They were clearly not Spirit Stream Realm cultivators; so were from the Cloud River Realm, others from the True Lake Realm.
Shui Yuan, acting to support Lu Ye, had forcibly stord into the Spirit Stream battlefield twice. Crimson Blood Valley naturally wouldn't lack such decisiveness, but such actions required a hefty cost and also carried great risk. Therefore, under normal circumstances, cultivators from the Nine Provinces would not undertake such actions.
But with the sect's base at stake, Crimson Blood Valley could no longer care about the consequences.
The cultivation levels revealed by the five were all at the 8th Heaven level, because they had all ascended to Cloud River using 8th Heaven level cultivation back in the day. At this mont, forcibly entering ant they could only use the peak cultivation they had reached back when they were in the Spirit Stream battlefield.
In this regard, they were inferior to Shui Yuan.
Shui Yuan had ascended to Cloud River using 9th Heaven level cultivation, so the cultivation she demonstrated upon entering the Spirit Stream battlefield was at the 9th Heaven level.
It wasn't that Crimson Blood Valley didn't want to dispatch stronger individuals; it was simply that Crimson Blood Valley had none stronger.
In the Spirit Stream Realm, if one could open all 360 orifices using 9th Heaven level cultivation to ascend to Cloud River, then advancing to Divine Sea Realm was almost a certainty in the future.
But imagine how difficult it was to open all 360 orifices— even disciples from the 1st grade sects couldn't guarantee they could open all 360.
Among the cultivators at the level of the Spirit Stream Realm, very few could ascend to Cloud River using 9th Heaven level cultivation—one in a hundred.
Crimson Blood Valley was just a 5th grade sect, and these five individuals were the most capable they could muster from within their ranks in the Spirit Stream Realm, playing the most crucial roles.
The intense aura from the five pressed in, and Lu Ye imdiately sensed it, looked up, spotted the five beams of light, and imdiately shouted, "Be careful!"
Perhaps his shout drew their attention, the elder among the five imdiately looked over, his eyes flashing with a cold intent to kill.
With the strong support of these five, Crimson Blood Valley imdiately stabilized the situation. On the contrary, the attacking rhythm of the cultivators from both sects beca disrupted and their previously advantageous position turned into a stalemate, and the resulting casualties significantly increased.
After all, as five combatants of the 8th Heaven level, their combined strength was sufficient to change the course of the battle.
The governor from the Crimson Blood Valley, who had been anxious, breathed a sigh of relief, but Zhao Li and Song Yin were now in a rush of panic.
Monts later, streaks of purple Thunderbolt began to swirl around the five individuals. Everyone's face showed expressions of pain, and one of the won's bodies even trembled slightly, weakening her attacks significantly.
The five of them knew the consequences of killing soone on the Spirit Stream battlefield and had ntally prepared themselves before entering, but knowing was one thing, and having never done it quite another.
They had heard that the Seal Envoy of the Righteous Blood Sect had unleashed a killing spree on the Spirit Stream battlefield, and they all felt they wouldn't be weaker than him. But it was only after they killed their first Spirit Stream Realm cultivator that they realized the matter was not as simple as they had thought.
The punishnt of the Soul-Destroying Divine Lightning was not so easy to withstand. Shui Yuan could withstand it because her psyche was special. She could kill dozens of people and still seem untroubled.
This group from the Crimson Blood Valley couldn't handle it, though. They had only killed about twenty people, but they were already at their limit of endurance. They couldn't kill anymore and could only fend off attacks from two sects.
"You all hold them off, I'll go kill that Lu Yiye!" the elderly man gritted his teeth and said, his figure flickering as he pounced towards Lu Ye through the air. The intense pain in his psyche twisted his face into a ferocious expression.
Lu Ye was their main target for this incursion. As long as they could kill Lu Ye, even if the Crimson Blood Valley's post were lost, the major sects of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge would compensate them with enough resources to not only rebuild their post but also to spare.
As the old man wielded his longsword, it was clear he was a combat cultivator. As he pounced through the air, a series of sword flashes struck at Lu Ye.
Lu Ye hastily drew out his Boulder Mountain Saber and shattered several sword flashes, yet his figure was shot up into the air by the imnse force.
The old man's killing move arrived instantly. His longsword flicked like a spirit snake's tongue, stabbing towards Lu Ye's heart.
The attack was so fast that Lu Ye almost didn't react. Defense Spirit Runes hastily ford, barely blocking the strike, yet the next mont, a flurry of sword blooms blossod before his eyes.
The advantage of a powerful psyche showed at this mont. Although Lu Ye could not see the enemy's sword move clearly, he felt a stabbing pain at several vital spots on his body, and a vast sense of crisis surged in his heart. Instinctively, he activated a few Defense Spirit Runes to protect those spots.
As the Defense Spirit Runes shattered, blood spurted from Lu Ye's body, but he was not in mortal danger. His figure plumted straight down.
The old man's eyes showed surprise. He was using his 8th Heaven level cultivation to kill an ordinary Level 9 cultivator and hadn't managed to succeed imdiately, which he found difficult to accept.
His figure shifted, dodging attacks from all directions. His longsword trembled anew, and lding body and sword light almost as one, he stabbed towards Lu Ye who was thrown into the air.
On the Spirit Stream battlefield, although he displayed only the strength of the 8th Heaven level, he indeed possessed the foundation of the True Lake Realm. Even with this one sword strike, not even the strong ones on the Spirit Stream Ranking might be able to withstand it.
Lu Ye truly couldn't block it because the strike was too fast, faster than his reaction limit. Even though he managed to deploy a Defense Spirit Rune in front which could protect most of his torso, it was pierced straight through by the sword.
The longsword entered from below his chest, passing through his body, missing his life by a re half an inch.
Yet, he had managed to hold his breath at the critical mont, avoiding a fatal blow.
"Brother Yiye!" Zhao Li, who had been keeping an eye on Lu Ye, cried out in shock, while Song Yin ran silently towards him, intending to co to his aid.
However, it was clearly too late.
The old man didn't feel elation from not having succeeded imdiately. As long as the enemy wasn't dead, he wouldn't relax a mont. His spirit force surged furiously, flowing along the longsword into Lu Ye's body, aiming to destroy his internal organs.
This move was similar to what Lu Ye did after stabbing his enemies, activating Cactus Spirit Runes; common monts when a piercing wound wasn't fatal, but suitable for minor acts that could cause lingering damage to the opponent.
Intense pain spread, and the flesh around Lu Ye's wounds squird. His Boulder Mountain Saber nearly ignited, fiery red spirit force clinging to it. As the saber swung, it flashed with a halo of light, and he looked at the old man who was close at hand, bringing the sabre down with a slash.
The old man frowned, abandoning his original plan. He pulled the longsword from Lu Ye's body, bringing out a spray of hot blood, and positioned his sword horizontally in front of him.
A clanging noise sounded, and sparks flew. A flash of brilliance passed over the Boulder Mountain Saber, reinforced by Hefty Weight Spirit Runes, and it was a double Hefty Weight Spirit Rune embedded by Lu Ye in the Path of Spirit Runes.
The old man's previously confident expression turned to astonishnt, because in that mont, the slash from the young man's sabre felt as heavy as a thousand jun!
It didn't feel like just a sabre being slashed down but rather like a small mountain pressing down.
Caught off guard, the longsword in the old man's hand almost flew out. As a combat cultivator, he naturally wouldn't allow such a thing to happen, quickly channeling spirit force to stabilize the spiritual artifact in his hand.
Under imnse pressure, he and Lu Ye fell towards the ground, their spiritual artifacts clashing and facing off, looking at each other from close range.
The old man's expression beca composed again, watching Lu Ye coldly. There was no denying that the young man's performance was outstanding, even in the eyes of soone from the True Lake Realm, almost flawless. However, the gap in strength was there plainly. Since he had co to kill Lu Ye, whatever the young man did was ultimately in vain.
Then he saw a sun burst open in his field of view…
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