Sage of Humanity

The power of the 18th Dao against a newly ascended Dao Fusion, even if he can't win, holding them off shouldn't be an issue. Lu Ye is confident in this.

Moreover, he has the Talent Tree Avatar to slay the Dragon Spine cultivators, thereby creating conditions for Qing Yu and others to escape.

What he didn't expect was that due to Mann Shan's underestimation, his first strike severed an arm.

Furthermore, after a few clashes, he discovered that although he was not the opponent, the enemy was not as strong as imagined.

This made him have more ideas!

The group with Qing Yu is quite decent; he wouldn't stay here forever. Even if he protects them this time, if Mann Shan doesn't die, Qing Yu and others won't have peace in the future.

Moreover, with the Dao Fish about to emerge, how could he take over the Dao Pool without killing Mann Shan?

So only by killing him can he obtain these benefits.

The thought passed, firming up his resolve. He moved his form increasingly agilely, trying to avoid direct clashes with Mann Shan and instead slaughter his subordinates.

In the Blood Sea, with each life extinguished, the screams gradually ceased.

More than twenty human race cultivators, led by Qing Yu, finally made their way out!

The reason it went so smoothly was, of course, because Lu Ye allowed it. If he hadn't, Qing Yu and the others wouldn't have left so easily.

Turning around, they saw the vast Blood Sea covering the Void. In a certain area, there was still violent turbulence, causing the Blood Sea there to churn like boiling water.

"Madam, what exactly is happening?" Chen Wu asked, looking bewildered.

Not only he wanted to know, but the others also wanted to know what was happening.

They were prepared to die, yet they came out unscathed.

"Whatever it is, it's best to leave for now!" Yhing Hu said with a serious expression. Inside the Blood Sea, there were definitely two Dao Fusions clashing, a level they couldn't reach.

Qing Yu glanced around the group and indeed noticed that Lu Ye was missing. Recalling the recent events, she became more convinced that the person clashing with Mann Shan now was that man with the pure aura.

"Wait!" Qing Yu said in a firm voice.

Under normal circumstances, Yhing Hu's suggestion would be correct; it's not a place to linger, but Qing Yu was unwilling to just leave like this. She wasn't sure of Lu Ye's true strength or if he was a match for Mann Shan. Staying might be able to aid him.

The fierce battle continued, making the Blood Sea boil even more.

Qing Yu observed at a glance that the Blood Sea wouldn't hold for long, as the waves of conflict between the two Dao Fusions had already turned the inside upside down.

At a certain moment, the commotion suddenly calmed, and the surging Blood Sea began to converge toward a spot.

"Is it over?" Chen Wu stared, anxiety written all over his face.

As the blood color faded, the scene that unfolded made the pupils of over twenty people including Qing Yu constrict sharply.

Because within the range once enveloped by the Blood Sea, corpses lay across, each death more horrific than the last. Some bodies had shattered, leaving only golden Dao Bones floating.

The big demon leader of Dragon Spine was nowhere to be seen, only some scattered clothing fragments remained.

These bodies, numbering at least thirty-four, were clearly underlings of Dragon Spine and Mann Shan. In less than the time of one incense stick, they were all dead!

On the other side, three figures stood in a triangular standoff.

One was a sturdy figure, who else could it be but Mann Shan?

But compared to his previous arrogance, Mann Shan now appeared much more haggard, missing an arm, with bloodstains covering his chest, and fresh blood still seeping from the wounds on his severed arm and chest.

It's hard to imagine that a Dao Fusion expert couldn't even suppress his own injuries.

At this moment, his eyes bulged, face full of anger, like a volcano ready to erupt at any moment, glaring viciously at a figure in the distance holding a long saber.

"It's Brother Lu..." Chen Wu exclaimed in surprise.

Since Lu Ye joined them, Chen Wu had interacted with him the most but never inquired about Lu Ye's Dao level, feeling it unnecessary to ask. A stellar space refugee with such a pure aura, even if he had Entered the Path, couldn't be very powerful.

Everyone had grown little by little; who didn't know this basic truth?

Not until now did he realize how gravely mistaken he was!

To clash like this with someone like Mann Shan, who was a Dao Fusion, Lu Ye must also be a Dao Fusion!

Moreover...

"There are two Brother Lus."

Indeed, there were two Lu Yes. One wielded a saber, and the other held a gourd, wearing ill-fitting clothes seemingly stripped from some corpse.

"It must be a doppelganger!" Qing Yu's eyes flashed with a strange light.

In the blink of an eye, Mann Shan suddenly roared, "I will kill you!"

Before coming here, he thought it would be a wonderful moment to conquer Qing Yu and unify this area, but who would have thought a stranger would ruin it, and he'd suffer injuries because of it.

In the heat of contention, he had roughly figured out Lu Ye's strength, knowing that even though he was injured, the opponent was no match for him.

As for his entire subordinates dying in battle... that wasn't an issue at all. With his status as someone who achieved Dao Fusion, recruiting new subordinates was easy.

He charged toward Lu Ye, not even bothering to glance at the doppelganger.

The Clone Technique exists in all stellar spaces, including Star Abyss, but a doppelganger usually possesses only a portion of the original's strength. Lu Ye's original was not even his match, let alone a doppelganger?

In his perspective, if this doppelganger dared to approach him, he could crush it with ease!

He only needed to deal with Lu Ye's original body.

As soon as he moved, Lu Ye's original body nimbly evaded, while the doppelganger raised the gourd in its hand, aiming the opening at Mann Shan. The next instant, an uncanny fire shot out, winding like a fire serpent.

He had three affiliated treasures; the sword gourd had been left with Ma Bin to assist his cultivation and had not been reclaimed. The Heavenly Net Umbrella was given to Hua Ci, leaving him with only the fire gourd.

However, compared to wielding the fire gourd's power before, this time the ferocity was far greater.

This uncanny fire, powered by the force of nineteen Daos, was just one step short of Dao Fusion!

The flames surged, and in an instant, Mann Shan was turned into a man of fire, fiercely burning.

Startled, Mann Shan never expected a doppelganger to unleash such powerful might, causing his attack on Lu Ye to falter momentarily as he frantically urged his Dao force to shield himself.

Taking advantage of his distraction, Lu Ye's original body had already charged with his saber, the saber light shining as brightly as the moon, heavily slashing down!

Mann Shan roared in anger, disregarding the burns on his body, and punched out.

The moment they collided, the saber light shattered, Lu Ye's hands cracked open from the tension, his figure tumbling backward, while Mann Shan's big frame shook slightly.

As before, in a direct clash, Lu Ye was no match.

On the surface, they were only two Dao apart in strength, but in reality, the biggest difference between entering the Path and Dao Fusion lay in the manipulation of Dao force.

Having learned something about Dao Fusion from the azure bird, Lu Ye understood that the Dao force controlled in Dao Fusion was more cohesive; in comparison, at the beginner level of entering the Path, the Dao force appeared somewhat scattered.

Manifestly, while Mann Shan could only manipulate the power of twenty Daos, the special nature of Dao Fusion allowed him to unleash an extra ten percent in damage or defense.

Equivalent to the power of twenty-two Daos.

So while the apparent difference in power was two Daos, in fact, it was actually four.

A two Dao difference isn't significant, but four Daos is no small gap.

This was why Lu Ye kept suffering in their direct confrontations.

Fortunately, he wasn't alone; he had his doppelganger. Otherwise, he wouldn't have dared to target Mann Shan, and by now he should have already fled.

As his original body retreated, the doppelganger advanced to attack. Just as Mann Shan steadied himself, he was forced to engage once again.

In the rapid exchange, Mann Shan's eyes widened because he realized he'd gotten something wrong — this doppelganger and the original displayed identical strength!

What kind of unreasonable doppelganger was this in the world?

Outside the battlefield, Qing Yu and others watched, dazzled.

The two Lu Yees, one retreating as the other advanced, launched continuous attacks on Mann Shan like a relay, with no pause, their rhythm flawlessly synchronized. Though the uncanny fire on Mann Shan had extinguished, he had seemingly become a target, forced to defensively withstand both Lu Yees' relentless assaults, with no room for carelessness.

In such a situation, even fleeing became a luxury, because if he turned his back on Lu Ye, the situation would only worsen.

The scene was somewhat comical: the stronger one was in a terrible plight, while the weaker one exuded unstoppable aggression.

Qing Yu's eyes lit up, and she shouted, "Assist in battle!"

She recognized Lu Ye's intent, clearly aiming to eliminate Mann Shan here. But due to the strength disparity, to kill Mann Shan, they first needed to deplete his Dao force; hence the persistent hard clashes.

No one knew how much Dao force Mann Shan had, but the fact was he hadn't been in Dao Fusion for long, so he could not have accumulated much.

Once his Dao force was exhausted, even as a Dao Fusion, he would become an easy target.

In a direct clash, Qing Yu and her group had no chance to intervene, but if just assisting from afar, over twenty people could make a difference!

At Qing Yu's command, the group followed, rushing near to the battlefield, spreading out, each unleashing their techniques against Mann Shan.

At any other time, such an assault would mean nothing to Mann Shan, easily broken, but at this very moment, it was the straw breaking the camel's back.

More than twenty were at beginner level; even if not strong, Mann Shan's necessity to fend off their attacks consumed his own Dao force too.

Not to mention the two Lu Yees jumping around, relentlessly annoying!

Seeing the situation turning unfavorable, Mann Shan finally calmed down, deciding to retreat.

Bitterness welled up within, lamenting that his subordinates were entirely slain; otherwise, how could he be humiliated by these petty nuisances!

Blocking one more of Lu Ye's assault, Mann Shan took the chance to drift backward, instantly breaking free of Qing Yu's encirclement, ready to flee.

Lu Ye wouldn't permit such a thing to happen. In this battle, he had expended nearly three hundred measures of Dao force, marking his biggest expenditure of Dao force to date in a battle. He had painstakingly driven Mann Shan to this desperate situation and was determined not to let him escape so easily.

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