Sage of Humanity

Right at this moment on Blood Cloud Battle Planet, Fei Lian's expression was furious, his eyes full of disbelief: "That woman, how does she dare?"

He had never imagined that Zi Ying would actually rally the army and counterattack so soon after a major battle had just ended!

Granted, in the last battle their side took a bit of a loss, even a Dao Fusion expert had died in combat, but Blue Water's casualties weren't small either. At this time, both sides should tacitly be in a period of recuperation.

So this time Zi Ying really caught him completely off guard.

Of course, thanks to the Insect Matriarch's eyes and ears, Blood Cloud still managed to hastily organize a certain level of defense.

"What's the situation over at Giant Ruler?" Fei Lian asked.

Since Blue Water had mobilized its full forces, there was no way Giant Ruler's side would be quiet.

Sure enough, an audio transmission came from the Insect Matriarch: "Giant Ruler has already led the army over. They'll arrive in two hours."

"Send messages, call for reinforcements. Have the nearby war zones dispatch manpower over. I want to cut off their retreat. I want them to come and never leave!" Fei Lian's face was vicious.

The human race battle alliance partnering with the Giant Race, coming on with this kind of ferocity, looked brave, but in fact carried huge hidden dangers. As long as reinforcements from nearby could come and sever their way out, then he could encircle them. Even if they couldn't wipe them out completely, it would be enough to heavily wound the enemy's vital energy.

"Messages already sent. Each war zone can't spare many people. Conservatively, they can arrive in one day."

"One day…" Fei Lian snorted coldly. "More than enough."

Blood Cloud Battle Planet couldn't possibly hold out for a whole day, and as long as this side delayed them for a day, they could turn defense into offense.

Last time when they took the initiative to attack, they didn't gain any advantage. This time with the enemy coming over, things wouldn't go well for them either.

Just as he was speaking, Fei Lian suddenly flew into a rage, roaring sharply: "Human race, you go too far!"

He roared and blasted straight out of Blood Cloud Battle Planet to meet the charge. Zi Ying had already driven alone right into Blood Cloud's defensive line.

A Dao Fusion powerhouse like her, looking across the entire Blood Cloud, aside from Fei Lian being able to resist and pin her down, no one else was of any use.

Beside the short-stay palace, Lu Ye watched, eyes wide in shock, only feeling that although his Lord Governor was a woman, she was far more fierce and unmatched than most men.

They had only just arrived, and she couldn't wait to unleash her offensive!

Looking across the battlefield, wherever Zi Ying passed, no matter how viscous the Blood Sea, no matter how vast the enemy numbers, everything was directly torn apart. In front of a group of Enter the Path cultivators, the might of a Dao Fusion was utterly unreasonable.

In an instant, the Insect and Blood Races suffered countless casualties, until a few breaths later Fei Lian rushed over and finally managed to pin down Zi Ying as she was wantonly slaughtering.

Fei Lian clearly wanted to drag Zi Ying out of his own main formation, to avoid their clash's Yu Bo causing more casualties, but since Zi Ying had already made her move, how could she act as he wished? To her, everything around was an enemy to be killed. She had no need to hold back in the slightest. There was nowhere more suited to her full display than here.

Fei Lian roared and cursed in anger, but it was useless. He could only shout for the surrounding Insect and Blood Races to retreat.

With this retreat, the defensive line that had been relatively tight immediately showed many gaps.

"Vanguard camp, attack!" Beside the short-stay palace, a man stood tall and sent audio transmission in all directions. It was that steward who had always been at Zi Ying's side.

Back when Blue Water was defending, he had also been assisting Zi Ying in relaying orders to all sides.

Now that Zi Ying had charged into the enemy ranks, the responsibility for commanding the battle naturally fell to him.

Just as Lu Ye had thought before, the vanguard camp was not just his Crane Wings Camp. Zi Ying had arranged ten vanguard camps this time, a total of a thousand people. Compared to the overall army, the number wasn't large, but the vanguard camps were all assembled from elite troops. Their duty was to be the first to break into the formations, tear open the enemy's defensive line, to give the following allies better room to perform.

Normally, such a battle should be opened by the vanguard camps, but with Zi Ying striking first and doing the vanguard's job, she could undoubtedly reduce the vanguard's casualties by a huge margin.

This governor, in the end, had a nature that cared for her subordinates. Otherwise, with her Dao Fusion status, how could she be so reckless?

With the steward's order, each vanguard camp moved, rushing at high speed to all areas of the battlefield.

Lu Ye was also preparing to lead his men onto the battlefield. He'd locked onto a position and was confident he could tear open the defensive line in that direction.

But unexpectedly, the steward suddenly turned his head to look in his direction. "Commander Lu, wait for now."

Lu Ye hurriedly halted, confusion on his face, not knowing why this steward was keeping his camp back. If a vanguard camp didn't serve as the vanguard, what kind of vanguard camp was it?

But the steward was fully focused on observing the battlefield, clearly with no intention of explaining to him.

Lu Ye guessed this must be Zi Ying's instruction. Otherwise, the other side wouldn't give such an order, so he could only quietly wait.

If he were just a free alliance guard, of course he could act as he pleased, but now he was a camp commander summoned by Zi Ying, and had to obey orders.

The great battle was already underway. Nine vanguard camps charged toward nine directions. Thanks to Zi Ying's first charge into the formation, the enemy's defenses had plenty of flaws. What the nine vanguard camps needed to do at this moment was expand those flaws and then tear the line open, so that the alliance guards following behind could more easily kill the enemy.

On such a vast battlefield, in a very short time things became a raging inferno. Multicolored lights flared, cultivators on both sides constantly fell, especially those vanguard cultivators charging the formations. If they missed a beat and failed to keep up with the team's rhythm, the result was getting surrounded and killed by the enemies around them.

Large numbers of alliance guards followed behind the vanguard camps, locked in a desperate struggle with the Insect and Blood Race cultivators they encountered.

Zi Ying and Fei Lian's battlefield finally shifted away; with the two armies locked in chaotic battle, Zi Ying also worried that the Yu Bo might accidentally injure her own subordinates, so she could only go along with Fei Lian's wish.

Lu Ye and the people behind him like Wang Xun watched the battlefield from afar, personally seeing the cultivators of the nine vanguard camps continuously reduced in number, and even those alliance guards who had followed behind them into the enemy formation suffered many battle losses.

For the moment, it was impossible to tell who had the upper hand in the field.

"Commander, how long are we going to keep waiting?" Wang Xun could hardly hold himself back. Watching such a fierce battle while they could only stand by and spectate was a torment for any cultivator eager to charge in and kill the enemy.

"I don't know, we act on orders." Lu Ye shook his head.

Zi Ying should have high expectations of him; after all, he could now openly exert the power of the 14th Dao. Leaving his Crane Wings Camp behind was most likely to use them as an assault force.

In other words, wherever on the battlefield the enemy's momentum grew too strong, they would be needed to step in and deal with it!

Sure enough, after waiting for about one hour, the steward suddenly sent an audio transmission to Lu Ye: "Commander Lu, do you see that direction?"

Following the sound, Lu Ye looked and saw a vast Blood Sea stretching across that side, still continuously expanding, because Blood Race cultivators were constantly merging into it, driving their own Blood Seas to swell.

Its might was sky-shattering; wherever it passed, whether enemy or ally, all were swallowed within.

If such a Blood Sea were left unchecked, it would inevitably snowball larger and larger, and by then would have a very vile impact on the entire battle situation.

"Before Lord Governor set out, he told me that Commander Lu's strength is extraordinary. If there's any knot in the battle that can't be unraveled, we can try handing it to you. This Blood Sea… will it be a problem?"

"No problem!" Lu Ye answered in one breath; dealing with the Blood Race was precisely what he was best at.

"Then I'll trouble you. I ask Commander Lu to put caution first and focus on harrying tactics. If something cannot be done, don't force it. In another one hour, reinforcements from Giant Ruler's side will arrive."

Lu Ye nodded, summoned his short hammer Dao soldier, and gave a low shout: "Move out!"

Nearly a hundred people, without a word, closely followed behind him, charging at full speed toward the battlefield.

Along the way, any enemies foolish enough to try blocking them were all cut down. One camp of cultivators, like a warship sailing with full sails before a favorable wind, split the waves as they advanced, very soon pressing up to that Blood Sea.

The Blood Race within the Blood Sea clearly also sensed Lu Ye and the others drawing near. The vast Blood Sea twisted like a living thing, actively surging forward to meet them.

Lu Ye raised his short hammer high and shouted sharply: "Crane Wings!"

Even though they had only drilled once, the cultivators of the Crane Wings Camp still remembered the previous array clearly. With Lu Ye's order, figure after figure leapt out, countless flows of aura from all directions linking toward Lu Ye.

The steward watched from afar, and his face suddenly changed drastically.

It was because Lu Ye had not followed his instructions at all—to focus on harrying tactics—but was instead leading an entire camp of cultivators straight at the Blood Sea head-on.

Was this not courting death?

The steward's heart ached beyond measure.

In such a Blood Sea, the Blood Race and Insect Race gathered inside numbered no less than eight hundred, if not a thousand. No matter how strong Lu Ye was, his camp only had a little over a hundred people. Even in a normal clash, they would most likely be no match for the enemy, let alone charging into the Blood Sea to fight.

He somewhat regretted sending Lu Ye to carry out this mission, but having Lu Ye's camp serve as the assault force was Lord Governor's decision.

Lord Governor had probably never expected this guy to be so reckless.

What baffled the steward even more was that before charging, Lu Ye's camp had suddenly dispersed…

Dispersing before breaking through the formation clearly weakened their own strength; in such circumstances, clustering together to kill the enemy was the better strategy.

There was no time to stop them. Under his helpless gaze, that camp of a hundred people had already plunged into the Blood Sea, like stones sinking into the ocean without even stirring up a splash.

The steward steadied his mind and, unable to worry about too much, could only continue observing the battlefield, transmitting orders without pause.

What he had to do was hold on until Giant Ruler's reinforcements arrived.

Admittedly, Blue Water could in fact have waited for the Alliance Forces from Giant Ruler to arrive and strike together; that would have been safer and more secure.

But that would likewise have given the enemy more time to prepare their defensive lines. Speed is the essence of war, which was why, once Zi Ying led the army here, she launched an offensive at the first opportunity.

Losing one camp of men would affect the campaign, but not enough to alter the overall situation. The steward only felt heartache that Lu Ye's recklessness had cost so many lives. What puzzled him even more was why Wang Xun and the others hadn't tried to dissuade him, but had instead foolishly followed along and charged in as well.

All of a sudden, the steward's eye twitched, and his gaze returned to that vast Blood Sea.

At this moment, the Blood Sea was violently heaving, clearly indicating some upheaval within. It was like a ferocious beast that had eaten something bad, its stomach churning wildly.

Just as the steward was seized by shock and doubt, that immense Blood Sea suddenly collapsed.

A vividly lifelike phantom of a Divine Crane abruptly appeared within his field of vision, making his pupils contract sharply as he stood there, unable to regain his composure for a long time!

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