Sage of Humanity

Throughout history, no human has ever been able to stroll leisurely in such an insect hive.

Let alone the fact that the owner of this insect hive is a Peak Dao Fusion cultivator!

The interior of the insect hive is accessible everywhere, with some Insect and Blood Race cultivators seen walking around from time to time.

On both sides of the cave walls, there are many insect sacs, most of which are empty, but quite a few are occupied, where Insect and Blood Race cultivators stay inside, cultivating quietly.

Lu Ye can feel a faint surveillance gaze constantly following him, evidently from the Dark Butterfly.

He pays it no mind, crash through as if entering a place devoid of people, stirring the hearts of many Insect and Blood Race cultivators with indignation, yet they are helpless to do anything.

A while ago, a human race cultivator was captured and brought here, and the cultivators inside the insect hive naturally heard about it. Although they don't know the specifics, this is not the first time such a thing has happened.

Typically, captured cultivators can't withstand the Insect Matriarch's secret techniques, either becoming spies sent back to the human race or swiftly executed.

But the recent human race cultivator captured is somewhat different; he hasn't been sent back, nor executed. For some reason, the Insect Matriarch kept him in the insect hive and seems particularly interested in him.

Nobody dares to offend someone valued by the Insect Matriarch.

Lu Ye becomes even more arrogant, even swinging his hammer to kill a few obstructing insect soldiers, dismantling their Dao Bones.

He intentionally tests the boundaries of the Insect Matriarch.

To his surprise, not even his actions provoke any hindrance from the Insect Matriarch.

Still, he knows he cannot go too far; killing a few insects is fine, but killing too many would surely be unacceptable to the Insect Matriarch.

He wanders around, discovering nothing special, repeatedly considering escaping, but ultimately abandoning the idea. Not to mention the Chains of Life binding him to the Insect Matriarch, he cannot escape from here with his current capabilities.

At some point, that faint surveillance feeling disappeared.

Evidently, the Insect Matriarch has more important matters to attend to, unable to spare attention.

Lu Ye wandered for a bit, finding it dull.

Too lazy to return to the Insect Matriarch, he decides to settle down in just any insect sac.

As he looks around, a blood-covered figure carrying a long sword approaches from the front.

Lu Ye turns his head and instantly sets his gaze on the long sword; if he isn't mistaken, this is a Dao artifact.

His short hammer Dao artifact, although decent, feels somewhat cumbersome. This sudden appearance of an insect soldier's long sword Dao artifact seems to fit his needs.

Moreover, judging by the appearance, the insect soldier seems to have just returned from the frontline battles, and the fierce killing intent on him hasn't subsided yet.

With a move of expression, Lu Ye walks toward the insect soldier.

The insect soldier clearly notices him; as a cultivator inside this insect hive, he naturally knows about Lu Ye's presence and can't help but show some disdain in his eyes.

The passage is spacious, yet the two figures approach each other without avoidance.

"Move aside!" Upon seeing Lu Ye not intending to move out of the way, the insect soldier swings the long sword in hand and shouts fiercely, making a threatening gesture.

If not for the Insect Matriarch's orders, he would definitely show Lu Ye how powerful he is; a mere human dares to be impudent inside this insect hive.

Unexpectedly, this action instantly angers Lu Ye.

"You dare strike at me? I will kill you!" With a furious shout, Lu Ye swings his hammer towards the insect soldier.

The insect soldier clearly didn't expect such a strong reaction from Lu Ye. As the fierce momentum attacks, he instantly realizes Lu Ye's intention!

Immensely angered, he swings the Dao artifact horizontally, meeting the incoming short hammer.

With a loud bang, the insect soldier's eyes bulge out, his body flies to the side like a tattered sack, crashing against the cave wall.

Lu Ye seizes the opportunity to press on, striking down fiercely with the hammer.

The head explodes, the corpse convulses.

The Insect Matriarch's focus instantly descends on Lu Ye.

Lu Ye has already picked up the long sword Dao artifact, and casually collected two storage rings.

He knew that once he takes action here, the Insect Matriarch would definitely notice, so from the start, he harbors the intention of a quick fight; with just a little exertion, one who has merely Entered the Path is unable to resist his onslaught.

The body becomes stiff, as Lu Ye can sense the presence of a Mental Consciousness descending upon him, filled with anger.

Undoubtedly, his actions have angered the Insect Matriarch.

The Insect Matriarch is indeed angry; previously when Lu Ye killed a few insects, she didn't care, as those insects had poor aptitude and could die if they must, but the one killed now is different; those possessing their own Dao artifacts are all future Dao Fusion prospects.

Especially this insect soldier, with the Dao artifact enhancement, can exert the power of the 14th Dao, considered the best talent in recent years within the insect hive.

The Insect Matriarch held high hopes for him.

Who would have thought, just a moment of inattention to Lu Ye, this insect soldier would be killed by him!

"You've gone too far!" The Insect Matriarch's voice is flat, but Lu Ye can hear her suppressed anger.

"He struck first!" Lu Ye stands firm, speaking the truth.

The Insect Matriarch remains silent for quite a while before saying, "Return at once!"

Lu Ye was very resistant, but knowing that the Insect Matriarch had spoken, it wasn't up to him to refuse.

After a short while, at the core of the insect hive, Lu Ye casually returned. He was about to walk towards his own insect sac when he heard the Insect Matriarch say: "Come here!"

Lu Ye turned his head and glanced at the bloated flesh mountain over there, his eyelid twitching: "I refuse!"

He definitely didn't want to stay by the Insect Matriarch's side; it would easily trigger some unpleasant memories.

The Insect Matriarch chuckled angrily: "It seems my mercy has led you to misunderstand!"

As soon as her words fell, an oppressive force descended from the sky, accompanied by the rippling of pale blue Soul Power. Lu Ye's waist immediately buckled, as if he was carrying a star on his back.

Under the terrifying pressure, his eyes instantly filled with blood vessels.

Soon, his body uncontrollably drifted towards the Insect Matriarch, as if an invisible giant hand was holding him up.

Once the pressure disappeared, he found himself beside the Insect Matriarch.

"From now on, you stay here, and you are not allowed to go anywhere without my permission!" the Insect Matriarch commanded.

The good days have come to an end!

Lu Ye's expression was sullen, yet there was nothing he could do.

Fortunately, this time it wasn't without gain.

The Insect Matriarch released her restraint on him, so Lu Ye simply sat next to her and then picked up that long sword Dao artifact to inspect it.

A moment later, he revealed a satisfied expression. This Dao artifact was surprisingly a top-grade Dao artifact, meaning it was worth eight hundred Dao Bones!

This long sword could be kept for his own use; the short hammer could be sold later.

But then he thought about it, being trapped here, uncertain if he could escape, he had nowhere to sell it, causing him to feel crestfallen.

Moreover... Lu Ye secretly glanced at the Insect Matriarch and quickly put away the Dao artifact.

This was his trophy; he couldn't let the Insect Matriarch take it, so he had to hide it to prevent her from asking for it.

Then he took out the two storage rings from the Insect Race and began to inspect them, his eyes brightening.

Inside were more than a hundred Dao Bones. Although not many, considering Lu Ye's current predicament, more than a hundred Dao Bones were extremely rare.

However, being now confined next to the Insect Matriarch, if he wanted to use Dao Bones for cultivation, he needed to be cautious.

Just as he was thinking this, several Insect Race cultivators came in, approached the Insect Matriarch, and respectfully saluted her.

The Insect Matriarch showed no reaction.

The Insect Race seemed accustomed to this, as they saluted and then moved to a nearby spot.

Out of curiosity, Lu Ye watched. This was the core of the insect hive, and apart from those Insect Race who had yet to mature and needed to stay here for cultivation, he hadn't seen other Insect Race come in recently.

So he wasn't sure what these Insect Race were going to do.

But soon he saw clearly, as the flesh wall in front of these Insect Race suddenly split open, like a big mouth, and they threw the items from their storage rings into the crack.

Lu Ye was stunned because what they threw in were actually blocks of Dao Bones!

The Insect Race were busy for quite a while before they finished. Lu Ye roughly estimated that during that time, at least three thousand Dao Bones had been thrown into that crack!

Three thousand Dao Bones, if he refined them, at twenty Dao force per Dao Bone on average, that would be sixty thousand!

Now, however, they were all being thrown into that flesh wall's crack.

Lu Ye roughly understood what they were doing. Obviously, this was to supply resources for the Insect Matriarch's cultivation.

The Insect Matriarch also needed to cultivate here at the major war zone. Although she usually wouldn't fight personally, there was still the consumption of Dao force.

Where there is consumption, there needs to be replenishment.

But consuming three thousand Dao Bones at once, such a number was still astonishing, though considering how long it had been since he last saw this, it didn't seem so surprising.

After several Insect Race had finished delivering the Dao Bones, they left, and the cracked flesh wall closed up again.

Lu Ye eyed it greedily, wanting to rush over and pry that flesh wall open again to retrieve those Dao Bones, but it was just a thought.

The Insect Matriarch several zhang away had already entered a state of cultivation, and the writhing of the flesh wall seemed to enhance the efficiency of Dao Bone refinement, allowing her to replenish her consumption.

Lu Ye's expression suddenly became peculiar because as the Insect Matriarch cultivated, he actually felt his own Dao force gradually increasing.

It seemed as if an invisible link was sharing the Dao force obtained from the Insect Matriarch's cultivation with him.

Thinking it was an illusion, Lu Ye quickly immersed himself and checked the Talent Tree. He soon discovered in surprise that the Dao force on the leaves of the Talent Tree was indeed increasing, and at a fast pace!

Chains of Life?

Lu Ye suddenly remembered how, when he was in the All Phenomena Ocean, the specter, ever since she bound with Bai Lu, had been diligently cultivating together with her, making rapid progress. Sometimes when Bai Lu was sluggish, she would urge her on.

Yes, when Bai Lu and the specter cultivated together, it immensely enhanced each other's cultivation speed; they were bonded together due to the golden sea conch's wonder.

The Chains of Life originated from the miraculous patterns on the golden sea conch, so it's understandable for it to have similar effects now.

The only difference is that the cultivation between the Insect Matriarch and himself isn't mutually beneficial; instead, he is sharing in the fruits of the Insect Matriarch's cultivation!

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