Sage of Humanity

Lu Ye never expected that the depths of the ruins, accessible only by entering the Path, would hide such a crisis.

The only thing he couldn't understand was why Jiu Ying chose to occupy this Blood Race body. If its consciousness had always existed, with its realm, there was no need to hide here; any Dao Fusion outside would struggle to resist its consciousness invasion.

Not to mention those Dao Fusions, but even he himself had more potential than that Blood Race, yet Jiu Ying chose the latter.

There must be a reason!

Giant Ant!

Lu Ye's gaze immediately turned to the Blood Race's chest. When he first acquired the Giant Ant, he just thought it was a piece of carapace shard. But now it seemed that it wasn't a carapace shard at all, but a piece of snake scale!

A snake scale left by Jiu Ying's main body.

Although any cultivator who enters the path and acquires the Giant Ant can unleash power far exceeding their own strength, the power they can exert varies greatly among different cultivators.

This is why Yan Hong needed to resonate with the Giant Ant to deepen his compatibility with it!

In the midst of Chaos, Lu Ye had a single flash of insight.

Jiu Ying's consciousness invasion should be related to the Giant Ant, which is why it selected this Blood Race. In other words, the Giant Ant is a bridge.

Anyone who possesses the Giant Ant and can come here would be chosen by it.

Unfortunately, reaching here requires at least thirty Dao power. Excluding the anomaly of Lu Ye, those who meet the conditions can perfectly resonate with the Giant Ant.

Such cultivators are undoubtedly who Jiu Ying is waiting for.

Lu Ye suddenly realized why Jiu Ying didn't seize the bodies of those Dao Fusions. There was a reason; Dao Fusions are indeed strong, but if not compatible, seizing their bodies is useless. However, a perfectly compatible Path cultivator allows Jiu Ying to have greater growth potential.

Although these are just his conjectures, they should be correct!

Jiu Ying is using the Giant Ant to select the most suitable target.

And it has finally waited for this day, but unfortunately, it seems to have chosen wrong.

Thus, the so-called method to leave Banlan that is hidden in these ruins is probably just a guise. The ruins are restricted to cultivators because of Jiu Ying's trickery, and its target from the beginning has always been the Path, hence Dao Fusion cannot enter this place.

As Lu Ye was thinking, the blood race body that had been possessed grew increasingly strong, reaching an extreme...

"What's happening?" The Blood Race, which should be Jiu Ying by now, had its joyful expression suddenly turn into bewilderment, discovering the situation wasn't quite right.

This Blood Race's physical body is not so compatible with its remnant soul.

But how is this possible? With the power of its Scale Armor, coming here should mean perfect compatibility. This kind of physical body is what it has waited countless millennia for, the capital for its resurgence.

It shouldn't be this way.

But upon careful inspection, the situation was indeed different from what it thought. This physical body had decent potential, but that was all; it was not the perfect target it had been waiting for.

The original owner of this body could not unleash the full power of its Scale Armor; they didn't have the ability to come here!

As its Mental Consciousness surged, it quickly probed the original body's memory. Jiu Ying abruptly turned its head, finally noticing Lu Ye: "It's you?"

Getting here was not the original body's achievement but because of the human cultivator beside it!

Yet, as Jiu Ying carefully sensed, it did not detect the presence of its Scale Armor from Lu Ye.

What is going on here?

A cultivator, how can they have such powerful strength? Even in its ancient memories, it had never seen such a freak.

"Interesting!" Jiu Ying steadied its mind. It dispersed its Scale Armor to choose a vessel for its revival, and although the result was disappointing, it was pleasantly surprised by this strange cultivator.

Perhaps... it can be tested.

With this thought, its figure moved swiftly, Dao force surged, and it reached out to grab Lu Ye.

Although it had just revived and its strength was not what it used to be, it was confident that a mere cultivator was easy to capture.

Looking at the former experience of this body, this human should have the power of thirty or forty Dao.

A flash of saber light suddenly appeared.

The surging Dao force calmed.

Lu Ye, gripping the Boulder Mountain Saber, stood strangely on the spot, in front of him was the Blood Race's body split open by his saber, blood pooling on the ground.

Unsure of Jiu Ying's actual strength, Lu Ye went all out with this slash; the Hundred Dao Power boost was the strongest explosion he had ever released, a strength slightly weaker than the 6th Order Dao Fusion.

And then he killed Jiu Ying!

However, the remaining body still held a dim shadow.

That was Jiu Ying's soul body, unlike the statue, this Jiu Ying's nine heads had lost eight... seemingly chopped off, leaving only the central head.

Big eyes glaring at small ones, the hall fell into silence!

Jiu Ying's gaze full of shock, it hadn't used full force earlier, but over fifty Dao power was still there. Such power was something no cultivator could resist, confident it could capture Lu Ye.

And yet, it had been slain with a single slash!

It's utterly absurd!

He finally realized that he had underestimated Lu Ye. The performance in the passage earlier was not the entirety of Lu Ye's strength; he had hidden much more.

"Good!" Jiu Ying snapped out of it, a look of delight blossoming in his eyes.

Such a cultivator, unheard of and unseen, was the perfect vessel for the resurrection of his remnant soul. If he could seize this body, he might surpass his peak strength in the future.

With a shout, Jiu Ying charged at Lu Ye.

In such a situation, how could Lu Ye not know what he intended? It was evident that he had set his sights on him.

Upon seeing Jiu Ying's soul body, Lu Ye knew this was merely a remnant soul. Although the details of Jiu Ying's past were unclear, there must have been an exceptionally fierce battle. In that battle, Jiu Ying lost his physical body, and even his soul body was severely damaged, or else he wouldn't have only eight heads left out of nine.

He hid inside his Dao soldier, clinging to life, waiting for the right moment to revive.

Lu Ye had no idea how much strength Jiu Ying could exert at the moment.

But a centipede dies but never falls, and someone capable of nurturing a Dao soldier like Banlan could not be underestimated, not even a remnant soul.

With the surge of Soul Power, his psyche protection was pushed to the limit!

Confronting the erosion of a soul body, only Soul Power could resist.

The next moment, Lu Ye's body jolted as he felt a powerful invisible force crash against him, leaving him dizzy and disoriented.

Not daring to be careless, he quickly immersed his mind, fending off the invasion of Jiu Ying's remnant soul.

Soon enough, he discovered that even at full strength, he was no match for Jiu Ying. The protection of his Divine Sea was rapidly deteriorating. At this rate, it would break in less than ten breaths.

By then, Jiu Ying's remnant soul could directly enter his soul sea, a perilous situation!

Moreover, Lu Ye could sense that Jiu Ying's remnant soul wasn't using all of its strength; he seemed to be conserving energy to consume his soul body and smoothly take over his physical body.

What to do?

Lu Ye never expected this journey to be so perilous, nor did he expect such a remnant soul to exist in this cursed place, confronting this predicament without any preparation, truly helpless.

It only took a moment for Lu Ye to make a decision.

He turned around and dashed back the way he came, racing away.

With his own strength, he couldn't resist Jiu Ying's remnant soul. Once Jiu Ying broke through the psyche protection and entered the soul sea, it would be a soul battle, and if he lost, the consequences would be dire.

Seek reinforcements!

His life was now bound to the Dark Butterfly, and in such a crisis, the Dark Butterfly couldn't possibly sit idly by. Thus, seeking help from the Dark Butterfly was the best course of action.

It was just unfortunate; he had intended to use this opportunity to break free from the Dark Butterfly, but humans propose and gods dispose, and now going back not only meant he couldn't break free, but he might also expose what he had previously hidden.

The passage wasn't very long, and at full speed, Lu Ye soon reached the grand hall he had been in before, flashing onto the altar and channeling his Dao force into it.

The complex and intricate patterns beneath his feet began to glow, and Lu Ye's expression was strained.

He had never felt time pass so slowly.

After three breaths, the light became dazzling, and Lu Ye's figure vanished.

Outside the ruins, Li Qi's brows furrowed deeply into a line. The Dark Butterfly kept contacting him, inquiring about the situation, and instructed him to immediately send Lu Ye back to the insect hive once he emerged.

But Lu Ye remained unseen, and not only him, but even the Blood Race who went to rescue hadn't returned.

Could they have perished inside?

Li Qi pondered this.

He could feel the Dark Butterfly's anxiety, not understanding why a cultivator was so important to her. It hadn't been long since she started asking incessantly, and moreover, a cultivator dying wasn't a big deal.

After responding to another inquiry from the Dark Butterfly, a figure suddenly appeared on the altar.

Li Qi breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward to greet him, "You finally came out..."

Before he could finish, he noticed something was off with Lu Ye. The expression on his face was extremely strained, as if enduring something, with his Soul Power and Dao force boiling turbulently.

He glanced at the stone bug on Li Qi's shoulder, gritting his teeth fiercely, "There's trouble!"

And as soon as he uttered those words, a boom resonated in his mind.

The psyche protection broke!

In the soul sea, Jiu Ying's remnant soul charged in relentlessly!

Li Qi's expression changed, and he reached out to catch Lu Ye, surprised to find that Lu Ye had already lost consciousness. Strictly speaking, he hadn't lost consciousness; rather, his consciousness had submerged into the soul sea.

What was happening?

But immediately after, audio transmission from the Insect Matriarch reached his ears: "Take him back to the insect hive at full speed, do not delay, I will intercept you!"

On hearing this, Li Qi's expression became serious. He wouldn't dare neglect the Insect Matriarch's order, immediately heading towards the insect hive with Lu Ye!

Simultaneously, a seductive and alluring figure suddenly rushed out from the insect hive. It appeared corporeal but encountered no obstacles, directly charging out from the deepest part of the battle planet!

"Soul departure!" All the Insect and Blood Races cultivators witnessing this scene were stunned.

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