Sage of Humanity

The name Lu Ye has been frequently mentioned in Huang Quan's vicinity recently; thanks to him, the human race side has reaped considerable gains across various battle zones.

Like others, Huang Quan is puzzled and intrigued by Lu Ye's elusive tactics, but he has no avenue to investigate.

In the previous big battle zone, they even received Lu Ye's secret intelligence, achieving significant progress in the conflict, forcing the Insect and Blood Races to constantly retract their defenses, not only easily reversing the disadvantage caused by Li Qi's betrayal but also imposing a certain degree of suppression on the enemy.

Thus, when Lu Ye came to inform him secretly again this time, Huang Quan did not take it lightly.

He immediately issued orders, instructing outposts everywhere to dispatch personnel to investigate the situation at the enemy's strongholds.

Two hours later, as pieces of information were compiled, Huang Quan's expression gradually turned to shock.

Throughout the big battle zone, eight enemy strongholds were found empty of personnel, except one presumed deserted, while bodies were scattered across the remaining seven, blood flowed, indicating a horrifying plunder that seemed to have happened overnight among enemies previously locked in fierce battles with human race cultivators.

Huang Quan found it unbelievable.

But the returned intelligence couldn't be fabricated since it had already been confirmed by each outpost's Dao Fusion governors, who personally went to investigate after receiving the reports.

The news spread, shaking the hearts of everyone in the big battle zone.

Considering the current situation, except for the Yinshuo Battle Planet governed by the Insect Matriarch being unclear, almost the entire enemy force elsewhere seems to have been wiped out!

Who did it?

How was it accomplished?

If it was done by some human race powerhouse, why haven't they proclaimed it, knowing such a feat is unparalleled?

Both the human and Giant Races have been fighting against the Insect and Blood Races for many years; small battle zones often change hands, yet in a big zone like Huang Quan's, there's never been an occurrence where one side completely won, annihilating the other.

This is a first in history, such an achievement undeniably deserves widespread acclaim.

Yet strangely, no one got wind of it in advance.

Only Huang Quan knows it must be related to Lu Ye.

For it was Lu Ye who instructed him to send people to investigate the enemy strongholds' conditions, but he had not anticipated such a massive pleasant surprise.

The one thing he couldn't fathom was if Lu Ye was responsible, how he accomplished it.

Add to that, in those seven heavily damaged strongholds, the bodies were only at the beginner level; not a single Dao Fusion was seen.

Though many aspects remain inexplicable, Huang Quan realizes this is an opportunity, a chance to completely drive the enemy out of the big battle zone of Huang Quan.

Thus, he immediately led his troops, personally heading for the Yinshuo Battle Planet.

Days later, Huang Quan, accompanied by a group of Dao Fusions, stood with peculiar expressions deep within the insect hive.

Originally anticipating a tough battle to capture the Yinshuo Battle Planet, knowing that the Insect Matriarch Dark Butterfly is not easily provoked, they encountered no conflict at all as the battle planet was already lifeless.

The entire battle planet essentially was an insect hive, filled with corpses everywhere, similar to those deceased enemies in the strongholds, their Dao Bones already removed.

Judging by the state of these Insect and Blood Race's deaths, it was apparent they were executed with deadly precision, the slayer's strength was impeccable that these beginner level ones stood no chance to resist.

And in the deepest part of the insect hive, Huang Quan and the others finally saw corpses of Dao Fusion...

Four Blood Race members, two Insect Race members, among them famous Che Lin, naturally recognized immediately.

This Blood Race powerhouse, who was one step short of reaching Peak Dao Fusion, bore no wounds on his body, his eyes widened, clearly having witnessed something unbelievable before dying.

"Lord Chief Governor." A human Dao Fusion approached Huang Quan, "It seems to me, Che Lin perished due to soul body destruction?"

Without any injuries yet dying like that, it could only be explained in this way.

Huang Quan evidently discerned this as well, nodding slightly, "It should be so."

"Che Lin was incredibly strong, and here being the insect hive's depths, who could possibly kill him?"

Huang Quan's gaze was firm, "I did come up with a candidate, yet..."

But it's impossible.

Dark Butterfly indeed possesses the capability to kill Che Lin, but why would she do it? It defies reason.

Covering the entire big battle zone, adding Dark Butterfly, the enemy should have nine Dao Fusions, yet here lie six corpses, what of the remaining three?

"Senior Brother Huang, Yayi and Kuzhi are Dark Butterfly's direct descendants, their bodies are absent here." Another human spoke.

Having competed in this battle zone for so many years, everyone naturally has some knowledge about their opponents, like an elite Insect Matriarch such as Dark Butterfly leading two direct descendants at Dao Fusion level is only normal.

It's perplexing, nine enemy Dao Fusions, six dead.

The Insect Matriarch Dark Butterfly and her two direct descendants are notably missing.

Furthermore, capable of obliterating a psyche of Che Lin's caliber, across the entire battle zone, indeed only Dark Butterfly could achieve such.

"Could the Insect Matriarch have defected from the Insect and Blood Races?" Someone speaks in wonder, as it seemingly aligns with reality.

However, no one dares to believe it.

In countless years, the Insect and Blood Races have never had a traitor emerge, let alone someone of Dark Butterfly's caliber; even if she had truly become a traitor, neither the human nor the Giant Race could possibly accommodate her.

In the entire Branlan, there would be no place for her to stand; unless her mind was impaired, she wouldn't commit such an act.

"No matter how you look at it, we have taken Huang Quan's big battle zone. Spread the news as soon as possible to boost the prestige of our human race!"

Such a victory doesn't have much practical significance, but it's a great choice to boost morale.

Staring at the six bodies on the ground, even someone as experienced as Huang Quan was confused at the moment.

What the hell is going on!

It's certain that these people are related to Lu Ye, but what he did among them, and how he did it, no one knows.

Taking out his authority waist tablet, Huang Quan sent out a message.

He wished to contact Lu Ye to clarify matters, but without a direct way to reach him, he could only go through Zi Ying.

He knew Zi Ying had always had contact with Lu Ye in secret.

However, to his astonishment, the message couldn't be sent out!

Zi Ying dead? Huang Quan's withered hand holding his Governor's Token trembled slightly.

How could Zi Ying die? Just the other day, she requested to be transferred from the battle zone, saying she needed to retreat for cultivation.

Huang Quan didn't have much personal connection with Zi Ying, but this dashing woman was nonetheless a part of the top combat power of the human race. Her sudden demise inevitably caused Huang Quan heartache.

At this time, Lu Ye had already entered the ruins with Dark Butterfly and those two direct descendants called Yayi and Kuzhi, and then through the ruins' exit, he sent them out of Banlan.

Lu Ye himself didn't rush to leave.

The harvest this time was too vast; he needed to digest it properly.

Seven strongholds, in three he personally acted, which led to nearly annihilating the enemy, with the Blood Sea spreading and engulfing them. Once engulfed by the Blood Sea, it was almost impossible for them to escape.

In the two strongholds where Dark Butterfly acted, not many enemies escaped. Although she didn't have the Blood Sea to assist, she was proficient in Psyche Technique, which was equally suited for such widespread slaughter. Against the cultivators of the Insect and Blood Races, she showed no mercy. Having made the decision to cooperate with Lu Ye, she was committed to seeing it through to the end.

In contrast, the gains at the strongholds Yayi and Kuzhi dealt with individually were much smaller.

The two Insect Race members were quite strong, but the cultivators at the strongholds, sensing danger, surely fled, so their gains were naturally not much.

It wasn't just the seven strongholds' loot.

After Lu Ye's return, he conducted a massacre targeting the Yinshuo Battle Planet, killing many enemies who hadn't managed to escape.

Now, all the collected Dao Bones were gathered around Lu Ye, forming a pile that almost buried him.

The Talent Tree was activated, refining madly, and one leaf after another shone with dazzling golden light.

The magnitude of this harvest was unimaginable.

If situations like this could happen a few more times, where would he lack Dao force for cultivation in the future?

But Lu Ye knew this success was thanks to cooperating with Dark Butterfly. If it weren't for Dark Butterfly's orders, it wouldn't have been possible to eliminate all those at Peak Dao Fusion. Similarly, if not for her orders, those at the Beginner level wouldn't have gathered in the strongholds.

Now that Dark Butterfly had completely defected from the Insect and Blood Races and certainly won't return to Banlan for a while, similar situations would be hard to replicate.

But it doesn't matter. Once he grows stronger, he can sweep through the strongholds one by one. Although the efficiency might be slightly lower than this time, the gains will absolutely not be small.

At a certain moment, all the Dao Bones were fully refined.

Lu Ye examined the Talent Tree and saw the entire tree glowing brilliantly gold, completely overshadowing the original fiery red.

Just a rough estimate revealed that this time, he gained as much as seven or eight hundred thousand Dao force!

A number of such terrifying magnitude.

Now possessing 167 Dao power, refining a Dao Bone typically required about 8,000 to 9,000 Dao force. Even with future increments, such abundant reserves of Dao force were enough for him to refine all his Dao Bones to perfection.

This time, he really could fatten up rapidly.

Steadying his mind, Lu Ye placed a piece of Enlightenment Tea Leaf into his mouth.

Dao force was consumed rapidly, and one Dao Bone after another was refined successfully.

In just half an hour, he reached the 170 Dao level.

After more than two hours, he achieved 180 Daos.

And after another four hours, he reached 190 Daos…

Never before had his strength increased with such madness and speed; the vast reserves of Dao force turned what was unimaginable for ordinary people into reality.

A day later, he finally broke through the 200 Dao threshold!

200 Dao power, this was absolutely a watershed in terms of strength, because theoretically, without utilizing Dao soldiers, the ultimate strength a Dao Fusion could exert was 200 Dao.

And Lu Ye was just at the Beginner level, yet this wasn't his limit.

He still had a small amount of Dao force reserves left, enough to support his further refining.

Lu Ye had waited for this day for a long time; he was eager to refine his Dao Bones to Perfection and then step into Dao Fusion.

No matter how strong he was, the Beginner level was ultimately still a bit low; only by advancing to Dao Fusion could he more conveniently seize his interests within Banlan.

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