Sage of Humanity

Just when Lu Ye was about to give up, a pleasant surprise suddenly arrived.

The basic elements of the great array changed once more, yet this time part of them gave Lu Ye an incredibly familiar sensation.

He almost instantly realized where this feeling came from.

On the Talent Tree, there were many leaves that carried unique spirit runes, which unlike Sharpness or Weapon Control, didn't directly assist Lu Ye in battle or cultivation. They were more like a method or technique of integration.

Lu Ye benefited greatly from these, which was why he had made rapid progress in the Path of Spirit Runes these days, closely related to these methods and techniques.

At this very moment, the composition of the basic elements on the array node was exactly the pattern carried on one of the leaves of the Talent Tree!

Without any hesitation, Lu Ye immediately constructed that pattern, and more basic elements spread out from it in all directions.

As all the basic elements formed, a soft popping noise echoed, sounding like the burst of a bubble.

With the sound, a 30-foot-wide hole was torn in the protective array's light screen in front of Lu Ye.

"Go!" Lu Ye shouted.

Almost as soon as he spoke, Giant Armor charged out, crossing the big hole in the formation and storming into the residence at Illuminating Sun Mountain, with Lu Ye flashing in right behind him.

It was only after he rushed into the formation that the nine physique cultivators finally reacted and hurriedly followed.

The broken hole rapidly sealed itself.

The protective array had self-healing capabilities. Unless the damage was too severe, it would quickly mend itself. A big protective array like this wouldn't be fundamentally affected by a 30-foot-wide hole.

The expressions of the eighty cultivators from Illuminating Sun Mountain turned fearful, instinctively unleashing a barrage of attacks.

While Lu Ye tirelessly attempted to break the formation without success earlier, their emotions had fluctuated greatly, feeling tortured. But when Lu Ye actually managed to create an aperture and stormed in, they realized that their earlier agitation was nothing but bliss, for now, they had to face the assault led by Giant Armor and ten physique cultivators.

Blood Qi boiled, and a crimson glow emanated from every physique cultivator, especially from Giant Armor. The attacks coming from the front boomed against him, mostly blocked by the Blood Qi enveloping him, with the few that got through vastly weakened.

He lowered his head and wielded a big shield spiritual artifact like a mad bull, crashing fiercely into the ranks of the Illuminating Sun Mountain cultivators.

Following closely behind him, Lu Ye reached into his storage sack and threw out four streaks of Liu Guang, which merged into a ribbon of light, cleaving waves and making way for Giant Armor.

Since returning from Xianyuan City, Lu Ye's psyche power had greatly increased, and his control over his own spirit force had improved further. The number of items he could control had grown from two to four, and this wasn't even his limit. However, considering that controlling more items would reduce their power, he didn't refine more items for control.

The other nine physique cultivators also charged forward. Led by Giant Armor, they formed a sharp formation and protected Lu Ye in their midst, charging ahead fiercely.

"Stop them!" A cultivator from Illuminating Sun Mountain bellowed, but to little effect.

Though their numbers were eight times that of Lu Ye's group, they struggled to halt the enemy's fierce charge.

Giant Armor's ability to charge into formations was simply too powerful, and once he started, at the level of the Spirit Stream Realm, no one could stop him unless they had the ability to kill him.

On the other side, upon hearing the commotion, Sima Yang and Zhou Pei flew up into the air together, looking towards the residence at Illuminating Sun Mountain, watching as the team of ten physique cultivators, like a torrent, furiously carved a bloody path through the Illuminating Sun Mountain ranks, both watching dazzled and in awe.

"It worked!" Gu Canyang was slightly dazed. It had been a long time since there was any noise from Lu Ye's side, and he had thought that this operation was doomed to fail. Unexpectedly, Lu Ye suddenly broke through into the enemy's domain, and not just by himself; he had brought ten robust physique cultivators with him.

"Truly a tiger among men!" Zhou Pei watched Giant Armor enviously.

Soaring Cloud Palace had also tried to recruit Giant Armor, but Sima Yang, that damned fool, had rejected it. He couldn't tie people up and force them to join his sect; that would be unseemly. Besides, that would not guarantee their loyalty and might even backfire.

Fortunately, after Sima Yang's death, such a tiger among men fell into Lu Ye's hands, which was not considered a waste.

Breaking through the formation and storming into the Illuminating Sun Mountain residence was just the beginning; the real challenge was yet to come.

The breach in the array had already self-repaired, meaning that Lu Ye and his group had no way back. Although they could display momentary bravery with Giant Armor leading, they were vastly outnumbered, being only eleven against over a hundred from Illuminating Sun Mountain.

So, if they wanted to survive, they had to seize the Great Array Jade Cluster from the hands of Illuminating Sun Mountain as quickly as possible, break the formation, and let the eight hundred cultivators from both sects storm in.

This was precisely why the group of eleven kept charging forward relentlessly, with no intention of engaging with the eighty cultivators.

Despite the desperate attempts of the Illuminating Sun Mountain cultivators to block them, they couldn't stop such a forceful team. In just about ten moments, the eleven, like a sharp knife, had broken through the Illuminating Sun Mountain cultivators' lines. They kept moving, continuing their charge forward.

The disheveled cultivators from Illuminating Sun Mountain roared in fury, chasing after them, with numerous attacks hitting the physique cultivators and making thudding noises.
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The defensive treasure armor and spiritual artifacts he had worn in advance provided strong protection, but even the finest treasure armor and spiritual artifacts couldn't withstand such relentless attacks. The bodies of the physique cultivators illuminated explosively, a sign that the treasure armor or defensive spiritual artifacts were being shattered.

The giant armor tossed aside the big shield he was holding, which had become tattered and torn.

It's important to remember that this big shield spiritual artifact was given to him by Lu Ye in Xianyuan City, and it was a Restriction Level 9 spirit artifact with excellent protective abilities. Yet, in just a short time, this Restriction Level 9 spirit artifact was nearly wrecked, indicating how vicious the enemy's onslaught was.

He silently took out another big shield spiritual artifact from his storage sack...

Previously, when he followed Sima Yang, who aimed to earn enough merit, Sima Yang never equipped him with spiritual artifacts because each artifact was extremely valuable. But ever since he followed Lu Ye, he could have as many spiritual artifacts as he wanted.

The giant armor's storage sack was always equipped with four or five defensive spiritual artifacts.

Fortunately, the most dangerous moment had passed, and the eleven of them had already breached the defense line formed by eighty cultivators from Illuminating Sun Mountain.

They raced forward, but the enemy relentlessly pursued them, making it difficult to shake them off. Several physique cultivators at the rear knew that if this continued, none of them would escape, so they steeled themselves and turned around to face the enemy.

One of them shouted, "You guys go ahead!"

With just a few of them against dozens, such bravery was admirable.

However, the difference in numbers was destined to be insurmountable, and within a few breaths, those physique cultivators at the rear fell into pools of blood, a sight that caused both Gu Canyang and Zhou Pei to have their eyes turn red.

It's important to note that these physique cultivators were the strongest within their sect, each one a rare talent. Losing any of them was a huge loss, and now several had fallen, which deeply pained them.

Although the enemy was eager to pursue Lu Ye and the others and didn't wipe them out completely, no one knew whether those few physique cultivators were still alive.

Using the time bought by those physique cultivators, Lu Ye and the others had already sprinted a hundred yards and now they could see more than thirty panic-stricken cultivators from Illuminating Sun Mountain in the distance.

One of them, surrounded by others, bore a look of disbelief, apparently not anticipating that their protective array would really be broken through.

Lu Ye's gaze fixed on this person, realizing that this guy must be the Governor of Illuminating Sun Mountain, and the Great Array Jade Cluster was in his hands.

Once the target was clear, taking the jade cluster from this man and destroying it would allow the eight hundred cultivators blocked outside to charge in.

"Stop them!" Seeing the few, led by the giant armor, charging straight towards him, the Illuminating Sun Mountain Governor, knowing that survival was hanging by a thread, issued a command, and streaks of Liu Guang shot out from their side.

The giant armor roared, lifting his shield high, resisting the incoming attacks. The glow on the shield visibly dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye, vastly reducing his speed due to the great resistance.

The momentum of the charge was contained, and the pursuing enemy grew closer, soon trapping everyone in a pincer situation.

If the situation unfolded like this, then Lu Ye and the giant armor were not far from death.

Red spiritual force flowed, Lu Ye sprang up with wings unfurled behind him, instantly drawing everyone's attention.

The streams of weapon control shifted direction, targeting Lu Ye.

Lu Ye grabbed Amber, who had been crouching on his shoulder, flexed his wrist, and hurled the foot-long, cat-sized Amber forward.

Two streams of Liu Guang grazed Amber's petite body, drawing a burst of fresh blood.

Demonic power surged, earthy yellow demonic power billowed, and Amber's form suddenly expanded, transforming into a majestic White Tiger.

Propelled by the force of Lu Ye's throw, it pounced toward the thirty-some Illuminating Sun Mountain cultivators a dozen yards away in an instant.

Amber's tiger eyes reflected many figures, seemingly possessing the power to captivate and seize souls, making every cultivator who locked eyes with those tiger pupils involuntarily feel an indescribable force of slaughter, causing their hearts to tremble.

"Roar!"

Amber opened its mouth, emitting a deafening tiger roar, a visible wave of air sweeping forward.

Together with the sound of the roar, it was as if an invisible hammer had fiercely struck the heads of those Illuminating Sun Mountain cultivators, causing their minds to briefly falter and even feel a slight tingling in their heads.

Long ago, Lu Ye had discovered that Amber's roar seemed to possess some special power, but at that time his cultivation was too low to understand what it was, and sometimes it was even hard to be sure if that power existed.

But now, as his cultivation and horizons had improved, he had roughly figured out the purpose of Amber's roar.

It was a power that targeted the psyche.