Sage of Humanity-Chapter 770 - 768: Do Not Bully Too Much
On the combat arena, after slicing through Lu Ye's spell, Lan Ziyi's figure slightly leaned forward like a cheetah ready to pounce!
A powerful aura rapidly surged within her, even more fierce than Fong Rulie whom Lu Ye had encountered earlier.
It caught Lu Ye's eye.
Until now, he had encountered quite a few from the Cloud River Level 9, and several had fallen by his hand.
He had always thought that strength like Xia Liang's could basically represent the pinnacle of power in the Nine Provinces Cloud River Realm.
But it took this round of Cloud River supremacy battles for him to realize that he had been ignorant.
Xia Liang was certainly not mediocre, but there were indeed those stronger than him in this world.
Like the previous Fong Rulie, like the current Lan Ziyi...
And as a combat cultivator, he was all too familiar with the current state of Lan Ziyi.
So almost instinctively, he raised his hand and a fist-sized small fireball hurled towards Lan Ziyi.
The Small Fireball Technique, arguably the simplest fire-type technique among all magic and spells, is the first technique fire-type magic cultivators learn.
The fist-sized fireball flew with astonishing speed, almost appearing in front of Lan Ziyi immediately.
It undoubtedly surprised Lan Ziyi, whose aura was just about to peak. She could either dodge or intercept it with her saber.
But either option would disrupt the build-up of her own aura.
She dared not ignore it for within this simple and unadorned small fireball lay a power that even startled her!
The saber light flickered, and the fireball burst, scattering sparks in all directions.
Although her aura had not peaked yet, Lan Ziyi had no choice but to launch her attack in that moment, wrapping it with a cold, deadly intent.
However, upon looking up, she got a shock, seeing a dense mass of small fireballs enveloping the space and assaulting her like a fiery rain...
Behind the barrage of fireballs, the magic cultivator with the mask remained calm and composed, leisurely raising his hand and spawning more fireballs that attacked.
On the combat arena, as the fireballs soared, Lan Ziyi danced around, moving left and right but utterly unable to break through the defensive line created by the spells, secretly alarmed at how extraordinary this magic cultivator was.
Although she had heard of this magic cultivator's reputation before, she really hadn't taken it to heart, thinking she was here to redeem her past humiliation from Lu Ye.
Women always hold grudges.
On the Spirit Stream Ranking, she was no match for Lu Ye.
And in the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain secret realm, Lu Ye even had the intent to kill her.
When weaker, she had no choice but to avoid his sharpness and bide her time; now that she possessed sufficient strength, she naturally wouldn't stay quiet.
But she never expected to meet such an outrageous magic cultivator instead of Lu Ye.
Furthermore... this magic cultivator felt very strange to her.
His mastery in techniques was clearly profound, yet he only used such small fireball techniques to fight her, almost as if he was deliberately tormenting her.
What was even more frustrating was that she found herself utterly unable to counter him.
After struggling for a long time, she hadn't advanced an inch, constantly hopping around her own small space.
It must be said, a female cultivator's grace truly surpasses that of a male cultivator.
When Fong Rulie was dodging through various spells, he wasn't as elegant; compared to him, Lan Ziyi's movements were more akin to a dancing sprite.
"Is small fireball all you can do?"
After a full thirty seconds, Lan Ziyi could no longer hold back. Even if her temperament and cultivation were usually impeccable and she remained unattached to worldly matters, in this moment, her mental state was somewhat explosive.
She felt like a puppet held in someone's hand, moved east or west at the enemy's whim.
Having realized she was likely no match for him, she simply couldn't accept defeat just like that.
What responded to her was a group of fireballs even larger than washbasins.
The opponent seemed to be telling her that he knew not only small fireballs but also large ones!
"Lu Yiye, don't push people too far!"
Lan Ziyi's chest ached with anger.
Lu Ye was startled.
"Even like this, you can recognize me?"
It made no sense.
None of his previous enemies had recognized him.
Everyone knew that Righteous Blood Sect's Lu Yiye was a saber-wielding combat cultivator, so how could he possibly execute such intricate magic and spells?
Yet here, Lan Ziyi had identified him outright.
No matter what, he wasn't familiar with Lan Ziyi; they had clashed once on the Spirit Stream Ranking and spent some time together in the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain secret realm, but that was long ago.
It was certain that Lan Ziyi hadn't recognized him at the start; perhaps she had discovered something during the fight.
Indeed, that was the case.
Initially, Lan Ziyi hadn't recognized him, but even though Lu Ye concealed his face with a mask, his physique remained unchanged.
Level 8 cultivation, fire-type spiritual power, frighteningly powerful.
These traces forced Lan Ziyi to make a judgment that even she couldn't believe.
This masked magic cultivator was Lu Yiye!
She couldn't believe that a Cloud River Realm cultivator with the same cultivation and element sign as Lu Ye, and even more powerful than herself, could suddenly appear without reason.
Not to mention, Lan Ziyi had been thinking constantly about defeating Lu Ye these past days and had deeply memorized his aura. freёnovelkiss.com
Although they had not seen each other for a long time, and Lan Ziyi initially didn't recognize Lu Ye's aura, how could she not have noticed after being tormented to this extent?
"It really is you!"
Lan Ziyi secretly gritted her teeth, inexplicably feeling a sense of relief in her heart.
Indeed, in this world, only he could be stronger than her. The so-called magic cultivator wearing a mask was entirely fictitious.
She wasn't that weak!
"You're trying to trick me?" Lu Ye's eyes narrowed, his intent to kill rose in the dark.
He had long wanted to kill this woman, but unfortunately, he missed the opportunity in the secret realm of the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain. Afterward, there was no news of her. Today's encounter here was an opportunity.
The way he messed with her mind just now wasn't because he found it amusing, but because he was preparing to kill her.
"You… want to kill me?" Lan Ziyi stood still, looking at Lu Ye with a tilted head. With a long saber held in front of her and another behind her back, she remained vigilant even while talking to Lu Ye.
Lu Ye just marveled at how extremely wary this woman was.
"We don't have any deep-seated grudges, do we?" The confusion on Lan Ziyi's delicate face was genuine.
"What a joke, so many cultivators from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge chased to kill me, and we didn't have deep grudges either. Opposing camps, fighting to the death, it's all justified!"
"Who told you that?"
Did anyone even need to say it?
In the Nine Provinces cultivation world, once a cultivator began their cultivation, they would inevitably be swept into the tide of confrontation between two major camps, even independent cultivators couldn't remain aloof.
"What do you mean?" Lu Ye frowned.
Lan Ziyi shook her head: "Many people in the world are foolish, in our generation, you are the only one I regard as worthy. I hope you can see the truth."
"What do you want me to see?"
"It's not time yet, you will naturally see it later… Don't come any closer, if you dare come closer, I dare to admit defeat and then expose your real identity."
Lu Ye took a slight step forward, which made her become more alert.
As a combat cultivator who used a saber, Lu Ye could bring his magic and spells cultivation to such a level; if he actually got close with a saber, Lan Ziyi wasn't confident she could block him.
Through this battle, she once again recognized Lu Ye's strength.
Although she didn't know why Lu Ye chose to conceal himself and pretend to be a magic cultivator, Lan Ziyi felt he must be plotting something.
She felt that Lu Ye wouldn't want this secret exposed!
Pleased with herself, she thought, I can't defeat you, but catching your weak point is not without gains!
Just as she thought this, she saw Lu Ye charging at her ferociously, quickly closing the distance between them.
An extremely terrifying oppressive aura descended like a mountain tipping over.
"How could this be!" Lan Ziyi's expression changed slightly, without hesitation she called out, "I concede!"
In her last glimpse, she saw Lu Ye grab a long spear, thrusting it toward the place she had vanished from. The might of that spear left her tremendously shaken.
She thought by catching Lu Ye's weakness, she held some advantage, but in fact, Lu Ye didn't care about it at all.
He didn't use the saber because the Boulder Mountain Saber was undergoing an upgrade. Wearing a mask and mingling with many elite cultivators from the Nine Provinces was to expand his vision and experience.
Lan Ziyi's attempt at blackmail was naturally useless.
With no enemies before him, Lu Ye also exited that space.
Fourteen matches had finished, and there were still five days until the end of the second round, so results wouldn't come out just yet.
As for the battle merits earned in the combat arena, they weren't many.
Lu Ye left Righteous Peak and returned to Emerald Bamboo Peak, continuing his cultivation while quietly waiting.
The thing he was most passionate about now was to witness the Origin of the Soaring Dragon World within his mind, accompanying those powerful figures who had left significant marks in various eras of the Soaring Dragon World throughout their lives.
His gains were tremendous.
Each of these powerful figures had their unique traits and had stood at the peak of the Soaring Dragon World, but the more he gained, the more Lu Ye could sense one thing.
His path remained the path of a combat cultivator.
It had to involve the saber.
Only in this way could he have a chance to surpass his predecessors.
It depressed him that despite numerous insights into the Origin, he hadn't encountered a single saber-using combat cultivator, though he had met sword cultivators.
This resulted in his saber skills not progressing much.
Three days hurried by, and when Lu Ye returned from the Origin of the Soaring Dragon World to his consciousness, he suddenly felt a disturbance in his battlefield marking.
The third round of the Cloud River contest hadn't started yet, and this disturbance seemed to be someone trying to communicate with him.
While restoring the consumed spirit, Lu Ye checked.
Indeed, someone was communicating with him.
The upgrade of the Boulder Mountain Saber was complete!
Feathered Master had said it would take within half a month, and it's only been ten days, truly keeping to the agreement.
But having signed the Heaven's Augury Pact, even though she had high cultivation, she too wouldn't dare to break the agreement, as Heaven's Augury would enforce its punishment otherwise.
