His enemy, who should have been on the ground, was now above him. Under the light of the full moon, a pair of fiery red wings with flowing Spirit Energy flapped gently behind his back. The long saber in his hand was infused with Spirit Energy as he swiftly slashed down at the cultivator!
[Impossible!] As his body fell, the cultivator screamed in his heart.
* Hong … *
Dust flew as the cultivator's body fell heavily to the ground. He felt as if many of his bones had been broken and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
The Spirit Energy barrier that could block the attack of the Mountain Coiling Saber with two Sharpness Spirit Inscriptions had disappeared. It wasn't broken, but the cultivator could no longer maintain it.
In order to avoid the power of Lu Ye's Imperial Artifact, he had flown a little too high, nearly four hundred feet above the ground. This caused him to fall half-dead.
His vision was pitch black and he couldn't see anything. His ears were buzzing, and blood was flowing out of the cultivator's seven orifices. With such injuries, he was clearly on the verge of death.
Lu Ye landed lightly beside him and retracted his wings. He flipped the saber in his hand and aimed it at the cultivator's heart before stabbing it down.
The cultivator's body tensed up as he instinctively grabbed the Mountain Coiling Saber with both hands. His eyes were filled with unwillingness.
He was a Ninth Order Dharma Cultivator, so if he had really died in a fight, it could only be attributed to his lack of skill. But against Lu Ye, a Seventh Order Dharma Cultivator, he hadn't even been able to use a single Technique before he was killed. How could he be willing to accept this?
Even if he wasn't willing, there was nothing he could do.
His upright body fell to the ground again as a red light flew out. A Ninth Order cultivator … died!
Lu Ye pulled out his saber and walked step by step to the place where the cultivator disappeared. As if he had broken through a thin barrier, the surrounding scenery distorted and he appeared in the familiar terrain of the Stone Forest.
At this moment, the battle was extremely tense. Hao Ren and his sister were fighting with the soldier cultivator, while the other was controlling her Imperial Artifact and harassing the soldier cultivator from a distance. Their cooperation was extremely close, and the soldier cultivator was annoyed.
In a one-on-one fight, the siblings weren't the cultivator's opponent, but when the two of them worked together, the cultivator was no match for them.
There was a difference in strength between cultivators of the same level.
Lu Ye had observed earlier that this weapon cultivator's spiritual light was not very bright. It was much weaker than Yuan Guang, who had been killed by him.
If Yuan Guang was here to deal with the Hao siblings, he might be able to take on the two of them at once. However, this weapon cultivator obviously did not have that ability.
Just as he was distracted by the fight, he saw Lu Ye appear out of thin air. The weapon cultivator was shocked.
Normally, he wouldn't put a Seventh-Order cultivator in his eyes, but at the moment, he was in a bad situation and couldn't deal with more enemies.
He was puzzled. Where had his Dharma cultivator companion gone? [Why didn't I kill this Seventh-Order?]
A fiery red stream of light flew out of Lu Ye's hand and attacked the weapon cultivator. He threw a spirit pill into his mouth and chewed …
He didn't know when he had developed this habit, but after a battle, he would want to eat some spirit pills, even if the consumption was not large.
This weapon cultivator from the Sky Pillar Sect was currently trapped in the Nine Realms Diagram. Even if he wasn't there, the Hao siblings would be able to deal with him.
Therefore, Lu Ye did not choose to go forward. Instead, he used his Imperial Artifact to provide support.
He was in a cooperative relationship with the Hao siblings, so naturally, he couldn't snatch all the benefits. This kind of cooperation with the idea of 'everything is mine' was destined to be fragile.
Clanging sounds could be heard as two streams of light from Imperial Weapons circled around the Weapon Cultivator and attacked him whenever he was caught off guard. Although Hao Qing was a woman, she was not inferior to a man when it came to fighting. Her movements were extremely fast, and the Spirit Weapon in her hand was almost like an afterimage. She was able to take advantage of the Weapon Cultivator's distraction to attack his vital points. After a dozen breaths, the Weapon Cultivator had several wounds on his body, and his clothes were dyed red with blood.
After another twenty breaths, Hao Ren's Imperial Artifact pierced through the back of the weapon cultivator's head and the battle ended.
A red light flew out of the weapon cultivator's corpse and landed on the back of Hao Ren's hand.
Hao Qing quickly collected the spoils.
A strong sense of rejection came from all around, and in an instant, the three of them returned to their original position. There were two more corpses on the ground, and Yi Yi was standing not far away with the Nine Realms Diagram in her hand.
"Awesome, hahaha!" Hao Ren laughed.
After seeing Lu Ye's methods, the two siblings decided to come with him to cause trouble, but whether they could succeed or not, they had no confidence in their hearts.
But now, Sky Pillar Sect had already lost two Ninth Order Realm cultivators, while their side had no casualties. This greatly boosted their confidence.
"Let's go!"
Lu Ye grabbed Hu Po from his shoulder and threw him to the ground. Hu Po immediately returned to his original form. He flipped onto the tiger's back and pulled Yiyi up as well. Hu Po sprinted towards the Sky Pillar Sect's mining area.
Hao Ren and Yi Yi blended into the surrounding darkness and couldn't be seen, but the faintly discernible aura indicated that the two of them weren't far away.
Luring a snake out of its hole once was enough, and it couldn't be done a second time.
The cultivators of Sky Pillar Sect weren't fools. Two Ninth Order Realm cultivators had chased after them, and not only did the enemy not die, they even ran back. As long as the cultivators who stayed behind checked, they would know whether the two Ninth Order Realm cultivators were dead or alive. At that time, they would send a message back to their own encampment.
Previously, Hao Ren had already made some inquiries. There were a total of three Ninth Order Realm cultivators guarding the mine. Two of them had been lured out and killed, leaving only one behind to guard the mine.
So, as long as the remaining Ninth Order Realm cultivator was dealt with, there would be no more Ninth Order Realm cultivators in the mine. With Lu Ye's current strength, he could naturally do whatever he wanted. He just needed to retreat before Sky Pillar Sect could react.
So, the key now was to kill the other party.
As they moved forward, when they were three kilometres away from the mine, Lu Ye flipped off the tiger's back. Hu Po turned into the size of a cat and jumped onto his shoulder. As for Yi Yi, she scouted the path ahead, looking for the Ninth Order Realm cultivator.
Hao Ren and Yi Yi Yi were nearby. Once they found the last Ninth Order Realm cultivator, they would join forces with Lu Ye to kill him.
When Lu Ye took a step forward, he took a light breath and a Spirit Inscription silently covered his body. In an instant, all auras disappeared, including Hu Po, who was on his shoulder.
Aura Concealment.
It was a Spirit Inscription that he had obtained in the same batch as Hao Ren.
There was a Spirit Talisman called the Aura Concealing Talisman. Lu Ye had used this Spirit Talisman when he rescued Hu Po. He used to keep a few on him because this Spirit Talisman was very useful in certain circumstances.
For example, right now!
However, after obtaining the Aura Concealing Spirit Inscription from the Talent Tree, those Spirit Inscriptions became useless.
In fact, Lu Ye wanted to get the kind of spirit runes that could hide his body. If he could have such a spirit rune, then he could completely hide his body and become like a ghost cultivator. It was not as simple as just restraining his aura.
Looking up, there was a faint light coming from the mine. It was very scattered, and it was the light coming from the mine's entrances.
This made Lu Ye recall the days when he was mining in Evil Moon Valley …
He originally thought that after becoming a cultivator, he could completely get rid of the rough work of mining, but he didn't expect that even after becoming a cultivator, some people would still want to mine.
It wasn't just the Sky Pillar Sect that was like this; all the major sects were like this. The materials produced in the encampment were one of the sources of daily cultivation for cultivators. No one would casually give them up. The various sects weren't rich to this extent yet.
It wasn't that the major sects hadn't thought of hiring some mortals to mine in the past. There were quite a few mortals in the Spirit Stream Battlefield, but some ferocious creatures would often appear in the mines, or cultivators from enemy sects would come to attack. Once such a situation occurred, the mortals wouldn't be able to protect themselves and would often suffer heavy casualties.
Over time, no mortals dared to mine for the cultivators.
As a last resort, the cultivators could only do it themselves.
It could be said that anyone who had lived in the Spirit Stream Battlefield, whether they were disciples of large sects, small clans, or some rogue cultivators, were all experts in mining.
In the storage bags of cultivators, one could generally find some pickaxes or other strange mining tools.
When he was less than a mile away from the mine, Lu Ye, who was quietly moving forward, suddenly stopped.
A faint sense of danger arose, as if he was being watched by someone.
Without any hesitation, Lu Ye channeled his spirit energy into his right eye, and an exquisite spirit pattern quickly formed in his eye.
In an instant, his vision changed.
With the support of this spirit pattern called Insight, he could see scenes that couldn't be seen normally. Everything around him wasn't so real, and the reflections in his vision were streaks of light or strips of light of different thicknesses, constantly twisting and changing. Those were the light of the world's spirit energy.
The function of the Insight Spirit Pattern was to see the flow of spirit energy and the transformation of spirit energy.
He swept his gaze around and fixed it on a spot on his left. There was something wrong with the flow of spirit energy there, and a certain area was obviously denser than the surrounding area. If that area were to be outlined as a figure, it would be a human figure!
The human figure was approaching him at an extremely fast speed, and in the blink of an eye, it was right in front of him.
It was also at this moment that a thick sense of danger enveloped Lu Ye, and all the hair on his body stood on end.
The Mountain Plate Saber was instantly unsheathed, and with the support of the Sharpness Spirit Pattern, the saber slashed forward.
With a clang, a short saber appeared out of nowhere and blocked Lu Ye's blow. Then, a figure appeared in front of Lu Ye out of thin air.
It was a short man with a small beard, and judging from his aura, he was a Ninth Order cultivator!
And a Ninth Order Ghost Cultivator at that! Otherwise, it wouldn't make sense for him to have such a strange ability.
[Is it the Ninth Order cultivator who stayed here?]
Lu Ye didn't have time to think about it, so he withdrew his saber and stabbed forward.
The Ghost Cultivator opposite him was obviously surprised, because he didn't expect that his whereabouts would be easily seen through by a Seventh Order cultivator, and that the other party would even take the initiative.
The other party's saber strike was powerful and heavy, and in his haste to react, the Ghost Cultivator felt his palm crack.
Seeing Lu Ye stabbing at him again, he hurriedly raised his spirit artifact to block.
At that moment, Hu Po, who was crouching on Lu Ye's shoulder, suddenly roared, and the air distorted as a visible shockwave hit the Ghost Cultivator. The Ghost Cultivator felt his head buzz, as if he had been hit by an invisible sledgehammer, and for a moment, he felt dizzy.
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