Almost at the same time that Lu Ye was looking forward to it, the meteorite that the core had turned into accelerated and caught up to him.
Lu Ye felt helpless. The core gave him the feeling that it was a little stubborn, and it did not respond to his sound transmission at all.
The chase continued, and Lu Ye sadly found that his speed was not as fast as the core. If this continued, he would be caught up sooner or later. Judging from the power that the core had just displayed, once he got close to it, he would be directly swallowed into its inner world.
Lu Ye did not dare to take this risk.
After pondering for a moment, he raised his hand, and a drop of blood seeped out from his fingertip. With a flick of his finger, the blood flew in a certain direction.
He was going to use the blood clone and the void spirit pattern to get rid of the core's pursuit. He had used similar methods many times before, and every time, it had allowed him to escape from a strong enemy.
However, he had mostly relied on Imperial Equipment before, and now it was undoubtedly more convenient to use the blood clone.
However, he never expected that this move would cause an even greater change.
As the blood was ejected, the core, which was originally simple and unadorned, like a meteorite that could be seen everywhere, suddenly shone with a red light, and in an instant, it turned into a blood stone.
If that was all there was to it, it wouldn't be a big deal. The key was that after the core turned into a blood stone, a mysterious pressure spread out.
This mysterious pressure was not real, but it gave him an incomparably familiar feeling!
Lu Ye could not help but reveal a look of astonishment.
At the same time, the core, which was not slow to begin with, suddenly accelerated, closing the distance between it and Lu Ye in the blink of an eye.
The terrifying devouring power swept out in all directions.
Within a radius of a hundred miles, all the dust, meteorites, and even Lu Ye and the blood that had been ejected not far away disappeared in an instant!
The void returned to calm!
The blood-colored brilliance slowly disappeared, and the core returned to its original state. Even if a cultivator passed by nearby, they would not be able to see anything strange about it.
Lu Ye felt as if he was falling into a bottomless abyss, an abyss that would never end.
Although the process was not wonderful, he did not panic, because if he was right, he was not in too much danger now. He was just being swallowed by the core.
In other words, he would probably appear in the inner world of the core later!
As he fell, all sorts of thoughts flashed through his mind. Combining them with what he had just experienced, he suddenly understood many things.
He activated his Dharmic powers and enhanced himself with defensive spirit runes to protect his entire body.
After an unknown period of time, the lightless field of vision suddenly turned dark red, and then the aura of the entire world enveloped him.
However, before Lu Ye could do anything, he felt a sharp pain in his back and fell heavily to the ground, creating a large crater in the process.
Fortunately, his physique was strong, and such a fall did not cause any substantial damage to him.
Dust flew everywhere. Lu Ye did not rush to get up. He just stared at the hazy sky.
He was still alive, which meant that his previous guess was right. After being swallowed by the core, there was no danger to his life. He would only fall into the core's inner world.
Xiao Chen's mind was unprecedentedly clear. He finally figured out many of the doubts that he could not figure out before.
Previously, Su Yuqing had told him that the core of Mount Fangcun seemed to be intentionally avoiding Yue Yao of the Dwarf Race. This had puzzled him. Logically speaking, if the core of Mount Fangcun really had intelligence, it should be close to the Dwarf Race. Even if it was not close, it should not be intentionally avoiding them.
Now, he understood that this intentional avoidance was the core of Mount Fangcun's protection for the Dwarf Race. It did not want the Dwarf Race to have any contact with him.
The root of all this was the change in the core.
This core … had the aura of the Blood Race!
And it was an extremely noble aura of the Blood Race.
The Blood Ancestor!
Mount Fangcun had split apart because the Blood Ancestor wanted this Starry Sky supreme treasure. Many years ago, he had led the Blood Race under his command to attack Mount Fangcun. Lu Ye did not know the final result of that battle, but based on the current situation, although the Blood Ancestor had split Mount Fangcun apart, he had not achieved his goal.
Even so, the core of Mount Fangcun had been stained with the Blood Ancestor's sacred blood.
This could be seen from the core's sudden transformation into a blood stone when it was chasing him. When the core had turned into a blood stone, it had emitted a pressure that Lu Ye was incomparably familiar with.
This was the unique holiness of the Blood Race! Others might not have been able to sense it, but Lu Ye could. After all, he had refined a great deal of sacred blood, and he himself had an extremely profound holiness.
In the past, no matter what kind of Blood Race he encountered, even if their cultivation was higher than his, they were not even worthy of carrying his shoes in terms of holiness.
Take Ma Shangsi for example. Yue Yao's peak holiness was not even a fraction of Lu Ye's. A single drop of her precious blood was enough to make her a Blood Servant!
But just now, the holiness that had seeped out from the blood stone that the core had transformed into was something that even Lu Ye could not compare to. If he were really a Blood Race member, he would not even have the strength to lift a finger under the effects of that holiness.
His holiness was obtained by refining countless sacred blood using his Talent Tree. Which Blood Race member in this world could compare to him in terms of holiness?
Only the source of the Blood Race, the already dead Blood Ancestor, could surpass him in this field!
Miniscule Mountain had been split apart, and the core had been contaminated by the Blood Ancestor's sacred blood. This made sense, but the core's sentience was clearly still present. Thus, Yue Yao of the Miniman Tribe would not have discovered anything.
The core was also afraid that the Miniman Tribe would take it away. If that was the case, then once the three divisions of Miniscule Mountain merged, the entire Miniman Tribe would be implicated.
Lu Ye finally understood why he and the core could communicate from afar, and why the core was intentionally searching for him.
It was because he had the inheritance of the Blood Race that the core, which had been contaminated with the Blood Ancestor's sacred blood, could sense his existence.
The core had been split apart by the Blood Ancestor, so it most likely hated the Blood Race to the core. This was why it had persistently pursued him after sensing his existence!
The core had obviously mistaken him for a member of the Blood Race. As for Lu Ye's various voice transmissions, the core definitely did not believe them.
After figuring this out, Lu Ye immediately realized that the Miniman Tribe's plan to find the core and reunite the three divisions would most likely be difficult.
If he wanted to do this, he would first have to find a way to leave this world. Secondly, he would have to solve the problem of the Blood Ancestor's sacred blood corroding Miniscule Mountain.
As for the latter, he could perhaps give it a try with the power of his Innate Skill Tree.
Hence, there was only one problem before him — how to leave this world.
This was most likely not going to be easy. Lu Ye reckoned that he was definitely not the only cultivator who had unintentionally fallen into the Inner World throughout history. However, no one had leaked any information about this place, so they had most likely been trapped here this entire time.
He stared intently at the sky. Most importantly, the thick haze was a crimson color, not the inky black color that he knew.
He could even sense the faint aura of the Blood Race from within the crimson haze …
He suddenly sensed several auras rapidly approaching him, and all of them appeared to be quite powerful.
Sure enough, there were many trapped cultivators in the Inner World!
His fall from the sky had caused quite a commotion, so it was likely that nearby cultivators had been alerted and had come to investigate.
These cultivators stopped about a dozen kilometers away from him. They had no intention of approaching him. It wasn't that they were afraid of him, but rather that they were holding each other back.
A series of divine senses swept over to investigate his situation.
Soon, a vigorous voice sounded. "He's not dead, he's still alive. Perhaps he's just dizzy from the fall."
Another voice that sounded a little old rang out, "This kid … This old man wants him."
The vigorous voice immediately sounded again, clearly dissatisfied. "Wang Taisheng, do you have any shame? This place is obviously the closest to my cave abode, so why do you want him?"
The elderly voice replied, "Because I'm a human, and he's also a human!"
The vigorous voice sneered. "Human? There's only one race here, and you have the nerve to say you're a human? Go out and see which human will acknowledge you! "
The elderly voice fell silent for a moment.
The vigorous voice spoke again. "According to the rules we agreed on, he's mine if he falls near my cave abode!"
"There's no problem with that …" A soft and pleasant voice sounded. It should be a woman. "This place is also very close to our cave abode, so can he be considered ours?"
The vigorous voice said angrily, "You already got one last time, and you want another one this time? Otherwise, we'll give you all the ones that fall near here in the future! "
The soft voice giggled. "If Dao Brother is willing, we sisters will be eternally grateful."
"I'm afraid you're dreaming!"
The elderly voice spoke again. "The two of you, since he's a human, please give him to this old man. This old man will be eternally grateful!"
The vigorous voice scolded angrily. "Don't talk about the human race. You're only interested in the resources he brought in, so why would you be interested in him?"
The three sides argued endlessly, making a lot of noise.
"You're so noisy!"
A slightly dissatisfied voice came from the center of the three sides. The arguing cultivators all turned their heads to look, only to see a young figure slowly standing up from the pit and patting the dust off his body.
However, the other party didn't look at them. Instead, he was staring at the sky.
Seeing this, the cultivators all knew what Lu Ye was thinking. This was the first thought that came to their minds when they fell here.
The owner of the vigorous voice crossed his arms, looking like he was waiting to watch a good show.
The owner of the elderly voice frowned slightly. He wanted to warn Lu Ye, but he also knew that words were useless. Without experiencing some setbacks, it would be difficult to accept them.
Under the gazes of the cultivators, Lu Ye soared into the sky.
"He's a mid-stage Moon Jade!" The vigorous voice judged Lu Ye's cultivation, and at the same time, joy appeared on his face. If Lu Ye was a mid-stage Moon Jade, then he should have brought a lot of resources with him.
In their field of vision, Lu Ye's figure had already disappeared into the dark red haze.
Soon, the fluctuations of magic power came from the depths of the haze. (End of Chapter)
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