NOVEL NEXT Chapter 65:
Chapter 65: Transforming Illusion to Reality:
The intense battle above the Blood Sea was faintly perceptible to Lu Ye.
When the waters grew icy cold, he instantly recognized Bai Qiulan’s handiwork.
The Blood Sea was unique—its viscous nature and chaotic energies interfered with his perception of the surface. Still, Lu Ye didn’t particularly care. He had secured the Spotless Bloodstone, and his next objective was to ascend and observe Bai Qiulan’s combat. Perhaps he could even find an opportunity to disrupt her enemies.
He swiftly began to rise through the water, the surrounding temperature dropping rapidly the closer he got to the surface.
“Bai Qiulan isn’t holding back,” Lu Ye murmured to himself. “This dense Lunar Yin energy… it’ll surely spawn even more chaotic yin toxins. Perfect. I hope she keeps fighting for a while. The more, the merrier. If she dies, there’ll be no one left to clean up after her.”
He chuckled lightly at his own rhyme as his figure broke through the water’s surface. But what he saw made him pause.
The Blood Sea’s once-fluid surface hardened abruptly, as if transformed into divine iron. Brilliant, interwoven beams of light flared in every direction, and layers of intricate formations began to materialize.
One formation encased another, layer upon layer, while non-human experts stood in their designated positions, each radiating immense power.
Lu Ye stared at the spectacle, his expression growing oddly blank for a moment.
What… was this?
In his past life, he had led a temporary alliance of human forces to decimate the non-humans. The subsequent grudge they held against him was understandable. But this time…
What had he done?
Yes, he had trained at the Heavenly Spirit Pool and killed a few monks there—but that was only because they’d provoked him first.
Yes, he’d fought near the Enlightenment Tree, killing more monks—but again, they had instigated it.
Ah, right. He had also killed Tu Wuying. But aside from these minor incidents, the rest were insignificant opponents—small fry at best. He hadn’t slaughtered any legendary prodigies from the non-human clans, and he hadn’t even crossed paths with many of them.
Yet now, they had gathered at the Blood Sea, deploying multiple formations, seemingly hell-bent on eliminating him.
Lu Ye was silent for a long moment before arriving at a conclusion.
“This… this is just too much bullying!”
Boom!
Before any words could be exchanged, a blinding beam of divine light from the God Clan erupted toward him. The light, drawn from the combined divine power of at least twenty God Clan experts, surged forward with terrifying force, warping the void in its wake.
Lu Ye reacted instantly. He unsheathed his stone sword, slashing upward.
The blade’s strike split the divine beam in two, the halves exploding harmlessly to either side of him. Yet the destructive energy left his true essence trembling in the aftermath.
“Grrr—ahhh!”
A chilling wail echoed through the battlefield as a grotesque Heaven’s Ghost lunged at Lu Ye. He retaliated with a single punch, shattering the ghostly form.
Though the ghost’s wails intensified, it dissipated like smoke under the crushing force.
A tiger’s claw came hurtling toward him, colliding with his fist. The claw splintered instantly, though his own attack dimmed slightly in strength. Still, it was enough to send the Heaven’s Ghost scattering once more.
Around him, the Four Symbols Formation activated, summoning the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, and Black Tortoise. Their towering figures encircled Lu Ye, emanating oppressive auras. Though the ghost reformed itself, its presence had notably weakened.
“I knew it!” Night Dark roared in frustration. “This human must die! At this rate, we’ll all be doomed if he lives!”
Night Dark’s fury was warranted. What kind of terrifying monster was this?
Lu Ye was still in the Nascent Soul Realm, yet he had obliterated a tiger claw with a single punch and nearly destroyed the Heaven’s Ghost.
The ghost’s soul attacks, which should have immobilized most opponents, only managed to stall Lu Ye for a split second.
If such a prodigy were allowed to grow, the non-human races would face an existential crisis.
“Kill him!”
The Four Symbols charged simultaneously, their attacks carrying the full might of the Harmony Realm. The air shimmered with golden Buddhist light from the Vajra Staff, poised for a decisive strike.
Lu Ye moved deftly, weaving through the formation. Each swing of his sword sent sword energy cascading outward, cutting the Azure Dragon in two. Yet the dragon, being a construct of energy, reassembled with ease.
His movements were fluid, but the relentless attacks of the Four Symbols and the formation itself wore on his endurance. Each strike carried the force of a Harmony Realm expert. Even with his immense strength, Lu Ye had to deflect and absorb the impacts strategically, knowing that direct confrontation would leave him injured.
At an opportune moment, the Vajra Staff darted toward him, its golden glow blazing.
Lu Ye didn’t turn. He struck back with an elbow.
Boom!
The impact reverberated across the battlefield, but it left Lu Ye staggering.
“Aaaahhhh!”
The Heaven’s Ghost screamed again, its piercing wail targeting his soul. Lu Ye’s mind felt like it was splitting apart, but his willpower kept him standing, albeit briefly immobilized.
Another divine beam from the God Clan’s array surged toward him.
Boom!
The overwhelming energy struck Lu Ye directly. He had barely raised his fist to retaliate before the beam enveloped him.
“Senior brother!”
“Darling!”
Both Bai Qiulan and Yue Hongling cried out simultaneously.
Sun Ruowei froze, her mouth hanging open in disbelief. Had Bai Qiulan just called him… “darling”?
“Did… did I hear that right?” she muttered, questioning her sanity. The chaos of battle must have rattled her senses.
Bai Qiulan, however, had no time to dwell on her slip of the tongue.
Unleashing her full power, she launched a devastating counterattack against the non-human forces, her Lunar Yin energy forcing them into disarray.
Meanwhile, Lu Ye stood at the heart of the divine beam, his body ravaged by the attack. Fighting Harmony Realm opponents while still in the Nascent Soul Realm was proving an arduous task.
But he wasn’t finished yet.
In the depths of the divine beam, his Nascent Soul, resembling a small titan, opened its eyes.
At that moment, illusion turned to reality.
The Nascent Soul, once an intangible energy form, solidified, becoming a permanent entity in the fabric of existence.
Lu Ye’s true essence, refined to perfection, underwent a transformation. Rivers of energy surged within him, evolving into roaring dragons.
A single blood-red lotus seed materialized in the void, only to shatter in the next instant.
Boom!
A torrent of killing intent erupted like a celestial flood.
Lu Ye’s past life was etched into every fiber of his being—the lives he had taken, the wars he had fought: the Demon Extermination War, the Battle of the Thousand Worlds, the Ancient War, the Time River War, and the Nine Nether Campaigns.
A million battles had forged his unparalleled will to kill, and now it was fully unleashed.
Blood-red eyes snapped open within the divine beam. No trace of humanity remained in their cold, emotionless glow.
Kill!
Kill!
Kill!
Lu Ye’s figure surged upward, tearing through the light.
With a single punch, the first layer of the Four Symbols Formation shattered, and over a dozen non-human experts disintegrated into blood mist.