Sage of Humanity

Three days later, on the disordered battlefield, Lu Ye and Luo Ji were about thirty yards apart, each recovering.

During these three days, they had fought over a dozen battles, clashing several times each day, yet until now, they had been unable to determine a victor.

Three days of fierce combat had brought Lu Ye to the brink of both physical and mental exhaustion; he had barely slept over these days. He couldn't understand how that guy across from him, Luo Ji, could recover so quickly!

In the current battle of swords, both sides had laid all their cards on the table. In a head-to-head clash, neither could gain the upper hand over the other. Now it was all a matter of endurance, making the speed of recovery particularly important.

In the same span of time, whichever side could restore more spirit force would gradually accumulate an advantage.

With the assistance of the Bestial Gluttony Feast, Lu Ye could refine elixir pills twice as fast as normal, and during rest periods, he would construct Spirit Energy Gathering Spirit Runes at his spiritual orifice, absorbing the nature's spiritual energy from his surroundings.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

With these two strategies, Lu Ye's recovery speed had reached an infuriating level; even a Level 6 cultivator might not recover as quickly as he did.

Harboring the same doubts, Luo Ji cursed inwardly – how could this brute's recovery speed be so fast?

Although Luo Ji was at the Spirit Stream Level 2, he had opened up fifty-five orifices—almost twice as many as Lu Ye—and the elixir pills he was taking were not ordinary Spirit-Nurturing Pills but special small recovery pills made by Endless Island.

These elixir pills didn't differ much from Spirit-Nurturing Pills when used for cultivation, but for recovery, their effects were about thirty percent more effective.

While he was recovering, he also used Spirit Stones, clutching one in each hand, desperately absorbing the spirit force within them.

Despite these three-pronged efforts, he somehow couldn't gain any advantage.

He truly couldn't comprehend what was going on.

Compared to Lu Ye, he had even less rest over the three days, hardly ever closing his eyes because he would be harassed by Amber and Yiyi.

In direct combat, Amber and Yiyi could not offer much help, but for mere harassment, it was no problem at all.

After roughly four hours of recovery, Lu Ye opened his eyes. As was the custom, it was time to begin another round of battle.

As expected, Luo Ji also opened his eyes, stood up, and started walking towards Lu Ye, step by step.

He wasn't approaching to fight Lu Ye in close quarters, but simply because they were too far apart, and he needed to close the distance to a range suitable for casting his spells.

Lu Ye mounted Amber and rushed toward Luo Ji, his long knife sloped towards the ground, ready to strike.

Luo Ji came to a halt, the spirit light in his hands flickering as he prepared his magic and spells...

Just at that moment, he suddenly furrowed his brow. After a brief sense, he raised his hand and said, "Wait a moment!"

Lu Ye frowned but still stopped Amber.

Luo Ji dissipated the spirit light in his hands and said breathlessly, "No more fighting, you win!"

Lu Ye watched him intently, uncertain about what trick this guy was up to.

Seemingly to put Lu Ye at ease, Luo Ji took the initiative to explain, "The war announcement from Xuanmen against the Nine Stars Sect has ended. The Nine Stars Sect was no match and has already retreated to their station, so I have to leave."

He had been brought in by the Nine Stars Sect specifically to deal with Lu Ye; now that the Nine Stars Sect had met with defeat, his continued presence here had lost its reason.

Lu Ye naturally wouldn't easily believe his bullshit. After several days of clashes, he was increasingly sure that Luo Ji was a sneaky bastard, so he immediately used the battlefield marking to communicate with Chu Tian, inquiring about the situation.

Chu Tian responded quickly, his tone brimming with joy, confirming Luo Ji's words, that was, in this battle, Xuanmen had claimed the final victory.

This wasn't surprising. Although there was a one-grade difference between the two big sects, at the Spirit Stream Realm level, Xuanmen was a bit stronger. The Nine Stars Sect was originally not a match. Previously, Lu Ye had also killed many cultivators from the Nine Stars Sect, further expanding Xuanmen's advantage.

Over these past few days, Xuanmen gained advantages in small-scale battles, eventually securing a decisive victory that forced the cultivators of the Nine Stars Sect to retreat back to their base.

Thus, the battle between the two big sects came to an end.

"How did it go?"

After Lu Ye finished contacting, Luo Ji finally spoke up and asked.

Lu Ye nodded slightly, and with a slight exertion of his legs, Amber sprang forward, quickly pressing towards Luo Ji.

"You..." Luo Ji reacted with shock, not understanding what Lu Ye was thinking. With the battle between the two big sects already over, continuing to fight here made no sense. He didn't know why Lu Ye still charged towards him.

But at this moment, there was no time to dwell on these questions. Seeing Big Tiger carrying Lu Ye closing in swiftly, Luo Ji had no choice but to activate the Ice Spike Technique in response.

Lu Ye tilted his head to dodge the incoming ice spikes, leapt from Tiger's back, and his sword came down with a rare and fierce smile, "You decide when to start a fight, but I decide when it ends!"

Luo Ji had suddenly come asking for a fierce fight that lasted three days, leaving Lu Ye very annoyed and also significantly drained. A few days ago, he had accumulated quite a few elixir pills, but after these few days, he was left with only about thirty.

During these three days, he didn't even have the chance to cultivate, wasting a lot of time. This loss was not something Luo Ji could simply compensate for by saying "you win."

How could he let Luo Ji leave without venting this pent-up anger?

Three days of clashes had made them familiar with each other's tactics. Normally, Luo Ji wouldn't have allowed Lu Ye to get close so easily, but he hadn't expected Lu Ye to be so persistent. It was already too late to retreat by the time he noticed.

When the long sword came down, Luo Ji had already slapped a Golden Body Talisman on himself. The long sword, enhanced with Sharpness Spirit Runes, struck that layer of golden light but couldn't break through it completely.

Instead, a big seal suddenly appeared, transforming into the size of a table top, and struck down towards Lu Ye.

Lu Ye withdrew swiftly, and where he had stood, a large pit immediately appeared. The ground trembled, and by the time he steadied himself, Luo Ji had already created a ten-zhang distance between them, even managing to repel the joint sneak attack of Amber and Yiyi...

Luo Ji didn't dare to invoke the power of the big seal a second time, as the consumption was too great.

Seizing the opportunity, Lu Ye stepped forward and charged at Luo Ji again, his figure flickering to dodge the ice spikes, with occasional flashes of Defense Spirit Runes' light on his body.

He could win!

Just a few more fights, and he could kill Luo Ji.

Although Luo Ji's recovery rate was about the same as his, even slightly superior, Luo Ji had consumed too many elixir pills these past few days...

If a cultivator ingested a large number of elixir pills in a short period, the only consequence was that their spirit force would become murky and impure. Especially for a magic cultivator like Luo Ji, having impure spirit force was fatal, as the power of the magic and spells he cast would decrease, and the time to execute them would increase...

Lu Ye had already noticed this, and that was why he insisted on continuing to fight!

He didn't need to kill Luo Ji this time—he just needed to force him to continuously deplete his spirit force, replenishing it with elixir pills. Luo Ji would become weaker and weaker, and eventually, there would be a time when he could cut down this man.