Sage of Humanity-Chapter 648 - 646: Unusual Familiarity

Rustling sounds emerged as a multitude of insects from within the field of vision rushed toward this side. It was already too late to activate the Concealment and Breath-concealing Spirit Runes, and Lu Ye immediately leapt into the air, planning to flee towards a certain side.

However, he had only flown up about thirty feet when he suddenly felt the sensation of a mountain bearing down on him, preventing him from flying any higher.

For a moment, Lu Ye didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

He had often used the Great Sky Prohibition Array in the Great Reversal Valley Spirit Ground to deal with the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators, causing those that attacked to be repeatedly defeated, yet he never expected that today he would suffer the suppression of the Great Sky Prohibition Array himself.

This truly was the cycle of karma, a retribution quite inescapable.

Although he didn't know exactly where he was, it was clear that this place had a Great Sky Prohibition Array. Ten feet was the limit for his ascent, and it was impossible to fly any higher.

Barely delayed, those insects drew closer, their mouthparts hissing and wings flapping continuously, the sounds reaching his ears.

Lu Ye had already dashed out of the second floor, flying in one direction.

Looking around, that inexplicable sense of familiarity surged up in his mind once again.

This place seemed to be a city. Although he couldn't see far, within his field of view, he could still see rows of neatly planned streets with houses standing on both sides. Many of the houses were destroyed by the insects, turning into broken walls and ruins, while some remained intact.

The room he had initially appeared in was clearly one of these houses, which he had thought was a safe place, but that proved not to be the case.

It was like tossing a handful of salt into a hot oil pan. The moment Lu Ye's figure appeared, a vast area filled with insects boiled over, converging from all directions toward where Lu Ye was, including some with powerful presences.

Red light blazed on the Boulder Mountain Saber, and Lu Ye's perception was pushed to the limit, trying to avoid the directions where powerful presences were detected, carving a bloody path out of the heavy encirclement.

Saber light constantly flashed, and one after another, the approaching insects shed green blood, their vitality dissipating, whipping up a storm of blood and foul wind along the way.

In the midst of fleeing, Lu Ye also noticed some odd things, such as his perception being much stronger and more detailed than before.

In the past, when he sensed his surroundings, he could only muster a vague perception, and its range was only about thirty feet.

But now, when he stimulated his perception, the range suddenly expanded to several tens of feet, and that sense of perception was no longer vague; numerous external feedback could clearly emerge in his mind.

This change likely had something to do with the way his Psyche force had left his body. Previously bound by his physical body, he couldn't fully exert the strength of his Psyche Force.

With no such constraints now, the power of his Psyche Force could be fully manifested.

As perception became detailed, numerous feedbacks presented in his mind, already showing slight signs of Mental Consciousness.

Besides, the spirit runes he constructed... seemed also different from usual.

But at the moment, as he was fleeing for his life, Lu Ye had no time to ponder these matters, only able to suppress the various doubts in his mind.

The city was teeming with insects of various forms and strengths in almost every corner, and although Lu Ye might evade temporarily, he couldn't keep escaping forever.

As time passed, his situation grew increasingly dire, as those powerful insects he had avoided relentlessly pursued him, determined to drive him to his death. This meant the further he ran, the more powerful were the insects that followed him.

If this were in the Mirage Realm before, Lu Ye would not have been overly worried—after all, even if he died, he could still re-enter as a brave man.

However, he had no clue what the situation in this Mirage Realm was like; who knew whether dying here meant truly dying, so even if there was the slightest possibility, Lu Ye dare not relax.

As he fled, suddenly in the sky ahead, a plump, cone-shaped insect appeared. This round-bodied, four-legged insect at first glance looked like a bald, fat man.

This insect had no wings; Lu Ye did not know how it had taken flight, but he felt an immense danger from this plump insect.

The moment it appeared in his line of sight, a strong alarm went off in Lu Ye's heart.

He immediately planned to change his direction, but it was already too late. The insect opened its mouth and spat out a crystalline thread that, in the blink of an eye, transformed into a huge net, covering a vast area.

Lu Ye couldn't dodge in time and was firmly caught by this net, uncontrollably plunging toward the ground.

This inexplicably appearing net not only restrained him but he distinctly felt a strange movement within his Talent Tree.

There was no time to investigate, but generally, when the Talent Tree acted up, it meant he had been poisoned.

In other words, the threads of this net were highly toxic.

For any cultivator in the True Lake Realm encountering such a situation, even if they could free themselves from the net, the toxin would be enough to immobilize them, if not kill them outright.

But toxins had never had any effect on Lu Ye.

Before he even hit the ground, fierce saber light spread in all directions, and Lu Ye broke free from the net, quickly stabilizing his position, ready to continue his escape.

However, at this moment, a dense shadow had already obscured the sky above, those relentless insects...

This brief delay had already placed him in an extremely passive situation.

Countless insects now surrounded him, leaving nowhere to escape.

"Can't escape anymore!"

This thought flashed through his mind as Lu Ye charged in one direction with his Boulder Mountain Saber, battling fiercely with the Insect Race in that position.

His brief stint of fleeing had made it clear to him that in such a bizarre environment, no place was safe; wherever he fled, the Insect Race pursued him relentlessly.

Thus, to survive, there was only one way: to completely eliminate the Insect Race within his sight, only then might he find a moment to breathe.

But this was undoubtedly very difficult.

At this moment, the Insect Race surrounding him, each possessed the strength of the True Lake Realm, numbering at least dozens, among them a plump, rosy one felt the most dangerous.

Moreover, once the battle began, it was hard to say whether it would attract more Insect Race; given the situations he had previously observed, this was very likely to happen.

But Lu Ye couldn't just sit and wait for death, to try and see what consequences would come if he died here.

So, he had only one choice.

Regardless of the danger faced before, he always had Amber and Yiyi by his side.

But this time, he was utterly alone; without Yiyi and Amber, he couldn't rely on any external help. His strength had indeed reached the True Lake Realm by shedding the limits of his physical body, but the enemies he faced had also grown stronger.

This time, it seemed the odds were largely against him.

In the heat of the battle, numerous Insect Race were slain, Lu Ye's figure maneuvered dramatically across the battlefield, his Boulder Mountain Saber flashing fiercely.

Though there were many grievances between him and Xia Liang, at this moment, Lu Ye was very grateful to him, for Xia Liang had taught him the Mental Eye Secret Technique in Fox Fairy Valley.

When fighting against an enemy one-on-one, the Mental Eye Secret Technique might not be too apparent, but in a situation where he faced multiple enemies from all sides, the technique's effectiveness was profoundly strong.

Many times, it was the Mental Eye Secret Technique that Lu Ye relied on to block countless deadly strikes.

But it was of no use; despite the constant slaying of the Insect Race by Lu Ye, the remaining Insect Race showed no hint of fear and continued to launch fearless attacks on him, and injuries kept accumulating on Lu Ye.

Though no blood flowed out, the impacts of the injuries were no different from usual, numerous injuries caused him pain, accelerating his consumption.

As time passed, the battlefield was strewn with the limbs of the Insect Race, and Lu Ye's onslaught gradually weakened.

He was reaching his limit...

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He couldn't help but recall that troubling question, if he died here, would he truly die?

If so, then Yiyi and Amber would not be able to survive either; Amber had bonded with him through the Life Origin Method, their lives intertwined, and Yiyi and Amber were companion minion spirits, meaning the lives of one man, one tiger, and one spirit were intertwined.

He felt somewhat sorry for the two of them...

Upon seeing that second gate, Lu Ye knew that the world behind the gate was fraught with danger, but based on past experiences, he always felt that dying in the Mirage Realm wouldn't mean true death, which is why he had pushed open the door.

However, the reliance he thought he had was merely a prejudgement, resulting in the current situation.

A massive impact came from ahead, and Lu Ye was sent flying by an Insect Race the size of a hound; in that instant, his vision blurred...

It was also in that moment, a flash of red light streaked across his field of vision.

That fleeting glimpse of red light stirred in Lu Ye a strange familiarity...

At the brink of death, time seemed to stand still, numerous thoughts raced through Lu Ye's mind like lightning; in that moment, he actually remembered what that familiarity was about.

That fleeting glimpse of red light... he had seen it before.

"Impossible!"

"How could it be?"

If things were really as he thought, it would be too inconceivable.

But no matter whether things are really as he figured, he needed to verify it; if it were so, he might not be without a chance to live.

As Lu Ye's figure soared through the air, numerous Insect Race also surged toward him, what they met was a crescent-shaped fiery red slash!

This slash was more powerful than any before, the strongest slash Lu Ye had delivered since he started his cultivation.

Several Insect Race were cleaved instantly, many more were flung away, Lu Ye landed, immediately enchanted Move-Like-The-Wind on his legs, and headed in the direction from where he had seen the red light.

Dozens of moments later, Lu Ye, his body riddled with wounds, burst forth from the encirclement, and upon looking up, he saw not far away, in front of a building, a fiery red lantern hung.

The red light he had seen, was indeed the color of this lantern's cover.