Sage of Humanity-Chapter 650 - 648

The injuries to the Spiritual Body couldn't be healed by ordinary means; this would probably require a long period of recuperation, the exact length of which was uncertain.

Hiding here was indeed safe, but Lu Ye couldn't possibly stay here for too long.

After some thought, he took a jade vial out of his storage space.

The vial contained the last half bottle of Soul Cleansing Water he had left, roughly less than ten drops. This was originally reserved for emergencies, but given the circumstances, he couldn't afford to hold back any longer.

Upon opening the vial, the unique refreshing fragrance of the Soul Cleansing Water wafted out, reaching his nostrils and revitalizing his spirit, seemingly dissipating much of the fatigue that plagued him.

This reinforced his belief that for his current condition, Soul Cleansing Water was the best remedy.

Not daring to consume too much, he took only one drop and swallowed it; the gentle sensation instantly spread throughout his body, visibly accelerating the dissipation of his physical and mental fatigue, and even the injuries on his body were healing rapidly.

Indeed, the Soul Cleansing Water had an extremely remarkable effect on healing injuries to the Spiritual Body.

He continued to sit quietly for two hours until he had fully recovered, then Lu Ye finally got up.

Walking to the door, he peered outside through the crack.

Most of the Insect Race that had been chasing him earlier had now disappeared, and only a few were aimlessly wandering the streets; they posed no significant threat to him now.

If he was to head to the City Lord's Residence, then what he needed to do right now was to determine his location.

But before that, there were some things Lu Ye wanted to confirm.

During the battle with the Insect Race earlier, he had sensed something unusual, but at that time, he was too busy escaping to investigate.

Now, with this special building as his support, even if he encountered any danger, he could always flee back here for cover; thus, Lu Ye was keen to find out if the anomalies he had sensed were as he suspected.

If they were, then perhaps he could employ some tactics that he wouldn't normally be able to use.

He quickly checked his battlefield marking and found out to his surprise that his battle merit points had reached over three thousand...

Although this number wasn't small, it wasn't particularly high either, especially considering he had killed quite a few of the Insect Race, including some from the True Lake Realm.

It seemed then that battle merit was calculated based on his current power at the True Lake Realm, so even if he killed the True Lake Realm Insect Race, the points he got wouldn't be much.

This made Lu Ye somewhat disappointed; if the battle merits were calculated based on his Cloud River Level 5 realm cultivation, then the battle merit points he could have gained from that one battle would have multiplied several times over.

But on second thought, being able to earn battle merit in this place was an unexpected gain. What was there to be unsatisfied about?

Over three thousand battle merit points might not seem like much, but they could still be exchanged for two blue-hued spirit fortune sticks, and this was just the beginning. If his plans were implemented smoothly, he would earn more and more battle merits later. Perhaps after this time, he could exchange them for many gold-hued spirit fortune sticks and further advance his cultivation.

Pushing open the door, Lu Ye immediately deployed the Concealment and Breath-concealing Spirit Runes, and hid his figure.

The slight noise disturbed those few Insect Race members, but after turning their heads and failing to find anything, they lost interest and continued to wander around.

The appearances of the Insect Race were bizarre and varied. Some could correspond to the forms of demon beasts at first glance; there seemed to be no difference, but they were not actual demon beasts.

There were also some Insect Race members with unique and unconventional forms, completely defying common sense.

However, without exception, all the Insect Race members shared one common trait: their bodies were covered with a thick carapace, and their blood was of a greenish hue.

The more powerful the Insect Race, the stronger the protection provided by the carapace, so killing them was a matter of skill; it was essential to attack the spots without carapace protection to inflict effective damage.

Having honed his skills in the Mirage Scene multiple times, Lu Ye was well aware of the vulnerabilities of various types of Insect Race members.

His target this time was an Insect Race that looked like a centipede, with densely packed white carapaces on its back, appearing like a series of external white bones, and over a hundred pairs of legs that produced a dense rustling noise as they moved.

The thing Lu Ye wanted to verify was not complex, but to ensure the accuracy of the results, he did not launch an attack on this Insect Race immediately but quietly lay in wait instead.

After a long while, the centipede Insect Race finally settled down, quietly coiling in the ruins of a building, motionless.

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Lu Ye approached silently until he was only three yards away from the Insect Race, then he stopped moving.

The tranquil atmosphere was suddenly broken when, at the moment when Lu Ye's power surged around him, the centipede Insect Race also sensed danger. However, before it could react, the space before Lu Ye distorted, and a faint arrow-like shape flashed and vanished, savagely striking into the centipede's head, disappearing without a trace.

Instantly, the centipede Insect Race seemed to suffer a severe blow; its ten-yard-long body violently rolled and twisted, emitting a sharp wailing from its mouth.

Lu Ye's figure appeared, and his Boulder Mountain Saber was already unsheathed. Taking advantage of the Insect Race's struggles, he chopped down with his saber.

Emerald green blood spurted out as a massive head flew into the air, a demon beast comparable to the True Lake Realm met its end.

Lu Ye's expression remained calm, yet his eyes sparkled with joy, for he had realized that what he had previously sensed was not an illusion, it was real!

In his recent escape and battle with the insect race, he had infused Sharpness Spirit Runes onto his Boulder Mountain Saber. At that time, he started feeling something peculiar because the Sharpness had become different from usual.

In the past, Sharpness would need to be infused into a Spiritual Artifact to make it more lethal.

Of course, it could also be infused elsewhere, but either way, a carrier was needed for it to function.

However, the Sharpness he executed in Xianyuan City seemed to require no carrier at all...

At that moment, Lu Ye realized something; the spirit rune was constructed and driven by spirit force, making it merely a rune. However, the power he was currently utilizing was not just spirit force, but also Psyche Force...

And a rune driven by Psyche Force was a Divine Rune!

Therefore, Sharpness did not require a carrier because a Divine Rune constructed from Psyche Force was itself a method to kill enemies.

What Lu Ye wanted to verify was exactly this.

Indeed, he was not mistaken. In this environment, what he constructed with Psyche Force was genuinely capable of directly killing enemies as a Divine Rune.

The thing that had flashed by like an arrow just now was the manifestation of the Sharpness Divine Rune.

Moreover, compared to the slash of the Boulder Mountain Saber, this psyche-based damage was particularly brutal on the insect race, fundamentally because it was a Psyche attack. The greatest weakness of the insect race was their low spiritual intelligence, so facing this kind of Psyche attack, they hardly had any defensive power.

When the arrow-shaped Sharpness Divine Rune smashed into its mind, it already inflicted tremendous damage on its already fragile spiritual intelligence, a strike that felt as if its psyche had been torn apart.

The thick carapace covering its body could offer no protection against such an ethereal attack.

Normally, even if Lu Ye could have killed this insect race, he would have needed to employ some tactics, but with the aid of the Sharpness Divine Rune, a single slash was all it took to slay it.

Having verified his thoughts, Lu Ye was thrilled.

In such an environment, in such a scenario, Divine Rune attacks could have unimaginably effective results. If he had known this earlier, he might not have been so embarrassingly chased down.

But before verifying, how could he dare act rashly? At that time, he was busy fleeing; any carelessness could have led to utter ruin.

After all, he was just at Cloud River Level 5 Realm; even now that he possessed the strength of the True Lake Realm, he was far from the stage where he could employ Psyche Force, a method only available to strong cultivators in the Divine Sea Realm.

Yet, in this specific environment, Lu Ye had prematurely gained what would normally only be accessible to those in the Divine Sea Realm.

He couldn't help but recall a phrase that Madam Yun had once said.

Battle runes masters, although troublesome before the Divine Sea Realm, mostly manifest their complexity through the variability of their combat styles. This is because, during battle, they can activate various types of spirit runes, exposing their opponent to the treacherous intricacies of the human realm.

But after reaching the Divine Sea Realm, battle runes masters are not just troublesome; oftentimes, their opponents might not even comprehend how they were killed.

In short, after the Divine Sea Realm, a formidable battle runes master can exhibit far greater strength and deterrence than an ordinary Divine Sea Realm practitioner.

The reason lies in the fact that, after the Divine Sea Realm, battle runes masters can employ Divine Runes, transforming them into various Psyche attacks.

Other Divine Sea Realm practitioners indeed have such means, but who can compare to the cunning variability of a battle runes master?

The Sharpness Divine Rune, driven by Psyche Force, demonstrated potent lethality. The anomaly also alarmed the other insects wandering nearby, drawing them closer towards this location.

Lu Ye, holding his Boulder Mountain Saber, met the nearest insect race head-on. In his charge, the Sharpness Divine Rune was activated again; amidst the twisting space, that arrow-like manifestation flashed by once more, and the insect collapsed onto the ground before it could even approach Lu Ye, shrieking incessantly.

By the time Lu Ye reached it, it had no awareness of the impending danger. With a sweep of the Boulder Mountain Saber, another insect race was slain.

Not all spirit runes are suitable to be driven by Psyche Force. Like Sharpness and Defense, one can transform into a Psyche attack and the other into a Psyche Barrier to fend off others' Psyche attacks.

However, spirit runes like Sun Blaze, Bloodstain, Move-Like-The-Wind, even when driven by Psyche Force, do not exhibit any special effects.

But others like Hefty Weight, Cactus, and Mirage can transform into divine runes, each producing effects vastly different from the others.

The Hefty Weight Psyche can make the insect race feel an overwhelming illusion of burden, Cactus is similar to Sharpness, able to cause significant damage to the psyche of the insect race.

The Mirage Divine Rune, while non-lethal, can trap the insect race in an illusion for a short time.

On the streets, Lu Ye continually executed various divine runes, testing their effects as one insect race after another fell dead.