Humanity's Great Sage

Chapter 1078, Cleaning up the Mess

Translator: Jon

Translation Checker: Silavin

This would never happen in the past. The blood feud between the two sides had been ongoing for thousands of years. The more the enemy suffered, the more gleeful one was. But things had changed so much that Lin Yue was even worried about her enemies. Life was indeed full of uncertainties.

There was a distance of a thousand kilometres between the two Passes. They were like two torchlights in this wilderness, and the insectoids were attracted to those places. If one of them was destroyed, the other one would bear immense pressure. It could be said that they relied on each other for survival.

Lu Ye and Lin Yue were worried about the same thing. They had no idea if those from Surging Waves Lake Pass had found out about Liu Yuemei’s death and whether they had asked for help.

The situations for the Passes with or without the protection of Divine Ocean Realm Masters were different.

Since Lu Ye was now Li Taibai, a Thousand Demon Ridge cultivator, he naturally couldn’t show any concern for the other side. He said, “We just have to mind our own business, Senior Sister. You don’t have to worry about them. The Grand Sky Coalition cultivators aren’t kids. If they can’t ward off the insectoid attack, they’ll ask for help.”

“I hope so.” Lin Yue nodded gently.

While a lot of insectoids had come to attack Dark Moon Forest Pass, it was the same case for Surging Waves Lake Pass. The chasm was somewhere between the two Passes, though it was slightly closer to Dark Moon Forest Pass. After the insectoids crawled out of the chasm, they parted ways. One group streamed towards Dark Moon Forest Pass in the North while the other headed to Surging Waves Lake Pass in the South.

Although no one gave the cultivators from Surging Waves Lake Pass any heads-up, they could still react quickly. The moment they realised it was a large-scale insectoid attack, they hurriedly asked everyone to come back to the Pass and get ready. They did their jobs well, ready to defend the Pass.

But soon, much to their awkwardness, they discovered that their Pass Leader was nowhere to be seen. She couldn’t even be contacted through the military tokens.

It wasn’t until a Sky Origin Clan cultivator looked at Liu Yuemei’s Brand in his Battlefield Imprint that he discovered in shock her Brand had dissipated.

In other words, the Pass Leader was dead.

No one knew how she even died or where her corpse was. The only thing they were certain about was that she passed away in the past two days because she was spotted somewhere in the Pass two days ago.

The cultivators of the Sky Origin Clan were mournful.

However, they didn’t have time to be sorrowful. They had to quickly inform their higher-ups about Liu Yuemei’s death and the imminent insectoid attack against their Pass.

There were a total of 12 Canyons in Bing Zhou, and Surging Waves Lake Pass belonged to Heavenly Gate Canyon. They were flabbergasted upon receiving the news. They took a look at Liu Yuemei’s Brand and confirmed that she was dead. As such, they had no choice but to send a nearby Sixth-Order Divine Ocean Realm Master to Surging Waves Lake Pass as a replacement for Liu Yuemei.

It was for this reason that Chen Xiao arrived in Surging Waves Lake Pass.

It wasn’t that those from the Grand Sky Coalition were unwilling to send more Divine Ocean Realm Masters. It was just that they were short-handed, so they couldn’t mobilise even more Divine Ocean Realm Masters.

It hadn’t been easy for them to find a Sixth-Order Divine Ocean Realm Master who could help.

A Sixth-Order Divine Ocean Realm Master could be considered powerful. By the time he arrived, the insectoids had launched an attack against Surging Waves Lake Pass. He couldn’t even see the Pass from afar. All he could see were innumerable insectoids in different forms.

A clap of thunder was heard as he used lightning to penetrate the insectoids. Then, he dashed towards Surging Waves Lake Pass.

When insectoids attacked a Pass, they had no tactics to speak of. They took actions based on their instincts. They fully activated their powers the moment they came, and there were no strategies. The large number of insectoids was their biggest advantage.

Although the two Passes that respectively belonged to the Grand Sky Coalition and Thousand Demon Ridge were a thousand kilometres apart, the wars broke out at the same time. The defences of the Passes were activated to slaughter the insectoids.

At Dark Moon Forest Pass, Lu Ye and Lin Yue left the gates several times to kill the Divine Ocean Realm insectoids so that the Pass would face less pressure.

Another hour later, Lu Ye left the Pass again. The Sword Qi from his Sword Gourd turned into fatal weapons that easily ended the lives of these insectoids. No insectoids below the Divine Ocean Realm were a match for him.

The Sword Lights seemed to have a spirituality of their own as they flew around the insectoids and sent them to Hell. Sometimes, they would come together and form a huge Sword Light before descending from the sky. Every time that happened, a Divine Ocean Realm insectoid would lose its life.

While standing on the wall, Lin Yue restored her Spiritual Power and observed the battle at the same time. She was amazed by what she saw.

She had come across many Sword Cultivators. Every proper Sword Cultivator was savage. It was one of their characteristics. However, rarely anyone could be like Lu Ye. Although he was mercilessly slaughtering his enemies, he was also doing it with elegance.

He didn’t seem like he was killing enemies. Instead, he looked like he was practising calligraphy with a sword.

It was the first time Lin Yue witnessed Li Taibai’s power.

Although it had been three months since he arrived in the Pass, they had never joined forces to fight enemies before. They always took turns to leave the Pass, so she had never seen Li Taibai kill the enemies.

Now, she finally had a chance to see that.

She could confirm that Li Taibai could kill much stronger enemies, just like what he had achieved when he was in the Real Lake Realm. She couldn’t help but think if she should get her Martial Niece, Tong Shuyao, back to the Pass. Tong Shuyao was beautiful. If she could get together with Li Taibai, they would be a perfect match. That way, Li Taibai would become a part of their circle.

But soon, she gave up on the idea.

If Li Taibai were still a Real Lake Realm Master, her idea might be feasible. However, he was a Divine Ocean Realm Master now with a bright future. Even though Tong Shuyao was beautiful, she might not be attractive enough for him.

In the past three months, many female cultivators in the Pass became interested in getting closer to Li Taibai. They would approach him for all sorts of reasons, but he never got close to any female cultivators. He even rarely talked to them.

Although Li Taibai seemed like an easygoing person, he was proud deep within. Even if Lin Yue threw herself at him, she might not be able to win his heart, let alone Tong Shuyao, who hadn’t achieved much in life.

As many strange thoughts turned over in her mind, Lin Yue suddenly became shocked and shouted, “Come back, Junior Brother Taibai!”

Li Taibai was so exultant that he had gone further to slaughter the insectoids. Presently, only jets of Sword Qi were seen flying around. Wherever they went, the carcasses of insectoids fell from the sky like rain, but Li Taibai was nowhere in sight.

No one responded to Lin Yue. A moment later, even the Sword Lights had disappeared.

Lin Yue’s expression changed. Although she wanted to save Li Taibai, she couldn’t do that on a whim. She was the pillar of strength for this Pass. Even if something happened to Li Taibai, the Pass wouldn’t descend into chaos as long as she was still around. If both she and Li Taibai went missing, things would become troublesome.

Time seemed to be moving at snail’s speed. Several minutes later, icy Sword Lights came into sight again. Lin Yue let out a breath as her chest heaved.

[He’s finally back.]

The Sword Dragon swirled around like a gyro and separated the dense insectoids. Soon, Lu Ye broke the siege and landed beside Lin Yue. When the Sword Light dissipated, Li Taibai’s figure was revealed.

Lin Yue said sternly, “How could you be so reckless, Junior Brother? I was worried about you.”

Lu Ye guffawed. “I was too excited. I’m sorry for making you worried, Senior Sister.”

“You mustn’t do it again!” Lin Yue looked at him aggrievedly. It had taken her a long time before she accidentally found a helper, and she was satisfied with his power. In the past three months, he had shared a lot of her burden. If he was killed by the insectoids, she probably couldn’t find another helper as great as him.

“There’s no next time.” Lu Ye nodded repeatedly.

Lin Yue suddenly realised her expression wasn’t so appropriate, so she quickly straightened her face. “Just stay here for now, Junior Brother. I’ll slaughter some insectoids.” With that, she left the Pass.

She never went too far into the distance. It wasn’t that she was afraid. Since she was the Pass Leader, she had to consider the Pass’ safety and couldn’t act as recklessly as Li Taibai. Therefore, she wouldn’t go more than 300 metres away from the Pass. She would kill the stronger insectoids.

On the wall, the Soul Close fished out two High-Grade Spirit Stones and held them in his hands to replenish his energy.

This couldn’t be helped. Since the main body had the Tree of Glyphs to burn away impurities, he just had to consume a lot of Spirit Pills to restore his energy. But the Soul Clone couldn’t do that. Although he had one root from the Tree of Glyphs, he didn’t have any fuel stored inside his body. Therefore, he had to replenish his energy using Spirit Stones to maintain the purity of his Spiritual Power so as not to affect the use of his power.

Meanwhile, Lu Ye was rapidly flying across the sky to return to Surging Waves Lake Pass.

He was still worried. Certainly, it was also a chance for him to leave Dark Moon Forest Pass. He had already devised the plan.

It was a large-scale insectoid attack, and the insectoids were forcefully attacking the Passes because there were many Divine Ocean Realm insectoids this time. Li Taibai and Lin Yue were in charge of Dark Moon Forest Pass, so there wouldn’t be a problem. However, if the insectoids were attacking Surging Waves Lake Pass with the same intensity, they might not be able to fend off the enemies since no Divine Ocean Realm Master was around.

A distance of a thousand kilometres was nothing to Lu Ye.

It only took him a short while to arrive at a spot that was a hundred kilometres away from Surging Waves Lake Pass. When he saw what was going on from afar, he furrowed his brows because there was a significantly larger number of insectoids here.

Perhaps this was the scale of the insectoid attack here. Or, perhaps those from Surging Waves Lake Pass were unable to effectively ward off the enemies.

[Didn’t the Grand Sky Coalition send some Divine Ocean Realm Masters to this place? Regardless of how short-handed they are, they are supposed to send at least one Divine Ocean Realm Master here to deal with the insectoid attack. They should’ve found out about Liu Yuemei’s death by now.]

Lu Ye let out a sigh, knowing that he had to clean up the mess he had created. It was true that what went around came around.

He didn’t regret killing Liu Yuemei. In that situation, only one of them would survive. Even if he wasn’t willing to get into a life-and-death battle, the woman would never let him off.

However, he felt sorry that other Grand Sky Coalition cultivators were dragged into this mess because of him.

He had done his best to protect Dark Moon Forest Pass of Thousand Demon Ridge, so he would naturally do the same for Surging Waves Lake Pass of the Grand Sky Coalition.

He released Amber from the Spirit Beast Bag and placed the tiger on his shoulder. Their auras soon merged as they charged towards Surging Waves Lake Pass at full speed.