Chapter 1210: Unmatched Continent?

From what he could see, this place had been inhabited by living beings a long time ago. It was a large gathering point, suggesting a significant population. However, Lu Ye couldn't determine if these beings were human.

Why it had fallen into such disrepair was also unclear to him.

He could only explore it slowly.

Just as he was about to do so, his peripheral vision caught sight of something unusual.

He paused for a moment, then spun around and darted towards that direction. He quickly reached a spot that was a patch of broken walls and ruins, where something seemed to be pressed beneath them.

He cleared away some debris, and a mummified corpse, buried beneath the ruins for an unknown number of years, came into view.

It was a human corpse!

This indicated that humans had indeed once lived in this realm. This place was likely an area similar to a sect. It was unclear when it had suffered a catastrophe that led to the sect's destruction and the demise of its disciples.

From its superficial characteristics, the deceased human was male and in the prime of his life. His flesh was shriveled and dark, appearing grayish.

There were no obvious external injuries on his body. He had been dead for many years, but for some unknown reason, his physical body was remarkably well-preserved, though his flesh had withered and dried up.

Lu Ye suddenly found the corpse somewhat familiar...

He leaned closer to the corpse, scrutinizing it intently.

Without any warning, the corpse's eyes suddenly opened, staring directly at him, face to face, just inches away!

The eyes of a dead person would normally be devoid of luster and clouded. However, these eyes were clearly different; they showed no cloudiness at all, but were instead filled with cruelty and malevolence.

This sudden scene, without any mental preparation, would likely startle anyone, no matter how many dead bodies they had seen.

Almost at the instant its eyes opened, the corpse opened its mouth, and a murky, yellowish breath spewed out, enveloping Lu Ye's head.

Immediately after, it extended a hand, its sharp nails glowing with a chilling light as they darted straight towards Lu Ye's chest.

It was hard to believe that such a lifeless corpse could suddenly spring into action like this.

However, this lightning-fast attack was completely blocked by the 'Guardian Spirit Pattern' on Lu Ye's chest. A suddenly flashing blade light directly struck the corpse's neck, cutting through it without resistance.

The corpse's movements froze, and the cruelty and malevolence in its eyes rapidly faded. Immediately, it fell stiffly, its head separated from its body.

Perhaps it was because Lu Ye had activated his spiritual power, or perhaps it was drawn by the aura he emitted. As Lu Ye slew this 'feigning corpse,' rustling sounds emanated from beneath the surrounding ruins.

Accompanied by low growls like those of injured beasts, lifeless figures scurried out from various spots.

Like sharks sensing blood, they swarmed towards Lu Ye's direction.

Lu Ye remained calm and still. He wielded his Panshan Blade, and in an instant, a flurry of blade light erupted around him, sending limbs and broken corpses flying everywhere.

Among those rushing to attack him were shriveled zombies and rotting ghouls. The zombies generally fought individually, while the ghouls gathered in groups. Thick corpse qi connected them, quickly enveloping the large expanse of ruins in a cloud of deathly aura.

Lu Ye's blade light was fierce; none could withstand a single blow. With his current strength, he was virtually unrivaled and could move unhindered in an average mid-tier realm.

However, he quickly discovered the problem: the more he killed, the more corpses gathered.

These corpses had originally been dormant in these ruins, undisturbed for countless years. His arrival was like a grain of salt dropped into hot oil, triggering an extremely violent reaction.

Not only were the corpses within the ruins fearlessly surging towards him, but the commotion of the fight was also radiating outwards, drawing in more and more corpses.

It was endless!

Lu Ye understood clearly that fighting like this was not a solution. He changed the trajectory of his blade, no longer defending a fixed position. Instead, he shot up into the sky and charged outwards.

A large number of zombies and ghouls pursued him relentlessly, but how could they catch up?

Lu Ye didn't fly too high because he needed to verify some of his conjectures. To do so, he had to cause a stir, and his powerful aura was the best lure.

As expected, wherever he passed, seemingly tranquil areas would erupt into a storm. Corpses that had been dormant for countless years were startled and joined the pursuit. A large number of pursuers constantly followed him, and the more commotion he caused, the more pursuers he agitated.

This was the situation everywhere he went.

Lu Ye's heart grew heavy!

The Corpse Race! They were not unfamiliar to him. He had previously encountered this race on the shattered Wushuang Continent.

However, the strongest Corpse King he had previously encountered was merely at the peak of the Cloud River Realm. But in this realm, Corpse Race members comparable in strength to the True Lake and Divine Sea realms were everywhere!

This was clearly the result of the difference in world levels.

What made his heart heavy was that the Corpse Race was not born naturally. Unlike the Blood Race, they were typically humans who had transformed after death.

The number of Corpse Race members he encountered now corresponded to the number of humans who had once died.

Undoubtedly, this realm was once dominated by humans. But now, it had become the Corpse Race's domain, for as Lu Ye flew, he didn't see a single living person, encountering only endless Corpse Race members.

This was undoubtedly a very tragic situation.

If there was a possibility of reconciliation between humans and the Blood Race, then there was an irreconcilable conflict between the Corpse Race and humans, and indeed, between the Corpse Race and any living beings.

This was because the transformation of the Corpse Race required the sacrifice of other living beings.

Take the shattered Wushuang Continent as an example: if Lu Ye and others hadn't descended like divine soldiers, and later received support from the cultivators of Kyushu, sooner or later, the population there would have been completely slaughtered and entirely transformed into Corpse Race members.

The Corpse Race members pursuing Lu Ye never stopped. They included Corpse Race members transformed from deceased humans, and also from deceased demonic beasts.

They had been dormant in this realm for countless years, and Lu Ye's arrival completely shattered the peace here.

The Corpse Race would only remain dormant when there was no conflict. In other words, there had been no conflict here for many years.

This was undoubtedly a very bad outcome, because no conflict meant no resistance. It meant that the living beings of this realm had very likely all perished!

At the very least, within the area Lu Ye had explored, living beings had been extinct for many years.

This place... was very likely another fragment of the Wushuang Continent, or even the main body of the Wushuang Continent itself.

This judgment was naturally due to the Corpse Race. The shattered Wushuang Continent Lu Ye had previously visited had Corpse Race members, and this place also had them. There was a high probability of some connection between them.

That shattered Wushuang Continent was merely a fragment of a realm, which was why it could only nurture cultivators of the Cloud River Realm. If there was a fragment, there must naturally be a main body.

The distance also corroborated this inference.

After the cultivators of Kyushu rescued the shattered Wushuang Continent, that realm fragment eventually merged into the Cloud River Battlefield after some time. In other words, that fragment was already quite close to Kyushu at that time.

As for the realm Lu Ye was currently in, although it wasn't very close to Kyushu, it wasn't too far either. That's why Yue Xin was able to find it easily and even leave some arrangements here.

It was plausible that the Wushuang Continent had been shattered by some unknown past event. The fragment was where Pang Huanyin originated, and it drifted through the starry sky until it was detected and captured by Xiao Jiu. However, the main body remained here.

He couldn't confirm if this conjecture was true unless he explored the entire realm.

Lu Ye spent most of a half-day exploring an area spanning a hundred thousand li. He still didn't see a single living creature; everywhere he went, there were only endless Corpse Race members.

There was no need to investigate further. Perhaps there were still living beings in this realm, but certainly not in this location. And judging by the overall environment he had observed, even if there were any living beings surviving, their existence would undoubtedly be incredibly difficult.

Lu Ye ascended, soaring upwards, and his speed instantly increased.

The Corpse Race members relentlessly pursuing him soon lost his trace.

He was certainly capable of wiping out all the pursuers, but there was no point in doing so; it would only waste time and energy.

His mission for this trip was to investigate this realm. Now that he had a general understanding, it was naturally best not to waste any more time, lest Kyushu become worried.

After shaking off his pursuers, he immediately activated his 'Concealment Formation' and 'Aura Concealment' to bless himself, then quietly returned.

Pairs of eyes looked over from all around. Seeing his safe return, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, if Lu Ye had truly not returned, the Constellation Realm cultivators would have had to search the entire starry sky for him. Although they would certainly find him, it would undoubtedly take a vast amount of time.

“You've worked hard. What's the situation over there?” Jian Guhong asked.

“It might be the Wushuang Continent. The Corpse Race runs rampant, and there's no sign of life.”

“Wushuang Continent?”

“Corpse Race?”

The group of Constellation Realm cultivators were all stunned.