Chapter 1600: The Dancer Arrives

Colorful radiance, like scattered stardust, spread out, enveloping a vast area. Wherever the light touched, the sea of blood dissolved, revealing the previously obscured battlefield.

The four Blood Race Sun Glimmers, who had just convened, hadn't even processed what was happening when they saw the stardust engulf them. They hastily activated their blood-light shields to protect themselves.

Strangely, the colorful stardust ignored their blood-light shields, directly invading their bodies. The next moment, all four Sun Glimmers blanched as they horrifyingly realized their bodies were becoming uncontrollable.

"What's going on?!" one Blood Race member exclaimed, his expression a mix of shock and confusion. Another looked up, and what met his gaze was the silhouette of a gigantic, vibrant butterfly star beast. At that moment, the massive creature was gently flapping its wings, silently gliding deeper into the battlefield.

"The Dancer!" The Blood Race Sun Glimmer recognized the butterfly star beast instantly, his face paling in alarm. The other Sun Glimmers had clearly seen it too, and they all looked utterly distraught!

As Sun Glimmer powerhouses, they rarely encountered star beasts in this starry expanse that could pose a threat to them. Even star beasts with equivalent Sun Glimmer cultivation typically couldn't match the combat techniques of cultivators from various races.

However, some star beasts were different. These creatures had survived in the starry sky for an unknown number of years, each possessing mysterious and unpredictable arcane abilities. Under normal circumstances, even Sun Glimmer powerhouses would steer clear of such star beasts if they encountered them.

Fortunately, most of the time, these star beasts didn't readily engage in slaughter, so avoiding them usually averted any major issues.

Star beasts that had lived for countless years and could even pose a threat to Sun Glimmers were typically ancient relics. The Dancer was one such creature.

The Blood Race Sun Glimmers were aware of The Dancer's existence because they had only recently discovered its whereabouts. It had evidently contended with some powerful entity, suffered injuries, and then traveled to this starry expanse to recuperate on a desolate planet.

Normally, such a healing process would last for at least decades, if not centuries. So, while the Blood Race Sun Glimmers had found The Dancer, they hadn't given it much thought, believing that as long as they didn't provoke it, it wouldn't bother the Blood Race.

Yet now, it had unexpectedly left its desolate healing place and intruded into this very battlefield!

"How can The Dancer be here?" one of the Blood Race Sun Glimmers gasped, his arms spreading out and swaying up and down with the vibrations of The Dancer's wings. Not only his arms but even his footsteps began to shift, forming what looked like a dance. Truly worthy of a Sun Glimmer, he was actually quite a good dancer.

"This makes no sense!" another Sun Glimmer exclaimed, also beginning to dance gracefully, completely bewildered. He couldn't fathom why The Dancer, who should have been recuperating, had suddenly appeared on this battlefield.

"It's not a big problem!" the third Blood Race Sun Glimmer declared. Although The Dancer's innate divine ability was mysterious and unpredictable, to the point that even Sun Glimmers like them couldn't resist it, creating a small variable in the battle, their cultivation was profound. They believed that as long as they endured this period, they would naturally shake off The Dancer's influence.

Even the Sun Glimmer Blood Race members were caught in the dance, let alone other cultivators. At this moment, wherever The Dancer passed, all Blood Race, Insect Race, and even Human Race cultivators were affected by its power.

The sea of blood didn't evaporate or disappear by other means; rather, the Blood Race members, affected by The Dancer, found themselves unable to exert their full power, causing the sea of blood to naturally dissipate.

On the battleship, a group of people around Lu Ye were singing and dancing. Even Amber was not spared; he was currently wide-eyed, twisting and turning on the deck, looking utterly bewildered.

Yiyi danced beautifully, her figure as graceful as an elf as she circled Lu Ye, flustered and bewildered. "Lu Ye, Lu Ye, I can't control myself!" she cried. Lu Ye watched for a moment, then nodded. "It's fine, keep dancing!" He turned his head to see everyone on the battleship moving, even Shui Yuan and Hua Ci were dancing together, facing each other, their eyes reflecting each other's panicked expressions, yet their bodies moved beyond their control.

Wan Guliu, Tao Yan, and Zhou Xingzhi, who had previously experienced the butterfly star beast's power, exchanged complex glances amidst the dancing crowd.

The last time, all three had danced for an entire day under the butterfly star beast's influence, an incident they considered an indelible stain on their lives, something they dared not recall or even mention.

Fortunately, after so much time, they had gradually forgotten that awkward experience. Who would have thought… it would happen again!

What's more, this time it wasn't just the three of them; more than half the beings on the battlefield were affected. As the butterfly star beast moved deeper, more and more creatures came under its influence.

Not far from Lu Ye, Luan Xiao'e's face was flushed crimson. To think that she, a late-stage Moon Glimmer and a pillar of the Jade Snail Realm, was now inexplicably dancing in public, observed by so many Jade Snail cultivators—it was utterly undignified.

Yet, looking around, not only was she dancing, but everyone on the entire battleship was dancing. Outside the battleship, the Insect Race and Blood Race on the battlefield were also dancing, and even those Blood Race Sun Glimmers had not been spared.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, what is happening?" Luan Xiao'e asked Lu Ye, her voice sounding oddly musical, as if she were singing.

What she really wanted to ask was why Lu Ye remained unaffected. Almost everyone else was dancing, yet he stood quietly, conspicuously out of place.

"A good thing," Lu Ye replied. He had initially thought facing the four Sun Glimmers would be a certain death scenario. Who would have expected the butterfly star beast to suddenly appear on the battlefield? Such a turn of events was naturally a positive development.

"How is this a good thing?!" Luan Xiao'e exclaimed, her face bitter, as she spoke and danced, even doing a split right in front of Lu Ye!

Truly a late-stage Moon Glimmer soldier, her body was incredibly flexible. Her split was perfectly straight, displaying long, slender legs.

Lu Ye stared blankly, and Luan Xiao'e's face flushed crimson. She shot him a fierce glare, clearly warning him to stop looking.

Lu Ye quickly averted his gaze, licked his lips, and glanced toward the four Blood Race Sun Glimmers. Suppressing the urge to end their lives immediately, his attention shifted to the direction the butterfly star beast had flown.

"Did the Bone Xun work?" Li Shang, noticing the changes outside, asked from within Lu Ye's Sea of Consciousness.

The Bone Xun was a treasure acquired from the Great Wheel of Fortune. Lu Ye hadn't known its purpose initially, but on their way back to Kyushu, he and Li Shang had, intentionally or not, figured out its use.

Its sound could surprisingly attract star beasts from nearby cosmic regions. Lu Ye didn't know the exact reason, but every time he played the Bone Xun, star beasts would appear and attack.

He had personally witnessed the butterfly star beast's peculiar nature and also sensed its formidable power. After all, it was a mighty entity capable of contending with the Azure Bird. Though it couldn't defeat the Azure Bird, the Azure Bird's strength was immense, so the very fact that the butterfly star beast could contend with it indicated its own considerable power.

Lu Ye also knew that after being injured, it had fled into this part of the starry sky. Therefore, when he realized the battle was going poorly, he took out the Bone Xun and played it, hoping to attract the butterfly star beast.

For a while, there was no response. Lu Ye had thought the butterfly star beast had either gone far away or that the Bone Xun's sound had no effect on it.

He never expected it to suddenly appear at this moment, throwing the already chaotic battlefield into even greater disarray!

However, Lu Ye was now uncertain whether the butterfly star beast had arrived by chance or if it had truly been attracted by the sound of his Bone Xun.

The four Blood Race Sun Glimmers were singing and dancing, posing no immediate threat, so they could be ignored. Lu Ye's priority was to quickly ascertain why the butterfly star beast was here. If it had truly been attracted by the Bone Xun's sound, then there was a significant opportunity.

Under Lu Ye's close observation, the sea of blood completely dissolved wherever the butterfly star beast passed. In a short while, the butterfly star beast stopped in a certain area, its wings gently flapping, no longer moving forward.

Lu Ye's heart surged with joy! He could now confirm that the butterfly star beast had truly been attracted by the Bone Xun's sound, as it had stopped precisely where he had previously put the instrument away.

The butterfly star beast had clearly detected the Bone Xun's aura or determined that the sound had last originated from this spot, which was why it had stopped there!

Realizing this, Lu Ye soared into the sky, gliding swiftly in one direction. The decisive factor of the battle lay with the Sun Glimmers. The four dancing and singing Blood Race Sun Glimmers were temporarily not a concern, so if Bai Jin and the two Insect Race Sun Glimmers could be eliminated, the battle would be won!

However, for him, merely a Star Constellation, to deal with Sun Glimmers was utterly fantastical. He could only leverage the power of the butterfly star beast.

His speed was extraordinary. To reach the designated position as quickly as possible, he even pushed himself to activate his rapid traversal technique, disregarding the strain on his body.

In just a short while, Lu Ye arrived at a specific location on the battlefield. From his vantage point, he could see the fight between Ning Bu'ao's group and Bai Jin's group. That battlefield also contained a sea of blood, likely conjured by Bai Jin. Six distinct Sun Glimmer auras were evident, though the auras of Ning Bu'ao and his allies clearly showed signs of weakening.

After all, fighting an enemy within a sea of blood inherently put them at a geographical disadvantage. Furthermore, Ning Bu'ao and his two allies had previously been confronting six Sun Glimmers; how could they possibly be a match?

If three Blood Race Sun Glimmers hadn't been drawn away by the sacred blood, Ning Bu'ao and his allies would have been in an even more dire situation.

His gaze swept past the Sun Glimmer battlefield. Further ahead was where the butterfly star beast had stopped. It could be said that Lu Ye, the battlefield of the six Sun Glimmers, and the butterfly star beast were all aligned.

Confirming his position, Lu Ye immediately took out the Bone Xun, placed it to his lips, and gently blew into it, all while observing the butterfly star beast.

As the low, resonant sound of the Bone Xun echoed, the butterfly star beast, lingering in that part of the starry sky, suddenly stirred.