Chapter 2124: Blood Eagle Attacks

Wind Rises in Kyushu

As they spoke, the great battle erupted, just as Lu Ye had witnessed more than a year ago. Hundreds of thousands of Star Abyss creatures forged a brutal battlefield with their blood and flesh.

Lu Ye observed for a moment and perceived the chaos on the battlefield.

With both sides in considerable numbers and no effective way to distinguish friend from foe, once the melee began, everyone around them became an enemy unless they knew each other.

Such a battlefield seemed more like a grand feast, a chaotic mix of hundreds of thousands of Star Abyss cultivators, where countless beings were destined to fall, and a lucky few were destined to gain benefits.

Lu Ye finally spotted Chen Wulei and his group; the three automatons were quite striking in appearance. Their team of nine had gathered and was moving only along the edge of the vast battlefield, never venturing deep inside. They seized opportunities to gain benefits and immediately retreated if they encountered a strong enemy.

This was undoubtedly the smartest approach.

A year ago, they would have been completely unable to act this way because the aura of the Lost Ones was too obvious; any engagement would expose them and attract Star Abyss creatures from all sides to surround and kill them.

But over the past year, their auras had gradually transformed towards those of Star Abyss creatures. Although there were still some differences from true Star Abyss creatures, the distinction was no longer significant.

It was estimated that after some time, everyone would be able to shed their identity as Lost Ones and completely integrate into the Star Abyss. By then, they would be indistinguishable from Star Abyss cultivators.

Only Lu Ye still seemed out of place with his surroundings.

He also couldn't figure out if this was a good thing or a bad thing...

While the fierce battle was still raging, Uncle Duan's voice suddenly came from behind: "They're here!"

Lu Ye immediately looked up and saw in the vision a vast, deep sea of blood approaching the battlefield. The surging waves of the blood sea converged into a grotesque human face. The face roared with an open mouth, and from an unknown distance, its voice still echoed into the Green Palace.

"Yin Luo! Come out and die!"

"I've been waiting for you!" Yin Luo snorted coldly, her small face filled with murderous intent, then threw the cloth doll she had been holding in her arms towards Lu Ye.

Before Lu Ye could react, he felt a shadow envelop him. He looked up and saw the cloth doll had become incredibly huge; its tattered body split open as if gaining a massive mouth, and it swallowed him in one gulp.

Lu Ye found himself completely enveloped in something soft, then felt himself moving rapidly.

Yin Luo's voice reached his ears: "I'll deal with him. You find your own opportunity."

Lu Ye acknowledged.

He knew he must be inside the cloth doll now. This thing looked unremarkable, but he hadn't expected it to be a treasure.

He was also somewhat puzzled: "Why isn't Uncle Duan joining forces with you?"

Uncle Duan's strength should also be considerable. If he could join forces with Yin Luo, their chances of victory would undoubtedly be greater.

"No," Yin Luo replied. "If Uncle Duan makes a move, that scoundrel will run away. He only wants to fight me one-on-one."

On a normal battlefield, a commander would never do such a thing; that would be treating the lives of their soldiers as a game. But this was the Star Abyss, and Blood Fiend wouldn't care about the lives of the Star Abyss creatures who had pledged allegiance to him. No matter how many died, more would come to pledge allegiance.

After Yin Luo finished speaking, Lu Ye felt violent tremors coming from outside, along with extremely terrifying fluctuations of power.

He quickly composed himself and concealed his aura.

Although his concealment was useless before a Peak Dao Integration cultivator, Yin Luo should be able to hide him effectively. What he did was merely an extra precaution for added security.

Not daring to probe carelessly, he didn't know exactly how Yin Luo and Blood Fiend were fighting. However, the cloth doll he was hiding in seemed to have become Yin Luo's weapon against her enemy. Under the empowerment of terrifying power, even the tattered cloth doll possessed the ability to destroy stars and realms.

Just feeling the residual power made Lu Ye's heart tremble with trepidation.

With his own safety not a concern, it was time to employ his own methods.

He quietly circulated his vital blood, letting it permeate outwards as carefully as possible.

A Blood Clan member at Peak Dao Integration was extremely sensitive to their own sea of blood. Under normal circumstances, any slight move by Lu Ye would be detected, but at this moment, Blood Fiend had to contend with Yin Luo, so he couldn't be as meticulously vigilant.

So as long as Lu Ye was careful, there shouldn't be too big a problem.

Time passed...

Lu Ye gradually increased the circulation of his vital blood, integrating his own vital blood power into Blood Fiend's sea of blood. He even took advantage of a moment of intense confrontation between Blood Fiend and Yin Luo to integrate a drop of his precious blood.

Until a certain moment...

"He seems to have noticed something!" Yin Luo's voice entered Lu Ye's ears.

Lu Ye no longer hesitated: "In three breaths, use your strongest ability!"

As he spoke, he no longer concealed himself and frantically stirred his vital blood.

Blood Fiend's expression instantly changed. From his perspective, the giant cloth doll that Yin Luo had been controlling against him suddenly became intensely blood-red, and a sea of blood permeated out from within the doll, radiating outwards.

"Blood Clan!" Blood Fiend's expression turned cold as he realized there was someone hidden inside Yin Luo's cloth doll. But after sensing Lu Ye's cultivation, he immediately snorted, "A mere Dao Incarnation realm!"

If it were a Dao Integration cultivator, he might still be somewhat wary, because at that level, the opponent might have the qualifications to threaten him.

But merely a Dao Incarnation realm cultivator... how could he even consider them a threat?

At this moment, he finally understood what the strangeness he had felt earlier was. It was clearly a method secretly employed by that Dao Incarnation realm clansman, but he had been too preoccupied to notice and hadn't detected it.

"Explode!" Inside the cloth doll, Lu Ye let out a low roar. The precious blood previously integrated into Blood Fiend's sea of blood immediately exploded, and his own sea of blood fiercely spread out.

Sacred Power activated!

Before the result was known, Lu Ye had no way of judging whether his Sacred Power or Blood Fiend's was stronger. After all, this was the first Blood Clan member, and a Peak Dao Integration realm cultivator at that, he had encountered in the Star Abyss, so he currently had no standard for judging the strength of Blood Clan Sacred Power there.

If his Sacred Power was not as strong as Blood Fiend's, then everything he did today would be in vain. However, Yin Luo's strength was slightly greater than Blood Fiend's, so self-preservation wouldn't be an issue.

But if his Sacred Power was stronger than Blood Fiend's, then it could suppress him and weaken his strength, regardless of the difference in their cultivation realms.

Almost simultaneously with Lu Ye activating his Sacred Power, Blood Fiend also activated his own!

When contending with Yin Luo, he didn't need to use Sacred Power because it was meaningless; Sacred Power wouldn't enhance his strength. But upon encountering an unknown clansman secretly hidden within Yin Luo's Dao Armament, he naturally had to take countermeasures.

Even though he believed that in terms of Sacred Power, the opponent could absolutely not surpass him!

The two streams of Sacred Power erupted simultaneously, colliding invisibly within the sea of blood.

Lu Ye felt a surge of relief, while the composed Blood Fiend's expression suddenly changed: "Impossible!"

A Blood Clan Sacred Power at the Dao Incarnation realm was actually stronger than his own, and this strength could significantly suppress his power.

In an instant, the originally vast sea of blood suddenly shrank, its volume reduced by a full twenty percent.

Not only that, Blood Fiend's overall strength within the sea of blood also noticeably plummeted.

Yin Luo, who had already received Lu Ye's instructions, now erupted with full force.

The previously somewhat evenly matched situation was suddenly broken. Blood Fiend roared and resisted desperately, but it was futile. Although Yin Luo's mind was simple, as a transformed Star Beast, her combat instincts were ingrained, and she excelled at striking when her opponent was down. In just a short moment, she severely wounded Blood Fiend.

Realizing the gravity of the situation, Blood Fiend immediately tried to flee.

However, at this moment, another figure charged into the sea of blood.

It was Uncle Duan, who had been observing nearby.

He clearly knew this was an an opportunity to eradicate the problem. With Blood Fiend currently entangled by Yin Luo and unable to escape, Uncle Duan's joining made it a two-on-one fight, and Blood Fiend's situation became even more desperate.

"Who are you! Who exactly are you?" Blood Fiend's furious roars reached Lu Ye's ears. He couldn't understand why a Dao Incarnation realm cultivator could suppress him in terms of Sacred Power; if not for this, he would never have fallen into such a desperate situation.

Lu Ye, hidden inside the cloth doll, naturally paid no attention. He only felt that after another intense clash outside, Blood Fiend's aura suddenly vanished.

"Haha!" Yin Luo's laughter rang out. "Finally killed him!"

Blood Fiend had contended with her for decades. Although she always had the upper hand, she was never able to finish him off. She had been itching to get rid of Blood Fiend and finally got her wish this time.

"Let me out!" Lu Ye's voice came from the side.

Only then did Yin Luo remember the great contributor to this battle. She quickly made a gesture with her hand, the huge cloth doll's belly split open, and Lu Ye fell out.

Stabilizing himself, Lu Ye turned his head to look, but Blood Fiend was nowhere to be seen. Only at the spot where Blood Fiend's life force vanished was there a surge of golden energy.

"Dao power!" Lu Ye's eyebrows rose. This was undoubtedly the unconsumed Dao power left behind after Blood Fiend's death.

It was just that Blood Fiend's Dao power seemed somewhat different from what he knew. Upon closer inspection, there seemed to be intricate and profound patterns within the surging gold.

Besides that, there was also the sea of blood left by Blood Fiend. As for Blood Fiend himself, it seemed his body had been completely obliterated.

He was secretly alarmed, not knowing what kind of deadly move Yin Luo had prepared for Blood Fiend that possessed such power.

At this very moment, Uncle Duan was sitting precisely where the golden energy surged, with eyes closed and concentrating, clearly refining this Dao power.

Noticing his gaze, Uncle Duan opened his eyes and gestured, saying, "You are the primary contributor to this battle. Come and refine it together. There's a considerable amount of Dao power remaining after a Peak Dao Integration realm cultivator's death. If we don't quickly refine it, this residual Dao power will dissipate in a few days."

Lu Ye said, "I'll collect this sea of blood first."

Over these many years, Lu Ye's Blood Clan bloodline had been significantly depleted due to various expenditures of precious blood. Although he gained some replenishment when conquering the two Blood Clan realms, overall, the expenditures outweighed the gains.

Killing Blood Fiend this time would undoubtedly yield a bountiful harvest.