Chapter 2747: Old Lair

The Winds of Kyushu Rise

In the void, a colossal saber gleam struck down repeatedly, over a dozen times in succession!

Each blow caused the Desolate-grade Hegemony City to shake violently, and under the onslaught of the ferocious Dao power, the light barrier of the protective formation visibly dimmed.

Several Hegemons within the city had already entered the formation, solely to reinforce its power.

Outside the city, Lu Ye’s wounds burst open, bleeding profusely, yet his gaze remained unyielding.

Under normal circumstances, even with his current strength, breaking through the defenses of a Desolate-grade Hegemony City would be exceedingly difficult.

It wasn't that there was no chance, but it would first require neutralizing the power of the Hegemons within the city, which would then significantly weaken the city's protective formation.

And it would also require ample time.

However, this was a Blood Clan Hegemony City, which presented an exploitable opportunity.

As he delivered another saber strike, Lu Ye abruptly activated his Blood Clan bloodline. A dense sacred aura permeated the area, radiating oppressive power.

While the Hegemony City's protective formation could withstand his brutal assaults, it was powerless against this invisible bloodline suppression.

Almost immediately upon his activation of the sacred aura, muffled groans echoed from various parts of the city, even from within the central grand hall.

The protective formation, which had already been weakening under Lu Ye's relentless attacks, suddenly became unstable at that moment. Layers of ripples appeared on the light barrier, and its strength was consequently reduced to an extreme.

Under the pervasive sacred aura, all Blood Clan members in the city were suppressed, including the one presiding within the central grand hall.

This sudden blow created a massive vulnerability in the Hegemony City's defenses.

Blood and qi surged into Lu Ye's right arm, causing it to explosively swell. He pressed the saber's edge against the protective formation, which vibrated violently several times as his internal Dao power burst forth.

The obstruction ahead instantly vanished, revealing a colossal opening, as if a piece of brocade had been torn apart. Lu Ye stepped through.

After a moment of silence, the entire Hegemony City erupted into chaos. Numerous figures darted out, some scattering to flee, while others rushed towards the central grand hall.

Saber light raged, cleaving figures in half mid-air, staining the sky with blood. Not only the Fusion cultivators within the city, but even the few Hegemons dared not directly confront his sharp edge.

Having personally witnessed how Lu Ye had previously slain their city lord, they knew well that this was a power they absolutely could not contend with.

Three breaths later, Lu Ye stormed into the central grand hall. The Hegemon presiding there had already fled into the Convergence Realm the moment the formation broke. At this moment, only a dozen or so Fusion cultivators who hadn't managed to escape remained. A small portion of them were Blood Clan cultivators, and seeing Lu Ye charge in with his saber, every single one turned ashen, trembling in body and soul.

Under the flashing saber light, lives were extinguished one by one. By the time Lu Ye reached the Hegemony Orb, not a single living soul remained in the grand hall. As for outside, it was an even greater scene of devastation.

Gazing at the Desolate-grade Hegemony Orb before him, Lu Ye didn't hesitate and unleashed a punch.

This was an unexpected bonus. His minor world secret technique had now reached the sixth level of perfection, and the Hegemony Orb within his inner heaven and earth was also Desolate-grade. To continue cultivating, he first needed to upgrade it to Deluge-grade.

Advancing from Desolate-grade to Deluge-grade required significant accumulation, which was no easy feat for an ordinary Hegemony City. However, Lu Ye possessed a special method for gathering Hegemony Orb fragments, making it much more convenient for him than for others.

After collecting all the Hegemony Orb fragments, Lu Ye darted out of the grand hall.

But no sooner had he steadied himself than he turned his head and looked in a certain direction.

At that location, another Hegemony City had appeared, though this one was rapidly decelerating. Some cultivators who had just fled from here were pouring into it and vanishing from sight.

Were these two Hegemony Cities allied? If not, how would this newly arrived Hegemony City so readily accept those cultivators?

Lu Ye raised an eyebrow slightly and instantly darted towards that Hegemony City.

Since they were allied, there was naturally no reason to let them off.

Moreover, judging by the scale of this newly arrived Hegemony City, it appeared to be only Heaven-grade.

As for why the other party was decelerating, it was clearly because they had sensed the anomaly here, or had received news and intended to flee.

That was indeed the case. As Lu Ye approached, this Heaven-grade City indeed showed signs of wanting to flee, but it hadn't gotten far before being overtaken.

Standing outside the city, Lu Ye swept his gaze across it and immediately broke into a smile.

When he had previously realized these two Hegemony Cities were allied, Lu Ye had suspected this might be another Blood Clan city, and it now seemed his suspicion was correct.

There were many Blood Clan cultivators within the city.

This was a gift delivered right to his doorstep; Lu Ye wouldn't be polite. He immediately drew his Mountain-Cleaving Saber, poured Dao power into the blade, and slashed down fiercely.

He had single-handedly breached many Heaven-grade cities before, so his current actions were second nature.

However, after just three saber strikes, Lu Ye noticed that the Hegemony City's protective formation had greatly weakened, and the aura of cultivators in the city was rapidly diminishing.

He couldn't help but be surprised.

He hadn't even activated his Blood Clan sacred aura suppression yet, and the opposing Hegemons had already begun to flee.

This was understandable. With a Desolate-grade City having just been breached before their eyes, this Heaven-grade City naturally felt it couldn't resist, so its cultivators would prioritize saving their lives.

This, however, pleasantly surprised Lu Ye.

For him, killing these Blood Clan cultivators offered no practical benefit; instead, breaching cities and collecting Hegemony Orb fragments was what he needed most right now.

A moment later, the grand formation was torn open. Just as before, Lu Ye charged in and rampaged through the central grand hall.

A little while later, when Lu Ye emerged from the grand hall, the bag he carried held even more Hegemony Orb fragments.

He looked left and right, his gaze quickly drawn to one direction.

What was happening today? It was truly one stroke of luck after another, for he saw another Heaven-grade City darting towards this direction.

There was no need to think; this must be a reinforcement that had received news, allied with the previous two Hegemony Cities, just arriving a little later than the Heaven-grade City he had just dealt with.

However, this Heaven-grade City showed no signs of decelerating, appearing somewhat imposing.

Lu Ye quickly sensed something was amiss. He turned his head and looked around, his eyebrows involuntarily rising.

More than one Heaven-grade City was approaching; there were three others as well, one of which appeared to be Desolate-grade, and they were all closing in from four directions.

With his current strength, he had a chance to take down any one of these Hegemony Cities, but against four, there was no hope. Under a four-sided siege, he wouldn't have an opportunity to unleash his full power.

Therefore, after a brief deliberation, Lu Ye fled in one direction.

Seeing this, the four Hegemony Cities all pursued.

However, how could the speed of a Hegemony City compare to that of a cultivator? In just a moment, they were shaken off without a trace.

Half a day later, Lu Ye was hidden inside a meteorite, his brows tightly furrowed.

Something was amiss.

Because in the past half-day, no matter which direction he went, he encountered all sorts of Hegemony Cities encircling and intercepting him, many of which were shaped like insect nests.

Those were undoubtedly affiliated with the Insect Race.

In this half-day, he had single-handedly breached three Heaven-grade Hegemony Cities. As for those above Heaven-grade, it wasn't that he hadn't encountered them, but rather that he hadn't had the opportunity to breach them.

Because breaching a Desolate-grade City ultimately required some time, and if he stayed in any single location for more than a hundred breaths, other Hegemony Cities would come to reinforce.

If it weren't for his current impressive attainments in the Dao of Space and his nascent success in Void Teleportation, he would have had no chance at all of escaping his pursuers under such encirclement and interception.

Inside the meteorite, Lu Ye rapidly refined the Hegemony Orb fragments in his hand, integrating them into his inner heaven and earth, all while pondering the situation.

The situation was very wrong. Nearly eighty percent of the Hegemony Cities here belonged to the Blood Clan and Insect Race. Even those not directly controlled by Blood Clan and Insect Race cultivators still had their members among them.

This was clearly unusual.

Throughout the Inner Realm, while the Insect and Blood Races were powerful, their Hegemony Cities shouldn't be this ubiquitous.

Had he, by any chance, stumbled into the stronghold of these two races?

As this thought arose, a gloomy expression settled on Lu Ye's face.

It wasn't impossible. Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't have been so unlucky to sink from the Outer Realm into the Inner Realm in such a way. But if the Will of the Star Abyss had interfered, then it was hard to say.

Lu Ye carefully recalled his feelings when he had previously entered the Inner Realm and increasingly felt there were traces of that Will's interference.

That Will was clearly furious at the previous actions of this 'rebellious son.' Not only did it personally bestow that curse, but it also tampered with things during his descent into the Inner Realm, exiling him to the territory of the Insect and Blood Races.

If there was anyone in the entire Star Abyss who most wished to capture Lu Ye, it could only be Blood Scourge.

Ever since the battle on the Starry Sky Chessboard that day, after Blood Scourge briefly controlled Lu Ye's physical body, he had been obsessed with Lu Ye. When the Tower of Time opened, he even dispatched two of his Cosmic-grade City Lords and numerous Hegemons with the intention of abducting him. Unfortunately, his efforts ultimately failed, and his forces were decimated.

That Will had previously sent San but couldn't kill this rebellious son, Lu Ye. Now, it was clearly placing its hopes on Blood Scourge.

Lu Ye's heart pounded wildly.

If so, that would be truly dreadful.

Once news of his whereabouts reached Blood Scourge, this Blood Lord would certainly not miss such an opportunity.

With urgency in his heart, Lu Ye refined the Hegemony Orb fragments in his hand even more quickly. These items couldn't be stored in storage rings or similar containers and constantly emanated a peculiar fluctuation. Carrying such a bag of fragments, Lu Ye was practically as conspicuous as a lamp in the dark.

But he was reluctant to give them up; after all, these were the fruits of his hard-won city assaults.

He needed to quickly refine these fragments and then find a way to leave this dreadful place.

Time passed.

As Lu Ye was still refining the last portion of fragments, a sudden warning sign arose in his heart. Without thinking twice, he used a Void Leaping technique and jumped out of his spot.

He reappeared hundreds of miles away in the void.

Within his vision, a dazzling light flashed, and a meteorite turned to dust. That was precisely where he had been hidden before.

In the distance, a colossal, majestic city slowly approached, like an ancient ferocious beast. In a certain part of that city, there were clear residual traces of a formation having been activated.

A Deluge-grade City!

Lu Ye's eyes narrowed involuntarily.

Although Yuan Xi City had also passed through the Deluge-grade stage, it was ultimately an anomaly. In contrast, this current Deluge-grade City was simply a behemoth, truly possessing the awe-inspiring might of a Deluge-grade City.