Chapter 2760: Corpse Tide

A moment later, Lu Ye burst out of the encirclement. His flesh was torn, and his injuries were horrific, but he had finally broken free from the siege.

"Be careful, Lady Blood Demon!" a cultivator cried out in alarm.

This was because Lu Ye was charging directly towards Lady Blood Demon.

At that moment, she was dizzy and extremely weak. Watching Lu Ye charge at her, she had no time to react.

As Lu Ye swept past her, Lady Blood Demon's body swayed slightly.

"How are you, Lady?" The cultivator who had just spoken immediately rushed to Lady Blood Demon's side to check on her, having vaguely seen Lu Ye swing his blade at her.

No sooner had he spoken than his expression drastically changed. A layer of dark, greenish-black energy suddenly surged from Lady Blood Demon's body, enveloping her entirely. Her original blood-red eyes had turned murky. She looked up at the cultivator and, without mercy, struck out with a claw-like hand.

"Hiss..." The cultivator gasped. He pulled back and retreated, narrowly avoiding a grave injury, but his heart sank. Lady Blood Demon's current state clearly indicated her life force was extinguished; she had transformed into a poisoned corpse!

Lu Ye continued to flee, countless fierce pursuers hot on his heels.

Though the pursuers were numerous, everyone knew that after Blood Calamity retreated, the Blood Wall spell encompassing the area had lost its effect. The cage had vanished, and they likely no longer had any means to restrain Lu Ye.

What surprised the pursuers was that Lu Ye did not seem to be in a hurry to escape. Instead, he kept circling within the area.

This left the many pursuers utterly bewildered, with no idea what he was trying to achieve.

It wasn't until a short while later that Lu Ye suddenly stopped.

At this point, most of his flesh was gone, his clothes were tattered, and gleaming golden Dao Bones were visible through his numerous wounds.

Yet, defiant and grim-faced, he raised his blade and pointed it at the pursuers: "If you like to chase, then let's fight!"

This scene baffled the pursuers even more.

But the next moment, everyone's expression changed.

This was because, in the Converging Dao City closest to Lu Ye, Tai Kun, drenched in blood and enveloped in dark, greenish-black energy, charged out of the ruined city. Behind him, numerous Converging Dao and Fusing Dao poisoned corpses followed closely.

These were clearly cultivators from this Converging Dao City who had transformed into poisoned corpses after being killed.

Streaks of dark, greenish-black energy flew out from various Converging Dao Cities, gathering into small streams.

Behind Lu Ye, from the many Converging Dao Cities, countless greenish-black streams converged, forming a great greenish-black river that surged forward.

Within that river were the figures of cultivators who had once belonged to the Bug and Blood races, their numbers simply incalculable!

Flying Locust shrieked, "You can actually control them?!"

They had already witnessed cultivators who died in battle after being poisoned transform into poisoned corpses, but they had never known that Lu Ye possessed the means and ability to control them.

They had only assumed the actions of those poisoned corpses earlier were purely instinctive.

At this moment, many Converging Dao Cities had already been breached. All Fusing Dao cultivators who participated in this battle had transformed into poisoned corpses, along with a large number of lower-rank and a few mid-rank Converging Dao cultivators.

Such a frenzied corpse tide was nothing short of a disaster; anyone who witnessed it would feel their scalp crawl.

Admittedly, the vast majority were merely Fusing Dao cultivators, and their strength was noticeably weakened after being transformed into poisoned corpses, but their sheer numbers were overwhelming.

Flying Locust barely hesitated, transforming into a streak of light and turning to flee.

However, from an oblique angle, a dragon-like bolt of lightning struck. The streak of light dissipated, revealing Flying Locust's disheveled figure.

He turned his head and saw Lady Blood Demon, spear in hand, charging towards him, reflected in his eyes.

Although this Blood Race Grand Princess had already transformed into a poisoned corpse, no one dared to damage her physical body. She was Blood Calamity's most beloved, and while Blood Calamity might not care for her life or death, others certainly couldn't afford not to.

Consequently, after she transformed into a poisoned corpse, no one dared to hinder her in the slightest.

The violent lightning energy left Flying Locust's body slightly numb, but he was still confident he could escape from this perilous situation.

He had absolute confidence in his speed.

The void suddenly twisted, and a flash of blade light attacked from the side. Flying Locust was filled with fear and panic; he barely needed to look to know that Lu Ye had targeted him.

"Damn it!" he cursed, biting the tip of his tongue. In that instant, as his essence blood was consumed, he narrowly dodged the attack.

Just as he regained his footing, another flash of blade light attacked from the front.

Gritting his teeth, he roared in fury, furiously urging his Dao Power and raising his Dao Weapon to parry.

A violent force struck, sending him flying.

He had intended to use the momentum to escape, but Lady Blood Demon's lightning energy struck once more, forcing him to prioritize his own defense.

Flying Locust's face was filled with bitterness. He was already no match for Lu Ye in a one-on-one fight, let alone with Lady Blood Demon, whose strength was in no way inferior to his own.

Admittedly, Lady Blood Demon's current displayed strength was considerably weaker than her normal state, but he himself was also unable to exert his full power.

As he exerted force, the virulent poison within him became increasingly active. This poison seemed capable of devouring Dao Power to strengthen itself!

What kind of poison was this? Flying Locust desperately searched his memories but found that he had never heard of such an outrageous substance.

This poison was even more terrifying and troublesome than the Lotus Seed Poison.

Finding himself in a desperate situation, Flying Locust could no longer care about anything else. He could only fight with all his might, alone against Lu Ye and Lady Blood Demon. His heart was filled with bitterness as he mused, "How the tables have turned. Before, I teamed up with Tai Kun and Jade Dragonfly against Lu Ye. Who could have imagined that a little over a month later, I would be facing a similar situation myself?"

Furthermore, his situation was even worse than Lu Ye's had been.

During the fierce battle, Flying Locust realized that both Lu Ye and Lady Blood Demon were merely wounding him, not killing him. How could he not understand Lu Ye's intention?

This was clearly to preserve his physical body and transform him into a poisoned corpse, just like Lady Blood Demon, for easy control.

He repeatedly wished to perish, but he lacked the resolute courage to do so.

His resistance grew weaker and weaker, while the dark, greenish-black energy on his body grew thicker.

Until a certain moment, Flying Locust's eyes turned murky, enveloped in a greenish-black hue. Under Lu Ye's control, he joined forces with Lady Blood Demon and charged towards the battlefield.

Lu Ye turned his head and saw that, at this moment, the frenzied corpse tide on the battlefield was confronting the Converging Dao army of the Bug and Blood races. Poisoned corpses were constantly being blown apart, suffering heavy casualties, yet the Converging Dao cultivators of the Bug and Blood races had also paid a considerable price.

Constantly, Converging Dao cultivators were transforming into poisoned corpses, thereby joining the corpse tide.

Therefore, although the corpse tide's scale was shrinking, its overall quality was gradually improving.

In such circumstances, the Converging Dao cultivators of the Bug and Blood races found themselves in a truly difficult situation, having to suppress their own poisons while simultaneously fighting fiercely against the poisoned corpses.

Already, some Converging Dao cultivators, seeing the unfavorable situation, began to flee.

The situation was settled!

Seeing this, Lu Ye turned and swept towards the nearest Converging Dao City.

There were too many breached Converging Dao Cities nearby, all results of the corpse tide's eruption. In Lu Ye's eyes, these were like fragrant chunks of fatty meat, making him drool with desire.

While he certainly wanted to slay more enemies, such easy opportunities were rare, so he naturally had to cherish them.

This was a Wilderness-grade city. Normally, even if Lu Ye wanted to breach it, it would require considerable effort, but at this moment, the city had become an empty shell. Even its defensive formation had ceased operating, leaving it completely undefended against him.

He quickly arrived at the central great hall, shattered the Converging Dao Orb, and collected the many fragments into a pouch.

Then came the second, the third...

As he plundered one Converging Dao City after another, the Converging Dao Orb fragments in his pouch grew more and more numerous.

Lu Ye felt that all the wounds on his body no longer hurt, and his mood was extremely joyful.

Rushing out of another Converging Dao City, Lu Ye looked up and glanced to the side, his eyes immediately lighting up.

It was a magnificent giant city, presumably Tai Kun's Converging Dao City!

This was a Universe-grade city. If he seized the Converging Dao Orb within it, the fragments he obtained would be enough to allow his Inner World Secret Art to cultivate to the eighth layer!

However, a Universe-grade city was, after all, a Universe-grade city. Unlike other Converging Dao Cities, Tai Kun City's defensive formation was still operational, and many figures were observing from afar within the city.

These were clearly the Converging Dao cultivators who had remained in the city.

Their strength was sufficient; when the corpse tide erupted, they immediately slaughtered all the poisoned corpses. Now, only these Converging Dao cultivators remained in the city.

Even so, the defensive formation of such a Universe-grade city was not something Lu Ye could breach.

But why would Lu Ye need to personally breach the formation?

He simply had a thought, and Tai Kun, who was fighting on the battlefield, quickly flew in his direction, sweeping directly towards his own Converging Dao City.

Although Tai Kun had transformed into a poisoned corpse, he was, after all, the City Lord of Tai Kun City in life, and the defensive formation was ineffective against him.

So when he rushed into Tai Kun City without hindrance, intending to charge towards the central great hall, the many Converging Dao cultivators in the city all changed their expressions drastically and acted to stop him.

A great battle began.

Lu Ye waited patiently.

As long as Tai Kun could shatter the Converging Dao Orb in the city, he could immediately rush in and intercept those fragments.

He was filled with anticipation.

But at this moment, Lu Ye suddenly turned his head to look towards the deepest part of the Blood Source Sea. In that direction, the aura of the Starry Sky Chessboard inexplicably had a massive eruption. Even the thick blood mist could not conceal the light from the supreme treasure's burst, as if a sun had exploded within it.

Lu Ye's heart skipped a beat; he had a bad feeling.

He dared to act so unbridled here, firstly by relying on the power of the corpse tide, and secondly by being certain that Blood Calamity was currently preoccupied.

Earlier, Blood Calamity couldn't even care about Lady Blood Demon's life or death; he had left immediately after detecting an anomaly with his main body.

But now, something unexpected had clearly happened with the Starry Sky Chessboard.

As Lu Ye was wondering, a streak of light suddenly swept out from the depths of the blood mist into his vision, and the dense aura of a supreme treasure rapidly approached.

The Starry Sky Chessboard!

It had escaped!

Lu Ye's eyelids twitched.

This was truly very bad.

He hadn't expected the Starry Sky Chessboard to be able to escape from Blood Calamity, and this was not something he wanted to see. If Blood Calamity couldn't refine the Starry Sky Chessboard, then he would inevitably turn his attention to Lu Ye.

He had to leave quickly!

Regardless of the outcome of Blood Calamity's confrontation with the Starry Sky Chessboard, he could not remain here before Blood Calamity freed himself.