Chapter 500: Hunting List

The body cultivator charged aggressively towards Yiyi. Yiyi showed no intention of dodging, standing her ground and continuously casting spells. Although her attacks made the opponent's spirit shield flash brightly, they could not stop his advance. Confusion flashed in the body cultivator's eyes. He couldn't understand why this delicate female cultivator wasn't running. Normally, given the huge disparity in cultivation levels, the weaker party would certainly flee or at least try to dodge in such a situation. But she just stood there... With no time to ponder further, the body cultivator endured Yiyi's spells and rushed up to her. A hint of joy flickered in his previously despairing eyes, and he hastily changed his mind about killing her. He decided to capture her alive, hoping to use her as leverage for his own survival.

He thrust his spirit shield forward forcefully, aiming to hit Yiyi. He held back some power, fearing that if he used full force, the female cultivator would simply explode. The spirit shield hit nothing. The body cultivator's eyes widened instantly, scarcely believing what he had just seen. Just as his spirit shield was about to connect with her delicate form, she had simply sunk into the ground, vanishing without a trace. He couldn't comprehend what had just happened. Numerous thoughts surged through his mind as he wondered what it was he had just witnessed. A living person had simply sunk into the ground right before his eyes, yet there was no pit or damage to the ground whatsoever. What he had just witnessed seemed like an illusion.

He didn't know why she could sink into the ground. He only knew that he was truly in trouble now, because a sharp killing intent had assailed him from behind. He turned around hastily, and what met his eyes was a flash of fiery red saber light. He quickly raised his spirit artifact to block. With a clang, the body cultivator staggered backward, his internal injuries significantly affecting him and greatly reducing the strength he could exert.

Seeing Lu Ye attack again, he could no longer hesitate. He urged his spiritual power, leaped into the air, and attempted to flee the area. Originally, if he could have taken someone down with him, he would have accepted his death. But now that his intended sacrifice was gone, dying here would be too great a loss. Therefore, he had to escape, no matter what.

Gazing at the body cultivator's leaping figure, Lu Ye's weapon box at his waist hummed, and nine streaks of light shot out. At the same time, the long saber in his hand swiftly delivered three strikes. Three crescent-shaped saber glints shot forth in a three-pronged attack, targeting the body cultivator. A series of thudding sounds echoed as the body cultivator, with his back to Lu Ye, was violently shaken by the nine flying artifacts and struck by the three saber glints. Unable to maintain his posture, he had only ascended about ten zhang high when he screamed and plummeted.

He landed heavily on the ground. Stars burst before his eyes, and as his vision returned, a fox mask appeared in his view. Lu Ye held his saber in a reverse grip. Standing before the body cultivator, he plunged the saber down without hesitation. The saber pierced through his chest and emerged from his back. The body cultivator's body stiffened abruptly. He raised a large hand and reached for Lu Ye's face, seemingly wanting to tear off Lu Ye's mask to see who had killed him. It was futile. As Lu Ye withdrew his saber, blood spurted out, life rapidly drained away, and the body cultivator's raised hand fell limply, the light in his eyes fading.

A point of red light flew out from the body cultivator's corpse, landing on the back of Lu Ye's hand. Lu Ye bent down, collected the opponent's two spirit artifacts, and unfastened his storage bag. After ensuring nothing was left behind, he called out to Yiyi, "Let's go!" This was no place to linger. They were at the edge of the hunting ground, and news of its appearance must have already spread. Anyone intending to enter from outside would appear here first. Those brave enough to enter now were naturally confident in their own strength, and staying here would only lead to continuous trouble. Furthermore, the powerful cultivators already inside the hunting ground were undoubtedly heading towards the periphery to lie in wait and ambush trespassing cultivators from opposing factions. Therefore, in the early stages of the hunting ground's activation, a cultivator with a low cultivation level like Lu Ye absolutely could not remain in the peripheral zone. In the first three days, the peripheral zone was where most deaths occurred.

Yiyi returned into Amber, and Lu Ye sprinted away. He dared not fly out, opting instead to run close to the ground. While his speed wasn't as fast as flying, it was still considerable after activating his Windwalk spirit pattern. As he was running, his peripheral vision suddenly caught a dazzling flash of light in the sky. Lu Ye stopped and looked up. Atop the bloody barrier, a brilliant red light writhed, flowing out like fresh blood, and then transformed into a flag-like object. Across the entire hunting ground, spanning hundreds of thousands of miles, any cultivator who looked up could see this flag. The blood-red flag fluttered in mid-air. Lu Ye initially didn't know what it was, but he quickly realized: this was the Hunting Ground Kill Ranking, or simply, the Kill Ranking. A sudden ominous feeling surged within him, because he had just killed a fifth-level Cloud River Realm body cultivator, two levels above his own. The blood-red Kill Ranking trembled slightly, and rows of large golden characters appeared on it. The first row listed three categories: Name, Kill Points, and Reward.