Sage of Humanity

When Lu Ye had previously received the gold-hued spirit fortune stick, he even thought about using a teleportation array to discard it, but it turned out that even when he teleported, the gold-hued spirit fortune stick, like a persistent parasite, could not be shaken off.

Once this object was bestowed, unless killed in battle, it was simply impossible to get rid of.

Therefore, for cultivators with low cultivation, being selected by Heaven's Augury to receive a gold-hued spirit fortune stick was definitely not good news.

Lu Ye had previously not wanted to get involved with this gold-hued spirit fortune stick, but now that it had come into his possession, he had no choice but to hold onto it.

It wasn't all bad; as long as he could wait out the time limit, he would not only obtain a gold-hued spirit fortune stick but also a good number of kill points, which should allow him to return to the top position on the Kills Ranking.

As long as there were enough teleportation arrays, it shouldn't be a problem to keep this spirit fortune stick safe.

The only problem was that Lu Ye didn't know how many times the spirit fortune stick on his hand had been activated. He could confirm that it had been activated once, but whether it had happened before that, he wasn't too clear. Such matters could only be verified with time.

Soon, six hours passed.

The gold-hued spirit fortune stick concealed in Lu Ye's embrace erupted once more. As the strong spirit force fluctuations swept through, a beam of light shot up into the sky, which couldn't be concealed even though he hid in a cave.

Without hesitation, he truly activated the teleportation array.

But before leaving, Lu Ye unleashed a saber light, striking the location of the explosion magic array.

After they teleported away, the cave hummed for a while, and flames erupted.

Before long, cultivators were drawn to the site, but they only found a scene of destruction and no other clues.

About 30 miles away, atop another teleportation array, Lu Ye and the others appeared. Yiyi was the first to flash out and used ground evasion to scout the surroundings.

She soon sent a message back, no one was around.

The group calmly awaited.

Another six hours passed, and the spirit fortune stick activated for the second time.

Just as before, they quickly activated the teleportation array and left, once again leaving behind a scene of ruin.

Arriving at a new teleportation array, Yiyi went to scout the surroundings again, while Lu Ye started to adjust the teleportation array, checking the connectivity of the array below to other teleportation arrays.

There was only one teleportation array they could connect to…

The spirit fortune stick in hand had now activated twice, counting the initial activation, making it three times in total, but the pale cyan light on the stick had not disappeared, meaning the time limit hadn't been reached.

In other words, there was one last time.

The teleportation array must ensure that it can connect to at least two places to be considered safe, for who could be certain if another teleportation array would not be discovered and destroyed by others while waiting.

If so, when the spirit fortune stick erupted for the last time, they would have no means to escape using the teleportation array.

Given the circumstances, they could only take the risk to set up more teleportation arrays.

After informing Li Baxian, Lu Ye concealed his form and sneaked out of the cave, picking a random direction and proceeding.

This task was something Li Baxian and the others couldn't help with, let alone follow Lu Ye; they could only stay put and await news from Lu Ye.

A distance of about 30 miles wasn't far, but Lu Ye needed to conceal his tracks and be constantly vigilant, so he couldn't move too fast; additionally, he had to find suitable locations for array setup. More than two hours later, he finally found a place to set up the Formation.

There was not enough time to set up a second array, so Lu Ye could only teleport back to Li Baxian to regroup.

Waiting silently, more than two hours later, the eruption of the spirit fortune stick in his embrace occurred as expected.

As the light pillar surged and spirit force roiled, the figures of Lu Ye and the two others vanished from the teleportation array.

In the blink of an eye, the three of them appeared on the newly set up teleportation array by Lu Ye.

After confirming the safety of their surroundings, Lu Ye quickly took out the spirit fortune stick from his embrace and found that the pale cyan light had disappeared. He breathed a sigh of relief and stored it in his personal storage space.

At the same time, on the Kills Ranking, the name of Lu Ye, who had originally been ranked third, shot up two places to return to the top spot.

This time his kill points had increased by a considerable 750 points in one go, making his total exceed 7,000, over 200 more than the second-ranked Tan Sheng.

At a certain location in the hunting ground, Tan Sheng, dressed in a green shirt, looked up at the changes in the Kills Ranking with a frown on his face.

He inwardly marveled, Lu Yiye's luck was incredibly good to have gained so many kill points all at once, obviously not from slaying enemies but due to holding that special gold-hued spirit fortune stick.

It was the same last time; the guy shot up by a thousand kill points and directly ascended to the top position on the Kills Ranking.

Within half a month, this man had consecutively secured two gold-hued spirit fortune sticks, such fortune truly made others envious.

He had vaguely heard that this Lu Yiye was from the Righteous Blood Sect in Bingzhou and was a target of many Ten Thousand Demons Ridge sects' bounties. Recently, many powerful beings in the hunting ground had been searching for his trails, but to no avail thus far.

A gap of over 200 kill points wasn't significant, but catching up to him wouldn't be easy. Despite his lower cultivation, he amassed kill points much more efficiently than Tan Sheng, which was truly frustrating.

Having been overtaken in the rankings, he could only think of ways to obtain more kill points. The reward for ranking first was an entire class A spring spirit different from second place. Now at Level 9 in his cultivation, it wouldn't be long before he advanced to True Lake and left the Cloud River battlefield. A class A spring spirit might not hold much value for him, but he still had many junior brothers and sisters who needed it, so he couldn't miss out on this at any cost.

While he was pondering this, a message suddenly came through his battlefield marking. Tan Sheng checked it and discovered it was from one of his junior brothers.

The message was simple, someone had gone through several channels to contact him, then entrusted his junior brother to pass along a message to Tan Sheng, hoping to arrange a meeting in the hunting grounds.

Tan Sheng was currently single-mindedly focused on gaining more kill points to overtake Lu Ye; where would he find the time to meet anyone, especially when contacting him in such a roundabout way meant their cultivation couldn't be too high.

He was just about to refuse when the second message made his eyes light up.

He immediately replied, "Are you certain they said that?"

His junior brother replied, "That is indeed what they said, but I don't know if it's true or false."

"If they truly possess that thing, then they could indeed make it happen! Ask them where they are now."

After a moment, his junior brother sent a reply with a location. Tan Sheng took out his ten-part map to check and found that the location was not close. Even with his level of cultivation, it would take him at least half a day to get there at full speed. He immediately said, "Tell them to wait for me there, I'm on my way."

After ending the communication, Tan Sheng soared into the sky, turning into a streak of light as he rushed towards the predetermined location.

At the same time, on a spirit mountaintop, two figures were stealthily lying in wait. If Lu Ye were here, he would definitely recognize them as the brothers Jiang Liuzi and Jiang Chengzi.

Both were disheveled and bore numerous injuries, evidently the result of combat.

Both had Level 5 in their cultivation, and their strengths were not weak. In the Cloud River Realm, they were capable of defeating opponents of higher levels.

Lately, under the leadership of the cultivator named Loo Shu, they had been searching the hunting grounds for various opportunities, and also tracking down Lu Ye.

Their luck was fairly good at the beginning as they found some chances and even killed some Haotian Alliance cultivators, gaining a lot of spoils of war, but they couldn't find any trace of Lu Ye.

If things continued on like this, they could barely accept it.

However, yesterday, their situation suddenly took a turn for the worse when they encountered a powerful member of the Haotian Alliance, someone who already held a grudge against their sect.

Upon encounter, a fight was inevitable.

Although Loo Shu's cultivation was not weak, being at Level 8, he was still no match for that person, who was one level higher in cultivation.

Under normal circumstances, it would not be easy for a Level 9 to kill a Level 8. Once their cultivation reached this level, if Loo Shu was determined to flee, it was very likely the other person would not be able to kill him.

But given their mutual deep-seated hatred and Loo Shu's need to look after the two brothers, he was forced into battle, allowing the two to escape first.

It was only after they reached a safe place that they realized Loo Shu's battlefield marking had disappeared, which meant, Brother Loo Shu had fallen in battle.

This left a bitter taste in the hearts of the two brothers, both feeling that they were the cause of their senior brother's death.

Seeking revenge was out of the question; facing an adversary with Level 9 cultivation was simply beyond them. They immediately decided to hide until the hunting grounds event ended.

However, that powerful member of the Haotian Alliance was nearby, searching for them, keeping them constantly on edge, fearful of being discovered.

In desperation, they had to seek help from the powerful, but the powerful within the hunting grounds were all competing for spots on the Kills Ranking; who would help them without cause?

Jiang Liuzi set his sights on Tan Sheng because Tan Sheng was powerful enough to ensure their safety. As for the bargaining chip to move him to action, the two brothers had something in their possession.

It was also a matter of luck. Just half a day ago, a beacon of white light appeared where they were hiding, a scattered opportunity from Heaven's Augury. From that white light, they obtained an item.

With this item in hand, the brothers were certain that Tan Sheng would definitely take action.

After several attempts, they found someone to help send a message to Tan Sheng, and were now awaiting a response.

Suddenly, a message arrived. Jiang Liuzi eagerly checked it.

Jiang Chengzi asked, "How did it go?"

Jiang Liuzi nodded, "Tan Sheng agreed, but he is quite far from here; it will take about half a day."

"That's good news; it's as if there's always a solution from heaven when all seems lost."

The two brothers hadn't expected to find such an item in their moment of despair, an item from the scattered opportunities of Heaven's Augury.

Which is more valuable, the rewards from the Kills Ranking or Lu Yiye's life?

For the cultivators of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge, it is undoubtedly the latter.

Even though Tan Sheng is in the awkward position of being second on the Kills Ranking, if he could truly slay Lu Ye, he would come immediately. Killing Lu Ye would not only get him back to the top of the ranking but also bring him many bounties, a true case of killing two birds with one stone.

For many Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators eager to kill Lu Ye, the most troublesome part now was finding his whereabouts. If you can't even find the person, how can you even talk about killing him?

But the item the Jiang brothers obtained could precisely determine Lu Ye's current location, which was why Tan Sheng hurried to meet them.