Sage of Humanity

Chapter 189 My Family's Healing Cultator is Very Terrifying

Madam Yun's wings rune tattoo she had inked on Lu Ye's back had come in handy as Lu Ye had unexpectedly soared into the sky. The three Ten Thousand Demons Ridge cultivators were clearly startled and obviously hadn't anticipated Lu Ye possessing such an ability.

For a moment, a red light that was Lu Ye flashed across the sky, with three differently colored spirit lights trailing behind him, creating long, luminous trails.

Rune tattoos are not something every low-level cultivator could possess. Across the entire Nine Provinces, the number of spirit runes masters wasn't considerable, and those capable of inking rune tattoos on low-level cultivators were even fewer. It could be said that in the entire Nine Provinces cultivation world, there were no more than twenty such spirit runes masters.

Madam Yun was one of them! If not for the sect master's sake, she wouldn't have easily made a move.

Lu Ye flew dozens of meters before the sense of danger behind him gradually dissipated. Glancing back, he saw that those people had withdrawn their Spiritual Artifacts, obviously indicating that Lu Ye had escaped their attack range.

Weapon control in combat had its limits, and for several Level 7 cultivators, thirty meters was their maximum distance. Beyond that, their connection with their Spiritual Artifacts would be severed.

Seeing Lu Ye escaping, the three looked at each other unsure whether to pursue him. Lu Ye had just killed two of their magic cultivators, which indeed made them wary, but Lu Ye's cultivation level had also been revealed—it was only Level 6. Furthermore, two other Haotian Alliance cultivators had been seriously injured.

At this point, the best choice was to pursue them and not give the enemy a chance to breathe.

However, the small island across was someone else's territory; rashly chasing into it wasn't a good move. If someone had set a trap there...

Not to mention, if just a few Haotian Alliance cultivators were lying in ambush, they would be in trouble, although this possibility was not great.

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After hesitating for a moment, the three consulted briefly and decided to let the ghost cultivator sneak in to scout the situation.

Among the six systems of cultivation, ghost cultivators excel at stealth and assassination. However, since all the cultivators Lu Ye had encountered were not highly cultivated, even if some were ghost cultivators, this characteristic wasn't very distinct. When cultivation is low, there isn't much difference between ghost and combat cultivators.

Only when those ghost cultivators' cultivation was sufficient would their advantages start to reveal slowly.

However, as everyone knows, ghost cultivators are the fastest; therefore, the heavy responsibility of scouting the enemy necessarily fell on that ghost cultivator, even though he was somewhat reluctant. At this moment, there was no better strategy available.

With the cover of his two companions, the ghost cultivator successfully infiltrated Lu Ye's island. After a distant scouting, he soon brought back a good news and a bad news.

The good news was that there indeed was one more person on the other side, but that person was also just a Level 6 cultivator.

The bad news was that the person was a healing cultivator, currently attending to the injuries of those two injured Haotian Alliance cultivators!

Upon hearing this feedback, the physique and combat cultivators were taken aback. They couldn't figure out which sect's governor and deputy governor, both Level 6, would include a healing cultivator among them.

It is well known that while healing cultivators might master other branches, because they spend substantial time studying medicine, among cultivators of the same level, healing cultivators are the weakest.

In the Spirit Stream Defense Battle, healing cultivators almost never appear. At such a place and time where fighting the enemy is commonplace, insufficient strength invariably leads to death; what use then is bringing a healing cultivator? To sew people into stitched corpses after they are chopped into a dozen pieces?

Thus, the three from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge could indeed not understand which broke-down sect would have such astonishing tactics.

But they knew they could not wait any longer. With a healing cultivator on the other side, once those two severely injured Haotian Alliance cultivators received medical attention, their combat strength would recover, turning it into a four-against-three situation!

The decision was made immediately; the three from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge swiftly moved towards the opposing island, while planning to let the ghost cultivator engage Lu Ye. They had a deep understanding of Lu Ye's methods and knew not to treat this Level 6 cultivator as an ordinary one.

They did not expect the ghost cultivator to kill Lu Ye, but to hold him off while they dealt with the three Haotian Alliance members. Even if Lu Ye could fly, it would still be hard for him to escape death in a three-on-one battle.

Meanwhile, Hua Ci, who was tending to the wounds of two Haotian Alliance cultivators, glanced at Lu Ye beside her.

Lu Ye understood immediately.

"Have they come?" asked the physique cultivator.

"They have!"

The physique cultivator stood up with difficulty, grasping his big shield spirit artifact, and sighed inwardly. It seemed inevitable that he had to face this predicament. He smiled at Lu Ye, "It seems I have dragged you into this. I'll do my best to hold them off."

The female cultivator also stood up, holding two dagger spiritual artifacts in her hands.

Although she had received treatment from Hua Ci, there was too little time, and the most Hua Ci had been able to do was to stop the bleeding for them.

The female cultivator seemed to want to say something to Lu Ye, but eventually, she did not speak. Instead, Lu Ye slowly drew the saber from his waist and said indifferently, "No need to fight them head-on. If they dare to come here, this will be their grave."

The physique and female cultivators were surprised and did not understand where he got such confidence. Although they had four people on their side, their chances of winning were not high.

"My healer is very formidable!"

After speaking, Lu Ye gripped his Boulder Mountain Saber, and in his field of vision, the figures of the three from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge charged towards them. Before the people arrived, three streaks of flowing light had already swept forth.

The burly physique cultivator bellowed, positioning himself in front of the others and planted his spirit artifact big shield on the ground. As he channeled spirit force, a thick barrier emerged on the shield, protecting all four of them behind it.

The sound of clanging rang out, each impact causing the physique cultivator to stagger slightly, yet he stood his ground as if rooted to the spot, immovable.

As the enemy continued their assault, the barrier of the big shield spirit artifact began to fracture. Meanwhile, Lu Ye and the female cultivator had already charged out to the left and right.

The female cultivator threw one of her dagger spiritual artifacts, also employing the Weapon Control Path to attack the opponent, forcing the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge combat cultivator to activate his own spiritual artifact in defense.

At the same time, Lu Ye also activated his magic and spells, launching an attack at the ghost cultivator.

The scene was bustling with activity, with the fluctuations of spirit force rising and falling one after another.

Hiding behind the big shield spirit artifact, Hua Ci slowly raised her hand, and as the spirit force was activated, she formed a magic spell with her fingers.

The next moment, the expressions of the three from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge changed drastically, simply because the spirit force within their bodies suddenly became obscure and sluggish, causing their strength to plummet instantly, and the ferocity of their attacks severely diminished.

Not only that, all three of them felt as if something was burrowing out from their seven orifices, making it difficult to breathe and obstructing their vision. As those things grew, their spirit force rapidly drained away.

This scared the trio immensely.

Lu Ye had already reached the ghost cultivator, and his long saber came down, splattering blood...

Thirty breaths later, the battle ended when one of their physique cultivators smashed the head of the opponent's physique cultivator with a big shield spirit artifact.

Lu Ye returned his saber to its sheath, and Hua Ci looked calm, while only their own physique cultivator and female cultivator looked at her with complex expressions.

Lu Ye had mentioned before that their healing cultivator was terrifying, and they hadn't thought much of it, only wondering how terrifying a healing cultivator could possibly be? People's understanding of healing cultivators was always just about saving lives and aiding the injured.

Only at this moment did they realize that this healing cultivator was truly terrifying!

They didn't even clearly see what had happened, only knowing that on their way over, the three from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge suddenly had many small mushrooms sprouting from their seven orifices, followed by a significant drop in their strength, and then their own group effortlessly cut down the trio like chopping melons and vegetables.

They had never heard of such strange methods in this world, and although their respective sects also had some healing cultivators, none could compare with the one present!

The two vaguely felt that this gentle-tempered female healing cultivator must have had some rare adventure or inheritance; otherwise, it made no sense for her to possess such terrifying abilities.

"You should tend to your wounds," Lu Ye said, beginning to clean up the battlefield.

Hua Ci looked at the two and asked softly, "Which of you would like to go first?"

The physique cultivator and female cultivator looked at each other, then both said in unison, "He!"

Seeming to sense something, Hua Ci smiled sweetly, "Don't worry, I won't plant mushrooms in you."

The physique cultivator awkwardly scratched his head, "Junior Sister Lann should go first, I can still hold on."

As the three of them healed and recovered on one side, Lu Ye collected the storage bags and spiritual artifacts from the ground and dragged the bodies of the three to the seaside to discard them.

Afterward, he ran to another small island, cleaned up the belongings of those previously killed, and dealt with the bodies using the same method.

One incense stick's time later, Lu Ye returned with a strange expression, holding something in his hand.

"Junior Brother Yiye!"The female cultivator had finished healing and was out of danger, but her injuries would still take some time to fully recover.

"Senior Sister Lann!" Lu Ye looked at her with a smile, "We meet again."

Although he had saved her before, due to the urgency, there had been no time to catch up until this moment.

This female cultivator was none other than Lann Yudie from Zixia Mountain. Over two months ago, when Lu Ye's identity was exposed, and numerous cultivators from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge were hunting him, it was Lann Yudie who first approached him with people from Zixia Mountain and thereafter protected him all along the way.

During that period of fleeing, Lu Ye had received protection from many people, but what stood out the most was Lann Yudie.

Firstly, she was the first to find him, and secondly, they had spent the longest time together. Other protectors sometimes had just made contact with Lu Ye when they inevitably had to confront the cultivators from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge.

When he last parted ways with Lann Yudie, she and some members of Beidou Sect were being surrounded by people from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge, but Lu Ye had deliberately exposed his whereabouts, drawing away many from Ten Thousand Demons Ridge.

He had later communicated with Lann Yudie to confirm her safety.

However, Lu Ye didn't expect to encounter her in the Spirit Stream Defense Battle. Her presence here implied that she was likely holding the position of Governor or Deputy Governor.

"Thank you, Junior Brother, for saving my life," Lann Yudie said earnestly.

Lu Ye shook his head, "If it weren't for Senior Sister's constant protection that day, where would I be today? It's I who should thank you more."

"Then let's call it even," Lann Yudie said with a slight smile.

Before Lu Ye could respond, Hua Ci, who was on the side tending to the physique cultivator, blinked her innocent eyes, "Didn't you tell me last time that saving a life should be repaid with a promise of marriage?"

"Ah? Last time?" Lann Yudie looked at Lu Ye in surprise.

Lu Ye frowned darkly, "Don't listen to her; this healer of mine loves talking nonsense."