Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1832 - 1830: Entering the Realm
The people of Yuk Qinglou returned, each injured, though fortunately not too seriously. This was thanks to their quick thinking in deploying two defensive red talismans; otherwise, even with their combined efforts, they would have been severely wounded by that terrifying attack.
This confrontation made the Dwarf Race fully realize the power of the Blood Termination World. In the previous battle, the Blood Termination World suffered heavy losses, even losing three Sun Blazes. This inevitably led to the notion that Blood Termination was not a big deal. But now it was clear that any domain that could survive amidst the many racial hatreds was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.
To capture Mount Fangcun, the Blood Termination World had poured in all its strength.
For the Dwarf Race, the current situation was somewhat awkward. With their main base, Mount Fangcun, forced to stay here, and no matter how many Sun Blazes were gathered, they couldn't break into the Blood Termination World, not even close, as danger loomed. How could they escape this predicament?
Moreover, Lu Ye vaguely felt that the Blood Termination World's methods didn't stop there. Their aim was to seize the Southern Region's Mount Fangcun, so merely forcing Mount Fangcun to a halt was meaningless. There must be other tricks up their sleeve.
The Blood Race's backup plan soon arrived.
Within an hour of the Yuk Qinglou's Sun Blazes returning to Mount Fangcun, Lu Ye, who had been observing the situation outside, noticed changes from the Blood Termination World.
On that towering giant hand, a rich blood-red hue blossomed. Immediately following, a large, illusory hand gradually took shape, lifelike and resembling the six spirit mountaintops, with six fingers. At the fingertips, the nails were sharp and elongated, like six blades.
This illusory blood-red hand reached out from the Blood Termination World, grasping toward the Southern Region's Mount Fangcun, and soon held the entire Mount Fangcun in its palm.
Lu Ye immediately noticed the strange power eroding from outside the domain, and he promptly mobilized the foundation of their home world to resist.
By then, he understood the intention of the Blood Termination World; they intended to use this method to deplete Mount Fangcun's foundation. Once it was sufficiently depleted, the Blood Race's forces could infiltrate the domain, affecting all the Dwarf Race living here.
Without Mount Fangcun's foundation, his role as the World Lord would be severely limited. At that point, the Blood Termination World could easily overpower the Southern Region with the might of their ancestral artifact.
Realizing this, Lu Ye quickly conveyed the intelligence to the Sun Blazes, pondering a countermeasure.
The current situation rendered the Southern Region's Mount Fangcun unable to break free, as the Blood Termination World could also move, incessantly maintaining a certain distance, like a persistent plague.
Unable to escape, incapable of a direct assault, the outcome of the previous eight Sun Blazes' attempt laid bare the terrifying power of the Blood Race's ancestral artifact.
Lu Ye could only continue to mobilize the home world's foundation, resisting the Blood Race's force from eroding the domain. In the short term, it was manageable, but this superficial solution was unsustainable in the long run.
Days passed, and the Sun Blazes were still at a loss. No matter how tricky the situation had been before, they always found a way. But this time, no strategies came to mind.
They couldn't hide; they couldn't fight. It was truly vexing.
Lu Ye went to Su Yuqing's resting palace, sharing some of his thoughts.
Upon hearing, Su Yuqing shook her head immediately, "No, it's too dangerous."
Lu Ye had audaciously suggested to her that he infiltrate the Blood Refinement World; how could she agree to such a thing? Prior Eight Sun Blazes joined forces to save their lives from that terrifying assault, yet even so, they were all injured. If Lu Ye, a Moon Jade, were struck by such an attack, he would undoubtedly die.
"Hear me out!" Lu Ye caught her hand, gently kneading as he spoke, "Back in Nine Provinces, I infiltrated the Blood Refinement World. I found that I seemed able to mobilize the entire Blood Refinement World, though it was too strenuous to explore further. Later, I pondered, the Blood Refinement World is the Blood Ancestor's remnant body, and having refined the Blood Ancestor's treasure blood, I possess part of her power. Hence, I could mobilize her remnant, and by that rationale, I should be able to mobilize the Blood Termination World as well. If so, I just need to stir up chaos within the Blood Refinement World, regardless of the Blood Race's arrangements, they'd be disrupted. Then, our side could seize the opportunity, breaking the stalemate."
These past days, he had been considering this, constantly observing the Blood Refinement World's situation. Vaguely, he sensed a peculiar connection with the Blood Termination World, though it was weak due to the distance.
Such was the origin of this idea.
The Blood Race now hid within the Blood Termination World, undoubtedly activating the power of the ancestral artifact, which should not be disturbed lightly. If Lu Ye went to stir up stormy waves, it would certainly deal a fatal blow to the Blood Race!
"What if you're wrong?" Su Yuqing still shook her head.
Lu Ye replied, "Whether right or wrong, I only need to get closer to the Blood Termination World to know. The closer the distance, the stronger the sense. If I'm wrong, I'll return immediately."
Su Yuqing remained silent.
Lu Ye continued, "I know you're worried, but besides tackling this from within the Blood Race, there's no way to break the current impasse. The Blood Race's force is eroding our domain, posing no immediate concern, but consuming our domain's foundation. Once it reaches an unrecoverable point, unless we abandon the Southern Region's Mount Fangcun, there's no other way. The Dwarf Race has waited so many years for this chance to unite, and I believe no one is willing to give that up."
"But… it's too dangerous," Su Yuqing seemed weighed down with worry, "Back then, when you went to venture into the Illusory Blood Devil's Eye, I was already uneasy. Now, you want to go to the Blood Termination World again. It doesn't make sense for you to bear all the risks for our race…"
Lu Ye chuckled, "Though I'm a human, I am now also the master of Mount Fangcun. In such matters, shouldn't I step up?" He gently patted the back of her hand, "Rest assured, I'm adept at pretending to be a Blood Race, and… I'm not going alone."
Su Yuqing asked puzzled, "Who are you taking with you?"
"Dhing Beifeng!" Lu Ye increasingly felt that it had been a wise move when Xiang Yin and her sister captured Dhing Beifeng alive, otherwise he would face more trouble infiltrating the Blood Termination World now.
"Furthermore, I will leave a doppelganger here; if anything happens to my main body, the doppelganger will sense it," Lu Ye added.
"A Treasure Blood Avatar?" Su Yuqing inquired.
Lu Ye shook his head. In front of her, he condensed a Talent Tree Avatar. The reason for choosing the Talent Tree Avatar was naturally due to its closer connection. Moreover, after his main body departed, the Talent Tree Avatar was needed to preside over the home world, mobilizing its foundation to resist the invasion of the Blood Race powers.
"Your Clone Technique... truly mysterious." Su Yuqing looked at the main body, then at the doppelganger. At first glance, it was indeed difficult to distinguish between them.
The main body took out a set of clothes and was about to throw it to the doppelganger, but Su Yuqing took it over and personally dressed the doppelganger.
"Behave yourself!" Su Yuqing lowered her head, slapped the doppelganger's large hand, and instructed, "Remember what you said. If things aren't as you mentioned, return immediately; the race's eight Sun Blaze cultivators are here, there's always a way."
"Got it." The main body nodded, "After I leave, inform the other senior brothers of the situation. When it's time to act, the doppelganger here will inform you."
Moments later, the main body took Dhing Beifeng and left Mount Fangcun quietly, heading into the depths of the stellar space. To avoid exposure, the direction the master and servant took was not towards the Blood Termination World but away from this domain.
Only days later did the master and servant circle around and head towards the direction of the Blood Termination World.
Dhing Beifeng controlled the blood light, enveloping both himself and Lu Ye.
Initially, Lu Ye contemplated whether he should use the Thousand Faces Spirit Runes to change his appearance a bit and disguise himself as the Blood Race, thereby avoiding exposure risks.
But after a discussion with Dhing Beifeng, Lu Ye realized it wasn't necessary.
Because within the Blood Termination World, there are humans!
The entire Blood Termination Galaxy doesn't just consist of the Blood Termination World domain but also over a dozen other domains of varying sizes, each inhabited by different species, all dependent on the Blood Race, and could become Blood Food at any moment.
In such a large environment, various races also lived within the Blood Termination World, naturally including humans.
However, cultivation was a problem, as the Blood Race had strict control over Blood Food, essentially preventing their cultivation from growing too high, with Constellation being the limit, never reaching the level of Moon Jade.
Thus, Lu Ye just slightly altered his appearance using the Thousand Faces Spirit Runes and used the Pseudo-Might Spirit Runes to disguise his power as the level of Constellation.
This way, even if other Blood Race members saw him beside Dhing Beifeng, they'd merely consider him a Blood Food brought along.
Due to the large detour, the master and servant approached the Blood Termination World from another direction.
Lu Ye sensed carefully; as the distance closed, he became more confident that his idea was correct; he had a connection with the Blood Termination World similar to that with the Blood Refinement World.
In other words, he should be able to activate the Blood Termination World!
This activation wasn't the World Lord's activation but because he refined the power belonging to the Blood Ancestor, allowing him to mobilize the remains of the Blood Ancestor!
It was akin to the activation of the home world's foundation using the power of the ancestral artifact in the Blood Termination World.
Moreover, as Lu Ye saw it, the Blood Termination World's size was much smaller than the Blood Refinement World, after all, one was merely an arm, the other an entire torso, their sizes were naturally very different.
Activating the Blood Refinement World was difficult for him, but he might not be unable to activate the Blood Termination World!
Things got easier.
Entering the Blood Termination World went smoothly because Dhing Beifeng's Blood Race traits were too obvious, so even being noticed by Blood Race cultivators while approaching, there was no obstruction.
Following Dhing Beifeng, Lu Ye sensed that the foundation of the Blood Termination World was indeed robust, far superior to the Blood Refinement World.
Yet, the Blood Refinement World's impoverished state should be related to that ancient imprisonment; otherwise, as the Blood Race's foundational domain now, there should have been one more.
