Sage of Humanity-Chapter 502 - 500: Kills Ranking

The physique cultivator charged at Yiyi ferociously, but Yiyi did not attempt to dodge at all. Standing in place, she continuously cast spells. While her attacks caused the opposing spirit artifact big shield to flicker with light, she was fundamentally unable to interrupt the enemy's charge.

Confusion flashed in the physique cultivator's eyes—he didn't understand why the delicate-looking female magic cultivator wouldn't flee!

Under normal circumstances, when there was a huge disparity in cultivation between them, the weaker party would certainly flee in the face of such a situation. Even if they didn't flee, they would at least try to dodge. But there she was, just standing in place...

There was no time for further thought as the physique cultivator, enduring the onslaught of Yiyi's magic and spells, reached her. A trace of joy replaced the despair in his eyes, and he hastily changed his mind about killing the female magic cultivator. He intended to capture her alive instead, to use her as a bargaining chip for his own survival!

He pushed his spirit artifact big shield forcefully forward, aiming at Yiyi, but he pulled back a bit of strength because he feared that if he exerted his full force, the female magic cultivator would explode on impact.

The spirit artifact big shield hit nothing but air, and the physique cultivator's eyes instantly bulged, scarcely believing what he saw.

Just as his spirit artifact big shield was about to collide with the frail figure, she suddenly sank into the ground and disappeared without a trace.

What was this?

What on earth was this?

Many thoughts surged in his mind, but the physique cultivator failed to understand what had just happened. A living person had just sunk into the ground right before his very eyes, yet the ground showed no signs of a pit and remained perfectly intact.

What he had seen appeared to be just an illusion.

He did not understand how she could sink into the ground; all he knew was that he was really in trouble now, because a fierce killing intent was already assaulting him from behind.

Pivoting in haste, he saw a flash of fiery red saber light and quickly raised his spirit artifact to defend.

With a clang, the physique cultivator stumbled backward. His internal injuries greatly affected him, and the strength he could exert was significantly reduced.

Seeing Lu Ye attack once more, he couldn't care less about anything else. He spurred his spirit force and leapt into the air, intending to escape from the place.

If he could have taken someone with him in death, he would have accepted his fate. But now, since he couldn't even find a person to accompany him in death, dying here would be too great a loss.

So, no matter what, he had to flee.

Watching the physique cultivator leap up, a buzzing noise came from the supplies box at Lu Ye's waist, and nine streaks of Move-Like-The-Wind shot out. Not just that, the long saber in his hand swiftly struck forward three times.

Three crescent-shaped saber lights burst forth, arranged in a character "品" to assault the physique cultivator.

Sounds of impact "thud thud thud" were heard. The physique cultivator, with his back to Lu Ye, was violently shaken by the nine weapon control strikes and sliced by the three saber lights, no longer able to maintain his form. He had risen only a dozen feet into the air before screaming and plummeting down.

Crashing heavily on the ground, his vision swarmed with stars, and by the time his vision cleared, the image of a fox-face mask entered his sight. Lu Ye, with a saber gripped in reverse, stood in front of the cultivator and did not hesitate to thrust his blade downward.

The blade pierced through the chest and out the back.

The physique cultivator's body abruptly stiffened. He raised one large hand toward Lu Ye's face, seemingly wanting to rip off Lu Ye's mask to see who had killed him.

It was all in vain.

As Lu Ye withdrew his long saber, blood spurted out, and the physique cultivator's raised hand feebly dropped down, his eyes' light permanently fixed.

A speck of red light flew out from the physique cultivator's corpse and landed on the back of Lu Ye's hand.

Lu Ye bent down to pick up the cultivator's two spirit artifacts, and he removed the storage sack, ensuring nothing was left behind, before signaling to Yiyi, "Let's go!"

This was not a place to linger.

This location was at the edge of the hunting ground, and the news of the hunting ground's emergence must have already spread. If someone intended to enter from the outside, they would most likely appear at the edge first.

And those bold enough to venture into the hunting ground at this time certainly had ample confidence in their strength. Staying here would mean nothing but endless trouble.

Moreover, the powerhouses inside the hunting ground were undoubtedly heading for the edge at this moment. They could lie in wait here, ambushing cultivators from opposing factions who were breaking in from the outside!

So, no matter what, during the early stages of the hunting grounds' opening, the edges were places that a lower-level cultivator like Lu Ye absolutely must not remain in.

The first three days were when the most deaths occurred at the edges!

Yiyi returned to the Amber interior, and Lu Ye dashed out.

He didn't dare to fly but opted to run along the ground. By doing this, his speed might not match that of flying, but with the enhancement from the Move-Like-The-Wind Spirit Runes, he was still not slow.

As he was running, a dazzling light flashed across the sky caught the corner of his eye.

Lu Ye paused and looked up, only to see a torrent of brilliant red light wriggling across the top of the blood curtain, like fresh blood flowing out, then transforming into something resembling a flag.

In the entire hunting ground, covering a vast area of several hundreds of thousands of miles, any cultivator who looked up could see this flag.

The blood-red flag fluttered in mid-air. At first, Lu Ye didn't understand what it was, but soon, he realized.

That was the Hunting Ground Kills Ranking! Or, more simply, the Kills Ranking!

A foreboding feeling suddenly surged in his heart...

Because he had just killed a Cloud River Level 5 physique cultivator, rising above two classes...

The blood-red Kills Ranking slightly shook, and lines of gold-hued text appeared. The first line was divided into three groups, displaying names, kill points, and rewards.

Starting from the second line, the rankings begin.

Going down in order:

Lu Yiye, one hundred and twenty, one Class A Spring Spirit, nine paths of gold-hued spirit fortune stick.

Xia Liang, one hundred, nine paths of gold-hued spirit fortune stick.

Thang Ke, eighty, seven paths of gold-hued spirit fortune stick.

Yooi Fumeng, fifty, five paths of gold-hued spirit fortune stick.

Tan Sheng, forty-five, five paths of gold-hued spirit fortune stick.

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Staring silently at the Kills Ranking that had suddenly appeared, Lu Ye's eyelid twitched.

His name hung high at the top, dominating the number one spot, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it caught the attention of tens of thousands!

If he truly had enough strength, having his name appear on the Kills Ranking and occupying the top spot wouldn't matter. But the key issue was that he was only in the Cloud River Level 3!

Without sufficient strength, yet occupying such a high position, wasn't that equivalent to putting himself on a scalding gridiron?

At that moment, probably everyone in the hunting ground had seen his name.

The only consolation for him was that the Kills Ranking wasn't like the Spirit Stream Ranking; it did not reveal one's sect, nor did it reveal one's cultivation realm.

If it revealed his sect, the hunting ground would probably explode in commotion. Even if these Cloud River realm cultivators didn't know of his existence, many had at least heard of the Righteous Blood Sect, and if they became interested in him because of this, that would be really bad news.

Furthermore, this list was subject to change at any time. If someone's kill points surpassed his, they would push his ranking down, and Lu Ye's temporary position at the top of the list was just that—temporary.

The Kills Ranking was not fully presented because only a dozen people were listed so far. The hunting ground had just appeared after all, and real battles had not yet erupted. The dozen or so people listed were just those who were lucky enough to kill the nearby opposing cultivators.

Just like Lu Ye, if that Level 5 physique cultivator had not appeared near him with malicious intent, he and Yiyi would not have joined forces to kill their opponent.

The complete Kills Ranking should display a hundred spots; currently, there's just a blank space after those dozen or so names.

The one hundred and twenty behind Lu Ye's name clearly had a direct connection to the merit points he had received for killing the physique cultivator. The basic merit points represented by a Level 5 Cloud River realm cultivator were forty points, and since he, being in the Level 3 realm, exceeded two levels to slay his adversary, he rightfully received one hundred and twenty points.

In other words, the number of merit points one receives for killing the enemy is the number that appears next to their name on the Kills Ranking.

As for the one portion of Class A Spring Spirit and the nine paths of gold-hued spirit fortune stick, these are rewards to be bestowed by Heaven's Augury upon the number one spot when the hunting ground closes, and are not rewards that Lu Ye could immediately claim.

Of course, if he still occupies the number one spot when the hunting ground closes, then those rewards would be his.

But this clearly wasn't realistic.

The rewards for the Kills Ranking were not fixed because every time the hunting ground opened, the range varied in size. The larger the scope of the hunting ground, the better the rewards. This time it was a large hunting ground, so the rewards granted by Heaven's Augury were extremely generous.

Setting aside the nine paths of gold-hued spirit fortune sticks for the moment, if Lu Ye could secure the top spot, advancing to a Level 5 realm would be a breeze!

Apart from the nine paths of gold-hued spirit fortune sticks, there's also one portion of a Class A Spring Spirit at stake—a highly sought-after and elusive item! If he had one Class A Spring Spirit, he only needed to find a suitable location to place it, and he could immediately possess a Class A Spirit Ground!

A Class C Spirit Ground wasn't much in Lu Ye's eyes, but if he could really own a Class A Spirit Ground, it would be enormously helpful for both his and Yiyi's cultivation.

The reward for the second place on the ranking wasn't bad either; it was just one Class A Spring Spirit short compared to the first place.

The third place award was missing two paths of the gold-hued spirit fortune sticks.

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Rewards from fourth to sixth place include five paths of gold-hued spirit fortune sticks, while from seventh to tenth place, three paths.

Even the top twenty spots were rewarded with gold-hued spirit fortune sticks!

After the twentieth place, it dropped to one or two purple-hued spirit fortune sticks.

After the fiftieth place, it decreased to one or two blue-hued spirit fortune sticks.

As for the rewards beyond the hundredth place... the Kills Ranking didn't show, and Lu Ye didn't know; there might be none, or there might be some.

It could be said that the real value of the Kills Ranking was concentrated in the top ten, especially the top three, the quantity of spirit fortune sticks enough to make Lu Ye green with envy.

One could imagine that the Level 8-9 Cloud River realm cultivators would go all out for the rewards of the Kills Ranking.

For those at their level of cultivation realm, the benefits brought by one or two paths of gold-hued spirit fortune sticks were not significant anymore, and the bounty of the Kills Ranking was undoubtedly what they desperately needed.

Within a territory of hundreds of thousands of miles, countless cultivators were rushing over in succession. The hunting ground would soon be in upheaval, and Lu Ye had no expectation of securing a good rank on the Kills Ranking. His only thought now was to hold on and survive!

Anyway, there was no escape; to live was to win!

The only problem now was that his name was displayed on the Kills Ranking, at the very top, and it's highly likely it had already attracted some attention-seekers. If so, his situation from here on out might be extremely perilous.