Sage of Humanity-Chapter 592 - 590: Six-tailed Celestial Fox
Before Lu Ye could execute his own plan, he had never imagined that Giant Armor would be the one to interfere with its completion.
This was truly an ironic joke.
At this point, to kill the Fox Demon under the protection of Giant Armor, unless he killed Giant Armor first, which was an outcome Lu Ye absolutely could not accept.
His previous attack had been utterly merciless and extremely violent, but that was because he knew Giant Armor could withstand it, so he held nothing back.
The moment he saw the Fox Demon spitting blood, Lu Ye’s eyes lit up, and he suddenly realized that to kill the Fox Demon, he did not necessarily have to kill Giant Armor, he just needed to maintain his previous level of aggression. Giant Armor could withstand it, but the heavily injured Fox Demon definitely couldn’t withstand the shock from the clashes between the two, even if Giant Armor protected her well.
With this thought, Lu Ye attacked Giant Armor again, his blood Qi and spirit force surged together, and he boldly swung his saber.
With each ferocious slash, and each time being blocked, every clash caused Giant Armor to tremble, and the Fox Demon he held in his arms was affected as well.
As time passed, the spirit force protecting Giant Armor continuously shattered and reformed, and Lu Ye was also gasping for breath.
Against a cultivator of the same level, with his current strength, he could basically resolve the fight with one slash, but facing Giant Armor, Lu Ye deeply felt powerless as this fellow’s defense was unreasonably strong.
But the effect was very significant. Although Giant Armor was not injured, the Fox Demon he protected in his arms continued to spew blood, her aura growing weaker.
Until a certain moment, as Lu Ye slashed down with his saber, Giant Armor punched out, hitting the Boulder Mountain Saber squarely.
The spirit force on the fist peak shattered, a slight imprint appeared on Giant Armor’s fist, and Lu Ye was also sent flying by this punch.
At that moment, the fragile Fox Demon, who had been protected in Giant Armor’s arms like a candle in the wind, suddenly leaped up and lunged at Lu Ye.
Lu Ye was startled.
Since being pulled into the Nine Arrays Diagram, the Fox Demon had appeared weak and on the brink of death, and as the clash between Lu Ye and Giant Armor progressed, her condition seemed to worsen, leading Lu Ye to believe she was almost dead.
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But now, seeing her posture, everything just appeared to be a disguise, all for this moment of counterattack.
This caught Lu Ye off guard. As he stabilized his form in midair, he saw the Fox Demon’s pale face filled with a ruthless and resolute expression, and her extended hand suddenly shot out five sharp nails, clawing straight at Lu Ye’s head.
Lu Ye hurriedly steadied his form and slashed with his saber, cutting the Fox Demon’s figure in half.
There was no scream, no blood flowed, and even where the blade passed, there was no sensation of having cut through anything...
A great crisis struck from behind, accompanied by Yiyi’s cry of alarm.
The figure of the Fox Demon that scattered in front of him was merely an afterimage!
At the same time, Lu Ye clearly sensed a deadly force invading within one foot behind him.
In the time that Xia Liang had taught him, cultivating the Mental Eye Secret Technique daily in the Mirage Realm, his Mental Eye Secret Technique had seen minor achievements. Any attack coming within one foot of him was clearly detectable.
His body reacted before his mind, a Defense Spirit Rune suddenly appearing behind his head while Lu Ye’s hand thrust the long saber backward.
With a crack, the newly formed Defense dissipated explosively, and Lu Ye felt an icy pain on his head, a sharp force piercing his skin and pressing against his skull.
An unprecedented crisis enveloped him, and Lu Ye knew that if the enemy did not pull back, he would be dead in the next moment.
Fortunately, as he activated the Defense Spirit Rune, he had also stabbed backward with his saber, and this saber strike enabled him to avoid a fatal attack.
The Fox Demon decisively pulled back, flipping away, because if she hadn’t, she would have ended in a mutual destruction with Lu Ye.
This was something she absolutely could not accept.
Ahead, Giant Armor stabilized his form and was about to lung at Lu Ye.
Lu Ye roared, "Yiyi!"
As the words fell, an invisible force emerged spontaneously, the space beside Giant Armor distorted, and then, Giant Armor vanished altogether!
It was indeed Yiyi forcefully removing him from the Nine Arrays Diagram.
The Nine Arrays Diagram, a spirit treasure, grew more powerful as Yiyi’s cultivation improved. Now, almost comparable to the Cloud River Level 3, controlling the Nine Arrays Diagram meant she could not only trap enemies inside but also interfere to some extent.
Giant Armor had always protected the Fox Demon in his arms, and Lu Ye had been considering how to separate them because if they were separated, Yiyi could use the power of the Nine Arrays Diagram to send Giant Armor away, allowing him to attack the Fox Demon without any reservations.
But Giant Armor had never given him that chance, yet, unexpectedly, the Fox Demon, in her attempt to kill him, had created such an opportunity.
How could Yiyi miss such a chance? Even without Lu Ye’s command, she would have immediately sent Giant Armor away.
The Giant Armor suddenly vanished. A look of panic flashed across the Fox Demon’s pale face as she realized she had made a vastly stupid decision.
She instantly regreted it so much that she could feel her guts turning green.
Her original intention was to kill Lu Ye. In fact, in that instant, if she hadn’t backed off, Lu Ye would have undoubtedly perished, but how could she wish to die alongside Lu Ye?
Now that the Giant Armor was sent out of the Nine Arrays Diagram, she was left to face Lu Ye alone, which was much more likely to end badly for her.
A mournful smile appeared on the Fox Demon’s face. She had just avenged a great wrong, only to find herself in such peril in the blink of an eye—presumably, it was retribution for all the bad deeds she had done over the years?
Lu Ye turned around with five bloody fingerprints on his forehead, the blood trickling down his cheeks, adding a gruesome aspect to his otherwise calm expression.
"It’s just you and me now," he stated flatly as the fire rekindled on his Boulder Mountain Saber.
A resolute look crossed the exhausted and feeble face of the Fox Demon. Despite knowing the likelihood of peril this time, she wouldn’t just sit and wait for death! She hadn’t yet returned to comfort her master, to tell him that his great revenge had been avenged, so she could not die no matter what.
Somehow finding the strength, the Fox Demon, who should have been at the end of her strength, burst with rolling Demon Origin, and with a muffled bang, she suddenly revealed her true form.
She was a Celestial Fox over ten feet tall, covered in white fur, with a sharp nose and jade-green eyes, stunningly beautiful. Behind her, six fluffy tails flicked willfully.
Despite being in her true demon beast form, the Fox Demon exuded an immense sense of allure, one that would likely cause anyone who saw her to succumb to enthrallment.
Even Lu Ye, whose mind was firmly set on killing, felt a slight disturbance at the sight of the Fox Demon’s true form, though his eyes quickly cleared again.
The Fox Demon let out a low roar from her throat, her green eyes reflecting Lu Ye’s figure, filled with unwillingness and anger.
Before Lu Ye could launch an attack, she suddenly flicked her fluffy fox tail, shooting several pink kitsunebi toward Lu Ye with astonishing speed.
At the same time, she bolted forward, charging directly at Lu Ye.
Lu Ye’s long saber struck repeatedly, shattering the kitsunebi, but the shattered kitsunebi didn’t vanish; instead, they turned into even finer flames.
Lu Ye was slightly careless, and a few kitsunebi landed on him, instantly burning holes in his clothes and causing a slight stinging sensation on his skin, but his mind began to shake violently.
It felt as if an invisible shock had fiercely shaken his mind, causing stars to burst in front of his eyes and illusions to proliferate, a time when green, purple, white, gold, and colorful glows filled his vision, blotting out everything else.
This kitsunebi… didn’t have much killing power, but it had the ability to shake one’s spirit!
Lu Ye quickly realized this, but it was already too late. The Fox Demon had pounced in front of him, her sharp claws tearing down fiercely, with a ripping sound, Lu Ye’s chest clothes shattered, revealing several deep, bone-deep wounds, blood and flesh blurred at his chest.
In the battle with the Berserk Giant Ape, the Fox Demon had never made a move, only stabbing it with her saber when it was about to die, so Lu Ye’s understanding of her was only as a demon beast comparable to a Cloud River Level 9 cultivator.
He had not anticipated that her kitsunebi would have such a bizarre capability.
Besides, the Fox Demon inherently had the Innate Divine Ability to manipulate minds, so it made sense that the kitsunebi, though not highly lethal, could impact the spirit.
But such eerie abilities were indefensible at the Cloud River Realm level.
In one encounter, Lu Ye was wounded, his body retreating with the force of the blow, slashing out with his saber in a flowing motion, yet the Fox Demon’s movements were so fast, she quickly dodged.
No sooner had he steadied himself and his shaken mind settled, the Fox Demon’s fluffy tail flicked again, sending another few blobs of kitsunebi crashing towards him.
Learning from his previous mistake, Lu Ye swiftly dodged, but the lingering kitsunebi were like bone-burrowing maggots that couldn’t be shaken off.
As they approached, they suddenly exploded, sending sparks flying everywhere; even though Lu Ye quickly activated the Defense Spirit Runes, he could not completely avoid them.
More sparks landed on him, and once again, Lu Ye’s vision was filled with illusions, rendering him unable to see.
In that instant, the Mental Eye Secret Technique displayed its remarkable effectiveness.
Caught off guard the first time, his mind had been shaken, preventing him from defending against the Fox Demon’s attack, but this time, being wary, he immediately sensed an attack approaching within a foot to his left.
The Boulder Mountain Saber cut through the air with a boom, the flesh on his right arm bulging slightly.
From somewhere, a faint cry like a baby’s wail sounded, and by the time Lu Ye regained his senses, the Fox Demon had already stopped ten yards away from him, her white fur stained with bright red blood, clearly wounded. Her jade-green pupils were full of doubt and surprise, apparently not expecting Lu Ye to be able to counterattack so accurately under those circumstances.
"Yiyi!" Lu Ye softly called out, hoping she could provide some assistance.
"I can’t, Lu Ye, the Giant Armor is chasing me!" Yiyi’s voice came through.
If undisturbed, Yiyi could have used the power of the Nine Arrays Diagram to help, but since she had forcibly sent the Giant Armor out, it had been relentlessly pursuing her, leaving her helpless. Now, all she could do was maintain the operation of the Nine Arrays Diagram, providing Lu Ye a space to kill the Fox Demon.
Fortunately, while the Giant Armor had a formidable physique, its biggest drawback was its lack of speed, so for now, there was no worry on Yiyi’s side.
