Chapter 1029, Holy Master

Translator: Jon

Translation Checker: Silavin

 

On the Spirit Peak of the largest island in Crimson Blood Holy Land, Jian Guhong and the others returned and gave a detailed account of what had happened.

 

When Jian Guhong was done with it, the Ghost Cultivator said, “It’s a shame that I didn’t manage to kill Xing Yue Holy Lord. I had a chance to achieve my goal, but that guy was alert. He realised it the moment I made a move, so I could only hurt him.” He sighed.

 

The Holy Master shook his head. “Every Holy Seed has gained the favour of this world. They’re the Bearers of the World’s Luck. Naturally, it’s not easy to kill them. You’ve done a great job by hurting him, Senior Wu Chang.”

 

Everyone present knew how powerful Holy Seeds were. The ordinary Blood Race members were not comparable to them at all. Take Wu Chang’s assassination attempt as an example. Even though he said he had a chance to achieve his goal, the truth was that he had failed in his attempt. Even if he was given a second chance, he still wouldn’t achieve his goal.

 

Jian Guhong had fought a Holy Seed head-on before. Even though he was a mighty Sword Cultivator, he still couldn’t defeat the other party. They were an equal match.

 

It went to show how powerful Holy Seeds were. It could be said that no Holy Seeds were weaker than these people.

 

Still, despite how powerful they were, one of them was killed by a Human. The person who had achieved this was none other than the Holy Master.

 

Following the battle, even top cultivators like Jian Guhong, Wu Chang, and the others willingly acknowledged that he was their leader.

 

One had to know that Jian Guhong, Wu Chang, the Spell Cultivator, and the others used to be important figures who could command everyone’s respect in the world. They were the top cultivators among the Humans. All of them could shake the world when they were furious. They were the best of the best in their respective eras. Not anyone could make people like them pledge allegiance to him.

 

Before the middle-aged man made an appearance, Jian Guhong and the others were disunited as they stayed in different parts of Blood Refinement Boundary and went against the Blood Race on their own. Since all of them were equally powerful, they wouldn’t acknowledge anyone to be the leader.

 

The middle-aged man’s appearance united all of these people. He even built Crimson Blood Holy Land in Divine Palace Sea. Since then, Humans in this part of the world had been living peacefully. However, Crimson Blood Holy Land was currently facing the greatest threat they had ever come across.

 

“They’ve enlisted even more soldiers this time. It seems that they’re determined to go all out and destroy us once and for all,” the Holy Master said slowly. “I’ve received news from the East, the South, and the West. Several Holy Seeds are in charge of every frontline, and they control over several hundred thousand soldiers in each direction. When the Blood Race members in all four directions are combined, there are at least 1.3 million soldiers or even more.”

 

Jian Guhong and the others furrowed their brows.

 

This number was significantly larger than it was in the past. Although the Blood Race had launched several attacks against them before, there had never been more than a million soldiers at any one time. That was why those from Crimson Blood Holy Land could ward them off. Still, they had to pay a heavy price for the victories.

 

When Lu Ye arrived, he only saw a middle island surrounded by a group of islands that formed an oval outline. In fact, the topography of this area didn’t look like this in the past.

 

Initially, there were a large number of islands in the middle of Divine Palace Sea. It was at least four times more than the current number.

 

Following the wars, the islands in the periphery were shattered and sank into the sea. Only the islands around the largest one were left.

 

If they couldn’t even save the innermost circle of islands this time, Crimson Blood Holy Land would be left with the largest island in the middle. By then, it would be hard for them to defend themselves.

 

Therefore, their focus this time was to protect the islands around the main island and fend off the attacks from the Blood Race. They certainly hoped to protect the islands. If they couldn’t, the Blood Race members would immediately destroy the islands once they landed on them, causing a gap in the Holy Land’s defence line.

 

Considering how many Blood Race soldiers there were this time, it was extremely difficult for those from Crimson Blood Holy Land to drive them away.

 

“Well, we can force our way out of there. Blood Refinement Boundary is vast. We can kill Blood Race members wherever we are,” Wu Chang said.

 

Jian Guhong shook his head. “It’s easy for us to force our way out of here, but the Blood Race members will vent their anger on the other residents on the island. By then, no one will survive.”

 

There were a large number of Humans on the island. They were the Humans who had moved to the Holy Land from a radius of 100,000 kilometres around the area when it was first established. After several decades, the population had grown significantly since they could live peacefully there. Given how many people there were, they could continuously provide more cultivators for the Holy Land to help fend off the Blood Race members.

 

Cultivators and commoners had always relied on each other to survive. This fact wouldn’t change, be it in Jiu Zhou or Blood Refinement Boundary.

 

Wu Chang said, “It’s not like we should die with them. It’s not a good idea.”

 

Despite what he had said, these top Human cultivators probably wouldn’t flee on their own when the worst-case scenario happened.

 

The Spell Cultivator, who had remained silent all along, suddenly asked, “What help can we get from the homeland?”

 

These people were not without roots. They had a homeland.

 

Blood Race members never understood why so many powerful Human cultivators had appeared out of nowhere when the entire Blood Refinement Boundary was controlled by the Blood Race. It would be fine if there were only one to two of them. There were a large number of Humans, so some of them would be lucky enough to come across some opportunities. However, there weren’t only one to two such Human cultivators; there were over 100 of them.

 

This was the reason Crimson Blood Holy Land could remain indestructible even though Blood Race members had waged several wars against them. Crimson Blood Holy Land had a lot of powerful cultivators who could fend off the Blood Race members and cause them to suffer immense losses.

 

The Holy Master shook his head. “This is what I’m puzzled about. Two days ago, I tried to contact the homeland, and I was told that help had been sent to us.”

 

However, he didn’t think he had received any help.

 

“Help has been sent to us…” The Spell Cultivator frowned meditatively. “Could it be…”

 

Jian Guhong realised something as well, but before he could speak, the Holy Master suddenly looked down at the bottom of the mountain and appeared doubtful. Following that, he disappeared from the spot.

 

When he reappeared, he was in front of a stone tablet at the bottom of the mountain.

 

Lu Ye stood in front of the stone tablet. As he looked at the words inscribed on it, he muttered, “Blood Flows on Infinitely…”

 

He was shocked because there was a stone tablet with the same words at the entrance of the Crimson Blood Sect.

 

However, the stone tablet at the Crimson Blood Sect was only half of the entirety. The other half was at the Devoted Ones. Only when the two of them were combined could it be considered a complete stone tablet.

 

It was said that the Sect Master of the Devoted Ones had inscribed those words on the stone tablet and split it in half decades ago. One was given to the Crimson Blood Sect, and the other was left in the Devoted Ones to show that both Sects were on good terms.

 

But several decades later, their friendship was gone, just like how the stone tablet had been split into two. It was indeed a shame.

 

Lu Ye didn’t expect to see a similar stone tablet here that he had seen at his Sect. When he was done muttering the sentence, he couldn’t help but say the next one. “A Loyal Heart Lives on Forever.”

 

He couldn’t help but frown. His Sect was the Crimson Blood Sect, and there was Crimson Blood Holy Land here where there was a similar stone tablet. It was too coincidental.

 

Suddenly, Dao Thirteen’s aura undulated as his pressure as a Divine Ocean Realm Master spread.

 

An astounded Lu Ye snapped back to reality and wrapped his hand around the hilt of the Inviolable Saber. When he turned around, he saw a middle-aged man with his hands behind his back standing in the distance.

 

He had no idea when the other party came. He wouldn’t have noticed his presence if not for Dao Thirteen’s reaction.

 

Whooshes were suddenly heard as several figures stood in front of the middle-aged man. They were Jian Guhong and the others.

 

At the same time, Lu Ye could clearly feel many powerful Divine Egos extending towards this place from different parts of the island. It was apparent that they had noticed the noise. But soon, these Divine Egos were retracted.

 

Lu Ye was covered in sweat. Only then did he realise he had underestimated the heritage of Crimson Blood Holy Land. The momentary activation of the Divine Egos just now showed that there were dozens of Divine Ocean Realm Masters on the island.

 

They were the ones who had revealed their auras. What about those who remained hidden?

 

Lu Ye calmed himself down and sized up the middle-aged man. He found the person familiar at first glance as though he had seen him before. Nevertheless, he knew he had never seen this man before.

 

As for who this man was, Lu Ye figured that he was the Holy Master of Crimson Blood Holy Land just by looking at where Jian Guhong and the others stood.

 

The middle-aged man didn’t immediately examine Lu Ye. Instead, he looked at Dao Thirteen and used his powerful Divine Ego to scan the latter’s figure.

 

An unintelligent Dao Thirteen was enraged by his impudence, so he growled and charged forward before extending a fist towards the middle-aged man.

 

Lu Ye’s expression changed as he quickly told him to stop, but it was too late.

 

Following a boom, the middle-aged man remained unmoving. He had gently lifted one hand and easily warded off Dao Thirteen’s all-out attack. An air blast caused his hair and clothes to flap in the air.

 

Then, he lifted the other hand and pointed a finger at Dao Thirteen’s chest.

 

His movement wasn’t fast as even Lu Ye could see it clearly, but the move carried with it a mysterious power.

 

What shocked Lu Ye was that Dao Thirteen couldn’t dodge the attack.

 

When the finger came into contact with Dao Thirteen’s chest, he stiffened at once as though he had been struck by lightning. Then, his head slumped to the side, and he fell to his bottom.

 

Lu Ye’s pupils dilated as he felt cold all over his body. He was hesitating whether he should unsheathe the Inviolable Saber.

 

He was fully aware of how powerful Dao Thirteen was. Among the Divine Ocean Realm Masters, Dao Thirteen wasn’t one of the top cultivators, but he wasn’t weak either. Still, he was easily subdued by this middle-aged man.

 

Lu Ye didn’t even know what the middle-aged man had done, which showed that the latter had a horrifying power.

 

Noticing Lu Ye’s worry, the middle-aged man assured him by saying, “Don’t worry. He’s only asleep.”

 

Lu Ye quickly looked at Dao Thirteen and realised that the latter was indeed asleep. He was even heard snoring. Lu Ye was speechless at that.

 

“There’s a flaw in how these Dao Troopers are made, so they’re generally unintelligent.” The middle-aged man glanced at Lu Ye. “How’s Tai Shan?”