Chapter 1040, What Are You?

Translator: Jon

Translation Checker: Silavin

 

In a way, this formation that exclusively belonged to the Blood Race wasn’t comparable to the different formations of the Humans.

 

Once the Humans’ formations were activated, the powers of the participants would be boosted accordingly.

 

When the first Blood River was destroyed, the figures of Lu Ye, Dao Thirteen, and other Dao Troopers were revealed. Even more Blood Race members immediately surrounded them.

 

The Sword Gourd at Lu Ye’s waist vibrated as icy Sword Lights shot through these Blood Race members, eliciting groans and shrieks.

 

On this chaotic battlefield where enemies were everywhere, a Combat Cultivator in the Real Lake Realm like him could only do so much. It also didn’t help that the enemies’ Blood Techniques could erode Spirit Artifacts. Of the Blade Techniques he could use, only Lone Moon could aptly be used on a battlefield like this.

 

However, Lone Moon was energy-consuming, so Lu Ye decided to use the Sword Gourd instead of unsheathing his saber.

 

There was an ample amount of Sword Qi in the gourd, so the Artifact was immensely useful in this situation.

 

Not all Blood Race members could summon their Blood Rivers. Only Blood Race members in the Real Lake Realm and above could do that. Since Cloud River Realm Masters were unable to do that, they could only summon Blood Mists to cover themselves. However, Blood Mists couldn’t fully conceal them, nor were they intimidating enough.

 

As the Sword Qi coming from the gourd slaughtered the enemies, Lu Ye activated his Divine Ego and led his Dao Troopers to barge into another Blood River.

 

The situation was awkward for those in Crimson Blood Holy Land as the powers of these Humans varied greatly.

 

There were indeed a lot of top cultivators. These several dozen Seniors were the pillars of strength in the Holy Land. Besides that, there were a lot of cultivators at the bottom and middle levels. This was the case for most Sects in Jiu Zhou.

 

Nevertheless, powerful cultivators in the traditional sense, which meant cultivators between the Fifth Order and the Ninth Order in the Divine Ocean Realm, were rare.

 

This couldn’t be helped as it had only been around 30 years since Crimson Blood Holy Land was established. In the past, Feng Wujiang had moved a large number of people within a radius of 100,000 kilometres around Divine Palace Sea to the Holy Land. Other than that, the Heavens of Jiu Zhou would send them lots of resources from time to time, and the Seniors would teach these Humans how to cultivate. However, they didn’t have enough time to help make Humans in the Holy Land ascend to the Fifth Order and above.

 

That was why Humans were always at a disadvantage when contending with the Blood Race members in a war.

 

Although the Seniors could easily slaughter the enemies, Humans always suffered losses when powerful cultivators from the two sides clashed. If not for the support from these Seniors, Humans would’ve been defeated long ago.

 

The existence of United as One Ward Nexuses had significantly reduced the difference.

 

Even when several Humans in the First-Order and Second-Order Divine Ocean Realm came together as a formation, they still had a right to contend with enemies in the Fifth Order. Also, they would most likely gain the upper hand.

 

This showed how valuable Lu Ye’s Blood Race Dao Troopers were.

 

Therefore, his task this time wasn’t to kill those enemies in the Cloud River Realm and Real Lake Realm. Similarly powerful Humans would deal with those enemies. He had to kill those enemies in the Divine Ocean Realm to ease the burden faced by the Humans.

 

Certainly, Lu Ye wouldn’t mind destroying weaker enemies who got in his way. It wouldn’t take him much effort to do so anyway.

 

Although the battlefield was chaotic, it wasn’t hard for him to look for enemies in the Divine Ocean Realm as he had a Divine Ego. After all, there were many Blood Race members in the Divine Ocean Realm.

 

With the help of Nine Palace Circle Formation, he managed to kill a lot of Divine Ocean Realm Masters. It was his first time feeling it was such a breeze to kill Divine Ocean Realm Masters ever since he became a cultivator.

 

Naturally, he knew he didn’t achieve this on his own. He had combined his power with those of the Dao Troopers.

 

Unfortunately for him, he was too conspicuous not to be noticed by the truly powerful enemies.

 

Many Blood Race members had seen what he was doing. They couldn’t figure out why he had the help of some Blood Race members.

 

Dao Troopers had never appeared in the previous battles between the two Races. Therefore, Blood Race members suffered a setback when Dao Troopers joined the fight.

 

Not long after Lu Ye, Dao Thirteen, and the Dao Troopers destroyed the Divine Ocean Realm Masters in a Blood River and got out of it, another Blood River directly engulfed them.

 

As the blood lights flickered, there seemed to be a figure floating past Lu Ye. Without hesitation, he unsheathed the Inviolable Saber and wielded it.

 

When a clang was heard, he felt an immense force sweeping across him. He felt his arms turning numb and the vitality undulating in his chest. If not for the formation’s help, he would’ve been badly injured.

 

Lu Ye instantly realised the other party was a Blood Race member in the Eighth-Order Divine Ocean Realm.

 

The strongest Divine Ocean Realm Masters he had killed earlier were only in the Sixth Order. It could be said that the opponent this time was the most powerful he had come across.

 

It wasn’t like there were no enemies in the Ninth-Order Divine Ocean Realm. There were several hundred thousand Blood Race soldiers, so they had plenty of Ninth-Order Divine Ocean Realm Masters. However, these top Divine Ocean Realm Masters had gone to deal with the equally powerful Humans.

 

Blood Race members of different Realms had their own battles to fight.

 

With the help of his Blood Race Dao Troopers, Lu Ye could easily locate his opponents. That was what he had done in the previous battles. After all, only Blood Race members understood the Blood Rivers fully well.

 

As long as he could locate the enemies, it wouldn’t be hard for him to kill them.

 

But this time was different. The opponent was too powerful and too swift. Although Lu Ye could locate him, he couldn’t move as fast as the latter did.

 

Without hesitation, he activated the Tree of Glyphs’ power. He had considered how to deal with a truly powerful opponent before the war started. There was no doubt relying on the Tree of Glyphs’ power would be the best option.

 

Invisible roots extended into the Blood River and madly absorbed its power.

 

Lu Ye could even absorb the power of the real Blood River, let alone a Secret Technique cast by the Blood Race.

 

Moreover, Blood Rivers activated by Blood Race members didn’t appear out of nowhere. They were the manifestations of their powers which contained a lot of energy.

 

As such, by activating the Tree of Glyphs’ power to suck in the Blood River, Lu Ye was also absorbing the Blood Race member’s heritage.

 

Since Lu Ye had the Nine Palace Circle Formation’s protection, this enemy in the Eighth-Order Divine Ocean Realm couldn’t harm him. Lu Ye couldn’t hurt the other party either, but it wasn’t like the stalemate could last forever.

 

In the end, the Blood Race member would be the one suffering a setback.

 

As time passed, the Blood River would naturally be shattered, and a lot of the Blood Race member’s power would be gone.

 

Certainly, the Blood Race member could detect the changes in the Blood River. After all, it was the manifestation of his power. When he realised something was off, he exclaimed, “What are you?”

 

Only Blood Race members were able to suck blood from Humans. He didn’t expect to see a Human who could absorb a Blood Race member’s power one day.

 

While he was flabbergasted, he saw Lu Ye munching on a Blood Crystal and crushing it in his mouth.

 

The war had persisted for a long time, so Lu Ye had consumed a lot of energy. He decided to seize this chance to replenish his power.

 

When the Blood Race member saw that, he was horrified. As he felt the Blood River continuously weakening, he naturally wouldn’t dare to keep sustaining the Secret Technique. As his figure twisted, the Blood River returned to his body.

 

When Lu Ye was finally free, he immediately cast the Wings Glyph on his back and blessed himself with Windwalk. Like a flash of lightning, he soon reached the opponent in the Divine Ocean Realm. Dao Thirteen and other Dao Troopers quickly followed him and engulfed the opponent in their formation.

 

Lu Ye lifted the Inviolable Saber and pushed it out as countless Starlights flickered. It was the first move of the Tyrant Blade Technique, Starburst!

 

Faced with the attack, the Blood Race member was unfazed. As an Eighth-Order Divine Ocean Realm Master, he naturally didn’t have to be afraid of the attack. He simultaneously cast a Soul Attack on Lu Ye and extended a hand. His sharp nails radiated an icy glow as they reached for Lu Ye’s chest.

 

If the attack was successful, Lu Ye wouldn’t survive even though he had the Red Dragon Warsuit.

 

At the most critical moment, the Spiritual Power around the Blood Race member suddenly turned chaotic. Following that, a flower petal appeared out of nowhere.

 

The flower petal was so huge that the Blood Race member watched in shock as it covered him in an instant. His nails stopped before they reached Lu Ye’s chest, whereas Lu Ye had struck him with his saber.

 

Blood splattered as the Blood Race member stiffened at once. In the meantime, Dao Thirteen extended both hands and the other Dao Troopers reached for the opponent with their sharp nails.

 

None of them would be a match for the Blood Race member if both parties were in a one-on-one fight. However, since he was engulfed in a formation, Lu Ye and the others naturally had to join forces to destroy him.

 

Lu Ye kept the Inviolable Saber and headed straight to another Divine Ocean Realm Master.

 

Behind him, the Blood Race in the Eighth-Order Divine Ocean Realm had been reduced to minced meat. His Blood Crystal wasn’t even dug out yet.

 

Around 600 metres away from them, Yue Ji smiled while standing on the wall. She retracted her slender fingers and calmed down her Spiritual Power.

 

In Crimson Blood Holy Land, there were around 70 Seniors who came from Jiu Zhou. On average, around six to seven people could protect every island.

 

However, only Meng Jie and Yue Ji were in charge of the island where Lu Ye was located. They had made such an arrangement because Lu Ye had many Blood Race Dao Troopers.

 

With over 100 Dao Troopers he could control, the island didn’t need to be protected by many Seniors.

 

Earlier, Meng Jie had gone to deal with the enemies, followed by Lu Ye and his Dao Troopers. Yue Ji stayed behind.

 

Naturally, she wasn’t there to watch a show. As a top Spell Cultivator from Jiu Zhou, she could easily destroy Blood Race members she had targeted even though she just stood there.

 

Since she had to beware of hidden enemies, she couldn’t frequently make a move. That said, she was able to lend Lu Ye a helping hand at the most critical moment. She was the one who cast the flower petal that engulfed the Blood Race member.

 

She couldn’t help much when the Blood Race member was hidden in the Blood River. But since he had revealed himself, the woman could easily target him.

 

Despite the chaotic battlefield, Lu Ye could feel many magnificent auras clashing with each other. The Seniors from Jiu Zhou were showcasing their might.

 

Every Senior was surrounded by many Blood Race members in the Divine Ocean Realm. They were unafraid of death as they risked their lives to hold up these Seniors.

 

There were also those in one-on-one fights as they were dealing with the Holy Seeds. Although the Seniors were mighty, the Holy Seeds weren’t any weaker. Every one of them was a match for those Seniors.

 

Previously, Lu Ye thought Xing Yue Holy Lord was the only Holy Seed in the Northern frontline. Now, he knew he was mistaken. Xing Yue Holy Lord wasn’t the only Holy Seed in the North; there were at least five. Since they had remained hidden a while back, Lu Ye naturally couldn’t detect their presence. Now that they had revealed themselves, it was obvious how powerful they were.

 

Blood Race members never stopped attacking. Since Humans had their constraints, they had to make sure the battles were several hundred metres away from the islands.

 

They couldn’t march forward as they would be too far away from their support, nor could they retreat as the Blood Race members would break through their defence line.

 

A radius of several hundred metres around the islands was the line between life and death. Many Blood Race members were killed, but Humans suffered severe casualties as well.

 

That was what happened in all the previous wars, and the same would still take place in future wars.