Chapter 1059, A Brilliant Sword Cultivator

Translator: Jon

Translation Checker: Silavin

 

Battle points could be earned over and over again, whereas there was only one Soul Cutting Saber. Naturally, Lu Ye understood which one was more important.

 

As long as the Inviolable Saber’s foundation was improved, more enchantments could be added to it to enhance its quality. He no longer had to ask someone else to upgrade the weapon for him. Moreover, the most precious thing about the Inviolable Saber was that it was now able to hurt Divine Souls.

 

He wanted to give it a shot by fighting someone. To a Combat Cultivator like him, he was eager to find out how powerful his weapon had become after it was transformed completely. However, considering that he was now Li Taibai, he could only give up on the idea.

 

Lin Yue was efficient. The next day, she came with the official appointment from Thousand Demon City. Li Taibai was appointed to be the Deputy Pass Leader of Dark Moon Forest Pass to help defend it.

 

Lu Ye didn’t activate his Thousand Demon Ridge’s Battlefield Imprint because once he did, it could only last for several hours. He believed that if he looked into the Battlefield Imprint, his identity would have changed.

 

Under normal circumstances, Lu Ye wouldn’t have a right to be a Deputy Pass Leader even though he was a Divine Ocean Realm Master. That was because he hadn’t achieved anything or made contributions to Thousand Demon Ridge. His military rank alone wouldn’t meet the requirements.

 

However, due to the calamity in Jiu Zhou, both the Grand Sky Coalition and Thousand Demon Ridge bent their rules to make things happen more quickly.

 

It had been challenging for Lin Yue to protect Dark Moon Forest Pass as she was the only Divine Ocean Realm Master here. Now that she had accidentally found a Divine Ocean Realm Master to help her out and with her guarantee, those from Thousand Demon City readily agreed to her request. Powerful cultivators were needed everywhere. Although a new Divine Ocean Realm Master was still weak, this Realm was good enough.

 

Lu Ye couldn’t help but find it ironic. He was only a team leader of the Law Enforcement Hall in the Grand Sky Coalition. After he went missing for two years, he was demoted. On the other hand, he was given an important role in Thousand Demon Ridge as he was now a Deputy Pass Leader. In Dark Moon Forest Pass, his power was only second to that of Lin Yue. Life was indeed full of uncertainties. Naturally, he knew this only happened because the world was in a crisis.

 

“Around 400 kilometres away from here in the East, a team of cultivators have come across some trouble. There’s an insectoid in the Divine Ocean Realm. I need you to go over there.”

 

After Lu Ye was officially appointed, Lin Yue directly gave him a task. This was what Divine Ocean Realm Masters like them had to do.

 

The insectoid plague was a calamity for Jiu Zhou, but it was a feast for many cultivators. As long as they could survive this crisis, they could continuously earn battle points to increase their powers. It was a chance they didn’t have in the past.

 

Therefore, be it the Grand Sky Coalition or Thousand Demon Ridge, many cultivators were doing their best to kill insectoids. They were doing that to protect Jiu Zhou’s safety as well as for themselves.

 

Most cultivators from Dark Moon Forest Pass had headed out to kill insectoids. Those who stayed were either getting some rest or recuperating. They would soon leave this place again.

 

Such a thing would never happen in the past. After all, Surging Waves Lake Pass of the Grand Sky Coalition was only a thousand kilometres away. If their defences weakened, the other party might take advantage of it.

 

But because of this disaster, both sides had tacitly stopped any large-scale wars. Therefore, even though the defences of Dark Moon Forest Pass were weak, they didn’t have to worry about those from Surging Waves Lake Pass launching a sneak attack against them. Certainly, small-scale conflicts were inevitable.

 

As Divine Ocean Realm Masters who were in charge of a Pass, they usually didn’t have to leave. However, if their subordinates came across insectoids in the Divine Ocean Realm that they couldn’t defeat, those Divine Ocean Realm Masters had to kill the enemies.

 

It was for this reason that Lin Yue had been drained of her energy as of late. Although her title as the Pass Leader sounded glorious, the fact was that she had been going everywhere to save her subordinates.

 

Now that she had finally found a helper, she naturally wanted Lu Ye to solve the problem.

 

She needed to get some rest. Also, she had to find out how powerful Lu Ye was.

 

When Li Taibai was only a Third-Order Real Lake Realm Master, he was already able to kill a Seventh-Order Real Lake Realm Master. Lin Yue once regarded him as the rising Star who could rival the Annihilator of Sects. Now that he was a Divine Ocean Realm Master, he naturally wouldn’t be too weak. He should be able to kill an insectoid in the Divine Ocean Realm.

 

Since the Pass Leader had given the order, Lu Ye could only oblige. Furthermore, even without the order, he still had to head out. It wasn’t like he would stay in Dark Moon Forest Pass all the time.

 

Without delay, he shot into the sky and turned into a Sword Light before flying towards the East.

 

After he became a Divine Ocean Realm Master, he could fly more quickly. Also, his speed had been enhanced because he made use of a Sword Light.

 

Along the way, he was intercepted by insectoids from time to time. Without hesitation, he cast jets of Sword Qi from his Sword Gourd. The insectoids were immediately cut in half as their corpses fell.

 

It only took him a few moments to move across several hundred kilometres. He could see from the sky that a lot of insectoids had gathered. The insectoids looked like spiders, but there were some differences.

 

The most conspicuous feature of an insectoid was its thick shell. All of them were the same regardless of their appearances. Normal spiders didn’t have shells.

 

These insectoids in the form of spiders were not tiny as they were the size of toddlers. They crawled on the ground and spider silk was ejected from their mouths.

 

A group of more than ten people were surrounded by these spiders, unable to leave.

 

These people were fairly powerful as most of them were in the Real Lake Realm. Some of them were Cloud River Realm Masters. Under normal circumstances, even if they were no match for these spiders, it wouldn’t be hard for them to flee. Unfortunately, there was a massive spider web in the sky that stopped them from running for their lives.

 

A spider the size of a house climbed the spider web. A ferocious aura exuded from its body. A cultivator had been rendered immovable as the spider was munching on that person.

 

It was apparent that a huge spider had taken its offspring out to hunt for prey, and they came across these cultivators.

 

The small spiders surrounded the cultivators, ensuring that they couldn’t flee while the big spider devoured its food.

 

When Lu Ye arrived, the defence circle of these cultivators was only within a radius of 90 metres around them. They were in a perilous situation.

 

On the spider web, the big spider was done eating the cultivator, and it was choosing the next target.

 

It seemed that the insectoid was pretty fastidious. It knew how to trap its prey so that it would have some fresh meat to eat.

 

Noticing Lu Ye’s presence, the insectoid instinctively lifted its eyes and looked at him. Following that, his mouth squirmed as a thread of spider silk shot towards him.

 

The trapped cultivators saw Lu Ye as well. One person shouted, “Hang in there! Someone is here to save us!”

 

As soon as he finished speaking, the thread of spider silk turned into a web and engulfed Lu Ye.

 

The cultivator who had shouted earlier donned a dark expression. He couldn’t recognise Lu Ye, nor did he know the background of this Divine Ocean Realm Master. He felt that the man was too impetuous. As a Divine Ocean Realm Master, he shouldn’t have approached the battlefield without caution. Since he was trapped, he was probably doomed. One had to know that the spider silk was poisonous.

 

As soon as the thoughts turned over in the cultivator’s mind, a fire appeared in the sky. When it contracted, Lu Ye’s figure was revealed, and the spider web around him had been burned to ashes.

 

Then, some Sword Cries were heard as several Sword Lights shot from the Sword Gourd. The Sword Lights flew around the sky as though someone was controlling them to write some words.

 

It was the Book and Sword Technique, which was an inheritance in the Way of Swords that Lu Ye had acquired in Soaring Dragon Boundary. He had taught Li Baxian that, so he could naturally activate it as well.

 

After he looked into the Soaring Dragon Boundary’s Source countless times, he now had an ample heritage in the Way of Swords. As he used the Book and Sword Technique, even the Sword Master of the Northern Profound Sword Clan would think he was a brilliant Sword Cultivator if the latter was there.

 

The shell around the big spider couldn’t protect it at all. Since Lu Ye had become stronger, even the power of his Sword Gourd had increased as well.

 

Sword Cultivators were known for being savage. Following several attacks, the big spider stiffened at once. The Sword Lights didn’t stop. Under Lu Ye’s control, they flew around the other insectoids. Wherever they went in silence, those insectoids would die.

 

By the time the jets of Sword Qi dissipated, some parts of the area had been cleared. Countless small spiders had lost their lives.

 

The big spider that hung from the spider web in the sky broke apart as its blood fell from above.

 

These cultivators were elated as they used their moves to press on.

 

The big spider’s death had a huge impact on those small spiders. They were in chaos, thus posing no threat to the cultivators any longer.

 

Lu Ye flew leisurely around the sky as Sword Qi shot from his Sword Gourd from time to time.

 

It was apparent to him that these people weren’t from the same side. When they were trapped initially, they could gather together. But when the crisis was over, they split into two groups.

 

Lu Ye instantly understood some of them were from Thousand Demon Ridge, whereas some of them were from the Grand Sky Coalition.

 

It wasn’t news that cultivators from the two sides collaborated. It happened often in the Hidden Realms on the Cloud River Battlefield.

 

But they were usually forced to work together. In Jiu Zhou, it was rare to see people from the two sides collaborating.

 

More than ten people were doing their best to kill the enemies with Lu Ye helping them out. It only took them an hour to destroy all the insectoids.

 

They panted heavily and looked vigilantly at Lu Ye, who was hovering in mid-air. It was obvious that they were anxious.

 

Those from the Grand Sky Coalition didn’t know who he was, nor did the cultivators from Thousand Demon Ridge.

 

Lu Ye had no intention of introducing himself as he said calmly, “Why are you still here? Waiting for the insectoids to strike again?”

 

The battle had been loud earlier. If there were insectoids nearby, they would be attracted to this place.

 

The leaders of the two groups saluted Lu Ye. “Thanks for saving us, Sir.”

 

They didn’t have to find out who Lu Ye was. Regardless of which side he was from, he had no intention of making things difficult for them.

 

These people flew in different directions and were soon out of sight.

 

Lu Ye continued to move across a hundred kilometres before he dispelled the Sword Light and entered a chasm.

 

Following the breakout of the insectoid plague in Jiu Zhou, there were many chasms in the ground. Those insectoids crawled out from the chasms.