Sage of Humanity-Chapter 719 - 717: Visitor from Beyond the Skies

The hall fell silent, with only the howling wind breaking through.

Suddenly, a jarring shout shattered the tranquility.

"We welcome Our Lord!"

It was Xing Mo, the Great Elder of the Sky Ravine Sect, who roared loudly and knelt with a thud, his forehead touching the ground in devout worship.

Sharp with age, and having followed the Celestial Saint for many years, although unclear about the exact plans of the Celestial Saint, he inevitably knew more than others.

And, after the conversation between this blood-skinned man and the Celestial Saint earlier, how could he not have his suspicions?

Despite his disbelief, this event unfolded right before his eyes.

This blood-skinned man... was evidently a visitor from beyond the heavens!

He was precisely summoned here by the Celestial Saint using that formidable Blood River Great Array.

Years ago, the Celestial Saint explored the secrets of the Sky Ravine, received the divine method, and then set up this Blood River Great Array here to capture the beings of an entire region for sacrifice.

Now it seemed that it wasn't any divine method from the heavens, but rather that the blood-skinned man, through a separation across a Sky Ravine, had communicated with the Celestial Saint, passing down the Blood River Great Array.

So this was the path forward that the Celestial Saint had discovered. Although it was somewhat different from what had been anticipated, a path forward was still a path forward. People like them, whose cultivation had reached its limit, saw a way beyond their end thanks to the arrival of the blood-skinned man.

Thus, Xing Mo knelt without hesitation.

The Celestial Saint led by example, and as the Great Elder, he knelt naturally without any psychological burden, conveniently pulling along Cheng Henfeng who stood beside him.

Cheng Henfeng, a formidable sword cultivator, in his life had only knelt to his parents and his master, never even to the Celestial Saint. How could he willingly kneel to such a man of dubious origin and unclear identity? But with severe injuries and being pulled suddenly by Xing Mo, he involuntarily knelt down as well.

"We welcome Our Lord!" The surviving Sky Ravine Sect cultivators knelt down one after another, calling out loudly, forming a stark contrast with the Allied Forces cultivators who still stood in place, somewhat at a loss.

The blood-skinned man's gaze swept over them, his expression indifferent, neither pleased by the submission of the Sky Ravine Sect cultivators nor angered by the noncompliance of the Allied Forces cultivators.

When one world invades another, such situations are inevitable, and he... had seen many similar scenes before.

He spoke indifferently, "I am Blood Owl of the Blood Race, from the Blood World. Submit to me, or... die!"

His light words, however, instilled great panic and pressure in all the Allied Forces cultivators.

Although it had previously been guessed that this person was a visitor from beyond, guessing was one thing, and it being confirmed by the person himself was another.

Things like the Blood Race, the Blood World, no one had ever heard of them, but the fact that he had come to the Soaring Dragon World with such deliberation and offered the cultivators of Soaring Dragon World no room for negotiation as soon as he arrived, clearly indicated malevolent intentions.

Suddenly faced with such a choice, not a single cultivator could make a decision rashly.

"Well said, well said," Monk Guangjing stepped forward, his gaze intense as he stared at Blood Owl, "May I ask, why does the Blood World wish to invade our Soaring Dragon World?"

Blood Owl turned his head, sweeping Monk Guangjing from top to bottom, and said indifferently, "The law of the jungle."

A simple truth, yet irrefutable.

"If we submit, what then?" Yuen Changcun followed up with a question.

Blood Owl replied, "Imprint a Blood Seal, become a Blood Slave of my Blood Race, and you may gain immortality."

Kui Yuanshan also stepped forward, "May I ask Fellow Daoist, how advanced is your cultivation?"

Blood Owl's lips curled in a sneer, "You can try me!"

"I intend to!" As Kui Yuanshan spoke, he already pointed out, and a spirit force disc immediately appeared in front of him, intricate and profound patterns crisscrossing over it.

A fierce dragon head emerged from the spirit force disc, followed swiftly by the massive body of the dragon, who shook its head and thrashed its tail as it struck towards Blood Owl.

Although it was just a casual strike, Kui Yuanshan had used all his strength.

Yet facing this attack, Blood Owl merely punched out, causing blood light to surge across the sky, enveloping the approaching magic and spells giant dragon. The spirit force surged incessantly, with the sounds of booming unceasing.

Blood Owl's body shook slightly, and the magic and spells giant dragon also disappeared without a trace.

"Peak Cloud River!" Many Allied Forces cultivators brightened up.

Having seen the might of the Celestial Saint not long before, everyone was immensely wary of this Blood Owl. But now, it seemed that the Celestial Saint's impressive display was borrowed from the power of the Blood River Great Array, not his own strength, which had nothing to do with Blood Owl.

And when Blood Owl made his move, his full strength was laid bare.

Though powerful, it still hadn't exceeded the limits of the Cloud River Realm.

Hence, despite his overtly domineering offer of two choices, it was all just surface bluster.

Monk Guangjing brought his hands together in front of his chest, his face showing a look of compassion: "Fellow, our Soaring Dragon World has no intention of being enemies with your Blood World. Please return to where you came from!"

Although it was known that the Blood Race was up to no good, today's upheaval was too great. Without a clear understanding of the Blood Race's capabilities, it was not wise to conflict with them rashly.

The best scenario now was to drive this Blood Owl back where he came from.

And if he could go back... having been able to come here, he could certainly return.

"It seems that this is your choice, then," Blood Owl spoke indifferently, "So…"

He raised one hand and gently swung it down, "Kill!"

Below Sky Ravine, from the boundless Blood Sea, figures howled as they surged forth, all of them with blood-red skin and sharp ears—the Blood Race. In the blink of an eye, thousands of the Blood Race revealed themselves, and even more figures of the Blood Race roiled within the Blood Sea.

The Allied Forces' cultivators all changed color in their faces, each taking action to defend themselves.

In an instant, a great battle erupted!

This battle was completely unlike the previous siege on the Sky Ravine Sect by the Allied Forces. The attacking Blood Race was significantly stronger than the Sky Ravine Sect cultivators, and the Blood Race's secret techniques were tricky and unexpected. The Soaring Dragon cultivators were facing such enemies for the first time, and casualties were heavy initially.

The remaining defeated troops of the Sky Ravine Sect, however, were delighted.

They had been certain to die, but who knew the situation would change like this? Now, under the leadership of Celestial Saint, they were collaborating with the Blood Race to counterattack the Allied Forces' cultivators.

For a time, on the battlefield, the vitality continued to fade away, and the Allied Forces' cultivators were pushed back step by step.

...

In Medicine Valley, inside a thatched hut, Lu Ye frowned as he looked at Ye Liuli lying on the bed.

Almost simultaneously as the anomaly appeared in Sky Ravine, Ye Liuli suddenly screamed and fainted over here.

Since coming to Medicine Valley, having been treated by the Little Miracle Healer, Ye Liuli's chronic issue had not recurred. Today, however, it had relapsed without any apparent reason.

And this time, the situation was different from any before.

At this moment, Ye Liuli's clothes at her back were cut open, and the centipede-like birthmark seemed to have grown somewhat larger. Next to the birthmark, a dense blood light emerged, casting her pale back in a deep crimson.

At first glance, it seemed as if the birthmark was being torn apart by some obscure force.

Yiyi was anxiously pacing back and forth beside her but could not help much, only praying that the Little Miracle Healer's methods would be effective.

"You all go out," the Little Miracle Healer repositioned Ye Liuli and instructed.

Lu Ye and Yiyi complied and left the thatched hut.

Outside the hut, Huang Liang looked toward the distance as though he had lost his soul.

In recent days, Huang Liang had also been healing in Medicine Valley and had been in contact with people from the Imperial Heaven Sect, so he was aware of the movements of the Allied Forces.

The news from below Sky Ravine, where Celestial Saint fought against three top experts single-handedly, had already reached him, which he found hard to believe.

And today's anomaly had him completely bewildered.

"Lu Ye..." Yiyi followed Huang Liang's gaze into the distance, and couldn't help but call out.

Lu Ye's eyes narrowed; he looked up and saw over the distant horizon, below the Sky Ravine, where blood light surged and rolled, seemingly heralding an apocalypse. Even though they were miles apart, it still made one feel uneasy.

What shocked him was that the situation at Sky Ravine seemed to perfectly mirror the reaction of the birthmark on Ye Liuli's back.

The centipede-like birthmark was already extremely similar to Sky Ravine, and now with such a correlation, Lu Ye couldn't help but speculate.

Perhaps the reaction at Sky Ravine could perfectly manifest on Ye Liuli's body?

But why would this be? Ye Liuli was merely Miss Ye Qi from Tyrannical Saber Villa—what connection did she have with Sky Ravine?

If this were the case, it would explain why Ye Liuli fell ill today—the changes in Sky Ravine reflected on her, leading to the recurrence of her chronic condition.

So to solve Ye Liuli's chronic problem, they might need to deal with that Sky Ravine?

"Elder, what happened at Sky Ravine?" Lu Ye asked.

While Medicine Valley was not isolated from the world, they didn't have a way to obtain news from the outside. Huang Liang was different; as the Sect Master of Imperial Heaven Sect, he was privy to all sorts of information.

In recent days, he had also shared with Lu Ye and others about the movements of the Allied Forces. Ye Liuli and Yiyi, the two girls, had been happy about the prospect of the toxic Sky Ravine Sect being eradicated.

"How could this... how could this..." Huang Liang, as if he hadn't heard, murmured lowly.

For someone like him to be so bereft of composure, something unimaginable must have occurred at Sky Ravine.

And it had to be a major event!

"Hahaha!" Huang Liang suddenly began to laugh maniacally, staggering as he did, "Blood Race, Blood World? Impossible! How could there be such unfettered things!"

"Elder..." Yiyi looked at Huang Liang with concern.

Lu Ye frowned at the side. Whatever this talk of Blood Race and Blood World was, he couldn't make heads or tails of what Huang Liang was saying.

After a while, Huang Liang's emotions gradually stabilized, and he turned stiffly to face Lu Ye: "Young friend, do you believe there are visitors from beyond this world?"

Lu Ye thought, if strictly considered, he and Yiyi could be regarded as visitors from beyond this world.

"Dragon Throne!" Lu Ye responded indifferently.

Huang Liang was startled, then realized, and nodded, "Yes, legend has it that the Dragon Throne is not an object from Soaring Dragon World; since it is not from Soaring Dragon World, it must be a foreign object. If there are foreign objects, there are visitors from beyond. Huang acknowledges his limited knowledge."

He harshly wiped his face, his voice hoarse, "The Sect Hierarch of Sky Ravine Sect, Celestial Saint, set up the Blood River Great Array over several miles, not for anything else but to summon a group of visitors from beyond!"