Humanity’s Great Sage

On the edge of Changyun Island, countless figures surged within the Blood River, relentlessly charging forward.

Xia He was already struggling to defend, forced to seek protection near Lu Ye. The space around Lu Ye was twisted to its extreme, with the light of his saber flashing erratically.

Although his speed in killing enemies was swift, their numbers were simply too great, and he would eventually reach his limit.

In this situation, neither advance nor retreat was possible. Once exhausted, there would be no hope of survival.

"Careful!" Xia He suddenly cried out in alarm, noticing amidst the chaos that an enemy was approaching Lu Ye, launching a sudden attack. Yet, Lu Ye was distracted and unable to defend.

Xia He wanted to help, but she was already in dire straits herself, barely able to stay alive, let alone offer assistance.

Just as she thought Lu Ye was about to meet his end, a buzzing sound suddenly came from the array formation within Changyun Island, followed by a beam of light shooting out from the array.

The beam, like an arrow released from a bowstring, grazed past Lu Ye and struck the attacking enemy directly, causing him to stagger and cry out in surprise.

In the next instant, beams of light continuously shot out from behind Lu Ye, like a continuous rain of light, covering a vast area, instantly forcing back the enemies around Lu Ye and Xia He.

The sound of Chu Li gathering strength came from behind: "Hurry, you two, enter the array!"

Lu Ye, who had been standing in place, felt a slight relief and exchanged a look with Xia He, whose face was filled with fear, while retreating backward.

When Chu Li refused to allow him and Xia He to enter the island earlier, Lu Ye actually had the opportunity to take Xia He and re-enter the Blood River.

But that was not a long-term solution. Even the most perfect disguise would eventually be seen through. Once that happened, he and Xia He would have nowhere to hide.

That was why he stayed in place to defend against the enemy.

Chu Li was in his position and had his concerns. It was reasonable for him not to let them enter the island, but if he demonstrated enough strength and value, he might be able to dispel Chu Li's doubts and make him feel that taking the risk of accepting them into the island was worthwhile.

Chu Li's current choice was undoubtedly what Lu Ye wanted to see.

The sturdy array had already opened a gap, and Lu Ye and Xia He retreated, entering directly.

However, Lu Ye did not retreat too far, but stood with his saber before the gap.

A figure flashed beside him, and Chu Li arrived with his spear, staring coldly ahead, and said in a deep voice: "Please, fellow Daoist, hold here with me for thirty breaths!"

The gap in the array had been opened. Although it could only accommodate one person at a time, it would take thirty breaths to close it again. If they could not resist the attacking enemies during this time, a gap would appear in the defense line.

Therefore, no matter what, they could not allow the enemies to enter the island.

As Chu Li spoke, he thrust out his spear, and the Dao power on the spear condensed into a small black dot, hitting a pursuing enemy Hedao cultivator directly. The violent Dao intent broke through the opponent's protective Dao power, piercing the Hedao cultivator through.

He suddenly retracted his spear, and Lu Ye's long saber fell in response, a sharp saber light slashing horizontally, stirring up a rain of blood.

However, the opened gap in the array was like a fish emitting a bloody smell, attracting many enemies to attack frantically.

Lu Ye and Chu Li took turns to defend strongly, and the nearby array formations continuously bombarded with beam-like attacks, relieving the pressure on the two.

Even so, enemies continuously found gaps to kill into the island.

Lu Ye and Chu Li had no time to care about anything else, and could only leave it to Xia He and the other Hedao cultivators stationed here to deal with. The battle at this section of the defense line was extremely fierce.

Fortunately, as time passed, the gap in the array slowly closed, and after thirty breaths, the gap was finally completely repaired.

Lu Ye and Chu Li turned around at the same time and killed towards the enemies who had rushed into the island.

There were not too many of these enemies, and they had already been entangled by Xia He and others, unable to escape. When Lu Ye and Chu Li arrived, they could only await their fate.

Chu Li immediately went to check the array again, and after confirming that there were no problems, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist!" Lu Ye cupped his fists in salute to him.

He knew in his heart that Chu Li had made such a choice under great pressure and needed to bear considerable responsibility. If this section of the defense line was broken through because of this, then he would become a sinner of Changyun Island, and he would not be able to atone for his sins even if he died ten thousand times.

"You guys come with me!" After a moment, Chu Li beckoned, "I will take you to meet the Island Lord."

"Thank you!" Lu Ye nodded.

This was expected. After all, he and Xia He had only entered the island halfway. Although the situation on the island was unstable, the Island Lord and others did not have too much energy to expend on them. The Control Heart Pill would not affect them much. There would be no problem if they asked the Island Lord to lift the restriction after the war was over.

The place where the Island Lord of Changyun Island was located was in the very center of the island, in a huge mansion.

Chu Li led the two directly into it, and saw the Island Lord of this island in a hall.

Changyun Island was named after him. This huge island had stood above the Cage Sea for thousands of years, and had sheltered countless human cultivators, so Changyun Island was quite famous above the Cage Sea.

Not to mention that many human races gathered here on weekdays, every time before a foreign race hunted, many scattered human cultivators would enter the island to seek shelter.

Changyun was a short old man with white hair. Although he was old, he had a majestic demeanor.

Lu Ye did not know how strong this Changyun Island Lord was, but judging from the methods Chu Li had shown earlier, his strength was about the same as a Zhou-level city lord without the amplification of a Hedao Pearl.

He was comparable to the strong men such as the Tai Kun Jade Dragonfly that Lu Ye had encountered before.

Based on this calculation, the strength of this Changyun Island Lord was estimated to be about the level of the top ten city lords.

In this Origin World, there are indeed clouds of strong men.

This is only the human race, and the background of other foreign races may be even stronger.

After they met each other, Chu Li said what had happened earlier. Changyun looked at Lu Ye and Xia He, and after a long while, he said: "If Chu Li can trust you, then it means that you basically have no problems, but there is always a chance of accidents. If you two really want to stay on the island, take this pill. If you don't want to, then go back to where you came from."

As he spoke, Changyun flicked his finger, and two brown spirit pills flew to Lu Ye and Xia He.

Lu Ye frowned slightly.

Chu Li said: "This is the Control Heart Pill. As long as the two of you have no ulterior motives, the Island Lord will not do anything to you. After the war is over, the Island Lord will lift the restriction in this pill. Xia He should know the rules."

Xia He nodded: "Naturally, I understand."

As she said this, she picked up the Control Heart Pill and swallowed it without hesitation.

In the next instant, Changyun and Chu Li's eyes turned to Lu Ye at the same time.

Lu Ye smiled: "Since it is a rule, then it should be obeyed!" He picked up the spirit pill and swallowed it in front of Changyun and Chu Li.

Changyun nodded slightly, looked at Chu Li and said: "Since you let people in, then you can arrange it. I will transfer some people to supplement your defense line later. Don't open the array casually next time. My Changyun Island has gone through many hunts without being destroyed, and has become a thorn in the side of some people. Whether this hunt can continue on the island depends on whether you can work together."

"Yes!" Chu Li cupped his fists.

Walking out of the Island Lord's mansion, Xia He whispered beside Lu Ye: "We have only entered the island halfway after all. The situation on the island is unstable now, and the Island Lord and others do not have too much energy to spend on us. The Control Heart Pill will not affect us much. There will be no problem if we ask the Island Lord to lift the restriction after the war is over."

"Mm." Lu Ye responded casually, while dividing a part of his mind to feel.

The Control Heart Pill was said to be a spirit pill, but it was actually more like a Gu worm. At this moment, there was a tiny worm entrenched in his heart.

If he hadn't controlled the power of the Talent Tree, this Gu worm would have been burned to ashes long ago.

Even, Lu Ye felt that he didn't need the Talent Tree at all, he himself had the ability to kill this Gu worm. Xia He should also have this ability, but it would take some time and energy.

But if this is done, it will definitely alarm Changyun, and the scene will not be too good.

It doesn't matter if this Gu worm stays in the body. If something really goes wrong, Lu Ye can burn it to ashes at any time.

If he didn't have the Talent Tree as a backup, Lu Ye wouldn't have swallowed this Control Heart Pill casually. He has never had the habit of entrusting his life and death to others.

After a while, Chu Li led him and Xia He back to the previous defense line.

Since Changyun asked Chu Li to arrange the two of them, he would certainly not send two powerful helpers to other places. His defense line itself needed manpower to supplement it.

The strength of Lu Ye and Xia He was enough to share a lot of pressure for him in the upcoming war, which was also the reason why he risked answering the two.

Now that the war has not yet begun, the human cultivators of the entire Changyun Island are preparing their weapons, recuperating, and waiting for the arrival of the war.

Lu Ye and Xia He were settled down and meditated to adjust their breathing.

Xia He's expression was lonely, obviously worried about Xiao Man and others. Earlier, a group of people was hunted, and only she and Lu Ye escaped, and the rest were all captured.

However, she could do nothing about it and had no ability to save people.

Although she had experienced this kind of separation many times, Xia He still felt uncomfortable.

Lu Ye didn't have so many feelings. After all, everyone met by chance, and there was not too much friendship. At this moment, he had a pile of storage rings in front of him, and he was checking them one by one.

The more he checked, the more he sighed that the cultivators in this Origin World were different from those in the Inside World.

He had also killed many enemies in the Inside World and seized many spoils, but the number of Dao Fish in those spoils was not too many.