Sage of Humanity

Chapter 2086: Chapter 2084: Star Abyss Rampage

A battleship has arrived, and judging by its trajectory, its destination seems to be this remnant battlefield.

Lu Ye took a glance and found that the battleship was merely a Moon Jade-class vessel, so he and Jiu Yan flew straight toward it.

Neither of them made any attempts to conceal their presence, revealing the aura of Sun Blaze without a doubt.

Inside the slowly approaching battleship, someone suddenly exclaimed, "Two strong auras are approaching, the intensity... it’s God Realm!"

"Why would there be God Realm here?"

"Not good, it must be those cursed Star Abyss creatures!"

"Run!"

...

"Why are they running?" Lu Ye asked in confusion, watching the battleship suddenly change direction, clearly attempting to escape.

Jiu Yan speculated, "Maybe they mistook us for enemies?"

This seemed to be the only explanation. Helplessly, Lu Ye transmitted that he bore no hostility while quickly pursued the direction in which the battleship fled.

Despite the battleship accelerating to full speed, how could it possibly evade both him and Jiu Yan? Within moments, they caught up.

However, the cultivators inside the battleship were not easily convinced by his audio transmission, continuously launching offensives as he and Jiu Yan closed in, to no avail.

Moments later, the two intercepted the battleship head-on, thinking this would force it to stop, yet unexpectedly, the battleship didn’t slow down, seemingly intent on a collision with a resolve of mutual destruction with them.

Should a collision occur, he and Jiu Yan would emerge unscathed, but the battleship would undoubtedly be damaged.

"This is really troublesome!" Lu Ye sighed, dashing toward the battleship’s exterior defenses, raising his hand and lightly pressing down.

Upon the surge of mana, the battleship’s defenses shattered with a roar.

He descended smoothly, landing on the deck.

A sturdy figure suddenly sprang from the cabin; the figure was tall and slim, with sharp outlines, obviously a leopard-shaped cover armor.

Intense power fluctuations emanated from the cover armor, which aggressively lunged at Lu Ye as it appeared, an angry voice emanating from within, "Let’s die together!"

Self-destruction! Lu Ye frowned.

All cover armors can self-destruct; it’s a technique integrated by every cover armorer during the creation process, representing their last resort in battle.

The power fluctuations from this cover armor have evidently reached the Peak Moon Jade level; clearly, the opponent, knowing they were no match, intended to drag Lu Ye down with them.

But... what grudge or grievance, truly... Lu Ye was merely coming to gather some information, only to be faced with such suicidal assault.

A jade-like hand suddenly reached out from behind Lu Ye, gently pressing on the leopard’s head.

Jiu Yan’s mana surged like a ferocious tide, and within mere breaths, the tumultuous force within the leopard-shaped cover armor slowly dissipated.

"Kill!" Another enraged shout erupted; openings suddenly appeared across various parts of the battleship, from which figures sprang out — each a uniquely styled cover armor — rushing from all directions toward Lu Ye and Jiu Yan.

Lu Ye was immensely irritated, raising his hand on the Boulder Mountain Saber.

But upon sensing slightly, he couldn’t help but furrow his brow, for although these cover armors were numerous, their strength was unremarkable.

Throughout the battleship, the strongest was the leopard-shaped cover armor already subdued by Jiu Yan; the aura from other cover armors at best reached the Constellation level, with many even at the Divine Sea level...

With this degree of cover armors, even in large numbers, he could cleave through them with a single slash.

"Stop, everyone, stop!" The leopard-shaped cover armor suddenly commanded.

He evidently held considerable influence, for at his order, all the aggressive cover armors halted their assault.

Lu Ye sighed, gazing at the leopard-shaped cover armor, "Can we talk now?"

Jiu Yan withdrew, drifting back to stand beside Lu Ye.

The leopard-shaped cover armor didn’t speak, merely scrutinizing Lu Ye and Jiu Yan cautiously with its blood-red eyes. After a while, he activated mana, and amidst crackling sounds, the tall and slender cover armor swiftly collapsed into small carapace shards, folding and disappearing. In the place of the cover armor emerged the silhouette of a young man with snow-white hair and fair skin.

The young man seemed like a human race, but his fair face bore several distinct patterns resembling beast markings, and he emanated evident demon Qi, indicating he likely belonged to the Demon Race.

He slowly spoke, "Are the two of you... not from Star Abyss?"

Initially, Lu Ye was still scrutinizing him, but upon hearing this, his pupils suddenly contracted, "What did you say?"

The matters regarding Star Abyss are known to only about a dozen people thus far, so Lu Ye was utterly unprepared to hear someone mention Star Abyss here.

Jiu Yan, similarly, showed a change in expression.

The young man seemed not to hear him, just sizing him up, his Mental Consciousness flickering, before speaking after a while: "Indeed, you two are not those Xingyuan monsters, you don’t have that kind of aura!"

Aura...

Lu Ye’s heart stirred, suddenly recalling the three strong cultivators who emerged from the red whirlpool in the All Phenomena Ocean, indeed carried a distinctive aura, one extremely evil and violent, very unique.

He composed himself, then asked: "Where did you hear about the Star Abyss?"

"Where?" The young man hesitated for a moment before bitterly smiling: "Star Abyss monsters are rampaging across the starry sky, who doesn’t know by now? That is just a remnant of the Star Abyss battlefield!"

He pointed behind Lu Ye.

Lu Ye turned to look, discovering it was exactly the battlefield he and Jiu Yan had seen earlier.

But... Star Abyss monsters rampaging across the starry sky? How did this come to be? The three Star Abyss monsters appearing in the All Phenomena Ocean should all be dead, yet from what the other indicated, this seemed like common knowledge to everyone.

Is it possible that... since he and Jiu Yan fell into the Spectral Sedan Chair, many years have passed?

But that can’t be right, it’s clearly just a few months.

In a few months’ time, no matter how much change, it can’t be this extreme.

He hesitated, while the young man seemed even more puzzled: "You two are Shenjing strong warriors, why don’t you know anything about this?"

"God Realm?" Lu Ye felt even more confused, what is the God Realm? He surprisingly had never heard of it.

After a brief contemplation, he spoke: "We brother and sister have been in a secluded cultivation on a desolate planet for hundreds of years without venturing out into the world until a few days ago, so we don’t understand the current situation in the starry sky, Fellow Daoist, could you enlighten us a little?"

On hearing this, the young man suddenly understood: "I see!"

Having determined that Lu Ye and Jiu Yan were not Star Abyss monsters, the other cover armorers gathered around also relaxed, and soon, inside the battleship chambers, Lu Ye and Jiu Yan were warmly received.

Two God Realm individuals are worthy of respect anywhere.

Under the young man’s narration, Lu Ye and Jiu Yan slowly learned some information.

Their background, as Lu Ye had thought, was from the Demon Race, and because he was born fifth, he called himself Leopard Five.

According to him, the calamity in the starry sky began on a certain day three hundred years ago. Initially, the world only thought it was the birth of a new wormhole, no one had anticipated that the red whirlpool differing from ordinary wormholes connected to a place called Star Abyss.

After the wormhole was born, strange entities kept breaking into this starry sky, each incredibly powerful, any Star Abyss visitor possessing the ability to kill enemies above their level, they could almost be described as invincible in the same realm.

They brought great disaster to this starry sky, one domain after another ravaged with life extinguished, where they passed was endless death and slaughter.

Major forces quickly realized the severity, strong warriors from all sides linked together starting a pursuit action targeting Star Abyss visitors.

This action lasted nearly a hundred years, countless strong warriors perished, numerous treasures exhausted, only then were those intruding Star Abyss visitors completely eradicated.

But the matter wasn’t over, because during the pursuit, even more Star Abyss visitors broke through the red wormhole, some top forces joined to lay a defensive line near this wormhole, to prevent further occurrences.

Meanwhile, several wormholes connecting to Star Abyss elsewhere in the star sky had been opened, now three hundred years since the first Star Abyss wormhole appeared, there are as many as a dozen wormholes in the star sky connecting Star Abyss, each location a battlefield, where countless cultivators gather to defend, for three hundred years of death and slaughter proved one thing, if these Star Abyss monsters aren’t blocked within the wormhole, they bring nothing but destruction to the star sky.

"That remnant battlefield used to have a Star Abyss wormhole which later disappeared, so the cultivators stationed there have moved elsewhere. We’re here mainly to collect usable wreckage, years of war have strained supplies along the defensive line."

"How did the Star Abyss wormhole disappear?" Lu Ye asked.

Leopard Five shook his head: "I don’t really know, I’m only in Spirit Realm, and haven’t been promoted long, such secrets perhaps only known to God Realm strong warriors."

After hearing so much, Lu Ye grasped some key points, the Spirit Realm he mentioned corresponds to his understanding of Moon Jade, while God Realm corresponds to Sun Blaze.

"Is there anything else you want to ask?"

Lu Ye said: "All Phenomena Ocean... Have you heard of it?"

Leopard Five slowly shook his head: "Never heard of it."

"And Reincarnation Tree?"

"Not at all... are you talking about the ancient Tree of Life?"

"No." Lu Ye’s heart sank further, if Leopard Five hadn’t heard of All Phenomena Ocean, that’s still fine, though famous, it hasn’t reached the extent that everyone across the star sky knows it.

But he hadn’t heard of the Reincarnation Tree! That’s unexpected, Leopard Five is at least in the Moon Jade realm.

Spirit Realm, God Realm, the appearance of the Star Abyss wormhole three hundred years ago, now the whole star sky in decline, as many as a dozen Star Abyss wormholes, each a battlefield, all this points unmistakably to one fact.

"Are star maps available nearby?" Lu Ye steadied his mind and asked.

"They are." Leopard Five quickly took out an item and handed it to Lu Ye, "This includes star maps of over a hundred nearby star systems."