Chapter 257

Chapter 257: Like-Minded Companions

Blood red sliced through the sky.

Just skimming past the Heavenly Desolation Sect, in an instant, every single member of the sect had their eyes glowing red.

One by one, figures—along with the spirit beasts from within the sect—charged out, chasing after Lu Ye.

There were a lot of pursuers; adding another sect’s creatures into the mix didn’t faze Lu Ye at all.

He skipped past five sects, veering in a massive loop, and returned to the Heavenly Desolation Sect.

Bursting into the formation, Lu Ye was quite familiar with the sect’s great formation known as the Heavenly Desolation Nine Extreme Formation, which had it all: offense, defense, entrapment, and illusions.

Lu Ye immediately began altering the formation.

There was no need for extensive modifications; just a few tweaks, and the Heavenly Desolation Nine Extreme Formation would keep the original sect members at bay.

Four Lu Yes appeared simultaneously.

Unfortunately, for his sixth life, he only had the Ghost Valley Wood and Fire Spirit Soil in his hands; originally, he planned to condense his sixth life when breaking through to the Celestial Realm.

But before he could find the third treasure, Wind Soul Sand, he was too eager to chase An Li’s footsteps.

Not that it mattered.

The Fourth Heaven was massive; there had to be Wind Soul Sand somewhere.

Just didn’t know where.

A figure appeared outside the Heavenly Desolation Sect, and without any hesitation, burst into the formation.

In that moment, the Heavenly Desolation Nine Extreme Formation erupted with unprecedented brilliance, and within the formation, a murderous aura manifested.

Terrifying light blasted toward that giant figure.

Nine rays of light intertwined with each other, twisting and crushing.

The second strongman and then the third appeared; each strongman without a second thought rushed into the formation.

One by one, strongmen fell.

A massive amount of spirit stones turned to dust, and the formation’s foundations detonated.

This method of operation had already reached the formation’s load limit, threatening to cause a complete explosion.

But what did that matter?

It wasn’t Lu Ye’s formation.

If it exploded, it would just be a headache for the Heavenly Desolation Sect. Each Lu Ye had clear tasks; the Emperor’s Banner was thrown into the formation, ready to collect souls the moment a strongman perished.

Plus, he used the yin souls to collect the storage rings; with plenty of yin souls around, even if they died, Lu Ye felt no sorrow.

More and more strongmen flooded into the formation.

Various wild powers crashed around.

One would think that the creator of the Heavenly Desolation Nine Extreme Formation never imagined a day when so many strongmen would attack it. What kind of colossal mistake would have to be made to provoke such chaos?

The formation’s foundations shattered massively.

Lu Ye swapped them out without a moment’s hesitation.

One Lu Ye looted the Heavenly Desolation Sect clean, and finally, the entire formation began to collapse.

All the Lu Yes merged into one; with the Emperor’s Banner grasped tightly, he swallowed a large pill, and Lu Ye’s figure vanished once more.

“Boom!”

The sheer number of strongmen couldn’t even create space; it felt like a zombie apocalypse.

Another chase ensued.

Lu Ye arrived at a new sect, its members now empty shells, all consumed by the frenzy of hunting Lu Ye.

Lu Ye selected these sects for good reason.

When he appeared at the Ascension Pool, he caught a glance at those surrounding him, some of whom he recognized, albeit from a past life.

Friends in the past life, now chasing him in this one.

Without his Grand Dao to protect him, he was left friendless, though Lu Ye did not feel lonely.

Because cultivation was inherently lonely.

It was only during his time in the Grand Dao Sect that Lu Ye had the chance to make friends, but he chose to forfeit that.

He already had enough.

He had a system, a sword, a tree, a banner, a Dao, and a goal.

Unlike in his previous life where love was lacking, this life, Lu Ye only needed a little to feel satisfied.

The Eternal Order Sect’s Eternal Order Great Formation activated!

This formation was even more familiar to Lu Ye; the other formations were improved with his help, but the Eternal Order Great Formation was something he personally shattered.

The Eternal Order Sect had improved it time and again, and Lu Ye had broken it repeatedly, until finally, the Eternal Order Sect, spanning the Nine Heavens, was utterly destroyed.

Hence, Lu Ye could perfectly unleash all the formation’s power.

Another brutal assault upon the formation!

Each sect saw their soul lamps extinguish.

The entire Fourth Heaven was divided into four sections: East Desolation, West Desert, North Cold, South Barbaric.

At this moment, Lu Ye’s activities were primarily at the junction between East Desolation and North Cold.

The chase had lasted long enough.

Yet there was still no sign of anyone managing to take down Lu Ye.

Numerous factions had fallen deep into a state of extreme dilemma.

They simply could not comprehend how a Lu Ye, who had just flown up from the Third Heaven, could be so hard to kill?

Was the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens aiming to prepare for this brat?

A group of titans from the Heaven and Earth Realm chased after a mere ant of the Celestial Realm.

Unable to kill!

Continue the pursuit? Strongmen were getting annihilated by the formation one by one.

Don’t continue? Now that he had just ascended and was already this powerful, if given more time, the entire Fourth Heaven would once more belong to him.

This guy could keep up the bloody escape technique using his life force for this long?

In truth, Lu Ye was nearly at his limit.

The continuous use of the Heavenly Demon Blood Escape had turned Lu Ye’s complexion as pale as a ghost.

Even though he was now starting to devour Blood Pills, the Heavenly Demon Blood Escape technique consumed not just life force but also his sources.

What they referred to as sources was essentially the amalgamation of a person’s essence, energy, and spirit.

This type of thing is hard to restore in a short time.

Even with the best of diets, time is required.

Lu Ye estimated he could only run for one more day at most before the Heavenly Demon Blood Escape would no longer hold.

No worries.

Worst case scenario, he’d just die again.

Revive and run again!

Unless he completely wiped out this bunch hunting him down, or managed to escape beyond their realm, Lu Ye feared he couldn’t even find peace in his cultivation.

He didn’t believe it!

Worst case, he’d slaughter all the strongmen of the Fourth Heaven; later, he’d flee to the outer realms to deal with those demonic and evil cultivators, then the entire Fourth Heaven would be a place of equality.

Strongmen rise from the ranks of the weak.

This batch of strongmen that died might lead to a new wave of strongmen in several decades or even centuries.

Who cared about which strongman fell to Lu Ye?

Everyone would only remember that a super tough guy emerged from the Fourth Heaven, and the Eternal Order Great Formation was indeed fearsome, killing so many strongmen yet still holding strong.

Lu Ye continued to recover.

“Everyone, everyone, Lu Ye, don’t kill, don’t kill! Let me be the mediator, we have no real grudges—don’t kill!”

An elder, donned in a Daoist robe, flew out, keeping a safe distance, and shouted at Lu Ye.

Lu Ye glanced over from afar.

Huh?

That aura feels so familiar!

Oh wow—it’s him!!!

Daoist Shouren!

Lu Ye was quite familiar with him—not just familiar, but very familiar.

Because they were fellow compatriots!

Daoist Shouren practiced the same Great Dao of Protection…

Watching the Eternal Order Great Formation, which resembled a meat grinder, constantly consuming lives, Daoist Shouren was filled with sympathy and urgency.

These people were the backbone of the Fourth Heaven.

Now so many falling here would lead to devastation when faced with future crises—what a tragedy for the entire Fourth Heaven!

We are all part of the Human Clan!

How did it come to this, how did it come to this!