Sage of Humanity

As soon as the thought arose, a massive pressure suddenly descended from the sky. Caught off guard, this Blood Race member's body went limp, nearly collapsing, and he hurriedly shouted: "Fellow Daoist Li!"

Not only him, but the other few Blood Races also felt the same, and the originally stabilized Blood Sea was once again in fierce turmoil, nearly about to collapse.

Lu Ye spoke: "Apologies, apologies, I'm still not very skilled at using this Saintliness Restraint Technique for the first time."

While apologizing verbally, he had already approached the Blood Race, raised the Boulder Mountain Saber, augmented it with the Double-Sharpness Spirit Runes, and struck down with the saber.

Almost simultaneously as he acted on his side, a doppelganger suddenly appeared behind another Blood Race, and numerous Sword Qi from the sword gourd emerged, rapidly converging into a startling sword flash, sweeping towards the Blood Race's back.

The massive Blood Sea became increasingly turbulent.

The lifeforce of two individuals was extinguished almost at the same time.

The remaining three Blood Races vaguely sensed something was wrong, but due to the suppression of saintliness and the unrest of the Blood Sea, they could not accurately determine what exactly happened at the moment.

The Sacred Seed was still calling out: "Fellow Daoists, please retract your saintliness quickly!"

Lu Ye's voice floated over from another side: "Retract, retract, be calm and patient!"

As another slash fell, a short exclamation came from the doppelganger's side. In terms of close-range assassination, the doppelganger's techniques were not as proficient as the main body, causing a slight mishap, though it wasn't a major issue.

The Sacred Seed Blood Race finally sensed something amiss and urgently called out: "What is Fellow Daoist doing?"

The moment after asking this question, his face changed dramatically: "Human race?"

Their Blood Seas had completely merged, allowing him to glimpse Lu Ye's true identity through the feedback from the Blood Sea. What he saw truly startled him, as the one they considered their fellow, Li Taibai, turned out to be a human race face!

And his four companions were completely wiped out!

Moreover, there was an additional figure in the Blood Sea identical to Li Taibai.

His mind was instantly plunged into chaos, with various thoughts emerging, leaving no time for deep thinking. Instinctively, he wanted to escape.

Even though he did not understand why a human could possess such powerful saintliness, nor did he understand where the other human emerged from, he knew he must flee to survive at this moment.

Amid the tremendous suppression of saintliness, he couldn't exert even half of his full strength. With his four companions already dead, if he did not flee immediately, he would follow in their footsteps.

As expected of a Sacred Seed, his decision was swift, but after Lu Ye seized control of this Blood Sea, escaping was no trivial task.

In the Blood Sea where he moved like a fish in water, he now felt trapped in a mire, struggling to take steps. Before he could run far, Lu Ye's main body and the doppelganger blocked him from front and back.

The outcome was naturally tragic. With his powers severely suppressed, he had little room to maneuver.

After only two exchanges, he died on the spot.

The five Blood Races, who boasted on this defensive line for an unknown period, were now wiped out, all as one family.

Lu Ye briefly scavenged for spoils of war and disposed of the bodies as usual.

The massive Blood Sea, without the support of the other five Blood Races, was beyond Lu Ye's control. Following the deaths of the Blood Races, the Blood Sea's volume rapidly decreased, eventually leaving only Lu Ye's residual Blood Sea.

He contracted it to a Blood Cloud about ten feet around as usual and proceeded leisurely in one direction.

From a distance, cultivators from various races witnessing this scene were puzzled, for the previous battle erupted within the Blood Sea, which served as a cover. Hence, no matter the commotion from the fight or the Blood Races' demise, the movements were subtle, and these distant cultivators naturally couldn't perceive clearly.

They couldn't fathom why the once enormous Blood Sea reduced to such a small size after an additional Blood Race appeared...

They dared not make any rash moves, for fear of exposing themselves and inviting a counterattack from the Blood Race. They continued to await others' impatience, ready to act when an opportunity arose.

On the Baiyu Platform of the Reincarnation Tree, almost simultaneously with Lu Ye's swift execution of the five Blood Races, murmurs arose throughout the platform.

The esteemed Sun Blaze Realm and Moon Jade Realm cultivators were naturally not so easily startled, but those present comprised more than just these powerful individuals; most were Divine Sea Realm cultivators who followed their seniors to broaden their horizons.

Limited by their strength and cultivation, they lacked the qualification to participate in this Divine Sea Struggle and likely would not have future opportunities, so they could only observe here to satiate their curiosity.

In reality, they could not witness the combats within the Taichu Realm, only able to observe the changes in leaderboard rankings.

Each change in the ranking list signifies a fierce battle between dragons and tigers. The disappearance of each name represents the fall or defeat of a domain's prodigy.

A month ago, the pillar on the right had no rankings, while the left pillar had two or three thousand names. The names of those strong individuals did not disappear quickly, with only a few hundred disappearing throughout the month.

But after the month passed, the frequency of these names disappearing increased significantly, and as for the rankings on the top hundred list on the right, they fluctuated dramatically, with some people suddenly rising a few spots, and others' names suddenly fading and disappearing, making many in the Divine Sea Realm feel the danger within the Taichu Realm.

Overall, the ranking changes are less frequent for the top-ranked, while the frequency increases the further down the list one goes. The higher the rank, especially the top twenty, the changes are rare, even if there is a change, it is only rising or falling by one rank, never several ranks suddenly.

During this period, only Lu Yiye from the Nine Heavens World did something unknown and suddenly jumped from eleventh to seventh, but over the past few days, he dropped one place, now standing at eighth.

Concerning Lu Yiye's background, tens of thousands present have some basic understanding. It's hard not to pay attention to him, the only Divine Sea Level 8 cultivator, especially since his success or failure directly affects the ownership of a nine-star Treasure Bead.

As the huge uproar spread, the originally eighth-ranked Lu Yiye suddenly surged upward dramatically, directly landing at third!

Even without participating in the Divine Sea battle or showing the number of enemy kills in these rankings, everyone knows that those ranked at the front have a nearly identical number of kills, only differing in terms of timing.

But to leap from eighth to third all at once, more than one opponent must have been killed.

Lu Yiye's ranking had experienced such a situation before, and now it happened again!

How can he, a Divine Sea Level 8 cultivator, instantaneously kill several opponents? It must be noted that those inside are the most elite Divine Sea Realm prodigies from each major domain, even the weaker ones are stronger than the average Divine Sea Realm cultivators.

The competition among these prodigies shouldn't result in someone crushing several opponents easily, not to mention the obscure Nine Heavens World, even the prodigies from top-tier domains couldn't achieve such a feat.

Yet, this has indeed happened.

While the strong did not react with shock, they were extremely astonished, each face turning stern.

Everyone felt a great threat, such upheaval in this generation's Divine Sea battle is unfavorable for all domains, because each domain's junior may encounter Lu Yiye, and underestimating his Level 8 cultivation could disastrously result in a downfall.

"It's the Blood Race! Several of the Blood Race's names have disappeared."

"Five! All ranked between fifty and sixty."

"That's truly exhilarating, boosting the prestige of the human race!"

Murmurs started to fill the platform. Since Lu Yiye had suddenly surged several ranks, he must have killed several opponents. The question arises, who died?

In fact, it's not difficult to see. Just observe which cultivator's name has disappeared.

Though the names on both pillars are still numerous, among the cultivator group with at least Divine Sea Realm cultivation, the disappearance of names is quite obvious.

So, everyone soon detected something unusual.

Originally ranking between fifty and sixty, five Blood Race members suddenly disappeared without a trace!

In other words, these five Blood Race members died at the hands of Lu Yiye, and the numbers match.

This made the human race cultivators feel gratified. If Lu Yiye obtained the rank by killing fellow cultivators, while not objectionable and within the rules, it wouldn't have stirred such a widespread resonance.

But killing the Blood Race is different...

It is known that the Blood Race has a secret technique to connect with each other, acting as a group at this point to intercept and kill various race cultivators. Although it is known, there is no effective way to counter it.

Over a thousand years, the Blood Race has repeatedly gained from the Taichu Realm using this method.

Finally, someone stepped up to teach them a lesson! Naturally, this is satisfying, not only are the human race's strong delighted, but other races' strong are equally thrilled.

Many eyes intentionally or inadvertently gazed towards the direction of those Blood Race world's strong, and sure enough, saw the grim faces!

Due to their skin color, the Blood Race originally all have red faces, but now their red faces have turned black.

"Targeting five Blood Race members at once, it certainly isn't his solo achievement, he probably allied with strong individuals from other races to attack together." Someone speculated.

This seems logical. Everyone knows the Blood Race secret technique's eerie nature, five Blood Race members acting as a group, and unless outnumbering them two to one, it's absolutely impossible to confront them, let alone kill them.

The strong from various domains do not know specifically what happened within the Taichu Realm, but even if Lu Yiye has incredible abilities, he cannot alone defeat five and eliminate them with deadly precision. There is only one explanation, that he has considerable allies.