Humanity’s Great Sage

ht right in the middle of it.
He needed to borrow strength from somebody if he wanted to get out of this situation.
More accurately, he needed to borrow the power of Mystic Sect.

With a plan in mind, he asked Yi Yi to move ahead of them to investigate the situation.
Meanwhile, he and the tiger quietly sneaked along at a distance of around 100 metres behind her.

In a gorge that was about 35 metres wide, seven cultivators were fighting each other in an endless battle.
There were three on one side and four on the other.
Looking at the situation, it was obvious that the side with less people had the upper hand in the battle.
The main reason was that the average cultivation of those three was higher.

Out of the three of them, one was in the Fourth-Order Spirit Creek Realm while the other two were in the Third-Order Spirit Creek Realm.
On the other hand, the party of four on the opposite side was composed of two in the Third-Order Spirit Creek Realm and two in the Second-Order Spirit Creek Realm.
One of the Third-Order Spirit Creek Realm Masters was bleeding profusely from his arm.
It was clear that he was injured.

The battles between low-level cultivators basically revolved around close combat.
There were very few who could display the full power of Spell Techniques.
That was because their cultivation was too low, so the power of their Spell Techniques was weak.
Not to mention, activating Spell Techniques required time and the process of activation could easily be interrupted.
Moreover, accuracy was still an issue even if they managed to succeed at activating the Spell Technique.
Therefore, whoever had a higher cultivation and stronger weapon would naturally hold the advantage in close combat.

Among those four people, the leader was a strong and burly man.
He was holding a large knife and standing in front of the others.
He shouted while retreating, “Go!”

His words implied that he was going to bring up the rear.

The other three looked sad, but they did not abandon him to escape.
On the contrary, they fought beside him to retreat and fight at the same time.
Unfortunately, that was nothing more than a temporary reprieve.
The moment that burly man collapsed, all four of them would die in this place.

The Fourth-Order Spirit Creek Realm Master on the opposite side seemed aware of this fact.
Hence, he did not take action even if he had the chance to kill the burly man.
Instead, he continuously slashed away at the burly man’s body, creating more wounds on the latter’s body.
It made the burly man look more and more wretched.

Lu Ye and the tiger were hiding among a pile of rocks not far behind these four people.
They were observing the situation through the gaps in the rock.
At first, he had been troubled over how he was supposed to distinguish between the cultivators of Mystic Sect and Nine Star Clan.
It was not like he could just go up to them and ask after all.

However, he realised that he had been overthinking the moment he saw the fight between these two parties.
It was very easy to distinguish between the cultivators of Mystic Sect and Nine Star Clan.
That was because there were different coloured lights glowing from the backs of the hands of both parties.

He was amazed by the sight despite not understanding the reason behind that phenomenon.
His Battlefield Imprint had never shown any changes before during his previous battles.

Unbeknownst to him, this was all thanks to Wang Yang.
Mystic Sect and Nine Star Clan had been struggling against each other on this territory for many years.
It was just that Mystic Sect had always held the upper hand in the situation due to their advantage in numbers and strength among the Spirit Creek Realm Masters.
For that reason, the Spirit Creek Realm Masters of Nine Star Clan had always kept a low-profile in this area.
It used to be very difficult for the people of Mystic Sect to hunt down their opponents.

However, the Young Master of Nine Star Clan had been killed.
Almost all of the Spirit Creek Realm Masters within the Sect had been deployed as a result, so it was a great chance for Mystic Sect.
It was the perfect opportunity for them to go on a rampage to hunt and slaughter the disciples of Nine Star Clan.

That was why Wang Yang couldn’t care less about the reason behind this incident.
All he saw was a good chance for him to severely damage the Nine Star Clan.
For that reason, he used the Divine Opportunity Column in his base to declare war on the Nine Star Clan, regardless of the cost.

The Nine Star Clan was well within their rights to reject such a declaration of war.
But, they were trying to hunt down the person who killed their Young Master.
How could they reject this declaration of war at this time? That being the case, Dong Shu Ye could only bite the bullet and accept the declaration.
At the same time, he cursed Wang Yang with all his heart.

During the period when war was declared, a different coloured light would shine from the backs of the hands of cultivators from both sides the moment they confronted each other.
It made their positions clear in an instant.

It had to be said that both sides had many rogue cultivators under them.
The faces of these rogue cultivators were extremely unfamiliar to many of the cultivators from both Sects.
Therefore, the Battlefield Imprint not only prevented either side from accidentally injuring their own allies, but it also allowed both sides to instantly determine which was their enemy and which was a trusted ally.