Chapter 2275 - 2273: Golden Ape

The eight treasure blood avatars had completed their task; the big arrays in the hundreds of bone pools were all destroyed. Edgeless City's protective array had lost the strength supply from the bone chalices and no longer had the power to sustain.

Over on Dark Butterfly's side, she was locked in combat with Specter Slayer, a fierce battlefield between two Peak Dao Fusion experts.

Under such circumstances, the treasure blood avatars were useless. So, with the blessing of Star Abyss, Lu Ye teleported all eight treasure blood avatars over, and he himself departed to the location of his Talent Tree Avatar using the Void Dao Runes.

Mental Tiger could not understand the cause and effect, but since Mad Lion already said it, he naturally had no doubt. He immediately set off to rush to support Golden Ape.

However, he soon sensed something was wrong because Lu Ye's seven treasure blood avatars were scattered around him, trailing behind from afar, uncertain of their intention.

Even though Mental Tiger made another move and killed several avatars, the remaining ones merely kept their distance from him.

Just before this, the Talent Tree Avatar was facing off against Golden Ape. But rather than a confrontation, it was more like being overwhelmingly suppressed.

Their strengths were far apart. According to Lu Ye's estimation, Golden Ape's power, once using Dao soldiers, reached about two hundred thirty Dao, even surpassing Lu Ye's full explosion by ten percent. Such a gap is hard to bridge with combat experience and skills.

Especially since the Talent Tree Avatar lacked a handy weapon.

Fortunately, the task of the avatar was simple; it did not seek to kill the enemy, merely delay!

Golden Ape was also extremely frustrated; he didn't gain advantages dealing with Yan Zhixing and others earlier and thought fighting Lu Ye would be straightforward only to find it wasn't the case.

The more so, the more enraged he became.

Suddenly, the Talent Tree Avatar paused slightly as if disrupted. This was a great opportunity Golden Ape would not miss; he violently rushed Dao force, landing a mighty attack.

The Talent Tree Avatar soared like a kite with a cut string, half of its body becoming tattered.

This time it truly suffered a heavy blow. Golden Ape's eyes lit up, prepared to finish it off, when suddenly beside the Talent Tree Avatar, a flash of light appeared, and a figure unexpectedly materialized.

Golden Ape was startled, instinctively cautious. Upon focusing, he realized it was another Lu Ye, unsure if this was the true body or an avatar.

The true body, after teleporting over, directly faced Golden Ape, while the Talent Tree Avatar took advantage of the situation to escape the battlefield and rushed towards the nearby Array Base Hall.

Golden Ape was dumbfounded; he never expected such an absurd situation to occur. He clearly had intercepted well, even possessing a great advantage in combat with Lu Ye, unable to fathom how another Lu Ye suddenly emerged.

Where is Mental Tiger? What's he doing?

"Stop him! The array base must not suffer more losses!" Mad Lion's anxious roar rang in his ears.

Three array bases were already destroyed, if one more goes, it would be truly irreparable.

Golden Ape was aware of the seriousness, but to stop the avatar, he needed to break through the true body's interception. Though the true body's strength was not inferior to his, it was still capable of entangling him for a while.

A few breaths later, amidst Golden Ape's unwilling angry roar, the fourth Array Base Hall was destroyed, and a newly arrived Dao Fusion was also slain by the avatar.

Another beam of white light descended, yet even though it was the avatar that slew the enemy, this Heaven's Augury Bestowment still fell upon the true body.

"I will kill you!" Golden Ape roared. With the loss of the Array Base Hall, his mission undoubtedly failed. Now all he could do was one thing… kill Lu Ye, then support Specter Slayer, attempting to weaken the enemy's strength as much as possible before Edgeless City's big array was completely destroyed, thus turning the tide.

Moreover, he could feel that Mental Tiger's aura was rapidly approaching. Within a dozen breaths, they could join forces, and then together with Mental Tiger, this human race would be utterly powerless to resist.

Almost simultaneously with Golden Ape's roar, several treasure blood avatars scattered around Mental Tiger suddenly closed in on him.

Mental Tiger didn't take these treasure blood avatars seriously; he had previously destroyed several, naturally knowing these avatars are useless.

Unaware of why there was this peculiar initiative to court death.

With a flick of his hand, Dao force scattered, and one after another treasure blood avatar broke apart.

In an instant, all avatars had been blasted into blood mist.

Yet, at this moment, the blood mist left by the final avatar began to twist and transform, condensing into a complex Dao Rune!

The Dao Rune undulated, and a tattered silhouette suddenly appeared!

It was indeed the Talent Tree Avatar.

Only several hundred feet from Mental Tiger!

Mental Tiger sensed something was wrong, turned his head to see the Talent Tree Avatar had already used the Brazen Plundering Technique closing in.

He turned pale with fright; having fought with Lu Ye before, he naturally knew he was not an opponent, originally thinking to rush over to Golden Ape to join forces, unaware of how Lu Ye came back again.

But this Lu Ye was different from the previous one; this guy was without a blade and seemed heavily injured.

Mental Tiger's mind became active, vaguely sensing this was a great chance to strike while the enemy was weak, regardless if it was the real body or an avatar, eliminating it would significantly diminish the human race's strength.

Yet soon he changed his mind because together with Talent Tree Avatar's teleportation arrived the imposing true body wielding the Boulder Mountain Saber!

On the other side, having suddenly lost his opponent, Golden Ape was left dumbfounded…

Lu Ye's true body and avatar repeatedly teleported using brazen maneuvers, dazzling his eyes. Originally dominant, easily intercepting Lu Ye, now not only another Array Base Hall was destroyed, even the opponent suddenly vanished.

After receiving another reminder from Mad Lion, Golden Ape's pupils suddenly contracted, and a cloud of blood mist exploded around his body as he rushed at full speed towards Mental Tiger.

Not only that, but almost all the Dao Fusion practitioners within Edgeless City also received orders from Mad Lion to head towards Mental Tiger.

In the entire Edgeless City, Mad Lion and Specter Slayer were the strongest, both at Peak Dao Fusion. Below them was Golden Ape, just a step away from Peak Dao Fusion, followed by Mental Tiger, who could be considered the fourth strongest in Edgeless City and a native of the Beast Race, so nothing must go wrong.

At this moment, Mental Tiger was in a sorry state.

He was originally no match for Lu Ye's true form, and now with the addition of the Talent Tree Avatar, he was even more hard-pressed. In just a brief moment, his body was covered with scars.

He could only fight like a trapped beast, hoping for reinforcements. In his perception, Golden Ape was getting closer, and should be able to support him in just 5 breaths.

One breath...

Two breaths...

Three breaths...

Mental Tiger had never felt time pass so slowly. Fortunately, after three breaths, the silhouette of Golden Ape appeared in the corner of his view.

Rumble...

A deafening noise echoed, shaking the entire Edgeless City violently.

All the Dao Fusion practitioners rushing to support were shocked, raising their eyes to look, their minds wavering.

The protective array that had always covered Edgeless City was shattered!

Four powerful auras invaded from four directions without any concealment, each aura no less than their own City Lord.

Every Dao Fusion practitioner in the city, one by one, all looked ashen.

For countless millennia since Edgeless City stood here, such an event had never occurred. The protective array, which all the Beast Race took pride in, was actually breached.

It's true that the enemy's power was strong, but if there were no internal problems, how could four Peak Dao Fusion practitioners achieve such a feat?

It was precisely because of internal changes — first, the bone pool ceased to supply power, then the four array bases were destroyed, even the strongest array couldn't withstand such torment.

And now, four top human experts had descended powerfully, plus the two already rampaging in the city, Edgeless City's future... what path would it take?

"Ah!" A scream suddenly erupted, coming from Mental Tiger's mouth.

At the instant the protective array of Edgeless City shattered, Mental Tiger was also startled, but he knew his situation was perilous, so he wasn't too distracted. Compared to Edgeless City's future, his immediate concern was his survival.

However, as Lu Ye shook the Boulder Mountain Saber in his hand, the countless wounds on Mental Tiger's body abruptly burst open, as if an invisible hand was ripping them apart.

Blood gushed out like a fountain.

The intense pain was not unbearable for him, but what terrified him was that Lu Ye clearly hadn't struck him again, so why was this happening?

It was only now that he suddenly noticed that some mysterious power seemed to be lingering within his wounds.

In that instant of mental lapse, life and death had already been decided!

First, the full-force attack of the Talent Tree Avatar broke through the power protecting Mental Tiger, then the true form's long saber slashed diagonally.

A head flew, Mental Tiger's body wobbled slightly and froze in place, with blood gushing from his neck like a spring.

The fourth strongest of Edgeless City, dead!

Lu Ye did not even have time to tidy up the battlefield or collect his spoils. After killing Mental Tiger, he immediately dashed aside with the Talent Tree Avatar.

For no other reason, Golden Ape had already charged over!

Additionally, many Dao Fusion auras from all directions were converging on this spot.

The true form and the avatar combined were not afraid of one Golden Ape, but if more Dao Fusions aided, it would be different. Once encircled, he wouldn't be able to enjoy it either.

Now that the protective array of Edgeless City was broken, Yan Zhixing and others had slaughtered their way in. The next step depended on the skills of those elders!

He didn't need to face Golden Ape; what he needed to do was kill more of the weaker Dao Fusion practitioners!

Another Star Abyss Blessing descended upon him.

Golden Ape watched, his eyes nearly bursting.

Just a little more, just a touch more, and he could have saved Mental Tiger, but it was precisely this tiny gap that created an eternal separation, making it unbearable for him.

Throughout today's struggle with Lu Ye, he realized he was completely being toyed with by Lu Ye. Now, even the array base wasn't protected, and Mental Tiger was dead.

What angered him even more was that every time this human killed one of their Dao Fusion practitioners, he received a Star Abyss Blessing.

Why did the great and profound Will of the Star Abyss favor a despicable human so much? That was the most baffling part for him.