Despite Lu Ye's dazed state, he quickly understood the situation and became tense. Now, he was just a minor cultivator with three apertures; how could he deal with such a scene?
From a hill below, a beam of yellow light shot up into the sky, heading straight for the location of the Sect Master and Lu Ye. The yellow light was like a pillar, moving at an incredible speed, and it arrived in an instant.
The Sect Master's beard and hair stood on end, his clothes flapping in the wind. He quickly drew a circle in front of him, his fingertips stirring with spiritual energy.
An invisible barrier of spiritual energy immediately formed, circular in shape, protecting the Sect Master and Lu Ye behind it. Within the barrier, countless intricate runes, like tadpoles, swam around.
With a loud boom.
The yellow light struck the barrier, but was completely blocked. However, the yellow light continued to surge like a fountain, relentlessly bombarding the barrier.
The Sect Master's eyes widened in anger, his palms pulsing with spiritual energy, maintaining the barrier and holding back the yellow light.
Lu Ye had never seen such a magical battle scene before and was momentarily stunned.
Just as the yellow light and the spiritual energy barrier were in a deadlock, another sound came from the ground on the other side. Lu Ye turned his head to see a towering figure rising into the sky, rushing toward them. Below the figure, a small hill was shattered, clearly crushed by the person's weight.
The figure rushing toward them was enveloped in a blood-red glow, as if all his blood was evaporating, making him look extremely fierce.
At this moment, the Sect Master was using his magic to counter the yellow light. The towering figure clearly wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to rush forward. His speed was extremely fast, and in an instant, he was within thirty zhang of the Sect Master.
The Sect Master changed his hand seal, and the spiritual energy barrier, which was resisting the yellow light, shifted slightly in direction.
The yellow light struck the barrier but was deflected by its smooth, mirror-like surface, redirecting toward the rushing figure.
The towering figure clearly did not expect this to happen. By the time he saw the yellow light coming, it was too late to dodge. He could only roar in anger and raise his arms to block it.
In the next moment, the towering figure was enveloped by the yellow light, staggering back, and the smell of burnt flesh filled the air.
Lu Ye almost couldn't help but cheer at this sight. Although he couldn't fully appreciate the danger of the brief struggle, the Sect Master's move was truly masterful, effortlessly redirecting the force, like shifting the stars and the moon.
However, he was soon overwhelmed by a great sense of horror, his body turning cold as if his blood had frozen.
Before he could understand what was happening, the Sect Master grunted, and Lu Ye saw a flash of blood before his eyes, the smell of blood filling his nostrils.
Dizzy and disoriented, he regained his senses and looked down, his expression shocked.
The Sect Master had a foot-long wound on his waist, the flesh torn and the edges of the wound tinged with green, like maggots wriggling in the wound.
He had no idea when the Sect Master was injured or who had injured him.
At this moment, the Sect Master, using his spiritual energy, carried him and fled in a certain direction at an incredible speed.
The wind howled in his ears, but with the Sect Master's protection, Lu Ye was safe. Only now did he see how many people were attacking the Sect Master.
One was the towering figure he had seen earlier, and another was a thin man, who must have been the one who cast the yellow light. During the pursuit, he was continuously casting spells to interfere, but the Sect Master managed to counter them all.
No, there was a third person!
Behind the Sect Master, a faint, ghostly figure was relentlessly pursuing them, indistinct but clearly a woman from her slender figure. Each time her figure appeared, she was closer to the Sect Master.
At this rate, they wouldn't be able to escape. The thin man's spells were significantly slowing the Sect Master down.
Moreover, the Sect Master was injured.
By now, Lu Ye understood that the Sect Master had been injured by the ghostly woman. The three of them had clear roles: the thin man distracted the Sect Master, the towering man drew his attention, and the real attack came from the hidden woman.
However, they seemed to have underestimated the Sect Master's strength. Despite their carefully planned ambush, the Sect Master had managed to evade it and still had the strength to protect Lu Ye.
The current situation was clearly unfavorable for the Sect Master. If he were alone, he could have escaped even if he couldn't defeat the three. This was the territory of the Haotian Alliance, and help would come if he could hold on for a moment. He had already sent a distress signal when he was ambushed.
But he had to protect Lu Ye, and he couldn't use his full strength. At this rate, it wouldn't take long before the three surrounded him, and when the battle started, Lu Ye would surely die. The mere aftermath of their battle would be too much for Lu Ye to withstand, and he was only safe because of the Sect Master's protection.
There was no choice but to take a gamble!
With this decision, the Sect Master spoke: "Lu Ye, have you heard of the Lingxi Battlefield?"
Lu Ye quickly replied, "No!"
He didn't know why the Sect Master was asking this while fleeing, but he had indeed never heard of the Lingxi Battlefield. His knowledge of this world was too limited.
"Even if you haven't heard of it, there's no other choice." The Sect Master sighed, and while fleeing, he took out a jade slip and pressed it to his forehead.
He then took out a large seal, square and white, made of an unknown material. The seal glowed with spiritual energy, clearly not an ordinary object. He chanted, "Tang Yifeng, the tenth Sect Master of the Biexue Sect, respectfully invites the Heavenly Mechanism. I hereby accept Lu Ye from Bingzhou as a formal disciple of the Biexue Sect, witnessed by the Heavenly Mechanism!"
As he spoke, the Sect Master spat a mist of blood onto the seal, making it glow even more brilliantly.
In the distance, something seemed to descend from the sky and land on the seal.
"Extend your hand!" the Sect Master commanded.
Lu Ye quickly extended his hand, and the Sect Master raised the seal, pressing it onto his hand.
With a loud boom, Lu Ye felt as if he had been struck by a heavy hammer, and he became dazed.
"Stay alive, I will have someone find you!" the Sect Master's voice echoed in his ear, and at the same time, Lu Ye felt something being placed in his chest.
The three pursuers, seeing this, pursued even more urgently. The thin man continuously cast spells, sending out yellow light beams of various sizes, forcing the Sect Master to dodge and weave.
Taking advantage of this, the ghostly woman quickly closed the distance, ready to strike.
At this moment, the Sect Master suddenly plummeted downward, landing with a loud thud in a desolate wilderness.
The wilderness was overgrown with tall grass, but the Sect Master seemed very familiar with the area. He found an old temple hidden in the grass, and with a sweep of his sleeve, the grass was cleared, revealing the temple's true form.
Seeing the temple, the thin man's face darkened. "Stop him quickly!"
The three had been silently pursuing the Sect Master, determined to kill him, but they panicked when they saw the temple.