Three days later, on both sides of the chaotic battlefield, Lu Ye and Luo Ji stood several dozen yards apart, each recovering.
During these three days, the two had engaged in over a dozen major battles, clashing several times each day, yet neither had managed to gain the upper hand.
Three days of intense fighting had left Lu Ye utterly exhausted, both physically and mentally. He had barely slept during these three days, and he couldn't understand why the guy named Luo Ji across from him could recover so quickly!
By now, both sides had revealed all their trump cards. In direct confrontation, neither could gain the upper hand. Now, it was a matter of who could last longer, making the recovery speed particularly crucial.
Within the same time frame, the side that could recover more spiritual energy would continuously accumulate an advantage.
With the assistance of the Taotie meal, Lu Ye's speed of refining spirit pills was twice as fast as usual. During his rest periods, he would also construct spirit patterns at his spirit acupoints to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy.
With these two methods combined, Lu Ye's recovery speed had reached a terrifying level, surpassing even the average Sixth Layer Realm cultivator.
Luo Ji, who shared the same confusion, was cursing inwardly. How could this brute recover so quickly?
Although he was only at the Second Layer of the Spirit Stream Realm, he had already opened fifty-five acupoints, nearly twice as many as Lu Ye. Moreover, the spirit pills he took were not ordinary Spirit Nourishing Pills but the specially made Lesser Rejuvenation Pills from the Boundless Island.
These spirit pills were not much different from Spirit Nourishing Pills when used for cultivation, but for recovery, they were about thirty percent more effective.
During his recovery, Luo Ji also used spirit stones, holding one in each hand and desperately absorbing the spiritual energy within them.
Despite these three methods, he still couldn't gain any advantage.
He was truly puzzled by the situation.
Compared to Lu Ye, he had even less time to rest, having barely closed his eyes for the past three days due to the harassment from Amber and Yi Yi.
In direct combat, Amber and Yi Yi couldn't provide much help, but they could still harass him effectively.
After about two hours of recovery, Lu Ye opened his eyes. As usual, another round of intense fighting was about to begin.
Sure enough, Luo Ji also opened his eyes, stood up, and walked toward Lu Ye.
He wasn't planning to engage in close combat but needed to get closer to cast his spells.
On the other side, Lu Ye mounted Amber and charged toward Luo Ji, his long saber pointing diagonally at the ground, ready to strike.
Luo Ji stopped, his hands glowing with spiritual light, preparing his spells...
At that moment, he suddenly frowned, sensed something, and raised his hand. "Wait a moment!"
Lu Ye frowned but still made Amber stop.
Luo Ji dispelled the spiritual light in his hands and panted, "No more fighting. You win!"
Lu Ye stared at him, unsure what he was up to.
To reassure Lu Ye, Luo Ji explained, "The Xuan Sect's declaration of war against the Nine Stars Sect has ended. The Nine Stars Sect is no match and has retreated to their base, so I'm leaving."
He had been invited by the Nine Stars Sect to deal with Lu Ye. With the Nine Stars Sect's defeat, staying here was meaningless.
Lu Ye naturally didn't easily believe his words. After several days of combat, he was more certain that Luo Ji was a cunning individual. He immediately used the battlefield imprint to contact Chu Tian to verify the situation.
Chu Tian quickly replied, his tone jubilant, confirming Luo Ji's statement. The Xuan Sect had indeed won the final battle.
This wasn't surprising. Although the two major sects differed by one rank, the Xuan Sect was stronger at the Spirit Stream Realm level. The Nine Stars Sect was never a match, especially after Lu Ye had killed many of their cultivators, further widening the gap.
Over the past few days, the Xuan Sect had accumulated advantages through a series of small-scale battles, ultimately forcing the Nine Stars Sect to retreat to their base.
Thus, the battle between the two major sects came to a temporary end.
"How is it?"
After Lu Ye finished contacting Chu Tian, Luo Ji asked.
Lu Ye nodded slightly, then urged Amber forward, quickly closing the distance to Luo Ji.
"You..." Luo Ji was shocked, unable to understand why Lu Ye was still charging at him. The battle between the two major sects was over, and continuing to fight here made no sense. He didn't understand why Lu Ye was still coming at him.
But there was no time to dwell on this. Seeing the large tiger carrying Lu Ye rapidly approaching, Luo Ji had to activate the Ice Spike Spell to defend.
Lu Ye tilted his head to avoid the incoming ice spike, leaped off the tiger's back, and swung his long saber, a rare grim smile on his face. "When to start the fight is your call, but when to end it is mine!"
Luo Ji had come to fight him to the death for three days, leaving him frustrated and heavily drained. He had accumulated a good number of spirit pills, but now only had about thirty left.
These past few days, he couldn't even cultivate, wasting a lot of time. This loss couldn't be compensated by Luo Ji's simple "You win."
Without venting this anger, how could he let Luo Ji leave?
After three days of combat, both were familiar with each other's techniques. Normally, Luo Ji wouldn't have been so easily approached, but he didn't expect Lu Ye to be so persistent. By the time he realized it, it was too late to retreat.
As the long saber swung down, Luo Ji slapped a Golden Body Talisman on himself. The saber, enhanced with a sharpness spirit pattern, struck the golden light but failed to completely break through.
Instead, a large seal suddenly appeared, growing to the size of a table and stamping down on Lu Ye.
Lu Ye quickly retreated, and a large pit immediately formed where he had been standing, the ground trembling. By the time he stabilized himself, Luo Ji had already retreated ten yards and even fended off a combined ambush from Amber and Yi Yi...
Luo Ji didn't dare to activate the large seal's power again due to the high consumption.
Taking advantage of this, Lu Ye stepped forward and charged at Luo Ji again, dodging the ice spikes and occasionally flashing with defensive spirit patterns.
He could win!
With a few more battles, he could kill Luo Ji.
Although Luo Ji's recovery speed was on par with his, and even slightly better, Luo Ji had consumed too many spirit pills over the past few days.
When a cultivator takes a large number of spirit pills in a short time, the only consequence is that their spiritual energy becomes murky and impure. For a spellcaster like Luo Ji, this was fatal. His spells would be less powerful, and the casting time would be longer...
Lu Ye had clearly noticed this, which was why he insisted on continuing the fight!
He didn't need to kill Luo Ji this time. He just needed to force him to continuously consume spiritual energy and take spirit pills to replenish. Luo Ji would become weaker, and eventually, he would be able to cut him down.