Chapter 138 : Chapter 138

The danger warning from Blue Star’s civilization buff only took effect against foreign civilizations.

So the moment the warning appeared, it meant that one of the foreign civilizations on the rankings had shown up.

Ye Ze swiftly crossed a low hill and moved toward the source of the alert.

There, he discovered that one of China’s vanguard forces was clashing with a foreign squad.

And it was the Wildlands race again!

But this group was worlds apart from Lie Qing and the others from before.

On the battlefield, the one leading them was a Wildlands warrior well over two meters tall, bare-chested, with his skin covered in ravine-like scars that made him look terrifying.

Or rather, they were also the totems of honor within his tribe.

【Lie Kuang (Young Tribe Chief of the Blazing Sun Tribe)】

Level: 65

Attributes: Strength 1700, Constitution 1500, Agility 1500, Spirit 1200

Skills: Wrath of the Solar Crown, Crimson Sun Shield, Beastblood Surge, Roar of Kings...

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When Ye Ze saw the title “Young Tribe Chief of the Blazing Sun Tribe,” his brows instinctively rose.

“Could he be here to take revenge on me?”

After all, the ones he had killed, including Lie Qing, had belonged to the Blazing Sun Tribe of the Wildlands race.

And this Lie Kuang, whether in terms of his massive 1700 Strength, or his skills and equipment, was far stronger than Lie Qing by more than just a little.

Even among sixth-ranks, he would count as a top-tier combatant.

And it was not just the young tribe chief alone. The squad he had brought with him contained more than twenty powerful Wildlands warriors, all elites among elites!

As for the force battling the Wildlands race, it was a vanguard unit made up of dozens of fifth-rank Class Users, led by the Azure-Robed King and the Sun King, two veteran sixth-ranks.

In theory, that lineup should not have been inferior to the enemy.

But the racial traits of the Wildlands race were like a berserker amplified severalfold!

With the young tribe chief Lie Kuang leading them, more than twenty Wildlands warriors charged together as one, using no tactics whatsoever and simply storming forward head-on!

Lie Kuang himself was already extremely formidable in Strength and Constitution, and with 【Crimson Sun Shield】 holding the front, he forcibly absorbed most of the damage.

The Azure-Robed King, Lu Kun, was also one of the best among sixth-ranks, and his swordsmanship had reached the pinnacle.

But facing the Wildlands race, whose blood aura was at its peak, trying to meet them head-on was far too disadvantageous!

It was like an assassin and a warrior. They were not meant to collide by brute force.

But that alone was not what made the situation dangerous. The key issue was that behind the Wildlands squad stood a hunched old 【shaman healer】 from the Wildlands race!

With healing support backing them, the Wildlands warriors’ charge grew even more reckless.

For a moment, even with two sixth-ranks leading the force, they found the enemy extremely difficult to handle, to the point that they had no choice but to fall back.

The Azure-Robed King Lu Kun’s face darkened. “Forget the Starspirit Crystal Ore. Let them have it. We retreat first!”

The place where the conflict had erupted was precisely the site of a 【Starspirit Crystal Ore】 deposit. It was highly valuable, but if they wanted to withdraw safely, they had no choice but to yield it.

What they had not expected was that Lie Kuang, his face full of arrogance, had no intention of letting them off even for the sake of the crystal mine.

“You think you can leave just because you gave up the crystal mine?”

“Hand over the murderer who killed the members of my Blazing Sun Tribe!”

At those words, Lu Kun frowned deeply. “You came here deliberately looking for trouble?”

Even if such a murderer really were among China’s people, there was no way he would hand him over, much less now, when he did not even know what had happened.

Lie Kuang gave a disdainful snort. “Then you can all die!”

“A mere handful of humans dared to kill members of my Blazing Sun Tribe. You are courting death!”

With that, Lie Kuang and the more than twenty Wildlands warriors pressed their assault even harder.

At that moment, however, Ye Ze was rather surprised when he heard those words.

“They were actually able to track me down?”

“Could it be that there was something wrong with the spoils I picked up after killing those Wildlands warriors?”

The spoils themselves might not have been a problem, but if the Wildlands race had some corresponding tracking method, then that was another matter.

Still, it was not a big issue.

If a few more came, then he would simply kill a few more!

Just then, though, he spotted a familiar face within China’s formation.

And not someone who ought to have been here, either: Luo Yao.

“Why is she here?”

“Wasn’t it said that no one below fourth-rank was allowed into the Star Spirit World Secret Realm... Could it be because of her Hidden Class?”

After a moment’s thought, Ye Ze assessed the battlefield and summoned the mantis, aiming it at the frailest target in the enemy rear—the shaman healer.

Then he himself transformed into a shadow and arrived beside Luo Yao, who was being protected in the back.

Luo Yao was only a support class, and at this moment no one could devote their full attention to protecting her. Ye Ze’s sudden appearance beside her startled her so badly that she nearly jumped.

“Ye-Ye Ze!!”

The moment she saw clearly that it was him, the shock on Luo Yao’s delicate face instantly turned into delight.

An inexplicable sense of safety rose within her.

Ye Ze raised one finger and placed it lightly against his lips. “Shh...”

Then, all at once, the surroundings seemed to fall still.

The old shaman healer, who was healing the Wildlands warriors on the front line, kept casting at full force, not noticing the slightest abnormality beside him.

In the next instant, a dark violet Void Rift, so sharp that it seemed to warp space itself, slashed across the old shaman healer’s body!

Slash!

Although even the shaman healer, the weakest in Constitution among the Wildlands race, still had 800 Constitution, and his defenses were by no means fragile, the mantis had gone through repeated evolution from Hunter, and after equipping the Soul-Devouring Spirit Blade, its Strength had reached 1050. On top of that, its arm blades ignored 160% of defense...The Wildlands shaman healer’s body was cleaved in half in an instant, like a sheet of paper.

【Killed Wildlands shaman healer Sati. Experience +130000 (+100%)!】

【Slaughter’s Gift — Gained 20 Free Attribute Points!】

【Destined Treasure Affinity — Automatically seized the opponent’s treasures.】

【Soul-Devouring Spirit Blade — Devoured the enemy’s soul. Current stacks: 1.】

Hearing the prompt, Ye Ze felt a little regretful. This shaman healer did not count as a powerful enemy, so he could not trigger Hunter’s evolution effect.

Still, it was not a big problem. At the very least, Lie Kuang, the young tribe chief, was definitely a powerful enemy!

Lie Kuang himself suddenly felt a chill run down his back.

An aura of absolute destruction came from behind him.

He turned around at once, only to see that Sati, the only shaman healer in his squad, had already been split in two.

“Sati! No—!”

That cry of grief left the Azure-Robed King and the others on the front line equally bewildered.

The Wildlands race’s protection of their rear line had not been weak in the slightest. Otherwise, Lu Kun, as a sword cultivator, would have gone to assassinate the shaman healer himself.

So who had broken through the enemy’s defense that easily?

And killed their backline in a single strike?

Shaman healers were exceptionally scarce even among the Wildlands race. The death of one healer sent the young tribe chief Lie Kuang into a towering rage.

“Who was it!? Who did this!?”

Behind China’s formation, Ye Ze stood beside Luo Yao and spoke calmly. His voice was not loud, yet everyone on the battlefield heard it clearly:

“Were you not looking for me?”

“Now I’m here!”