Chapter 2165 - 2163: Doppelganger Out of Contact

Moments later, the Blood Sea recedes, and the Talent Tree Avatar shoots out, fleeing swiftly in one direction.

Lu Ye remains behind to collect the spoils of battle.

In this ambush, over thirty Insect Race were annihilated, including four from the 9th Dao, reaping substantial rewards.

But Lu Ye knows that after this, he should prepare to flee.

Judging by the overall strength of these Insect Race dispatched by the Insect Matriarch, there are certainly Dao Fusion experts under its command. With such a huge loss, the Insect Matriarch can't continue sending beginners to their deaths; it will resort to using Dao Fusion.

Though Lu Ye has slain a Mann Shan before, that guy could be considered the weakest Dao Fusion, and at the time he had Qing Yu and others assisting.

He certainly wouldn't be arrogant enough to dismiss Dao Fusions.

Just as he was about to leave, a sudden change occurred.

Lu Ye looked up, his expression turning strange.

Above him, a vortex rapidly formed, hinting at the impending arrival of something within.

The Star Abyss Blessing... it's coming again!

When he slew Mann Shan, he was given a Star Abyss Blessing. According to Qing Yu, the Will of the Star Abyss is omnipresent, bestowing rewards to the strong. So, the more you kill, or defeat the strong while weak, the higher the chance of receiving this blessing, especially in the latter case.

For all living creatures in the Star Abyss, a Star Abyss Blessing is a great boon, though rarely encountered.

Yet Lu Ye, in just a few months, has encountered it twice.

Thinking carefully, it's not surprising.

During this period, he single-handedly exterminated three small factions, and just now he ambushed a large group of insects, including four from the 9th Dao.

Although not exactly beating the strong while being weak, he remains at the beginner level, so it can be said he fought many with few.

This is likely why he attracted the Star Abyss Blessing.

While pondering, a white light descends from the vortex, and Lu Ye knows he can't avoid it, so he chooses not to evade.

The white light enters his body, just like before, causing a strong reaction in the Talent Tree. Additionally, a peculiar force wanders within; last time, this force helped heal him rapidly, but with no injuries currently, there's no need for repair.

Lu Ye feels his body seems to become a bit more resilient...

His expression turns peculiar momentarily; despite any hidden drawbacks of such blessings, if this continues, who knows how strong his physique will become, which could be considered a good thing.

It's just... Qing Yu mentioned there are various benefits to the Star Abyss Blessing, so why did the benefits he received twice both enhance his physique?

Unsure if it's a coincidence, he can only confirm after receiving the next Star Abyss Blessing.

Quickly leaving this place.

Half a day later, as Lu Ye is escaping, he looks back to see a stream of light rapidly approaching, carrying a terrifying killing intent.

Even from a distance, Lu Ye can't help but feel a vague sense of crisis.

The Insect Race Dao Fusion is chasing him down!

He expected this situation; as the overlord of the Star Abyss, having so many insects killed by Lu Ye alone would be a huge loss of prestige, how could the Insect Matriarch possibly let this go?

So, upon detecting the pursuers, Lu Ye immediately constructs Void Spirit Runes, teleporting away.

Upon reappearing, he's already where the Talent Tree Avatar is located, tens of thousands of miles away from the previous spot.

He doesn't dare relax, despite the distance seemingly vast, who knows what astonishing abilities those Dao Fusions possess.

Therefore, after gathering, both the original and the avatar again split and act separately.

Several days later, with no traces of pursuers found, Lu Ye finally relaxes.

The Insect Race Dao Fusion must have been thoroughly shaken off. If they could still catch up in this situation, it truly would defy logic.

He found a large floating land, entered a cave, then retrieved the Dao Bone obtained from the insect kills and began to refine it.

Ten thousand miles away in a hidden spot, the Talent Tree Avatar quietly lies dormant, ready to assist the original at any time.

After refining the Dao Bone, assessing his own Dao force, Lu Ye felt invigorated.

It's time to polish some Dao Bone; the dual efforts of hard cultivation and battling enemies have accumulated considerable Dao force.

Lu Ye estimates, if lucky, he can polish three Dao Bones, and even if unlucky, at least two.

Settling his mind, he channels Dao force into the Dao Bone as time flows by.

Two hours later, Lu Ye opened his eyes feeling refreshed.

After exhausting the Dao force accumulated over months, gaining an enhancement of three Dao's power, which was undoubtedly a commendable outcome.

Currently, he possesses thirteen Dao Bones and twenty-one paths of power, genuinely stepping onto the Dao Fusion power level.

Calculating, in just over a month, he can generally enhance by one path of power. If he wants to polish all his body bones into Dao Bones, it would take at least twenty years.

Such a timespan isn't long for any cultivator in the Dao Realm, but Lu Ye still feels somewhat unsatisfied.

According to his plan, it's best to achieve this goal within five years.

By then, with over two hundred paths of power, even against Peak Dao Fusion like Yin Luo, he wouldn't be unable to fight. At this level, he would truly have the qualification to establish himself in the Star Abyss.

Unlike now, when an Insect Race Dao Fusion comes out, he has to flee in panic.

But then again, as his strength gradually increases in the future, the enemies he can kill will surely become stronger, and the rewards will naturally be greater.

Completing this goal within five years might not be impossible.

Just as Lu Ye was enjoying such thoughts, he suddenly felt a shock in his heart and hurriedly dashed out from his hiding place, rushing towards the location of the Talent Tree Avatar.

Because in that instant, he unexpectedly lost the connection with the avatar!

And before this, he hadn't felt any abnormality at all.

The essence of the Talent Tree Avatar is a piece of the Talent Tree's root, which is crucial and irreplaceable; time was of the essence, and he barely managed to do some superficial concealment.

In the span of a hundred thousand miles, with Lu Ye traveling at full speed, he quickly arrived nearby.

He didn't rush to reveal himself but quietly observed the area, and soon frowned.

The situation was not quite as he expected!

He originally thought that the Talent Tree Avatar was ambushed and killed by someone, hence the loss of connection; but if that were the case, the piece of the root should've been left behind, and he should've been able to sense it.

Just like the last time, when the avatar was slain by Mann Shan, he could still retrieve the root, which was something others couldn't see and only he could perceive.

However, in the current situation, it didn't seem like the avatar was killed, and even the floating land where the avatar was hidden had disappeared.

If that's the case... there's only one possibility left.

The avatar entered another space isolated from the outside, which is why it lost connection with the main body.

Lu Ye hurriedly rushed forward to the place where the avatar was previously, flicked his fingers, and the 9th Dao Treasure Blood Avatar dashed out, spreading in all directions to search.

After thoroughly investigating, there were no findings; there was no other space here at all.

Furthermore, the Talent Tree Avatar had been quietly lurking here without any commotion, how could it abruptly go into another space?

If not proactive, then it was passive.

Thinking quickly, Lu Ye immediately expanded the search area.

Half an hour later, finally one of the Treasure Blood Avatars discovered something unusual.

After a while, Lu Ye and all the Treasure Blood Avatars gathered at the site, retrieved the avatars, and Lu Ye looked ahead.

In sight, a vast area was shrouded by a cloud of stellar sand emanating multicolored light, with some distance between each grain, covering a remarkably large region all together.

This patch of stellar sand was transforming and flowing, looking bizarre.

Lu Ye focused his mind to observe and didn't find anything special; but when he pushed his Mental Consciousness in, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, empty inside.

Lu Ye already experienced the peculiarities of the Star Abyss many times before, and in usual times, encountering such oddities, he would only observe from afar and never rashly engage.

Because no one could be certain whether this thing posed any danger.

But today, concerning the Talent Tree Avatar, he had to take some risks.

Is the avatar inside?

If so, why did it lose connection with the main body?

Lu Ye couldn't be sure, but having searched all around with no abnormalities, this massive cloud of stellar sand was the strangest.

Just as he was about to test with one of the Treasure Blood Avatars, suddenly he saw a streak of light approaching rapidly from the side.

Turning his head to look, once he saw who it was, his expression immediately darkened: "Persistent as a ghost!"

He had been hiding for several days, yet this Insect Race Dao Fusion hadn't given up chasing him. Moreover, it had indeed found traces to follow.

Quickly gathering a Treasure Blood Avatar, it rushed toward the stellar sand cloud.

Upon entering, the Treasure Blood Avatar vanished without a trace right under Lu Ye's eyes, like a drop of water into the ocean.

Confirmed, there's something strange inside this stellar sand cloud, definitely an isolated space, flowing silently in the stellar space and covertly engulfing the place where the Talent Tree Avatar was hiding.

That's why the avatar suddenly lost connection with the main body.

Without further hesitation, Lu Ye plunged headfirst into the stellar sand cloud.

The Dao Fusion Insect Race pursued up to this point, halted, glanced at the stellar sand cloud still drifting forward, and showed a look of dread in his eyes.

He evidently recognized this cloud of stellar sand, as it was quite renowned in the Star Abyss; ordinary cultivators might not be aware, but he, being an Insect Race Dao Fusion, naturally had heard about it.

After a moment of silence, he eventually turned away; that human had entered, and probably will never escape for the rest of his life, making it irrelevant whether he was killed or not.

After Lu Ye rushed into the stellar sand cloud, his view suddenly changed without warning, and he immediately found himself in a colorful, starry sky.

It was described as colorful because the surrounding stars were all radiating in various colors, appearing both beautiful and mysterious.

Lu Ye couldn't help but be stunned; through the earlier tests, he knew there was an isolated space inside the stellar sand cloud, but he never expected it to be this vast.

The grains of stellar sand seen from outside were, astonishingly, these colorful stars.

The great mass of the stellar sand cloud was essentially a miniaturized version of the stellar space!