Lu Ye had not gone all out before. First, he had been wary of the Tattoo Patterns this man had yet to reveal; second, he had wanted to test the strength of cultivators ranked within the top twenty. Now that he had probed the depths of his opponent's strength and confirmed that those Tattoo Patterns were all fake, there was naturally no need to hold back.
He lowered his body slightly, his long saber angled downward. Empowered by the Windwalk Spirit Pattern, he surged forward like racing thunder.
Seemingly sensing Lu Ye's killing intent, the Demon Cultivator hurriedly opened his mouth. "I..."
"Roar!" Amber, who had remained motionless all this time, suddenly let out a thunderous roar. Yet this time, the ever-effective Tiger Roar Soul-Capture failed to achieve its intended effect.
The Demon Cultivator recovered after suffering only an extremely brief shock and hurriedly shouted the words of surrender.
Lu Ye had already rushed before him and brushed past him. With the Double Sharpness Spirit Pattern empowering the Crag Mountain Saber, he slashed at the man's neck.
However, before the saber could strike, an invisible layer of protection had already enveloped the Demon Cultivator's entire body. That slash failed to harm him in the slightest.
That was the protection of the Heavenly Mechanism!
The Demon Cultivator fearfully touched his neck. His figure quickly faded, and he immediately left the Battle Arena.
"Did he get away?" Yiyi revealed herself.
Lu Ye gave a slight nod.
In fact, after his battle with Zhuo Jianchen, he had already realized this problem. The higher a cultivator ranked, the stronger their resistance to Amber's roar, and the harder they were to kill.
Zhuo Jianchen had actually only been one step too slow. It was only in the instant after Lu Ye cut through his neck