Chapter 3451

Ye Liuyun and Chen Yueying immediately turned the flying vessel around and hurried back.

According to Liao Yaotian, a martial cultivator named Cangtian had come to challenge Chen Yueying. Since she was not there, he had wanted to vent his anger on her guards instead. However, Qi Tianlin had blocked him with a treasure, after which the group had fled into the formation without suffering any losses.

“I do know of Cangtian, but I’ve never had much to do with him, let alone any grudge against him. Why would he come to challenge me?” Chen Yueying was puzzled as well.

“Who cares? We’ll know once we go back and take a look!”

Ye Liuyun immediately guessed that it might have something to do with Qi Shengyu. However, he had no evidence and couldn’t make baseless accusations, so he said nothing. He would see what was going on first and decide what to do afterward.

“That Cangtian seems to be stronger than I am…” Chen Yueying was somewhat worried that she might not be able to defeat him.

“Then leave him to me! Aren’t people other than guards allowed to accept challenges? I’ll deal with him!” Ye Liuyun volunteered.

“Then I’ll thank you in advance! But the next time we go on a mission, I’ll fight alongside you and temper myself as well. Otherwise, you’ll leave me behind!”

Chen Yueying was delighted that Ye Liuyun had taken the initiative to stand up for her. But then she realized that his strength seemed to have already surpassed hers. She should take advantage of the opportunities to go out with him and work hard to improve her own strength as well.

“Indeed, you should improve alongside me.” Ye Liuyun agreed with her.

The two soon returned to their residence within the sect. At the foot of the mountain, they saw several martial cultivators chatting, one of whom was Cangtian. There were also quite a few martial cultivators gathered around the outskirts, waiting to watch the spectacle.

Ye Liuyun swept his gaze over the martial cultivators watching the spectacle and spotted Qi Shengyu among them. He also saw the schadenfreude on Qi Shengyu’s face.

“Is the mountain where Qi Shengyu lives in front of yours?” Ye Liuyun suddenly asked Chen Yueying.

“Yes… Why? What made you suddenly think of him?” Chen Yueying was somewhat confused.

“Nothing. I just remembered him and asked casually.” Ye Liuyun pretended not to care.

In fact, he had already prepared to search Cangtian’s soul. If he discovered that Qi Shengyu was involved, he would have Chen Yueying challenge Qi Shengyu, then personally take action and eliminate him as well.

Cangtian and the others also spotted Chen Yueying and Ye Liuyun at that moment.

Cangtian immediately proclaimed in a ringing voice, “Chen Yueying, I challenge you. If you don’t dare accept, then hand over your mountain!”

“Cangtian, why have you come to challenge me? And why did you injure my guards?” Chen Yueying questioned him.

“I’m challenging you, of course, because I’ve taken a fancy to your mountain. Did you think I’d taken a fancy to you? Hahahaha!” Cangtian burst into wild laughter before continuing arrogantly, “As for the guards, they’re nothing but a few dogs. What difference does it make whether they live or die?”

The disciples watching nearby also burst into laughter, making Chen Yueying’s face pale with anger.

She immediately accepted. “Fine, I accept your challenge. Let my guard fight you!”

“What? You don’t dare fight me yourself?” Cangtian pressed, his voice carrying a hint of contempt.

“You’re not worthy of making her take action. I’m more than enough to kill you!” Ye Liuyun cut in.

“Hmph, a second-level guard dares to spout such nonsense! This young master can’t even be bothered to fight you!” Cangtian cast Ye Liuyun a glance, not taking him seriously at all.

The martial cultivators beside him, as well as those watching the spectacle, all thought that Chen Yueying was sending Ye Liuyun to his death.

Ye Liuyun simply drew the Demon-Slaying Saber and pointed it at Cangtian. “Either fight or get lost. Stop running your mouth!”

“Chen Yueying, your guards really are all courting death! Fine, I’ll grant their wish. No matter how many come today, I’ll kill them all!”

Ye Liuyun’s words enraged Cangtian, who charged at him with large strides.

Ye Liuyun, however, used Spatial Force to flash directly in front of him and brought his saber down in a slash. At the same time, he sent out a soul origin that rushed into Cangtian’s sea of consciousness and searched his soul.

Ye Liuyun could see Cangtian’s soul power clearly. One of his soul origins would not have been enough on its own, but his other two soul origins were assisting it with their Red Eyes, casting illusions on Cangtian’s soul together.

After Ye Liuyun’s soul origin entered Cangtian’s sea of consciousness, it transformed into a soul saber and cleaved apart one of the souls trapped in the illusion with a single slash. Only then did it search the other soul.

The search confirmed that Cangtian had come to provoke Chen Yueying because of Qi Shengyu. However, Cangtian did not know what Qi Shengyu’s purpose was. He merely owed Qi Shengyu a favor and had come to repay the debt.

Ye Liuyun did not bother with anything else. He cleaved apart Cangtian’s soul and devoured it.

At the same time, their physical attacks struck one after another. Cangtian was also wearing protective clothing, but its grade was too low to withstand the Demon-Slaying Saber’s close-range slash. He was still split in two diagonally by a single stroke from Ye Liuyun.

In the chaos, Cangtian also threw a full-powered punch, but Ye Liuyun took it head-on with his physical body. He was already wearing a sixth-grade Void-Rank armor, so his body barely absorbed any of the force. Moreover, his physical body had grown even stronger, so he was not injured at all.

He only retreated with the momentum because he was afraid Cangtian’s blood would splatter onto him.

“Huh?”

The people who had come with Cangtian to support him all cried out in alarm. None of them had expected Cangtian to be killed so quickly.

The surrounding spectators began discussing the matter among themselves. Some said Ye Liuyun had gained an advantage through his weapon and protective armor. Others said Cangtian had underestimated him and allowed him to get close, giving him the chance to exploit his weapon’s advantage. Still others believed that Ye Liuyun had launched his soul attack at exactly the right moment, disrupting Cangtian’s defense.

In short, there were all kinds of opinions, but no one believed that Ye Liuyun had won through sheer strength.

Ye Liuyun paid no attention to their discussions and took the opportunity to draw Cangtian’s Interspatial Ring over to himself. It was his spoils of war, and he couldn’t let it go to waste.

“You actually dared to kill him?” one of the disciples who had come to support Cangtian blurted out.

“I already killed him. What are you going to do about it?” Ye Liuyun replied coldly. His eyes fixed on the disciple like a ferocious beast locking onto its prey, making the disciple’s heart jolt in fright.

“You lot can either attack or get lost. Stop wasting your breath here!” Ye Liuyun directly drove them away.

“That guard is really arrogant!” The people around them were standing too far away to sense the killing intent radiating from Ye Liuyun, so they naturally made sarcastic remarks, hoping the fight would continue so they could enjoy more of the spectacle.

But those few disciples were now caught between a rock and a hard place. Normally, they could attack a guard whose cultivation was lower than theirs without restraint, but the aura Ye Liuyun exuded was too intimidating.

Although he had released no aura or power, that icy gaze alone made them feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave, and they did not dare move rashly.