Chapter 3454

Ye Liuyun also spotted six other disciples of the Thousand Spirits Sect, more than twenty miles away from the Blood Fox.

The Blood Fox was clearly circling around them, looking for an opportunity to strike, but it was worried that the disciple following it would cut off its retreat, so it did not dare to act rashly.

“Stop and wait for me.” Ye Liuyun immediately called out to that disciple as well, then took Chen Yueying with him and followed the Blood Fox from a distance, watching to see how it would make its move.

The Blood Fox circled around several more times. Only after discovering that its pursuer had disappeared did it circle around to the front of the Thousand Spirits Sect disciples again, luring them onward in pursuit.

Those few Thousand Spirits Sect disciples had probably already been chasing it for some time. After suddenly losing sight of the Blood Fox, they were feeling their way forward. The moment they spotted it again, they immediately accelerated and charged toward it together.

Ye Liuyun also kept his distance from all of them the entire time—close enough to see where they were, yet far enough away that they could not detect him.

After running for a while, the Blood Fox began circling around inside a dense forest. But the six Thousand Spirits Sect disciples never split up. Even though they were not far apart, they did not separate to intercept or pursue it.

“These people are pretty clever. They haven’t taken the bait!” Ye Liuyun stopped in the distance to watch the spectacle. As he watched, he described what he was seeing to Chen Yueying, including the appearances of those people.

“According to your description, the leading disciple, who is at the fifth level, should be Yue Hengfeng. He’s fairly well-known even among the inner disciples.

He also has quite a few treasures on him—a divine bow and a wing-shaped treasure. Why hasn’t he used his bow and arrows to shoot the Blood Fox, or used the wing-shaped treasure to chase it?”

Chen Yueying also guessed the identity of the leading Thousand Spirits Sect disciple.

“They aren’t close enough yet! The Blood Fox is very cunning too; it hasn’t let them get too close. I guess it isn’t confident that it can kill them in one strike, so it’s been hiding its strength.” Ye Liuyun analyzed the situation. “Let’s wait and see which side runs out of patience first!”

“So we’re just going to keep watching here?” Chen Yueying asked Ye Liuyun. They had been following the Blood Fox for nearly a day, and it was honestly getting a little boring.

Ye Liuyun thought it over. Since neither the people nor the Blood Fox would be splitting up for the time being, he might as well take the opportunity to scout the surrounding terrain. Since the Blood Fox had lured those people here, this place must offer it some advantage for fighting or hiding.

With that thought, Ye Liuyun took Chen Yueying with him and began making wide circles around them.

As he explored, he discovered that there was actually a medicinal garden ahead. Quite a few medicinal herbs were growing inside, and several human martial cultivators were watering and fertilizing them.

“Huh? Aren’t these people afraid of the Blood Fox? Why would they grow medicinal herbs in these remote mountains and forests? And there’s even a martial cultivator at the sixth level of Taixu.”

Ye Liuyun found it strange. The farther forward they went, the thicker the scent of blood became. These martial cultivators should have been in great danger. Yet judging from their expressions, they did not seem frightened or worried in the slightest.

Chen Yueying was curious as well and urged Ye Liuyun to go over and take a look. “Maybe they have a good way to deal with the Blood Fox!”

“Don’t rush. I’ll assess the situation first!”

Ye Liuyun thought it over. Rather than risk rushing over, he used Soul Roaming the Void and activated his Sky-Piercing Golden Eyes to observe the situation there.

It would have been fine if he had not looked, but what he saw startled even him.

“What is it? What did you see?” Chen Yueying noticed the change in his expression and immediately pressed him for an answer.

“It’s not just one Blood Fox. This should be an entire den of them—a whole family—and they’ve all transformed into demons!” Ye Liuyun told Chen Yueying.

He also told her what he had seen regarding their cultivation levels and numbers. “The highest cultivation level I’ve seen so far is the sixth level of Taixu. There are twenty-one of them in all, while the weakest is at the first level of Taixu. And the Blood Foxes’ soul power is no small matter. It’s about the same as yours!”

“What? So many Blood Foxes? Are we still going to fight them?”

Chen Yueying had not expected the sect’s information to be so far off the mark. Nearly every martial cultivator who came to carry out this mission would probably never return.

At that moment, the Blood Foxes that had transformed into demons also noticed Ye Liuyun’s Sky-Piercing Golden Eyes.

An experienced Blood Fox immediately released one of its souls and sent it charging toward Ye Liuyun’s soul source.

This was the first time Ye Liuyun had encountered someone who could react in time and use a soul attack against his Sky-Piercing Golden Eyes.

However, the soul power released by this Blood Fox was weaker than his, so he was not particularly concerned. He directly used his Sky-Piercing Golden Eyes to release a stream of Netherworld Ghostfire, burning away half of that soul and frightening it into hastily withdrawing it.

“Search the surrounding area!”

The Blood Fox issued another order, while simultaneously transmitting a message to the other Blood Foxes, telling them to maintain human forms so they would not expose their identities.

“You really do have a yin flame!” Chen Yueying also saw Ye Liuyun’s Sky-Piercing Golden Eyes. Although they were far away, she could still make out the blue-white flame.

She had always been curious about how Ye Liuyun had refined the Heaven-Mending Stone, and now she finally knew.

“Now isn’t the time to talk about that. All the Blood Foxes have gone into action. They’re clearly trying to find us so that their medicinal garden won’t be exposed.”

Ye Liuyun noticed that they had split into four groups to search the area and felt somewhat relieved. It would be easier to deal with them after they split up than if they stayed together.

He remained where he was and waited for one of the groups of Blood Foxes to charge over.

“Prepare for battle. Those Blood Foxes are coming!” He immediately took out his Great Wilderness Bow, preparing to kill a few first so that he would not be surrounded by too many Blood Foxes.

With the quality of his divine essence now, he should be able to shoot a Blood Fox at the third level of Taixu to death. For anything stronger, he would have to see how things played out.

Among the Blood Foxes charging toward them, one was at the fifth level of Taixu, two were at the third level, one was at the first level, and one was at the second level.

After spotting Ye Liuyun, the Blood Foxes sounded warnings and called out to their companions while speeding toward him. When Ye Liuyun judged that they were close enough, he raised his hand and fired an arrow at one of the Blood Foxes at the third level of Taixu.

With a thunderous boom, the Blood Fox’s chest was pierced by a gaping hole. It immediately reverted to its original form and crashed to the ground.

Ye Liuyun then fired a second and third arrow, killing another Blood Fox at the third level of Taixu and one at the second level.

Ye Liuyun had already examined the soul power of the two remaining Blood Foxes with his Golden Eyes and knew that Chen Yueying could kill one of them. He therefore stopped shooting arrows and released his soul source instead, sending it surging toward the sea of consciousness of the Blood Fox at the fifth level of Taixu.

Chen Yueying also released her soul and sent it charging toward the sea of consciousness of the other Blood Fox at the first level of Taixu.

Just then, Ye Liuyun suddenly released another soul source and sent it rushing toward the rear. It turned out that the Blood Fox that had previously held off the Thousand Spirits Sect disciples had received the message and come to help. It wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on Ye Liuyun and Chen Yueying.

It had just unleashed the suction force of its bloodline, believing that as long as it could reach Ye Liuyun and Chen Yueying, it would be able to drain the blood from their bodies. By then, even if their souls were powerful, they would both dissipate before long without their physical bodies.