Chapter 3459

Nearly another hour passed before the Demon-Sealing Stele voluntarily returned to Ye Liuyun’s sea of consciousness. The Bloodthirsty Demonic Crystal it had been pressing down was now nothing more than a pile of black powder, with a red bead left in the middle.

“Huh? What’s this?”

Ye Liuyun picked up the bead and sensed it. To his surprise, it contained an extremely dense power of bloodline—denser even than the Blood Fox Ancestor’s blood essence. The sheer force of this power of bloodline was enough to make one’s heart tremble.

“What kind of power of bloodline is this?”

Ye Liuyun couldn’t identify it himself, so he took it to Yue Hong and Chi Lian to examine.

“Tsk, tsk, talk about luck! This power of bloodline is even stronger than that blood essence from before! I suggest you refine all of it instead of dispersing it throughout your bloodline. Use it to nourish your own blood essence

Although it’ll be a little slower, in the long run it can influence the bloodline throughout your entire body. Once your bloodline reaches this level throughout your entire body, you’ll truly be invincible beneath the heavens!”

Even Yue Hong was filled with envy when she saw this power of bloodline.

Chi Lian was even more astonished. She had always believed that Ye Liuyun’s power of bloodline was the strongest of all, but today it had twice surpassed her expectations.

“Yeah, this is truly an eye-opener! It’s my first time seeing power of bloodline this powerful, too. It’s considerably stronger than even yours, Master!”

“Coming here was definitely worth it. The cultivation resources in the Void World really are far superior to those in the Immortal Realm!”

Ye Liuyun was also delighted. He had never expected to gain so much from carrying out a single mission. Moreover, he had learned a different method of cultivating one’s bloodline: cultivating blood essence first, concentrating the power of bloodline to improve the quality of a single drop of blood essence, and then using it to drive the improvement of the rest of his power of bloodline.

He did not immediately refine the blood-colored bead. Instead, he hurried back to find Chen Yueying. Chen Yueying had come with him, and now that he had gained something, he at least had to let her know. But before he could return to the formation, his divine sense detected that Chen Yueying had already engaged in battle with someone outside it.

Among those martial cultivators were several experts at the fifth level of the Void Realm. The rest were guards at the second or third level, and together they were surrounding Chen Yueying.

Of the four golden dragon puppets Ye Liuyun had left behind, two had already been damaged. There were simply too many fifth-level experts; even the golden dragon puppets could not withstand the combined attacks of two or three people.

Protected by the two remaining golden dragon puppets, Chen Yueying was barely able to defend herself. If not for the sixth-grade gilded armor she wore, she would have fallen long ago.

The martial cultivators had blocked the space between her and the formation, so she could no longer return to it. Clearly, these people had lured Chen Yueying out of the formation before attacking her.

Ye Liuyun immediately accelerated with all his might. Before he arrived, he sent out his sixth-grade short sword, shooting it straight at one of the fifth-level Void Realm martial cultivators.

With a ’pfft,’ the short sword pierced through the martial cultivator’s nape and emerged from his throat, spraying a line of blood. It then shot toward the chest of another fifth-level martial cultivator.

The martial cultivator flicked up the long sword in his hand. Although he managed to block the short sword, a notch was knocked into his weapon. Taking advantage of the recoil from the impact, he rapidly retreated.

The short sword immediately changed direction and stabbed toward another martial cultivator beside him. Having been mentally prepared, that martial cultivator used Spatial Force to dodge far away.

As the three of them moved aside, a gap immediately opened in their defenses. Chen Yueying seized the opportunity and rushed back into the formation.

On her way there, someone struck her in the back with a palm, blasting her into the formation. She crashed to the ground, but fortunately her injuries were not too serious, leaving her temporarily safe. She immediately swallowed a healing pill to ease her injuries.

The moment she saw the short sword, she had already guessed that Ye Liuyun had returned. She knew she no longer needed to concern herself with the battle outside.

One of the two golden dragon puppets also ran back, while the other was entangled by two fifth-level martial cultivators and then intercepted by an ax-wielding martial cultivator, who chopped it in half at the waist.

Ye Liuyun had already urged the short sword to stop the ax-wielding martial cultivator, but unfortunately, he was a step too late and failed to save the golden dragon puppet.

He immediately changed the short sword’s direction, stabbing straight beneath the martial cultivator’s ribs. The short sword pierced through him horizontally. He let out a miserable cry and fell to the ground, but did not die immediately.

Ye Liuyun did not let him off. After feinting at the other martial cultivators with the short sword, he instantly turned it around and drove it into the ax-wielding martial cultivator’s throat, piercing out through the back of his neck and nearly severing his head. It was also a form of revenge for the golden dragon puppet.

“Who are you? How dare you attack me! I am Jiang Yuhan, the son of the Grand Commander, Jiang Chen!” A young nobleman at the fourth level of the Void Realm shouted at this point.

In just a few moves, two fifth-level experts on his side had been killed, while Chen Yueying had already escaped back into the formation. He felt there was no need to continue fighting.

“I don’t care who you are. Die!” Ye Liuyun snorted coldly and directly controlled the short sword, sending it shooting toward Jiang Yuhan.

Jiang Yuhan had not stood out in terms of strength, so Ye Liuyun had paid him no attention. But the moment he spoke, everyone stopped fighting, and Ye Liuyun immediately guessed that he was the leader of this group. Thus, he attacked him directly.

“How dare you!” One of the fifth-level martial cultivators roared and charged at Ye Liuyun. Another stepped in front of Jiang Yuhan and took out a shield to defend him.

Ye Liuyun did not slow down in the slightest. Without any hesitation, he cast an illusion on the charging martial cultivator with his Soul Red Eyes.

The martial cultivator froze. In his eyes, Ye Liuyun suddenly became Jiang Yuhan, and the attack he was about to launch was immediately withdrawn.

By the time he realized it was an illusion, Ye Liuyun had already reached him. A saber swept across his neck as Ye Liuyun rushed past his side.

Although the martial cultivator knew he had fallen victim to an illusion, it was already too late. His head and body were separated, and he plummeted downward.

After rushing past him, a flash of golden light flickered in Ye Liuyun’s eyes, and he released the Golden Crow Sacred Flame, sending it blazing toward Jiang Yuhan.

“If you dare harm even a single hair on the heir’s head, our Grand Commander will never let you off...” The martial cultivator standing in front of Jiang Yuhan still tried to threaten Ye Liuyun.

But under the cover of the Golden Crow Sacred Flame, the instant he became distracted, the short sword slipped around his shield and stabbed into him from the side, piercing out through the other side.

“Ah!” The martial cultivator let out a scream, only to be ignited by the Golden Crow Sacred Flame moments later and burned to charcoal.

Jiang Yuhan was wearing sixth-grade armor and could hold out for a little longer. Ye Liuyun did not release too much of the flame’s power, fearing that the Golden Crow flames would burn away their storage rings as well and waste the resources inside.

Using the flames as cover, he sent the short sword piercing through the martial cultivators and guards one after another.

“You have some nerve! How dare you kill so many of my guards!” Seeing the people around him fall one after another, Jiang Yuhan began to panic.

Ye Liuyun could not be bothered to argue with him. Knowing that Jiang Yuhan would resort to begging once he realized his threats were useless, he immediately used his Red Eyes to cast an illusion on him, intending to make him abandon his resistance and remove his armor.