Chapter 3477

Ye Liuyun himself did not take the pill that purified the physical body, fearing he would not have enough time to refine it. Nor did he return to the spatial world to cultivate. Instead, he simply absorbed the Buddhist light from the relic inside the cultivation chamber and waited for those people to come knocking.

Qi Shengyu’s ability to stir people up was indeed formidable. With a single effort, he had recruited more than thirty inner disciples to come together and attack them.

When the three guards, including Liao Yaotian, saw the aggressive disciples approaching, they did not dare to stop them. They merely stood guard far away at the entrance to the courtyard.

Chen Yueying and Ye Liuyun immediately went out to meet them as well.

“So many people? Did Qi Shengyu bring them all here?” Seeing so many people arrive, Chen Yueying still found it hard to believe that Qi Shengyu had such influence.

“Who cares who brought them here? They’re all here to give us points! We’ll know once we’ve beaten them. Activate the formation first and trap them all here, so no one can escape.”

Ye Liuyun was quite certain that Qi Shengyu was involved. If no one had organized this, how could so many people have arrived right after they returned—and all together at that?

Yet his eyes were filled with excitement. The highest cultivation among them was only at the fifth level of the Taixu Realm, so they were clearly offering themselves up as free kills.

Chen Yueying immediately activated the formation, sealing off the entire mountain peak and trapping all those people inside.

The challenge of an entire mountain peak by so many people caused quite a stir among the inner disciples. At that moment, many people had also gathered outside Chen Yueying’s mountain peak, and Qi Shengyu was naturally among them.

When they saw the formation around the mountain peak activate, both the disciples trapped inside and those outside watching the spectacle were somewhat puzzled.

“What does it mean to activate the formation only now? Could it be that this woman is so confident she can wipe them all out?”

“Hahaha, I think this woman has panicked and doesn’t know what to do!”

The more than thirty disciples trapped inside did not pay it any mind. Some even mocked her aloud. “Hahaha, Chen Yueying, are you being too arrogant? Do you think you can deal with all of us?

“Or are you deliberately trying to keep us here to accompany you? If that’s really what you have in mind, we might consider showing some mercy to a beauty...”

Those words made the martial artists burst into laughter, turning Chen Yueying’s face bright red with anger.

“Am I allowed to fight too?” Enraged, Chen Yueying took the initiative to ask Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun nodded. “Of course. Now that the formation is active, no one can get in. You can take your time fighting them. But don’t kill them outright. Beat them half to death, then remember to demand their points!”

“All right!” Chen Yueying replied. She stepped forward and challenged the disciple who had just made lewd remarks about her.

The sect had a rule that battles of this kind had to be fought one-on-one. So even though they had the numbers, they could not all attack at once.

That disciple did not refuse. His strength was not weak, and his cultivation was on the same level as Chen Yueying’s, so naturally he was not afraid of a woman.

But he continued to deliberately provoke Chen Yueying. “Looks like you really are interested in me! In that case, I’ll grant your wish this once. Don’t worry—since you’ve taken the initiative, I’ll go easy on you!”

“You disgusting piece of trash!”

Chen Yueying cursed. Already trembling with rage, she drew her sword and charged forward with all her might.

“Calm down! He’s deliberately provoking you to make you lose your focus! Use your Soul Crimson Eyes to interfere with him!” Ye Liuyun immediately sent her a telepathic message through their soul contract.

Chen Yueying had already charged out and brought her sword slashing straight down at the disciple. The strike looked powerful, but she had used too much force, allowing him to evade it with ease. He then seized the opportunity to launch a series of aggressive attacks, leaving Chen Yueying with no choice but to defend.

After suffering a setback and receiving Ye Liuyun’s reminder, Chen Yueying quickly regained her composure. She immediately used her Soul Crimson Eyes to cast an illusion on the disciple.

Once she used her Soul Crimson Eyes, she discovered that the disciple’s soul power was indeed relatively weak, and he had little resistance to her Crimson Eyes.

Under the influence of her soul illusion, the disciple’s attacks immediately slowed. Chen Yueying seized the opening and drove her sword into his lower abdomen, directly dislodging his essence core.

Chen Yueying had been pushed too far by his provocation, so she showed him no mercy at all and crippled him outright.

“Ah! You shameless bitch, you actually crippled my essence core!”

The disciple collapsed onto the ground, yet his mouth remained vicious. He showed not the slightest fear of Chen Yueying.

“Control him with an illusion and make him hand over his resources and points to buy his life!” Ye Liuyun sent Chen Yueying another telepathic message, afraid that if the disciple continued cursing, she might kill him outright.

Although Chen Yueying had landed her attack, she was still not truly satisfied. When she saw that the disciple dared to curse her, she shattered his essence core with a single slash. Just as she was about to attack him again, she received Ye Liuyun’s message and only then, huffing angrily, dealt with the disciple as Ye Liuyun had instructed.

The disciple handed over all the resources he possessed and transferred his points to Chen Yueying’s token. Ye Liuyun did not keep him around either, instead having Liao Yaotian carry him away and throw him down the mountain.

No one among them tried to stop Liao Yaotian from dealing with the crippled disciple. However, they were all rather surprised that Chen Yueying could be so ruthless.

Moreover, Chen Yueying’s use of illusions had been quite obvious, and they could all see it. Illusions were soul-based attacks, one of the more difficult types of attack for martial artists to deal with. Even disciples one level higher than her did not want to face Chen Yueying.

Thus, some disciples immediately began challenging Ye Liuyun. Since they had to fight anyway, defeating Ye Liuyun would mean they would not need to fight Chen Yueying afterward, leaving the more difficult opponent for someone else.

Ye Liuyun’s cultivation was lower, so fighting him would certainly be easier than fighting Chen Yueying. A disciple at the fifth level of the Taixu Realm stepped forward first and challenged Ye Liuyun.

“You there, guard. I heard that you killed Cang Tian? Cang Tian was my best friend, and I intend to avenge him. Do you dare come out and fight me?”

Ye Liuyun smiled and stepped forward as well.

“Hahaha, you’re welcome to avenge him! Although it’s rather shameless of someone at your level to challenge me, I’ll accept every challenge you people issue today!

“Everyone will have a chance to fight, so don’t rush. One at a time. Since you’ve come, there’s enough for everyone!”

Even Chen Yueying burst out laughing at his words.

This guy really knows how to put on an act. When it comes to swindling people, he must be the best there is! Chen Yueying thought to herself.

The others were all stunned. None of them understood what Ye Liuyun meant, and they all felt that this guard seemed somewhat abnormal.

Qi Shengyu had attributed Ye Liuyun’s killing of Cang Tian entirely to his Spatial Force and weapon; he had never said that Ye Liuyun himself was truly powerful.

“You really are arrogant enough! Since that’s the case, prepare to die!”

That disciple stepped forward as well, preparing to attack Ye Liuyun.

Once again, Ye Liuyun used his Spatial Force to approach the disciple.

The disciple, however, had prepared in advance. Knowing the method Ye Liuyun had used to kill Cang Tian, he immediately unleashed his true essence, intending to force Ye Liuyun out of the space around him.