Chapter 3479

The disciple who had spoken had figured it out: Ye Liuyun had activated the formation ahead of time because he had never intended to let them leave.

They could no longer leave, but they also could not swarm him, or the sect elders would intervene. All they could do was exhaust Ye Liuyun with everything they had and buy the others some time.

As long as they ultimately defeated Ye Liuyun, they would be able to recover the resources that had been taken from them.

Ye Liuyun nodded in satisfaction as well. “Not bad. Whether we fight sooner or later, the result is the same. This way, we’ll save more time!”

As soon as the disciple stepped forward, true essence filled his entire body. He focused solely on defense rather than attacking first, then sent a palm strike toward Ye Liuyun from a distance, doing his best to avoid close combat.

Moreover, he was wearing a fifth-rank protective garment, so he felt he had a fairly good chance against Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun, however, used the same method as before. He teleported through space to appear beside the disciple, then brought his saber down in a horizontal slash.

That slash contained only sword intention and the power of heaven and earth, and it was not particularly deep. Even if his opponent failed to block it, he would not be cut in half.

In the end, however, the disciple’s protective garment and body-protecting true essence likewise failed to stop Ye Liuyun’s slash.

By now, his Demon-Slaying Saber could cut through fifth- or sixth-level Void Realm treasures with ease. Especially at close range, even true essence could not withstand it.

With another sharp hiss, Ye Liuyun cleaved halfway through the disciple’s lower back.

The disciple reacted quickly, however, and struck Ye Liuyun with another palm as he turned. Ye Liuyun raised his arm and blocked it.

With a boom, the impact knocked Ye Liuyun back several steps, but his arm was completely unharmed. He immediately swung his saber and charged forward again.

The disciple was also doing his utmost to use his true essence to heal his injuries. But the wound from that slash was too severe, and he no longer had the strength to fight. When he saw Ye Liuyun charging at him with his saber raised again, he knew he could not block it.

“I concede!” the disciple immediately shouted.

Ye Liuyun once again used his red-eyed soul illusion, making the disciple hand over his resources and points so that he would not hold anything back. The others could not see through Ye Liuyun’s illusion and assumed that the disciple had voluntarily handed over his resources.

Ye Liuyun gained quite a lot this time. That disciple was truly wealthy—not only did he have abundant resources, but he also had more than fifty points.

After Ye Liuyun collected the resources, he had Feng Yunjie use his token to collect all the points, then simply let the disciple leave.

The remaining disciples began to panic as well. The two strongest martial cultivators had both proved no match for Ye Liuyun, so they had even less chance of winning.

“We’re not challenging him!” One disciple realized that the situation was unfavorable and immediately tried to leave.

“Of course. Hand over your resources and points, and you can leave!” Ye Liuyun said with a smile.

“Why should we hand over our resources when we haven’t even fought?” the disciple immediately retorted.

Ye Liuyun’s smile disappeared, and he said coldly, “You think you can come whenever you want and leave whenever you want? According to the sect’s rules, once you arrive, the challenge has already begun. We decide when it ends!

“If you won’t challenge me, then I’ll challenge you! Get out here and accept the fight, or I’ll go kill you myself!”

“This... We only came along to join in the excitement. We’re fellow disciples, after all...” The disciple still tried to make excuses.

“Stop wasting your breath! I’m challenging you right now. Are you coming out to fight or not?” Ye Liuyun had no intention of listening to his nonsense.

“Don’t push people too far! This is our Thousand Spirits Sect. You’re nothing but a guard. You’d better think about the consequences!” Unable to argue his way out, the disciple began threatening Ye Liuyun instead.

“I am a disciple of the Thousand Spirits Sect, and he is my guard. He has the right to fight in my place!” Chen Yueying immediately added.

“You... Are you actually planning to rob all of us?” The disciple was at a loss and tried to incite the others to attack together.

“Get out here and fight!” Ye Liuyun merely stared at him coldly, his gaze like that of someone looking at a dead man.

The disciple became even more nervous and did not dare to fight. The problem was that he had no points to buy his life with, and he was afraid he would die here.

Ye Liuyun, however, had guessed what he was thinking. He immediately activated his divine-soul red eyes and cast an illusion on him, making him step forward of his own accord.

“Hmph, it doesn’t matter that you don’t have any points. I’ll just use you to practice!”

As he spoke, Ye Liuyun swung his saber straight at the disciple’s face.

He had already cast an illusion on the disciple, making him fight with all his strength and treating him as a target for practice.

This time, Ye Liuyun did not take any shortcuts either. He poured divine essence and the power of heaven and earth into the strike and brought his saber down with all his strength, engaging the disciple in battle.

This time, Ye Liuyun’s Demon-Slaying Saber did not strike the disciple’s body directly. The disciple’s true essence erupted with full force, and he actually blocked Ye Liuyun’s slash with a punch, though it left a bloody cut across his fist.

Afterward, Ye Liuyun brought down two more full-powered slashes, yet he still could not do anything to the disciple.

“The inner disciples of the Thousand Spirits Sect really are much stronger than ordinary martial cultivators. Not only is their true essence more condensed, but their power of heaven and earth is stronger too!” After trying several slashes, Ye Liuyun realized that he was indeed no match for this disciple in a head-on clash.

To conserve his divine essence for the martial cultivators who would come later, he had no choice but to borrow Spatial Force once more. He appeared beside the disciple, sliced off his head with a single saber stroke, collected his resources, and then put away the corpse as well.

“Next!” He immediately began scanning the others.

The other martial cultivators had also realized that Ye Liuyun’s true essence was indeed at the Second Level of the Void Realm. The reason he could kill them so easily was that his Spatial Force was stronger than theirs and his weapon was of a higher rank.

Yet they simply had no way to break this move of Ye Liuyun’s.

The treasures these people possessed were only fifth- or sixth-level, and none of them could withstand Ye Liuyun’s Demon-Slaying Saber.

Thus, no one stepped forward for the time being.

“You should pick someone to practice with too!” Ye Liuyun transmitted to Chen Yueying.

Chen Yueying immediately stepped forward and chose a disciple to fight.

Those disciples suddenly felt that Chen Yueying would be easier to deal with, so someone came forward to accept the challenge.

Chen Yueying had two sixth-rank suits of armor on her. Ye Liuyun was not worried about her safety in a battle of this level, so he simply watched from the side.

Sometimes, even when Chen Yueying was at a disadvantage, he would not warn her beforehand, instead letting her experience it for herself.

Chen Yueying had too little combat experience. When her opponent deliberately exposed an opening to lure her in, she could not see through it, so it was inevitable that she would suffer.

Some even used treasures to launch sneak attacks, and she failed to guard against them. If she had not been wearing sixth-rank armor, she would have died several times already.

Still, these battles rapidly improved her experience. After fighting for a while, she became much more cautious when attacking, always leaving herself room to maneuver while also seizing opportunities to press her advantage.

“At least she’s not stupid!” Ye Liuyun watched from the side, praising her inwardly.

Chen Yueying fought three disciples in succession, defeating every one of them and forcing them to hand over their resources and points. She kept none of the points for herself, having Feng Yunjie, who was under Ye Liuyun’s control, collect them all.