Chapter 3484

Ye Liuyun was strengthening his soul-origin attacks while cultivating his divine essence, waiting for Chen Yueying to break through her realm.

During this period, none of Hou Yuanqing’s subordinates dared to cause Ye Liuyun any more trouble. They had all been frightened off by him.

Chen Yueying also successfully broke through to the fifth level of the Taixu realm. The tenfold time acceleration on the cultivation planets in Ye Liuyun’s spatial world could indeed accelerate the improvement of one’s strength.

Chen Yueying had not only benefited from the accelerated flow of time, but had also exchanged some soul origin with Lei Ming and the other demonic beasts using her source power to enhance her spiritual-soul strength.

Thus, after consolidating her realm, not only had the quality and quantity of her true essence changed significantly, but her spiritual-soul strength had also increased considerably. Even the illusions she cast with her red eyes were much stronger than before.

“Isn’t it about time? Shall we go challenge Qi Shengyu?” After seeing that Chen Yueying had consolidated her realm, Ye Liuyun suggested that they attack Qi Shengyu.

“Will Hou Yuanqing take advantage of this opportunity to make a move and join forces with Qi Shengyu against us?” Chen Yueying asked with some concern.

Ye Liuyun replied rather calmly, “He probably will!”

Seeing that he was unconcerned, Chen Yueying guessed that he was nearly ready as well, so she followed Ye Liuyun toward the peak where Qi Shengyu was staying.

Although no one had come to disturb Ye Liuyun during this period, the peak where Chen Yueying lived had become the focus of attention of the entire sect. Whenever they had nothing else to do, some disciples would come to the area and wait for the spectacle.

Hou Yuanqing and Qi Shengyu had also sent people to keep watch on Ye Liuyun’s movements.

Therefore, the moment Ye Liuyun and Chen Yueying came down the mountain, they caused an uproar. Moreover, this time they did not go to the outer sect to exchange for resources before returning immediately. Instead, they headed straight into the depths of the inner sect.

Their actions attracted quite a few sect disciples, who followed behind them to watch the spectacle. It was not until Ye Liuyun and Chen Yueying arrived at the peak where Qi Shengyu was staying and announced that they were challenging him that the entire sect erupted once more.

After receiving the news, many disciples rushed over to watch the spectacle.

When Qi Shengyu learned that Ye Liuyun and Chen Yueying had come out, he had been considering whom else to find to deal with them and whether Hou Yuanqing would make a move. He had not expected them to challenge him instead.

He hurried outside and even tried to ingratiate himself with Chen Yueying.

Ye Liuyun completely ignored whatever he said. Instead, in front of everyone, he exposed Qi Shengyu’s ulterior intentions toward Chen Yueying, as well as his actions in inciting Cang Tian, Feng Yunjie, Yuan Sheng, and others to challenge Chen Yueying.

Qi Shengyu naturally refused to admit it. “If you are determined to accuse someone, you can always trump up a charge. Do you have any evidence proving that I did all this?”

Ye Liuyun said disdainfully, “Evidence isn’t necessary. Strength is proof enough. We are challenging you today. If you are worried that you cannot hold this peak, you can accept the challenge while looking for reinforcements. I can give you a little more time and slowly kill everyone on your mountain. But let me remind you: when looking for reinforcements, try to find people with resources and points. Otherwise, every one of you will die horribly!”

Ye Liuyun did not delay any further and immediately began the challenge. If Qi Shengyu could not send anyone out, he would have to fight Ye Liuyun himself.

Qi Shengyu certainly would not fight personally. Instead, he sent all his guards out to hold them off for a while, while summoning everyone he could gather.

Ye Liuyun gave all the opportunities to Chen Yueying, letting her use those guards to hone her skills at her own pace.

He also sent her a voice transmission: “Don’t rush, and don’t worry about exhausting your true essence. Take your time. This time, we’re going to drain all the strength in Qi Shengyu’s hands and seize all his resources.”

Chen Yueying followed Ye Liuyun’s instructions, fighting intermittently as she practiced against several guards on Qi Shengyu’s peak.

Those guards were all at the fourth level of the Taixu realm, and none had particularly strong spiritual souls. They could not even withstand her red-eyed spiritual-soul attacks, so they were naturally no match for her. She also took the opportunity to familiarize herself with her newly enhanced strength.

Ye Liuyun watched the spectacle while keeping an eye on Qi Shengyu’s movements.

Qi Shengyu was indeed rather flustered at this point. Ye Liuyun and the others had arrived too suddenly, and he had made no preparations in advance. Now that he was looking for people, every one of them was negotiating terms with him.

He had always dealt with people through mutual exchanges of benefits, and this time was no different. Those willing to help him were making especially outrageous demands.

He could not afford to lose this battle. If he lost, it would prove that he was inferior to Chen Yueying, and afterward he would have even less chance of winning her favor.

Furthermore, this concerned his reputation within the sect. Once he lost, everything Ye Liuyun had said would naturally be confirmed.

By then, Ye Liuyun would not let him off easily either. Thus, this was also a battle for his life, and he had to win.

While arranging for reinforcements, Qi Shengyu was also seeking a way out for himself.

He knew that Ye Liuyun needed resources and points. He did not have many points, but he still had some resources. He gathered them all together, preparing to use them to buy his life if he proved unable to defeat Ye Liuyun. At the very least, he could not die here.

As long as he survived, he would still have a chance to take revenge in the future.

Since Qi Shengyu had to negotiate terms with each of those reinforcements one by one, he was not finding people very quickly. Even if Chen Yueying fought slowly, the four guards on the mountain would not be able to hold out for long.

Thus, Qi Shengyu immediately summoned several of his lackeys and, using a combination of threats and inducements, tricked them into taking the field temporarily.

Chen Yueying’s true essence was soon depleted as well. Just when everyone thought Ye Liuyun was about to make a move, he released Peng Lie and the others from his spatial world and had them take turns fighting.

He released ten guards at the fifth and sixth levels of the Taixu realm at once, along with Feng Yunjie and the other inner-sect disciples who had previously signed master-servant contracts with him. This left Qi Shengyu even more flustered.

The people he had found earlier had just arrived, but when those with slightly lower cultivation saw so many opponents at the fifth and sixth levels, they began taking the opportunity to renegotiate their terms with him. Qi Shengyu not only had to deal with them, but also had to seek out even stronger reinforcements.

Ye Liuyun simply watched from the side as Qi Shengyu remained frantically busy.

When Peng Lie and the others made their moves, they acted just like Ye Liuyun. Anyone without points was killed outright and stripped of their resources. Those with points had their resources taken as well, but were spared their lives.

Thus, the people helping Qi Shengyu soon learned that if they wanted to stay alive, they needed enough points. Otherwise, going there meant certain death!

Ye Liuyun’s side now had more than ten people. Even if they fought their opponents one at a time, there would inevitably be times when they could not prevail.

Therefore, Qi Shengyu had no choice but to offer even greater incentives to find reinforcements. Even so, those whose strength was insufficient still did not dare to go to their deaths.

Soon, the several disciples at the sixth level of the Taixu realm whom Qi Shengyu had found were all killed. Ye Liuyun personally dealt with two of the stronger ones as well, to prevent Peng Lie and the others from suffering serious injuries.

Qi Shengyu soon had no one left to use again. He could only look for disciples at the seventh level.

However, disciples at the seventh level of the Taixu realm were all elite disciples within the sect. Even if Qi Shengyu was willing to pay a heavy price to hire them, he might not be able to find anyone willing to come.