Chapter 1025: Poison-Immune

Ye Liuyun still kept in mind the matter of sneak attacking the Cheng Clan.

Seeing that there were still people watching outside, he could only decide to wait another day or two to see.

The next day's match, Ye Liuyun directly faced the top martial cultivator of his group. For him, it was also an easy victory.

When Ye Liuyun returned to his dwelling to cultivate, he discovered that the venerable-rank martial cultivator keeping watch outside was still there.

He also did not act rashly, but continued returning to cultivate.

When the third day's match arrived, the competition rankings suddenly no longer followed the badge order.

This time, the higher-ranked faced the lower-ranked.

Ye Liuyun was the first to appear, facing the demon cultivator with badge number fifty.

That demon cultivator's strength was not much different from Ye Liuyun's, except that Ye Liuyun's cultivation method happened to counter him. The only regret was that Ye Liuyun did not want to reveal that he had cultivated the Ten Thousand Poison Heart Sutra.

But he did not use poison to attack the opponent; instead, he could use it for defense.

Moreover, it conveniently allowed him to absorb the opponent's poison qi for his own poison-technique cultivation.

When that demon cultivator stepped onto the stage, he initially also concealed his poison qi.

But he discovered that Ye Liuyun's Buddha Light Power precisely countered his demon qi. If he continued to conceal his strength, he would surely be unable to win.

Thus, he decisively mixed poison qi into his demon qi and attacked Ye Liuyun.

"There's poison qi!" Liang Xue, relying on her special bloodline, immediately sensed that the attack contained demon qi, and couldn't help but worry for Ye Liuyun.

She still did not know that Ye Liuyun had cultivated the Ten Thousand Poison Heart Sutra, so she now feared he would be poisoned. She even had prepared detoxifying pills, ready to rush out at any moment to save Ye Liuyun.

At the same time, Ye Liuyun also discovered that although his Buddha Light Power could block the demon qi, it could not block the poison qi mixed within, which directly penetrated through the Mysterious Origin and invaded his body.

"This poison qi is not ordinary either!"

Ye Liuyun felt in his heart that the demon cultivator's cultivation method might also be extraordinary.

However, the poison qi that entered his body was all absorbed by his poison source, quickly stored in the poison source space in his heart, and thus his poison source grew stronger.

His own cultivation of the Ten Thousand Poison Heart Sutra was much slower than his clone's, and he had hardly consumed any poisonous substances for cultivation. It was even slower than Lei Ming's and Long Nv's cultivation.

At this moment, these poison qi entering his body happened to become his cultivation resource.

Ye Liuyun's Buddha Demon Power was also resisting the opponent's attack on one hand while absorbing his demon qi on the other.

However, that demon cultivator opposite did not understand Buddha Light Power, and still thought his emitted demon qi was being consumed by the Buddha Light Power.

Thus, on the surface they were deadlocked, but in reality both had their own purposes, secretly competing.

However, this competition was disadvantageous for the opposing demon cultivator.

At this moment he also felt strange: "How has this kid not been poisoned yet? Could he be using some anti-poison treasure?"

Moreover, he felt Ye Liuyun's Buddha Light Power gradually growing stronger.

Therefore, his attack immediately increased in intensity, attempting to overwhelm Ye Liuyun with more and stronger poison qi in one fell swoop.

Ye Liuyun sensed the opponent strengthening his attack, but secretly smiled in his heart.

While cultivating his poison source, he weakened his Buddha Light Power, creating the illusion for the opponent that he was using true essence to resist poison.

That demon cultivator immediately sensed Ye Liuyun's defensive power dropping, thought his attack was effective, and further increased his attack intensity.

Liang Xue sensed that Ye Liuyun had absorbed all the poison qi yet showed no signs of poisoning, and thus breathed a sigh of relief.

Some of the strong spectators, especially those of higher cultivation, also now noticed the clue.

"This kid hasn't been poisoned; it seems he has cultivated a poison‑invulnerable body!"

"Not only is he poison‑invulnerable, he is also slowly absorbing the opponent's demon qi—don't you see it?"

However, most people thought Ye Liuyun was merely poison‑invulnerable, unable to see that he was absorbing poison qi inside his body and cultivating his poison source.

Ye Liuyun's opposing demon cultivator, who had been focusing on the match, upon hearing the audience's discussion outside, also suddenly realized. m.

Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil also immediately detected that he intended to reduce his demon qi output.

Thus he first further reduced his own defensive strength, giving the opponent a feeling of gradually being unable to hold up.

As the saying goes, those involved are confused while observers see clearly.

The opposing demon cultivator, noticing Ye Liuyun's defensive ability further declining, hesitated a moment but still decided to continue attacking, increasing the poison qi.

He thought that the more Ye Liuyun absorbed his demon qi, the faster he would be poisoned.

Ye Liuyun accordingly gradually lowered his defenses, fully absorbing his opponent's poison qi and demon qi.

The off‑stage spectators with lower cultivation all thought Ye Liuyun's defenses were growing weaker and that he could not hold on much longer.

Only some experts of venerable rank or higher smiled as they watched Ye Liuyun toy with that demon cultivator.

"Haha, this kid actually ran onto the stage to take advantage!"

Li Qingyun and the elders of the Qian Long Academy also saw that Ye Liuyun was treating the opponent as a cultivation resource.

Soon, that demon cultivator also noticed something amiss. No matter how he strengthened his attack, Ye Liuyun remained unmoved.

But having already expended so much effort, giving up like this left him still unwilling.

Thus he gritted his teeth and directly released a wisp of poison source, attacking Ye Liuyun.

"Good timing!"

Ye Liuyun felt a surge of delight in his heart.

Poison source is the essence of poison qi refined by martial cultivators; even a single wisp is far faster than what he could cultivate himself.

As soon as the poison source entered his body, it was immediately absorbed and assimilated by Ye Liuyun's poison source.

Seeing that, the opposing demon cultivator immediately understood that Ye Liuyun had no fear of his poison, and was about to withdraw.

"Don't go!"

Ye Liuyun smiled faintly, using his divine sense to transmit the Nine Nether Prelude into the opponent's sea of consciousness.

The demon cultivator trembled all over, instantly coming under the control of the Nine Nether Prelude. Not only did his attacks stop, but he appeared about to kneel and worship Ye Liuyun.

"No kneeling, or people will notice. Release the poison source and demon qi for me!"

Ye Liuyun gave him an order.

That demon cultivator immediately complied, transmitting poison source and demon qi to Ye Liuyun.

"Huh? Is that an illusion technique?"

The onlookers all noticed something odd, but everyone thought Ye Liuyun had used an illusion technique to control that demon cultivator.

The scantily clad woman Ye Liuyun had previously observed also now flashed a fighting spirit in her eyes.

"You also know illusion techniques? That makes it even more interesting!"

Ye Liuyun also did not completely drain the demon cultivator disciple's poison source, but instead left him a little, allowing him to slowly recover.

Then he satisfiedly had that demon cultivator admit defeat and step down.

At the same time, he erased that demon cultivator's memory of being affected by the Nine Nether Prelude using the Soul Searching Technique, and did not intend to keep controlling him.

After that demon cultivator left the stage in a daze, he still couldn't figure out why his demon qi and poison source had diminished so much.