Chapter 1026: Dark Night Ambush

The Demon Cultivator asked around his fellow sect members and only then learned that he had fallen under an illusion spell.

The Elder of his Sect came over at that moment to examine his Sea of Consciousness, to guard against Ye Liuyun having tampered with it covertly.

Ye Liuyun felt relieved inside, having not considered controlling that disciple; otherwise his Nine Nether Prelude might have been exposed.

The Nine Nether Prelude is a weapon for controlling the Demon Race or Demon Cultivators, and once leaked it would inevitably attract the covetous eyes of the strong.

Finally the Elder confirmed with the Demon Cultivator disciple: "You were probably hit by a bout of illusion, losing a segment of memory. But that won't affect your future cultivation!"

The Elder told the disciple, also reminding him: "Your opponent likely didn't intend to harm you; they merely absorbed some of your Demon Qi and toxic vapors."

Thus the Demon Cultivator disciple gratefully glanced at Ye Liuyun, feeling that Ye Liuyun didn't seize the chance to harm him and even left him a chance to turn the tide.

"No need to thank me!" Ye Liuyun felt his gaze and chuckled inwardly.

Afterward, he waited for Liang Xue to take the stage.

Liang Xue's realm today had already risen to the Zao Hua Third Realm.

Although her opponent was also at the Zao Hua Third Realm, Liang Xue still won with ease.

After Liang Xue's victory, Ye Liuyun left the arena directly, returned to his residence, and prepared for that night's ambush.

As more contestants were eliminated, the competition would soon enter its final stage. Ye Liuyun had to seize the time and act before the match ended.

The task of ambushing the Elder stationed outside was handed to Huo Hu. That Elder employed a Defense Artifact for Spiritual Soul Attack, and Ye Liuyun feared that using Yin Soul against him would cause him to emit a signal.

That night, Ye Liuyun activated the Shadow Concealment Technique, vanished into the darkness, and cautiously stepped out of the base.

However, he was still discovered by an Elder of the War Dragon Sect.

That Elder's realm was the Eightfold Life-Death Realm, making him overwhelmingly powerful. Ye Liuyun's Shadow Concealment also failed to hide from his Divine Sense.

"Leaving early?"

The Elder also thought Ye Liuyun was trying to slip away early.

"That's fine, it saves us from others saying the War Dragon Sect didn't protect him later!"

He made no sound, allowing Ye Liuyun to slip out.

Unexpectedly, after slipping out, Ye Liuyun didn't leave; instead he approached the strongman stationed by the Cheng Clan and, using Space Translocation, placed Huo Hu directly behind that Elder.

The Cheng Clan's Venerable suddenly sensed the spatial disturbance behind him, was about to act, but felt a pressure from a senior-ranked strongman that immobilized him.

Then his chest throbbed, and his heart had been gouged with a huge hole by Huo Hu.

Immediately, his Soul Defense Treasure was also stripped away.

Soon after, his Soul was pulled by Ye Liuyun into the Zao Hua Realm for Soul Search.

And his entire body was instantly swallowed by Huo Hu, at an absurdly fast speed.

"That kid, escaping is one thing, but he also conveniently killed a Cheng Clan strongman; how could Cheng Clan let him go!"

The War Dragon Sect Elder shook his head silently, thinking Ye Liuyun was reckless. Yet Cheng Clan had nothing to do with him, and he was too lazy to intervene.

After the Soul Search, Ye Liuyun immediately rushed toward the Cheng Clan's direction.

He had already extracted from that Venerable's memory the distribution of Cheng Clan's strongmen. While walking, he made deployments.

Upon reaching Cheng Clan, Ye Liuyun swiftly waved the Soul Banner, releasing all senior-ranked Yin Souls within.

"Kill!"

At Ye Liuyun's command, the Yin Souls surged forward first, heading straight for the strongmen's locations.

Then the many ferocious beasts stored in the storage ring were released, rushing toward the positions Ye Liuyun had prearranged, attacking from the outside inward.

Immediately after, Ye Liuyun also released his clones, Lei Ming, Long Nv, and Ye Tiandao.

"You all go practice your skills as well!"

Ye Liuyun let those three, together with the senior-ranked ferocious beasts, follow behind to pick suitable opponents.

The Skeleton Puppet stayed with Ye Liuyun, ready to use the Hundred-Refined Soul Banner to absorb Yin Souls.

He himself, wielding the Vajra Divine Bow, watched the battle from afar, guarding against any Venerable's escape.

The entire Cheng Clan could never have dreamed that anyone would dare knock on their door.

The first to be attacked were the two Venerables of the Fifth Layer of the Life-Death Realm.

One of them, lacking a Defense Artifact for Spiritual Soul Attack, didn't even react and was easily annihilated by a Blood-colored Bat accompanied by two Suanni Yin Souls.

After the kill, the Blood-colored Bat and the Suanni split up, charging to slay other Martial Cultivators.

The other Venerable reacted faster, immediately brandishing a Defense Artifact for Spiritual Soul, blocking the Yin Souls of the Sixth Senior Rank and a swarm of Pterosaur Yin Souls.

Yet before it could counterattack, Huo Hu and the One-horned Rhino rushed in together.

Yin Souls, illusion, plus tangible attacks overwhelmed that Venerable; he was swiftly eliminated by the joint assault of Huo Hu and the One-horned Rhino.

However, the aftershocks of their battle completely alarmed the Cheng Clan members.

At this moment dozens of senior-ranked Yin Souls began targeting senior-ranked strongmen; in an instant, even the Clan Chief of Cheng Clan was under attack.

Only those strongmen who carried a Defense Artifact for Spiritual Soul Attack survived.

Yet awaiting them was another wave of ferocious beast assaults.

Two Dragon Eagles, an Ice Demon Tiger, and an Azure Wind Wolf focused on attacking those Venerables.

Ye Liuyun, wielding the Vajra Divine Bow, helped shoot down some early-stage Venerables of the Life-Death Realm—one arrow per target, extremely efficient.

Fifty ferocious beasts formed four squads, attacking from four directions, from outside inward, specifically to slay Martial Cultivators in the later stages of the Zao Hua Realm.

At this point, Cheng Clan was in complete chaos.

Some lower-realm Martial Cultivators still hoped senior-ranked strongmen would rescue them, but none ever appeared until the end.

And once Ye Liuyun's high-realm Yin Souls and ferocious beasts acted, they swiftly exterminated the low-realm Martial Cultivators, so fast that Ye Liuyun need not intervene further.

Even the Cheng Clan's Clan Chief was reduced to ash by a blaze from Huo Hu.

The War Dragon Sect side naturally sensed Cheng Clan's battle turbulence.

At this moment, the Elder guarding the base also realized Ye Liuyun was the cause, and immediately reported to the Sect.

"A sect disciple, how could they be that strong?" the War Dragon Sect's sect leader first felt some doubt.

However, he still immediately gave the order: all members are not allowed to participate: "It has nothing to do with us; we'll just watch and see!"

He didn't even send someone to investigate.

If the Cheng Clan were wiped out, it would be a good thing for them; locally, they'd have one fewer opponent.

If Ye Liuyun were wiped out, they'd also suffer no loss. Moreover, seeing the Cheng Clan's residual prestige, even if the Cheng Clan could win, they'd probably have to pay a considerable price.

So they were happy to sit back and reap the benefits.

As for the result, they would naturally know after the battle ended.