Chapter 1028: Shadow Assassination

Thank you!

Ye Liuyun didn't forget to thank the Fourth Prince for informing him.

The Fourth Prince is also a member of the Shadow; telling him this information undoubtedly involves great risk.

After putting away the Transmission Talisman, Ye Liuyun's expression became unusually solemn.

It seems there are strong Shadow members near the garrison!

Thinking this, Ye Liuyun also directly put on the divine artifact protective robe.

He is now a assassination target of the Shadow and must prepare his defenses.

At the same time, the Crown Prince also received the order to kill Ye Liuyun.

"This Ye Liuyun is really asking for death!" He chuckled, ignored the order, and continued cultivating.

He is currently participating in the competition together with Ye Liuyun, making it inconvenient to act.

But he believes that other Shadow members will surely come to assassinate Ye Liuyun. Ye Liuyun will definitely die!

Indeed, that very night some Shadow members hidden within the War Dragon Sect managed to find Ye Liuyun's residence.

Ye Liuyun also sensed their Shadow Concealment Technique.

But before Ye Liuyun could act, the War Dragon Sect Elder guarding outside already struck, wiping out those Shadow members.

The War Dragon Sect is also closely watching Ye Liuyun, so that Elder could promptly detect the Shadow members.

All night long, wave after wave came, vexing that Elder greatly.

"What is the Shadow up to? Attacking their own?" The War Dragon Sect Elders still thought Ye Liuyun knew Shadow Concealment Technique and was a Shadow member.

Thus they couldn't fathom what the Shadow was doing, how it would attack its own.

But no matter what, they cannot let Ye Liuyun come to harm within their War Dragon Sect.

At least they can handle these Shadow members; they won't abandon protecting Ye Liuyun.

At dawn, the garrison's guarding Elders were rotated, replaced by another Elder at the Eightfold Life-and-Death Realm to prevent any loopholes.

Ye Liuyun didn't mind the War Dragon Sect's "special attention" to him, and went as usual with everyone to participate in the competition.

The Crown Prince still acted as if nothing were wrong, not even glancing at him, and Ye Liuyun couldn't discern anything.

But he still faintly felt it was related to the Crown Prince; given their grudge, the Crown Prince wouldn't just back down.

"Maybe he thinks he can't do it himself, so he had others do it?"

Ye Liuyun really wanted to ask the Fourth Prince who issued the order.

But he felt that the Fourth Prince giving him advance notice was already good, and he didn't want to pry further into Shadow information.

Actually, if the War Dragon Sect Elder hadn't intervened, he would have already captured a few Shadow members for Soul Search.

The War Dragon Sect Elder acted too fast; each time he struck before the Shadow could approach Ye Liuyun's residence, leaving Ye Liuyun no chance to catch a live one.

Just as Ye Liuyun and the others entered the venue and arrived at their resting area, Ye Liuyun suddenly sensed the aura of Shadow Concealment Technique.

This aura was not far beneath the stands behind them.

If Ye Liuyun hadn't known in advance that the Shadow wanted to kill him and had been on guard against Shadow Concealment Technique, in such a noisy, chaotic setting he would never have noticed him.

He immediately used his Golden Pupil to release Divine Soul Power, dragging that Shadow's soul into his Fortune Domain.

"Finally caught a live one!"

However, after searching his soul, he gained nothing.

That Shadow member had merely received the Transmission Talisman's order. Seeing that last night's Shadow assassins sent to kill Ye Liuyun had all failed, he had hidden here in advance, ready to strike.

Just as that Shadow's soul was pulled away and his physical body emerged from the shadows, collapsing to the ground, Ye Liuyun noticed the Crown Prince's brow furrow.

He sensed that Ye Liuyun also knew Shadow Concealment Technique, making him harder to deal with.

"No wonder my several attempts against him came to nothing; his Shadow Concealment Technique has been cultivated to such a high level."

Crown Prince Xia Tianjiao also couldn't fathom how Ye Liuyun obtained Shadow Concealment Technique.

Ye Liuyun now finds these Shadow members utterly vexing.

He now needs to constantly guard against Shadow assassinations; even seeing a shadow makes him unable to resist investigating.

As soon as that Shadow fell, an Elder came over to check. They glanced at Ye Liuyun, then silently carried away the corpse.

"Was it you? Is that a Shadow member?" Xia Tianqiong, not noticing Ye Liuyun's Spiritual Soul Attack, therefore sent a Transmission Voice to ask him.

"Yes!" Ye Liuyun simply replied.

"What's wrong?" Liang Xue, seeing someone fall beside Ye Liuyun, immediately sent a Transmission Voice to ask him.

"The Shadow has come for me!" Ye Liuyun replied.

"Do they know it's you?" Liang Xue still thought Ye Liuyun's exposure on the assassination battlefield had been revealed.

Xia Tianqiong also pressed: "How did you provoke the Shadow again?"

She now utterly admires Ye Liuyun's talent for stirring up trouble!

"I went out last night and wiped out a branch of the Cheng Clan, and their people saw me using Shadow Concealment Technique!" Ye Liuyun explained to both of them.

"What should we do?" Liang Xue also grew anxious for Ye Liuyun.

"Don't worry, it's fine; I can handle it!" Ye Liuyun comforted Liang Xue.

Xia Tianqiong sent a surprised Transmission Voice: "You destroyed the Cheng Clan last night? How do you know Shadow Concealment Technique?"

She was surprised that Ye Liuyun had wiped out the Cheng Clan without telling her.

What shocked her even more was that Ye Liuyun actually knew Shadow Concealment Technique.

"You're not a Shadow member yourself, are you?" Xia Tianqiong looked at Ye Liuyun, unable to help but suspect.

"No. I obtained Shadow Concealment Technique by searching souls on the assassination battlefield." Ye Liuyun explained.

Being questioned by the two of them, Ye Liuyun could no longer focus.

So after explaining to Xia Tianqiong, he simply blocked their two Divine Sense Transmissions, lest they interfere with his sending out Divine Sense to probe the surroundings.

At that moment, the competition officially began.

The disciple who had just fallen did not cause much of a stir. Some people didn't even notice.

Ye Liuyun was summoned again by the Steward Elder and became the first to step onto the stage.

Just before Ye Liuyun reached the arena, his Divine Sense detected another shadow hidden in the darkness beneath the arena.

Immediately, his Golden Pupil flashed, and he unleashed Golden Crow Holy Fire at the shadow, while Divine Soul Power also pulled his Soul into his own creation domain.

Fortunately, the shadows that came to kill him were all below the Ninth Level of Creation, so their Divine Soul Power was not stronger than his.

However, this shadow member, like the previous one, yielded no information when he performed Soul Search.

This time, the entire audience saw it, and the arena erupted in a roar.

"Damn it!"

The Steward Elder cursed, then immediately ordered someone to collect the corpse.