Chapter 1040: Let the Crown Prince Escape

Ye Liuyun's poison source is made by absorbing and refining various poisonous insects; not only is it highly toxic, it also acts very quickly.

Xia Tianjiao's arm instantly turned black.

At this moment Xia Tianjiao panics; he didn't expect that even while wearing the artifact Invisibility Cloak, someone could still spot it.

Now the black aura on Xia Tianjiao's arm has begun to spread up his body, and black smoke is also billowing out.

Seeing how fast the poison spreads, he knows this lethal toxin is extraordinary; taking an antidote pill would certainly be too late.

He steels himself, grits his teeth, and with a thrust of his left Divine Spear snaps his arm clean at the shoulder.

The arm is broken, but a pill can restore it, which is far safer than letting the poison enter his body.

As he was about to retrieve the Storage Ring and flee immediately, he suddenly finds that his entire arm, along with the Storage Ring, has vanished.

At that moment, an Ice Demon Tiger and two Dragon Eagles appear around him, clawing at him.

"Ye Liuyun!"

After seeing these ferocious beasts, he realizes that Ye Liuyun is ambushing him.

But now it's too late.

He is only at the Ninth Creation realm, fundamentally no match for three Earth Sovereign Fourth Realm beasts.

One Dragon Eagle grabs his artifact spear, another Dragon Eagle grabs his artifact cloak, and the Ice Demon Tiger lunges a claw straight at his chest.

"Boom!"

After a deafening blast.

"Roar!"

The Ice Demon Tiger feels a sharp pain in its claw and immediately retracts it.

Upon inspection, the entire claw is riddled with cracks, blood spouting out.

The two Dragon Eagles, one clutching the cloak and the other the spear, suddenly soar into the air, a few feathers falling from their bodies.

"What's happening?"

Ye Liuyun's Primordial Spirit Secret Technique senses an extremely strong energy erupting from Xia Tianjiao's chest, blasting the three beasts away.

And now Xia Tianjiao has vanished from the spot.

Using Divine Sense, he detects that Xia Tianjiao is already tens of thousands of li away.

"It seems the Crown Prince must have a life-saving artifact on him!"

Ye Liuyun immediately understands that Xia Tianjiao escaped thanks to that artifact.

"I want to see how many times your artifact can save you! Chase!"

Ye Liuyun instantly uses Divine Sense to transmit a message to the Azure Wind Wolf, ordering it to give chase.

At that moment, Ye Liuyun glances at the items inside the Crown Prince's Storage Ring.

It contains several artifact spears, some cultivation resources, Spirit Stones, Transmission Talismans, and some daily necessities.

The broken Zun fruit Ye Liuyun is interested in is indeed inside. There are also two Defense Artifacts, identical to those the Crown Prince wears, which Ye Liuyun promptly collects.

"Probably he didn't have time to take it out. This Crown Prince isn't wealthy either!"

Ye Liuyun thinks that aside from these artifact weapons, treasures, and pills, there is nothing else of great value.

But on second thought, he assumes someone supplies the Crown Prince with cultivation resources monthly, so he doesn't carry many himself.

The Azure Wind Wolf is an Earth Sovereign of the Fourth Realm; it can cover ten thousand li in the blink of an eye.

From afar a booming crash sounds, and the Azure Wind Wolf launches its attack. Yet it also suffers a rebound from the Defense Artifact, its claw bruised.

"Chase again!" Ye Liuyun gathers the loot taken from the two Dragon Eagles, directs one Dragon Eagle with a bearing, and sends it after Xia Tianjiao.

"Boom!"

After a moment, another boom echoes from afar.

Not long after, this Dragon Eagle's claw is also injured, and it returns to Ye Liuyun's side.

Ye Liuyun thinks for a moment and gathers all these beasts.

One Dragon Eagle remains, which Ye Liuyun keeps for flight.

The Black Python of the Zun rank poses little threat to Xia Tianjiao.

Ye Liuyun releases the One-horned Rhino, but after consideration, does not send it to hunt Xia Tianjiao.

When he previously searched the shadows' Soul, he already knew that Cheng Yudu had also entered the Secret Realm.

He needs to reserve some defensive power.

"Alright, that's enough for now; consider yourself lucky!"

Ye Liuyun finally gives up the pursuit of Xia Tianjiao, allowing him to escape unscathed.

In fact, the Defense Artifacts on Xia Tianjiao can only save him three times. His other Defense Artifacts are in the Storage Ring that Ye Liuyun took.

If Ye Liuyun sends more beasts, they might actually get him.

Unfortunately, Ye Liuyun has fewer high‑rank beasts nearby, and he can't bear to send them out, which ends up favoring Xia Tianjiao.

Meanwhile, Xia Tianjiao is sprinting for his life, trying to stay as far from Ye Liuyun as possible. At the same time, he pulls out a Transmission Talisman and sends Ye Liuyun's location outward.

In an instant, all the shadows within the Secret Realm rush toward Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun, accompanied by Lei Ming and others, exhausts the Magic Crystal Mineral Vein.

Then, thinking Lei Ming and the others have trained enough, he simply gathers them as well, releases a clone to deal with the incoming shadow members.

"Use bows and arrows to eliminate them all!"

The two of them each have a reserve of ten yuan pills of Mysterious Origin. These True Essences are their own Mysterious Origin, which they can directly absorb and use, so they need not worry about a shortage.

So next, the clone employs the Shadow Concealment Secret Technique, while Ye Liuyun dons the newly acquired Invisibility Cloak, discovering that the shadows are taken down with a single arrow each, leaving none.

Subsequently, the corpses are transferred into the Storage Ring, serving as food for the beasts.

These shadows are mostly of low rank, so they can hardly withstand a single arrow.

Soon, Ye Liuyun and his clone discovered that more than ten clusters of energy were surrounding them from all sides. Among them, three clusters had reached the level of sovereign-rank energy.

These three people were obviously at the first rank of Earth Sovereign; just by looking at the energy clusters, they couldn't tell which one was Cheng Yudu.

Moreover, these people are now in a shadowy state, and their faces cannot be seen.

"You deal with the other shadows; I'll take on those three sovereign-rank ones!"

Ye Liuyun's Vajra Divine Bow has a locking function and can also use Buddha-Demon Power; when used to its fullest, its effect is far superior to that of his clone's Bloodthirsty Divine Bow.

Ye Liuyun's first target was the sovereign in the middle.

As soon as that sovereign was locked on, he immediately felt himself being targeted and stopped his steps at once.

"Whoosh!"

Ye Liuyun shot out a black light, speeding straight toward that energy cluster and reaching it in the blink of an eye.

That energy cluster immediately dodged, but the black light followed with a turn and, with a boom, struck his front chest.

However, what surprised Ye Liuyun was that he saw a bright flash on the chest of that energy cluster, which burst forth with even stronger energy, blocking his arrow.

"Another protective treasure! These disciples of the great clans are really hard to kill!"

Ye Liuyun thought to himself, and without pausing, he raised his hand and fired three arrows in succession, each aimed at one of the three sovereigns, to prevent them from rushing over to attack his clone.

Ye Liuyun himself, after shooting the arrows, then shifted his position, making it impossible for the opponent to discern his location.