Chapter 1046: A Grand Battle

All preparations are complete, and Ye Liuyun also walks out of the Cultivation Room.

Yuan Datou and Ling Shuang are also fully prepared, and now they are waiting excitedly at his doorway.

"Let's go, we'll have a big fight and enjoy it!"

Ye Liuyun grabs Ling Shuang's hand and heads toward the Teleportation Array.

This action makes Ling Shuang feel a warm feeling in their heart. Even though what they have to face is extremely dangerous, they temporarily forget their tension.

Yuan Datou lets out a cheer, takes big strides, and follows closely.

Ye Liuyun had already greeted Li Qingyun in advance, and now heads straight for the Teleportation Array.

When they arrive at the Teleportation Array, Xia Tianqiong has already put on battle armor and is waiting there.

Seeing Xia Tianqiong's attire, Ye Liuyun knows that she also intends to go together.

"What, not welcoming me?" Xia Tianqiong raises an eyebrow, looking at Ye Liuyun provocatively.

"How could that be! You're the highest realm among us, of course we welcome you!"

Ye Liuyun does not decline her goodwill.

He first places everyone into his Space World, so they won't be split by the Teleportation Array.

Soon, Ye Liuyun passes through the Teleportation Array and enters the assassination battlefield.

Since it's a trial ground, as soon as the disciples are teleported in, they are sent to the edge of the Secret Realm.

The shadow members here have relatively lower realms, making it easier for the disciples to survive.

Upon entering, he immediately uses the Primordial Spirit Secret Technique to locate the nearby ambushing shadow members.

However, he doesn't act immediately, but releases everyone.

Xia Tianqiong, Ling Shuang, Yuan Datou, Lei Ming, Long Nv, Ye Tiandao, and the hidden Huo Hu.

Since Ling Shuang and Yuan Datou last time enhanced their bloodlines with Food Star Beast blood, their cultivation speed has indeed improved. Now their realms have already broken through to Zao Hua Second Realm.

But the two of them are still the weakest.

Ye Liuyun assigns the two to mainly deal with shadow members of Zao Hua Second Realm and below. The others are left to Ye Liuyun and his companions.

Xia Tianqiong does not strike immediately, but lets her first protect Ling Shuang and Yuan Datou. Since they are all low‑realm shadow members, Ye Liuyun tells her to wait before acting.

He then leads the group, charging toward the spot where the shadow members are ambushed.

Those shadow members, upon seeing Ye Liuyun, instantly use a Transmission Talisman to notify the other members.

In an instant, everyone inside the Secret Realm knows Ye Liuyun's location.

Ye Liuyun also learns the situation through Cheng Yudu's Transmission Talisman.

He asks Cheng Yudu to arrange that shadow members in the later stage of the Earth Sovereign realm be confined to the central area, awaiting Ye Liuyun's arrival.

Shadow members of other realms charge together at Ye Liuyun.

These shadow members, some openly rush forward, some hide in the dark. The combination of light and dark makes them harder to defend against.

Ye Liuyun's side also faces heavy defensive pressure.

Soon after the battle begins, Yuan Datou takes a hit. If it weren't for his divine armor blocking the blow, he might have lost his life.

This is also related to his unfamiliarity with the Shadow Concealment Secret Technique.

Ling Shuang is the same; if Xia Tianqiong hadn't protected her, she would have been ambushed.

Lei Ming, Long Nv, and Ye Tiandao form a three‑person squad, supporting each other with great coordination.

Xia Tianqiong leads Ling Shuang and Yuan Datou as another group.

Later they change tactics, first fighting shadow members of the Yin‑Yang Realm, getting familiar with the Shadow Concealment Secret Technique while battling.

Ye Liuyun alone naturally becomes the primary "care" target for the shadows.

Facing these early‑mid Zao Hua shadow members, he first hones his blade intent, and with bloodline suppression, a single strike can kill one.

After cleaving dozens, he begins to sheath the blade and practice the Qiankun Palm.

Each time Mysterious Origin is depleted, he takes out a Storage Yuan Stone to replenish.

His clone is responsible for cultivating inside the Xuan Kong Shi, replenishing the Storage Yuan Stone's consumption.

This time, he fights without any hesitation, thoroughly enjoying it.

Then he swaps with his clone, letting the clone continue fighting while he returns to the Xuan Kong Shi to cultivate and replenish the Storage Yuan Stone.

The others also kill to their heart's content this round.

But after wiping out nearly seven hundred foes, they are all scarred and battered.

Yuan Datou and Ling Shuang's battle armor is nearly ruined.

Their group, not yet proficient with the Shadow Concealment Secret Technique, took many losses. Fortunately, Xia Tianqiong's high realm also managed to protect the two.

"Now you've had your fun, right?"

Ye Liuyun smiles and asks the exhausted crowd.

Both of them can no longer sustain their battle armor; their True Essence is also nearly exhausted. They have already replenished with Restoration Pills several times.

Ye Liuyun directly pulls everyone back into the Space World, letting them go in to cultivate and restore True Essence.

After they enter, they discover nearly fifty sovereign‑rank ferocious beasts, all ranging from Earth Sovereign Second Realm to Earth Sovereign Fifth Realm, and they can't help but gape.

"Boss really wants to have a good time. Otherwise, releasing these beasts could tear this Secret Realm apart," Yuan Datou can't help but exclaim.

Ling Shuang is the first to notice the richness of the spiritual energy.

"The spiritual energy here is overly abundant!"

"Hmm, surely the boss had another strange encounter out there! I've decided to stay with the boss from now on, never part again. When he leaves, I'd die of suffocation!"

After Yuan Datou finishes, Ling Shuang also nods.

She also feels that days without Ye Liuyun are truly unbearable. She's not only bored but deeply misses Ye Liuyun.

Thus she intends to stay as much as possible with Ye Liuyun from now on.

Even Xia Tianqiong thought the same.

However, Ye Liuyun didn't mention the clone, so they couldn't tell at all.

After everyone finished cultivating, Ye Liuyun's clone took only Xia Tianqiong and left the Space World.

The upcoming battle would have to face the shadow of the first layer of the Supreme Zao Hua Qi Chong, and the strength of Lei Ming and the others was no match.

Ye Liuyun, worried that Xia Tianqiong might be in danger, also released the Black Python, letting it shrink its body and coil around her arm to protect her closely.

Ye Liuyun and the Black Python have a Divine Soul Contract, allowing information to be synchronized. Thus, the shadow members he saw with the Primordial Spirit Secret Technique were also known to the Black Python in detail.

Otherwise, Xia Tianqiong's Shadow Concealment Technique would not be fully mastered, and she would likely be killed as soon as she went up.

"Protect her well!" Ye Liuyun also reminded the Fire Fox, then took Xia Tianqiong and headed toward the central area of the Secret Realm.

Inside, there were over three hundred late-stage Zao Hua experts waiting for them.

This time, the clone held in its hand the Bloodthirsty Divine Bow.

With his cultivation level, he could deal with some Martial Cultivators of Zao Hua Qi Chong.

But once he entered battle, he could no longer look after Xia Tianqiong.