Chapter 1057: One‑Hit Kill

Ye Liuyun's meaning was clear: no promises, just along the way.

In that case, he has the initiative. If Feng Xiaoxiao bothers Ye Liuyun, Ye Liuyun can drop her at any time.

Ye Liuyun doesn't want to act as a nanny for such an immature child, nor let her delay his plans.

Elder Tong obviously understood Ye Liuyun's meaning and thanked him immediately.

"Very well, I, the old man, thank Prince Ye first! If Young Master Ye reaches the capital, please be sure to extend the Feng Clan's hospitality. Just by rescuing XiaoXiao earlier, Young Master Ye certainly deserves the Feng Clan's invitation!"

After speaking to Ye Liuyun, he quietly instructed Feng Xiaoxiao: "Ye Liuyun is cold on the outside, warm inside, and his strength is unfathomable. You must stay with him back to the capital and never upset him."

He also believed Ye Liuyun wouldn't covet anything from the Feng Clan, and from Ye Liuyun's demeanor, he thought Ye Liuyun reliable.

Feng Xiaoxiao nodded repeatedly and agreed to everything.

She was already bewildered.

With Elder Tong's death, she truly became alone; for someone who had never ventured out, fear was natural.

After stating his stance, Ye Liuyun kept an eye on the Qing Lin Wolf King while watching the movements of that high‑rank shadow.

The shadow kept drawing nearer, moving very cautiously.

Ye Liuyun thought that if he didn't commit fully to the fight, the shadow might retreat again.

So he deliberately provoked the Wolf King, raised the Vajra Divine Bow again, and with a single arrow killed a Qing Lin Wolf of the Ninth Creation.

Killing his subordinate before the Wolf King's eyes was a blatant provocation.

The Wolf King, already wary of his divine bow, felt a desire to retreat.

But now the pack saw it being provoked; if it fled, the pack would question it.

Having no choice, it prepared to fight Ye Liuyun to the death. Yet knowing it would be shot dead by Ye Liuyun, it rallied the pack to attack him together.

Even as strong as Ye Liuyun is, he's alone; if they swarm, they could still take him down.

Seeing the tense standoff, the high‑rank shadow instantly quickened, ready to strike, and soon entered Huo Wu's attack range.

"Leave it to me!" Huo Wu greeted Ye Liuyun and went to deal with the shadow.

"Hold on, I'll coordinate with you..." Ye Liuyun called out to Huo Wu.

At the same time, seeing the shadow could not escape, he released Ice Demon Tiger, Dragon Eagle, Qing Feng Wolf, Unicorn Rhinoceros and other monster beasts to confront the pack.

He wasn't foolish enough to clash head‑on with the pack.

These monster beasts emerged in human form, wielding weapons, exuding beastly ferocity that intimidated the wolves.

When the high‑rank shadow saw that among Ye Liuyun's summoned beasts were Earth Sovereign Fifth Layer and Earth Sovereign Sixth Layer creatures, it halted immediately, daring not to move further.

That exceeded its expectations, so it decided to pause and rethink.

Just then, it suddenly noticed a Unicorn beast looking at it and waving.

In a dazed instant, the Unicorn Rhinoceros was already before it, swinging a hammer down.

"Illusion!" the high‑rank shadow, experienced as it was, immediately realized it had fallen for an illusion.

Earlier it had sensed that a companion showed signs of illusion, so it had been on guard.

Thus, facing the hammer from the Unicorn Rhinoceros, it was tense but did not dodge, fearing to reveal its position.

Unexpectedly, the Unicorn Rhinoceros was real.

"Boom"—the hammer smashed the high‑rank shadow, splintering its brain matter; its Physical Body was crushed into the ground, turning into a clump of mud, dead beyond death.

At that moment, the Skeleton Puppet appeared, brandishing a Hundred-Refined Soul Banner, pulling his Yin Soul inside. With another gesture, it also took his Storage Ring.

The high‑rank shadow never realized before death that it had indeed been illused, but only during the Unicorn Rhinoceros's wave.

When the Unicorn Rhinoceros appeared before it, it was Ye Liuyun and Huo Hu cooperating, using Void Translocation to shift the Unicorn Rhinoceros there.

Ye Liuyun intended a one‑hit kill, giving the shadow no chance to retreat.

Thus he feared Huo Wu alone couldn't handle it.

While the Unicorn Rhinoceros attacked, Huo Wu wielded a sword in one hand and a silver whip in the other, ready to finish the blow.

Seeing the shadow slain, she sheathed all her weapons.

The Unicorn Rhinoceros extracted the shadow's Primordial Core and handed it to Huo Wu. It was Huo Wu's loot; he dared not keep it.

By then, the Qing Lin Wolf pack lay on the ground, fully surrendered, needing none of Ye Liuyun's summoned monster beasts.

They were Fourth and Fifth Rank monster beasts; the wolves dared not fight them.

Ye Liuyun directly placed a Slave Seal on the Wolf King, then ordered him to lead the pack to hunt Feng Yuanlai and other Feng Clan disciples.

Ye Liuyun was not about to let Feng Yuanlai go unpunished.

Over fifty Qing Lin Wolves immediately obeyed and leapt out.

Only then did Ye Liuyun finally relax.

The shadow had followed them for half a month, and he had been anxiously employing Primordial Spirit Secret Technique day and night for defense. Now he could finally breathe easy.

Afterward, he released Lei Ming and the others.

Now that the great enemy was gone, even if they all emerged, Huo Wu could protect them; besides, the Unicorn and Qing Feng and other monster beasts were present.

Huo Wu also returned the Invisibility Cloak to Ye Liuyun, revealing herself to join the revelry with everyone.

At this point, Elder Tong had already passed away.

Feng Xiaoxiao was first startled by the sudden appearance of several monster beasts.

Then seeing the Unicorn crush a person left her even more astonished.

Moreover, seeing so many masters around Ye Liuyun made her think he deliberately ignored the dying.

"You have so many strong allies around you; why didn't you act just now?" she asked Ye Liuyun with some displeasure.

"Did I not save you just now? Why must I intervene? Do I owe you?" Ye Liuyun retorted, leaving Feng Xiaoxiao speechless.

He then ignored her and, with a group of monster beasts, began roasting meat.

Huo Wu told them that aside from those Qing Lin Wolves, there were no high‑rank beasts here, so they weren't worried; roasting meat wouldn't attract powerful beasts.

Xia Tianqiong saw Feng Xiaoxiao's pitiful look, felt somewhat reluctant, so she helped her bury Elder Tong together, then pulled her over to eat something.

"I saw the wolf pack going to chase my senior brothers..."

She wanted to ask Ye Liuyun whether it was his instruction that the wolf pack went to chase and kill them.

"Then what?" Ye Liuyun narrowed his eyes, staring at her as he asked back.