Chapter 1175: Relentless Assault

After dawn, Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense finally detected a blue‑white stag appearing behind the beast camp.

The beast's fur is quite beautiful, but its eyes are fiercely ferocious.

Its realm is the Sixth Layer of Heavenly Venerable, higher than Xiao Lanbing's realm.

Ye Liuyun immediately warned everyone, "The Beast King has appeared—a stag, its realm is the Sixth Layer of Heavenly Venerable!"

"That strong?" the Martial Cultivator instantly felt despair.

"Yes, if it charges straight at us, can we hold it?" the Martial Cultivator asked.

"As long as the Formation isn't broken, its entry means death!" Ye Liuyun gave everyone a calming pill.

From the moment he saw the Beast King, he had already been contemplating how to slay it.

"They're probably about to launch a full‑scale attack!" Zhuge Feiyu warned the group, "From now on, everyone must conserve True Essence and see this through to the end."

"Can you send your beast to assassinate it?" the Martial Cultivator asked Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun shook his head. "We can't kill it; its realm is too high. Moreover, I sense its Divine Soul Power is relatively strong! Spiritual Soul Attack is probably its main offensive method!"

Hearing this, everyone sighed in disappointment.

Not only is the Beast King's realm the Sixth Layer of Heavenly Venerable, it's also a Soul Cultivator—harder to deal with!

Everyone silently returned to their positions, preparing for a life‑or‑death fight.

Ye Liuyun summoned Wu Qingcheng again, having her sound the war horn to disrupt the Beast King's rhythm.

When the war horn blared, the beasts began to stir; some weak‑resistance, naturally irritable beasts started attacking the beasts beside them.

Consequently, the Beast King had to keep vocalizing to counteract the horn's side effect.

Though the horn's effect is modest, it can scramble the beasts' attack rhythm and dampen their momentum.

At least psychologically, it can make the beasts become irritable, draining their energy.

It can also sap some of the Beast King's Divine Soul Power, causing him to be distracted.

The Beast King glanced from afar at Ye Liuyun on the city wall, then continued vocalizing to offset the horn while patrolling the beast herd.

Not long after, it halted facing the Stone City.

"Come on!"

Ye Liuyun exchanged glances with the Beast King.

Seeing its stance, he knew they were about to launch an attack.

Sure enough, the Beast King let out a roar, and the herd surged toward the city like a tide, yet the Beast King kept a cautious distance from the walls to avoid ambush.

Ye Liuyun drew his bow and nocked arrows, targeting high‑realm beasts. Each shot, fired from his Vajra Divine Bow, was accompanied by a rain of spirit‑infused arrows covering a vast area.

The Kuailei's arrow rain also streamed out in rows.

The front‑line beasts were hit; even if not killed outright, once slowed or fallen they would be trampled to death by following beasts.

The beasts stamped the ground, causing a booming tremor; even Ye Liuyun and his companions on the wall felt the vibration.

Ye Liuyun recalled Wu Qingcheng to the Space World, fearing she would be in danger if left outside.

In the current situation, the war horn's usefulness has diminished.

The beasts that slipped through the arrow rain rushed straight into the Formation, collapsing poisoned.

Ye Liuyun and his group are temporarily safe.

Yet everyone knows that if the beasts attack nonstop, they won't hold out long.

Fortunately, their ranged bow attacks conserve a great deal of True Essence.

The beasts' Yin Souls were released, greatly disrupting them, but many Yin Souls were shattered by the beasts.

The Skeleton Puppet kept waving the Soul Banner, absorbing the beasts' Yin Souls as supplemental consumption. With no time to nurture, it immediately released them to attack the beasts.

Overall, the absorbed Yin Souls still outnumber those released. Though weaker in power, their sheer quantity gives them the edge.

The Asura‑led Yin Soul army remains on standby, ready to be deployed at the crucial moment.

Without the horn's interference, the Beast King ceased vocalizing, standing still watching the beasts' assault, seemingly pondering something.

After a while, it let out another thunderous roar.

Ye Liuyun and the others noticed some beasts retreating while the rest continued the attack.

"The beasts' density has thinned to lessen the impact of our arrows!"

Zhuge Feiyu spoke up to remind everyone.

"They're conserving strength; it looks like they intend a war of attrition with us!" Ye Liuyun also warned everyone to conserve True Essence.

"These beasts are quite clever!" Zhu Youfu, staying beside Ye Liuyun, exclaimed while shooting arrows.

"Indeed! Beasts that cultivate their Soul won't be stupid!"

Ye Liuyun also considered that if the Beast King attacks, he'll have to resort to the Hunting Demon Bow!

If he wishes to stay hidden, he could enlist Long Nv or Lei Ming. Both possess jade‑transformed Dragon Bones that can unleash Divine Rank attacks.

Each Dragon Bone can be used three times and should be sufficient to deal with that Beast King.

Of course, it would be ideal if the Beast King could use its Soul to directly attack his Sea of Consciousness. But that depends on the Beast King's will, not on his words.

At least while the Formation remains, the Beast King won't make a move.

This time the beasts didn't pause, continuously attacking, though they were spread out widely.

After the beasts scattered, evading arrows became more agile, darting left and right, drastically lowering Ye Liuyun's group's hit rate.

Ye Liuyun's Vajra Divine Bow, modified by Qiong Qi, has tracking capability, whereas others' bows lack this feature.

Zhu Youfu, never adept with bows, fired seven or eight arrows; they either missed or were dodged by the beasts.

The beast he aimed at seemed to flaunt, strolling calmly, waiting for Zhu Youfu to shoot again.

Zhu Youfu felt scorned by the beast; enraged, he tossed his bow aside, took out a bell‑shaped relic, and smashed it toward the beast.

Once enlarged, the bell instantly pulverized the beast into mush!

He finally smiled satisfiedly and said: "Treasure is still the best! Let you, this beast, I'll go wild!"

Not only Zhu Youfu, but everyone else did the same, switching to treasures to smash.

Only the Kuailei continued shooting arrows. But their hit rate with bows was slightly higher than that of the Martial Cultivators.

More ferocious beasts took the opportunity to rush into the Formation.

Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil discovered that inside the Formation, too many ferocious beast corpses had gathered; if not cleared, they would fill it up.

"Burn!"

Ye Liuyun activated the Formation, releasing a large area of fire. Whether poisoned dead or just rushed in, all were burned to ashes in one go.

But this fire also burned away all the poisonous gas.

No choice, had to painstakingly divide his avatar, put on the Invisibility Cloak, then go into the Formation to release poison.