Chapter 1211: Two-Pronged Approach

That day, the evil dragon implanted with Ye Liuyun's slave seal finally sent back news: the greatest evil dragon had come out to feed.

Ye Liuyun, through the evil dragon's transmitted message, saw that first a large amount of demon qi spewed from inside the cave, dyeing the entrance pitch black.

Next, a huge dragon head protruded from inside the cave.

Just looking at that dragon head, it was two to three times larger than the evil dragon Ye Liuyun controlled.

"What a fellow! So big!" Ye Liuyun couldn't help exclaiming: "How much would he have to eat in one meal!"

Fortunately, that evil dragon's cultivation was low, only at the first tier of Creation.

However, given its size plus its cultivation, Ye Liuyun could not deal with it through combat.

Immediately, the evil dragon's whole body slowly walked out of the cave. With each step, the area around the cave shook.

The earth and stones on the mountain were shaken and rolled down.

Then came a long howl.

Ye Liuyun, near the village, could hear its howl. It was very similar to a true dragon's roar.

Afterward, the evil dragon spread its huge wings, flapped a few times, and rose into the air.

As soon as it flew up, it blotted out the sky and sun, like a moving mountain.

"For such a huge beast, even using the Nine Nether Prelude would likely take nearly an hour."

Ye Liuyun's own soul power couldn't sustain that long. Fortunately, he had a clone to take over.

The evil dragon circled once around the highest peak.

The ferocious beasts around the mountain, upon hearing its howl, had already fled back to their lairs.

Even the villagers in the village, upon hearing the dragon's roar, temporarily hid inside their houses to avoid accidents.

Ye Liuyun's golden pupils also saw the full appearance of that evil dragon from afar.

"If we didn't have the Nine Nether Prelude, we really couldn't fight it!" Ye Liuyun discussed with his clone.

"Even with the Nine Nether Prelude, we need to combine it with poison; otherwise it's too slow and likely to be noticed." The clone suggested.

"Is there enough poison source in the poison staff?" Ye Liuyun was referring to the Soul-poison's toxin source.

"Not enough, it can only serve as an aid!" the clone replied.

To poison a beast larger than a mountain, the required dosage would be too great.

At that moment, the evil dragon flew straight toward the nest of a group of ferocious beasts, and with one claw it collapsed the cave.

The beasts inside wailed as they fled in all directions.

The evil dragon then seized one, shoved it straight into its mouth. After eating more than twenty beasts in succession, it rose into the air again, went to drink some water, then circled the mountain once more before returning to the cave.

"Not much time!" Ye Liuyun calculated; it was nowhere near enough to control it.

Ye Liuyun considered, then decided to risk entering the cave where that evil dragon resided to take action.

Ferocious beasts sleep after they're full; we can act while it's asleep.

But to enter the cave, we first need to subdue the other evil dragons.

Ye Liuyun immediately summoned the evil dragon he controlled, ordering it to bring the other evil dragons over one by one.

The evil dragon he controlled was of Yin-Yang Realm; among the evil dragons, its cultivation was relatively high.

On its first trip bringing an evil dragon, it brought another Yin-Yang Realm evil dragon along.

Ye Liuyun followed the same method, using the Nine Nether Prelude to subdue it.

The remaining evil dragons were relatively easier, and their subjugation proceeded much faster.

Ye Liuyun spent seven or eight days to fully tame all thirteen evil dragons.

Then he rested properly, mounted an evil dragon, and raced toward the highest peak.

Upon arrival, he first used his divine sense to scout the situation inside the cave.

The cave was large, but for that giant dragon it was merely a den—just enough for it to turn around inside.

Ye Liuyun, while ordering Lei Ming and Long Nv to prepare the dragon bone for attack, also activated the Shadow Concealment Technique, hiding behind an evil dragon's foot, and began to play the Nine Nether Prelude.

The clone likewise donned the Invisibility Cloak and released poison into the cave with the staff.

Actually, even without hiding, they were hardly a tooth's gap to that greatest evil dragon; even if it noticed them, it wouldn't bother to come out and seize them.

Nevertheless, out of caution, they still tried to avoid exposing their whereabouts.

The poison gas released by the clone's staff was not only soul-poisoning but also body-poisoning—a double-pronged approach.

The evil dragon felt nothing; after inhaling the poison gas, it showed no reaction for half a day.

"Its body is too huge; it needs time!" the clone told Ye Liuyun, while continuously releasing the poison source.

Ye Liuyun also used his soul's power to play the Nine Nether Prelude.

While the evil dragon slept, it unknowingly fell under the hypnosis of that melody.

After nearly half an hour, possibly due to the poison taking effect, the evil dragon suddenly opened its eyes.

Ye Liuyun and the clone were startled, but the evil dragon merely turned over, took a rough breath, and closed its eyes again.

However, this time its sleep was not as deep as before, and it occasionally twitched.

"The poison is reacting!"

At this point Ye Liuyun's soul power was exhausted; the clone continued playing the Nine Nether Prelude while he took some soul-restoring pills to recover as quickly as possible.

The clone had already put away the poison staff; all the poison source it could release had been expended.

Now it's up to the Nine Nether Prelude to see if it can subdue the evil dragon; if not, we'll have to rely on Lei Ming's dragon bone attack.

After a quarter hour, the clone had not yet exhausted its soul power when the evil dragon began to stir.

First it panted heavily, then it grunted, and finally it roared irritably.

Now not only its physical body and soul power were resisting the poison, but it was also contending with the Nine Nether Prelude for control.

It probed with its divine sense, yet found nothing attacking it.

It wanted to go out of the cave to have a look, but after discovering it had been poisoned, its legs felt a bit weak, and its Divine Sense was not very clear either.

So it let out a roar, ordering the Evil Dragons outside to help it patrol.

Those Evil Dragons had already been controlled by Ye Liuyun; they pretended to fly up and circle around, naturally discovering nothing.

Finally, the largest Evil Dragon could no longer stay put; it swayed as it stood up, intending to walk out of the cave.

"Attack!"

Ye Liuyun saw that the Nine Nether Prelude had not yet taken effect, so he could only release Lei Ming to launch an attack.

Lei Ming did not reveal her true form, but appeared in human shape, holding that piece of Dragon Bone in her hand.

But she had never used that Dragon Bone before, not knowing the attack range, so she had to wait until she saw the Evil Dragon before she could launch an attack.

The Evil Dragon's Divine Sense also detected Lei Ming.

It initially paid no attention, continuing to walk outward, but then it smelled the scent on Lei Ming and immediately stopped.