Chapter 1224: The Magic Vine Strikes

There were over three hundred Martial Cultivators guarding the Mineral Vein, of varying realms.

In less than a quarter of an hour, they were all drained by the Magic Vine. Ye Liuyun, leading a pack of ferocious beasts, didn't even get a chance to act, and the battle ended.

"Let's go mine the Mineral Vein!" Ye Liuyun called, leading the group to the vein.

Then he concealed the Magic Vine, waiting for the reinforcing Martial Cultivators.

Ye Liuyun was no longer in a hurry this time. With the Magic Vine present, even ten times as many reinforcements would become its food.

Before they finished a whole Mineral Vein, reinforcements arrived as expected—Martial Cultivators from nearby veins.

But as soon as they approached, the Magic Vine eliminated them, requiring no intervention from Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun and his group calmly finished a vein, while the Magic Vine had already dealt with three batches of reinforcing Martial Cultivators.

"Let's go, change location!" Ye Liuyun summoned back the Magic Vine.

He then released an Evil Dragon as a flying mount, swaggering toward the next Mineral Vein.

Upon arrival, the Magic Vine still handled combat, while he and the others were responsible for mining the vein.

Ye Liuyun boldly mined six veins, then used a teleporting Black Tower to change direction and continue seizing resources.

If he didn't leave soon, the Yun Clan would likely gather all its strength to encircle him.

Ye Liuyun's suspicion proved correct; all the Yun Clan's Martial Cultivators were converging on his location.

Now, having shifted direction with the teleporting Black Tower, he again drove the Yun Clan's forces far away.

After mining two more veins, the Magic Vine no longer cried out for food.

Ye Liuyun estimated that the Magic Vine had almost finished absorbing.

Within the Hundred-Refined Soul Banner, many strong Yin Souls had also accumulated. He had mined over ten veins, and the haul was already substantial.

"We retreat!"

He immediately gathered everyone into the Space World, vanished, and rushed toward the Secret Realm entrance.

The Yun Clan's Martial Cultivator battalion was on the way to pursue Ye Liuyun, but midway received news that he had vanished again.

Thus, for a moment, everyone halted, unsure which direction to take.

These past days, Ye Liuyun had been giving the Yun Clan's Martial Cultivators a hard time. They kept chasing, yet never managed to block him.

Clan Chief Yun Tianhao sat calmly in the Yun Clan's council hall at this moment.

When the vein was first seized, he thought the opponent had many people. Now knowing it was always Ye Liuyun's group, he gradually steadied himself.

"How much strength remains within the family?" Yun Tianhao asked an Elder.

"There are still over ten in the Tianzun Realm, one to two hundred in the Earth Sovereign realm, and at least a few thousand in the Zao Hua Realm!" The Elder, unsure of his thoughts, replied honestly.

"Everyone, rush with me to the Secret Realm entrance!"

Yun Tianhao thought for a moment, then finally issued the order.

"But the Yun Clan..." the Elder worried. After all, those forces were meant to protect the family.

If all these Elders left, any attack on the family would have unthinkable consequences.

"Just activate the Formation. The Secret Realm entrance isn't far from here. With the Formation in place, I estimate he won't dare attack the Yun Clan. Even if he arrives, we can return in time.

I reckon he's attacking veins everywhere simply to draw the forces guarding the Secret Realm entrance away, so he can leave smoothly. We'll go there to block him!"

As Yun Tianhao spoke, he sent the Elder to gather troops and rush to the Secret Realm entrance.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun was also hurrying toward the Secret Realm entrance.

He thought that after all these days of turmoil, the Yun Clan might have neglected the Secret Realm entrance.

But when he arrived, he found that not only had the forces here not diminished, they had actually increased.

"Yun Clan, do you really intend to let me completely devastate you before you let me go?" Ye Liuyun muttered inwardly.

In truth, his departure was to avoid further draining the Yun Clan's strength.

After all, he bore no real grudge against the Yun Clan; mining so many veins was already revenge for the Demon Cultivators.

In fact, if he wished, the Magic Vine could contend with the Yun Clan.

At least the people before him could not stop the Magic Vine at all.

Yun Tianhao was accompanied by Yun Mengyi.

She, upon seeing Ye Liuyun, felt tense, unsure whether to tell her father.

Ye Liuyun also saw her, so he immediately stayed put, unmoving, waiting to see how Yun Mengyi would act.

Yun Mengyi hesitated, ultimately said nothing, and turned her gaze elsewhere, pretending not to have seen him.

At the Secret Realm entrance, the Yun Clan set up a simple Formation; even if Ye Liuyun vanished, he would be detected.

Nevertheless, Ye Liuyun silently sighed at Yun Mengyi's approach.

"Just because of that one action, if I act later, I still can't harm her!"

With that thought, Ye Liuyun manifested himself, releasing the ferocious beasts beside him. At the same time, he silently released a Magic Vine seed.

"Heh, Demon Cultivator, you finally chose to appear?" Upon seeing Ye Liuyun, Yun Tianhao immediately knew his gamble had paid off.

The Martial Cultivators beside him instantly surrounded Ye Liuyun and his companions.

Ye Liuyun wore a mask, preventing Yun Tianhao from seeing his face. However, the Demon Cultivator beside him was someone Yun Tianhao knew.

Moreover, the Monster Beast and ferocious beasts were the same ones that attacked the veins; Yun Tianhao had long received that information.

"Since I dared to appear, it means I'm not afraid of you! I advise you to clear the path as soon as possible. I don't want to create more slaughter!" Ye Liuyun said calmly.

"What? Clear the way? You killed so many of our Yun Clan's elites, and you just want to walk away?" Yun Tianhao said to Ye Liuyun while keeping his men wary of the ground.

Many of their Martial Cultivators rose into the air, maintaining distance from the ground to guard against sudden Magic Vine attacks.

Ye Liuyun also guessed they wouldn't mourn even if they saw a coffin, so he shook his head and let the Magic Vine act.

Yun Tianhao and a few Martial Cultivators beside him were all at the fourth or fifth rank of the Tianzun Realm. Ye Liuyun, fearing that Xiao Lanbing was in danger, therefore let the Magic Vine act directly.

At the same time, he also released two Evil Dragons to suppress those Martial Cultivators in the air, preventing them from soaring too high, lest the Magic Vine's attacks on them become too laborious.

The Evil Dragon's stature blocked the sky and sun. Though its realm was insufficient, its Physical Body was extremely strong; even when struck by those Heavenly Venerate Martial Cultivators, it could hold out for a while.

Their wings and claws thus became the best weapons for attacking Martial Cultivators. No Martial Cultivator dared to clash head‑on with such a huge creature.

At this moment, the Magic Vine also sprang up from underground and began attacking those Martial Cultivators.

Even Martial Cultivators of the fourth or fifth Heavenly Venerate level were no exception; once ensnared by the Magic Vine, they were almost certainly drained dry, with hardly any able to escape.

Suddenly, Ye Liuyun saw a vine attacking Yun Mengyi again.

He immediately sent a Transmission Voice to the Magic Vine, forbidding it from attacking Yun Mengyi.