Chapter 1234: Stirring the Grass to Startle the Snake

Thinking of this, Ye Liuyun silently followed behind one of them, moving toward the city interior.

If the person ahead could go deeper, Ye Liuyun might be able to directly use Divine Sense to probe the central area's condition.

Ye Liuyun first threw a Magic Vine seed, letting it prepare to ambush every Corpse Demon in the area. But he ordered it not to attack yet, waiting for those Corpse Demons to move first.

However, after the Corpse Demons spotted the Human Martial Cultivator, they did not act immediately, but let him continue deeper, apparently intending to capture him alive.

Ye Liuyun watched the Martial Cultivator ahead walk into three lines of defense.

Of course, he followed in, getting closer to the city and also probing a corner of the central area.

But the result shocked him.

He saw twenty Foreign Tribe members and a hundred Demon Cultivators, all at the Earth Sovereign level, gathered in a manor feasting. Clearly they were responsible for defending one direction of the central area.

Upon seeing this, Ye Liuyun accelerated, overtook the Martial Cultivator ahead, and surveyed the entire central area.

His appearance did not attract the Martial Cultivator's attention, but the Corpse Demons all noticed him.

They were hidden underground, normally unable to see anyone, relying on scent and spatial fluctuations to judge if someone entered.

Thus, after Ye Liuyun passed their fourth line of defense, the Corpse Demons immediately emerged from underground to attack him.

But once out, the Corpse Demons were all stunned, because they could not see a person at all.

The Martial Cultivator left behind by Ye Liuyun was also startled.

With so many Corpse Demons popping up underground all around, he instantly realized he was ambushed.

He immediately used a Transmission Talisman to notify the others to retreat, then fled outward.

Unable to see Ye Liuyun, the Corpse Demons were instantly drawn to his presence and swarmed him.

"Attack!" Ye Liuyun gave a loud command to the Magic Vine seed.

He himself kept accelerating, even employing Spatial Power to rush toward the city interior.

The Magic Vine seed, upon receiving the order, immediately acted; many Corpse Demons in the area were ensnared and devoured underground, even emitting sounds.

And the Corpse Demons pursuing that Martial Cultivator were all caught by the emerging Magic Vines from below, none missed.

The Martial Cultivator, seeing the Magic Vine tendrils protruding from underground with gaping mouths, thought he was doomed. But realizing the vines only targeted Corpse Demons, he quickly bypassed them and fled outward.

Ye Liuyun paid him no mind.

However, the Martial Cultivators scouting other directions were not so lucky. They all fell into ambushes: one was captured alive, the other three fell in battle.

Ye Liuyun could only attend to that one Martial Cultivator; the others were too far, beyond his Divine Sense.

Even if he could detect them, at such a distance he was powerless.

Nevertheless, now close enough to the city, he had already surveyed the central area's condition.

Inside was a Foreign Tribe noble in silver-scaled armor, the highest leader here, along with a hundred ordinary Foreign Tribe members and three thousand Demon Cultivators.

Most of them were at the Earth Sovereign level; only five were at the early Tianzun Realm, which Little Blue Ice could almost handle.

The area was littered with Imperial soldiers' corpses, presumably food for Corpse Demons and Foreign Tribe.

Other resources were likely in the hands of that silver-scaled Foreign Tribe.

After probing the situation, Ye Liuyun found the opponent's strength not especially great. Yet their sheer numbers meant handling them all at once would inevitably leak information.

He still had seven days before Qin Peng returned, so the later the exposure, the better.

Thus he immediately withdrew, preparing to extract all the Foreign Tribe from the city and eliminate them in batches.

Ye Liuyun ordered the Magic Vines to circle the city walls, silently clearing the outer Corpse Demons first.

While the Magic Vines were clearing Corpse Demons underground, a squad of Foreign Tribe soldiers burst out from the city, chasing toward the fleeing Martial Cultivator.

Leading them was an Alien Evil Artifact, with a hundred Demon Cultivators and five hundred Corpse Demons, none of Tianzun Realm strength.

"Looks like that person's companion was captured, leaking information! But this is a chance to stir the grass and startle the snake."

Thinking of this, Ye Liuyun folded away his Invisibility Cloak and deliberately exposed his position.

Those Foreign Tribe soldiers, assuming Ye Liuyun was their target, charged straight at him, inadvertently letting the fleeing Martial Cultivator escape.

Ye Liuyun did not release Mysterious Void and Little Blue Ice, but instead unleashed the other Monster Beasts and ferocious beasts, fighting the Foreign Tribe together.

He did not let the Sealing Demon Tablet or Magic Vines intervene.

The Foreign Tribe leader's realm was three tiers higher than Ye Liuyun's. Eager for merit, he charged to the front.

After Ye Liuyun's clone appeared, it fired three consecutive arrows at the Foreign Tribe. The tribe dodged two, but one struck his shoulder.

He had thought the wound would heal immediately, but something strange occurred.

The clone's bow was a Bloodthirsty Divine Bow. After the Foreign Tribe was hit, his entire qi and blood began to drain rapidly, unable to stop, and the wound would not heal on its own.

He was startled, his speed faltered. Ye Liuyun seized the distraction and, with the Vajra Divine Bow, shot him another arrow.

The Foreign Tribe sidestepped, not expecting the arrow to curve as well; before he could react, it struck his chest, blasting a large hole.

After sending the Foreign Tribe on his way, Ye Liuyun had the Skeleton Puppet wave a Soul Banner to absorb Yin Souls, while he led the Monster Beasts to fight the other Foreign Tribe soldiers together.

Ye Liuyun's Qiankun Palm and Demon Slaying Sword both displayed great advantage. Earth Sovereign third-tier Demon Cultivators or Corpse Demons were firmly suppressed by him.

Thus this time, Ye Liuyun specifically targeted fourth-tier Earth Sovereign opponents; though it was taxing, he could continuously improve during combat.

Those around him and the ferocious beasts were also fighting above their level.

They originally thought that with their numbers they could quickly wipe out Ye Liuyun's side, but as the fighting went on,

The abilities of Ye Liuyun's group varied. The fire dancer's illusion, the ice demon's freezing, the unicorn's reckless charge, and so on, all inflicted massive damage on them.

Moreover, Ye Liuyun's side primarily targeted Demon Cultivators. Once those were dealt with, the remaining Corpse Demons became much more rigid, only knowing how to fight to the death.

"Retreat and go find reinforcements," the remaining Demon Cultivators, sensing the unfavorable situation, immediately ordered the Corpse Demons to cover their withdrawal.

Ye Liuyun led the group in a pursuit for a while, until the remaining enemy troops fell back near the city, after which they withdrew.

Later, Ye Liuyun recalled everyone back to the Space World, donned his Invisibility Cloak again, and monitored the city's movements.