Chapter 128: Outwitting Heaven, Crossing the Sea

Before long, Ye Liuyun and his group successively encountered Blood Demon Sect outposts.

The guards, seeing an elder of the sect leading them, did not stop anyone; they passed through without difficulty. Moreover, the guards at these outposts were of low cultivation, at most early Sea Transformation realm, so deceiving them was relatively easy.

When they reached the entrance of the Secret Realm, Ye Liuyun discovered that a strong practitioner of the True Core realm was indeed stationed there.

The Mysterious Elder, before his Divine Sense could detect him, had already intensified his illusion techniques, and Ye Liuyun's perception of the illusion grew deeper.

Deceiving a single person is easy; deceiving so many people over such a distance requires at least the ability to turn one's Soul into myriad remote attacks. The Mysterious Elder's Soul level was at least that of a Fifth‑grade Soul Master.

The disciples, facing the Blood Demon Sect's True Core realm strongman, were all extremely nervous.

The Mysterious Elder also stepped forward to greet him and exchanged a few idle words.

"Hurry and let the disciples enter! The other parties have been inside for ages. I guess you're the last team," the Blood Demon Sect elder urged the Mysterious Elder.

Only then did the Mysterious Elder calmly usher everyone inside.

It wasn't until they stepped into the spatial tunnel that everyone's tense hearts finally relaxed.

They really swaggered straight in!

But afterward, everyone felt a wave of dizziness. Because of the temporal‑spatial discrepancy, those entering the tunnel usually can't adjust at first.

Ye Liuyun fared slightly better; when his feet touched the ground, he could stand without falling.

At that moment, there was not a single fellow disciple beside him.

"It seems the tunnel's teleportation is random, sending them to different locations."

Ye Liuyun thought, scanning the surroundings, his Illusion Pupil and Divine Sense revealed only a primeval forest. No Blood Demon Sect disciples were nearby; they were probably long gone.

Ye Liuyun immediately released Lei Ming and the Bald Vulture, mounting the vulture to survey the terrain from high above.

But the area was so vast that his Illusion Pupil couldn't see the edge. He simply chose a direction, flew over, and decided to circle around later.

Soon, Ye Liuyun spotted several Blood Demon Sect disciples; one of them seemed to be holding a map and checking bearings. He then descended with the Bald Vulture.

Before that disciple could notice him, Ye Liuyun activated the Lingkong Art, flashed into his presence, and then used illusion to bewilder him.

Ye Liuyun could still cast illusion at close range. First, using the image the Mysterious Elder had fashioned for him, he projected that image into the opponent's eyes and began a conversation.

But the Blood Demon Sect members cared little for any rules; they attacked their own without hesitation, and that man struck Ye Liuyun outright. Ye Liuyun's move was completely unnecessary.

So Ye Liuyun used the Illusion Pupil's violet‑electric cage to sap his Soul's strength, then initiated Soul Search to learn the information he possessed.

He didn't uncover much, but learned that those sent here were all teleported to the outskirts of the Secret Realm, indicating the Blood Demon Sect weren't much faster.

Moreover, the map was a full‑view map, just not drawn in great detail.

Ye Liuyun killed the man outright, collected the corpse, and shared the map with the Bald Vulture and Thunder Dragon, letting them verify the bearings.

After the Bald Vulture circled the sky, it quickly confirmed their current location.

According to the map, there were over a dozen Blood Demon Sect treasure‑hunting sites, so they rushed toward the nearest one. Ye Liuyun practiced the Lingkong Art on the ground while the Bald Vulture monitored from above, exchanging information.

When they met Blood Demon Sect disciples on the way, they killed them without hesitation. To save time, Ye Liuyun wielded the Demon Slaying Sword, and Lei Ming this time also unleashed attacks, cooperating with Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun's Lingkong Art, with its ultra‑strong spatial‑leap ability, sliced many Blood Demon Sect disciples in half before they could even see him clearly.

Thus, at the start of the journey they progressed smoothly. But the closer they got to the destination, the more concentrated the Blood Demon Sect members became, forming groups of three to five with close spacing; a single move would likely alert nearby people.

However, Ye Liuyun discovered that these Blood Demon Sect disciples also attacked their own comrades with extremely ruthless methods, showing no mercy.

Thinking of this, Ye Liuyun found a disciple of similar build, donned his blood‑stained robe, impersonated a Blood Demon Sect disciple, and then boldly killed anyone he met, utterly arrogant.

Among the Blood Demon Sect entrants were even True Yuan Fifth Tier members; unless in a particularly strong group, none dared to provoke that lone man and beast.

But there were exceptions.

When Ye Liuyun and Lei Ming just slashed a five‑person squad, the commotion attracted a team of over ten.

Most of them were of the True Yuan Ninth Tier, clearly serving as guards, trailing a young man in his twenties. That young man had reached the True Yuan Ninth Tier Summit.

"Kid, you dare unleash murderous intent on me? Don't you know who I am? Hand over your pet beast, and I'll let you go!" the young man stared at Ye Liuyun threateningly.

"Again trying to attack my pet beast?" Ye Liuyun was no longer surprised. Most of the Blood Demon Sect disciples he and Lei Ming killed were after Lei Ming.

He smiled, pointing at the few Blood Demon Sect disciples he had just slain on the ground. "Then you'll end up just like them!"

"What country bumpkin is that!" a guard stepped forward and scolded, "He is the direct disciple of the Grand Elder of our Blood Demon Sect's Great Zhou branch, Young Master Ning Haoning. He's taken a liking to your pet beast; that's your good fortune, so don't be ignorant and force us to fight you!" 【untranslatable】

These people wore an arrogant, lofty expression, as if they were untouchable, waiting to see Ye Liuyun's surprised, flattering reaction.

But what came was Ye Liuyun's shout, "Kill!"

Ye Liuyun struck first, cleaving the guard who had spoken into two halves with a single slash, while Lei Ming extended a claw and crushed another unsuspecting guard outright.

"Damn! How dare you kill my guard. You go hold that ferocious beast; I'll slay this kid myself!" Ning Hao said, then rushed toward Ye Liuyun.

"Perfect timing!" Ye Liuyun said, swinging his other hand into an Overbearing Heaven Fist, punching toward Ning Hao.

Before the fist arrived, Ning Hao felt as if he were facing a raging beast; against that massive, surging punch, he seemed tiny and powerless.

He quickly realized his miscalculation and couldn't block the kid's punch. He drew a large seal, but before he could activate it, Ye Liuyun's punch already struck.

Ning Hao's Protective True Origin, under Ye Liuyun's thunder‑fire‑annihilating punch, crumbled like paper.

With a "Boom", Ning Hao was blasted away, and the large seal slipped from his hand.

Ye Liuyun immediately flashed again, arriving beside Ning Hao, and used the Illusion Pupil's Soul Search to see what information he still retained.

Sure enough, this Grand Elder's disciple knew more than the others. He actually knew the opportunities each Secret Realm offered, the ferocious beasts that guarded them, and the dangers in the central zones. He also had a more detailed map in his hand.

Among the disciples who entered the Secret Realm were seven or eight experts at the half‑step Sea Transformation level, one of whom was the helmsman's son.

Ye Liuyun recorded this information, then with a swift slash killed him and collected the corpse.