Chapter 130: Life Essence

Facing the suddenly raging thorn vines, the Half‑step Sea Transformation disciple had to lead everyone to retreat. If we keep going like this, by the time we get halfway everyone will be dead.

So they began to fight their way back. But the thorn vines surged from all directions, desperately entangling them.

Finally they mustered all their strength to break out, and when they looked at the numbers, almost half of them were left in the thorn vines.

"What's happening? Why have these thorns suddenly gone mad?" someone asked, still shaken.

"Could it be that kid who just jumped down causing trouble? He's not dead yet?" Feng Zhen suspected in his heart but kept silent.

Many people, seeing no profit here, left directly to try their luck elsewhere. In the end, only a little over twenty remained nearby, along with that Half‑step Sea Transformation disciple, still on guard.

At this moment, the thorn vines, unscathed, calmed down again.

Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun had already teamed up with Lei Ming, burning the vine demon's core and obtaining a dark‑green Crystal Core.

The other thorn vines, now without orders from a main body, all ceased moving. These vines aren't entirely dead; their roots are abundant, and after a while other roots will sprout new main vines.

If the Blood Demon Sect disciples outside were attacking now, they would find that those vines no longer attack people at all.

However, they were just frightened by the strike, so now they do nothing, instead restoring True Essence, quietly waiting outside.

"That's the vine demon's primordial Crystal Core," Lei Ming said, noticing Ye Liuyun didn't recognize it.

"Hmm, just right to keep for body refining."

Ye Liuyun collected the Crystal Core, then activated Illusion Pupil, searching the cavern for treasures.

Under a veil of thorn vines, Ye Liuyun saw two gems flashing green light, within which energy still flowed.

He brushed aside the thorns and took the two gems out.

"This is the treasure!" Lei Ming shouted. "The gems store Life Essence! After refining, they grant immortality, cure all poisons, and even raise one's realm."

Although Lei Ming had never seen much of the world, many of her knowledge was sealed in her bloodline by seniors. So she understood many things Ye Liuyun didn't know.

"Oh, there's such a good thing too! One each for us," he said, tossing one to Lei Ming.

"Ah? You really gave it to me?" Lei Ming, clutching the green gem, chattered excitedly, hugging Ye Liuyun and planting a kiss. "Big brother, you're so kind! I knew following you was the right choice!"

"Alright, alright, let's refine it quickly! We still have to fight when we go out!" Ye Liuyun said.

So the two of them began refining the Life Essence together.

Ye Liuyun's refining speed was clearly far faster than Lei Ming's. As the Life Essence was absorbed, the first thing he felt was his bloodline's power rising, then his Soul and Physical Body both strengthening, and finally his realm advancing.

When Ye Liuyun finished refining that Life Essence, he found his bloodline had awakened to forty percent.

The strength of his Physical Body and Soul both doubled, especially the Soul's power. Within the cave, he could already sense, up to fifty li away beyond the thorn vines, which other people were waiting for him.

The Physical Body's boost, besides greatly increasing defense and attack, also raised the power of his newly practiced Overbearing Heaven Fist by thirty percent.

Finally his realm: he had already reached the peak of True Essence Sixth Layer, and now instantly broke through to the early stage of True Essence Seventh Layer without any hindrance.

His current True Essence Quality can now match that of a Half‑step Sea Transformation Martial Cultivator, even surpassing the True Essence Quality of ordinary Martial Cultivators.

"I can now annihilate with a single thunder‑fire fist; I can say I'm invincible within the first layer of Sea Transformation! Now that I'm inside this Secret Realm, I should be safe."

Suddenly Ye Liuyun thought that Lei Ming didn't know this.

If Lei Ming breaks through, this place will suppress her realm! I don't know if she can break through, or what will happen after she does.

He stayed put, consolidating his realm while watching Lei Ming's condition. Yet he never saw any sign of her breaking through.

Finally Lei Ming opened her eyes. Ye Liuyun hurriedly asked, "How is it? Did you break through?"

"Just a bit short; my True Essence liquefied to ninety‑nine percent," Lei Ming said regretfully.

"What will happen to you after breaking through here?" Ye Liuyun asked. He hadn't reached that breakthrough, so he couldn't feel the suppression here.

"After breaking through here, I'll still be at the Half‑step Sea Transformation realm; only after leaving will my realm grow to normal." Lei Ming replied.

"Oh!" Ye Liuyun suddenly understood.

"Then I must seize this chance to eliminate as many Blood Demon Sect Half‑step Sea Transformation disciples as possible! Let's go; there's one outside, deal with that one first."

Speaking thus, Ye Liuyun took Lei Ming, used Lingkong Art, and rushed toward Feng Zhen, who was waiting outside.

When the outsiders saw Ye Liuyun emerge from the thorn vines, they were shocked at first, then immediately showed greedy looks.

Feng Zhen rushed straight to Ye Liuyun, unleashing his full aura to threaten, "Kid, you got something good, hand it over quickly, and I'll spare your life!"

Ye Liuyun lifted the corner of his mouth. "Just because of you?"

Speaking, he activated Overbearing Heaven Fist, delivering a thunder‑fire annihilation punch.

He wanted to test how powerful that punch was with his Physical Body and True Essence both enhanced.

"You're courting death!" Feng Zhen, not expecting Ye Liuyun to strike, immediately threw a punch. But he instantly sensed something was wrong.

Ye Liuyun's aura was too overwhelming!

He was as powerless as a leaf in the wind before Ye Liuyun.

He quickly dodged backward. Yet Ye Liuyun's punch directly annihilated his True Essence and surged toward him.

"Ah—" a scream.

Feng Zhen was blasted away; before he could finish the "Ah—", his voice was cut off.

"Thump—" a sound, the corpse hit the ground, its body already split open.

Ye Liuyun calmly stepped forward, took the Storage Ring, then packed up the corpse. He then proceeded toward the others.

These people, terrified dumb by Ye Liuyun's punch, when he approached, finally someone said, "We're so many, are we still afraid of just him? That kid must have gotten a treasure, otherwise he wouldn't be this strong. Let's all attack, kill him, and split the loot!"

As the saying goes, men die for money, birds die for food. Driven by profit, these people lost their reason and rushed to attack Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun also drew the Demon Slaying Sword, and together with Lei Ming, slashed forward.

Now Ye Liuyun, relying solely on his Physical Body, no longer feared Martial Cultivators of True Essence Ninth Layer. Those twenty‑plus were swiftly swept away. In the end, the few remaining completely lost the courage to fight, dropped their weapons and knelt, begging for mercy.

Yet Ye Liuyun spared none. Through recent encounters, he learned that members of the Blood Demon Sect are ruthless villains who commit every evil. As long as they have a chance, they are destined to go out and harm others!

In essence, they have lost humanity, like ferocious beasts, where the strong eat the weak. Only they are more cunning than beasts.

After clearing the battlefield, Ye Liuyun immediately took a Condensing Essence Pill on the spot to restore True Essence, then summoned Bald Vulture to rush to the next treasure location.

However, when they arrived, they found it empty; the place had already been swept clean. It seemed they had been delayed too long.

So they immediately rushed to the next target. Along the way, he also stopped killing those scattered Xuemo Sect disciples.