Chapter 1319: Mysterious Figure

Emperor Xia, holding a transmission talisman, was dazed.

He had just received a transmission again. Still that hoarse voice: "The Grand Emperor has been contaminated by the Foreign Tribe!"

He was also wondering in his mind when the Grand Emperor had come into contact with the Foreign Tribe.

"Perhaps after cultivating for a period, he found he couldn't break through, so he secretly left the palace and went to seek refuge with the Foreign Tribe!"

However, when exactly the Grand Emperor defected to the Foreign Tribe is no longer important. What matters is how to deal with him.

Earlier, he had given that Shadowy Mysterious Person the order that if the Grand Emperor made a move against Ye Liuyun, he could act.

Now?

Emperor Xia hesitated for a moment, then raised the transmission talisman and sent out a single character.

"Kill!"

Even if it's his own kin, as long as they have defected to the Foreign Tribe, he cannot keep them alive!

The Grand Emperor's realm is too high; even if one wanted to imprison him, it couldn't be done.

If he is not killed, he will continually cause trouble for Human Martial Cultivators, will keep assisting the Foreign Tribe, and will eventually become a great disaster!

Facing a Tianzun Ninth Level expert, Ye Liuyun also dared not be careless.

However, he clearly knew in his heart that his physical body should be able to withstand this blow.

So he first did not take out the Sealing Demon Tablet, but wanted to test his physical body's strength.

Seeing that Ye Liuyun showed no sign of yielding, the Grand Emperor wanted to first test with sixty percent of his strength, lest he use too much force and slap Ye Liuyun to death with one palm.

If, by then, he couldn't find any clues, the clue of that key would be broken again.

However, before he could act, suddenly a black shadow appeared behind him—a black-clothed person silently appeared at his back and swiftly struck at him.

With a "hiss", a jet-black dagger stabbed into the Grand Emperor's back heart, burst out from the front heart, then sliced sideways, gouging a large gash in his chest.

"Ah!"

The Grand Emperor startled, and with a backward palm strike, he slapped out.

But the black-clothed person merely raised a palm and blocked it.

He and the Grand Emperor exchanged a palm strike, and both flew backward.

But the black-clothed person, while retreating, vanished again mid-motion.

Meanwhile, the Grand Emperor fell to the ground.

He covered his chest with one hand and hurriedly circulated his True Essence to heal the wound.

But his wound simply would not heal.

"It's probably related to that dagger!" Ye Liuyun thought to himself.

Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupils first saw the black-clothed person, and he was also startled.

"This person's concealment technique is definitely from the Xuanwu lineage, but his realm is probably not far below the Grand Emperor's. Who is he?" Ye Liuyun's mind began to analyze.

"This person must have come with the Grand Emperor. Could he be from the Imperial Family? Only the Imperial Family has the foundation to hide such an expert!"

The fallen Grand Emperor, at this moment, also spoke, confirming Ye Liuyun's speculation.

"Was it Emperor Xia who sent you?" the Grand Emperor asked the empty air.

However, no voice answered him.

The Grand Emperor's face also began to rapidly age; his life was ebbing away, and he could not hold on much longer!

He sighed heavily and no longer tried to heal his injury.

He just continued speaking to the air: "Good! He is stronger than me, knows to prioritize the greater good, righteousness over kin! This could be considered helping me find release!"

His speaking voice grew ever softer.

Ye Liuyun originally thought he would die imminently.

He felt gratitude toward Emperor Xia in his heart, while also regretting the Grand Emperor's fate, feeling it was unjust.

But suddenly, the Grand Emperor's soul surged straight toward Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness.

The black-clothed person reappeared, but failed to intercept in time, watching as the Grand Emperor's soul rushed in.

"This..." he regretted deeply, not expecting to be drawn in by the Grand Emperor's words and overlook his soul attack.

But to his surprise, Ye Liuyun showed no abnormality; instead, he bowed and thanked him: "Thank you, senior, for your kind rescue!"

Seeing that he was unharmed, the black-clothed person vanished again, without responding.

After a while of silence, Ye Liuyun felt that the black-clothed mysterious figure had probably left.

So he directly unleashed a fire, burning the Grand Emperor's corpse to ashes.

The Grand Emperor's Golden Core contained an evil aura; he feared others might take it for cultivation and become infected again.

Such a Golden Core, though he could use it himself, it would be improper to dig it out from the Grand Emperor in front of everyone; thus he simply burned it away to avoid trouble.

"See if you can find out where that black-clothed person comes from," Ye Liuyun asked Xia Tianqiong.

"No need to check; you definitely won't find anything! That black-clothed person is the personal guard of each generation of Emperor Xia. They usually remain hidden. Their realm is Tianzun Ninth Level, loyal only to Emperor Xia alone. Outsiders cannot uncover them. Only Emperor Xia knows their information."

Xia Tianqiong knew this information and directly told Ye Liuyun.

"Oh!" Ye Liuyun acknowledged, and in his heart also felt: "In this light, Emperor Xia truly exemplifies righteousness over kin!"

Ye Liuyun felt that in this regard, Emperor Xia was stronger than him. If it were his own parents, he probably could not bring himself to act no matter what.

At the same time, he truly sensed the foundation and strength of the Imperial Family.

"It seems the Imperial Family's Tianzun Realm experts are not limited to the Grand Emperor alone. Now another black-clothed person has appeared—could there still be hidden ones…"

The battle on the battlefield also finally drew to a close, the Foreign Tribe's army completely annihilated.

On the Imperial Army's side, casualties were no less than five hundred thousand.

This was a great war, corpses blanketing the entire land!

"Burn!" Ye Liuyun gave the order, and the soldiers also began to set fires.

With corpses of such scale and quantity, they can only burn them; they simply can't clear them all.

After that, the Leaders regrouped and rested, preparing to set out again after a day.

The matters of the former Emperor have been resolved, and Ye Liuyun has nothing else to worry about.

Zhuge Feiyu's men arrived a bit late, and Ye Liuyun sent them back.

He also left the battlefield and hurried to Qin Peng's main army.

After arriving, he returned to the Xuan Kong Shi to cultivate, digesting the Divine Soul Power of the former Emperor that he had previously absorbed.

Qin Peng, following his request, publicly announced that Ye Liuyun had left the battlefield, and that command of the army was temporarily handled by the Fourth Prince and the Crown Prince.

Those Leaders also understood that Ye Liuyun was avoiding suspicion and giving the credit to the princes, so they had no objections.

In any case, Ye Liuyun had already set the plan. After resting a day, they would again advance toward the Foreign Tribe's stronghold.

On Tuomu Hai's side, after waiting for a while and trying to contact the former Emperor again, they found they could no longer reach him.

"What? Could even a Ninth‑Heaven Martial Cultivator not kill Ye Liuyun?" he thought, truly not understanding.

"I really want to see this Ye Liuyun, what does he actually look like!" he muttered.