Chapter 1374: Remote Surveillance

"Your Ice Power is also impressive!"

Ye Liuyun also praised him.

"Just like your Fire Flame Power, it serves as a support!"

Xie Tianhong said modestly.

After that, the two of them continued on their way.

The deeper they went, the higher the realms of the opponents they encountered.

Fortunately, Ye Liuyun carried a shield and did not further expose his Physical Body's strength.

But Xie Tianhong, when facing a Tian Zun Yi Chong ferocious beast, exposed a bit of Spatial Power to dodge the attack.

Although it was only for an instant, Ye Liuyun immediately sensed that his Spatial Power was considerably weaker than his own.

Ye Liuyun's current Spatial Power can reach the ninth level of void, whereas Xie Tianhong can at most reach the seventh level.

The move he just used was just barely stronger than that beast's Spatial Power.

If it were any weaker, he wouldn't have evaded the beast's attack.

Nevertheless, in the end the two of them, relying on Ye Liuyun's Storage Yuan Stone, finally wore that beast down to death!

"Ah! I'm exhausted! Are all the beasts ahead this high in realm?"

Ye Liuyun asked.

"Yes! The deeper we go, the higher the beasts' realms!"

Xie Tianhong confirmed.

"But our fights with the beasts are too taxing and take too long.

If we keep fighting like this, we might attract even more beasts around!"

Ye Liuyun said.

"Indeed, from now on we should try to avoid them as much as possible!"

Xie Tianhong also thought Ye Liuyun's words were reasonable.

In fact, Ye Liuyun just wanted to test where Xie Tianhong's Soul power limit lies.

Once he probes Xie Tianhong's Soul power strength, he can find a chance to separate and observe his battles from a distance.

Up to now, Xie Tianhong no longer wishes to expose more.

So Ye Liuyun must find a way to make him use his full strength.

Not long after they pressed forward, Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense detected three ice bears.

One of them was of Tianzun Realm, the other two: one was Earth-Respect Eightfold, and the smaller one was only Sixfold Creation.

From then on, all his attention focused on Xie Tianhong, watching when he would notice.

After walking a bit further, Ye Liuyun noticed Xie Tianhong's eyes widen slightly, then return to normal.

He silently calculated the distance in his mind.

"At this distance, Xie Tianhong's Soul strength must be comparable to an Earth Sovereign Ninth Layer or a Tian Zun Yi Chong martial cultivator."

Ye Liuyun thought to himself, and after walking a while longer, he would voice a warning for Xie Tianhong to take a detour.

But Xie Tianhong pretended not to have noticed.

However, the Tianzun Realm ice bear also spotted them.

Seeing them try to detour, it immediately charged toward them.

Food is scarce in Xueyu; when it finds food, it won't miss the chance.

"Alas! We spotted it too late; the Tianzun Realm ice bear is chasing us!"

Ye Liuyun sighed, drew his sword, and prepared for battle.

Xie Tianhong helplessly unsheathed his longsword.

In fact, when he noticed the ice bears, they had already noticed them.

He only knew that the ice bears were waiting for them to collide.

Nevertheless, they were relatively lucky.

The other two ice bears roared, and the Tianzun Realm ice bear ran back.

Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense detected an Earth Sovereign Ninth Layer snow leopard within his perception range.

It was probably because the Tianzun Realm ice bear was uneasy and went back to watch its companions.

Xie Tianhong's Divine Sense hadn't yet picked up the snow leopard, and confusion showed in his eyes.

Ye Liuyun also pretended not to understand and looked at Xie Tianhong.

After a while, the snow leopard moved toward them, and the confused expression on Xie Tianhong's face vanished.

But he didn't tell Ye Liuyun, merely leading them on a detour to avoid it.

This time, Ye Liuyun fully confirmed his Soul power strength.

The next time, they encountered a Tianzun Second Layer snow eagle.

The snow eagle's Soul power was stronger and it detected them before Xie Tianhong.

Ye Liuyun discovered it early, but he didn't warn Xie Tianhong.

Only when Xie Tianhong noticed did his expression become tense.

But to conceal his strength, he couldn't speak.

The snow eagle flew swiftly; shortly after, Ye Liuyun said he had spotted the snow eagle.

"At Tianzun Second Layer, we can't win! Shall we split and run?

Maybe we can still have a chance to shake off that snow eagle?"

Ye Liuyun suggested.

"This... works too!"

Xie Tianhong thought for a moment, and also agreed.

"Then let's return here to rendezvous!"

He confirmed the meeting point with Xie Tianhong, then ran off in one direction.

Xie Tianhong also ran off in the opposite direction.

But after running for a while, he felt he had already left Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense range, so he used Spiritual Sense Lock on Ye Liuyun and chased after him.

Ye Liuyun kept moving, a smile lifting his mouth corner: "Are you protecting me in case something happens halfway?"

"Let's see if you can deal with that snow eagle."

Since the two were running the same way, the snow eagle would certainly catch up to the trailing Xie Tianhong first.

Soon the snow eagle caught up to Xie Tianhong, but he remained unflustered and released a Tian Zun Yi Chong demon dragon; on the dragon's back was a duplicate identical to him, yet a rank higher, clad in black.

Ye Liuyun could not stop his feet, but his heart was startled.

"This guy's Trump Card is quite a lot—he even has a Tian Zun Yi Chong demon dragon and a duplicate! That duplicate must be the one who attacked me before."

Then Ye Liuyun thought, "He already has a demon dragon, yet he makes me look for someone to unseal a demon dragon egg?"

So his scheme against me might be related to a Demon Cultivator.

Soon, Ye Liuyun ran out of Xie Tianhong's Divine Sense surveillance range.

With his duplicate and demon dragon, Xie Tianhong dealt with the snow eagle much more easily.

Even the demon dragon alone could match the snow eagle.

Puffs of Demon Qi sprayed out could trap the snow eagle.

This time Ye Liuyun also saw Xie Tianhong's true move.

His duplicate was fighting when it suddenly vanished; when it reappeared, it was on a snow ferret's back, delivering a palm of Ice Power.

Meanwhile, Xie Tianhong himself, wielding a Divine Rank longsword and shield, blocked the snow eagle's attack.

Then he himself vanished; when he reappeared, his sword had pierced the snow eagle's claw, sealing it.

Within the demon dragon's Demon Qi was also mingled Ice Power, which burst out simultaneously.

In an instant it ice‑sealed the snow eagle.

Then the three pounced together, unleashing Ice Power again, completely sealing and freezing the snow eagle; afterwards Xie Tianhong struck with a palm, shattering the ice‑encased snow eagle into a field of broken ice shards.