Chapter 1448: Nine-tailed Demon Fox

Ye Liuyun gratefully clasped his fists, then directly gave most of that crocodile's True Essence and meat to the black-and‑white giant python. The other ferocious beasts each received only a small portion.

This time, if the black-and‑white giant python hadn't voluntarily helped, Ye Liuyun would have been truly in danger. When there is merit, a reward must be given; even a Heavenly Sovereign Ninth Tier True Essence would not make Ye Liuyun feel any hesitation.

Those black-and‑white giant pythons were also overjoyed. Relying on their own strength, they could not have dealt with a Heavenly Sovereign Ninth Tier ferocious beast.

Now that they had received so many benefits, they were naturally grateful to Ye Liuyun and thought following him had great prospects.

Meng Zhangxing and Luo Yun, upon seeing Ye Liuyun give the Heavenly Sovereign Ninth Tier True Essence to the black-and‑white giant python, raised no objections; instead, they thought Ye Liuyun was a decent person.

They waited in place for five days this time.

Ye Liuyun also did not know what kind of armor Guo Da was forging, and did not want to disturb him, so each day he and the ferocious beasts caught some Seventh‑ and Eighth‑tier Heavenly Sovereign crocodiles as food.

Whoever contributed more got the True Essence and meat. The beasts gradually learned to cooperate, and each could get some meat.

He only collected some crocodile skins and distributed them to Meng Zhangxing and the others.

After five days, Guo Da emerged from the Formation looking exhausted. Yet he held a set of armor and, somewhat excitedly, handed it to Ye Liuyun.

"Put it on and try it!" Guo Da said without further comment.

Ye Liuyun took the armor and immediately noticed its uniqueness.

The armor actually had two layers.

The outer layer was made from the hardest back shell of a giant crocodile, while the inner layer used the softest belly skin of a giant crocodile. Thus the armor could resist both soft and hard attacks.

The scale armor of a Heavenly Sovereign Ninth Tier crocodile, combined with various Formations, could fully rival Divine Rank armor!

"Your generous gift is far too precious!"

Ye Liuyun, excitedly putting on the armor to test it, discovered that Guo Da had made improvements.

The helmet of this armor lacked the Formation that blocks Spiritual Soul Attacks. It was probably custom‑made for Ye Liuyun, who is not afraid of Spiritual Soul Attacks!

Ye Liuyun had unintentionally mentioned it before, and Guo Da had taken it to heart!

To thank Guo Da, Ye Liuyun gave him all the crocodile skins he had collected.

"I've already forged your armors, but I haven't had time to inscribe Formations yet. Don't worry; let me rest first!" Guo Da told Meng Zhangxing and Luo Yun.

The two were delighted at his words. They had just envied Ye Liuyun's fine armor, and now found that Guo Da hadn't forgotten them.

"Thank you, thank you!"

The two repeatedly expressed gratitude, mimicking Ye Liuyun's manner, and gave all the crocodile skins they had received over these days to Guo Da!

Guo Da laughed, "First, it's agreed that I only handle the forging of this set! If you need more later, you'll have to pay a labor fee!"

Having said that, Guo Da ran back into the Formation to resume cultivation and recovery.

Ye Liuyun and his companions didn't hurry to leave; they waited on the spot until Guo Da finished forging the armor before preparing to cross the river.

This time, to cross the river, Ye Liuyun even set aside a Heavenly Sovereign Eighth Tier crocodile to carry them across. Even if danger arose, that Eighth‑Tier crocodile could shield them.

The few of them crossed the river with anxious hearts, fully focused, while the beasts gathered around them. This time no mishap occurred; everything went smoothly.

After reaching the shore, everyone finally exhaled.

Ye Liuyun was about to return the beasts to Space World when, suddenly, the Ten Thousand Gods Command flared in the Sea of Consciousness.

"Hmm? Spiritual Soul Attack?"

Ye Liuyun looked around in confusion and saw the scenery constantly shifting.

"Illusion Realm!"

He immediately realized that a beast had launched an illusion attack on them.

His Divine Sense expanded, and he also detected a distant Nine-tailed White Fox watching him.

In the den behind the Nine-tailed White Fox were two white fox cubs, each still ungrown and with only one tail.

That Nine-tailed White Fox, seeing that Ye Liuyun was not affected by the illusion, was startled, and instantly commanded the others and the beasts to attack Ye Liuyun.

Under the illusion's control, those beasts treated Ye Liuyun as an enemy.

Yet Ye Liuyun could control their thoughts, preventing them from launching attacks. All the beasts remained motionless.

Meng Zhangxing and Guo Da were directly struck by Ye Liuyun's Divine Soul Power and fell unconscious.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun found it odd that Luo Yun hadn't moved.

When he looked at Luo Yun, he saw her face flushed bright red, slowly walking toward him while shedding her armor and loosening her clothing.

Startled, Ye Liuyun immediately acted, knocking Luo Yun unconscious, then dressed her properly and put the armor back on her.

He feared that if Luo Yun woke up, she would misunderstand what he had done.

The Nine-tailed Fox, seeing the illusion ineffective, sprang up and rushed toward Ye Liuyun.

As it approached, Ye Liuyun released his own Bloodline Pressure.

The Nine-tailed Fox immediately responded with its own Bloodline Pressure, matching Ye Liuyun evenly.

Their two rounds of combat—first Spiritual Soul Attack, then Bloodline Pressure—both ended in a tie, leaving the Nine-tailed Fox puzzled.

Now neither dared to casually launch a Spiritual Soul Attack that would send their Divine Sense into the other's Sea of Consciousness, lest they fall into an ambush.

The only thing the Nine-tailed Fox was stronger than Ye Liuyun in was its realm.

It tried to annihilate Ye Liuyun with its realm, but Ye Liuyun controlled the beasts to jointly unleash True Essence.

With that, the Nine-tailed Fox's realm pressure lost its advantage.

Although the beasts were all caught in the Illusion Realm, Ye Liuyun could still command them to act according to his wishes, without needing them to understand the true situation.

The Nine-tailed Fox also stayed put, having no way to deal with Ye Liuyun. It clearly did not wish to fight to the death with him.

Ye Liuyun's displayed strength was completely mismatched with his realm, leaving the Nine-tailed Fox uncertain about Ye Liuyun's condition.

After they stalled for a while, the Nine-tailed Fox suddenly spoke in human words: "Human, what are you doing here? If you're just passing through, I can let you cross my territory! But you must guarantee not to disturb a single blade of grass here!"

"Huh, you can actually speak?" Ye Liuyun hadn't expected to encounter a nine‑tail fox on the verge of becoming a demon.

"Rare to see, many strange things! Do you agree or not?" the Nine-tailed Fox sneered, urging.

"I am rare to see, many strange things?" Ye Liuyun retorted dissatisfiedly.

The conditions proposed by the Nine-tailed Fox, he of course wanted to agree, but thinking that Luo Yun still needed a high-spiritual-intelligence ferocious beast, he then thought of targeting those two white fox cubs.