Chapter 1488: Spirit Stone Cave

After Luo Yun refined the White Sparrow Spirit Fire, the group set out again. (？love？read？readШww. loveYueDu.? om)

The subsequent journey went much more smoothly for them.

Whenever they could acquire resources, Ye Liuyun released a duplicate to let the duplicate train. He, on the other hand, concentrated on cultivating to enhance his other strengths.

On the road they only encountered two Ninth‑Rank Heavenly Sovereign Corpse Demons, both of which Ye Liuyun released a duplicate to spar with, ultimately destroying the Corpse Demons.

"You spare no effort in training that assistant!" Meng Zhangxing exclaimed.

"What does it look like? Won't you introduce it to us?" Luo Yun asked Ye Liuyun.

"It doesn't like to see people and refuses to speak. Let it be!" Ye Liuyun replied evasively.

He had already asked Meng Zhangxing indirectly; Meng Zhangxing had no idea that a cultivation method for creating duplicates existed. So he didn't want to reveal it and cause the others to be overly surprised.

Moreover, once this method were exposed, if Meng Zhangxing and the others asked about it, he would be in a difficult position.

He didn't want to affect the development of martial arts in this world. It was better to keep their original progress.

After this period of training and absorption, the duplicate, having absorbed and transmuted all the Corpse Demon core pills Ye Liuyun had just obtained inside the Xuan Kong Shi, saw the mass of Mysterious Origin catch up considerably.

Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun and his companions had already penetrated deep into the interior of Death Valley.

During the past day, they hadn't encountered any formation traps.

"The formations here have all been completely destroyed!" Guo Da told the group.

Ye Liuyun opened his Divine Sense and Golden Pupil, and also found that the nearby formations were entirely ruined.

"We may be about to encounter that Foreign Tribe!" Ye Liuyun guessed. "That Foreign Tribe will certainly clean out its own doorstep!"

"Shall I release a ferocious beast to scout?" Aya asked.

"Let me handle it. Use a real ferocious beast to lure that Foreign Tribe and see if we can locate them. Guo Da, set up a Defense Array!"

Ye Liuyun said, releasing the ferocious beasts of his Earth Sovereign realm to explore in all directions.

The beasts' roars reverberated through the entire valley with a buzzing echo.

Ye Liuyun and the others felt that the Foreign Tribe could certainly hear it.

Then, after waiting for a long while with no response, the ferocious beasts returned unharmed.

"It seems the Foreign Tribe's spirit intelligence is indeed high; they didn't even take interest!" Guo Da said.

"Does it not need to eat anything?" Luo Yun asked, puzzled.

Luo Yun's remark reminded Ye Liuyun. Perhaps that Foreign Tribe has abundant energy to absorb and is currently cultivating.

Ye Liuyun immediately took out a divination plate to locate the energy source.

"There's an energy source to the left‑front! Let's go check there first. If there's no Foreign Tribe, we'll harvest the resources!" Ye Liuyun asked the group for opinions.

"Moreover, I think that Foreign Tribe must be dwelling in a place rich with such energy!" Ye Liuyun added.

"Alright!" the group unanimously agreed.

So Ye Liuyun sent a ferocious beast ahead to scout, while the others cautiously hurried toward the left‑front.

Ye Liuyun was very familiar with the Foreign Tribe's evil aura. The farther they went, the stronger the tribe's aura became.

Soon, the scouting ferocious beast discovered a Cave.

Inside the Cave, both energy and the Foreign Tribe's aura were dense.

When Ye Liuyun and his party reached the entrance, the beast, under Ye Liuyun's command, entered the Cave to investigate.

Ye Liuyun opened his Divine Sense and followed the beast, not letting the others enter the Cave immediately.

The beast walked deeper into the Cave and found that the walls on both sides were composed entirely of Spirit Stone.

"How many Spirit Stones is this!"

Ye Liuyun was astonished at the sight.

The Cave wasn't very deep; it seemed the Foreign Tribe hadn't dug deep, merely found a place to cultivate.

The beast soon arrived at a massive cavern, whose surrounding rock walls were entirely made of Spirit Stone.

Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense also detected two Ninth‑Rank Heavenly Sovereign Corpse Demons.

Strangely, he did not detect any trace of the Foreign Tribe.

The two Corpse Demons also noticed the beast.

"Roar, roar!"

Inside the Cave, two Corpse Demon roars suddenly echoed.

The beast turned and fled outward. The two Corpse Demons, attracted by the beast's scent, immediately gave chase.

"Corpse Demon?" Meng Zhangxing also recognized the roar as that of a Corpse Demon.

Without waiting for Ye Liuyun's command, Guo Da immediately began setting up a Defense Array.

"Everyone, enter the Defense Array and secure your safety first! The Foreign Tribe isn't inside; there are only two Corpse Demons! Keep an eye on the surroundings; I'll deal with those two Corpse Demons!"

Ye Liuyun reminded the group to watch the outside of the Cave, fearing a surprise attack from the Foreign Tribe.

As soon as Ye Liuyun finished speaking, with a "whoosh" the beast, accompanied by a gust of wind, rushed past him.

Ye Liuyun instantly drew the Demon Slaying Sword and, using Spatial Power, slashed through the air toward the Cave entrance.

The first beast to burst out, upon showing its head, felt a blade intent surge from the void. It had only been focused on the beast, and was suddenly caught off guard.

In haste, it punched into the void, trying to block Ye Liuyun's slash.

However, the blade intent of the Demon Slaying Sword differed from a normal attack.

"Puff"— Ye Liuyun's slash cut off both the Corpse Demon's arm and its head in one go.

"Bang"—

The Corpse Demon behind it, seeing its companion slain, didn't wait for the corpse to hit the ground and rushed out of the Cave, punching the fallen Corpse Demon's body forward, which collided with them.

Ye Liuyun didn't hold back; he swung his sword, cleaving that Corpse Demon in two, and kept charging at the remaining Corpse Demon.

"Roar!"

Seeing that Ye Liuyun was only at the early stage of the Celestial Venerable realm, the corpse demon let out a roar and also rushed toward Ye Liuyun.

Its True Essence burst forth, protecting its body, and at the same time it opened both hands, trying to grab Ye Liuyun's shoulders, intending to tear him apart and eat him outright.

"Courting death!" Meng Zhangxing saw it and even felt pity for the corpse demon.

Indeed, just as it grabbed Ye Liuyun, Ye Liuyun directly used Yi Dao from head to toe, splitting it into two halves.

The corpse demon's Protective True Origin could not withstand its nemesis, the Demon Slaying Sword.

After the corpse demon was split open, its hands still clung to Ye Liuyun's shoulders, and its two halves hung, one half on each side, on Ye Liuyun's body.

Ye Liuyun absorbed its core, and with a blast of Nether Ghost Fire, directly burned the corpse demon to ashes.

He looked at his shoulders; there were only a few shallow scratches, none of which had broken the skin.

And those scratches healed instantly.