Chapter 1539: Barely Holding On

"This Yin Soul army is incredibly strong!"

Meng Zhangxing looked at Ye Liuyun's Yin Soul army, envious beyond measure.

He also found a Soul Banner among the treasures left by Luo Qinghe, capable of holding twenty or thirty Tianzun Realm Yin Souls.

He was utterly fond of it, unable to let go.

The Yin Souls eliminated by the Asura were also collected by him into that Soul Banner to nurture, saved for future battle assistance.

When the Yin energy of this layer had been mostly absorbed by Ye Liuyun's Hundred-Refined Soul Banner, everyone discovered that there were only over ten corpses of Dragon-Elephant soldiers here.

One of them was the Leader of that Dragon-Elephant army that Ye Liuyun had seen before.

"The entire army was annihilated?"

Meng Zhangxing, seeing the Leader's attire, couldn't help but ask.

Ye Liuyun searched the Leader's Storage Ring, which contained many Dragon-Elephant soldier corpses.

He checked the quantity; adding those he had previously killed, it was roughly the number of that Dragon-Elephant army!

"About right!"

Ye Liuyun handed the Storage Ring to Meng Zhangxing to examine himself.

"Indeed!"

After seeing it, Meng Zhangxing finally confirmed that the Dragon-Elephant army likely had very few left.

Everyone divided the Dragon-Elephant and soldier corpses, also divided the loot, then prepared to continue onward to the next layer.

"There are still three layers."

"The Yin Soul realms below are getting higher and higher, everyone be careful!"

Ye Liuyun still reminded everyone, just in case of accidents.

But even mid-Tianzun Realm Yin Souls, due to their small numbers, had no effect whatsoever on the Asura's army.

Moreover, many Yin Souls were sucked by Ye Liuyun into the Hundred-Refined Soul Banner, making battle time even shorter than before.

In this layer, they only saw the last few Dragon-Elephant and soldier corpses, after which they never saw them again.

"The gains from this layer are meager; let's hurry down!"

Meng Zhangxing also urged them on.

But Ye Liuyun felt his gains were not small: hundreds of mid-Tianzun Realm Yin Souls and a large amount of Yin energy were already quite profitable.

The Asura led the Yin Soul army onward downward.

But as soon as they entered, they suffered many sneak attacks from late-Tianzun Realm Yin Souls, resulting in heavy casualties.

After Ye Liuyun and the others entered, they were also ambushed by Yin Souls from behind.

But Aya suddenly used a curse technique, striking the ambushing Yin Soul off guard.

Ye Liuyun was also ambushed by Yin Souls while waving the Soul Banner.

But his whole body emanated Buddha Light Power, directly repelling that ambushing Yin Soul, then sucking it into the Hundred-Refined Soul Banner.

As Ye Liuyun waved the Soul Banner faster and faster, its suction grew stronger.

The Yin Souls here all wanted to rush toward Ye Liuyun to stop him from waving the Hundred-Refined Soul Banner.

But most of the Yin Souls were blocked by the Asura's army.

Moreover, Ye Liuyun's own Buddha Light Power was strong, and combined with the Hundred-Refined Soul Banner's suction, those Yin Souls could not get near him at all.

As for the others, they all huddled within the formation.

Among them, Aya also released Buddha Light Power to attack Yin Souls trying to approach.

Even Meng Zhangxing used the Soul Banner for practice, sucking in a nearby Yin Soul.

Thus the Yin Souls here were utterly helpless.

In the end, all the Yin Souls and Yin energy of this layer were collected by Ye Liuyun into the Hundred-Refined Soul Banner.

"Wow! Over ten Martial Cultivator corpses."

"That Luo Tianming is now a lonely widower!"

Meng Zhangxing saw many of Luo Tianming's companions fallen here, and began to speculate.

"How many could still be left!"

Ye Liuyun remembered that there were over twenty high-stage Tianzun Realm Martial Cultivators who survived that lava formation.

Here there are eighteen corpses; adding the two before makes only twenty people total.

So Luo Tianming likely still has a few people following him.

"These Martial Cultivators are quite wealthy!"

Meng Zhangxing began distributing the seized resources among everyone.

"Just this little stuff, and it's considered wealthy?"

Luo Yun couldn't help but laugh upon seeing her share.

"Haha, we definitely can't compare with you!"

Meng Zhangxing also laughed along.

"You two, you'd better keep your mouths shut."

"This is no joke; never mention it again, no matter when."

"If others hear it, we'll be hunted for life!"

Guo Da reminded them both.

Ye Liuyun will definitely leave.

But they, however, must survive here long-term.

If anyone finds out they discovered that third cache of treasure, they'll surely be hunted to seize the riches.

Ye Liuyun, considering their safety, also agreed and said: "Guo Da is right! You all must be careful from now on."

Even exposing those resources' items requires extra caution, so as not to arouse others' suspicion.

"Good! Anything that needs to be sold must have a prepared reason beforehand, so as not to attract attention."

"Also, you cannot sell too much all at once!"

Guo Da added.

Meng Zhangxing and Luo Yun also quickly agreed.

From then on, they no longer mentioned this matter.

"Are you ready?"

Ye Liuyun immediately asked Xiu Luo.

"We can set off!"

Xiu Luo responded.

"Then let's go, be as careful as possible!"

Ye Liuyun reminded Xiu Luo, then ordered her to lead the Yin Soul into the lowest level.

Upon entering the lowest level, Xiu Luo was momentarily stunned and did not immediately let the Yin Soul soldiers act.

When Ye Liuyun and the others arrived, they too were stunned.

It turned out that Luo Tianming, accompanied by several Martial Cultivators, was in a defensive shield, deadlocked with over ten Yin Souls of the Ninth Heavenly Sovereign level.

Another Yin Soul of the Ninth Heavenly Sovereign level stood aside watching the spectacle, likely the leader of these Yin Souls.

What surprised everyone most was that these Yin Souls were actually all from the Foreign Tribe.

"How could there be Foreign Tribe Yin Souls here?"

"How did they die?"

"Why do the memories of other Yin Souls not know of their existence?"

Ye Liuyun began to speculate in his mind.

Seeing so many Yin Souls charging in, followed by a few humans, the Foreign Tribe Yin Souls were also greatly surprised, not understanding what was happening, and did not launch an attack immediately.

Before Ye Liuyun and the others could speak, Luo Tianming exclaimed: "You're actually still alive?"

Since Luo Tianming entered this burial ground, the people around him have begun to dwindle constantly, constantly suffering attacks from these Yin Souls.

With great difficulty they reached the graveyard mountain, climbed to the summit, found the entrance, and still thought they could find treasure.

Unexpectedly, this place was merely a Yin Soul's lair, with nothing at all.

Especially the lowest level, which actually consisted of the Yin Souls of some monsters.

Their strength was too overwhelming; they finally couldn't break out, and could only rely on the Defense Artifact to barely hold on.

They persisted to the end, leaving only these six strong protectors guarding him.

If it weren't for Luo Tianming's many treasures, which besides defense also killed a few Yin Souls, their current Defense Artifact would have long been breached.