Chapter 1572: Danger Approaches

Shura's standards are also high; besides her own Shura Divine Sword, the only other weapon that could catch her eye is the Underworld God's sword held by the Underworld God.

"You keep it! I never found a suitable weapon for you, so these little things will serve as self‑defense!"

Ye Liuyun also knew the feather was a good item, but still gave it to Shura.

"Thank you!"

Shura said thanks, without any politeness.

The feather of the golden‑winged roc is indeed a fine item, suitable for self‑defense; when thrown unexpectedly it can catch an opponent off guard.

Ye Liuyun and Shura immediately returned to the Warship.

"Tell me, what are the backgrounds of those people the Underworld God sent?"

Ye Liuyun asked Shura.

So Shura then detailed to Ye Liuyun, without holding back, the people and ferocious beasts the Underworld God dispatched.

"Sigh! Each one is harder to deal with than the last!"

Ye Liuyun, after hearing, couldn't help but sigh in amazement.

Then he asked Shura: "How likely are these people to cooperate?"

"The Bazuzhizhu has little chance of teaming up with others; its intellect is low and it won't communicate with them.

Yan Tu and Ghost Hand Yi Dao might cooperate.

The wild boar, originally a Beast King, is unlikely to voluntarily join forces with human Yin Souls; only if Yan Tu tries to deceive it, it can be easily fooled."

"Mm!"

After understanding, Ye Liuyun summarized: "So Ghost Hand Yi Dao is the most dangerous, Yan Tu the most cunning, the Beast King has the strongest defense, and the Bazuzhizhu the strongest attack?"

"Yes!"

Shura confirmed.

"If Yan Tu and Ghost Hand Yi Dao team up, you needn't intervene; leave it to me to handle.

You only need to help me kill that wild boar; after all you have the golden‑wing feather.

As for the Bazuzhizhu, I have a way to subdue it."

"Alright! But I've never used the golden‑wing feather before, not sure it can pierce the wild boar's defense!"

Shura replied.

"That's fine.

If it can't be killed, dragging it works too."

Ye Liuyun didn't press the matter.

"Got it!"

Shura agreed and set about dispatching the Warship to set sail again.

Ye Liuyun calmed down and contemplated how to deal with those four strong opponents.

"The Warship will probably need some time before it can break out of the Fog Sea! Yet why do I feel danger mounting?"

As Ye Liuyun pondered, a sudden sense of external danger arose.

He used the Death Mark to locate the Underworld God, fearing a sneak attack, but could not sense the Underworld God's whereabouts.

Two days later, Ye Liuyun's sense of danger grew stronger, and he immediately ordered Shura to halt the Warship.

"Go back to the Hundred-Refined Soul Banner; I need to change the plan.

These past days I've constantly felt danger."

Ye Liuyun told Shura.

"Alright then!"

Although Shura didn't know what Ye Liuyun feared, he returned straight to the Hundred-Refined Soul Banner.

The remaining twenty‑thousand Yin Souls, Ye Liuyun had his clones pull into the Space World, refusing to let them become cannon fodder.

Then he gathered all the Nether Ghost Ships, donned the Sky‑walking Boots, and prepared for any danger.

He stopped marching forward, instead flying laterally across the Fog Sea, logging coordinates every few days.

The location data stored in the Black Tower is limited; it cannot be added indefinitely.

So Ye Liuyun deleted unused coordinates to free space for new ones.

Afterward, he resumed his trek, releasing an Earth Sovereign Beast as a mount and a squad of Yin Souls as guards.

The beast's senses are sharper than a human's, compensating for the Divine Sense's inability to probe at long range in the Fog Sea.

The Yin Souls have an even stronger resonance with other Yin Souls, helping to detect nearby ones early.

Since he does not ride a ship, their party's travel speed is very slow.

Ye Liuyun grew more uneasy the further he went, so he simply stopped, not hurrying to exit the Fog Sea.

The Fog Sea can limit his Divine Sense's probing, and likewise others'.

On the contrary, it makes his Golden Pupil advantage even more pronounced.

He set up the Formation Flag forged by Qiong Qi, recorded its coordinates, and built a safe base for himself.

Then he led the beast and the Yin Souls away from the Formation Flag.

At that moment the Yin Souls sensed several Nether Ghost Ships approaching the Fog Sea.

"They've arrived quite quickly!"

Ye Liuyun thought it over, decided to strike proactively, so he gathered the beast and Yin Souls, donned Giant Lizard scale armor for protection, and headed toward the approaching Nether Ghost Ships.

The three Nether Ghost Ships that entered the Fog Sea this time were specifically escorting the four Yin Souls the Underworld God sent.

Among them, Yan Tu and Ghost Hand Yi Dao were aboard one Warship.

During the journey, Yan Tu proposed cooperation, and Ghost Hand Yi Dao agreed.

They were not careless just because Ye Liuyun's cultivation level was low.

On the contrary, they all thought that if the Underworld God considered someone hard to deal with, that person must certainly not be simple.

On another Warship, Wild Boar King ate and drank heartily all the way, and when they neared the Fog Sea, the Yin Souls on the Warship were more than half devoured by him.

The Warship carrying Bazuzhizhu, however, stayed hidden in a corner, observing everything with its eyes, and had not contacted any Yin Soul.

As soon as the Warship entered the Fog Sea, it stopped; the hatch opened, and Bazuzhizhu was the first to rush out, running away without a trace.

Yan Tu and Ghost Hand Yi Dao went together to search for Ye Liuyun's whereabouts; only Wild Boar King, who annihilated all the Yin Souls on the Warship to replenish his own energy, was also the last to come down from the Warship.

It leapt off the Warship and immediately let out a roar, the sound echoing across most of the Fog Sea.

"You fool! Isn't this supposed to be delivering a message to that human!"

Yan Tu cursed.

Yan Tu and Ghost Hand Yi Dao had not gone far when they heard Wild Boar King's roar.

Ye Liuyun at that moment was also rapidly approaching the Nether Ghost Ship and heard the huge roar.

"That roar must have come from Wild Boar King.

Then we'll start with him!"

Speaking, he immediately moved toward it.

Ghost Hand Yi Dao thought for a moment, then said to Yan Tu, "Follow that fool and use him as bait!"

Hearing this, Yan Tu smiled and said, "Good idea!"

Speaking, they instantly turned around and followed Wild Boar King.

Wild Boar King was easy to track; each time it ran a stretch, it let out a howl, as if taunting Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil at that moment had already spotted it.

However, he did not rush to strike; instead, he began to probe around Wild Boar King, and from afar he also noticed Yan Tu and Ghost Hand Yi Dao following behind it.

He searched several rounds but did not find that Bazuzhizhu.

"It seems Yan Tu and Ghost Hand Yi Dao are using Wild Boar King as bait!"

Ye Liuyun thought of this and decided to ambush the most dangerous Ghost Hand Yi Dao first.

So he donned an invisibility cloak and slipped toward Ghost Hand Yi Dao.