Chapter 1585: Constant Drain

"It's almost half a shi chen!"

Ye Liuyun's clone was now also anxious, with no sign that his original had awakened yet.

"How's the situation?"

Xiuluo suddenly came to inquire about the situation.

"We can't hold them for long!"

The clone told Xiuluo.

"I'll take the Yin Souls out and set up a formation; it can hold them longer!"

Xiuluo suggested.

The clone thought it over and felt that staying inside the Space World was also a waste of time.

Now the situation had changed, so he had to alter the plan; even if the Underworld God saw through it, he would still risk confronting a wave of the Underworld God.

So he switched back into his Demon Cultivator attire, put on a mask that blocks Divine Sense detection, and left the Space World carrying the Hundred-Refined Soul Banner.

He then waved the Soul Banner, released the Yin Souls, and reminded Xiuluo: "Don't go all out against him; we still need to wait for the final battle, keep some Yin Souls of the ninth Tianzun tier, and watch your own safety."

Lure him closer before striking; I can use spell to coordinate with you!

"Alright!"

Xiuluo replied, immediately leading the Yin Souls to set up a formation outside the Formation created by the Formation Flag.

The Underworld God saw that there were still 20,000 Tianzun Realm Yin Souls and instantly felt the strain.

Moreover, those 20,000 Yin Souls were led by Xiuluo, fighting in formation, making them far stronger.

"Xiuluo, do you also want to oppose me?"

He said to Xiuluo.

Xiuluo was busy arranging the formation and didn't reply at all.

"What does having many matter?"

"Xiuluo, you know my strength; sooner or later I will kill all these Yin Souls! I've already set up a Heaven-and-Earth net in the Fog Sea; none of you can escape!"

The Underworld God, wielding the Underworld God's Sword, was surrounded by black aura, repelling the Yin Souls attacking him while slowly advancing toward the Yin Soul army in front of Xiuluo, his eyes fixed on the Soul Banner in the clone's hand.

Ye Liuyun's clone was only at the fourth Tianzun tier, so he didn't take him seriously.

Seeing the Hundred-Refined Soul Banner, he thought it was a chance to seize a treasure.

The clone knew what the Underworld God cared about and deliberately fidgeted with the Soul Banner to lure him closer.

Xiuluo finally found a moment to speak to the Underworld God: "You also know me; when have you ever seen me escape?"

"Fine, since you all are begging for death, I'll grant it!"

With that, he swung his sword toward Xiuluo.

"Defend!"

At Xiuluo's command, the Yin Souls emitted True Essence, gathered, and blocked the Underworld God's sword.

However, midway through the swing, the Underworld God turned the blade and swept it toward Ye Liuyun's clone.

That move was a feint, tricking Xiuluo and the others.

Unfortunately, part of that sword was still blocked by the Yin Souls' defense.

Another part was stopped by the Formation created by the Formation Flag.

The clone, still worried about Xiuluo, was startled by the sudden sword.

But the sword didn't pierce the formation at all.

"These damned ants, setting up so many formations!"

The Underworld God muttered, "If I want to hurt anyone, I must first break the formation."

Xiuluo gave him no further chance.

He ordered the Yin Souls to attack the Underworld God in three successive batches, denying him any chance to strike the formation again.

Seeing him draw near, the clone began to cast a spell.

However, the clone wore a mask, so the Underworld God couldn't see his mouth moving and thought Ye Liuyun had awakened.

He regretted missing a chance to kill Ye Liuyun and hadn't considered that Ye Liuyun had a clone.

The Underworld God himself had never cultivated a clone.

His projected clone only existed within items like the Mourning Bell, and its strength was far weaker than his own body.

At this moment, the Yin Souls besieging the Underworld God surged forward again, coordinating close and distant attacks with Xiuluo.

The Underworld God then realized that to stop the endless drain, he needed to go all out for a swift decisive battle.

Thus, he leveraged the spell's effect and launched a full-force assault, first exterminating the surrounding Yin Souls, then swinging three consecutive swords in different directions to cleave the formation.

Two of the swords were blocked by the Yin Soul army under Xiuluo's command using a combined strike formation, while the third sword struck solidly into the formation.

"Boom—" a rumbling sounded, and the formation created by the Formation Flag began to wobble precariously.

"We can't hold it any longer; prepare to withdraw!"

The clone informed Xiuluo.

"Alright."

Xiuluo replied and continued to calmly command the Yin Souls to attack the Underworld God.

The Underworld God dodged and blocked the Yin Souls' attacks while finding time to continue bombarding the formation.

Finally, the Formation Flag could no longer block the Underworld God, and the formation was completely shattered.

With the formation broken, the Underworld God swung his sword to deflect attacks while charging straight at the clone.

The clone, to buy Ye Liuyun time and to make the spell drain more of the Underworld God's energy, did not retreat immediately; instead, he used the wooden dragon-shaped pendant to create a shield, blocking the Underworld God's attacks.

"Another Defense Artifact!"

The Underworld God is about to go mad with anger.

The Asura also makes the Yin Souls accelerate their attacks, easing the pressure on the duplicate.

The Underworld God can only swing his sword to fend off the Yin Souls' attacks while delivering two palm strikes at the duplicate's protective shield.

However, the protective shield is unusually sturdy; the two palms strike and the shield does not move a hair.

"Let's see how many Defense Artifacts you have!"

The Underworld God says that, then turns and charges into the Yin Soul army, intending to kill the Asura.

The duplicate, fearing the Asura is in danger, immediately waves the Soul Banner and pulls the Asura back.

"The Yin Soul army repeatedly concentrates True Essence attacks on the Underworld God; the True Essence is nearly exhausted. Staying outside, their combat power won't be much, and they'll just be wasted, getting killed by the Underworld God!"

The Asura reminds the duplicate.

"Then pull it back!"

The duplicate says, waves the Soul Banner, and pulls the Yin Souls back.

And with that wave of the Soul Banner, the Underworld God finds that the banner also generates a certain pull on him.

Thus he must resist the Soul Banner's pull.

This bout of full‑scale attack and defense consumes a lot of his True Essence, and his vitality also declines considerably under the curses.

But for the Underworld God, he only broke a Formation and killed a few Yin Souls, which seems to have little impact on Ye Liuyun's overall power.

At this moment, the duplicate also draws closer to Ye Liuyun, positioning itself in front of Man Shu's energy sphere.

The Underworld God, to attack the defense protecting Ye Liuyun, must first break his defense.

The Underworld God this time, free from Yin Soul attack interference, swings a full‑power sword at the duplicate's protective shield.

Everyone, including the duplicate, is now extremely tense, fearing the shield cannot withstand the Underworld God's full‑force strike.

"Boom—" a sound, the Underworld God's sword is deflected, and his arm is shaken numb.

Looking again at the duplicate's protective shield, only a small crack has formed.

And this full‑force strike, the curses quickly consume a great deal of the Underworld God's vitality.

"Ah!"

The Underworld God, utterly enraged, swings sword after sword at the duplicate's protective shield.