Chapter 1634: Internal Conflict Occurs

Many Elders, including the Grand Elder, spoke up, and the Elders holding this view were in the majority; they all knew there was no point in arguing now, so they could only agree.

Some Elders, without further thought, prepared to perish together with the Sect.

But some Elders did not want to die here. Like those disciples who abandoned the Sect, they only considered their own survival.

Thus they leaked the information and incited the disciples to defect outright.

The disciples who wished to leave, upon receiving the news, indeed gathered together, tried to break through the Mountain Guard Formation, but were blocked by disciples loyal to the Sect, and a deadly clash erupted.

Some Elders and disciples seeking to defect rushed together toward the control core of the Mountain Guard Formation.

The Grand Elder, however, led Sect Elders and disciples to defend the Mountain Guard Formation, and the two sides clashed first. Without Ye Liuyun even acting, Lingguang Hall was already in chaos.

The Dragon Eagle siblings, responsible for gathering intelligence, relayed the news of internal strife in Lingguang Hall back to Ye Liuyun.

"A Sect like this will eventually perish! We are merely hastening its destruction!" Ye Liuyun sighed.

He did not order the fleet to speed up, but continued at its original pace.

In fact, even if some people fled, he would not care, let alone pursue them.

He simply did not expect Lingguang Hall to be so ruthless, killing its own people and refusing to let disciples escape.

The internal strife in Lingguang Hall quickly subsided.

Those who tried to defect were few and were swiftly eliminated. The others, even if they harbored such thoughts, no longer dared to show them.

All Elders and disciples of Lingguang Hall also began to stand in strict formation, awaiting Ye Liuyun's attack.

When Ye Liuyun's warship arrived, he did not rush to attack.

After deploying a Heaven‑and‑Earth Net, he asked the Grand Elder directly: "Knowing I am coming, why don't you flee?"

In truth, he hoped Lingguang Hall would fall apart, with most fleeing, so they would expend less effort, suffer fewer losses, and still achieve the goal of destroying Lingguang Hall.

The Grand Elder, however, thought Ye Liuyun was mocking them: "Hmph, the entire Zhongyang Dalu is already under your control; where can we escape to?"

"You don't need to waste words, just act! If you have the skill, kill us all! But you Demon Cultivators will eventually be wiped out by a coalition of other Sects!"

"Is that so?"

Ye Liuyun gave a helpless smile, said no more, and ordered Qin Peng to commence the bombardment.

Three hundred warships opened fire together; Lingguang Hall's Mountain Guard Formation held for less than a quarter of an hour before collapsing completely.

They also lacked sufficient resources to keep the Grand Formation running. Previously, their Hall masters had already sent resources to Ye Liuyun.

After the warships broke the Mountain Guard Formation, they did not cease the attack but split into far, middle, and near echelons, bombarding different parts of Lingguang Hall.

The near echelon blocked Lingguang Hall disciples attempting close combat; the mid‑range echelon focused on the area where the disciples gathered; the long‑range echelon targeted Lingguang Hall's structures.

Hundreds of Tianzun Realm Ninth‑Level Yin Souls and ferocious beasts guarded the warships, making it impossible for Lingguang Hall's strong ones to strike the warships.

Just this formation alone could wipe out Lingguang Hall without needing any Demonic God Sect disciples.

Lingguang Hall was never a particularly powerful Sect; it had only a few ten‑thousands of disciples, its strength was modest, and the Elders' power was far below that of the War Dragon Cult and the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.

After several rounds of bombardment, Lingguang Hall had already suffered heavy losses.

Ye Liuyun, seeing it was enough, ordered the warships to cease bombardment.

"Leave some disciples to practice!"

He then waved his hand, and the Tianzun Realm Yin Souls and ferocious beasts charged forward first, followed closely by Demonic God Sect disciples.

"These Sects look mighty, but in reality they're not that great!" Qin Peng remarked to Ye Liuyun.

"They were originally strong, but lacked a sense of danger and never imagined such an attack! Facing warships with flesh and blood is nothing short of courting death!" Ye Liuyun explained to Qin Peng.

The army's attacks differ from a Martial Cultivator's fighting style. They simply lacked that preparation; it doesn't mean they aren't strong.

If it were close combat, even a hundred‑thousand army wouldn't be a match for an ordinary Sect.

Thus Ye Liuyun immediately reminded Wu Qingcheng: "The Demonic God Sect's Sect‑Protection Formation must be able to counter army attacks! It should account for multiple attack scenarios, and every so often conduct drills; it cannot become too complacent!"

"Mm!" Wu Qingcheng agreed, noting each point to improve later.

The Demonic God Sect's mineral veins and energy are abundant, fully supporting such a defense system; it only requires some time.

"How shall we fight next? Continue straight to the next Sect?" Qin Peng asked.

He felt that such a straightforward approach lacked meaning.

"The next few Sects are weaker; you decide!"

Ye Liuyun had no particular interest and simply left everything to Qin Peng to arrange.

After the battle ended, Qin Peng ordered the fleet to rest in place for a day.

They were relatively close to the next target and worried that the disciples had not fully recovered, which could cause heavier casualties.

A day later, Qin Peng divided the fleet into four squadrons, each advancing head‑on toward a different direction.

All forces on Zhongyang Dalu, while sighing that Ye Liuyun had annihilated another Sect, were also bewildered.

"What is Ye Liuyun up to now?"

When they saw the direction of Ye Liuyun's fleet, it was still not returning but continuing forward.

But now that it had split into four squadrons, they could not determine where Ye Liuyun's next target would be.

They also could not guess whether Ye Liuyun intended to attack four small Sects or to encircle a slightly stronger Sect.

The Sects in the four directions pointed to by Ye Liuyun's fleet all fell into panic.

"We haven't offended Ye Liuyun, and we've never killed Demon Cultivators before; why would they charge at us?" some Sects wondered.

"Just our small Sect, and we're worth only one of Ye Liuyun's warships! Why would he attack us?" many small Sects began to worry.

Even many Sects, like Lingguang Hall, experienced disciples fleeing and internal strife.

But soon, this chaos ended.

Because Qin Peng had already begun directing the four warship routes to encircle and ambush, they eliminated another Sect in less than half a day. Afterwards, Ye Liuyun's fleet began to turn, showing signs of returning.

"That guy even employed tactics!" many forces exclaimed.

They could never defeat Ye Liuyun to begin with. Now the fleet suddenly changed style, becoming more erratic, making it impossible to guess Ye Liuyun's true aim.

"Now the sect he's got his eyes on won't even have a chance to run away or surrender!" people speculated.