Chapter 168: Scraping the Ground Three Feet

"Did I let you come back?" Ye Liuyun, with a single slash, cut Guo Kai back, then laughed, turned and walked into the Cave, first collecting the toad's corpse.

Then, still holding his blade, he stood beside the blood pool, waiting for the purple snake to come in.

The purple snake thought Guo Kai had fled and was giving full chase, but Guo Kai suddenly flew back, and the Golden Light shield was almost annihilated.

It was momentarily stunned, then opened its mouth and swallowed the Golden Light shield together with Guo Kai.

"Ye Liuyun, you dare hurt me!" Guo Kai's shout echoed inside the Cave.

The thick digestive fluid in the snake's stomach instantly eroded Guo Kai's Golden Light shield clean. In the blink of an eye, Guo Kai was turned into a pool of pus and blood.

The purple one, slightly excited, continued crawling deeper into the Cave, directly entering the toad's nest.

Although he hadn't seen the toad's corpse, after spitting out a core, his eyes lit up.

He and the toad have been old rivals; this time he smelled the toad's blood, saw someone attacking the toad, and seized the chance to profit, not expecting the toad was actually dead.

As for the ant‑sized human before him, he paid it no mind.

It let out an excited hiss, spitting a core, feeling the toad's death aura.

Suddenly, it felt the temperature inside the Cave drop sharply; everything in the Cave began to freeze, even the blood pool started to solidify.

When it exhaled, it could see particles frozen into Ice Crystals. The temperature kept dropping rapidly, and its body seemed to harden with frost.

And the tiny human before it was also frozen into an ice statue.

What is going on?

Before it could think, drowsiness struck. Snakes are cold‑blooded, most afraid of icy cold, especially this extreme, terrifying low temperature.

Its body, instinctively entering a dormant state, didn't have time to curl up and fell rigidly onto the ground.

Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun just stood nearby, smiling brightly at it.

Indeed, this was an illusion Ye Liuyun used, making it feel it was in extreme cold, causing it to enter dormancy on its own.

After the purple‑scaled python was completely rigid, Ye Liuyun drew his blade and, with a single slash, cut off the snake's head; even its purple scale armor couldn't block Ye Liuyun's slash.

Then, Ye Liuyun stored the purple snake's body into the Storage Ring, then took out the blood‑colored crystal sphere he had snatched from Xiao Mubei's hand, and began absorbing the blood vein power from the blood pool.

The blood pool contained blood from various ferocious beasts, mixed and impure; Ye Liuyun first collected its essence blood, and whether to use it later could be decided later.

The blood‑colored crystal sphere absorbed the blood vein power extremely quickly; in a short while, the essence in the blood pool was completely taken by Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun didn't dare to linger, fearing the scent of blood would attract other beasts. He immediately left the Cave and continued on his way.

He now confirmed that the Ten Thousand Gods Command had sent him to find that toad. Because after he collected the toad's corpse, the Ten Thousand Gods Command fell silent. As for which part is useful, he'll have to study it later when he has time.

Ye Liuyun ran forward for another half hour, when his Divine Sense suddenly detected a wave of combat.

In this space, the distribution of lifeforms is basically fixed, and fights rarely occur. If a fight does happen, it means disciples are battling ferocious beasts for opportunity.

Since Ye Liuyun happened upon it along the way, he naturally wouldn't miss such an opportunity.

When his Divine Sense could see the battlefield, he found it wasn't a clash between disciples and beasts, but Chang Hao leading more than twenty Sea Transformation third‑ or fourth‑tier disciples, attacking a Formation, within which lay a vast herb garden.

Ye Liuyun was most interested in the herbs. So he moved forward a bit more, and when he discovered the herbs in the garden, he decided to stay.

The herbs in that garden, many were beyond Heaven Tier, can be called holy herbs; a single herb could raise a person by at least one realm, let alone there were more than ten. There were also many Heaven Tier herbs, so why would he leave?

However, the Formation seemed hard to break. Even with the disciples giving their all, no effect was seen.

But Ye Liuyun wasn't worried; he had Qiong Qi!

He immediately released Qiong Qi. Qiong Qi first surveyed the space, exclaiming, "Ancient Ruins?"

"This space carries an ancient aura; it should be an ancient fragment!" Qiong Qi said cautiously.

Then Qiong Qi suggested, "Release Shi Yuan; this place should be beneficial for his cultivation. Shi Yuan is an ancient relic species."

"No wonder Shi Yuan's head is so big!" Ye Liuyun said, and released Shi Yuan.

After Shi Yuan emerged, sensing the aura, he became excited instantly. "Aooo!" he roared, frightening nearby ferocious beasts into scattering.

The roar reached as far as thirty li, and Chang Hao and his group heard it; their actions halted, and they cautiously looked toward the source.

But Ye Liuyun noticed their Divine Sense wasn't strong enough to perceive this place. After watching for a while, they resumed attacking the Formation.

Ye Liuyun saw that Shi Yuan liked the place, so he gave him a leave, letting him wander here to look for opportunities, maybe achieve a breakthrough. (unintelligible)

Qiong Qi agreed. With Qiong Qi present, Ye Liuyun wouldn't face any great danger.

Thus Shi Yuan let out a few excited roars and sprinted toward the distance. This place truly suited him; the massive trees allowed him to leap freely. Outside, the trees were too small to contain him.

After Shi Yuan ran off, Qiong Qi's Divine Sense quickly also discovered this herb field.

"Good kid! You really found the treasure! Follow me, I'll take you in through another route, let them keep attacking the Formation slowly!"

Ye Liuyun didn't hesitate, leapt onto Qiong Qi's back, and was carried by him as they sprinted toward the distance.

Qiong Qi was now a Holy Realm strongman; his speed was essentially soaring through the air, weaving through the forest, quickly reaching the other side of the Formation, and then began unraveling the Formation.

He didn't destroy the Formation; after studying it for a while, he opened a gap, and together with Ye Liuyun and others, slipped directly into the herb field.

After entering, he found an open area, summoned the Grand Hall, and then, together with Lei Ming and Qiong Qi, started busily gathering herbs everywhere.

Seeing herbs covering the mountains and fields, the several of them were thrilled.

Especially the more than ten holy herbs inside; they even uprooted the soil with them, transplanting them into the Grand Hall's inner grotto. The herbs were so abundant that picking them piece by piece would never finish.

In the end, the three of them removed the soil in large patches, which was far more efficient than digging up each herb individually.

The three of them, like bandits, scraped the entire herb field three feet deep!

They only reached the front at the end. However, he didn't let Qiong Qi appear, and only went with Lei Ming to transplant the herbs.

Chang Hao and his group saw Ye Liuyun's figure, their eyes widening in shock.

"How did this kid get in? We've been slaving away here for half a day, and haven't broken much of the Formation."

"Damn, this kid even swept away the ground!"

"Then we've wasted our effort, gaining nothing!"

Everyone deflated, stopping their actions.

"Ye Liuyun, how did you get in?" Chang Hao asked from outside.

Ye Liuyun looked at him, smiled and said, "You came in, huh!"

"Nonsense, I'm asking how you broke the Formation!" Chang Hao said angrily.

Ye Liuyun glanced at him, ignored him, dug up a piece of ground, and sent it straight back to the Grand Hall.