Chapter 2034: Making Full Use of Everything

The thorn bush monster was caught off guard by the clone's surprise attack; except for its main body trunk, most of its branches were frozen.

Moreover, having already lost many of its thorn bushes, its Soul defense greatly decreased, and it was directly ignited by Nether Ghost Fire, howling in pain.

The crocodile half-beast also seized the chance, while the thorn bush monster was just frozen, it again activated True Essence, and with one punch shattered all the thorn bush monster's tentacles that were coiling around it.

Then it launched a full-force attack at the thorn bush monster's main trunk, and while it was splitting its spirit, a single punch blasted the monster away, pulling out its roots.

The clone, taking advantage of the monster's roots leaving the ground, again used Ice Power to begin freezing its trunk from the roots upward.

Thus, once the thorn bush hit the ground, it could no longer insert its roots into the soil to absorb energy.

The crocodile half-beast also seized the chance, smashing the thorn bush monster's roots with a punch, then following with another punch that shattered the monster's trunk.

The shattered thorn bush, with its Soul having no resistance, was almost instantly burned away by Nether Ghost Fire.

Now it has no trunk left and is completely ruined.

The clone immediately used Golden Pupil to unleash Golden Crow Holy Fire, burning the entire thorn bush area to ash.

Then he did not wait to see the result, turned around and fled.

This time he ran straight toward the eel monster beast.

The crocodile half-beast, still not satisfied, slapped a few more times in venting anger, eradicating all remaining thorn bushes, before recalling the clone.

Realizing the clone had fled, it then gave full chase.

Although its True Essence is now less than ten percent, its Physical Body remains robust, and it does not fear a counterattack from the clone.

All the Elders inside the Grand Hall looked at each other in puzzlement, not understanding what Ye Liuyun's purpose was.

If he had not intervened earlier, the one eliminated might have been the crocodile half-beast, or the two could have ended in a mutual defeat, allowing Ye Liuyun to profit.

But Ye Liuyun's actions seemed more like luring the crocodile half-beast to eliminate the thorn bush monster.

Yet he ultimately took no treasure, leaving the Elders bewildered.

Because Ye Liuyun always moves in straight lines, they can deduce his target.

Clearly he was leading that crocodile monster, then sprinting toward the eel monster beast.

"This kid keeps dragging on, wasting all the time on the road!"

Mao Hongyin said worriedly.

The clone spent nearly a day running to the thorn bush monster and then back to the eel monster beast, roughly a day's time.

Even the crocodile half-beast, after chasing for a while, lost patience and its speed slowed.

Thus the clone had to constantly provoke it, using Golden Pupil to unleash Golden Crow Holy Fire on it, or shooting it with a bow, alternating methods to spur the crocodile half-beast to chase faster.

Because the crocodile half-beast can move slowly, its realm is high, and no ferocious beasts dare to attack it proactively.

But when the clone's speed drops, it becomes targeted by birds or ferocious beasts.

In the final half of the route, the clone had to take out the ice bead to provoke the crocodile half-beast.

The trick proved effective; the crocodile half-beast let out a roar upon seeing the ice bead and resumed full-speed pursuit.

But after chasing for a long time without the ice bead's stimulus, the crocodile half-beast lost its drive.

The clone suddenly accelerated, shedding the crocodile half-beast, and rushed straight toward the Cave where the eel monster beast resided.

The crocodile half-beast, from afar, saw the clone drop down and then accelerated to chase.

At that moment the clone was charging toward the Cave entrance.

"Finally caught you! Looks like human patience is still no match for me!"

The eel monster beast, upon noticing Ye Liuyun's appearance, smugly took a beautiful woman's form and walked toward the cave entrance.

But the clone immediately donned the Invisibility Cloak and vanished.

While the eel monster beast was startled, the half-beast crocodile also fell from the sky and rushed forward.

Seeing a human, it assumed they were with the clone and launched an attack, punching straight at the eel monster beast.

The eel monster beast had no time to think further, nor a chance to explain, and could only meet it with a full-force palm.

"Boom"—the eel monster beast was instantly struck back to its original form by the crocodile half-beast.

A earth‑colored eel lay on the ground, its body riddled with cracks and bloodstains.

That eel monster beast's strength was lacking, but its illusion magic was truly top‑notch.

During the earlier counter, it had already employed illusion magic.

However, the crocodile half-beast descended so quickly that the illusion magic couldn't take effect before it took a punch.

But the crocodile half-beast quickly became trapped in the environment.

The clone, cloaked in the Invisibility Cloak, observed from a distance.

He also did not know what kind of Illusion Realm the crocodile half-beast entered, only seeing it emit all its True Essence.

Its True Essence was already scarce, and it soon ran out completely.

Then it opened its mouth wide.

The eel monster beast seized the chance, flicked its tail, and a Zhen Yuan Gong Ji surged forward.

The crocodile half-beast's whole body was covered in scale armor; if it did not open its mouth, the eel monster beast could not injure it.

Although the eel monster beast was gravely wounded, being at the Eighth Tier Early Stage, it forced its True Essence into the crocodile half-beast's mouth with full force, which it could not withstand.

Especially since it had no True Essence.

Its head exploded outward, its flesh, blood, and organs were shattered, yet the scale armor remained intact.

The half‑beast's massive body immediately collapsed, limp.

At this moment the eel monster beast was near exhaustion; the gap between the Eighth Tier Early Stage and Mid‑Eighth Realm is vast, it took a punch, the injury was already severe, and the final blow exhausted all its strength.

Suddenly, it sensed a spatial fluctuation behind it.

It also realized someone was ambushing, dodging desperately while casting illusion magic.

"Snip"—the clone's Yi Dao missed its head, only cutting off its tail.

But then, he again swung his blade and caught up, chopping away with Yi Dao after Yi Dao.

The eel desperately dodged, but in an instant was struck several times by the clone.

It also wondered why the clone was not affected by its illusion technique.

"Swish!"

The clone then slashed with another Yi Dao, directly cutting its body into two parts, completely separating its core and head.

The clone then gestured, first taking its core away, lest it be retaken.

Seeing it could not survive, the eel monster stopped using illusion techniques and directly launched a Spiritual Soul Attack at the clone, letting its own Soul rush straight into Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness.

"Ah!"

Some elders inside the Grand Hall exclaimed at this moment.

They were watching anxiously, worried that the eel monster would launch a Spiritual Soul Attack.

However, the clone had long seen the strength and weakness of the eel monster's Soul.

Its Soul was merely a bit stronger than that of an average Martial Cultivator of the same realm.

Only when combined with its illusion technique did people mistakenly think its Soul was very strong.

In fact, it guards this Cave every day, afraid to leave, and thus cannot obtain any heavenly treasures for cultivating the Soul.

Inside the Sea of Consciousness is the clone's home ground.

Nether Ghost Fire, lightning power, and Buddha Light Power quickly destroyed the eel monster's Soul, turning it into nourishment for the clone's Soul.