Chapter 251: Summoning the Hitmen

After the Steward Elder and the others assembled, they led them to a Formation.

A saint guarded the Formation, and each person was given a Token.

"The Secret Realm will be open for fifteen days. When that time comes, this Token can bring you back through this entrance. This Formation will randomly transport you to any location within the Secret Realm, so you must be extra careful yourselves!"

After the saint finished speaking, he urged them to enter the Formation.

After the Formation opened, everyone felt a wave of dizziness. Then Ye Liuyun felt his body become light and fell from the sky.

Fortunately he was mentally prepared and immediately steadied his footing.

Coincidentally, the spot he was sent to was right in the middle of a herd of winged sky‑flying tigers.

His sudden descent startled the winged sky‑flying tigers here. The herd, which had been lying down to cultivate, all sprang up, eyes like tigers, and surrounded him.

This herd of winged sky‑flying tigers included one with a Golden Core Second Stage, two with Golden Core First Stage, three at the Holy Realm, and even seven or eight with Sea Transformation eighth or ninth stage.

"Damn! Could the old man in charge of the teleportation Array be trying to kill me, sending me straight into the tiger's jaws!"

Ye Liuyun inwardly cursed his bad luck, and without time to think further, immediately released Lei Ming, Bai Hu, and Shi Yuan. At the same time he drew the Demon Slaying Sword, preparing for a tough battle.

To his surprise, after Bai Hu emerged, it let out a tiger's roar and released Bloodline Pressure. Even the tiger king of the highest realm obediently lay on the ground, bowing in submission.

Ye Liuyun was stunned by the sight. Lei Ming shrank his body, leapt onto Ye Liuyun's shoulder, and explained with Divine Sense: "Bai Hu is a divine beast with a pure bloodline! Among ferocious beasts, the power of the bloodline is huge; they all revere beasts with a strong bloodline!"

Bloodless warfare! Ye Liuyun suddenly gained the aid of three Holy Realm ferocious beasts!

Ye Liuyun simultaneously released his Divine Sense to survey the terrain, while letting Bai Hu query the tiger herd about the situation here.

He discovered that ferocious beasts were everywhere in this Secret Realm. However, their realms were generally high; most were Sea Transformation eighth or ninth stage beasts. Beasts like Wu Qingcheng's, of Sea Transformation third or fourth stage, were rare.

The information Bai Hu gathered was consistent: this tiger herd is only of medium strength within the Secret Realm, not the strongest.

So Ye Liuyun used Divine Sense to communicate with Wu Qingcheng and the others, and said they could not be released for now.

Otherwise, even the pressure from these ferocious beasts would already be enough for them to fight desperately, let alone for training. They can only wait until they meet suitable opponents.

"By the way, do you want to finish the disguise and change appearance?" Ye Liuyun asked Lei Ming.

He recalled the few elders who had disguised themselves as disciples. He has many enemies in this Secret Realm, so it might be wise to disguise himself as well to avoid being targeted. Moreover, if he finds treasure, he won't have to worry about being remembered.

Lei Ming immediately became interested, jumped off Ye Liuyun's shoulder, and transformed into human form.

"What are we pretending as?" she asked excitedly.

"No need to be that complicated; just change our voices. I have ready‑made gear!" She said, taking out two sets of blood‑colored armor.

These blood‑colored armors were made from the scale armor of a Crimson Soul Giant Demon, and Ye Liuyun also crafted masks.

The two of them put on the blood‑colored armor and masks, making them unrecognizable to others.

Lei Ming directly wielded the great hammer Ye Liuyun had given her. He sheathed the Demon Slaying Sword and took out a holy relic, the Rift Cloud Spear, which can channel the power of Golden Crow Holy Fire.

After completing their disguises and fixing their position, they followed the map's markings and rushed toward the location of the first marked circle.

Ye Liuyun fought ahead to clear the path; Shi Yuan was stored in a Storage Ring, and Bai Hu led the tiger herd, keeping a certain distance from him and Lei Ming.

Once Ye Liuyun became familiar with his Sea Transformation Seventh Stage power, he stopped focusing on combat and instead aimed to gather enforcers, using Spiritual Soul Attacks as much as possible to subdue ferocious beasts.

Those who entered this Secret Realm all had high realms; by preparing some enforcers in advance, they could wipe out the members of the Blood Demon Sect and the Great Zhou Dynasty when the time came.

He only subdues Holy Realm ferocious beasts; the others he kills outright and stores as food. Since his own stock of beast meat is nearly exhausted, he can replenish it here.

Wu Qingcheng, Ru Yue and the others were inside the Storage Ring, helping him extract the crystal cores of the ferocious beasts. Others cannot use these, but Ye Liuyun and the monster beasts can employ them for cultivation.

Along the way, Ye Liuyun also noticed some disciples from other Sects. However, they seemed to sense the talismans of their own sectmates, hurried to gather, and none attacked each other upon arrival.

Besides those Sect disciples, he also saw silhouettes of the Demon Race, and had no idea how those demons had entered.

He also discovered that the people from the Great Zhou Dynasty were the royal guard.

Ordinary soldiers were of Sea Transformation third or fourth stage. So when he encountered them, he first performed Soul Search to confirm their numbers and contacts, then handed them over to Wu Qingcheng for practice.

This time the Great Zhou Dynasty invested heavily, sending in over two hundred guards, all to protect the Fourth Prince.

The Fourth Prince himself is at Golden Core First Stage, guarded by two elders of Golden Core Second Stage, fully prepared. Besides seeking opportunities, another main purpose is to kill him.

The Blood Demon Sect's disciple, he also performed a Soul Search and found that Chu Heng was leading the group, with two Golden Core Second Stage elders, plus a Golden Core Third Stage elder, and nearly a hundred Sea Transformation Seventh to Ninth stage disciples; their main purpose was also to come after him.

"Seems there are quite a few who want to kill me! Hmph, I'll make sure none of you return!"

Ye Liuyun, having understood their goals and strength, redoubled his efforts to capture Holy Realm ferocious beasts.

Each time he first unleashed a Thunder Fire Domain, trapping the beast's Soul, then subjected it to torment until it yielded. Those who refused to die simply died outright!

Any Holy Realm ferocious beast he marked with a Soul Imprint, he gave several Concentration Pills, letting them recuperate inside a Storage Ring. He planned to catch those people off guard later.

After collecting over ten Holy Realm ferocious beasts, he felt it was enough, and he and Lei Ming began sparring with the newly encountered beasts. Once the two of them had fought enough, they released Shi Yuan for further practice.

It took them nearly a day to reach the first destination. The sheer number of ferocious beasts here meant that even a short walk would encounter one.

Their destination turned out to be a mountain peak that, on the surface, seemed unremarkable. Yet Lei Ming could smell the fragrance of medicinal herbs from afar.

Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense also detected a herb garden atop the mountain. A group of demons and two groups of humans were jointly assaulting the garden's Defense Array and were about to break through soon!

One of the human groups belonged to the Ancient Demon Sect, while the other's affiliation was unknown to him.

He didn't care, and directly led Lei Ming and Shi Yuan toward the summit.

Shi Yuan had three heads and six arms, standing thirty to forty zhang tall; when it ran, the ground trembled and rumbled, making it highly conspicuous.

The three forces were about to breach the array; upon seeing Ye Liuyun and his party arrive, they all halted immediately, forming a strict battle formation.