Chapter 252: Driving Everyone Away

Ye Liuyun and Lei Ming both wore armor made of red‑soul giant demon scale, faintly exuding Demon Qi. The people on the mountain still thought the two were of the Demon Race, so they all looked toward the Demon Race group.

"What are you looking at? We don't know these two; they must be your human Demon Cultivators. We of the Demon Race would never stoop to hide our faces!" a Demon Race saint of first‑tier True Essence said.

Among the other group, a saint, from afar, said to Ye Liuyun: "Sir, this place is already nearly surrounded by our three Sects; you'd better go elsewhere!"

"Those who block me shall die!" Ye Liuyun altered his voice to that of a hoarse middle‑aged man; the voice was not loud but carried far.

"What a big mouth, sir—do you intend to oppose our Lingyang Academy?" the man shouted again.

"Lingyang Academy? I don't know!"

Ye Liuyun said lightly. In fact he had recalled that Lingyang Academy was also one of the Seven Great Sects, but he pretended not to know.

"So you're a lone cultivator!" the Lingyang Academy disciple chuckled.

If one were from a great clan or a Sect disciple, they would certainly know Lingyang Academy.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun, Lei Ming, and Shi Yuan had already arrived before them.

A disciple leading the Ancient Demon Sect asked: "You're a lone cultivator? You dare compete with a great Sect like ours for opportunities?"

"None of your business! Move aside, or I'll start a killing spree!" Ye Liuyun said in his hoarse voice, domineeringly.

"Looking for death!"

The Ancient Demon Sect disciple, also hot‑tempered, acted without a word and swung a blade at Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun raised his spear, pushing Lingkong Art to the limit; a golden flame instantly shot toward the Ancient Demon Sect disciple. Immediately, Lei Ming and Shi Yuan, on the left and right, rushed to slay the Ancient Demon Sect's disciples.

When Lei Ming unleashed a second‑tier True Essence aura, the leading disciple of Lingyang Academy, who had intended to act, halted immediately, his expression turning solemn.

The Demon Race members had long noticed the extraordinary Demon Qi emanating from Ye Liuyun and Lei Ming's blood‑colored armor, and they dared not move, staying put and watching.

Ye Liuyun's spear, firelight emerging with the thrust, left the Ancient Demon Sect disciple no time to react; he hastily activated True Essence defense, yet his chest was still burned through with a large hole.

After Ye Liuyun's realm advanced, the Golden Crow Holy Fire grew stronger, and with Lingkong Art's space‑piercing ability, the Ancient Demon Sect disciple was caught completely off‑guard.

Immediately, Ye Liuyun did not waste time and directly devoured the disciple's Soul.

His soul‑devouring skill went unnoticed by the Lingyang Academy disciple, but the Demon Race saw it clearly. From the bottom of their hearts they all confirmed that Ye Liuyun was a human Demon Cultivator.

Among humans there are many Demon Cultivators who specialize in absorbing others' Souls or blood for cultivation, and some even refine human bones. Of course, such practices are commonplace for the Demon Race.

But the Demon Cultivator before them, clad in blood armor, was clearly stronger than they. Moreover, he had another companion in blood armor with a higher realm, so they dared not act rashly.

The remaining ten‑plus disciples of the Ancient Demon Sect were at the eighth or ninth level of Sea Transformation; a few encounters were already finished by Lei Ming and Shi Yuan. Then Lei Ming went to collect their Storage Rings.

Ye Liuyun seized the chance to devour all their Souls, strengthening himself.

"Hehe, that works too; let you replace the Ancient Demon Sect and join us to break the Formation and share the herbs inside!" the Lingyang Academy disciple laughed.

Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil stared at him, launching an attack while saying, "Who said I'd share with you!"

The disciple let out a wail, his Soul swiftly devoured by Ye Liuyun; without a breath to struggle, he fell motionless.

Then Ye Liuyun, Lei Ming, and Shi Yuan began to purge the Lingyang Academy disciples.

The Demon Race group had intended to stay for a share, but seeing this, the two blood‑armored men wanted to eat alone. They dared not stay, fled, but were cut down by Bai Hu, who arrived with a tiger pack. In the end, the leader, relying on a holy artifact in hand to survive, escaped the encirclement, while the other Demon Race members were slain.

Ye Liuyun was too lazy to chase him, letting the tiger pack jointly attack the Formation; after breaking it, he and Lei Ming went inside to gather herbs, while Shi Yuan and Bai Hu, with the ferocious beasts, guarded outside.

In this herb garden there were about a hundred and ten sacred herbs—not a small number—but they gave Ye Liuyun little surprise.

Hopefully the next destination will have some truly good stuff!

He opened the Grand Hall, letting Yu Er and Ru Yue return to plant the herbs for future use. Their realms were too low for training here, so he simply sent them back to the Grand Hall to handle other matters.

Later, Ye Liuyun decided to speed the march, having Bai Hu and the tiger pack emit their aura to clear the way ahead toward the second destination.

Seeing packs of ferocious beasts charging, many beasts on the road voluntarily avoided them, and their travel speed increased greatly.

Before reaching the second destination, Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense already detected that the place was a ruined city, many structures, including walls, collapsed beyond recognition.

Inside the city, various major forces and Demon Race members were scattered, exploring.

When Ye Liuyun arrived, he roared, "All of you, get lost! I'm clearing the field!"

After speaking, he released Shi Yuan and Lei Ming, and ordered Bai Hu with the beast pack to kill anyone they saw, leaving none. Their style was very similar to Demon Cultivators.

He himself headed toward a collapsed building at the city's center.

His Divine Sense detected a Divine Sense fluctuation emanating from here.

"Who are you to drive away the Imperial Guard of our Great Zhou Dynasty?"

"We are from Lingyang Academy; you'd better consider the consequences!"

Angry shouts rang from all sides. Ye Liuyun's uniform reply to them was a single word: "Kill!"

The beast pack showed no mercy, and after killing they immediately looted. Their Storage Rings were all collected by Bai Hu.

In an instant, the city's people fled outward; those hoping to slip away were spotted by Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense, which then instructed Bai Hu to purge them.

"Where did that Demon Cultivator come from, so reckless!"

"Go, gather our main force and slay this kid!"

Those driven out were indignant, each seeking fellow Sect disciples to prepare revenge.

Ye Liuyun didn't care about them, walking straight to the building. He found it was a gray tower more than half collapsed.

He punched toward the spot with Divine Sense fluctuation.

Suddenly a Black Shadow leapt out; before Ye Liuyun could identify it, a Soul rushed into his Sea of Consciousness.

It turned out to be a Demon Beast, a black rooster‑crest snake. Its Soul, upon entering Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness, was sealed by the Golden Light of the Ten Thousand Gods Command, immobilizing it.

Ye Liuyun's two Golden Pupil Souls surged forward, each slashing once, cutting that Soul into three pieces.

Immediately, the Ten Thousand Gods Command began erasing the Demon Snake's Soul.

Ye Liuyun found that the solidity of the Demon Snake's Soul was not inferior to his Golden Pupil Soul. It must have had some fate to cultivate to such a level.

He then initiated Soul Search; indeed, he discovered the Demon Snake was training here because it had found a stone platform inside the tower. Cultivating on that platform could quickly boost a Soul's power.

Clack— a several‑meter‑long black snake fell to the ground.

Ye Liuyun ignored the dead snake and directly dug out the stone platform.