Chapter 254: with translation of chapter title

"You still dare to strike?"

An Elder of Double Golden Core beside Chu Heng reacted instantly, and Ye Liuyun used a Spiritual Soul Attack against that elder.

He then struck at Ye Liuyun with a palm, a massive blood‑colored hand seal spreading over the heavens and earth, bearing down on Ye Liuyun.

Boom! Crack!

A silver great hammer from the sky struck the blood‑colored hand, and blood‑colored lightning roared, ripping the hand apart! A woman wearing blood armor, holding the hammer, hammered at the Blood Demon Sect elder's massive hand.

A tiger's roar enveloped the Blood Demon Sect disciples, and seven Golden Lights shot toward Chu Heng and the two Holy Realm Elders beside him.

Then a three‑headed, six‑armed giant stone ape, wielding a bone staff, smashed into the Leader of the Imperial Guard of the Great Zhou Dynasty, while other weapons also struck the Imperial Guard.

For a moment, the "boom—rumble—rumble" of counterattacks rang out repeatedly, and True Essence shockwaves blasted the surroundings into dust and smoke.

A flock of winged sky tigers descended from the heavens, slashing at the disciples of the three squads.

Ye Liuyun was not idle; he burned with Nether Ghost Fire while devouring the Soul of that Double Golden Core elder.

The elder, worthy of his Double Golden Core level, still possessed a strong Soul; it took Ye Liuyun considerable effort to completely annihilate his Soul.

The sudden onslaught of the blood‑armored man and ferocious beasts caught the Blood Demon Sect and the other three squads off guard. They never imagined such sudden attacks would be so fierce; some even died outright in the shockwaves of the two sides' powerful clashes.

The battlefield instantly erupted, the Blood Demon Sect and the three squads' forces were either killed or fled. The scene descended into utter chaos.

Liang Xue, leading the people of the Water Moon Palace, stepped back again to avoid them being caught in the fallout.

Ye Liuyun flicked his Storage Ring, and three Holy Realm winged sky tigers appeared, overwhelming and eliminating the few resisting saints.

Chu Heng met the worst death: first pierced by a Golden Light from the White Tiger, then smashed into mush by Lei Ming's hammer. Before these two Holy Realm masters, he was like an ant, utterly powerless.

A few low‑level Imperial Guard soldiers and Blood Demon Sect disciples were blasted away by the aftershocks of the masters' strikes at the outset, and fled; Ye Liuyun was too lazy to chase them, letting the beasts clean the battlefield.

Except for the Storage Ring, which Lei Ming seized, the corpses were snatched and devoured by the beasts.

The entire battle lasted less than a quarter of an hour before falling silent. Only bloodstains remained on the ground; not a single corpse.

The Water Moon Palace disciples, having witnessed the thunderous onslaught with their own eyes, were shocked, their hearts pounding, fearing that the blood‑armored madman would also wipe them out.

The Elder of the Water Moon Palace said to Liang Xue gravely: "While they haven't arrived, hurry and escape; I'll hold them off for you."

Liang Xue smiled lightly. "No need, I'll go take a look!"

"No," the Elder rushed to block her. "He's too dangerous; you can't take the risk!" The Elder became frantic at once.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun turned his gaze toward the Water Moon Palace. His Golden Pupil swept them; the people of the Water Moon Palace all froze, as if marked by the Grim Reaper.

"Elder, don't worry! If he truly intends to kill us, we couldn't escape anyway," Liang Xue said with a smile, comforting the Water Moon Palace Elder, then walked toward Ye Liuyun.

Liang Xue stepped directly before Ye Liuyun, who expanded the Grand Hall and pulled her inside. Aside from Lei Ming, the other beasts guarded the Grand Hall entrance.

Ye Liuyun first had the Soul‑Condensing Jade Bed set up a Spiritual Soul defense, enveloping the entire Grand Hall to prevent anyone from probing with Divine Sense. Then he removed his blood armor.

Liang Xue joyfully leapt into Ye Liuyun's arms!

"Stinky little brother, how did you arrive so timely! How did you find me?"

"In the last Secret Realm, I left Divine Sense imprints on you all; if you're not far, I can sense your locations!" Ye Liuyun said proudly.

After a while, the two of them finally separated.

"Now is not the time for reminiscing; let's handle business first!" Ye Liuyun said, handing Liang Xue the map of the floating Secret Realm, then giving her a set of blood‑colored armor.

Then he gave her many Spirit Stones, as well as the bloodline Crystal Stone; Liang Xue took half, leaving the rest for Ye Liuyun.

After finishing, Ye Liuyun asked, "Sister Liang, how did your cultivation advance so quickly? What about the Earth Dragon I gave you? Why didn't you bring it to protect you?"

Liang Xue nestled beside him and said, "My bloodline has awakened a lot recently, so my cultivation speed increased. Thanks to the bloodline pills you gave me, though they seem less effective now."

"The Earth Dragon just hatched not long ago, it's still small and has little combat power," Liang Xue said, releasing the Earth Dragon from the Storage Ring.

The Earth Dragon now measures just over three feet, yet looks exactly like the demon‑race Earth Dragons Ye Liuyun has seen. Its realm has already reached the eighth layer of True Essence, even higher than Ru Yue's realm.

After emerging, it first sensed the bloodline aura similar to Lei Ming's on his body, immediately crawling over and rubbing around Lei Ming's feet.

Ye Liuyun gave it a few bloodline pills, instantly attracting it; it clung to Ye Liuyun's thigh and scrambled upward.

Ye Liuyun simply handed all his remaining bloodline pills to Liang Xue, telling her to feed them to the Earth Dragon. After all, he now has plenty of Holy Medicine and can still brew more for Yu Er and others.

These bloodline pills are of little use to him or Liang Xue; better to feed the Earth Dragon.

Yu Er also gave the Earth Dragon some ferocious beast Crystal Cores as food.

Later, Ye Liuyun selected a Double Golden Core Iron‑Shell Rhinoceros from the Holy Realm beasts he had subjugated, giving it to Liang Xue, so the Iron‑Shell Rhinoceros would recognize her as master, serving as temporary protection.

Then Liang Xue stored the Earth Dragon and the Iron‑Shell Rhinoceros into the Storage Ring before parting with Ye Liuyun. She couldn't stay here with Ye Liuyun for long, lest the Water Moon Palace disciples outside worry.

The two bid farewell reluctantly.

The Elder and disciples of the Water Moon Sect, seeing Liang Xue emerge unharmed so quickly, all let out a sigh of relief.

"That blood‑armored man didn't trouble you, did he?" the Elder asked concernedly.

Liang Xue smiled, "He not only didn't trouble me, he also gave me a map of this place." She said nothing more, and directly led the Water Moon Palace disciples, following the map, to another treasure location.

Ye Liuyun and Lei Ming donned blood armor again, leading the beasts toward the treasure site at the center of the Secret Realm.

Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense already detected Imperial Guard reinforcements and Blood Demon Sect disciples gathering around. He kept killing while herding them toward the Secret Realm's core.

The beasts under his command were so powerful that any reinforcement squad they met couldn't evade their impact. Thus, whenever later arrivals reached the battlefield, they only saw a field of fresh blood, not a single corpse.

When encountering demon‑race squads, Ye Liuyun spared none, slaughtering them all and sweeping the Secret Realm clean.

Soon, five or six dozen people gathered behind Ye Liuyun, including the Triple Golden Core elder of the Blood Demon Sect. Feeling the numbers were sufficient, they also accelerated their pursuit of Ye Liuyun.