Chapter 269: A Trail of Bloodshed

After Ye Liuyun returned, the Flying Boat kept flying.

Jiang Yuan exaggeratedly said, "I'm going! With your fighting style, there's no chance we get a turn to act!"

"Not bad. Next time I want to join the battle!" Liu Shengnan said directly.

"Count me in too!" Hao Chengfeng shouted, "Otherwise all the benefits would be scooped up by you kid alone!"

Grand Elder said, "Next time the three of you go together, you can save some time."

"Yes!" Ye Liuyun agreed. Then politely said to Hao Chengfeng and the others, "Then I'll trouble the senior brothers and sisters a bit!"

"No trouble! We'll fetch the loot ourselves!" Hao Chengfeng laughed.

The few of them chatted and laughed along the way. Ye Liuyun also absorbed Hell Mingshe's Golden Core while chatting with them.

After night fell, the group fell silent and began to cultivate earnestly.

Ye Liuyun suddenly halted the Flying Boat, and together with Hao Chengfeng and the others, three of them stepped off the Flying Boat.

"Demon Race vermin, stop hiding and come out for a fight!" Ye Liuyun shouted coldly.

In front of them, the silhouettes of the Demon Race appeared one after another, forming a semicircular encirclement.

They originally planned to wait until Ye Liuyun entered the circle before surrounding him, but they were exposed early.

"Kid, your alertness is impressive! Didn't expect you to see through us!" a Demon Race covered in black scales, exuding seething Demon Qi, said from afar.

"So what if you discovered us? You still can't escape a deadly end!" another Demon Race leader waved his hand, and the Demon Race charged at Ye Liuyun and the others.

Ye Liuyun released the ferocious beasts, bellowing, "Kill!" and surged forward first.

Ye Liuyun immediately unleashed the Thunder Fire Domain, having Hell Mingshe cooperate with Bai Hu, and he cooperated with Lei Ming, attacking the two strongest Demon Race; the other Golden Core Second-Level Demon Race he handed to the ferocious beasts.

The Golden Core First-Level and other Demon Race he gave to Hao Chengfeng and the others, then he split his consciousness to control the Mountain-flipping Seal, smashing a large group of Demon Race.

The strength the Demon Race deployed was comparable to Ye Liuyun's last battle. However, the Demon Race's Physical Body is also robust and fights brutally, so the fight was more taxing than before.

Moreover, after the previous battle, Ye Liuyun still had a Golden Core Second-Level ferocious beast that was severely wounded. Ye Liuyun let it rest and recover fully before returning to fight.

Yet even so, those Demon Race were no match and were quickly wiped out.

The Demon Race corpses were even rejected by the ferocious beasts. Their food supplies are now ample. So Ye Liuyun only extracted the Demon Race's Crystal Cores and burned the corpses cleanly.

Lei Ming took the bloodline Crystal Stones from the Demon Race leader's Storage Ring and gave them to Ye Liuyun.

She herself also found a pitch‑black little tower, a holy artifact called the Soul‑Quelling Tower, which has a Spiritual Soul Attack function. The demon leader had just taken it out to use against Lei Ming, but Lei Ming also possessed a holy artifact with Soul defense, so it was ineffective. It has now been seized by Lei Ming.

Lei Ming happened to lack a Spiritual Soul Attack weapon, so he directly refined the Black Tower and kept it for himself.

Bai Hu and Shi Yuan each found Crystal Stones of their own attribute and began absorbing them immediately.

After returning, Ye Liuyun immediately began absorbing those bloodline Crystal Stones. At the same time he was absorbing Hell Mingshe's Golden Core to replenish the consumed True Essence.

"Master, why didn't they send a Martial Cultivator of the Heavenly Gang Realm to kill me? I killed a Heavenly Gang Realm strongman in the Li Family!"

Ye Liuyun used Transmission Voice to ask Grand Elder.

"It could be that they simply don't believe that you killed that Heavenly Gang strongman. Or Lingyang Academy might be embarrassed and never reported it. When people from Lingyang Academy appear, you'll find out!" Grand Elder replied.

Ye Liuyun immediately communicated with Hell Mingshe, "Can the two of us take down a Heavenly Gang Realm strongman?"

"If his Soul isn't too strong, you can use both of your Souls; it should be fine. If you don't weaken him that much, I can handle him myself." Hell Mingshe replied.

"Talking about that now is useless; quickly absorb these Demon Race Souls and prepare for the next battle. With so many Souls to absorb, you'll become strong again soon!" Ye Liuyun instructed.

Hell Mingshe fell silent. At Ye Liuyun's battle pace, it truly can recover in no time.

Ye Liuyun and Hell Mingshe had just finished absorbing Souls when the next attack arrived.

"This time let Ye Liuyun go alone! The opponents are from the Ancient Demon Sect, and all the arrivals are Soul strongmen; you going is useless." Grand Elder ordered.

Ye Liuyun also noticed that the Ancient Demon Sect members' Divine Sense detected from afar. Though few, only a dozen or so, they were clearly masters of Soul cultivation.

Lei Ming and Bai Hu each have defensive holy artifacts and False Holy Artifacts, allowing them to barely hold a fight; the others cannot.

So Ye Liuyun disembarked the Flying Boat himself and rushed toward those people.

Those people, seeing Ye Liuyun charge with Lei Ming and Bai Hu, said nothing and launched Spiritual Soul Attacks directly; most targeted Ye Liuyun, Lei Ming, and Bai Hu, each with only one attacker.

Lei Ming was unaffected, Bai Hu felt slight impact since his is a False Holy Artifact of lower grade, but the combat power of the two was hardly affected.

Thus, at a glance, the opponents suffered one death and one serious injury.

Meanwhile, those attacking Ye Liuyun all suffered backlash. The more Divine Sense used in the attack, the harsher the backlash; four of them even spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot.

Ye Liuyun did not rush to unleash the Soul Domain, to avoid being surrounded, but instead devoured Souls one by one while the Demon Slaying Sword began cleaving.

Most of these people's realms were Golden Core First-Second Level Martial Cultivators, so they couldn't withstand Ye Liuyun's single strike nor Lei Ming's or Bai Hu's blow; they were quickly knocked down and devoured one by one by Ye Liuyun.

"Damn, we were fooled; this kid's Soul power is too great!" the remaining four realized and tried to flee.

At this moment Ye Liuyun released the Spiritual Soul Thunder Fire Domain, enveloping them; his two Souls were also sent out to eliminate the remaining four.

One of them even unleashed his own Ancient Demon Domain in a futile attempt, but Ye Liuyun's Thunder Fire Domain devoured it whole.

Soon, the four people's Souls were all absorbed by the Thunder Fire Domain.

This battle wasn't as thunderous as the previous ones, but it was even more perilous; a slight slip could cause one's soul to scatter.

Ye Liuyun swept their Storage Rings; the corpses were carried away by Bai Hu, and Ye Liuyun immediately returned to the Flying Boat.

"That fast!" Jiang Yuan muttered. "You guy is a monster! Absolutely omnipotent."

The two Elders in the Flying Boat were now full of apprehension toward Ye Liuyun. Though his realm is below Saint, killing a Saint comes to him with ease.

They now seem to believe that Grand Elder's preventing the Holy Son from acting truly saved his life.

Ye Liuyun is truly a demonic prodigy, fully possessing the strength to be a Saint.