Chapter 276: Threats Are Useless

"You killed so many of our elders; Shuiyue Palace can't let you go!" a female elder of Shuiyue Palace continued.

Ye Liuyun waved his hand at him. "I don't bother with you brain‑dead women! If you want to fight, come up; if not, get lost! Threatening me with your Sect is useless! I've already killed more than ten of your Shuiyue Palace elders—what are you scared of? If you have the guts, just come!"

"Imposing! If you don't accept, just act!"

"Well done! Ye Liuyun, we support you!"

"Too tough! Brother, you're awesome!"

On the stage, many Divine Sword Palace disciples were won over by Ye Liuyun's domineering force, and they started cheering.

Hao Chengfeng and Jiang Yuan also joined the cheers. Liu Shengnan looked at Ye Liuyun with admiration. Ye Liuyun's performance today was truly overbearing—so manly!

At this moment, Holy Son Jin dared not speak any more! He had realized that Ye Liuyun's strength could instantly kill him. If he kept opposing without sense, Ye Liuyun might just slay him on the spot!

Even though the crowd kept cheering, the disciples of Shuiyue Sect bowed their heads one by one, none daring to step onto the stage.

Everyone expressed disappointment in the Shuiyue Palace disciples. So many elite disciples, yet not a single one with backbone!

The Divine Sword Palace Steward Elder finally said helplessly, "Shuiyue Palace, if no one steps up to fight, you will be eliminated!"

The group of female elders from Shuiyue Palace argued with the Steward Elder again, and were ultimately declared eliminated and driven out of Divine Sword Palace.

"Lingyang Academy, you're up!" Ye Liuyun looked at the last Sect that had been hunting him.

The Lingyang Academy elder, evidently having spoken with the academy's higher-ups, said directly to Ye Liuyun, "Our matter was just a misunderstanding. Young Master Ye, shall we call it off here?"

"So you want to just let the chase be over?" Ye Liuyun retorted, "Or are you, like those Shuiyue Palace elders, thinking I'm easy to fool?"

The elder immediately tossed a Storage Ring over. "Consider this compensation for you—how about it?"

Ye Liuyun took it, looked inside, and found it contained many Spirit Stones, a Holy‑grade pill, two holy artifacts, and some bloodline crystal stones.

"This Lingyang Academy really spares no expense! Pulling out so many fine things at once! But this upgrade pill probably only lets me break through the First Realm," he thought, genuinely shocked.

Then he suddenly realized, "Lingyang Academy must think he has a Heavenly Gang Realm backing him, and didn't want to waste resources fighting him pointlessly. There was no big occasion anyway. That's why they were willing to spend so much to negotiate peace! These items were probably prepared in advance."

Ye Liuyun didn't care whether they were truthful; he took the items first.

"Since that's the case, the misunderstanding is cleared, so I won't challenge any more." He then circled and offered a bow. "Sorry my personal matters delayed the competition; thank you all for your understanding!"

He then stepped down and returned to the area of his own academy.

The man in black robes glanced at the departing Ye Liuyun, thinking, "He knows when to stop and even buys hearts! This kid's not simple!"

After Ye Liuyun left the stage, the audience felt a bit regretful.

The Lingyang Academy members breathed a sigh of relief. They no longer had to be forced out.

Then the Seven Sects Grand Competition finally returned to normal, and the remaining four sects began the elimination rounds.

Ye Liuyun made no further challenges, and no one challenged him either.

But Holy Son Jin was eliminated by a Qingfeng Academy disciple as soon as he stepped onto the stage.

Ye Liuyun looked at the injured, defeated Jin Wuyá returning, and coldly said, "You trash, unfit to be a Holy Son. After you return to the academy, immediately relinquish the Holy Son position, or I'll slay you on the spot—got it?"

Ye Liuyun stared domineeringly at Jin Wuyá, his gaze pressing. Even if he killed Jin Wuyá now, the Grand Elder wouldn't stop him. Previously they were barred from acting to conserve strength for outsiders.

Now that Jin Wuyá has been eliminated, killing him or not won't affect the academy's standing.

Jin Wuyá understood the situation and quickly agreed, though he secretly resented Ye Liuyun and planned to contact his family that night to send people after Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun glanced at him, a barely perceptible smile curling his mouth. He knew Jin Wuyá would certainly seek his family's help, so he could use this chance to eliminate some members of the Jin family first.

Having the Jin family send people after him was far more profitable than killing the entire Jin family. If the Jin family sent a few, not everyone would come, easing his pressure.

Here, although Jin Wuyá lost, the others each had wins and losses. Especially Holy Son Tang, who had already won two matches. Hao Chengfeng, Jiang Yuan, and Liu Shengnan each won one.

Ye Liuyun also noticed that Holy Son Tang's strength was remarkable, with balanced cultivation of Physical Body and Soul, making him far stronger than ordinary Second Realm Golden Core practitioners.

And he never used a weapon. At full power, his strength could be comparable to Mo Ya.

Soon, each Sect was left with only three top disciples. On the Holy Martial Academy side, the remaining were Ye Liuyun, Holy Son Tang, and Hao Chengfeng.

"Today's events end here; rest for a night, and tomorrow we resume the final battle!" the Divine Sword Palace Steward Elder announced.

That is the rule of the competition: to let the disciples who fought all day rest for a night, recover strength, and better face tomorrow's battle.

After returning, the Grand Elder first gathered the three disciples—Ye Liuyun, Tang, and Hao Chengfeng—who would compete tomorrow, and helped them analyze the opponents' strength.

Finally, they concluded that Qingfeng Academy's Holy Sons Meng Wují and Tong Wei, and Divine Sword Palace's sword‑cultivating nun disciple Lin Feier, were the toughest, even Holy Son Tang was no match for them.

"Meng Wují is a Third Layer Golden Core with abundant True Essence. The other two are Second Realm Golden Core; Tong Wei also practices Eye Technique, a type of Spiritual Soul Attack; Lin Feier's sword intent nears the Complete Realm. Do you have any countermeasures?" the Grand Elder asked.

Ye Liuyun produced the holy artifact he had captured today. "This artifact can be temporarily lent to the two senior brothers; whoever faces Tong Wei will gain some protection. If I meet any of those people, I'll have to rely on Soul power to deal with them."

Hao Chengfeng gave up outright, unable to defeat any of the three. "I'll just take on the other opponents!"

Holy Son Tang thought for a moment, then said, "If Junior Brother Ye's Soul‑defense holy artifact works, I might be able to spar with Tong Wei. As for the other two, I'm no match. So Hao Chengfeng and I will focus on the others. These three can only rely on Junior Brother Ye!"

Through his observations these days, he formed a good impression of Ye Liuyun. Ye Liuyun may be arrogant and domineering to outsiders, but to his own people he's generous, straightforward, and good‑tempered.

"Alright! Since that's settled, let's arrange it that way..."

Thus the Grand Elder briefly set their tomorrow battle strategy and sent them back to rest.

After they returned, they had nothing else to do, so they invited Jiang Yuan and Liu Shengnan for barbecue and drinks, and started chatting.