Chapter 3124: Defense Artifact

Ye Liuyun and his companions were fighting when they suddenly realized that no Martial Cultivator was striking them, only following them from afar.

Out of curiosity, he captured a few Martial Cultivators who were surveilling them with Soul Search, and learned that the Chen family and Jiang Yunhan were arriving. Ye Liuyun immediately realized that his appearance had revealed his whereabouts.

He thought this was fine, because fighting these Martial Cultivators would let him improve faster than battling Monster Beasts, since the Martial Cultivators' adaptability far exceeds that of the beasts.

Moreover, the Monster Beasts still have unspent Beast resources, and he is not in a hurry to return to Beast World; he might as well spar with the strong ones here in the Wasteland Sea World.

So Ye Liuyun did not flee; he let those Martial Cultivators follow them, and he led the Monster Beasts to fill their True Essence, preparing for a great battle.

Lin Luoyi and Tong Xin, after absorbing the Dragon Soul, returned the Soul Sealing Pearls to Ye Liuyun. Ye Liuyun gave those two Soul Sealing Pearls to Xiao Lan Bing and Xuanwu, letting them help the Monster Beasts accumulate more Divine Soul Power.

Now that the Monster Beasts have just absorbed the Dragon Soul, they cannot further absorb Divine Soul Power, but they can store some for now.

He also gave Long Nv, Lei Ming, and Jiu Tou Mo Long each a dragon corpse, accelerating their advancement.

Ye Liuyun and his two duplicates seized the chance to each refine a dragon corpse, and this time his War God Armor immediately informed Ye Liuyun that its grade had increased.

The War God Armor continuously absorbed all the dragon scales of nine true dragons, so the grade increase was quite normal. Moreover, Ye Liuyun's Soul, bloodline, and Physical Body strength all rose comprehensively, nurturing the various powers within the War God Armor.

After absorbing another dragon pearl, he did not even advance a minor realm; he merely polished his mid‑stage Fifth Layer realm to an exceptionally solid state. Thus, he was helpless against his own bottomless energy pit and could only continue cultivating with Primordial Power.

However, after refining the True Dragon Core Pill this time, he discovered that the remaining void‑stage Dragon Clan core pill walls could be refined onto his own core pill, strengthening its inner and outer walls.

So he refined the leftover core pill shells from earlier onto his own core pill, reinforcing both the inner and outer walls of his two core pills.

Only when he temporarily no longer needed strength that required long cultivation did he cease training and strike at those who had been constantly surveilling them.

"You've followed us for so long; it's time to deal with you!"

Ye Liuyun immediately released his Soul, shaping it into a Soul Blade to slay those Martial Cultivators one by one; when encountering a Martial Cultivator with two Souls, he would cleave one, then transform his Soul into a giant fist and hammer the opponent's Soul with Heaven and Earth Power.

If a Martial Cultivator possessed only one Soul, he would use the blade intent of the Soul Blade to cleave it, then transform into a Sky‑devouring Beast to devour its Soul.

Now the meager Divine Soul Power of these Martial Cultivators does little to boost his own Soul power; he merely wishes to strengthen these Soul transformations and abilities.

However, each time his Soul power was released, it was detected by the surrounding Martial Cultivators. Seeing the massive Soul Blade, they recognized his great Soul power and hence thereafter all wore Defense Artifacts against Spiritual Soul Attack.

Although his current Soul power can still break through low‑grade Soul Defense Treasures, it has nonetheless caused him considerable trouble.

"The speed of Spiritual Soul Attack is still slow; it can even be seen by others!"

Ye Liuyun pondered, and not wanting to use Time Power, he began practicing the use of Spatial Power when releasing his Soul, so the blade would arrive instantly without being noticed.

He occasionally employs Time Power, but only when confronting Martial Cultivators wearing Soul Defense Treasures; then he freezes time, breaks their Defense Artifacts, and slays and devours their Souls.

Even though he refined his Soul attack methods, the information about his powerful Soul still got transmitted to Jiang Yunhan and the Chen family strongmen, so they immediately donned Defense Artifacts against Spiritual Soul Attack.

Jiang Yunhan originally did not want to wear one, believing his Sea of Consciousness defense was perfectly complete. But thinking that to make Ye Liuyun careless,

he still put on a lower‑grade Defense Artifact, intending to deliberately provoke Ye Liuyun into attacking his Soul.

"Hmph, that will do! If he dares to launch a Spiritual Soul Attack on me, he'll be doomed!"

Jiang Yunhan came this time to capture Ye Liuyun, brimming with confidence; the two thousand soldiers he brought were all Imperial Guard of the Royal City, most at Return to One Eight Layers, a few at Return to One Seven Layers, plus a junior Imperial Guard Leader and his personal guard, totaling twenty‑one strongmen at the Early‑Mid Stage of the Ninth Layer.

He did not intend to split his forces; these people attacking Ye Liuyun's group together would be sufficient even if they were extremely strong.

Their small Warships were not as fast as the Chen family strongmen's Flying Boats. The Chen strongmen rode medium‑sized void‑stage Flying Boats forged earlier by Tian Huo Lao Zu, which were twice as fast, arriving in the Wasteland Sea World a few days earlier.

Upon arrival, they used the scout's intelligence to surround Ye Liuyun.

"Ye Liuyun, you are bold, daring to capture our Chen family's alchemist. Hand over the person quickly, or you have no way out. Even if you flee to the ends of the earth, the Chen family will relentlessly hunt you!"

The Chen family's leading strongman was Chen Piaoran, a younger‑generation Martial Cultivator at Return to One Ninth Layers Late Stage. Though also a Chen disciple, he had no interest in forging, focusing solely on martial ways, thus becoming an inner‑sect Elder of the Chen family.

When Ye Liuyun struck Tian Huo Lao Zu, Chen Piaoran was on duty leading a team. He didn't react in time, and the person was seized by Ye Liuyun.

Thus he always regarded it as a disgrace. This time he also seeks to save face, determined to capture Ye Liuyun alive and rescue Tian Huo Lao Zu.

So when he saw the Monster Beasts Ye Liuyun released, he immediately transmitted a voice to his three subordinate squads: "Kill everyone except that Ye Liuyun."

Ye Liuyun assessed their strength, pondering how to respond, and casually brushed him off: "Since I dared to act, I'm obviously not afraid of you Chen family. But the number of people you brought this time seems insufficient for us to kill!"

"Bold words, can you withstand my move?" Chen Piaoran said, brandishing a long spear that thrust toward Ye Liuyun from afar.

That long spear was a void‑stage weapon; the Demon Slaying Sword sensed its grade and began to hum with excitement.

"Attack!"

Ye Liuyun also shouted, striking first; all his blade intent erupted, merging with True Essence and Heaven and Earth Power, slashing at Chen Piaoran with full force.

"Slice him for me!" Ye Liuyun roared.