Chapter 320: No Return

After Ye Liuyun and his group acquired the Hell Mingshe, which can command Corpse Demons, hunting Corpse Demons became much easier.

First, the Hell Mingshe summoned Corpse Demons of the Primordial Core realm to their ambush point; after wiping them out, it summoned Corpse Demons of the Sea Transformation realm in batches. After destroying one legion, it swept the next legion.

As for the Corpse Demons of the True Essence realm and the Refining Body realm, they were too lazy to kill them and left them to other Corpse Demon‑hunting squads. They continued to push deeper into the Corpse Demon heartland.

On the other side, the disciples sent by the Jin Family had not returned for a long time; the Steward Elder sensed something was wrong and dispatched three Steward squads to search for the missing disciples and, incidentally, to kill Ye Liuyun.

Each Steward team consisted of ten people, and even the lowest among them were at the fifth tier of the Primordial Core realm, while the higher‑ranked had already reached the eighth tier.

When the first Steward team entered the range of Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense probe, Ye Liuyun detected them. Seeing so many high‑realm Jin Family members, he suddenly thought of a good idea.

"Why bother fighting them ourselves? We already have ready‑made hitmen!"

Ye Liuyun ordered the Mingshe, "Mingshe, summon Corpse Demons above the fifth tier of the Primordial Core realm, gather them, and slay those Jin Family Stewards!"

"Very well, master, this move is truly lofty!" Mingshe gave a wicked grin and began gathering nearby Corpse Demons.

When this Steward squad discovered Ye Liuyun's group and rushed over, they found themselves surrounded by more than thirty Corpse Demons.

The Corpse Demons said nothing and charged at them. To their surprise, Ye Liuyun's party was also inside the circle, yet the Corpse Demons acted as if they hadn't seen them and rushed toward them.

Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun and his companions watched the scene with mocking smiles.

"Kid, did you cause these Corpse Demons?" someone shouted at Ye Liuyun.

"Why aren't those Corpse Demons attacking you?" another asked, curious about the method.

But none of Ye Liuyun's group answered; they merely watched with schadenfreude as they and the Corpse Demons fought desperately.

A Steward of the eighth tier of the Primordial Core realm suddenly broke out of the encirclement and lunged at Ye Liuyun, but before he could reach him, Ye Liuyun instantly eliminated him.

Another Steward produced a rescue talisman to fling into the sky, but Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil immediately absorbed his Soul.

The remaining eight Stewards were all killed by the Corpse Demons' assault, and the Corpse Demons dropped seven or eight corpses.

Ye Liuyun collected the dead Corpse Demons' Crystal Cores along with the Stewards' Souls, vital blood, and Storage Rings. He then commanded the Hell Mingshe to summon more Corpse Demons, and tossed the unanswered rescue talisman into the air.

After the talisman exploded, it attracted the other two Jin Family Steward squads. They first faced attacks from the Corpse Demons before them, then from even more Corpse Demons, and ultimately all fell before Ye Liuyun.

Immediately, Ye Liuyun and Mingshe struck, wiping out the remaining Corpse Demons and extracting all their Crystal Cores.

The Jin Family Stewards' Souls and vital blood were absorbed by Ye Liuyun, while the Corpse Demons' Souls were absorbed by the Hell Mingshe; the two divided the work clearly.

"Hahaha! Little brother, you're so wicked! At this rate we won't have to fight; we can just grill meat here every day and wait for loot!" Lei Ming watched with delight and truly admired Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun chuckled, "Hehe, with these Corpse Demons around, no matter how many Jin Family people come, it's useless. I make sure they have no return."

Going forward, they kept pushing deeper, but they no longer slaughtered all the surrounding Corpse Demons, leaving half of them to await more Jin Family reinforcements.

The Jin Family Steward Elder, seeing that the newly dispatched people still had no information, finally panicked and hurriedly reported to the Jin Family Clan Chief.

The Jin Family Clan Chief frowned, then scolded, "I've heard of Ye Liuyun. He has a Skeleton Puppet by his side. Back at Wanbaoge, he could already slay a Heavenly Gang Realm strongman. Sending ordinary disciples there is just sending them to their deaths!"

"Ah?" the Steward Elder exclaimed in surprise, then quickly begged for mercy, "Clan Chief, spare me! I thought he was just an ordinary sect disciple; I didn't expect he had such ability!"

"Hmph! You didn't investigate before acting, causing many Jin Family deaths. What use are you?"

The Clan Chief said this while slapping the Steward Elder to death with a single palm.

In fact, the Clan Chief hadn't originally intended to deal with Ye Liuyun. Since Ye Liuyun possessed the strength to kill a Heavenly Gang Realm Martial Cultivator, killing him offered no benefit; the investment and return were completely disproportionate.

However, after this Steward caused a stir and many Jin Family members died, they could no longer ignore it. Yet sending a Heavenly Gang strongman to confront a sect disciple would sound bad if reported.

So he instructed a nearby maid, "Post a bounty for killing Ye Liuyun, price ten million premium Crystal Stones!"

The maid was startled, "Master, why not let me go kill him!"

"No need!" the Clan Chief laughed, "I will make him the public enemy of every family in the Southern Region, so everyone will want to kill him and he won't be able to move in the South. Then we can seize the chance to kill him later!"

"Understood!" the maid said, and went out to issue the bounty task.

In an instant, the entire Southern Region was abuzz. The Jin Family's bounty notice was reputable, and ten million premium Crystal Stones! For many, that was an astronomical sum.

Thus, many mercenary groups in the Southern Region, even disciples of Great Clans, rushed toward the Western Region to hunt Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun immediately performed Soul Search on the slain foes and learned of the Jin Family's bounty.

"Jin Family, I can't defeat you now, but someday I will make you vanish from the Southern Region!" Ye Liuyun said coldly.

Wu Qingcheng asked anxiously, "What should we do now? Should we retreat to the Alliance for safety? Everyone in the Southern Region probably wants to kill us. If among those who come to kill us there are also scions of a few Great Clans, we'd truly become the public enemy of the entire South!"

"No problem! Plenty of people want to kill me, and more won't affect me. They only make me stronger. Ignore them; we continue. When they come, let the Corpse Demons exterminate them. I will make anyone daring to scheme against me have no return!"

Ye Liuyun, as if he were the one with a bounty on his head, seemed unfazed.

In the days that followed, they actually didn't need to fight each day. Lei Ming's prophecy came true. Their daily routine was grilling meat while watching the various Southern forces clash with Corpse Demons.

After the slaughter, the Souls were absorbed separately by Ye Liuyun and the Hell Mingshe. The others collected Storage Rings and dug up Crystal Cores.

Only when they grew bored did they start fighting those Southern people, instead of hunting Corpse Demons.

Corpse Demons have now become their shield. Whenever they are surrounded by Southern forces, the Corpse Demons break the siege and counter‑kill the encirclers.