Chapter 327: Alliance Protection

Ye Liuyun immediately asked, "What if I don't have time to input the Divine Sense?"

Metal Puppet replied, "We have stored your Divine Sense; if you encounter a situation where you can't input the Divine Sense in time, that Divine Sense will trigger an alarm, and we will appear by your side immediately. The risk is higher, though. You should try to input the Divine Sense into the Token as early as possible."

Metal Puppet added, "Additionally, if you are outside the Alliance, each time you summon a Metal Puppet you must later pay a Crystal Core of the Yuan Dan Realm. If a Metal Puppet is injured or destroyed, you also need to compensate with ten to a hundred Yuan Dan Realm Crystal Cores, though this can be paid later. Inside the Alliance no Crystal Core is required."

Ye Liuyun asked again, "What if, inside the Alliance, a Tian Gang Realm strongman attacks me and injures the Metal Puppet I summoned—what then?"

"We cannot be injured by members within the Alliance," Metal Puppet answered simply.

"Why?" Ye Liuyun asked curiously.

"Don't know!" Metal Puppet replied again, simply.

"It must be related to the retained Divine Sense; they have a way to control members through that Divine Sense," Ye Liuyun thought to himself. Then he dismissed the Metal Puppet.

Further questioning was useless. Whenever asked about confidential information, the Metal Puppets simply replied, "Don't know," and the result was always the same.

Ye Liuyun's primary concern at that moment was to seize time and, before Duantian Pavilion could trouble him again, break through another First Realm.

He entered the Xuan Kong Shi directly and began the breakthrough. Others, to avoid interfering, temporarily left, allowing him to break through in peace.

On the peak where Ye Liuyun stood, spiritual energy was wildly drawn into the Xuan Kong Shi. His Yuan Dan, already ten times that of ordinary people, required even more spiritual energy during the breakthrough, and time inside the Xuan Kong Shi flows ten times faster than the outside world.

Thus the mist formed from spiritual energy surged toward Ye Liuyun's cultivation spot at a speed almost visible to the naked eye, pulling the spiritual energy of several surrounding peaks in an instant.

Members of the Alliance were all awestruck by the phenomenon.

"No wonder Ye Liuyun can fight across levels! How much True Essence he must absorb during the breakthrough!"

Those preparing to act against Ye Liuyun wanted to seize the opportunity of his breakthrough to strike him.

Usually a breakthrough takes at least half a day, so they were not in a hurry; instead they gathered, intending to wait until Ye Liuyun reached the critical point of his breakthrough before challenging him.

But after half a day, Ye Liuyun's rate of absorbing spiritual energy slowed and steadied.

"What's going on? Did this kid sense we were trying to disrupt his breakthrough and stop voluntarily?"

"Let's wait a bit longer; I don't believe he can hold off breaking forever! If he doesn't break through, we won't act!"

After discussion, those ready to act decided to seize the opportunity.

At this point, Ye Liuyun's realm had risen to the Third Yuan Dan, and he was merely consolidating it.

After breaking through to the Third Yuan Dan, the True Essence within his Yuan Dan had become solid. The power contained in the True Essence was double that of the previous tier.

However, after this advancement he didn't rush to spar with the Skeleton Puppet, but busied himself absorbing more spiritual energy and consolidating his realm. He left his trial opportunity to Duantian Pavilion.

"Since we have to fight anyway, why not use them for practice! I'll consolidate my realm first!"

Thus Ye Liuyun spent another two days consolidating his realm inside the Xuan Kong Shi before emerging.

After emerging and seeing no one to challenge him, he returned to the Xuan Kong Shi to cultivate his Physical Body and bloodline.

But those preparing to act became even more puzzled!

"Why has the absorption of spiritual energy stopped?"

"Could it be that this guy's breakthrough failed?"

When their doubts arose, the spiritual energy on Ye Liuyun's peak began to gather again. This time it was the change brought by others entering the Xuan Kong Shi. Not understanding, they again assumed Ye Liuyun was about to start a breakthrough, and grew nervous in anticipation.

But this situation persisted for two days; the absorption of spiritual energy remained lukewarm, completely baffling the group.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun had been cultivating inside the Xuan Kong Shi for nearly a month; his realm was stable, and his bloodline and body refinement were ample. The others were likewise ready to find partners to spar with!

So Ye Liuyun went to Lin Feier, letting her stay on the peak to cultivate, while he prepared to go out and fight.

"Have you broken through to the Third Yuan Dan?" Lin Feier asked curiously.

"Yes!" Ye Liuyun said, also revealing his aura to reassure her.

Lin Feier looked incredulous. "Just after breaking through, your aura is already this stable? How did you cultivate?" She was completely stunned!

Never had she seen someone cultivate so monstrously! In just three days, Ye Liuyun not only broke through but also achieved an unusually stable realm.

Finally she said helplessly, "Fine! You go ahead; you don't need to worry about me. I won't go out for the next month."

Ye Liuyun didn't rush off; instead he first exchanged a large amount of resources, intending to bring them back to the disciples of the Holy Martial Academy Lingyun Pavilion and the Ye Clan, while also waiting for Duantian Pavilion's people to come after him.

When the Duantian Pavilion people saw Ye Liuyun emerge, they also exchanged many cultivation resources and immediately became anxious.

"Stop him; we can't let him use those resources to cultivate further, or he'll advance even faster!" Immediately, under the lead of a Jin Family disciple, these people surrounded Ye Liuyun as he stepped out of the Grand Hall.

Ye Liuyun glanced at the more than ten Martial Cultivators, smiled faintly, "I've been waiting for you! You really are cautious."

He then launched a Spiritual Soul Attack. After enveloping them, he didn't annihilate them all; he left two Seventh Layer Yuan Dan opponents and one Eighth Tier Early Stage Yuan Dan opponent as sparring partners.

Moreover, he had the Hell Mingshe leave a Divine Sense imprint on a defeated Martial Cultivator's body, tracking where he was sent.

"Thank you, Young Master Ye! Thank you, Young Master Ye!" the three Martial Cultivators spared by Ye Liuyun repeatedly thanked him, even offering Storage Rings voluntarily.

"Don't rush to thank me; I never said I'd spare you. If you can defeat me, I might spare your lives; otherwise, you'll end up like them."

Ye Liuyun took their Storage Rings, glanced again at the other defeated Martial Cultivators, and said coldly,

These three felt a chill rise within them, cold sweat forming at their noses. They understood Ye Liuyun intended to use them for practice. They had no choice; acceptance was inevitable. Yet they still had a chance to escape—if they could defeat Ye Liuyun, perhaps they could even turn the tables!

"You go first!" Ye Liuyun said, pointing at a Seventh Layer Yuan Dan Martial Cultivator.

"Fine!" the Martial Cultivator gritted his teeth, ready to fight Ye Liuyun to the death. But the result was that he couldn't even block the power of Ye Liuyun's third Overbearing Heaven Fist strike. If Ye Liuyun hadn't withdrawn the force at the end, he would have been blasted to death!

"Useless!" Ye Liuyun, feeling unsatisfied, let another Seventh Layer Yuan Dan Martial Cultivator step forward.