Chapter 3647: Unwilling to Give Up

"Consider you, kid, lucky; don't let this lady encounter you again!"

Lei Ming obeyed, but snarled a threat toward Jing Tao. She didn't dare act recklessly in this Secret Realm, knowing her strength was insufficient and she couldn't cause trouble for Ye Liuyun.

After Ye Liuyun placed Slave Seals on several Martial Cultivators with strong Souls, he went to deal with those Kuailei. But those Kuailei were all controlled by Jing Tao. Since Jing Tao is still alive, they naturally would not be controlled by anyone else.

"Damn guy, he still left some trouble behind."

Ye Liuyun, helpless, could only temporarily discharge the energy inside the Kuailei, turning them into waste, and temporarily store them all in a Storage Ring.

Because he spent a lot of time dealing with the Kuailei, Ye Liuyun had to use talismans again, continuing to immobilize the remaining people, before finally subduing them.

The lower‑level Martial Cultivators had already had their Souls taken by Monster Beasts; the remaining ones in the Cave Heaven Realm, Ye Liuyun evenly assigned them to three other squads.

The Martial Cultivators with strong Divine Soul Power, Ye Liuyun kept in his own team, preparing to face the final Mingshe.

At this moment, Li Yuan also withdrew his gaze from Ye Liuyun, bowing his head to contemplate how to deal with Ye Liuyun's group.

He had actually noticed Ye Liuyun's group long ago, but paid no mind; curiosity made him want to see their abilities. Yet upon looking, he found they were a formidable enemy squad.

"I've never seen this kind of talisman before; could it be people from Qian Linggu?" he wondered in his mind.

However, Li Yuan had never seen experts like Gu Changhong and Hei Hu from Qian Linggu, so he could only guess that perhaps Ye Liuyun had some connection with Qian Linggu and brought some defensive runes.

Even so, he found it tricky. The power of those talismans was too great; evidently even he could not resist their control.

The bow and arrows in Ye Liuyun's hands also displayed a fierce aura the moment an arrow was released, clearly not ordinary weapons. Moreover, the momentum unleashed earlier when Hei Hu and Qian Huan went to chase Jing Tao revealed that they were concealing their strength.

"They really are a hard‑to‑handle opponent squad!"

Li Yuan, thinking this, immediately turned his own squad away, keeping a distance from Ye Liuyun. He didn't want to encounter Ye Liuyun too early.

"Master, they have avoided us!" Bà Tiān, who was monitoring Li Yuan, reported to Ye Liuyun at this moment.

"It seems that person's Special Eye Pupil saw us act; fortunately we didn't reveal too much power!"

Ye Liuyun also recalled in his mind which abilities had been exposed just now, and let Bà Tiān guide, continuing to track Li Yuan's squad.

But Li Yuan was truly formidable; each time he could detect someone probing him with Divine Sense. Yet because Bà Tiān's Soul is a Yin Soul, he wasn't sure whether they were Ye Liuyun's people, so he remained extra cautious.

Ye Liuyun led his squad to follow Li Yuan from a distance while summoning several lower‑realm Martial Cultivator squads to encircle Jing Tao around the outskirts of the central area.

Meanwhile, the fleeing Jing Tao was still quite shaken. He didn't expect that in such a short time he had already ruined the two substitute Kuailei his father had painstakingly procured for him.

He cursed through gritted teeth, yet did not give up. However, he lacked the strength and courage to press further into the central area himself.

"I'll first go fetch more troops, then return and trail that kid's squad, letting him clash with those powerful Monster Beasts first—ideally half of them die!"

Thinking that, he retraced his steps, intending to set a mantis‑cicada‑oriole trap for Ye Liuyun.

But unexpectedly, as soon as he left the central area, he ran into a thirty‑person Martial Cultivator squad. At first he announced his identity, hoping those people would rally around him.

Yet those thirty people stared at him as if he were a fool, then immediately attacked. Jing Tao escaped using a Defense Artifact, while that squad pursued in a fan formation. With no choice, he turned back toward the central area.

But those people seemed to bear a grudge, insisting on killing him, chasing him tightly from behind and forcing him back.

"You keep chasing him, drive him toward me."

Ye Liuyun was issuing orders to those Martial Cultivators, also dispatching several Spirit Perceptions, Blood Overlords, and a pack of Ming Wolves to rendezvous with them, to help capture Jing Tao.

Jing Tao was chased by them like a stray dog, panting heavily, while those Martial Cultivators gave him no respite, constantly driving him toward the depths of the Secret Realm.

Fortunately, this area had previously been swept by Ye Liuyun's and Jing Tao's squads, and there were no particularly strong Monster Beasts; otherwise these people would not have been able to survive the beasts' attacks.

Soon the Monster Beasts Ye Liuyun sent as reinforcements met that Martial Cultivator squad, making the pursuit of Jing Tao even easier.

Ye Liuyun's squad kept moving when he suddenly smiled and halted. It turned out the Demon King had again noticed that Jing Tao had been chased back.

"That guy has been retrieved again. Hei Hu, go and kill him directly; we'll wait here!" Ye Liuyun ordered Hei Hu to act.

"Yes."

Hei Hu replied and immediately charged forward.

At this moment in Chen Haisheng's Grand Hall, Chen Haisheng was already smiling broadly in his mind.

At this point, Jing Yu Hou spoke to Chen Haisheng: "This is absurd! Heavenly King, Ye Liuyun's methods are too bizarre; such a contest is unacceptable. Quickly open the Secret Realm and teleport my son out!"

He knew his son could not escape disaster, so he planned to cheat, hoping Chen Haisheng would open a backdoor to release his son. He assumed the Secret Realm was under Chen Haisheng's control, and that a single word from him could rescue his son.

But Chen Haisheng spread his hands, feigning helplessness: "I only have half the authority over this Secret Realm, not full permission. Once someone is placed inside, before a month passes I cannot release them."

Jing Yu Hou, of course, did not believe this excuse.

Yet Chen Haisheng knew he would doubt, and immediately displayed the contract he had signed with the Secret Realm to everyone. Indeed, Chen Haisheng only had a limited permission contract with the realm, not full authority; he truly could not release anyone midway.

In fact, Chen Haisheng had planned this long ago, knowing that eventually someone would pressure him to release people. So he deliberately chose this Secret Realm; if such a situation arose, no one could blame him.

Jing Yu Hou also stayed where he was. He had originally thought that if his son got into trouble, he could coerce or bargain with Chen Haisheng, even negotiate terms and make concessions. That was why he came in person.

He didn't expect his plans to all fall apart, watching his son die before his eyes, unable to intervene.

"Damn it!"

In a rage, Jing Yu Hou smashed the table before him with a single punch.

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