Chapter 365: The Jin Family

After Ye Liuyun left, he boarded his own Flying Boat, arriving at the Jin Family ahead of the Corpse Demon Army to monitor the Jin Family's movements.

At this time the Jin Family had put everyone on alert, continuously transferring people from branches, apparently preparing for war.

The three elder ancestors of the Jin Family—one in the open, two in the shadows—had all prepared to join the battle.

"Can you block one?" Ye Liuyun asked Qiong Qi.

"Barely enough to hold one for a half‑quarter hour!" Qiong Qi estimated.

"That's sufficient! I'll handle the one in the open; you pick one, and the rest go to the Skeleton Puppet." Ye Liuyun began assigning tasks.

"When do we strike?" Qiong Qi asked.

"We'll first return and summon Lei Ming and his group. Then we can come back in time. Let them fight first. Once they've worn down the Corpse Demon Army enough, we'll move in."

Having said that, he used a Teleportation Array Disc to leave coordinates, then returned with Qiong Qi to the Alliance, went to the Sacred Martial Academy to pick up Lei Ming and his party, and returned to the original spot.

At this moment, the Corpse Demon Army had already begun attacking the Jin Family.

The elder ancestor in the open, the one who protected the injured Jin Peng, was only slightly wounded, which didn't affect his performance. Ye Liuyun, fearing detection, stayed over five hundred li away from the Jin Family, circling above in his Flying Boat to observe.

At the same time, he held a Wukong Stone in his hand, striving to enhance his cross‑space attack capability.

When the Corpse Demons assaulted the Jin Family from all directions and everyone of the Jin Family had entered the battle, Ye Liuyun ordered Wu Qingcheng and others to pilot the Flying Boat away from here.

He, however, left the Flying Boat, approached the Jin Family, used the Invisibility Cloak to get close, then suddenly launched an attack on the elder. Simultaneously, the Skeleton Puppet and Qiong Qi also charged at the Jin Family from two other directions.

The other two elder ancestors of the Jin Family each stepped forward to fight. They were curious why the other elder hadn't moved, but the battle's intensity left no time for such thoughts.

The other elder's Divine Soul had already been pulled by Ye Liuyun into the Thunder Fire Domain, now engaged in a three‑against‑one fight with Ye Liuyun's two Divine Souls and a Black Python, a chaotic melee.

Ye Liuyun wanted to eliminate him quickly, but it was truly not easy. That elder's Divine Soul was far stronger than any of them individually.

Ye Liuyun's two Divine Souls both wielded knives for long‑range slashes. His knife‑intent seeds smoothed out his weaknesses. Meanwhile, the Hell Mingshe launched a close‑range ambush under the cover of Holy Fire and Blood Thunder.

On Qiong Qi's side, he directly set up a Formation, trapping the opponent within it and stalemating them. On the Kuailei's side, he held the advantage, but the opponent unleashed domain power, preventing the Skeleton Puppet from instantly killing him.

Ye Liuyun and the elder's Divine Souls fought in the Thunder Fire Domain for half an hour, after which the elder finally could no longer hold on. Ye Liuyun and the Hell Mingshe were both exhausted. Fortunately, the elder's Divine Soul power was transferred to them, so they weren't left empty‑handed.

On Ye Liuyun's side, he was the quickest to finish off an elder ancestor. He then went to support Qiong Qi. Once Ye Liuyun joined, the elder's defeat accelerated, and he was soon devoured again by Ye Liuyun.

However, at this point Ye Liuyun could no longer use his Divine Soul power. Qiong Qi then assisted the Skeleton Puppet, eliminating the Jin Family's last elder ancestor.

Ye Liuyun and the Hell Mingshe's Divine Souls were both heavily fatigued. He ingested a Concentrating Spirit Pill, ordered Wu Qingcheng to bring the Flying Boat over, and headed straight back to the Xuan Kong Shi to restore Divine Soul power.

Qiong Qi, with the Skeleton Puppet and Lei Ming, charged at the remaining Heavenly Gang Realm masters of the Jin Family. The others each went to find suitable opponents to fight.

Quickly, the Jin Family's combat strength waned, and eventually, without them needing to act, the Corpse Demon Army completely exterminated the Jin Family.

Lei Ming led everyone in clearing the battlefield. The Corpse Demon Army retreated entirely back into the Warship to stand by.

When Ye Liuyun recovered and emerged again, Lei Ming and his group had already finished cleaning the battlefield, returning with a large stash of Storage Rings and Corpse Demon Crystal Cores.

Meanwhile, Lin Feier collected those Corpse Demon corpses and the unwanted Crystal Cores from Lei Ming's group, placing them all into her bronze cauldron.

"Sister Lin, your big cauldron can hold so much! Even after loading that much it's still not full!" Lei Ming asked curiously.

"This bronze cauldron can directly refine those Corpse Demons, so it never fills up; once something is poured in, it's instantly refined!" Lin Feier explained to her.

"Let's go! I'll lead you to raid the Jin Family's assets!"

Ye Liuyun and his group resumed raiding the Jin Family's properties throughout the Central Region.

The entire Central Region was stirred up again.

"One of the four great families, the Jin Family, was completely annihilated because they couldn't get along with Ye Liuyun!"

"A great clan like the Jin Family just vanished like that?"

At first some people didn't believe it, but once verified, everyone was utterly shocked.

The name "Ye Liuyun" was mentioned repeatedly again.

His deeds spread far. He toppled dynasties and great families, each tale becoming legendary. In short, Ye Liuyun became a Killer God—one not to be trifled with. He would wipe out a clan on a whim!

When Ye Liuyun approached the Liu Clan with his Warship, the Liu Clan promptly sent out envoys, immediately presenting ten billion premium Crystal Stones as compensation to Ye Liuyun.

It seems that after deliberation they chose to compromise. After all, the news of the Jin Family's total annihilation was shocking; the Liu Clan's strength was comparable to the Jin Family's.

Ye Liuyun didn't wish to fight the Liu Clan to the bitter end, since the Liu Clan had indeed ordered its disciples not to oppose Ye Liuyun. This time it was Liu Tianfeng's own cleverness. So he politely accepted the Crystal Stones, considering it a temporary truce with the Liu Clan.

After the news spread, no one dared to covet Ye Liuyun's Crystal Stones. Who would dare challenge a great clan's ruthless figure to snatch his Crystal Stones?

After settling the affairs of the Jin and Liu families, Ye Liuyun and his group found a place to barbecue in celebration. At that moment, Ye Liuyun chatted with Lin Feier about her cultivation technique.

"I heard from Mo Ya that you've been practicing Demonic Cultivation; what's the story behind it?" Ye Liuyun asked curiously.

Lin Feier seemed to know what he was asking, and demonstrated immediately: she struck a palm outward, producing a jet‑black as‑ink palm imprint that shot across the sky with a booming "boom—", its force capable of matching the power of an ordinary fifth‑tier Golden Core.

"The power is indeed considerable!" Ye Liuyun exclaimed. Lin Feier certainly couldn't have produced such a palm strike before.

"I was originally curious about this Demonic Cultivation, so I examined it. I instantly memorized the technique's flow lines, and after using it my strength surged dramatically. Even my cultivation speed increased!" Lin Feier explained nervously to Ye Liuyun, fearing he would disdain her practice of Demonic Cultivation.

Then she produced the bronze cauldron and said, "This cauldron can refine Corpse Demons, ferocious beasts, and various other things, converting them into the Demonic Qi I need, just as Crystal Stones can replenish True Essence."

Ye Liuyun opened the cauldron, glanced inside, saw nothing noteworthy, and handed it back to her.

He then pointed at the Warship and said, "All the Corpse Demons there are yours; I'll have them enter your bronze cauldron for you to refine and boost."

"Huh? You don't mind me practicing Demonic Cultivation?" Lin Feier seemed a bit surprised.