Chapter 3688: Easy Victory

The few who rushed at Ye Liuyun were all strong ones of Dòngtiān Jìngjiè, and some even released Kuailei and ferocious beasts to assist in battle; their strength was far greater than Ye Liuyun's.

Yet Ye Liuyun and his companions were very relaxed within the Formation.

Not only did the Formation block these people's ranged attacks, Ye Liuyun also drew the Item, shot a few arrows at the surrounding Martial Cultivators, and instantly eliminated several strong ones on the spot.

Beside him, Ba Tian and Hei Hu and the others did not leave the Formation to fight; instead they directly flung various Formation talismans to attack.

"Boom—boom—boom—," the explosions of Spirit Stone and beast hide kept ringing, streaks of Golden Light flickered, attacks of various attributes were unleashed, blocking all nearby Martial Cultivators. The weaker ones were also instantly killed by the talismans.

"This is the Qian Ling Sect's rune Formation, how did they inscribe it onto Spirit Stone and beast hide?" a Martial Cultivator watching the battle immediately recognized the rune Formation used by Ye Liuyun's group.

However, even after recognizing it, the Martial Cultivators on the arena still could not break through.

Ye Liuyun was not in a hurry; after all, they had plenty of spirit talismans, and with Hei Hu present, they could continuously maintain the strong Defense Array, letting the outside Martial Cultivators fight each other desperately; they only needed to hold out until the end.

Moreover, Ye Liuyun kept using the Item for ranged attacks on any Martial Cultivators daring to approach; as more were killed, they gradually found it harder to get close to Ye Liuyun.

The Martial Cultivators who tried to deal with Ye Liuyun were also helpless. At first they thought the Item's power was so great that after a few arrows he would run out of True Essence, but Ye Liuyun seemed to shoot without needing True Essence, firing endlessly with no sign of fatigue, so they could only retreat.

However, the other participating Martial Cultivators would not miss the chance of their heavy casualties; soon they clashed with those Martial Cultivators, while Ye Liuyun and his group watched the excitement from afar.

Until finally only twelve contestants remained, the Steward announced the end of this elimination round, Ye Liuyun then sheathed the Item, Hei Hu erased the Formation, and together with Ye Liuyun left the arena.

The people who wanted to kill Ye Liuyun clenched their teeth in hatred but could only stare helplessly.

Li Qianjiao also sighed in relief: "So he obtained the rune Formation carved by the strong ones of Qian Ling Valley."

She had thought Ye Liuyun had captured the Formation Master of Qian Ling Valley, and that those people had prepared the rune Formation for him in advance.

"In that case he really might hold out until the end; as long as he sets up the Formation for each battle and stays inside, he'll be absolutely safe!" she thought, rejoicing for Ye Liuyun.

Li Yuan, upon seeing Ye Liuyun return victorious, couldn't help but laugh: "Haha, Brother Ye, you won far too easily!"

"Likewise, Brother Li, didn't you also win effortlessly!" Ye Liuyun said modestly.

He immediately realized this was only an elimination round; many participants probably hadn't given their all. The upcoming battles would be even tougher!

After the match ended, the Steward began announcing the list for the next round; the recent winners went up to exchange their Tokens. For the next battle, only those Martial Cultivators holding the new Tokens could enter the arena, which also prevented idle bystanders from slipping in.

Then the hosting Elder briefly announced tomorrow's competition, which would be the second elimination round, a one‑on‑one knockout.

The hosting Elder also reminded the contestants: "Although five arenas will compete simultaneously, the matches may run long; please be mentally prepared. Except for those injured who need treatment, everyone must wait until all contests finish before leaving."

Then the hosting Elder announced the end of the trial.

Li Yuan then took the initiative to bid Ye Liuyun farewell: "I suppose the Li Family will escort Brother Ye back, so I'll take my leave now. See you tomorrow!"

"See you tomorrow!" Ye Liuyun also greeted him, then waited on the spot for Li Qianjiao to bring a party to fetch him.

He wasn't being pretentious; rather, he sensed many Dao‑killing intents targeting him and was too lazy to strike each one individually. With the Li Family's guard detachment present, these

people wouldn't dare act lightly.

However, what occupied his thoughts now was that Li Yuan somehow knew the Li Family would come to fetch him.

"It seems we still need the Li Family to investigate Li Yuan further. How did he become so interested in me, know I live with the Li Family? He even guessed that the Li Family would send a guard unit to protect me?"

Although Li Yuan only unintentionally greeted and said goodbye, Ye Liuyun felt Li Yuan knew a bit too much.

In the Li Family's Ye Liuyun main body, he immediately assigned the task of investigating Li Yuan to Li Chengfeng, asking Li Chengfeng to check Li Yuan's recent activities.

Soon, Li Tianjiao led a contingent of guards with the Clone Puppet back to the Li Family. The Clone Puppet remained silent the whole way, devoting all its energy to preventing ambushes.

Li Qianjiao was also worried all the way, but they returned safely to the Li Family, and no one attacked them on the road to Royal City.

When the Clone Puppet returned, Ye Liuyun's main body rushed over, handing Zhan Kong, Qian Meng, Nine-Head Demon Dragon, Shadow, and Red Refinement to the Clone Puppet to carry. He also gave the Clone Puppet many spirit talismans crafted by Gu Changhong.

Then he sealed the Clone Puppet into the Space World, letting it immediately refine the Golden Pupil, while the Foreign Tribe's three‑eye could be refined a bit later.

"I'll stay here for a while, buying you more refining time," Ye Liuyun told the Clone Puppet.

The Clone Puppet refined the Golden Pupil first, and everything went smoothly; that night it successfully refined the Golden Pupil.

Ye Liuyun also told him not to rush, to first use green and purple Crystal Stone to consolidate and strengthen for a few days before refining the Foreign Tribe's three‑eye. During these days they could continue boosting Thunder and Lightning Power and Fire Flame Power.

Ye Liuyun, Qiong Qi, and Gu Changhong and others made progress in applying cryptic scripts and the power of thunder and fire. They studied a rune Formation that could amplify fire and thunder power by dozens of times, enough for the Clone Puppet to kill Cave Heaven strong ones with flame power.

However, using this rune is extremely complicated; carving it on site would definitely be too late.

So only Sun Que could inscribe this rune Formation onto the Clone Puppet's palm, allowing it to trigger energy directly when it extends its hand.

Ye Liuyun himself was also practicing drawing formations swiftly out of thin air. He thought that if he could inscribe this Formation, it would be useful for his future flame or thunder attacks.

After staying five days in Ye Liuyun's Space World, the Clone Puppet's time to join the competition arrived again.

Just like before, Li Qianjiao led a guard team to escort him to the competition. Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun stayed by Li Chengfeng's side, monitoring the progress of clearing other guilds in the Western Region and the north.

At that moment, Li Chengfeng received news that after Li Yuan returned from the Monster World, he had secretly entered the Royal Palace once. However, whom he met and why they went there remained unknown.

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