Chapter 3718: Arrow Ambush

Zhan Kong suddenly leapt out of the void, still holding two corpses in his hands, and casually tossed them to Evergreen Vine.

"The void is cleared," Zhan Kong said proudly to Ye Liuyun.

"Fine, you should stay in the void from now on, to guard against them sending more people through the void to attack," Ye Liuyun thought it was better to be cautious.

He estimated that the Formation before them definitely sealed the void, so he didn't let Zhan Kong rush out to take risks. But that Formation was set up by the God King, and they could lift the seal at any time and send Martial Cultivators to ambush them.

"Understood!" Zhan Kong replied, and returned to the void.

Although this cost Ye Liuyun one combatant, everyone's heads were now completely safe.

Yet the shift in the battle made Ye Liuyun's expression turn serious again. The opposing squad of incoming Imperial Guard were all bearing repeating crossbows, forming formations, clearly intending to fire bolt arrows at them.

Ye Liuyun first recalled Little Witch back to the Space World to prevent it from being hit by bolt arrows. Lei Ming and the Nine-Head Demon Dragon both wore upgraded armor, so even ordinary bolt arrows wouldn't pose much danger.

"Gu Changhong, set up a Defense Array first," Ye Liuyun called out to Gu Changhong, who was breaking a Formation, and told him to deploy a Defense Array.

As soon as Gu Changhong drew a Defense Array, rows of bolt arrows came from the opposite side. The array held only briefly before it was instantly breached.

The people and Kuailei around Ye Liuyun could only rely on their armor and metal shells to endure. The Clone Puppet, to avoid detection of any flaw, manifested a set of armor on its body, as if it too were using armor for defense like the others.

Their armor and metal shells were splattered with sparks as arrows ricocheted everywhere. Fortunately their armor or shells were relatively sturdy, and the soldiers' cultivation levels weren't very high, so they could still hold out.

"Stack several layers before activating them together; don't trigger the array layer by layer," Ye Liuyun reminded Gu Changhong.

At this moment, Lei Ming's eyes suddenly emitted white light, helping to sweep away several arrays. The Nine-Head Demon Dragon mimicked him, also using white light to clear many arrays.

The enemies were far away, unable to strike, but they could destroy the arrays blocking them.

"This method works well!"

Ye Liuyun simultaneously recalled Lei Ming and the Nine-Head Demon Dragon back to the Space World to restore their True Essence, and also ordered the Clone Puppet, carrying Evergreen Vine, to push forward.

The task of using white light to destroy arrays could be given to the Clone Puppet, which doesn't run out of energy. Though the Clone Puppet was busy repelling attacks, it could still spare moments to emit white light.

Gu Changhong immediately followed, placing a Defense Array on the outermost layer.

Suddenly a new anomaly arose; Ye Liuyun and the Clone Puppet both felt a powerful aura lock onto them, and then three golden beams shot toward them.

"Bow and arrow!" Ye Liuyun reacted instantly. But the arrow ambush came so fast that they had no time to prepare.

The Clone Puppet's own cultivation level was high, allowing it to move and dodge, but Ye Liuyun could only rely on his battle armor for defense; the aura completely locked him, immobilizing him. Those bows and arrows were likely high‑grade treasures.

At that moment, a voice echoed in his Sea of Consciousness from Gu Changhong: "Master, I'm locked on by the arrows…"

But before he could finish, the three golden beams had already arrived. The Clone Puppet only managed to step in front of Ye Liuyun, taking two arrows itself. As for Gu Changhong, being farther away, his rescue was not urgent.

In terror, Gu Changhong raised his arm to block.

After three blasts, the Clone Puppet, having taken two arrows, only stepped back one pace; its armor was merely marked with a white spot. Ye Liuyun, hidden behind it, was naturally unharmed.

But Gu Changhong fared worse; his arm was blown off, and his chest sustained some damage.

"Damned it!" Ye Liuyun cursed inwardly, and Golden Pupil spotted three Imperial Guard soldiers in golden armor in the distance. The three looked strikingly similar, as if they were brothers.

"Don't think you're the only ones with bows and arrows!"

Ye Liuyun and the Clone Puppet immediately drew the Godslaying Bow and the Item and fired back. Then Ye Liuyun gestured, recalling Gu Changhong to the Space World, letting Sun Que and his group go repair their bodies.

Of the three golden‑armored guards opposite, two also felt locked on by the powerful arrows. All three were at the Third Stage of Dong Tian, not very high; the two targeted by the Godslaying Bow and the Item knew they couldn't evade.

However, the remaining guard's actions were unaffected. He first threw a shield in front of a comrade, then launched an arrow to meet the one Ye Liuyun had fired.

"Boom, boom"—after two blasts, Ye Liuyun's Godslaying Bow was unexpectedly intercepted. The Clone Puppet's arrow, however, blasted the shield away, heavily injuring the golden‑armored soldier behind it.

"Not powerful enough? Switch bows!" Ye Liuyun said, handing his Godslaying Bow to the Clone Puppet, while he took the Item.

At this point the two remaining archers on the opposite side again locked onto them with bows and arrows.

Ye Liuyun and the Clone Puppet drew their bows again. Yet after aiming at the opponents, they each fired arbitrarily in other directions.

Meanwhile the opponents' two arrows flew straight toward them. After firing, the two golden guards were stunned, not expecting Ye Liuyun's side to be exchanging wounds rather than a duel of arrows.

Ye Liuyun's group's armor was of high grade, able to block the arrows, whereas the opponents could not.

After several blasts, Ye Liuyun and the Clone Puppet's armor stopped the arrows. But the two golden guards opposite—one was blown apart into a cloud of blood, the other had a huge hole through his chest.

The arrow that blew the golden guard into a blood mist was fired by the Clone Puppet. At the Seventh Layer of Dong Tian, using the Godslaying Bow, it could unleash the power of the Seventh Stage of He Dao; in this world, no person, treasure, or armor could block that arrow.

Then the Clone Puppet fired another arrow at the wounded golden guard, sending all three brothers away. Afterwards, it seemed as if it were discovering a new continent, shooting dead each of the strong attackers one by one.

No matter whether those strong foes used Formation Plates, treasures, or armor for defense, each was pierced by a single arrow.

Ye Liuyun then sheathed the Item, no longer draining Divine Core. The Clone Puppet could ignore consumption, but he could not.

He simply released Hei Hu and Yao Ji to continue breaking formations. Though their rune Formation skill was somewhat weak, they would smash with talismans when they couldn't decipher, allowing them to pinpoint formation nodes more accurately, achieving better breaking results than others.

At that moment, a massive net descended over them, but before it reached their heads, the Clone Puppet emitted a white light that sliced a huge opening in the net, rendering it useless.

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