Chapter 3742: The Blood Pool Lowers

When the Demon King appeared, he was quite pleased.

"Master, there is no living human aura here, but there are many Yin Souls!"

Ye Liuyun was also deeply disappointed.

"You've absorbed all the Yin Souls!"

Ye Liuyun thought these Yin Souls weren't even worth summoning a Nether Hell, so he simply offered them to the Demon King to spare himself the trouble. He even sent the Clone Puppet to dispatch Bà Tiān, having him absorb together with the Demon King.

"I'll stay here tonight and watch how Guǐ Sòu siphons the blood from the blood pool!"

Ye Liuyun made the decision on the spot.

After the Demon King and Bà Tiān had absorbed all the Yin Souls here, he sent both of them back. Bà Tiān returned to assist the Clone Puppet in patrolling, while the Demon King guarded the Cave entrance, watching for any living humans approaching.

He even set up a hidden Formation with runes at the Cave entrance; once someone entered, he would receive an alert.

Even though he was fully prepared, by half past midnight no one had arrived.

When he inadvertently glanced at the blood pool, he was startled again—the water level had dropped a great distance.

"What a ghostly sight!"

Ye Liuyun couldn't help muttering.

"How did this guy get in!"

Ye Liuyun circled the blood pool several times, but saw no Teleportation Array capable of transmitting energy.

As for hiding a person here, that was even more impossible. Even if there were a Formation, he would have sensed at least a hint.

He repeatedly confirmed the Cave's surroundings were all rock, impossible to conceal a person. Even if Guǐ Sòu's Spatial Power far exceeded his, he still would have sensed something.

Ye Liuyun had already searched the Soul of Guǐ Sòu within the zombie Kuailei. That Soul's memories had clearly been heavily erased; he only knew it stayed here to lead several zombie Kuailei in the blood pool to absorb energy for cultivation, and knew nothing else.

With no other choice, Ye Liuyun forced himself through the nausea and used the Golden Pupil to meticulously scan the interior of the blood pool again. He didn't overlook any broken bones or flesh at the pool's bottom, yet still found nothing.

In the end he could only leave the Cave dejectedly, opening his sealed breath and sense of smell to get some fresh air!

"Huh!"

The smell inside the Cave makes anyone who smells it at the entrance want to vomit, so each time he enters, he seals both his breath and sense of smell.

On the Clone Puppet's side, no anomalies were detected. Gu Changhong, Qiong Qi and others have already destroyed half of the Formation inside the mountain stronghold. Magic Vine has turned over every earthen spot in the stronghold, yet found no clues.

"We'll talk after they dismantle all the Formations in the stronghold! Even if Guǐ Sòu breaks through to the Sevenfold Cave Heaven, I have no need to worry or race against him for time.

If by then we still can't find anyone, I'll cut off his resources, split this blood pool, and see whether he shows himself."

After coming to terms, Ye Liuyun walked far away from the Cave entrance and kept watching from the opposite side.

Early the next morning, Wang Wenli's message arrived; he had already rushed over with Martial Cultivators and a large army. The Clone Puppet had Han Tong hand the list directly to Wang Wenli, letting him first clear the bandits lurking outside.

The stronghold's Formation remained unopened, with no one entering or exiting. The Clone Puppet's Divine Sense also permeated the stronghold, preventing anyone from coming in or out.

Ye Liuyun and the Demon King kept watch through the night, yet saw no one enter the Cave. When Ye Liuyun went back in to investigate in the morning, he found the blood pool's water level had dropped a great distance again.

He scanned the blood pool with the Golden Pupil, realizing it was still a stone‑brick pool with no capacity to absorb energy, and left the Cave disappointed once more.

Since he couldn't figure it out, he simply gave up thinking. By this afternoon, Gu Changhong, Qiong Qi and others will have cleared all the Formations in the stronghold, and he will begin cutting off the blood pool's supply.

After reaching clarity, Ye Liuyun returned to his Space World to cultivate, leaving the duty of guarding the entrance to the Demon King

, and also released Xuanwu, letting him use the Invisibility Cloak to help guard.

After returning, he still swiftly broke through his realm using the pure energy from the Golden Egg, even willing to expend the Golden Egg to consolidate his realm this time.

The people in his Space World have recently used the Golden Egg less, so its energy remains abundant. After the women's realms caught up, they now prefer paired combat training rather than blindly rushing advancement.

"It's the later stage of the Seventh Layer! Yet this realm is still a bit low!"

Ye Liuyun also felt deeply moved; his realm advancement was clearly fast enough, yet his current opponents were already a whole realm higher than him!

He was about to seek a partner for sparring to get familiar with his post‑advancement power, when the Clone Puppet again sent a tip that the laborer in that cell had gone to the back mountain.

Checking the time, it was already afternoon, so he left the Space World, donned the Invisibility Cloak again, and followed the old man into the Cave.

And this afternoon was destined to have no one sent in. He wondered how the old man would react after finding no one, and whether he would contact Guǐ Sòu.

But the old man stayed in the Cave, waiting for an hour before leaving, returning straight to the dungeon. This time, Ye Liuyun no longer guarded the Cave, instead trailing behind the old man.

The dungeon still held many prisoners, most of whom had been tortured beyond human shape. The Clone Puppet had already sorted the list; those who could be released had been moved out of the dungeon, awaiting the stronghold's opening to set them free.

The remaining ones were no good either. The Clone Puppet had already sent a few high‑realm prisoners to Sun Que. The lower‑realm ones, Ye Liuyun and his group were too lazy to handle, leaving them for Wang Wenli to deal with.

The old man still acted as before: first cleaning, doing odd jobs, then collecting the prison meals and distributing them to the inmates one by one.

The dungeon's smell was extremely foul, so Ye Liuyun again sealed his mouth and nose with True Essence, invisibly following the old man.

The old man descended layer by layer, eventually reaching the most humanoid cell, where a body pierced by several chains hung in the cell, clearly a serious offender.

According to Han Tong, that man was also a bandit, a viciously cruel one who had killed many of their brothers; after Guǐ Sòu captured him, he was thrown here to endure endless torment.

When the man saw the old man arrive, he let out a low, roaring growl, thrashing as if to lunge and bite, causing his chains to clatter loudly.

"This prisoner is especially agitated today!"

The Clone Puppet has been continuously watching the old man, so its Divine Sense had already examined this prisoner and felt he was a bit different today. Previously this prisoner was very obedient, hanging there without moving. Recently the transcoding is severe, giving us more motivation, updating faster, please use your little hand to exit reading mode. Thank you.