Chapter 454: Crazy Revenge

Ninth Princess, in front of everyone, laid her cards on the table with Ye Liuyun, which will prevent awkwardness in their future interactions.

Ye Liuyun therefore relaxed, no longer tried to drive her away, and let her stay by his side.

A few days later, Piao Yun brought back the Spirit Stone Ye Liuyun had exchanged for items, and told him that his two spiritual artifacts had already found an Artifact Refining Master, would be upgraded soon, and then sent back.

Ye Liuyun was fairly satisfied with all this. Now Spirit Stones were not lacking, treasures were not lacking; the remaining task was to cultivate himself to increase strength.

But before he could settle down to absorb and refine that stellar Primordial Power, the Iron Eagle Sect experienced a major incident.

In the westernmost region of the Iron Eagle Sect's territory, the Sheng Long Branch was breached by the Dark Night Demon Hall. The branch leader, deputy branch leader, Protectors and several senior officials were all slain. Only a few sect disciples escaped to report the news. It is said the enemy deployed experts of Tian Gang Seventh Layer.

Thus the Iron Eagle Sect immediately mobilized troops, with Jing Wudi personally leading a team, preparing to retake the territory.

Jing Wudi originally hadn't intended to involve Ye Liuyun. First, he feared it would disrupt his cultivation; second, the opponent possessed Tian Gang Seventh Layer, and perhaps even higher-level beings behind them—Ye Liuyun's level was too low to be of any use.

However, after Ye Liuyun received the information from Piao Yun, he voluntarily requested to join the battle.

His hatred toward the Dark Night Demon Hall was etched into his bones. Though his strength was insufficient now and he could not return to the Five Domains to sweep the Hall, this chance— even killing one or two members for the thrill—was welcome.

"Vice Sect Leader, the Dark Night Demon Hall may be trying to lure you into battle. So let me scout first; you can act once you see the situation," Ye Liuyun suggested.

Jing Wudi thought it possible. "Alright then! Be extra careful!"

"Yes!" Ye Liuyun replied, and together with Piao Yun boarded a Flying Boat, racing ahead to the Western District's Sheng Long Branch to assess the situation.

By the time they arrived at the Sheng Long Branch, the Dark Night Demon Hall had already occupied the original branch and began reconstruction.

Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense swept the area and found no strong ones. The Dark Night Demon Hall members stationed there, at most, were Martial Cultivators of Tian Gang Fifth Layer.

Though their numbers were few—under a hundred in total—the lowest-ranked were Martial Cultivators above Yuan Dan Fifth Layer.

"It seems the Dark Night Demon Hall is indeed lean and efficient," he thought.

Ye Liuyun recalled previous encounters with Dark Night Demon Hall members. Each time they were few, yet their realms were a notch higher than those of many sects or families.

Using his cross-space Golden Pupil, he probed around, found no other strong ones, and then released everyone, leading them straight to attack the Dark Night Demon Hall.

Basically, aside from that strongest Tian Gang Fifth Layer opponent, the others could be handled by Lei Ming, so Ye Liuyun felt confident about them.

Ye Liuyun himself rushed toward that Tian Gang Fifth Layer strongman, instantly passing through void to appear beside him, pulling him into the Soul domain to conduct a Soul Search and investigate why no strong ones were present.

He didn't believe a branch could lack even a Tian Gang Sixth Layer strongman. Upon investigation, he was delighted to find that the Dark Night Demon Hall headquarters had recalled all experts.

As for the reason, his position didn't grant him much knowledge. He only heard that the southern region of the Dark Night Demon Hall suffered heavy damage and needed to summon experts there.

Then, still within that person's Sea of Consciousness, Ye Liuyun located the positions of several other branches and recorded them. Since there were no strong ones, he certainly wouldn't come in vain; he would kill as many as possible.

After gathering the information, Ye Liuyun immediately informed Jing Wudi and began exterminating the remaining members. His Divine Sense enveloped the entire branch, leaving no survivor.

Afterwards, they seized the victims' Storage Rings, and Ye Liuyun collected them all, discarding the Flying Boat, and directly traversed void to rush toward the next Dark Night Demon Hall branch.

While carrying out a frenzied retaliation, he also used Soul Search to locate more Dark Night Demon Hall branches. In just over a day, Ye Liuyun and his group annihilated more than ten branches.

"Ha ha, that was satisfying!" Ye Liuyun said as the troops showed fatigue, and immediately ceased fighting, withdrawing to the Sheng Long Branch to recuperate.

Jing Wudi arrived shortly thereafter.

"The reports are confirmed: the Dark Night Demon Hall's south indeed suffered heavy damage, which is why they recalled troops. I heard you wiped out over ten branches?" Jing Wudi asked as soon as he reached Ye Liuyun.

"Yes!" Ye Liuyun answered calmly.

"Hahaha, good! Let them dare cross the line; now they taste our strength! But you must hurry back with me. I received word that their headquarters has received Transmission Voice and dispatched two Tian Gang Seventh Layer and ten Tian Gang Sixth Layer experts specifically to kill you!"

"Is that so?"

Ye Liuyun showed no worry; instead he glanced at the people beside Jing Wudi, feeling he could spar with them.

"The Dark Night Demon Hall is recruiting reinforcements. How about we make those reinforcements never return, what do you think?" Ye Liuyun suggested.

"You're confident?" Jing Wudi was somewhat moved.

"I'll be the bait. As long as you can hold those two Tian Gang Seventh Layer Martial Cultivators for a while, once I eliminate those ten Tian Gang Sixth Layer Martial Cultivators, we can then deal with the Seventh Layer ones."

Ye Liuyun confirmed. At his current realm, even without relying on Soul power, he could already contend with a Tian Gang Sixth Layer Martial Cultivator. Coupled with the Skeleton Puppet, he felt the problem was minor.

As for the two Tian Gang Seventh Layer Martial Cultivators, Jing Wudi could handle one, and the other Elders could each take one; the issue should be manageable.

"Alright, we'll try it. If it fails, you need not push yourself; withdraw immediately. Having destroyed over ten branches, we've broken even!"

Jing Wudi finally agreed. He admired Ye Liuyun's reckless vigor. After a brief instruction, he ordered the other Elders to hide far away, leaving Ye Liuyun as bait.

After they left, Ye Liuyun left only Lei Ming outside as guard. Lei Ming's Physical Body could withstand attacks from Tian Gang Sixth Layer strongmen. The others, he took back into the Xuan Kong Shi for cultivation.

He himself also began absorbing the stellar Primordial Power, striving to raise his strength quickly. He only stayed briefly in the Xuan Kong Shi, fearing the Dark Night Demon Hall might return early and Lei Ming would suffer.