Chapter 466: Lei Ming Captured

After Ye Liuyun returned and told a few people, everyone else also cheered excitedly.

Piao Yun knew the way, so they didn't need to ask for directions. They immediately set off for Ten Thousand Demon Ridge.

The Ten Thousand Demon Ridge stretches ten thousand li in radius, devoid of any inhabitants. The whole mountain range is filled with demonic qi shooting into the sky. Only because a formation restrains most of the demonic qi from leaking out would the uninhabited area exceed ten thousand li.

Ye Liuyun's golden pupil gazed ahead; most of the trees had already been stained black by the demonic qi.

"Are you all ready? If we're ready, we'll go down!"

Ye Liuyun asked everyone, then put away the flying boat and led the group into Ten Thousand Demon Ridge on foot.

He released his divine sense and discovered several demon race clans. However, those dwelling on the outskirts were not particularly high in cultivation.

"Yu Er, Ru Yue, the demon race on the outskirts are low-level; you two take the lead as the main force."

Ye Liuyun gave all the opportunities to Yu Er and Ru Yue, letting them train as well.

The two of them had finally encountered many suitable opponents, and they went all out. Moreover, their techniques were highly effective in large-area damage.

Ru Yue's attack was a sheet of hazy moonlight; each strike covered a large area. Yu Er even more so, directly unleashing ice power to freeze, almost instantly freezing over ten li. Everything within that range, whether living or dead, was sealed in ice.

The demon race they attacked howled, their cries echoing throughout the mountain range. For a moment, all kinds of roars continued, and many demon race members turned their attention to these humans who had intruded into their territory.

To the demon race, Ye Liuyun and his companions were nothing but food.

Ye Liuyun could even see the saliva dripping from them.

Demon race members, each resembling ferocious beasts, bared their fangs and charged excitedly toward them.

"Go! It's our turn to perform!"

Ye Liuyun waved his hand and led the crowd charging deeper into the mountain range.

It must be said that the demon race here is not only diverse in kind but also numerous. Wave after wave surged forward, as if they could never be killed off. Moreover, the deeper one went into the mountain range, the higher the cultivation of these demon race members became.

On the outskirts there were still some Sea Transformation and Yuan Dan Realm demon race members; upon going further in, Heavenly Gang Realm cultivators gradually appeared.

Seeing that Yu Er and Ru Yue had also expended much of their energy, Ye Liuyun let them retreat into the Xuan Kong Shi to rest. He also slowed the group's advance.

The people beside him were well-matched against demon race members of their current level; going further in would become dangerous for them.

As for himself, he used those demon race members to practice various applications of spatial power.

When demon race members of the second level of Heavenly Gang Realm appeared, Ye Liuyun had the team pause temporarily. He let Wu Qingcheng and the Ninth Princess get more practice, while Yu Er and Ru Yue came out again to slay some low-level demon race members…

Lei Ming and Piao Yun, however, had been following behind, not yet reaching the point where they needed to act.

But they didn't advance forward; instead, more high-level demon race members surrounded them. Thus Ye Liuyun led them in fighting while retreating.

He thought that if he could keep the cultivation of the incoming demon race within what Wu Qingcheng and the others could handle—roughly the first or second level of Heavenly Gang Realm—it would be fine.

However, the high-level demon race members thought they were trying to withdraw from the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range. Having not tasted human flesh in a long time, how could they let Ye Liuyun and his companions go?

Consequently, those high-level demon race members also moved to block their retreat. Gradually, Lei Ming and Piao Yun joined the fight, battling those high-level demon race members.

Ye Liuyun consistently assisted from the side, using spatial power to help them break out of encirclement while fighting and retreating outward.

This battle also somewhat exceeded his expectations. He hadn't imagined that as soon as they arrived they would be plunged into endless combat, with the demon race's cultivation continually rising.

Actually, they hadn't traveled very far at all. It must be that these demon race members, too, hadn't encountered humans daring to enter for a long time, so they were unusually eager.

Suddenly, the auras of several powerful demon race members burst forth.

"Not good!" Ye Liuyun silently cursed, having no time to think further; he first stored the nearest Yu Er and Ru Yue into his storage ring.

When he was about to go rescue Wu Qingcheng and the Ninth Princess, three seventh-level Heavenly Gang Realm demon race members simultaneously launched attacks—one aimed at Lei Ming, one at the Ninth Princess, and one at Wu Qingcheng.

Ye Liuyun had no time to think. The Ninth Princess trusted him so much that he couldn't ignore her; however, Lei Ming and Wu Qingcheng were even more important to him.

Ye Liuyun flung out the Nine Dragon River Mountain Cauldron to block the attack aimed at the Ninth Princess, then tossed the Mourning Bell in front of Wu Qingcheng. About to go rescue Lei Ming, he saw she had already thrown out the Nine Dragons Mountain-flipping Seal, breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly pulled the Ninth Princess and Wu Qingcheng over,

Just as he was about to store them in the storage ring, a eighth-level Heavenly Gang Realm demon race member suddenly appeared, hurling a net-like treasure that enclosed both Lei Ming and his Nine Dragons Mountain-flipping Seal.

This demon race member, bearing a resemblance to an ox head, was completely lying in ambush, having concealed its aura extremely well. Hidden behind a group of demon race members, Ye Liuyun, preoccupied with dealing with the three seventh-level Heavenly Gang Realm demon race members that had appeared, completely failed to notice it.

By the time he maneuvered the Mourning Bell to smash that demon race member, it had already retracted its net, seized Lei Ming, and then vanished.

"Ah!" Ye Liuyun exclaimed in shock, frozen on the spot.

He never expected that Lei Ming would actually be captured!

At that moment, the demon race's assault also weakened, as if their earlier frenzy had been coordinated to help that demon race capture Lei Ming. Meanwhile, those three seventh-level Heavenly Gang Realm demon race members began to withdraw, leaving only some low-level demon race members to obstruct Ye Liuyun and his companions.

"How could this happen!" Ye Liuyun muttered, his hands still holding the posture from before—left hand gripping the Ninth Princess, right hand gripping Wu Qingcheng, not yet stored in the storage ring. At that moment, Piao Yun and Bai Hu also retreated back to Ye Liuyun's side.

They all knew that once in the demon race's hands, there was an eighty or ninety percent chance they would be eaten.

No one could have anticipated this happening. The demon race never snatches people to capture them alive; they usually just wound or kill. Why did they go to such trouble to take Lei Ming alive?

But Ye Liuyun was now burning with rage, unable to think at all!

Lei Ming's place in his heart was no less than Wu Qingcheng's. Ye Liuyun had always regarded her as family. Although Lei Ming was a monster beast, he had never despised her. He had always protected her like a younger sister.

"Liuyun!" Wu Qingcheng tried to console Ye Liuyun, but he seemed not to hear her at all.