Chapter 486: Forceful Rush at the Ferry Crossing

"Damn old thing!" Ye Liuyun cursed inwardly, but it was useless. He couldn't break this net.

For now, the only plan is to break through that Elder.

He was mentally mapping how to kill that Elder with a single strike. Otherwise, as long as he could still control that sky‑and‑earth net, he couldn't escape.

"Right, use the Mourning Bell to lock him inside. If he doesn't ring it, I'll smash it with a spirit artifact!"

With that thought, Ye Liuyun also got an idea. Yet he didn't act hastily; he was still waiting for news from the Corpse‑Eating Worm. At this moment, the worm had just arrived at the tomb and was trying to crawl inside to investigate.

Still, Ye Liuyun felt he couldn't sit idle; he had to cause some trouble for these people.

Ye Liuyun reasoned that if his side showed no hurry to move, the opponent might grow impatient, brandish a divine artifact to counter his Mourning Bell, and charge forward.

He was convinced that the He family, being a great clan, must have at least one clan‑talisman. Not revealing it now was merely because they didn't want to show it so easily.

With that in mind, he used Divine Sense to communicate with a few others, ordering them to hold the position while he and Lei Ming rushed forward to eliminate some of them, making the enemy think Ye Liuyun was breaking out, then sending more troops.

Liang Xue asked concernedly, "The opposite side has two Elders of Tian Gang Seventh Layer; won't it be a problem for you to go over like that?"

"Don't worry, Lei Ming and I each take one; it'll be an easy fix," Ye Liuyun reassured Liang Xue.

Then he placed Lei Ming into a Storage Ring, took out the Mourning Bell, and headed straight for the ferry bridge,

The opponents watching Ye Liuyun, seeing him approach the bridge, immediately surrounded him. Their tactics mirrored his side's: they brandished the treasures they carried, ready to hurl them at Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun, as if oblivious, climbed onto the bridge indifferently and walked toward the other side.

"That kid is relying on his treasure for a strong attack!" an Elder warned cautiously.

"Whatever he does, even if he breaks through, he's no match for the two of us. His aura is only Tian Gang Fourth Layer," the other Elder said lightly.

"Hmm, true, but defense is still necessary," the Elder nodded, also deeming Ye Liuyun not a big threat. Yet he ordered everyone, when Ye Liuyun reached the midway point, to hurl all their treasures at him.

He wanted to test whether Ye Liuyun's Mourning Bell could withstand such a simultaneous barrage of treasures.

As Ye Liuyun neared the halfway point, he enlarged the Mourning Bell, holding it before him and letting them strike. He trusted the Mourning Bell; a divine artifact isn't overcome merely by the sheer number of relics or spirit artifacts. If a divine artifact could be smashed useless by a few relics, that would only prove the artifact itself was mediocre.

At that moment, the opposing treasures surged forward. Though the Martial Cultivators felt reluctant, they dared not defy the Elder's orders and hurled everything at once.

Dong, dong, dong… the valley and both ferry crossings rang with bell sounds continuously.

Their desperate act of hurling everything at the Mourning Bell was clearly a suicide move; not only were the thrown items shattered, but their lower‑realm disciples also perished under the bell's relentless toll. Disciples below the Third Layer of the Golden Core could hardly endure it. Even those below the Sixth Layer of the Golden Core had their souls shaken, losing combat ability.

"Stop now, stop smashing!" an Elder shouted loudly.

But since the first toll of the Mourning Bell, the link between those treasures and their owner's Divine Sense had been severed. Thus the treasures kept flying toward the Mourning Bell along their original trajectories.

Dong, dong, dong… the death‑calling bell kept ringing incessantly.

Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense saw clearly that nearly half of the opposing disciples had collapsed. The rest were also staggered by the impact, unable to recover quickly.

"That kid is infuriating! His treasure can't be smashed at all!" Only then did an Elder realize they shouldn't have been colliding head‑on with the Mourning Bell.

But his realization came too late. Ye Liuyun was already charging forward, bearing the accelerating Mourning Bell.

"Stop him quickly!" the Elder shouted.

Yet, aside from the fallen disciples, the remaining ones were frozen on the spot.

They now understood the Mourning Bell couldn't be struck; if they acted, it would be like ringing it again. Since Ye Liuyun was charging forward with the Mourning Bell, they didn't know how to intervene.

Ye Liuyun seized the moment of their hesitation and surged forward, immediately releasing Lei Ming and the Skeleton Puppet.

He also rushed straight at an Elder, first pulling the Elder's soul into his Soul Domain, then snapping the Mourning Bell to lock him inside.

When Lei Ming emerged, she rushed toward another Elder, first hurling a Mountain-flipping Seal. That Elder countered by throwing a relic to block the seal. Then Lei Ming lunged forward, unleashing the Blood Thunder Icefield Domain, clashing with the Elder.

The Skeleton Puppet had the heaviest task, handling the remaining disciples. Its axe, however, was a relic, and being at the late stage of Tian Gang Sixth Tier, it found dealing with these people relatively easy.

Ye Liuyun first eliminated one of his opponent's souls. Yet that Elder grew clever, staying inside the Mourning Bell without attacking. Ye Liuyun smiled, drew the Demon Slaying Sword, and struck hard with its back.

After a while, he opened the Mourning Bell; the elder had already fallen dead on the ground.

Ye Liuyun retrieved his Storage Ring, then released the Soul Domain, assisting the Skeleton Puppet in killing the others and devouring their souls.

At this point, a disciple had already taken a Transmission Talisman to request aid from the He family. Ye Liuyun didn't interrupt. Without a messenger, he couldn't proceed to the next step.

Lei Ming's progress was also smooth; she was at the Tian Gang Sixth Layer and on the verge of breakthrough. Thus confronting a Tian Gang Seventh Layer Martial Cultivator posed no difficulty.

Moreover, her Tian Gang Domain had refined a Soul-Quelling Tower. Though the tower's grade was low, it was still a Soul Attack, so the opposing Elder was swiftly slain by Lei Ming's dual assault.

Lei Ming collected the opponent's Storage Ring and relic, then helped Ye Liuyun eradicate the remaining disciples.

Ye Liuyun had originally thought that wiping out most would be enough; if anyone escaped, they'd be let go to report back. Now that a messenger had already reported via Transmission Talisman, he decided to leave none alive, killing them all.

He not only absorbed all their souls and vital blood, but also gathered their corpses, preparing them as a reward for the Corpse‑Eating Worm.