Chapter 490: Crossing Strongly Again

"What is this kid up to now?" the Elders opposite, seeing Ye Liuyun disappear again, were puzzled. They each used Divine Sense to probe Ye Liuyun's trace.

Suddenly, Ye Liuyun's figure appeared behind them; with a move, he first cast the Mourning Bell to shield one Elder, then used spatial displacement to strike at another Elder.

Immediately, he released all the people inside the Storage Ring.

"Ah!" the He family Elders and disciples scrambled. They hadn't expected Ye Liuyun's strong crossing to break the usual pattern; he surged through the void and rushed at them, catching them completely off guard.

The Elder enveloped by the Mourning Bell, without thinking, raised his hand and punched the bell, blasting himself to death.

The Elder struck by Ye Liuyun's spatial power reacted swiftly, dodging instantly; only half an arm was devoured by the space, his life remained largely unharmed.

After Lei Ming emerged, the first thing he did was pounce on him, trying to eliminate him, then move to deal with the other two Heavenly Gang Seventh Layer strongmen.

Ye Liuyun also charged at the Heavenly Gang Eighth Layer Elder, unleashing his own Heavenly Gang domain.

The others each rushed toward suitable opponents. These were tactics Ye Liuyun had prearranged for them, so they fought in an orderly manner.

For a moment, True Essence flew wildly by the crossing, and the He family were in chaos; some were even injured by their own people's True Essence.

Suddenly, countless Magic Vines sprouted from the ground, entangling the He family and absorbing their True Essence. Those of lower realms had no power to resist the vines.

Those of higher realms could break free from the vines, but their speed of destroying the vines was slower than the vines' growth; often, cutting one vine would cause two more to sprout.

Thus, nearly a hundred members of the He family were instantly at a disadvantage. Now they could only hope that the leading Heavenly Gang Eighth Layer Elder would quickly deal with Ye Liuyun and then rescue them.

The Heavenly Gang Eighth Layer Elder was now facing Ye Liuyun's dual attack of two Buddha‑Demon Golden Bodies—one Physical, one Soul. He hadn't expected Ye Liuyun to be so powerful.

Moreover, within his Heavenly Gang domain, Ye Liuyun unleashed without reservation, merging all his Bloodline Power, leaving the Elder with no counterforce.

Even his Heavenly Gang domain was suppressed by Ye Liuyun's Bloodline and failed to manifest. Ye Liuyun's Buddha‑Demon Golden Body, with a single palm strike, almost stripped the Elder of any resistance, and the Soul's Buddha‑Demon Golden Body ripped out his strongest soul‑binding, turning it to ash with another palm strike.

"How is this possible? Aren't you Heavenly Gang Fifth Layer?" the Elder only now realized Ye Liuyun's aura was Heavenly Gang Fifth Layer. Yet he still believed Ye Liuyun's true realm must be higher; otherwise, how could he be this strong?

Ye Liuyun gave a slight smile, said nothing, and instead pulled out his other Soul, immediately performing a Soul Search to gauge the He family's strength.

The He family's power was originally formidable, but the Martial Cultivators they sent comprised almost half the clan's elite. After all, Heavenly Gang Seventh and Eighth Layer strongmen are rare.

Ye Liuyun casually smashed the Elder's Soul, reclaimed the Heavenly Gang domain, and the Magic Vine instantly coiled around the Elder's Physical Body, absorbing his True Essence.

This was yet another Heavenly Gang Eighth Layer strongman. After the Magic Vine absorbed these strongmen's True Essence, it grew ever stronger, its growth speed accelerating.

Ye Liuyun didn't bother to stop its absorption; after all, the stronger the Magic Vine, the more it helped him.

His Divine Sense monitored the entire battlefield and saw that his side had complete advantage.

Lei Ming's opponent now was only a Heavenly Gang Seventh Layer, whom she could handle easily. She also noticed that everyone held the advantage, so she wasn't in a hurry, teasing the opponent, wanting to spar with her a bit longer.

Liang Xue and Bai Hu had just broken through their realms; after a battle, their realms were even more stable. Ye Liuyun noticed that Liang Xue could now fight across two realms—a progress far greater than before.

"It seems the Lingxi Palace's training methods are still effective. I wonder whether taking her away this time is good or bad!" Ye Liuyun suddenly grew a bit worried, fearing he was delaying Liang Xue. But it was too late now; they were being hunted and likely couldn't return.

Skeleton Puppet and Earth Demon Dragon guarded Wu Qingcheng, Yu Er, and Ru Yue—several women below the Heavenly Gang realm—allowing them to focus on sparring with the opponents.

The Magic Vine trapped the Martial Cultivators of comparable realms one by one, keeping them for practice. For lower‑realm or slain cultivators, the vine directly siphoned their True Essence.

Ye Liuyun simultaneously observed the battle and absorbed Soul and Bloodline Power to strengthen himself.

After the battle ended, the He family disciples were wiped out, none left. Once the Magic Vine finished absorbing the True Essence, it retracted its vines into the soil, forming a seed, awaiting the next ambush.

Ye Liuyun gathered the corpses into the Storage Ring and offered them all to the Corpse‑Eating Worm.

Afterwards, they crossed the bridge again to return to the opposite side.

Elder Luo Xi, guarding the breach in the Heavenly Net, was left staring dumbfounded.

"All these people's realms have risen? Then why aren't they attacking me? And they've gone back? What are they waiting for?"

Elder Luo Xi not only marveled at the speed of their realm advancement but also couldn't understand their intentions. He also produced a Transmission Talisman to report the situation here to the Palace Master.

He thought that with Ye Liuyun and Lei Ming's strength, at least two of them handling him should be easy. Yet he couldn't fathom why Ye Liuyun still hadn't acted.

The Palace Master thought for a moment, then said to Luo Xi, "He, like us, is waiting."

"Waiting for what?" Luo Xi asked, puzzled.

"Waiting for the He family to go capture him!" the Palace Master replied.

"Huh? This kid is waiting to be captured?" Luo Xi couldn't grasp it.

"He intends to use the chance to weaken the He family's power, then eradicate the He family!" After saying this, the Palace Master even found it unbelievable.

"This kid actually has such audacity and ability?" Upon this thought, he immediately ordered people to investigate Ye Liuyun's background.

He doesn't believe such a person could be just a silent, unknown junior from the Five Domains. To wipe out an ancient martial family with a single person's power is something ordinary people wouldn't even dare imagine.

The other Luo Xi Elder also stared blankly for a while before asking, "What about us? What should we do?"