Chapter 491

The master of Lingxi Palace thought for a moment, then said to Elder Luoxi: "Before the He family is wiped out, we will cooperate with them to capture Ye Liuyun. Once the He family is destroyed, you stay and inform me; then I will go talk to him."

"Yes," Elder Luoxi replied, his heart uneasy as he put away the Transmission Talisman. He was worried that the palace master had guessed wrong, and Ye Liuyun might suddenly attack him. In that case, his only reliance would be to use this heavenly net for defense; otherwise, he would certainly not be a match for Ye Liuyun and his group.

"How dare this young man be so bold?" Elder Luoxi looked in the direction where Ye Liuyun and his group were stationed, shaking his head helplessly. Anyway, wiping out an ancient martial clan like that was something he had never even considered.

And Ye Liuyun really did think that way. Previously he didn't understand the He family's strength, but after realizing he had already wiped out half of their elite, he immediately changed his mind.

He has always been merciless toward those who want to kill him. Now that he has the chance to annihilate the He family, he is in no hurry to leave.

As for the Lingxi Palace, he noticed they hadn't sent anyone to directly join the battle. Moreover, he sensed that the elder using the heavenly net didn't seem to harbor strong hostility toward him. So he also wanted to see what the Lingxi Palace was really up to.

News of the He family's elite being completely wiped out again was transmitted back to the He family, and Clan Chief He Weiqun also felt uneasy.

Grand Elder, take more people, take the divine artifact Nurturing Spirit Sword, go and directly kill those people. Just bring back the corpses; there's no need to capture them alive.

The Grand Elder pondered for a moment and asked, "Clan Chief, is it worth using the family's divine artifact just for a brat?"

The Clan Chief also sighed, "I don't want to use the divine artifact either! But looking at this situation, without it we can't possibly counter that big bell he holds. Moreover, with so many dead, if we don't kill him, we can't explain ourselves to the rest of the clan."

"Alright then, I'll go now!" The Grand Elder also felt helpless. Their prestigious He family was actually being forced to use a divine artifact by a mere brat.

The Clan Chief and the Grand Elder went to the He family ancestral shrine to fetch the divine artifact, then had the Grand Elder bring four elders at the Seventh Layer of the Heavenly Gang Realm, plus over two hundred elite disciples, rushing to Wildgoose Fall Gorge.

After Ye Liuyun and his group returned, they no longer stationed themselves by the bridge.

"I estimate they're going to use the divine artifact this time. Even an Eighth Layer Heavenly Gang expert died, so their clan chief must be uneasy. Sending more people likely means they want to settle the score with us once and for all."

"What should we do?" Liang Xue asked anxiously.

"We retreat into the mountain range, scatter their forces, defeat them individually, then launch a counterattack."

After saying that, Ye Liuyun gathered everyone into his Storage Ring, hid in the void, went to conceal himself in the mountain range, and directly abandoned the bridge.

After they returned, Wu Qingcheng, Yu Er, and Ru Yue also entered the Xuan Kong Stone, preparing to break through another realm. Ye Liuyun gave all the remaining stellar primordial power to Wu Qingcheng to aid her breakthrough.

He knew that upon seeing Liang Xue had already reached the Heavenly Gang Realm, Wu Qingcheng must be anxious in her heart, which is why she was rushing to break through to that realm.

At that moment, Ye Liuyun's divine sense also detected that the He family's people had already arrived on the opposite bank of the bridge.

"The people who came this time are even more numerous than last time! After wiping them out, the He family probably won't have much strength left!" Ye Liuyun thought to himself.

When the He family's people arrived, they discovered that Ye Liuyun was not guarding the other side of the bridge.

"Grand Elder, what should we do? Should we all go over together?" an elder at the Seventh Layer of the Heavenly Gang Realm asked the team leader, the Grand Elder.

The Grand Elder pondered: "It's not advisable to scatter too much, lest he pick us off one by one. You all stay here; I'll go find him— that will be enough."

"Yes!" that person replied, then went to arrange the others to set up camp and stand guard.

As for the Grand Elder, he cautiously walked toward the bridge holding that divine artifact Nurturing Spirit Sword.

"Sure enough, it's a divine artifact! Do you think I can't handle you just like this? If you don't come over, I'll go over myself."

Ye Liuyun immediately decided to first deal with the others. Although they were numerous, they posed little threat to him and his group.

As for the Grand Elder wielding the divine artifact, he decided to temporarily leave him for last. After all, the consequences of a divine artifact collision could be severe; a moment's carelessness might cost one's life. Although he was confident in the Mourning Bell, he didn't want to take unnecessary risks too early.

Ye Liuyun's divine sense kept following that Grand Elder until he disappeared into the mountain range and went far away; then Ye Liuyun hid in the void, directly shuttled to the opposite bank of the bridge, and released Lei Ming, the Skeleton Puppet, the Earth Demon Dragon, Liang Xue, and Bai Hu, immediately launching an attack.

He used both the Mourning Bell and the Nine Dragon River Mountain Cauldron. They needed a quick victory to prevent that elder from returning as reinforcement. The other people's honored-rank weapons and treasures were also all deployed, all-out blasting the He family disciples.

Of the four Heavenly Gang elders, Ye Liuyun again used his previous method to directly kill two, leaving the other two to be dealt with by Lei Ming.

However, Ye Liuyun did not use the Magic Vine this time. Since the enemy numbered many, he feared someone might escape, so he avoided revealing the Magic Vine prematurely.

Indeed, the He family disciples' deployment this time was very conservative. As soon as the fighting began, disciples far away immediately retreated toward the gap in the heavenly net, hiding in the distance to observe the battle.

Ye Liuyun couldn't attend to those faraway matters at the moment; he could only focus on the immediate melee.

After slaying two Seventh Layer Heavenly Gang experts, he relentlessly killed lower-realm disciples. The others did the same: once they took down an opponent, they began slaughtering indiscriminately, trying to kill as many as possible.

Soon, out of the over two hundred people, half were dead at their hands; the remaining lower-realm individuals were all fleeing outward from the heavenly net.

Ye Liuyun and his group didn't deliberately pursue them; they simply tried to kill as many as possible.

They had just driven those disciples away when the Eighth Layer Heavenly Gang elder rushed back, currently at the bridge.

Ye Liuyun had the Skeleton Puppet, Earth Demon Dragon, Liang Xue, and others continue the pursuit, stopping at the edge of the heavenly net. He and Lei Ming then faced that powerful foe alone.

This time Ye Liuyun also summoned the Sealing Demon Tablet. He worried that Lei Ming couldn't withstand the elder's divine artifact, so he prepared in advance; if the elder used his divine artifact to attack Lei Ming, he could first help her block it.

Immediately, Ye Liuyun directly controlled the Mourning Bell and hurled it at that elder. Lei Ming's Nine Dragons Mountain-flipping Seal followed after the bell, smashing together.

The elder immediately threw his divine sword at the Mourning Bell. "Boom"— a loud blast sounded.

This collision produced an even louder, continuous sound. Even Liang Xue and the others far away were affected. Lei Ming, standing beside Ye Liuyun, felt a wave of dizziness.