Chapter 492: Autonomous Divine Sense

Ye Liuyun immediately unleashed his Soul Domain, protecting Lei Ming.

The Elder of the Tiengang Eightfold also staggered briefly, but quickly recovered. Then with a punch, he smashed Lei Ming's Nine Dragons Mountain-flipping Seal back.

"This Elder is so strong!" Lei Ming exclaimed as he caught the Nine Dragons Mountain-flipping Seal.

"Indeed hard to deal with!" Ye Liuyun said, instantly using his Golden Pupil to unleash Golden Crow Holy Fire for a ranged attack. At the same time, he activated spatial displacement, using spatial power together with Golden Crow Holy Fire to strike the Grand Elder.

After Ye Liuyun readjusted the Mourning Bell, he hurled it at him again. Having learned from the previous clash, Ye Liuyun was more confident in the Mourning Bell, knowing that neither the Mourning Bell nor the opponent's Divine Sword could defeat each other. Yet the ringing of the Mourning Bell could briefly daze the elder.

Seeing the Mourning Bell fall again, the elder also smashed the Divine Sword forward once more.

This time, Ye Liuyun suddenly altered the bell's direction, swallowing the Divine Sword.

He had just used spatial displacement to deal with the elder, but found the elder's Protective True Origin too powerful; with his current use of spatial displacement, he could not overcome him.

So he abruptly changed tactics: since spatial power couldn't affect the elder, what about this Divine Sword!

Ye Liuyun's Mourning Bell enveloped the Divine Sword, and he immediately shifted it into the fourth-level Void.

Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun's Golden Crow Holy Fire and Lei Ming's Nine Dragons Mountain-flipping Seal continuously hammered the elder, leaving him struggling to cope.

Ye Liuyun also released his Soul Domain, enveloping the elder's Soul within it, attacking with his Buddha-Demon Golden Body.

The elder's Soul, pulled into Ye Liuyun's Soul Domain, immediately weakened its control over the Divine Sword.

Ye Liuyun instantly commanded the Mourning Bell, traversing the Void. The Mourning Bell, bearing the Divine Sword, fled far into the Void and landed near a tomb before stopping. At that moment, the Divine Sense within the Divine Sword could no longer connect to the Grand Elder. The Mourning Bell then fell out of the Void, pinning the Divine Sword to the ground.

"Ah!" The elder, seeing that he had dropped his clan's artifact, immediately fought desperately. Another Soul and Physical Body surged forward together, crossing the bridge, and a fist slammed at Lei Ming by the bridge.

"Stop!" Ye Liuyun shouted, and the Sealing Demon Tablet flew out, enlarging to block the elder's punch.

At this moment, within Ye Liuyun's Soul Domain, his Buddha-Demon Golden Body could only match the elder evenly; helpless, he summoned the defensive Soul to assist. That Soul's Buddha-Demon Golden Body had also cultivated to the fifth level.

Thus his two Souls, one for restraint and one for attack, finally gained the upper hand.

"Oh no!" The Grand Elder also realized the danger. His best option now was to quickly eliminate Lei Ming, then deal with Ye Liuyun. Because Ye Liuyun's Sealing Demon Tablet was present, his several attacks on Lei Ming were all blocked by it.

In a fit of rage, he even attacked the Sealing Demon Tablet. Neither he nor Ye Liuyun expected that, after being struck, the Tablet would actively counterattack, without Ye Liuyun's control, smashing the Grand Elder directly. This attack was far more ferocious than when Ye Liuyun controlled it.

"The Sealing Demon Tablet has its own consciousness!" Ye Liuyun thought, surprised. "No wonder it once regarded me as master and even ran into my Sea of Consciousness!"

Facing this ordinary, unremarkable Sealing Demon Tablet, the Grand Elder grew furious. "Can't even shatter a stone!" he thought, and with a fierce resolve, he punched the descending Tablet hard.

That punch was arguably his strongest strike, yet against the Tablet it only briefly stalled it before it continued to fall.

Boom!

Ah!

With the Tablet's impact, the elder let out a wail.

At this point, Ye Liuyun had already annihilated the Grand Elder's Soul. He then expanded his Soul Domain again, pulling the elder's other Soul in as well.

He then retracted the Sealing Demon Tablet. Looking under it, the Grand Elder had been smashed into a heap of meat.

Lei Ming, watching the Sealing Demon Tablet, stuck out a tongue, instinctively feeling a chill. As a Demon Beast of the Demon Race, Lei Ming naturally feared this Tablet designed to counter the Demon Race.

After Ye Liuyun completely eradicated the Grand Elder's Soul, he ordered Lei Ming to lead everyone back to the opposite bank, while he himself traversed the Void to locate the Mourning Bell.

With the Grand Elder dead, the Divine Sense within the Divine Sword autonomously attempted to return the sword to the He family. Fortunately, it was still encased by the Mourning Bell, preventing its escape. Ye Liuyun feared that if he arrived too late, the sword would flee.

He zipped through the Void and arrived in an instant. Upon reaching, Ye Liuyun dared not open the Mourning Bell right away; instead, he took out an ordinary spirit artifact and smashed it against the Mourning Bell.

Thud! The Mourning Bell emitted a muffled clang, enough to shatter the Divine Sense within the Divine Sword.

Ye Liuyun, still uneasy, took out another spirit artifact and struck again. Only after confirming the Divine Sense was completely eradicated did he retrieve the Mourning Bell and grasp the Divine Sword.

"Could all divine weapons possess autonomous consciousness?" Ye Liuyun wondered, but had no time for detailed study.

He sheathed the Divine Sword and immediately returned, lest Liang Xue and the others encounter any mishap.

When he arrived back, Liang Xue and the others had already crossed the bridge and were waiting for him here.

Only now did Ye Liuyun finally exhale. The recent battle, though brief, was exceptionally perilous. Without the Sealing Demon Tablet, he truly might not have bested the elder.

"It seems I previously underestimated the Tiengang Eightfold masters! Within this realm, the disparity in strength is considerable. The gap between strong and weak is as vast as heaven and earth."

The Tiengang Eightfold masters Ye Liuyun once thought were comparable to the two Tiengang Eightfold Martial Cultivators he eliminated from the Dark Night Demon Hall. He never imagined the He family's Tiengang Eightfold elder was far stronger than those two.

After Ye Liuyun appeared, he immediately handed the Divine Sword to Liang Xue. Wu Qingcheng and Yu Er each had their own weapons, so the Divine Sword suited Liang Xue perfectly.

Liang Xue did not refuse, instantly reintegrating her Divine Sense to refine it on the spot.

After refinement, Liang Xue's Sea of Consciousness instantly filled with abundant information about this Divine Rank Sword.

"Soul-Infused Sword? Perfect for my Bloodline Power!" Liang Xue said happily.

"As long as it fits! Keep it stored for now, and get familiar later. The next battle will likely be against the He Clan Chief. Don't draw the Divine Sword yet. Once the He family is completely eradicated, you can use it freely," Ye Liuyun instructed.

He worried the sword might contain some mechanism that the He family could reclaim.

"Got it!" Liang Xue sheathed the Divine Sword and resumed using her original Prestige Rank Long Sword.