Chapter 526: Preliminary Fusion

Gradually, Ye Liuyun still finds a moment to act, actively striking at Lie Hongyun. He has already shifted from being passive to active.

Just as Ye Liuyun fights with vigor, the four forces within his body, after his continual refinement of the fusion method and pathways, finally achieve a preliminary fusion.

Suddenly, Ye Liuyun discovers that after the four forces merge, his Buddha‑Demon Golden Body undergoes a change. Now this Buddha‑Demon Golden Body, aided by the four forces, evolves into a more majestic illusory shadow that appears behind Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense perceives that this illusory shadow resembles the figure of the great being he saw when his bloodline awakened. However, the shadow is still insubstantial, its exact form unclear.

With the aid of this shadow, Ye Liuyun's strength receives a great boost. Moreover, Heaven and Earth Power can be employed even more.

Not only that, his Bloodline Power, Physical Body, Soul, and True Essence Quality are all further enhanced.

Ye Liuyun again proves that only under dire pressure does improvement come fastest.

"Ha ha!" Ye Liuyun looks up to the sky and laughs, turning to Lie Hongyun. "It's my turn now!"

Speaking, he raises his blade again and cleaves at Lie Hongyun. With the swing, a fiery Golden Crow, mingled with Blood Thunder's divine punishment and a massive amount of Heaven and Earth Power, rushes toward Lie Hongyun.

"I must use that move!"

Lie Hongyun did not expect that Ye Liuyun would force her to play her trump card. She had intended to keep it for a stronger opponent, but now the arrow is on the string and she must unleash it.

"Phoenix Nirvana!"

All the Bloodline Power in Lie Hongyun's body surges. Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil sees only the fiery red Bloodline Power spreading over her entire body.

Immediately, the area surrounding their battle ignites with blazing crimson flames.

Ye Liuyun, standing within, not only feels the terrifying Bloodline Power but also finds the flame's temperature instantly doubled.

"Truly a legacy of Bloodline secret arts. If I try to endure this fire, I'll be at a loss. I'll try a Soul attack instead! This battle should end now."

Thinking this, Ye Liuyun again mobilizes his four forces and launches a Spiritual Soul Attack.

He still uses the four forces for the Soul attack because the illusory shadow's released Soul attack is clearly far stronger than using only Soul power.

"Boom!"

Within the Soul realm, a blue‑white ghost fire, controlled by the illusory shadow, passes through Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil and directly pierces Lie Hongyun's Sea of Consciousness.

Lie Hongyun lets out a wail, clutching her head as she rolls on the ground.

Blood Thunder and Nether Ghost Fire ravage her Soul, subjecting her to unprecedented pain and torment. Under the shadow's boost, these two forces become even stronger, like a grim reaper, burning straight through Lie Hongyun's Soul.

"How is this possible!" Du Yuan in the audience shouts. He felt Ye Liuyun's Bloodline explosion and Soul attack, identical to his Fire Pupil secret technique.

He looks at Ye Liuyun in disbelief. "This is our Du family's secret art, Flame‑Scorching Soul?"

Then, realizing, Du Yuan cries out again: "Ye Liuyun! You actually stole my Du family's Fire Pupil secret technique!"

At the same time, he draws a deep breath of cold air. It's his first time hearing of Ye Liuyun's pupil technique that can learn others' secrets.

If Ye Liuyun can simply 'see' it, his family's secrets might be exposed.

The other platforms' Tianjiao, the First Tier geniuses, and many dark horses now wear worried faces.

If Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil can truly discern their techniques and attack routes, they'll have trouble when they later meet him. Moreover, many have already used absolute arts, unsure if Ye Liuyun will steal them.

In the world of Martial Cultivators, everyone highly guards their own methods, preventing external transmission. This is also the first time they've heard of someone possessing such a perverse ability.

"Sister!"

When Lie Hongxia made the gesture toward Lie Hongyun, her face turned deathly pale. If not for the rules of the martial contest, she would have already leapt up to strike Ye Liuyun dead with a single palm!

Now she hates Ye Liuyun, biting her teeth in fury. At this moment, murderous aura surges through her whole body, her eyes reddening as she stares at Ye Liuyun.

The Elder lifts the collapsed Lie Hongyun from the arena for treatment.

"That kid, so clueless about cherishing beauty! He can even lay a hand on such a beautiful woman!"

"Look at Lie Hongxia's gaze, that kid is in for trouble!"

The crowd below marvels at Ye Liuyun's strength. They never expected that after initially dodging Lie Hongyun's attacks, he could endure to the end and even defeat her.

Some also worry for him. They know Lie Hongxia is fiercely protective of her own, and may look for a chance to clash with Ye Liuyun.

Gao Qiang and others, seeing Lie Hongxia's expression, feel a hint of schadenfreude.

"Hope this kid doesn't meet Lie Hongxia in the next round, or he'll be crushed to death!"

Ye Liuyun's ultimate victory also eases the hearts of Liang Xue, Long Nv, Jing Wudi and others.

"Liuyun, I knew you were the best!" Liang Xue smiles and sends a Transmission Voice to Ye Liuyun.

Long Nv also exclaims inwardly. "Young Master Ye's realm isn't high, yet his strength is almost on par with mine!"

The most surprised is Jing Wudi! Before arriving, he never imagined Ye Liuyun could last through over forty rounds of combat. Even more unexpected, Ye Liuyun not only became the dark horse of the Northern District arena but also the most dazzling one!

This far exceeds Jing Wudi's expectations.

"Good kid, I really didn't misjudge you!" Jing Wudi silently praises Ye Liuyun in his heart. At the same time, he worries that Ye Liuyun, after facing the five great Tianjiao, might barely hold on and end up severely injured.

Even the judge announcing Ye Liuyun's victory now can't help but gaze deeply at him.

The projected numbers above Ye Liuyun's head immediately change, and all of Lie Hongyun's qi flow transfers to Ye Liuyun. His numbers emit a faint silver glow, not as bright as Gao Qiang's First Tier, but the gap is gradually narrowing.

When Ye Liuyun steps down from the stage, he clearly senses Lie Hongxia's killing intent, as well as the hatred, jealousy, and worry from Fire Pupil Du Yuan and many other geniuses.

Ye Liuyun also understands his situation; these people probably want to eliminate him first to prevent their family's secrets from leaking.

And Lie Hongxia will surely not let him go easily.