Chapter 582: Stone Giant

"What is the defense like inside the Secret Realm? How long can it hold them back?"

Ye Liuyun wanted to gauge the time, understand the details, and think of a way.

"If they don't cooperate, they shouldn't be able to break through. You'll see the defense right away; watch those stones," Qing Lin prompted him.

Ye Liuyun looked in the direction indicated.

At that moment, the Demon Cultivator disciples were already close to the cave entrance.

Suddenly, the stones on the ground began to move. Like hidden weapons, they leapt from the earth and autonomously shot toward the Demon Cultivator disciples.

Because the outer stones were small and numerous, many people couldn't dodge and were pierced directly by the high‑speed stones, leaving numerous blood‑filled holes in their bodies.

In an instant, several people died and many were wounded.

It wasn't over yet.

Immediately after, slightly larger stones rose into the air and continued to hurl down at the Demon Cultivators.

The stones fell like a downpour, completely enveloping them. Those who hadn't entered the stone pile retreated at once.

The Demon Cultivators inside the stone pile screamed in agony, unable to evade, their flesh and blood torn apart by stones from all directions.

Even when they used True Essence Body Shield, it was of little use; they were still pierced directly by the tiny stones.

In the end, of the thirty‑plus Demon Cultivators, only the last four or five who moved slowly and hadn't entered the stone pile's center managed to escape. Yet each was covered in blood, clearly injured.

The stones of all sizes, having no targets, gradually converged together.

Soon, stone golems roughly human‑sized appeared before the crowd; about twenty to thirty gathered and charged at them at great speed.

"Engage!"

Fang Huatian shouted, and was the first to unleash a strand of icy force at a stone golem, freezing it.

Then, various attacks were hurled at the stone golems.

Some couldn't block the stone golems and were taken up close.

When a stone golem got close, it delivered a direct punch. Ordinary disciples could hardly withstand a stone golem's punch.

Soon, the San Yuan Sect and Icefire Sect also suffered casualties.

However, the stone golems were few; they didn't last long before being eliminated by the strong members of the teams.

In the Icefire Sect's team, most of the power used against the stone golems was freezing.

On Xiao Mingyue's side, she directly used True Essence to shatter the stone golems into a field of rubble.

Just as they caught their breath and prepared to tend to the wounded comrades, the stones moved again, gathering once more at the original stone pile's location.

Even the frozen stone golems were uncontrollably drawn back, then smashed by other stones, reformed into stone golems, and charged at them again.

"Can't kill them!"

Fang Huatian and Xiao Mingyue realized at this moment that these stone golems were hard to deal with.

"Retreat first, we'll think of a plan later,"

Xiao Mingyue called out to Fang Huatian, and the two led their teams to withdraw slowly.

When they moved beyond a certain range, the stone golems immediately fell apart, the rubble scattering across the ground, reverting to a chaotic stone pile.

"These stone golems can't be killed! What do we do?"

Some disciples began to worry.

Li Qingfeng laughed. "As long as we move those stones more than a mile away, they'll lose control and won't reassemble."

In his hand he held a thumb‑sized stone; with a gentle squeeze he crushed it into powder.

"Qingfeng, are you sure?" Xiao Mingyue asked.

"Hmm, I just took a stone out. After moving a mile away from the pile, its attraction vanished,"

"I see! Then we'll send senior strong ones inside to toss out the stones, while the others wait outside."

Speaking so, Xiao Mingyue began to gather some Yin‑Yang Realm strongmen from both sects to discuss a plan.

"Li Qingfeng, we need to eliminate him first!" Qing Lin transmitted to Ye Liuyun.

"Alright, I can coordinate with the stone golems later to attack his Soul," Ye Liuyun replied. He also wanted to eliminate Li Qingfeng first.

In a short while, Xiao Mingyue and six Yin‑Yang Realm Martial Cultivators approached the stone pile again.

This time, the stone pile's attack was different from before.

All the stones converged into a massive stone giant that charged at the six of them.

Moreover, the stone giant needed no defense, had no Soul, so there was no concern of Spiritual Soul Attack; its power far exceeded theirs, and in an instant it drove several of them back repeatedly.

"Retreat quickly!"

Li Qingfeng saw that Fang Huatian and Xiao Mingyue couldn't stop the stone giant, and immediately ordered everyone to withdraw.

"Now's our chance!"

Ye Liuyun saw Li Qingfeng covering Xiao Mingyue's retreat and instantly used Golden Pupil to launch a spatial strike. With Golden Pupil's spatial strike, he didn't need to open his eyes, so he remained unnoticed.

He also didn't need to make his attack too obvious; as long as he could hold Li Qingfeng for a moment, the stone giant should be able to seize the opportunity.

Xiao Mingyue and the others were withdrawing ahead and didn't expect Li Qingfeng to be unable to get out.

Li Qingfeng had just thrown a punch and was about to turn and flee when his Soul was suddenly dragged into a Blood Thunder hell.

"Soul Domain!"

He muttered 'Damn' in his mind. Yet the Soul Domain was too powerful; he couldn't break out.

"Golden Pupil kid?"

When he saw Ye Liuyun's golden‑armored giant Soul, he reacted immediately.

"You're really clever!" Ye Liuyun sincerely praised.

His golden‑armored Soul didn't reveal its true form, yet Li Qingfeng instantly recognized it.

One must admit, Li Qingfeng is truly exceptionally clever.

"Why are you making a move against me?" Li Qingfeng, seeing that his guess was right, no longer rushed to resist; instead, he steadied himself and began chatting with Ye Liuyun.

"Because you tried to make a move against me!" Ye Liuyun said, as the Nether Ghost Fire had already been released by the Soul Golden Armor Giant, scorching Li Qingfeng.

"If you kill me, senior sister will sense your Divine Sense fluctuations," Li Qingfeng threatened.

"Hmm, you're right. She might suspect me, but there's no evidence," Ye Liuyun nodded, also thinking that possibility existed.

But he still has to eliminate Li Qingfeng first. Otherwise, later he might devise some scheme to take down that stone giant.

Li Qingfeng also saw that Ye Liuyun had made up his mind to kill him.

"I truly regret not having dealt with you first, leaving you as such a disaster!"

"Too late!" Ye Liuyun said no more and instead intensified the attack.

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