Chapter 596: Ice‑Sealed Du Family

"Wu Qingcheng, Yu Er, Lei Ming, you three get ready to act. If anyone dares to speak insolently later, I'll freeze the Du family outright!"

Ye Liuyun directly ordered the three of them.

The remaining gatekeeper, upon hearing that, could barely stand and had to brace himself against the wall to keep upright.

He wanted to report Ye Liuyun's words upward, but Lei Ming was gripping his waist and staring at him, making him tremble all over and unable to move his legs.

"Hahaha! Coward!" Lei Ming glared at him for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter.

She was deliberately teasing the gatekeeper.

The gatekeeper was now sweating profusely with fear. Seeing Lei Ming laugh, he mustered courage and said, "Miss, you're so great, don't treat us gatekeeping servants the same way! I... may I leave?"

"Stand there! Don't move, or I'll freeze you into an ice statue!"

Lei Ming suddenly hardened his expression to intimidate him, nearly scaring him to tears.

She was having fun, and a peak Heavenly Gang Realm aura burst out from the Du family, accompanied by a booming shout.

"Who dares to cause trouble in our Du family?"

Ye Liuyun, regardless of who it was, used Divine Sense Transmission Voice to broadcast throughout the Du family.

"I am Ye Liuyun. Your Du Jiangnan of the Du family went to the Iron Eagle Sect to cause me trouble, and I killed him! Now I demand an explanation from the Du family! If you refuse to apologize and compensate, be prepared for your clan's extermination!"

Deep within the Du family, Du Yuan, who was recovering from injuries, heard Ye Liuyun's voice and couldn't help but feel excited.

"Ye Liuyun dares to come to our Du family seeking death? No, I must rush to inform the Clan Chief and make sure we keep Ye Liuyun." With that thought, he sprinted toward the Clan Chief's residence.

"Ha ha!" Outside the Du family gate, that booming voice rang again. "A junior with such big talk! You killed our Du Elder and still dare to come back for an explanation? You think winning first place in the martial competition lets you run wild?"

As the voice fell, an Elder of the Heavenly Gang Ninth Layer appeared before Ye Liuyun and the others.

"Attack!"

Ye Liuyun wasted no words; after saying "Attack," he launched a Spiritual Soul Attack at that Elder, instantly pulling the Elder's Soul into his Soul realm.

"Ice seal the lands!"

Wu Qingcheng, Yu Er, and Lei Ming joined forces, releasing Ice Power together, starting from the Du family gate and spreading inward.

"Kid! You dare try to kill me?" Though his Soul had been drawn into Ye Liuyun's Soul realm, the Elder still challenged Ye Liuyun.

"Fool, I'm here to kill! Destroy him!"

Speaking so, his golden-armored Soul, bearing Nether Ghost Fire, punched toward his Soul.

And that punch, though appearing slow, pierced the void and slammed into the Elder's Soul.

Caught off guard, the Elder's chest was pierced straight through. Nether Ghost Fire instantly ignited his Soul and spread rapidly.

"Kill!"

Ye Liuyun waved his hand to the others.

Bai Hu was the first to leap out. With one claw he shattered a Martial Cultivator frozen into an ice statue and took his core.

Su Miaoyin and Piao Yun busily smashed the ice statues one by one, retrieving Storage Rings.

Wu Qingcheng, Yu Er, and Lei Ming formed a straight line, continuously advancing into the Du family. Long Nv at this moment singled out Martial Cultivators above the Seventh Layer of Heavenly Gang to attack.

The frozen snow line spread toward the Du family.

Soon, the Du family's strong ones sprang into action, resisting the cold ice power.

They already possessed fire-eyed bloodlines, making them well-suited to counter the Ice Power.

But Ye Liuyun would not give them a chance. He tossed the Magic Vine onto the ice surface and said, "Absorb to your heart's content!"

Then he produced a Mourning Bell and smashed it toward some high-level Martial Cultivators.

In an instant, many low-level Martial Cultivators of the Du family were frozen, and even the high-level ones kept falling under the attacks of Ye Liuyun, Long Nv, and others.

The Magic Vine continuously absorbed cores, growing stronger.

The Du family Clan Chief, after hearing Du Yuan's report, originally intended to capture Ye Liuyun, but when his Divine Sense swept the outside scene, he slapped Du Yuan and sent him flying!

"You useless fool! What are you babbling here! And you damn well want to capture Ye Liuyun, when Ye Liuyun is about to wipe out the Du family!"

Then he rushed straight to the deep residence of the Du family Ancestor, urging the Ancestor to emerge. Given the current situation, even if he went personally, he couldn't stop Ye Liuyun and his group.

If they had prepared in advance and gathered all the Elders together, they could have fought a battle.

But now many Elders have been eliminated one by one by Ye Liuyun, leaving no organized effective counterattack.

"Junior, don't be arrogant; do you think the Du family has no one?"

A booming shout rang out as the Du family Ancestor burst out from the deep mansion.

Usually, such an Ancestor of a clan is prepared to sacrifice himself for the family's final battle.

Ye Liuyun, of course, didn't fight him head‑on; he released a Skeleton Puppet to clash with him, and in two rounds the Skeleton Puppet cleaved him in half with an axe, leaving him unable even to attempt a self‑destruct.

The Ancestor's realm was far lower than that of the Skeleton Puppet—a whole realm difference.

"Ancestor is dead! He only managed two moves!"

"What a powerful being we provoked!"

"Ye Liuyun is the first place in the Cangyun Martial Competition! Which of us Du family would be so blind as to provoke such a person?"

In an instant, the entire Du family fell into sorrow and despair.

With the Ancestor dead, the others could no longer resist Ye Liuyun.

"Young Master Ye, stand down, we are willing to compensate!"

The Du family Clan Chief now had to step forward. If he didn't come forward to admit fault, the Du family would be utterly destroyed. The Du family was already half frozen.

Some Martial Cultivators spontaneously formed a defense line against the cold ice power, but the Heavenly Gang Realm strong ones among them were each broken by Ye Liuyun and Long Nv, and likely couldn't hold out much longer.

From afar, Du Yuan, covering his face bruised by the Clan Chief's slap, stared dumbfounded at everything.

"Ye Liuyun's realm is already the Heavenly Gang Ninth Layer? His breakthrough speed is too fast! And there's also a pinnacle Yin‑Yang Realm puppet!"

Du Yuan hadn't known Ye Liuyun possessed such a powerful puppet before.

"How many trump cards does this guy still have!" He was now completely demoralized.

Watching the Du family members turn into ice statues, he couldn't help mocking himself. "Still wanted to catch Ye Liuyun! You almost wiped out an entire clan!"

"First, let's discuss the terms and see whether your Du family has any sincerity!"

Ye Liuyun now fully holds the advantage; with a Skeleton Puppet present, there is simply no opponent he cannot defeat.