Chapter 617: Battle the Corpse Demon Again

When Ye Liuyun and his party arrived at the branch of the Dark Night Demon Hall, they found it empty.

They trekked through several locations before a stationed member of the Dark Night Demon Hall, who was on watch, told them that the others had all withdrawn to the Northern Territory branch.

"I'll wait a bit longer; there will be plenty of chances to fight later!" the Dragon Woman worried that Ye Liuyun would venture out for him, attacking the Dark Night Demon Hall's Northern Territory branch.

Wu Qingcheng suggested: "How about we go slay the Corpse Demon? I heard the Corpse Demon has been very active lately. Let the Dragon Woman and Lei Ming raise their realms a bit, then we can take on the Dark Night Demon Hall with more confidence."

She also thought that confronting the entire Northern Territory branch of the Dark Night Demon Hall head‑on was still a bit weak for them. Their main drawback was their small numbers. Yet she believed Ye Liuyun wouldn't give up on the Dragon Woman's ascension, so she proposed this plan.

"That's a good plan! Let's go slay the Corpse Demon!"

After Wu Qingcheng's reminder, Ye Liuyun indeed found the plan feasible. He then led the group onto a Flying Boat, heading straight for the northern barbarian frontier.

The northern frontier garrison, where the Five‑Domain Alliance is now stationed, is assisting the local defenders in repelling the Corpse Demon.

Ye Liuyun didn't even greet them; he piloted the Flying Boat over the frontier garrison and entered the Corpse Demon's territory directly.

They had fought the Corpse Demon before, so their experience was considerable.

However, this time there was no Hell Mingshe, so they couldn't summon the Corpse Demon directly; they had to locate it themselves.

As soon as Ye Liuyun's party stepped off the Flying Boat, they ran into a group of Corpse Demons, which Ye Liuyun handed over to the Dragon Woman to handle.

Then he, together with the Dragon Woman, assaulted the town where Corpse Demons gathered. During the fight, any strong opponents were left for the Dragon Woman to train against. Even Lei Ming, Wu Qingcheng, Yu Er, and Bai Hu didn't get a chance to act.

For the lower‑realm foes, Ye Liuyun assigned Su Miaoyin, Ru Yue, Piao Yun, Shi Yuan, Mo Ya, and others to engage.

Hao Chengfeng stayed at the academy and did not come with Ye Liuyun's group.

They started from the first border town, attacking town after town, pushing deeper into the Corpse Demon's heartland. The further they went, the stronger the Corpse Demons gathered within each town.

Especially in towns with a Transmission Altar. Usually a few Corpse Demons of the Tian‑Gang Eight‑Nine Layers guard them. At that point, Ye Liuyun would send Yu Er and Bai Hu up to assist the Dragon Woman, preventing her from taking serious injury.

After several days, the Dragon Woman, Su Miaoyin, and others had accumulated many minor injuries, yet their strength grew rapidly.

The Dragon Woman's feeling of ascension to a dragon grew ever stronger.

"Hold on a bit longer; there are three towns ahead. We'll wipe out these Demon Race in one go, then ascend to dragon right here," Ye Liuyun told the Dragon Woman.

Then he ordered everyone to return to the Xuan Kong Shi to replenish True Essence.

"Next battle, you all fight together too!"

It wasn't until now that Ye Liuyun let Lei Ming and Wu Qingcheng act, to speed up the progress.

Fortunately, the people around Ye Liuyun were cohesive, always helping each other, and now no one objected. This saved Ye Liuyun a lot of mental effort.

The Corpse Demons in the final three towns were the strongest. In the first town, there were six Corpse Demons of Tian‑Gang Nine Layers and six of Tian‑Gang Eight Layers.

Moreover, these Corpse Demons' physical bodies were rigid, feeling no pain, and they never retreated in combat, making them extremely hard to deal with.

Wu Qingcheng and Yu Er's ice‑binding techniques were highly effective against them. The Dragon Woman and Lei Ming's physical bodies, surprisingly, were not inferior, so the fight was fairly even.

Later, the guardian of the Altar in that town was an Alien Evil Artifact creature of Tian‑Gang Nine Layers; though harder to handle, they managed to kill it together.

Ye Liuyun never intervened, continuously observing their battle and the Dragon Woman's transformation.

Inside the Dragon Woman, True Essence and bloodline had both reached their peak; the realm breakthrough and ascension to dragon would likely occur simultaneously.

After destroying the Altar, they moved to the next city, where the Corpse Demons still had the same protective forces.

To prevent the Dragon Woman from breaking through too quickly, Ye Liuyun also acted this time. He swung a single slash, cleaving the alien creature guarding the Altar in two and destroying the Altar.

When they reached the final town, Ye Liuyun and the others were all a little stunned.

The entire town had been piled into an Altar by the Corpse Demons.

The gleaming white bones towered higher than the city walls!

"How many bones must these Corpse Demons have collected!" Wu Qingcheng exclaimed upon seeing the scene.

"This is newly built; it didn't exist before. It seems that while we were away, the Corpse Demon's territory didn't expand, but their spoils are impressive!" Ye Liuyun said.

"With an altar this huge, where should we start?" Lei Ming was a bit stunned by the massive altar.

"They're coming!"

Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil spotted, far beyond the Altar, a powerful alien creature of Yin‑Yang Three Layers, accompanied by two Yin‑Yang One Layer and six Tian‑Gang Nine Layer alien beings, charging toward them.

In this final city, there wasn't a single Corpse Demon; it had been completely overtaken by alien creatures.

The realms of these nine were indeed extremely high. On the Cangyun Continent, carving out a domain should be no problem for them.

"Could this mean the alien creatures have begun an invasion?"

Ye Liuyun was doubtful in his heart, unable to be certain.

"I don't know if the Five‑Domain Alliance knows about this; we need to check with their higher‑ups after we return!"

Ye Liuyun hadn't expected that these alien beings, though quiet lately, had secretly become this powerful.

If all the alien creatures came over, the entire Cangyun Continent would be in danger.

The leading alien of Yin‑Yang Three Layers resembled a gigantic bird, complete with wings. However, it lacked feathers; its body was covered in silver‑scaled armor that glittered under the sun, dazzling the eyes.

Their Demon Qi, unlike that of the local Demon Race, could be felt from afar as a repulsive, evil presence. Hence many call them Alien Evil Artifacts.

Regardless of the name, these invading alien species treat humans as food and energy sources.

"Human ant, you actually managed to kill your way here; that's some skill! However, your life is mine. The altar's summit still needs a skull. Since your realm is high enough, I choose you!"

These alien creatures surrounded Ye Liuyun and his party, clearly intending to annihilate them.

Ye Liuyun transmitted a voice to everyone: "Wu Qingcheng, Yu Er, the two of you jointly handle a Yin‑Yang One Layer creature; I will take on a Yin‑Yang One Layer creature and that Yin‑Yang Three Layer one, while the others each deal with a Tian‑Gang Nine Layer creature. Move!"