Chapter 659: Heart Like Ash

"Shameless!"

Ye Liuyun immediately understood that Luo Tianyi deliberately lured him to rescue, hoping to strike him.

But that father is ruthless, using his own daughter as bait. If Ye Liuyun didn't go to rescue, that palm alone could have taken Luo Yurou's life!

"Alas!" Ye Liuyun sighed. Seeing Luo Yurou's dazed expression, he truly couldn't bear it.

So he used spatial displacement to send Luo Yurou straight to Wu Qingcheng's side, letting her look after her.

With a "boom," Luo Tianyi's palm struck the spot where Luo Yurou had stood, gouging a deep pit.

"I originally intended, for Luo Yurou's sake, to spare your life, but now it seems you dug your own grave!"

While speaking, Ye Liuyun immediately tore his main Soul into the Soul realm to devour it, and simultaneously slashed a Yi Dao from afar.

Luo Tianyi, having witnessed Ye Liuyun's blade intent before, split and sidestepped, yet his organs were still cut by the Yi Dao, albeit slightly off‑center, missing the heart and not fatal.

At this moment, the Skeleton Puppet eliminated a few slightly stronger Martial Cultivators, and Lei Ming and Long Nv also rushed in to kill.

The Black Shark Warship fully activated, its shield up. Simultaneously, a spear‑like object protruded from the side,

Ye Liuyun had seen it before; those were weapons forged by Li Sanniang. Their internal structure was quite complex, divided into several parts, seemingly powered by Spirit Stones.

Ye Liuyun had assumed the device would launch the spear to attack, but instead the spear tip emitted a burst of energy, blasting a huge hole through a Martial Cultivator's body.

"What an amazing weapon! It can be used repeatedly!"

It was only now that Ye Liuyun realized the weapon's power.

While Ye Liuyun was distracted, Luo Tianyi had already turned and fled.

Ye Liuyun smiled faintly, used spatial displacement again, and returned him to his original spot.

Luo Tianyi was also shocked, never expecting Ye Liuyun's spatial power to be so strong. He was two levels higher than Ye Liuyun, yet still could be moved back by him.

In fact, he didn't know that Ye Liuyun had already reached his own limit by moving him back.

"Young Master Ye!" Luo Tianyi reacted quickly, kneeling and pleading, "For Luo Yurou's sake, forgive me this once! I'm wrong, I've been so foolish!"

Ye Liuyun said nothing, but looked at Luo Yurou. He, too, couldn't bring himself to kill her biological father in front of her.

Seeing Ye Liuyun glance at Luo Yurou, Luo Tianyi instantly understood Ye Liuyun's intention.

"Daughter, say something for your father! It's your father's folly, his mistake! Do you just want to watch him die right before you?"

Luo Yurou's tears never ceased. No one knew whether she actually heard.

Ye Liuyun wasn't in a hurry, just waited beside.

The Skeleton Puppet, Lei Ming, Long Nv and others had finished the fight, wiping out every Martial Cultivator, and were now sweeping the battlefield.

"Daughter, at least say something!" Luo Tianyi kept pleading.

"Young Master Ye, let him go?"

After a while, Luo Yurou finally calmed down, and her tears stopped.

Yet the light in her eyes was gone. The successive betrayals turned her heart to ash.

"Fine. You may go!" Ye Liuyun replied, sheathed the Demon Slaying Sword, and stored the Skeleton Puppet.

Luo Tianyi, as if granted a pardon, turned and fled, ignoring Luo Yurou, fearing Ye Liuyun might change his mind.

Ye Liuyun saw this and could only shake his head helplessly.

"How could such a kind girl as Luo Yurou end up with a father like this!"

Ye Liuyun waved to the crowd, inviting everyone onto the warship. Du Yan also opened the shield, letting them in.

Luo Yurou suddenly pleaded, "Young Master Ye, can you take me aboard? I want to be a crew member on the ship, earning my own cultivation resources."

"Aren't you going home?" Ye Liuyun hadn't expected such a request.

"Where do I even have a home now? From now on, I want to rely on myself!"

Though Luo Yurou's tone carried some lament, being able to say "I want to rely on myself" showed she had managed to pull through.

Ye Liuyun nodded. "Alright then, going out with us to clear your mind isn't bad!"

On the ship, Du Yan spoke, "Come aboard, I happen to need a disciple; learn from me!"

"Thank you, Young Master Ye, thank you, Fu!" Luo Yurou bowed in gratitude.

Wu Qingcheng went over, supported her, linked arms, and led her onto the warship.

After they all boarded, Du Yan announced, "All set, set sail!"

With a roar of rushing air, the warship rose slowly, then accelerated, heading out of the domain.

After leaving Wolf Fang Island, the warship entered the outer realm and sped up again, finally revealing its true speed.

This speed was more than three times faster than when it chased Shen Siyuan before.

"Du Yan truly is formidable; the people he gathered are all masters! At this speed, the Three Yuan Sect definitely can't catch up!" Ye Liuyun couldn't help but exclaim.

"Don't get too pleased yet; before entering the Fog Sea, if we aren't intercepted, only then will we be truly safe!" Du Yan warned him.

"Will the Three Yuan Sect send people to intercept us?" Ye Liuyun asked, puzzled.

Du Yan chuckled, "The Three Yuan Sect has ruled this realm for so long; do you think they're all idiots? If I truly wanted to catch you, I'd send people both to chase Wolf Fang Island and to block at the Fog Sea. Those rushing to Wolf Fang Island certainly can't catch us, but an interception at the Fog Sea might still be possible."

Ye Liuyun thought it over and agreed his reasoning made sense. If one knows the realm well, such arrangements are natural.

"Then I'll prepare for battle!"

"Don't rush; we'll assess the situation first!" Du Yan said calmly, "The warship modified by Bojiao and Tuozi is impervious even to Yin Yang Jiu Zhong Martial Cultivators. We'll see how they form their interception. In their haste, they probably won't gather many masters."

"If there aren't many masters, what should we do?" Ye Liuyun asked curiously.

"If they're not foolish and don't board the Flying Boat, we'll send Li Sanniang forward. If they're inexperienced and do board the Flying Boat, well, hehe…" Du Yan paused deliberately, grinning mischievously twice.

"Then we'll just ram and blow up their Flying Boat, wiping out both the people and the ship."