Chapter 694: Severe Crisis

The Steward announced Ye Liuyun's victory, then he stepped down, collected the reward, and resumed cultivation.

This battle held no suspense for Ye Liuyun.

The same applied to Tuoba Qi. He had long known that Ye Liuyun had already mastered Qu Xuefeng's technique, and found it somewhat boring.

However, the audience first gasped at Ye Liuyun's precise triple strike, then erupted in applause and cheers.

"Forty consecutive wins have been born!"

"This Ye Liuyun has the potential for fifty consecutive wins! Winning forty was too easy!"

Ye Liuyun ignored what the spectators were saying and focused on Time Restoration of True Essence.

He activated Bà Tiān Divine Fist twice this time, so the consumption was considerable.

To hedge against any mishap, he immediately took out some Spirit Stones to absorb.

And all this was observed by the Martial Cultivators preparing to face him.

Seeing that he had already begun relying on Spirit Stones for recovery, those who had intended to withdraw all halted.

"Maybe this kid won't hold out much longer!" some thought.

In fact, Ye Liuyun wasn't deliberately luring them; he simply wanted to recover quickly and more safely.

As for anything else, he didn't even consider it.

What he needed to do now was give his all to stay in peak condition and fight ten more matches.

After Qu Xuefeng was carried away, he received brief treatment and was sent back to Qiu Tianyang's side.

His injuries weren't severe; he had only taken a heavy blow and briefly lost consciousness.

Now that he's awake, he remains a bit dazed.

He was truly humbled by Ye Liuyun's successive strikes, and he couldn't fathom why Ye Liuyun's bloodline power was so strong!

"Had I known his bloodline power was that strong, I wouldn't have needed to fight at all; I could have just surrendered!"

But it's too late to say anything now. The damage is done; he was humiliated badly this time, beaten like a sandbag.

At the same time, he truly thanked Ye Liuyun for not taking the chance to kill him.

"Want to go back and rest?"

Qiu Tianyang feared he would feel ashamed, so he tried to find him an easy way out.

Qu Xuefeng slowly shook his head. "Watch him aim for fifty consecutive wins!"

He wanted to gauge, through Ye Liuyun's battles, how far he could have gone had he never met Ye Liuyun.

Yet Ye Liuyun's upcoming opponents finally made him see his own limits.

Because Ye Liuyun's next opponents are all at the Yin Yang Five Layers realm, each stronger than the last.

Any one of them, if taken out, could challenge across levels.

Even as strong as Ye Liuyun, after fighting forty‑five matches, using Spirit Stones to recover still left nearly one‑fifth of True Essence unreplenished.

Seeing this, Qu Xuefeng couldn't help but sigh, "It seems my loss isn't unjust. Even without Ye Liuyun, I could never achieve fifty consecutive wins."

Ye Liuyun's opponents, even though his bloodline can suppress an opponent by one or two levels, are still not true rivals.

The entire audience raised wave after wave of cheers for Ye Liuyun.

In the later battles, Ye Liuyun grew increasingly strained, making the fights ever more spectacular.

Ye Liuyun's various tactics began rotating in succession, finally giving the spectators a satisfying show.

Inside, Qu Xuefeng felt an even deeper admiration for Ye Liuyun.

Even Qiu Tianyang sighed, "Someone as strong as him greeted us at first with such humility and low profile; truly rare!"

Qu Xuefeng and Qiu Tianyang exchanged glances, both regretting the missed chance to befriend Ye Liuyun.

Nevertheless, both knew Ye Liuyun had already offered them a chance; having missed it, they could never become friends.

It was they who were unworthy of Ye Liuyun, not the other way around.

If they tried to befriend Ye Liuyun again, it would become flattery, and the relationship would sour.

"Five more matches! These out‑of‑region Martial Cultivators are truly strong!"

Ye Liuyun simultaneously cultivated recovery while summarizing combat experience.

"Now my opponents, whether using Spatial Power or Soul, can hardly deliver a one‑hit kill. And once they get a chance to strike, I must spend True Essence to resist."

His opponents' realms are all higher than his; each time he resists, he inevitably must draw on the power of a Buddha‑Demon Golden Body and expend more True Essence than his foes.

Tuoba Qi now looks at Ye Liuyun with newfound respect.

"This kid's realm is a bit lower, his use of Heaven and Earth Power is weaker. The other forces aren't weak at all. His bloodline power, Divine Soul Power, and Spatial Power usage even surpass mine!"

At his age, Ye Liuyun has cultivated to such a level, far stronger than he was back then.

He is now extremely excited, having not seen such a powerful youth in a long time.

Thus, in his mind, he further believes Ye Liuyun is linked to the true form of the Guardian God Seal.

At this moment, amid the cheers, Ye Liuyun faced his forty‑sixth challenge.

This match's opponent was still a Demon Cultivator, but he exuded a gloomy ghostly aura.

"A local ghost cultivator?" Ye Liuyun was somewhat surprised.

Ghost cultivators are a branch within Demon Cultivators. He had seen few of them and knew little of their methods.

At first, Ye Liuyun doubted whether this Demon Cultivator was sent from the Nether Hell.

But hearing the surrounding audience's chatter, he learned the opponent was a local who had been here long ago.

Ye Liuyun took a deep breath and stepped onto the arena.

He also knew the upcoming battles would pit him against Yi Cheng's strongest Martial Cultivators.

Each would be a hard fight, no longer as easily won as before.

Moreover, his techniques had already been studied by these opponents, who had prepared defenses in advance.

That ghost cultivator's strongest ability is to summon Yin Souls.

At the beginning of the fight, his entire body's ghost qi started to rotate, as if forming a vortex.

Then, one by one, Yin Souls, wielding weapons and clad in armor, rushed out from that vortex.

His technique is equivalent to using his own ghost qi to connect to the Nether Hell, but limited by his cultivation level, overly strong Yin Souls cannot pass through.

But when those Yin Souls appeared, Ye Liuyun immediately sensed the Nether Curse mark on his Soul beginning to flicker.

Moreover, it was a very high‑frequency flicker, far stronger than the one he felt last time.

The ghost cultivator originally intended to command the summoned Yin Souls to attack Ye Liuyun. To his surprise, however, once those Yin Souls emerged they rushed straight at Ye Liuyun, ignoring his commands.

The ghost cultivator is now out of control over the Yin Souls!

He himself was stunned, not understanding what was happening.