Chapter 798: Heaven's Punishment on the Wicked

"Hmm!" Qiong Qi also agreed with Ye Liuyun's idea.

If they flee now, the Alliance Leader will certainly not let them go, and will even suspect that they took the items from the Treasure Vault.

So why not directly set a trap for that Alliance Leader, both to keep the alliance from having time to chase them and to earn some goodwill from the Demon Race, preventing a relentless pursuit.

Qiong Qi thought for a moment, then said to Ye Liuyun: "In my view, you shouldn't go to the battlefield to stir up trouble, lest you can't get out. We'll run outward while you use the Golden Pupil to strike the Alliance Leader from the air. Even if you can't kill him, you can affect his actions, giving the Demon Race strongmen a chance to slay him."

"Good, let's do it that way!"

Ye Liuyun made a swift decision, simultaneously ordering Du Yan to set sail along the preplanned retreat route, while activating the Golden Pupil to launch a long-range attack.

A pair of Golden Pupils flashed in the sky.

Ye Liuyun deliberately displayed the Golden Pupil to heighten the sense of mystery, drawing everyone's attention.

The battlefield was filled with Zao Hua Realm strongmen; when the Golden Pupil appeared, they immediately noticed it. Both sides temporarily separated, each observing the Golden Pupil.

Some strongmen tried to attack the Golden Pupil with Divine Sense, but it had no effect.

The Golden Pupil wasn't truly existent; all attacks were wasted effort, passing straight through it.

Ye Liuyun's skyward Golden Pupil projection was fundamentally untouchable.

So these strongmen, staring at the Golden Pupil in the sky, were at a loss, not knowing where it came from or what it signified.

Only the Alliance Leader, having seen Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil, grew suspicious.

Before he could finish his thought, the Golden Pupil in the sky emitted a blaze, scorching the Demon Cultivator Alliance Leader.

The Demon Race strongmen then realized that the Golden Pupil was meant to attack the Demon Cultivators.

"Ha ha, you Demon Cultivators have been cursed by Heaven! Heaven aids us, slay them all!"

The Demon Race guardians shouted, and again engaged the Demon Cultivators.

Ye Liuyun first unleashed a Golden Crow Holy Fire, merely as a probe, giving the Demon Race strongmen a cue to continue attacking the Demon Cultivators.

Seeing them clash again, he immediately switched to a Spiritual Soul Attack, directing Nether Ghost Fire at the Demon Cultivator Alliance Leader's Sea of Consciousness.

Ye Liuyun's Soul dared not enter his Sea of Consciousness directly, but setting fire to it was far safer.

The Nether Ghost Fire, once it entered the Alliance Leader's Sea of Consciousness, began burning everything it encountered.

The Alliance Leader's primary Soul rushed to extinguish the fire, but his hand was also touched by Nether Ghost Fire and got burned.

"What kind of flame is this!"

He tried every method, yet could not extinguish it.

Just as he was stunned, a strongman from the opposite side, of the Ninth Zao Hua Realm, seized the chance and struck him with a palm.

Although that strongman's realm was only one level higher than his, each level of the Zao Hua Realm brings a vastly greater power gap.

The Alliance Leader was hit so hard the palm made him vomit blood, and most of his Demon Qi dispersed.

His two assistants immediately intervened, blocking the strongman's follow‑up palm.

They had been three against one; now with the Alliance Leader wounded, they were quickly at a disadvantage.

Ye Liuyun, deciding not to hold back, again hurled Nether Ghost Fire at a Demon Cultivator's Sea of Consciousness.

This move gave the Demon Race guarding the Sacred Temple complete advantage, smashing the Demon Cultivator half‑dead with a palm, then turning to strike the Alliance Leader.

Catching the thief and the king. Killing the Alliance Leader changes the whole battle's significance!

The Demon Race understood this, so their attacks on the Alliance Leader were unrelenting and lethal.

The Alliance Leader endured the Nether Ghost Fire within his Sea of Consciousness, blocked twice, but ultimately a Demon Race palm shattered all his remaining Demon Qi, sending him plummeting downward.

Immediately, the Demon Race ignored the others, pursued, and delivered a final blow, completely ending the Alliance Leader.

The dying Demon Cultivator Alliance Leader, still thinking of his Foreign Tribe master, gazed toward the Sacred Temple, dying with his eyes unopened.

Perhaps, in the unseen, the Demon Race strongman was right: truly a heavenly punishment upon the wicked!

The other two Demon Cultivators who fought that strongman, seeing the Alliance Leader dead, lost all will to continue and turned to flee.

The wounded one ran slower, was caught by a Demon Race strongman, and was killed with a single strike.

Then the strongman did not chase the fleeing Demon Cultivator, but turned back to aid other Sacred Temple guards, eliminating the Demon Cultivators one by one.

In the end, the Demon Cultivators were routed; the late‑stage Zao Hua Realm strongmen suffered heavy casualties, with only six scrambling to break through and escape.

On the Sacred Temple side, several Zao Hua Realm strongmen were wounded, but overall combat power remained largely intact.

These strongmen united, clearing the remaining Demon Cultivators, which became much easier.

The Demon Cultivator Alliance's offensive this time was completely shattered.

They lost hundreds of Warships, not to mention nearly half their personnel. Moreover, from now on they could not escape the Demon Race's pursuit.

Ye Liuyun watched for a while, withdrew the Golden Pupil, briefed Qiong Qi on the battlefield situation, and returned to the Xuan Kong Shi to cultivate.

Du Yan led all the crew, pushing the Warship at full speed, racing forward.

The Sacred Temple guardians, thereafter, did not launch a proactive attack, but summoned nearby Demon Race forces to purge the Demon Cultivators.

Ye Liuyun's group ran fast, being the first to exit the battle zone.

Later, Ye Liuyun had Du Yan switch to another Warship, swapping to his Level 3 Battleship, and continued sailing.

Although they encountered Demon Race inspections en route, he dispersed his Demon Qi, and everyone changed attire, making them indistinguishable from non‑Demon Cultivators.

Lei Ming also remained within the Xuan Kong Shi to cultivate; the Demon Race had no way to investigate.

Their Level 3 Battleship never appeared on the battlefield, so the Demon Race gave them free passage.

Du Yan piloted the Warship, consecutively breaching several layers of the Demon Race's blockade lines.

Only after no Demon Race patrols could be seen did they finally relax.

"Switch back to our Super Warship? This Warship's speed is too slow!" Ye Liuyun suggested.

The Level 3 Battleship's speed lagged far behind the Super Warship. After sailing seven or eight days, they estimated the Super Warship could catch up without even a day's travel.

Continuing at this pace, Ye Liuyun estimated they would soon be pursued by the Nether Hell.

Even though he now leads by over three months, he cannot waste time like this.

Du Yan also agreed with Ye Liuyun's suggestion, and at once changed the Warship, speeding out of this area.

After a safe journey of roughly five days, Du Yan suddenly came looking for Ye Liuyun.

"In less than a day's sailing we'll reach the Sect of the Demon Cultivator who originally captured my daughter, the Qian Mo Sect. I want to go see whether that Demon Cultivator called Xue Lian City is still there. Piloting a Super Warship is a bit too conspicuous!"