Chapter 81: Consecutive Blood Battles

It must be said, Ye Liuyun's arrangement indeed bought them time.

In the following five days, everything remained as usual, with no major changes.

Ye Liuyun did not go into battle again, but instead had Li Mengxi and the others go find suitable opponents to warm up. Meanwhile, he himself consolidated his realm every day, occasionally going to the city wall to stroll a few times and observe the enemy's movements.

On the sixth day, while Ye Liuyun was observing the enemy from the city wall, he suddenly noticed that the barbarians who had come to challenge had all withdrawn. Looking back at the enemy's main camp, many martial cultivators were also gathering.

He immediately notified Song Tao and the city defense leader: "The barbarians are about to act. No need to hide it now—let's prepare for all-out war!"

Upon hearing this, the two immediately went back to prepare. Horns sounded continuously inside the city, and the soldiers busied themselves nervously. The Golden Armored Guards were also divided into two shifts—one shift took position on the wall, the other on standby—all having made battle preparations.

Ye Liuyun also released the Bald Vulture into the air to conveniently monitor the enemy's movements.

Soon, a barbarian martial cultivator unit charged forward.

From afar, Ye Liuyun saw that the strongest martial cultivator in this unit was at the True Yuan Fifth Tier.

"Everyone, hold your positions and conserve your strength. This is the enemy's probing squad; I will face them alone!"

Ye Liuyun shouted, then leapt down from the wall and rushed to kill that barbarian martial cultivator unit.

The Golden Armored Guards on the wall, seeing the Palace Guards not intercepting, secretly wondered, "Could the Palace Guards have some arrangement?"

Otherwise, how could they let Ye Liuyun go down alone to challenge a squad?

But when the two sides clashed, they also saw no movement from the Palace Guards.

Yet these thirty-plus people were all cut down by Ye Liuyun alone in the blink of an eye!

To save time, he used a sword, which made his speed faster.

Barbarian martial cultivators are actually somewhat stronger than them, because the barbarians inherently have good physiques and also emphasize body refinement. Thus their actual combat strength is usually one tier higher than their cultivation realm.

Even so, that barbarian martial cultivator at the True Yuan Fifth Tier was split in half by Ye Liuyun's single sword strike, unable to retaliate.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun's bloodline was fully unleashed; merely that bloodline pressure suppressed those barbarian martial artists so they could not move, each standing there waiting for him to slash, not even exempting that True Yuan Fifth Tier cultivator.

Next, the second and third probing squads were all wiped out by Ye Liuyun alone.

The soldiers on the wall stared in disbelief! Only then did they realize how strong Ye Liuyun was! Martial cultivators at the True Yuan Fifth or Sixth Tier were all killed with a single blow, having no chance to retaliate!

No wonder he was chosen as the Holy Son!

At this point, they no longer merely acknowledged Ye Liuyun in their hearts; they were gradually turning into worship. From their original contempt and suspicion, they had completely become respect.

Although the barbarians were far away, they also saw that the three squads they had sent out were all taken down by a single youth!

Sending out the elders made them feel embarrassed, but the youths feared he might not be their match.

At this moment, a barbarian leader said: "General, isn't he capable of fighting? Then let him fight! All together, let's see how many he can stop. After all, we know the strength of those Golden Armored Guards; it won't differ much. Why hesitate? Let's just take the city directly!"

The leading general also nodded and gave the direct order: "Martial Cultivator First Battalion, attack the city together!"

With his command, a large number of martial cultivators surged out and charged toward the opposite city.

Through the Bald Vulture, Ye Liuyun saw the enemy's charging scene and immediately returned to the city wall. Then he took out his bow and arrow, preparing for ranged attack.

When the enemy drew nearer, Ye Liuyun began nonstop drawing and shooting his bow, one arrow per target.

Before they even reached the wall, Ye Liuyun had shot dead more than twenty True Yuan Third or Fourth Tier martial artists. This batch of attacking core forces was almost wiped out by a quarter, greatly easing the defensive pressure.

Moreover, each of his arrows carried blazing fire and thunder‑lightning power so violently that upon impact they burned a large hole, leaving no one alive under his bow.

"This Blazing Sun Bow is truly formidable—what it shoots isn't even an arrow! It's like firing a miniature sun; each arrow creates a huge hole!"

Ye Liuyun was very satisfied with this Blazing Sun Bow in his heart.

This made the soldiers on the wall cheer. As it turned out, this Holy Son was also a divine archer! Before the battle even began, he had already taken down more than twenty enemies!

When the enemy climbed onto the wall, Ye Liuyun specifically targeted those at the True Yuan Fifth or Sixth Tier—up close he would jab them down with a finger, at a distance he would shoot them with arrows.

As victory drew near, he also captured a True Yuan Fifth Tier martial artist, employing the Illusion Pupil's Purple Lightning Prison Cage; after observing the opponent for three breaths, the opponent collapsed straight to the ground, being taken alive!

However, thinking that capturing him was useless—these martial cultivators knew no military secrets—he killed him instead and threw the corpse to the Black Python.

Once the battle ended, the Black Python collected the corpses on the wall. Ye Liuyun went to help bundle the bodies beneath the wall.

He also told the Black Python and the Bald Vulture not to rush. In this great battle, they would have plenty of food. Ye Liuyun even planned to fill his Storage Ring completely and give it to them.

They had barely finished celebrating when the enemy's second wave of attack arrived—and this time their numbers were double the previous.

Ye Liuyun still employed the same tactic of ranged archery. However, once the enemy closed in this time, he stopped using the bow and instead directly used the Lingkong Finger against them—one finger per target, alternating hands in successive jabs.

The Lingkong Finger also consumed a great deal; by the time he repelled the enemy, his True Essence was nearly depleted. He hastily swallowed a Condensing Yuan Pill to replenish his True Essence.

Then, while waiting for the next wave of enemies, he switched to using Purple Lightning Furious Thunder in combat, alternating practice of the Lingkong Finger and Purple Lightning Furious Thunder.

After four waves of attack, the enemy also eased up. Everyone hurriedly took pills to rest.

The Golden Armored Guards had already rotated two shifts, yet Ye Liuyun remained full of spirit standing on the wall. Li Mengxi, too, had been relying on pills to hold up, and just now went down to rest.

Ye Liuyun's True Essence lasting this long has already left the Golden Armored Guards in awe.

"As expected of the Holy Son! We've rotated two shifts, yet they're still up there. And I see this Ye Holy Son—he still looks quite energetic!"

Song Tao walked over and asked: "Do you need to rest?"

Ye Liuyun shook his head and said: "The next attack is coming right away. Moreover, three squads will charge together. I hope this is their final daytime assault today!"

Upon hearing this, Song Tao's expression also grew solemn. Looking back at those Golden Armored Guards behind him, he sighed: "It seems someone will have to stay here forever today."

Ye Liuyun also said helplessly: "It's unavoidable! Being able to fight like this is already not bad! This has only just begun; the further we go, the weaker our combat strength will become!"

At this moment, another barbarian wave of attack began, and Song Tao shouted loudly: "All forces, prepare for battle!"

Ye Liuyun also raised the Blazing Sun Bow.

As soon as close combat began, Ye Liuyun drew the Azure Cloud Sword and simultaneously activated the Lingkong Art.

This time the enemy numbered too many, so he aimed to slay them as quickly as possible to minimize our losses.