Chapter 85: Farewell, Black Robe

Song Tao and Xu Ran were both stunned. Then Song Tao said, "You are the Holy Son, your future is boundless, why must you die in battle here!"

Ye Liuyun swung his sword, cutting down a charging barbarian Martial Cultivator, and smiled at Song Tao, "No point in talking more! Today we'll fight to the full! Want to see who kills more between us?"

Song Tao saw Ye Liuyun not leaving and laughed heartily, "Fine! Let's have fun! If it's a contest, then contest!"

At that moment Xu Ran laughed loudly, "Count me in!"

Soon Li Mengxi returned, shouting at Ye Liuyun and the others, "Do you look down on women? How dare you deceive me!"

While saying that, she also drew her sword and started slashing.

The few of them exchanged smiles and kept fighting.

Ye Liuyun hadn't expected Li Mengxi could strike back at this time. m.

This also shows that this woman's nature still cherishes loyalty and righteousness!

In the end, they were surrounded by tens of thousands, and only eight or nine remained standing nearby!

Li Mengxi's hand gripping the sword trembled from exhaustion.

A few others, already drained of strength, fell at their feet and were taken under protection.

Everyone was utterly exhausted; even Song Tao could no longer hold on.

But Ye Liuyun kept fighting and slashing without pause.

Song Tao shook his head, "This guy is a monster, a killing machine!"

After holding on a bit longer, Li Mengxi's long sword slipped from her hand, and she sat on the ground, unable to rise.

Song Tao had been cut several times, but he could still barely stand, not falling.

Ye Liuyun tightened his grip on his sword; its blade was already riddled with notches.

Even the finest weapon can't endure such wear. Moreover, the opponent also wielded a fine weapon; repeated clashes inevitably leave marks.

At this moment, behind him no one could still fight; only he remained alone!

"What a pity! I can't fulfill my wish to find my aunt and parents!" Ye Liuyun sighed inwardly.

But he didn't regret it! Fighting so exhilaratingly made his life worthwhile.

Lei Ming tried several times to reveal his true form to aid the battle, but Ye Liuyun stopped him each time.

"It's not time yet! Don't expose yourself. In a war this big, one more or one fewer makes no difference." Ye Liuyun barred him from intervening, even instructing Bald Vulture that if he died in battle, Bald Vulture should take Lei Ming away.

"Ye brother!" Song Tao called out. By now he truly regarded Ye Liuyun as a brother. "Leave now! Keep your life, and later avenge us!"

Ye Liuyun laughed, "Since you already call me brother, how could I abandon you!"

At that moment a voice came from the opposite side, "He can't leave!"

The Martial Cultivators surrounding them yielded a passage. A figure cloaked in a black robe walked slowly from afar.

"Black-robed man?" Ye Liuyun asked oddly, "How did you end up here?"

"If I weren't here, would you think the barbarians would dare attack you?" the black-robed man said with a teasing tone, "I never expected, after such a short time apart, you've become this strong! It really surprises me!"

"What do you want?" Ye Liuyun asked.

The black-robed man sneered, "What do you think? I never expected you'd come here!"

But now that I've seen you, I've changed my mind. If you agree to submit to me, I'll have the barbarians withdraw, and the people behind you can survive!

Otherwise, I'll capture you alive and torture you until you agree. As for those behind you, I'll kill them one by one right before your eyes!

"Are you still half-asleep, babbling here? Do you think I'd submit to you?" Ye Liuyun retorted.

"Or what? Do you have a choice?" the black-robed man laughed.

"He certainly has a choice!" The voice came from far away, followed by a sword beam charging straight at the black-robed man.

"Prince!" Ye Liuyun, Song Tao and the others shouted excitedly. The voice was all too familiar—they realized the Heavenly Luck King had finally arrived.

The sword beam flew in like from the heavens, cleaving the sky, dazzling and terrifying like a meteor, arriving in an instant.

"Is this the power of a Sea Transformation realm strongman?"

Ye Liuyun was amazed. It was his first time seeing the Heavenly Luck King act, and he hadn't expected such tremendous power!

The black-robed man threw a full-force punch. With a booming sound, he was knocked back several zhang.

The black-robed man, who seemed invincible to Ye Liuyun, couldn't withstand a single blow.

"So your wounds haven't healed yet!" The Heavenly Luck King's figure arrived then, landing beside Ye Liuyun.

Then, from afar, several experts hurried over.

Qi Xiong, Lü Wei, Wei Zhen, Li Yuanqing and others had all come!

Further away, rows of Warships also sailed over.

After waiting so long, Ye Liuyun and the others finally saw reinforcements arrive, and the Prince himself led them.

The Heavenly Luck King nodded and said, "You've worked hard! From now on you don't need to worry about anything!"

The black-robed man stared at Ye Liuyun. "You kid really have great luck! Next time I'll settle the score with you!"

Saying that, he turned to leave.

"There will be no next time; stay here!" the Heavenly Luck King said, striking again with a sword.

Ye Liuyun felt the sword's power up close, his body and mind trembling.

With a "Boom", the black-robed man was sliced by the Prince's sword.

With a "Wha—" a skeleton shattered, and the black-robed man vanished without a trace.

"A skeletal decoy? He actually got away!" the Heavenly Luck King frowned. He hadn't expected the black-robed man to be so hard to kill.

But at this moment it was clearly not the time to pursue him.

When the black-robed man fled, those barbarian Martial Cultivators ran after him! Facing a Sea Transformation realm strongman, they were no match.

Thus the Prince led everyone back into the city, letting them rest first, then to settle the main army.

It wasn't until the next day, after they had rested enough, that the Prince summoned them.

Listening to Song Tao and others recount Ye Liuyun's achievements, the Prince kept nodding in praise!

"Good lad! I really didn't misjudge you!" the Heaven Fortune King said happily: "Go back to the prefecture city to cultivate; after the great battle you'll surely gain some insight. Also let others earn some battle merits, otherwise you'll hog them all!"

Song Tao will handle tallying everyone's battle merits and distributing rewards. You don't need to worry about the rest! After a while I'll return and arrange for a few of you Holy Sons to go to the Holy Martial Academy.

"Yes!" everyone replied in unison and withdrew.

Ye Liuyun felt somewhat excited inside. "I didn't expect to go to the Holy Martial Academy so soon!"

That day, Song Tao arranged a warship and brought these people back to the prefecture city.

Along the way, Song Tao calculated the battle merits. He asked Ye Liuyun: "Guess how many battle merits you earned this time?"

Ye Liuyun shook his head. "I don't even know how battle merits are calculated!"

Song Tao laughed: "Major military intelligence, thirty thousand points; setting an ambush in Mi Lin, taming the wolf pack, fighting to the death without retreat, five thousand points; slaying enemies, I calculated fifteen thousand points for you. Altogether, fifty thousand battle merits! You've struck it rich now!"

Ye Liuyun also laughed, for he knew just how much these battle merits could be exchanged for!

After returning to the Heaven Fortune King's Mansion, Ye Liuyun's first order of business was to go with Song Tao to exchange resources.

He exchanged away all the high-grade medicinal materials such as True Dragon Blood, Blood Lotus Seed, and Holy Origin Fruit, and he also traded for a large quantity of other herbs.

Then, seeing that he still had plenty of points left and not bothering with whether it was a good deal, he exchanged for a sword—a low-tier Earth Tier weapon.

The sword he exchanged for is named Slay Dragon, which sounds quite domineering.

He also exchanged for a special garment, a low-tier Earth Tier treasure capable of withstanding a full-powered strike from a Sea Transformation expert.

After exchanging all of these, he still had thirty thousand battle merits left. There was no way to spend them all, so he could only save them for gradual use later.