Chapter 871: Whenever Called, Always Arrive

Ye Liuyun smiled and looked at Yutianxiang: "I know I'm not your match, but I think the gap isn't big! How about this: we sign a contract and practice against each other regularly?"

Ye Liuyun's real intention is to find a long‑term sparring partner.

"Mutual training?" Yutianxiang couldn't guess what Ye Liuyun meant.

He thought to himself, "Is this kid looking for a beating? Mutual training fits me perfectly; I can smash him anytime!"

"What, you don't dare?" Ye Liuyun retorted.

"You aren't planning to use divine artifacts or beasts, are you? They're not allowed on this training ground!" Yutianxiang reminded him.

"If you don't dare, fine! I just want to train my Physical Body!" Ye Liuyun said indifferently.

"I don't dare? Laughable!" Yutianxiang sneered, then immediately agreed: "Fine, I'll sign a contract with you. Whenever called, always arrive!"

So Ye Liuyun and Yutianxiang actually signed the contract, arriving whenever the other wanted to spar.

"Since you want to train your Physical Body, I'll grant you that!"

After the contract was signed, Yutianxiang revealed a ferocious expression.

He thought smugly, "Damn Golden Pupil kid, I'll beat you once a day and keep you lying in bed!"

Ye Liuyun said nothing, but solemnly prepared, drawing his Demon Slaying Sword.

Facing a Zao Hua Third Realm opponent, he dared not be careless. That realm already exceeds the limits he can currently fight at!

So without hesitation, he struck first, a palm of Grasping Heaven and Earth slamming forward.

"Hah, the Yin‑Yang Seventh Layer realm—where do you get the nerve to spar with me!" Yutianxiang was unfazed, raised his hand, and with a palm shattered Ye Liuyun's Grasping Heaven and Earth.

Ye Liuyun had long known he couldn't counter that palm, and immediately followed with a forward slash.

Then Spatial Power erupted, thousands of spirit arrows raining from the void, bombarding Yutianxiang.

At the same time, Golden Pupil activated an attack, Golden Crow Holy Fire scorching Yutianxiang's Physical Body.

Next, another slash, using Spatial Power, cleaving into Yutianxiang's body.

This barrage left Yutianxiang flustered.

Especially the final slash; even after reacting, he couldn't fully dodge it, leaving a small cut on his back!

"Damned it!"

Yutianxiang hadn't expected to be wounded so quickly. Yet he steadied himself and unleashed a flurry of heavy punches at Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun resisted with all his might, but was forced backward step by step. His Physical Body was split with several fissures, blood spraying out.

He didn't care at all and soon launched another round of successive attacks.

However, this time's effect was weaker than the previous. Yutianxiang, true to a Qian Long Academy disciple, still had skill and quickly adapted to Ye Liuyun's moves.

So this round posed no real threat, only disrupting his attack rhythm, forcing him to pause and defend,

When he tried to strike again, Ye Liuyun's Physical Body had already healed, and he withstood another assault.

Thus the two kept trading blows; Ye Liuyun suffered setbacks but was never knocked down by Yutianxiang.

"This kid is unbelievably resilient!" Yutianxiang hadn't expected Ye Liuyun to endure so much.

"Looks like brute force won't work; I'll drain his True Essence! Exhaust his True Essence and he'll be at my mercy!"

With that in mind, Yutianxiang began draining True Essence with Ye Liuyun again!

As his assault weakened, Ye Liuyun immediately understood his intention.

But he didn't want Yutianxiang to conserve True Essence. He instantly intensified his attack, forcing Yutianxiang into chaos; Yutianxiang had to ramp up his offense to keep Ye Liuyun at bay.

Yet, to Yutianxiang's surprise, after a while his True Essence was nearly depleted, while Ye Liuyun showed no sign of exhaustion.

"Impossible! This kid's True Essence can't be that abundant!"

Yutianxiang, fearing his own True Essence would run out, suddenly intensified his assault, hoping to quickly drain Ye Liuyun's True Essence.

Yet at this moment Ye Liuyun still had a core pill of True Essence untouched!

He continuously condensed void spirit arrows, disrupting Yutianxiang's attacks while conserving his own True Essence.

Under his relentless practice, the spirit arrows grew in number and quality, increasingly hampering Yutianxiang.

Gradually, Yutianxiang's True Essence began to falter.

Ye Liuyun seized the chance, repeatedly slamming down the Grasping Yin‑Yang palm; the Demon Slaying Sword struck blade after blade, and Golden Pupil's flames and void spirit arrows rained upon Yutianxiang.

"Damn, I've been fooled! This kid's True Essence is too much!" Yutianxiang's regret was useless at that point.

His remaining True Essence was scant, leaving his defense weak, let alone his offense!

Ye Liuyun finally seized the moment, his True Essence surging wildly, palm after palm overpowering the next, ultimately beating Yutianxiang to the point he vomited blood and was slammed out of the arena.

"I accept your concession!" Ye Liuyun smiled at Yutianxiang.

"Don't get cocky; once I recover, we'll fight again!" Yutianxiang felt deeply unwilling. Ye Liuyun, though not his match, used abundant True Essence to wear him down!

"Next time we face him, we must take him down quickly!" Yutianxiang thought.

"Fine!" Ye Liuyun smiled faintly: "But you must hurry; I won't give you much time. The contract we signed is indeed whenever called, always arrive!"

Yutianxiang heard this, his face turning ghastly, fearing Ye Liuyun would immediately challenge him again.

Fortunately, Ye Liuyun had no intention of crippling him in one go.

He still intended to keep Yutianxiang as a long‑term sparring partner!

After speaking, Ye Liuyun ignored him, leapt off the arena, and returned with the others.

"You really stuck it out!" Liang Xinyu found it hard to believe!

"His Physical Body is no worse than mine!" Yuan Datou praised loudly.

"I also need to rush back to replenish True Essence; I'm almost drained!" Ye Liuyun said modestly.

His True Essence, after that final fierce assault, was nearly spent, indeed needing quick recovery.

"You want to use Yutianxiang as a long‑term sparring partner?" Ling Shuang asked Ye Liuyun. She seemed to have seen his intention.

Ye Liuyun smiled, neither confirming nor denying. In his heart he praised Ling Shuang as far smarter than Liang Xinyu and the others.

After returning, he went straight back into the Xuan Kong Shi, absorbing the Nether Dragon's Origin Pill to restore his True Essence.

Time inside the Xuan Kong Shi is ten times that outside.

Ye Liuyun had just replenished his True Essence when a shout from Yutianxiang came from outside his residence.

"Ye Liuyun, come out to the training ground for a fight!"