Chapter 878: Scheming the Asura

"One Venerable, two Zao Hua fourth‑tier, three thousand Skeleton Soldiers!" They unleashed a Warship, and Ye Liuyun also grasped their full combat strength.

The yin ghost aura emitted by those three thousand Skeleton Soldiers made Li Qingyun and Xia Tianqiong feel suffocated, and they immediately mobilized all their power to resist.

"Much fewer than I expected!" Ye Liuyun's relaxed voice came over.

Asura is a Venerable‑ranked strongman, even if Ye Liuyun's voice were faint, she heard it crystal clear.

She merely smiled, glanced around, and immediately noticed that Ye Liuyun was within a Formation's protection.

Yet she paid no heed, directly ordering her Servant: "Attack the Formation first!"

Fang and Poison Spike instantly split their troops into two routes, from two directions, bearing Skeleton Soldiers to charge at Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun, like Asura, also appeared extremely relaxed.

Qiong Qi's Formation for him, however, contained an Illusion Array. What Asura and those Skeleton Soldiers saw was only the Defense Array surrounding Ye Liuyun.

In fact, when those Skeleton Soldiers rushed straight toward his position, they had already entered the coverage of the outer Attack Formation.

Ye Liuyun waited until they were near before activating the outer Attack Formation.

"You scared me to death!" Li Qingyun shouted nervously, "You kid, can you stop playing so thrilling!"

Facing the onslaught of so many Skeleton Yin Soldiers, Li Qingyun was indeed a bit nervous, but not as exaggerated as he claimed.

"Good kid! But with just this Formation, you still can't deal with me!"

Asura also grew a bit angry!

She hadn't expected that, once the battle began, Ye Liuyun had already schemed against her twice.

The first time, Ye Liuyun's single strike concealed Buddha Light Power and Nether Ghost Fire, slashing a gap in the Warship's bow; the second time, he enveloped her three thousand Skeleton Soldiers within a Formation.

Now she could no longer sense the situation inside the Formation. Yet she thought her Skeleton Soldiers should be able to hold out for a while.

So she prepared to strike, to attack this Formation.

However, Ye Liuyun gave her no chance to act at all.

"What about Asura? When facing me, you will also fall! Die!"

Ye Liuyun raised his hand, and Ghost Butterfly and Ice Demon Tiger simultaneously rushed toward Asura, instantly launching an attack.

Asura saw this and merely frowned.

He could not see inside the Formation, could not see Li Qingyun and Xia Tianqiong. Yet he could vaguely sense that within the Formation there were masters of the Zao Hua Realm.

Now two Venerable‑ranked ferocious beasts appeared, clearly Ye Liuyun's preparations were thorough.

She immediately unleashed her life‑and‑death domain, Asura Hell!

Within Asura Hell, blood flowed like a river, corpses lay everywhere.

Asura now stood atop a White Bone Mountain, with a massive Asura Void Shadow behind her. Her Guardian God Seal was the Asura War God.

The aura of death and the scent of blood made even Ye Liuyun and the others outside the domain frown upon smelling it.

"Roar!"

The Ice Demon Tiger let out a mighty roar and also released its life‑and‑death domain, Moyu Ice Plain.

Within the pitch‑black Moyu, Demon Qi drifted throughout the domain, suffused with ice‑cold power, even the air could be frozen.

Its Guardian God Seal, Ice Demon Tiger, with pitch‑black icy eyes stared at Asura, eager to test.

Ghost Butterfly also released its life‑and‑death domain, the Nether Ghost Domain.

Within the domain, phantom shadows flickered, merging and splitting, making it impossible to tell which was a real ghostly image. Its Guardian God Seal was a massive Ghost Butterfly, yet its head bore the shape of a Skeleton.

If it were Ghost Butterfly's own domain, it certainly couldn't defeat Asura. This Yin Ghost‑type ghost domain has little effect on Asura; she herself hails from Nether Hell and is more suited to such an environment.

So once Ghost Butterfly released its life‑and‑death domain, it merged with Ice Demon Tiger's domain, strengthening the attack.

It was also thanks to their prepared combo technique; otherwise, the two of them alone would still not be Asura's opponents.

"Boom—!"

The two domains collided, attacking each other.

Ye Liuyun was not idle either; he dispelled the Illusion Array, causing the Skeleton Ghost Soldiers inside to appear, letting Asura see how her Skeleton Soldiers were being struck by the Formation.

At the same time, he waved the Hundred‑Refined Soul Banner, gathering the Yin Souls of the Skeleton Ghost Soldiers.

Within the Formation, ice‑cold power rose first, freezing the Skeleton Soldiers—who were below the Zao Hua Realm—in layers of frost, affecting their movements.

Then, nine flaming giant dragons began to sweep across those Skeleton Soldiers.

The alternating cold and heat caused many Skeleton Soldiers' skeletons to burst apart, while the Hundred‑Refined Soul Banner directly sucked their Yin Souls in.

Fang and Poison Spike both tried their best to shield the Skeleton Soldiers, but the ice‑cold power was ubiquitous, impossible to resist.

The nine flaming giant dragons, each time one was struck, split into two, multiplying as the fight continued, and the two of them could not possibly defend against them.

So those Skeleton Soldiers fell piece by piece, making the two of them feel great sorrow.

The two of them themselves were also struggling to cope; the Hundred‑Refined Soul Banner's suction was too strong for them.

Fortunately, they had been cautious beforehand, not careless, and had already equipped defensive nether devices, which could somewhat resist the Hundred‑Refined Soul Banner's absorption; otherwise they would have been drawn in long ago.

Asura hadn't expected that Ye Liuyun's grand array's attack power was so strong.

In just a short while, a third of her Skeleton Soldiers had already fallen.

Seeing Fang and Poison Spike also straining to hold on, she instantly grew anxious.

Ye Liuyun, seeing that Asura was indeed affected, couldn't help but smile inwardly.

He deliberately schemed against Asura, slaughtering her subordinates right under her nose, making her anxious and erring, creating opportunities for Ghost Butterfly and Ice Demon Tiger.

And this was only the beginning of his scheming; he still had a follow‑up waiting for Asura!

Asura hadn't even realized she had already been schemed against by Ye Liuyun.

She was only anxious and angry, but not so unsettled that this killing would throw her into chaos.

After all, she was a battle general of Nether Hell, forged by countless killings; accustomed to battlefield carnage, she knew the more anxious one becomes, the more prone to mistakes.

So she still fought steadily and evenly, without any excessive waste.

But, looking at Ghost Butterfly and Ice Demon Tiger, they have already exhausted all their strength, yet still cannot overcome her.

"This Shura's power truly lives up to being the First Battle General of Nether Hell!" Ye Liuyun, upon seeing it, could not help but admire.

Although Ghost Butterfly, Ice Demon Tiger, and Shura are all at the dual life‑and‑death realm, Shura's strength is far greater than theirs.

The three of them clashed in the sky, battering the nearby heavens until the void itself became chaotic.

Both sides' forces are inside the Formation, so when they fight there are no restraints, and the battle rages in darkness.