Chapter 926: Enduring a Heavy Blow

The Demon Race corpse's eyelids twitched, clearly about to open its eyes.

"Run quickly!" Ye Liuyun immediately sent a Transmission Voice to Ling Shuang.

He now can't afford to disturb that Demon Race corpse any further.

Seeing this, Ling Shuang was also startled into a daze, letting out an "Ah" cry. Then she bolted toward Ye Liuyun.

The Demon Race corpse, stimulated by the movement, immediately flung its eyes open.

After opening its eyes, the first thing the corpse saw was Ling Shuang running past it.

Fortunately, its body hadn't yet recovered from the rigid state, so it could only barely move its head and look toward Ling Shuang.

"Alas!" Ye Liuyun sighed inwardly, helpless about Ling Shuang's clumsiness.

He knew Ling Shuang couldn't arrive in time, so he immediately employed Spatial Power, flashed to her side, grabbed her waist, and sprinted toward the tunnel's end.

"Aoo!"

The Demon Race corpse gradually recovered, was the first to shout out, and launched a sound wave attack.

Ye Liuyun's Soul was relatively strong, and could withstand the sound wave attack.

Ling Shuang, however, couldn't bear it and immediately fainted.

Ye Liuyun now couldn't attend to her either; he dared not stop his feet and kept sprinting.

From afar he saw Yuan Datou struck by the sound wave attack, collapsing at the tunnel's end.

At that moment, without turning, he already felt a surging Demon Qi rushing from behind.

That Demon Race corpse was evidently pursuing them to kill them.

He didn't even look, raised his hand and slashed backward, intending to block the corpse.

At the same time he used all his Spatial Power to flash to Yuan Datou's side, grabbed Yuan Datou, and leapt straight into the river below.

"Boom!"

A muffled thud.

Ye Liuyun felt a heavy blow from the Demon Race corpse strike his back.

The strike blackened his vision and sent him falling directly into the river.

Even though he wore a divine artifact protective vest, it couldn't fully shield him from the force of the blow.

At this moment his whole body felt about to be shattered by the shock, and he couldn't summon any True Essence.

Only Ye Liuyun hadn't completely lost consciousness; he kept holding onto Yuan Datou and Ling Shuang without letting go.

"The power of the later stage of the Respectful Rank is indeed mighty!"

Ye Liuyun felt that the previous blow was like a mountain crashing behind him.

"Roar!"

From behind, the Demon Race corpse's sound wave attack rang out again.

Yuan Datou and Ling Shuang had already fainted and felt nothing. Ye Liuyun would not be harmed by it either.

He only felt the three of them continuously descending.

In his heart he still hoped the Demon Race corpse wouldn't chase them, otherwise they'd be doomed.

After a while.

With a "Boom" sound, Ye Liuyun and the two others crashed into the river, raising huge splashes.

Fortunately the river was deep enough, and all three wore armor protection, so they sustained no serious injuries.

Otherwise, falling from such a height, armor couldn't block the falling force.

The climber opposite glanced at the direction of Ye Liuyun and the three's descent, then continued climbing, completely ignoring them.

The Demon Race corpse didn't exit the Cave; instead it turned around to strike the Seventh Prince and others.

When the Seventh Prince and his party first entered, before they could discern the situation, the corpse's roar made their mouths and noses bleed.

Fortunately many of them possessed artifacts that defended against Spiritual Soul Attacks, so casualties were light. Most have now retreated.

The Demon Race corpse also didn't pursue outward, but returned to its spot, stood still, and fell into a deep sleep.

But the Seventh Prince had already seen Ye Liuyun bring Ling Shuang into the inner passage, so he couldn't abandon the place.

He swallowed a Healing Elixir while ordering his subordinates: "Go spread the news, say there's a passage into the Demon Palace here, let others go fight that zombie desperately. We'll just wait to reap the benefits!"

Those around him all took Healing Elixir, recovered, and then left one after another to spread the word.

The Ten Thousand Gods Command in Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness continuously kept his Divine Sense clear.

He kept holding Yuan Datou's and Ling Shuang's hands without letting go.

"Ice Demon Tiger, pull us ashore."

Ye Liuyun released the Ice Demon Tiger, which pulled the three of them onto the shore.

He immediately took out a Healing Pill, first gave it to the two of them, then ate one himself, and lay on the spot waiting for his injuries to heal.

After a while, Yuan Datou and Ling Shuang successively woke up.

Ye Liuyun's Physical Body recovery ability was astonishingly fast!

Especially under the Healing Pill's effect, he could already sit up and cultivate.

"I've dragged you down again! I'm so useless!" Ling Shuang said with a sobbing voice.

The last time she was abducted, Ye Liuyun rescued her.

This time it was because her mental fortitude was poor, she screamed, causing Ye Liuyun to get injured.

Thus she felt deeply apologetic.

She stayed by Ye Liuyun's side hoping to help him, but unexpectedly became his burden.

"Just a minor injury, don't take it to heart. Look, I'm already recovering right away!"

Ye Liuyun continued to comfort Ling Shuang.

Actually Ling Shuang hadn't seen Ye Liuyun get injured at the start, otherwise she would feel even more guilty!

Ye Liuyun immediately released a ghost butterfly, letting the ghost butterfly and the ice demon tiger keep watch, while he led Ling Shuang and Yuan Datou straight back into Xuan Kong Shi to accelerate their wound recovery.

After staying inside Xuan Kong Shi for two days, Ye Liuyun and the others fully recovered, and they promptly left Xuan Kong Shi.

"I want to go into the Demon Palace to scout. But I have a feeling it's extremely dangerous, and I don't want you to follow me on that adventure."

Ye Liuyun's original intention was to keep the two of them inside Xuan Kong Shi to cultivate.

Because that Demon Palace made him feel uneasy. He wasn't confident he could protect the two of them completely.

"We can't go back now, so why not accompany you up and then wait for you outside the Demon Palace?" Ling Shuang suggested.

Ye Liuyun thought about it. Over‑protecting the two of them wouldn't be good either; they should have some trial by fire. Leaving them here still left him uneasy.

"Alright then! Let's go up together first!" Ye Liuyun agreed.

The rock wall of the Demon Palace rose straight upward.

Ye Liuyun released a dragon eagle, intending to fly straight up.

But the pressure above was immense; even the dragon eagle could only barely reach halfway.

"How about I also release a dragon eagle? Fewer people per dragon eagle might let it fly higher!" Ling Shuang suggested.

"Forget it! Looking at this pressure, we probably won't reach the summit even if we fly a bit more. Let's just climb up!"

Ye Liuyun said, drawing the Demon Slaying Sword and a blazing flame, one in each hand, then leapt, thrusting into the rock wall to anchor himself.

Ling Shuang produced two long swords, while Yuan Datou took out a high‑rank long sword and a high‑rank Short Sword.