Chapter 927: Summiting the Demon Palace

Ye Liuyun saw that they were all secured on the cliff, then he recalled the dragon eagle, and alternately swung his two hands, using the sword as his hands, to climb upward.

Roar!

They had only just started climbing when a low howl of a ferocious beast came from the sky.

Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense detected six winged Demon Wolves flying toward them, and these Demon Wolves were not of low level; they were all in the mid‑to‑late stage of the Creation realm.

"Ghost Butterfly, eliminate them." Ye Liuyun summoned a Ghost Butterfly, placed it on his shoulder, and used a Spiritual Soul Attack to protect them.

At the same time, he urged Ling Shuang and Yuan Datou to speed up.

If there is Demon Race defense here, there may also be some above.

The faster they get off the cliff, the more advantageous the fight becomes.

The Ghost Butterfly eliminates those Demon Wolves with great ease.

Several massive Demon Wolves plunge toward the base of the cliff. Three land directly in the river, and three more fall between the cliff and the water.

Ye Liuyun felt a slight regret that he couldn't gather the corpses. But since they were far away, he was too lazy to use his Void Relocation power.

"Let's hurry!"

Ye Liuyun did not recall the Ghost Butterfly, but instead, together with Ling Shuang and the others, began to accelerate.

Sure enough, as expected, clusters of Demon Lizards appeared on the upper mountain wall.

These Demon Lizards were not of high realm, nor large in size, but their bodies were extremely agile and swift.

The Ghost Butterfly attacked one by one, and for a moment it was overwhelmed.

"Golden Crow Holy Fire!"

Ye Liuyun used his Golden Pupil to raise a wall of fire before them, interlaced with lightning, pushing upward.

Large numbers of Demon Lizards were scorched and fell off the cliff. Even those that tried to charge forward were eliminated by the Ghost Butterfly and Ye Liuyun's Spiritual Soul Attack.

Yuan Datou and Ling Shuang trailed behind Ye Liuyun, strolling and pausing to watch the spectacle.

They had no special skills and could not intervene.

Ling Shuang now felt some regret, thinking she shouldn't have followed Ye Liuyun.

She could not help Ye Liuyun at all, only added chaos for him. Yet in his heart, he was even more grateful to her; not only did he not despise her, he protected her in every way.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun could not attend to all of that.

Once those Demon Lizards were dealt with, he immediately began accelerating again. There was still a short distance ahead, and they could reach the summit.

A "chitter, chitter, chitter" sound suddenly rose from above their heads.

"Someone is firing arrows from above!" Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense swept the area, and he immediately warned Ling Shuang and Yuan Datou.

The three of them instantly raised True Essence Body Shields. Though they wore divine armor, they still needed proper defense, just in case.

Ye Liuyun activated the Primordial Spirit Secret Technique, condensing Demon Qi arrows.

The Primordial Spirit Secret Technique works the same way with both spiritual energy and Demon Qi; whatever energy he can absorb, he can employ.

Thousands of Demon Qi arrows were far denser than the arrows shot from above.

These arrows gathered above Ye Liuyun and the others, forming an impenetrable shield. Then, under Ye Liuyun's control, they were fired upward, engaging in a duel with the people above.

Manipulating Demon Qi was far less effortful than Ye Liuyun fighting with True Essence himself.

However, his Demon Qi arrows lacked strong attack power; they could only deflect the incoming arrows.

His Golden Pupil saw that some Demon Race members above were also hit by his Demon Qi arrows, but they only sustained minor injuries.

Fortunately, there were few archers above, posing no threat, and their upward speed was not affected at all.

Ye Liuyun, still worried the defense above was too strong, preemptively ordered the Ghost Butterfly to launch an attack.

Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense had already detected that the defensive forces above were few.

"Could they have all been dispatched?" he wondered.

"Ah, ah…"

A few cries of agony came from above; several Demon Race members, after being struck by the Ghost Butterfly, fell directly off the cliff.

As Ye Liuyun and his group drew nearer, he also manipulated Demon Qi arrows, attacking from all directions to disrupt the opponents' defenses.

Just before he leapt outward, he tossed the Demon Slaying Sword as well, letting it help the Ghost Butterfly kill a few Demon Race members.

When the few of them reached the cliff top, they were all stunned by the scene before them.

From the cliff wall to the entrance of the Demon Palace, corpses of the Foreign Tribe, Demon Race, and Corpse Demon littered the ground.

If they had not died, Ye Liuyun estimated that his Demon Qi arrows certainly could not block the attacks of too many people.

Moreover, among these corpses were five senior‑rank Alien Evil Artifacts of the Foreign Tribe!

"It's that person!"

Ye Liuyun recalled that someone had been climbing upward earlier.

That mysterious person must be an academy disciple. But who exactly were they, to disdain picking up the scattered Primordial Pills and just leave them here?

The three of them could not figure it out.

Ye Liuyun immediately produced a Hundred-Refined Soul Banner, but it only absorbed a few ordinary Yin Souls. Most people's souls had already dissipated.

"Dig up the Primordial Pills!"

Ye Liuyun would not be polite; he first collected the valuable items before anything else.

He released a Skeleton Puppet to help dig up the Primordial Pills and the Foreign Tribe's scale armor, while he himself surveyed the Demon Palace.

The Demon Qi at the cliff top grew increasingly abundant. The open ground before the Demon Palace had already been stained a deep black.

Outside the Demon Palace gate was also very dim, with occasional swirls of Demon Qi drifting by. Moreover, Ye Liuyun sensed that the palace itself exuded an evil aura, apparently already seized by the Foreign Tribe.

The Demon Palace resembled a ferocious beast ready to devour a chosen victim, its maw gaping, the palace doors wide open, yet inside was silent.

Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil and Divine Sense could not penetrate inside. It seemed that to learn the details, he would have to enter personally.

However, an academy disciple had already entered. That person's strength gave Ye Liuyun some concern.

If it's an enemy, then he would be even more dangerous.

Even if they are not enemies, if the two of them encounter resources and start fighting over them, then he also needs to be extra careful.

Yuan Datou and Ling Shuang now also understand why Ye Liuyun didn't let them go in.

Just the demon qi and evil aura emanating from that demon palace require them to give their all to block it; they basically have no spare energy to help Ye Liuyun fight.

"Ling Shuang, prepare the dragon eagle; if things go bad, you all retreat first, I have a way to escape!"

After Ye Liuyun waited for the skeleton puppets to finish cleaning the battlefield, he gave them both instructions.

"Okay, we'll wait for you here!"

The two of them waited right at the cliff's edge for Ye Liuyun, not daring to go deeper inside.

Ye Liuyun, meanwhile, tried to absorb as much demon qi as possible, converting it into the Buddha Demon Power within his body, while cautiously walking into the demon palace.

He also examined the corpses of those few foreign tribe venerable-rank beings, discovering they were all slapped to death by fierce beasts.

"Fierce beasts stronger than a first-rank venerable, and huge in size, not just one."

Ye Liuyun carefully observed the battlefield, confirming the strength of the person who came up first.