Chapter 929: Body Out of Control

Ye Liuyun followed the bloodstains on the ground and tracked toward the rear hall.

He had originally intended to let the Magic Vine absorb those Demon Race corpses.

But thinking that others might come from behind, he didn't rush; instead he kept the remains for a bit of defense.

As Ye Liuyun stepped out of the front hall's doorway, he was startled.

A mythic lion stared at him from a distance, its eyes bulging like copper bells, watching him like a tiger.

Its massive body occupied nearly half of the outer hall, larger than the one he had just seen by a whole circle.

If he got close enough to compare, Ye Liuyun's own body might not even match the size of a single eye of that creature.

However, the blood trail he was following extended all the way beneath the mythic lion.

Yet his Divine Sense had not previously detected its realm.

The ghost butterfly and ice demon tiger were equally startled, growing nervous, thinking the mythic lion might be using some treasure to block Divine Sense detection.

Ye Liuyun examined again, even activating his Golden Pupil, and discovered the mythic lion was already dead. Having died only recently, its lingering aura remained.

He immediately waved the Hundred-Refined Soul Banner, and indeed drew the lion's Soul into it. However, the Soul was already weakened and would need a long recovery before it could fight.

"Not bad, a fourth-level Life-and-Death realm mythic lion Soul!"

Ye Liuyun smiled and stored the lion's Physical Body into his Storage Ring.

On this trip, merely picking up those primordial pills and the lion's Soul was already worth it!

He took out his divination board to confirm the direction; its pointer pointed straight toward the rear hall.

Ye Liuyun inhaled deeply, easing his tension, and led the ice demon tiger and ghost butterfly onward toward the rear hall.

Because he also sensed an evil aura emanating there, likely some Foreign Tribe Alien Evil Artifact guarding the place.

The Sealing Demon Tablet in his Sea of Consciousness had long sensed the outside Demon Race Qi. It was Ye Liuyun who told it that the strongest Demon Race would be handed over, so it temporarily settled down.

If it were released early, it would cause a scandal that would attract all the Foreign Tribe and Demon Race here; then, overwhelmed, Ye Liuyun would be in trouble.

Ye Liuyun passed through several courtyards in succession, each containing scattered Demon Race corpses, and the oppressive aura of those corpses grew stronger the further he went.

"Is this a graveyard?"

Ye Liuyun suddenly recalled that the Demon Race corpse he had seen earlier was guarding a graveyard.

With so many Demon Race corpses here, the burial site must be huge. No wonder the divination board kept pointing here.

However, the evil aura he sensed did not emanate from those Demon Race corpses.

"There must be an Alien Evil Artifact!"

Ye Liuyun confirmed that the evil aura came from behind.

But the Demon Qi here grew denser, shortening the range of his Golden Pupil and Divine Sense, making distant detection impossible.

Yet his Buddha Demon Power increased rapidly. The Primordial Spirit Secret Technique continuously absorbed Demon Qi.

The Demon Qi gathered visibly around him, then poured into his body.

Although this would not raise his realm, his strength kept growing.

If he now unleashed Qiankun Palm, its Buddha Demon Power would surely be far stronger than before.

As he kept walking forward, Ye Liuyun suddenly felt as if he heard a faint heartbeat.

He suspiciously glanced at the ice demon tiger, thinking perhaps the tiger's nervousness made its heartbeat audible.

The ice demon tiger, seeing his gaze, wore a clueless expression, not knowing what he meant.

"Not your heartbeat?" Ye Liuyun asked via Transmission Voice.

"No! I heard it too!" the ice demon tiger replied with Divine Sense.

"Ghost butterfly, what about you?" Ye Liuyun checked with the ghost butterfly.

The ghost butterfly answered the same; it also heard the heartbeat.

"Could it be the Corpse Demon's heart?" Ye Liuyun wondered, his steps quickening.

As he drew nearer, the heart's thumping grew clearer.

The rhythm, as if magical, gradually matched Ye Liuyun's own heartbeat, luring him to speed up even more.

But just before he stepped out of the courtyard, he suddenly saw that this demon palace actually had no rear hall.

Outside the courtyard was only a tomb, and around it, the guards were not Demon Race but over a hundred Foreign Tribe Alien Evil Artifacts, all at the later stages of creation.

"Huh, where did the person who entered before me disappear to?" Ye Liuyun wondered.

And with so many Alien Evil Artifacts ahead, he would have to find a way to deal with them.

Ye Liuyun tried to stop, but the heartbeat's rhythm pulled him forward, making him step onward involuntarily.

He could clearly feel the various forces inside his body, yet none could be mobilized.

His body was now out of control.

Even though he was fully aware of his condition, his steps wouldn't stop, marching in sync with the heartbeat.

This conscious loss of control terrified Ye Liuyun.

And just as he panicked, the Ten Thousand Gods Command suddenly burst with Golden Light.

At the moment the Ten Thousand Gods Command emitted Golden Light, his body instantly regained control and his steps halted.

Ye Liuyun found it odd; the sound didn't seem to be an illusion.

"It must be a soul‑capturing technique or a musical spell that controls the Soul!" he thought.

He could still hear the heartbeat, but it no longer controlled him.

Seeing the ice demon tiger and ghost butterfly still moving forward, Ye Liuyun immediately stored them in his Storage Ring. Once inside, they could no longer hear the heartbeat and instantly reclaimed control of their bodies.

This false alarm made all of them break out in cold sweat.

Ye Liuyun then thought of the Nine Nether Prelude.

"Let's try the Nine Nether Prelude to see if it can counter this heartbeat rhythm!"

Thinking of this, Ye Liuyun used his Divine Sense to play the Nine Nether Prelude.

This Nine Nether Prelude has always been stored in Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness as a piece of musical information.

He doesn't need any instrument; he only needs his Divine Sense to broadcast the piece of music outward.

When the Nine Nether Prelude sounded, all the Demon Race corpses throughout the demon palace began to gather toward Ye Liuyun.

These Demon Race corpses are easier to control than living Demon Race.

After they gathered, they all knelt at Ye Liuyun's side, as if awaiting his command.

"This Nine Nether Prelude truly is the Demon Race's divine song. From now on, we can use it to control the Demon Race," Ye Liuyun was somewhat surprised.

The Nine Nether Prelude couldn't affect that heartbeat, but it did subdue those Demon Race corpses for him.

"Kill!"

With a single command, Ye Liuyun sent all the Demon Race corpses to rush and kill those Alien Evil Artifacts outside the courtyard.