Chapter 98: Leaving the Prince's Residence

Ye Liuyun took the spherical Crystal Stone and first returned to his residence.

After returning, he couldn't wait and began testing again.

This time he unleashed his bloodline power at full force, wanting to see what level his current bloodline power could reach.

Azure, blue, yellow, orange…

Watching the Crystal Stone's color rapidly shift to a higher grade, Ye Liuyun felt a surge of excitement.

When Ye Liuyun exhausted all his bloodline power, the test Crystal Stone glowed deep red, even showing a trend toward purple.

"Red isn't the highest? There's a purple grade," Ye Liuyun said, looking at the slightly purplish hue, secretly surprised.

It seems even the Heavenly Luck King is unaware of this; he only knows of five color grades.

He reined in his bloodline power, calmed down, and stored the test Crystal Stone.

He finally realized how strong his bloodline power was! Truly a War God bloodline; surely no one at the Saint Martial Academy surpasses my bloodline!

After learning this, his confidence in himself grew even more.

Immediately, without further hesitation, he seized the time to perform a Body Refinement.

Unfortunately, his Immortal Overlord Body was at the fifth layer, still needing one more Body Refinement to reach the next level. Time ran short, so he would have to continue cultivating on the road.

That night, Song Yi and Li Mengxi did little cultivation, busy preparing to depart, exchanging all their battle merits for items.

At dawn the next day, when Ye Liuyun set out and tried to call them, he found the two had already left, so he traveled alone.

Thus the three of them slipped away in the dark, leaving Heavenly Luck County City and heading toward the North Branch of the Saint Martial Academy.

Ye Liuyun rode a Bald Vulture, so he moved much faster, estimating he could fly there in two days.

Therefore he wasn't in a hurry. Whenever he encountered valleys or Mi Lin with Monster Beast, he stopped to hunt them, replenishing his food supply.

On the third day, he paused for another Body Refinement, advancing his Immortal Overlord Body to the fifth layer.

Lately, frequent Body Refinements have been painful, yet the results are markedly significant.

His flesh has been forged into a golden body without flaw. Now, relying solely on physical strength, he can contend with the Ninth Realm.

His physical power already far exceeds his realm! Unfortunately, the two cannot stack, otherwise his true combat power would be even more terrifying.

Yet even with his stops, he has covered nearly two‑thirds of the journey. The remaining distance, the Bald Vulture can cover in half a day.

Ye Liuyun still has five days left; feeling he can make it, he stored the Bald Vulture in his Storage Ring, activated his body technique, and sprinted toward the North Branch.

He seized the chance to hone his Lingkong Art, believing his grasp of space still has great room for improvement. Moreover, his self‑crafted Lingkong Finger also requires deeper understanding of spatial power.

When Ye Liuyun employs his Lingkong Art, a single stride can span dozens of meters, already surpassing gravity's restraint on a jump.

Moreover, at full‑speed flight, he can even sense spatial barriers and resistance.

Several times he burst straight through spatial barriers, suddenly appearing hundreds of meters away, as if he were shuttling between rooms and instantly piercing walls.

Lei Ming also perched on his shoulder, tiny claws gripping his clothing, squinting as she enjoyed being whisked along by Ye Liuyun.

During Ye Liuyun's practice, he once felt as if he had passed through several layers of spatial barriers, reappearing a mile away.

Even he was startled. Lei Ming widened her eyes in disbelief, excitedly whimpering.

Ye Liuyun seized this sensation, darting across the hills, each appearance roughly a mile apart.

The effect resembled that of a Void‑Dodge Talisman; Ye Liuyun practiced it with relish, and Lei Ming periodically cheered him on.

Ye Liuyun and Lei Ming were having a blast when a blaze of Golden Light streaked across the sky a few hundred meters above their heads.

"Monster Beast!"

Lei Ming lifted her nose, sniffed, and informed Ye Liuyun with her Divine Sense.

While Ye Liuyun was curious, his Divine Sense suddenly detected two Sea Transformation realm strongmen, clad in blood‑red robes, soaring through the sky.

They also spotted Ye Liuyun. One ignored him and hurried after him.

The other halted, launching a Divine Sense attack straight at his Sea of Consciousness, then turned to chase his already‑departed companion.

Confronted with the Sea Transformation strongman's Divine Sense attack, Ye Liuyun couldn't dodge—and didn't need to. The Ten Thousand Gods Command within his Sea of Consciousness immediately transmuted that Divine Sense into nourishment for Ye Liuyun's Soul, while the attacking Martial Cultivator suffered backlash, spitting a mouthful of fresh blood and falling from the sky with a "Puff".

Ye Liuyun didn't hesitate; he flashed to the man's side and jabbed his Qi Sea with a single finger.

The man was caught off guard—first, he didn't expect a True Origin Quadruple Martial Cultivator to counter‑strike his Divine Sense attack; second, he didn't anticipate Ye Liuyun appearing beside him.

Ye Liuyun's finger pierced his Qi Sea, causing his True Origin to leak.

Ye Liuyun kept striking, sending several fingers into his shoulders and legs, rendering him a complete wreck!

The man intended to kill him, so Ye Liuyun responded without mercy.

He then asked, "Why are you trying to kill me?"

"Cut the crap, I messed up, so I admit defeat!" the man retorted boldly, surprising Ye Liuyun.

He immediately employed Illusion Eye Technique. Having finally captured a living Sea Transformation master, he needed to test how effective his Illusion Eye Technique is against Sea Transformation Martial Cultivators.

In an instant, that man's Soul was pulled by Ye Liuyun into a Purple Lightning Prison he created with his illusion art, then repeatedly struck with a Purple Lightning Whip. After two hours in the Soul realm, he was so weakened he could barely speak.

Ye Liuyun withdrew the Illusion Eye Technique and found that within a single breath, the man was already on the brink of death.

Then he used Illusion Eye Technique again to scour the man's memories, after which he palm‑slammed the man to death, tossed his body into the Storage Ring, and handed it to the Bald Vulture for disposal.

"Never expected it! A Xuemo Sea Transformation inner disciple fell into my hands! I'll just consider it interest for the Golden Armor Guard! That golden flame was created by the Golden Crow; let's chase it and see if we can capture that Golden Crow," Ye Liuyun laughed.

He then asked Lei Ming, "Can you track that Golden Crow by scent?"

"So that Golden Light was the Golden Crow? No wonder the flame smelled so strong! No problem, you chase it; I'll guide you," Lei Ming replied.

"Fine," Ye Liuyun replied, activated his Lingkong Art, and pursued the direction the Golden Crow flew.

Shortly after they set off, over a dozen Ninth Realm blood‑clothed disciples passed by, also chasing after Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense also detected them, but being only Ninth Realm, they couldn't fly through the air; even at their fastest sprint, Ye Liuyun soon left them far behind.