Chapter 986: Finding the Clue

Ye Liuyun also knows Qiong Qi's temperament; the benefit is right before his eyes, he won't give up easily.

Moreover, Ye Liuyun also wants to see what exactly is inside.

So everyone patiently waited in place, while Ye Liuyun went to communicate with the Asura, figuring out how to streamline the Yin Souls within the Soul Banner.

Quickly, after the Yin Soul army swept the entire underground world, they all returned to the Soul Banner.

When the Asura returned to the Soul Banner, it discovered that Yin Souls of poisonous insects above the Zao Hua Realm had reached more than fifty thousand!

That number could form a poisonous insect army.

However, these poisonous insect Yin Souls lack toxicity, so their attacks on Souls are much weaker.

Finally, after discussing with the Asura, Ye Liuyun limited the realm of the poisonous insect Yin Souls to the late Zao Hua Realm.

He even abandoned Yin Souls of early and middle Zao Hua Realm. In the end only nearly ten thousand remained.

The Asura's army was also trimmed to thirty thousand, expelling all Yin Souls below the Zao Hua Realm from the Hundred-Refined Soul Banner.

For a moment, the underground world was filled with Yin Souls— tens of thousands of human Yin Souls and hundreds of thousands of poisonous insect Yin Souls— all gathered underground, turning this Ten Thousand Poison Cave into a Ten Thousand Ghost Cave.

"With so many Yin Souls, problems will arise later; we must find a way to clear them!" Li Qingyun reminded Ye Liuyun.

"Fine!" Thus Ye Liuyun ordered those newly released Yin Souls to annihilate all Yin Souls below the Zao Hua Realm.

The underground world immediately erupted into another massacre—a battle of high‑rank Yin Souls joining to eliminate low‑rank Yin Souls.

The wails of low‑rank Yin Souls echoed throughout the underground world.

The underground world also stirred with gusts of Yin wind, sending chills down people's spines.

After two days of slaughter inside the Ten Thousand Poison Cave, only Yin Souls above the Zao Hua Realm remained.

The lower‑realm Yin Souls were beaten to pieces, their souls scattered, eventually fading away.

The Yin Souls above the Zao Hua Realm, still numbering several tens of thousands, waited for Ye Liuyun's next command.

"If the Altar opens later, we could still use them!"

Ye Liuyun did not rush to deal with the remaining Yin Souls. Instead, he let them temporarily guard the Ten Thousand Poison Cave until Qiong Qi opens the Altar.

Qiong Qi was at a critical moment, and Ye Liuyun could not attend to these Yin Souls.

The Skeleton Puppet finally packed those poisonous insect corpses, and Ye Liuyun stored them in the Storage Ring.

Ye Liuyun and his companions now gathered beside the Altar, waiting for it to activate.

At that moment, the Yin Souls in the cavern suddenly became restless.

Ye Liuyun sensed it briefly and warned the others, "Someone's coming in!"

"People from the Cheng Clan?" Li Qingyun sensed the danger.

"Indeed! The Yin Souls are attacking them! They now have only two Supreme Rank Elders left, with five Zao Hua Realm disciples!"

Ye Liuyun finished and added, "Also two Supreme Rank Fourth Layer ferocious beasts."

"Roar, roar!"

As soon as his words ended, two beast roars echoed back.

"Supreme Rank Fourth Layer?" Li Qingyun now felt a headache.

If the Cheng Clan members broke through, they'd certainly kill them to silence them. But the Supreme Rank Fourth Layer ferocious beasts could only be dealt with by Qiong Qi.

Yet Qiong Qi was now fully engaged in breaking the formation, unable to spare a moment to confront the enemy.

"How long can the Yin Souls hold out?" Li Qingyun wanted to gauge whether there was enough time for Qiong Qi to finish breaking the formation.

"About half a shichen, roughly!" Ye Liuyun felt the rate at which Yin Souls were being eliminated and roughly estimated the time.

He also knew Li Qingyun was counting time, seeing if they could last until Qiong Qi's formation break ends.

Even if Qiong Qi became overwhelmed then, he still had two Supreme Rank Sixth Layer Yin Souls and two Supreme Rank Fourth Layer Souls unused.

Those few powerful Souls were reserved specifically to deal with those Supreme Rank strong ones.

Ye Liuyun tried to summon a Magic Vine again, but the thing was still immersed in sleep and evolution, showing no response.

Ye Liuyun had to release the Ice Demon Tiger and Ghost Butterfly first, letting them protect the group.

At the cave entrance, the Cheng Clan's party was also bewildered.

"Why are there so many Yin Souls in this Ten Thousand Poison Cave?"

Tens of thousands of Yin Souls surged forward, all above the Zao Hua Realm. Although they carried artifacts that defended against Spiritual Soul Attacks, they could not withstand the sheer number of Yin Souls.

Even the two Supreme Rank Elders had to release their own Supreme Rank beasts to help fend off the assault.

The few Zao Hua Realm disciples could not block so many Yin Souls; they fell one after another.

Only the Supreme Rank Elders and their beasts could barely hold on, but the consumption of Divine Soul Power was also huge.

Likewise, those Zao Hua Realm Yin Souls were being rapidly eliminated. Even wiping out one Zao Hua Realm disciple required thousands of Yin Souls in succession.

Both sides were engaged in a war of attrition, seeing who could endure to the end.

Ye Liuyun observed their battle calmly with his Cross‑Space Golden Pupil, ready to act. He was also relieved he hadn't eliminated all those Yin Souls earlier, otherwise it would have been wasteful.

When the two Supreme Rank Elders' Soul power showed fatigue and they took a restorative pill, Ye Liuyun immediately acted, releasing Nether Ghost Fire from his Cross‑Space Golden Pupil, burning straight toward a Supreme's Soul.

For the other leading Supreme, Ye Liuyun used his Soul power to pull that Soul into his own Zao Hua domain.

That leading Supreme's Soul was already extremely fatigued, needing no effort from Ye Liuyun; it was simply drawn over.

"Who are you, daring to ambush my Cheng Clan squad?" the Elder, though trapped, still projected undiminished aura.

Ye Liuyun's Soul smiled faintly, "Let me see how strong your Cheng Clan truly is!"

Speaking, Ye Liuyun began a Soul Search, aiming to gauge how powerful the Cheng Clan was.

Upon learning, he was shocked. "Stronger than the Qian Long Academy by this much? Masters of the Qiankun Realm seated here? Enterprises spread across the Zhongyang Dalu…"

Ye Liuyun grew more astonished as he learned more. This was a clan that could fully oppose the Daxia Chao.

There were several equally powerful forces, among them surprisingly the Feng Clan.

When Ye Liuyun reached this point, his heart stirred, and he paid closer attention to information about the Feng Clan.

"Hm? Feng Yunfei? Fleeing a wedding?"

Ye Liuyun finally discovered Feng Yunfei's elopement, and the Cheng Clan and the Feng Clan consequently entered into a conflict.

But the Elder only knows this information and does not know Feng Yunfei's appearance.

Ye Liuyun also dares not be certain whether this Feng Yunfei is his mother.

Nevertheless, he is still rather agitated, since at least there is some information about his mother to investigate. Though it may not be her, it still provides a direction for his search.