Chapter 1816: Chapter 1816 No One Stands In My Way
Ye Liuyun and the others stopped in place for two hours. Not until the clone had cleared out all the surrounding martial practitioners, did he return to the Xuankong Stone to rest, letting Ye Liuyun take his place.
Inside the dense forest, their ten-mile surrounding area had been turned into scorched earth. There was not a single large stone left, everything turned into ashes.
Ye Liuyun kept Lei Ming and the others back into the Xuankong Stone to rest and recover their genuine energy. He then proceeded forward with Xiao Yunfang and Quan Zhicheng.
Xiao Yunfang and Quan Zhicheng were so shocked that they didn’t dare to speak to Ye Liuyun. They just followed silently behind him, hurrying along.
The rest of the journey was smooth, but before they could leave the dense forest, Ye Liuyun’s Divine Sense detected hundreds of martial practitioners gathered at the foot of the mountain, including some at the Fourth Realm.
They were probably all waiting for Ye Liuyun and his gang.
On Yin-soul Mountain, Yin energy lingered, forming dense mists. The distance was far, and the obstruction was substantial, so Ye Liuyun couldn’t see the situation on the mountain clearly.
"Let’s stop for cultivation!"
Ye Liuyun suddenly stopped in his tracks.
He needed to allow Lei Ming and the others to fully recover their energy. There could likely be a big battle ahead.
He himself also returned to the Xuankong Stone to cultivate.
"What’s wrong with him?" Xiao Yunfang and Quan Zhicheng wondered. Seeing Ye Liuyun’s serious expression, they were somewhat worried.
But they still took out the resources they collected, wanting to recover to their peak state as quickly as possible.
At this moment, Ye Liuyun and his clone started absorbing the advance energy from the Storage Stone, preparing to break through the late stage of the Third Realm immediately and get ready for the upcoming battle.
Surely, by directly absorbing the advance energy in the Storage Stone, his advance energy recovery speed would be fast.
And so, his cultivation realm quickly broke through to the late stage of the Third Realm.
Following this, he and his clone immediately consolidated their cultivation realms, absorbed Spirit Crystals, and refilled their Storage Stones.
The process, however, wasn’t peaceful. Martial practitioners often came to harass them.
Ye Liuyun usually directly released his clone to attack with Divine Soul or assassinate them with Concealcape, trying to minimise the disturbance and avoid attracting more martial practitioners.
The Yin-souls on Yin-soul Mountain had been howling more and more frequently these days, indicating that something major was about to happen.
Ye Liuyun only managed to cultivate for three days, and even then, he hadn’t managed to fill up half of his Storage Stone.
However, in order to prevent any mishaps at Yin-soul Mountain, he could only let his clone continue cultivating the advance energy.
While others were preparing for battle, Ye Liuyun encouraged them to continue cultivating, aiming to breakthrough their cultivation realms.
He himself only took Xiao Yunfang and Quan Zhicheng when headed to Yin-soul Mountain.
Seeing the serious expression on Ye Liuyun’s face and hearing the howling of the Yin-souls, Xiao Yunfang and Quan Zhicheng could sense the danger ahead, but none of them suggested retreating.
Not until their Divine Sense also detected the situation ahead, did they realise why Ye Liuyun looked so serious.
"We can’t go any further!" Xiao Yunfang voiced out to stop Ye Liuyun.
Ye Liuyun and the two of them were also noticed by others at this point. But nobody took them seriously.
They were just a group of three, and among them, only Xiao Yunfang’s cultivation realm was the late stage of the Third Realm, thus they posed no threat to the other matial practitioners.
"Yeah. If we go out there, we’re going to die!" Quan Zhicheng also followed to persuade.
Ye Liuyun stopped as well and said to Xiao Yunfang and Quan Zhicheng, "I must go. But you two, you can go back now. I won’t blame you!"
Having said this, he continued to walk forward.
The Yin-soul Mountain ahead might be involved in a massive plot from the foreign race, he needed to investigate clearly. Even if it was fraught with dangers, he wouldn’t stop.
Xiao Yunfang watched Ye Liuyun’s retreating figure and replaced the spear in her hand to the fifth grade one given by Ye Liuyun. After that, she silently followed.
"Forget it! Killing one more would be a gain for me!" Quan Zhicheng followed after sighing.
This was something that Ye Liuyun had not expected.
Hence, he stopped again, reminding them, "This time, I might not be able to protect you two! You might die here!"
Xiao Yunfang didn’t say anything, just stood determinedly next to Ye Liuyun, explaining everything with her attitude.
Quan Zhicheng, however, laughed and said, "It’s not easy for me, a mortal martial practitioner, to make it this far. But I hope you can keep going. Let the people of the God Realm see that we, the martial practitioners from the mortal realm, can also create miracles.
I may not have the ability, I might not even make it out of Sinless City. But you can. Today, even if I die in your stead, taking a strike or a blade for you, it would be worth it!"
This was something Ye Liuyun had never expected Quan Zhicheng to say.
Quan Zhicheng too, had seen hope in Ye Liuyun these days. Hence, he had such a significant change. Before, he just lived without any purpose.
But Ye Liuyun’s repeated miracles made him realise that martial practitioners from the mortal realm could also create miracles.
Therefore, he’d rather die following Ye Liuyun, experiencing the glory of a mortal realm martial practitioner.
The acts of Xiao Yunfang and Quan Zhicheng truly touched Ye Liuyun.
Feeling moved was one thing. If they really had to fight, he might not be able to look out for them. Perhaps, today would be their last time spending time together.
Initially, a sense of melancholy rose in his heart. To the weak martial practitioners, life was so cheap.
But Quan Zhicheng’s words had made him feel that even in death, they should die valiantly.
"Good! Let’s kill to our heart’s content today. Show them the glory of the mundane martial cultivators!" Ye Liuyun said out loud too.
Together, the three of them stepped out of the forest.
"Kiddos, you’re here too? Don’t go any further. What lies ahead is not where you should go. Stay here with us instead!"
The talkative old man they met during their meal called out to them upon seeing Ye Liuyun and the others.
These martial practitioners were divided into two groups.
Those of the ordinary realm stood at the edge of the forest, not daring to move forward.
The few martial practitioners who stood ahead were predominantly of the Fourth Realm. There were also several major powers, led by the practitioners of the Fourth Realm, standing at the front with a group of people.
It was apparent, they wanted to take the initiative. As soon as a treasure appeared, they would have the advantage of distance.
Those who stood at the back, with weaker strength, could only pick up the leftovers.
Ye Liuyun nodded at the old man, thanking him for the reminder, but he did not stop his steps.
Right in front of them, a martial practitioner shrouded in Devil Qi and of the Fourth Realm, warned Ye Liuyun and others without turning back, "If you lack strength, moving forward means death!"
Yet, Ye Liuyun remained emotionless and stated dominantly, "Whoever stands in my way shall die!"
"Alas." The old man shook his head helplessly, saying, "This kid wanna die so much!"
Hearing Ye Liuyun’s words, many other martial practitioners,, also began to snicker.
"This guy’s mad! He wanna die so desperately?"
Several martial practitioners standing at the forefront who were at the Fourth Realm also started laughing.
"Azred! Looks like you’re not famous enough, huh! Even someone at the Third Realm is taking your words as bullsh*t!" Someone started mocking that demon cultivator, Azred.
