Chapter 1898: Chapter 1898 Defeated by a Strike
"His skill is rather impressive!" Ye Liuyun thought to himself.
With his Golden Phantom Eyes, he stealthily observed his technique as he tested the Indestructible Vajra’s power.
"Haha, how about it? Now you know the origin of my nickname?" The Indestructible Vajra chuckled with delight.
Ye Liuyun nodded, casually tossing aside his twisted sword. He then struck a palm attack towards the Indestructible Vajra.
Only this time, he incorporated the power of heaven and earth in his strike.
With a loud thump, the Indestructible Vajra was pushed back several steps.
The other martial practitioners were all taken aback by his attack.
The commotion gave Zhao Mingche a moment to breathe.
"Hmm!" The Indestructible Vajra appeared to nod with approval. "Quite a decent display of the power of heaven and earth, eh!"
But in his eyes, a murderous intent ensued. He struck Ye Liuyun with a blow right away. Since Ye Liuyun had discovered his secret, he was determined to kill him.
The power of heaven and earth he used was different from Ye Liuyun’s. All of his strength was contained within his body. If only his blow could hit Ye Liuyun, It would break his bones and snap his tendons.
Ye Liuyun, however, countered with another strike. This blow, incorporated with the Sword Intent, also carried the power of heaven and earth.
With a swoosh, Ye Liuyun sliced apart the Indestructible Vajra’s strike and severed half of his forearm, leaving the Indestructible Vajra wailing in agony.
Ye Liuyun broke the Indestructible Vajra’s power of heaven and earth by using Sword Intent, the power of heaven and earth, and the Elemental Spirit Secret Skill.
At first, he didn’t think much of the Elemental Spirit Secret Skill. However, it seemed to work fairly effectively when used to disrupt the power of heaven and earth.
Although the power of Heaven and Earth was not a spiritual energy, it was an essence of the universe, and the Elemental Spirit Secret Skill can exert three-tenths of its capacity.
Indestructible Vajra’s strength of heaven and earth was thirty per cent weaker than Ye Liuyun’s, and the difference was obvious.
Hence, Ye Liuyun’s sword could easily be broken off by Ye Liuyun’s sword.
But Ye Liuyun did not give him a chance to react, closely followed by another horizontal sweep of his sword, he made another slash.
Indestructible Vajra, in a panic, subconsciously used his hand to block.
As a result, this time, along with his arm, his torso was cut in half by Ye Liuyun.
Afterwards, Ye Liuyun sidestepped him and tirelessly charged towards another martial practitioner who was in shock. First, he shot out the power of Heaven and Earth from his palm to push away the man’s shield and then sliced his sword on him from top to bottom.
The other two martial practitioners were terrified and instantly retreated.
But Ye Liuyun stopped attacking and began to turn around to search for Elixirs. He didn’t bother with the other two martial practitioners anymore.
Zhao Mingcheng, waving her spear, stopped the two martial practitioners from fleeing.
As a result, they both dashed to attack Zhao Mingcheng.
At about now, Ye Liuyun had collected all the Elixirs and Interspatial Rings from the corpses and dug out all the virtuoso. Then he stood by the side and watched in excitement without intending to lend a hand to Zhao Mingcheng.
Zhao Mingcheng knew that Ye Liuyun blamed her for exposing her hiding spot and refused to trust her. Hence, she felt quite wronged in her heart.
She meant well and wanted to remind Ye Liuyun, but who could have known that Ye Liuyun was much stronger than she knew and did not at all need her to meddle!
The two martial practitioners, seeing Ye Liuyun standing aside with his sword watching them, felt nervous under his gaze.
They had the impression that Ye Liuyun was toying with them and trying to make them look foolish.
A martial practitioner couldn’t take it any longer after a few sparring moves. He stepped out of the fight, dropped his shield and weapon, and surrendered to Ye Liuyun.
On seeing this, the other martial practitioner paused and surrendered to Ye Liuyun as well.
Without responding, Ye Liuyun merely smirked and looked towards Zhao Mingcheng.
Knowing that Ye Liuyun never spared the enemy, Zhao Mingcheng fiercely jabbed her long spear, killing the strongest-looking martial practitioner, and then proceeded to slay the last one.
The martial practitioner did not expect Zhao Mincheng would still kill them despite their surrendering. He grabbed his shield in a hurry and attempted to defend himself. But he was too late.
As predicted, Zhao Mingcheng ran her spear through him before he could do anything.
Ye Liuyun turned and walked towards the house they had hidden in the night before. The Indestructible Vajra had only about twenty virtuosos on him and his possesions must be more than that.
Upon entering the room, Ye Liuyun used his Golden Phantom Eyes to scan the entire room, eventually, he discovered the hidden virtuoso within the walls.
With a knife, he pried open a movable brick and pulled out sixteen small bags. Each bag contained exactly one hundred virtuosos.
"Haha, I’m rich!" Ye Liuyun was overjoyed and collected all the virtuosos.
He swallowed an Elixir to refine his body. Later on, in the weapons depository, he found a heavier sword.
As his physical strength increased, he felt that his current sword felt too light. But he kept it with him nonetheless as a backup.
He grilled some beast flesh until it was half-cooked before storing it in a large bag. Their supply of beast meat was nearly depleted, so this was a perfect opportunity to refill it. They wouldn’t need to spend more time hunting for feral beasts for meat anymore.
Next, he started grilling some meat to eat, still paying no attention to Zhao Mingcheng.
After Zhao Mingcheng had exterminated those two Martial practitioners outside, she noticed that Ye Liuyun didn’t pay any attention to her. So, she gathered the resources of those Martial practitioners and helped Ye Liuyun dig out the virtuoso.
After some hesitation, she entered the house and apologized to Ye Liuyun.
She handed over half of her resources and the two virtuosos to Ye Liuyun, saying, "I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you were so strong. I was just worried that you would be at a disadvantage against the Indestructible Vajra and inadvertently revealed my position."
Ye Liuyun accepted the resources. He felt Zhao Mingcheng had merely misunderstood his strength, but at least her intentions were good.
Besides, she didn’t surrender to the enemy back then. Knowing she was outmatched, she still chose to stand with him. So he felt she deserved a second chance.
However, he didn’t instantly warm up to her but replied with indifference: "If you want to keep following me, make sure this kind of thing doesn’t happen again. Do as I say!"
"The Indestructible Vajra had been overly confident this time. If he and his practitioners attacked me together, I wouldn’t have been able to defeat them so easily. The first one to die could have been you!"
"Okay, I will keep that in mind!" Zhao Mingcheng responded immediately.
Ye Liuyun ignored her and resumed eating his roasted meat.
Zhao Mingcheng awkwardly browsed around the room, picked up a golden spear from a pile of weapons, and hung a long sword around her waist. Other than that, she found no other resources that she could use.
Seeing Ye Liuyun had packed up all the beast meat, she sat down to join him in eating.
Only then was Ye Liuyun willing to share some roast with her.
Taking advantage of the moment, Zhao Mingcheng asked, "Why did you have such a hard time killing those Martial practitioners, given your strength?"
Ye Liuyun explained, "Anyone can practice the power of heaven and earth any time, but the opportunity to refine one’s body is more precious. I prefer to fight relying on physical strength as much as possible and save the power of heaven and earth for stronger opponents. This way, not only I can conceal some of my strength, but I can also yield unexpected results."
"How did you discover the secret of Elixirs? I can guarantee that most people here are unaware of its effect," Zhao Mingcheng asked curiously.
"I know a thing or two about alchemy. Hence, I can see the effect of these Elixirs!" Ye Liuyun replied lightly.
