Lord of All Gods

The Fire-Eyed cultivator and the sword cultivator across from him quickly realized they were no match for Ye Liuyun. The sword cultivator immediately unleashed a full-power slash to block Ye Liuyun’s blade strike.

That blade had already shattered his sword intent and was now bearing down on him. The Fire-Eyed cultivator, sensing that his flame power had no effect on Ye Liuyun, immediately called on the others to attack together, releasing a massive sheet of flames to engulf both Ye Liuyun and his clone, trying to draw their attention.

Ye Liuyun and his clone both immediately sensed that the Spatial Force locking them down had suddenly intensified, and Ye Liuyun also felt the space around him compressing inward from all sides.

Just as he was thinking of a countermeasure, Ye Liuyun suddenly felt his heart tighten—a sense of mortal danger welled up from behind him.

He had no time to think. He immediately activated his time power to freeze time, first planting a slave seal on the hidden assassin behind him with a soul attack, then took control of the martial cultivator with the powerful spatial ability, and broke free from the range of that cultivator’s spatial lock.

As for the Fire-Eyed cultivator and the sword cultivator, Ye Liuyun felt neither of them was stronger than him. Even if he kept them alive for his army, they wouldn’t adapt well to the battlefield and would be difficult to manage—better to just kill them for the practice.

So once time resumed its normal flow, he and his clone each took one opponent and fought them with full force. Ye Liuyun used his blade, matching blade intent against the sword cultivator’s sword intent. The clone used his Golden Eyes to release Golden Crow Sacred Fire, going head-to-head with the Fire-Eyed martial cultivator in a contest of flame power.

Ye Liuyun’s blade intent utterly suppressed the sword cultivator, who ultimately could not withstand the combined force of Ye Liuyun’s blade intent, divine essence, and the momentum of heaven and earth, and was cut down.

The clone’s flame power was slightly weaker than Ye Liuyun’s, but he was in no hurry. He fought while simultaneously absorbing his opponent’s flame power, slowly grinding him down until the opponent’s flame was completely depleted, then burned him to ash.

"Stay on guard—I need to replenish my divine essence. The next wave is coming soon."

Ye Liuyun informed his clone, then immediately entered his spatial world to absorb the power from the galactic origin source and replenish his divine essence. The flurry of slashes earlier had nearly drained it completely.

The martial cultivator with the powerful spatial ability, named Liu Wei, was taken into Ye Liuyun’s spatial world to be kept for future practice in Spatial Force.

The assassin was left outside to assist them in battle, in case they encountered a powerful enemy they couldn’t handle alone.

Ye Liuyun and his clone were both quite satisfied with these powerful opponents. If he hadn’t had his time power this time, he likely would have been no match for them. His Spatial Force in particular had shown obvious shortcomings—there was still much room for improvement.

A day later, Ye Liuyun had only cultivated for ten days inside his clone’s spatial world, and his divine essence wasn’t even half replenished, when the first clone called him out—a new wave of martial cultivators had arrived, leaving him no choice but to use essence-storing stones to fill his divine essence back up.

The newly arrived martial cultivators came aboard three flying vessels, totaling twenty-two martial cultivators in the late stage of Returning Unity Ninth Layer. And not far behind, several more flying vessels were following.

So this time Ye Liuyun also called out his second clone to help, to prevent the martial cultivators in the trailing vessels from joining the fight all at once.

This time Ye Liuyun didn’t hesitate—the moment those people disembarked from their warship, he made his move. They did the same, attacking the instant they came off the ship.

The cultivators in this wave had well-rounded abilities across the board. Even those who were somewhat stronger in certain areas weren’t exceptionally powerful. Ye Liuyun and his clones didn’t face too great a danger, but fighting over twenty martial cultivators in the late stage of Returning Unity Ninth Layer still took a considerable toll on them.

During the battle, Ye Liuyun also deployed his two puppets to help block the enemy’s attacks and tie down some opponents.

Ye Liuyun and his clones took quite a few hits, but fortunately their physical bodies were robust enough to endure. Ever since he’d learned that his bloodline pressure was roughly on par with Jiang Yunfei’s, he’d stopped concealing it, unleashing it fully—and it proved effective at suppressing many of the martial cultivators.

As for soul attacks, they didn’t encounter any martial cultivator whose soul power surpassed theirs, and it didn’t interfere with their combat either—they simply devoured any souls that invaded their sea of consciousness while continuing to fight.

None of the three of them sent out their own souls to attack others. Ye Liuyun and the second clone only used their soul red eyes to trap some enemies in illusions, making them easier to kill.

The five flying vessels trailing behind those twenty-plus martial cultivators gradually drew closer, but none of them made a move. Only after the battle ended did the martial cultivators aboard those vessels disembark.

They had witnessed how powerful Ye Liuyun’s group was and didn’t dare engage alone. Instead, they waited until Ye Liuyun’s side was sufficiently worn down, and only once their own numbers had grown to over sixty did they move together to surround Ye Liuyun and his companions.

"That’s quite a lot of people," Ye Liuyun said, feeling a hint of concern at the sight of so many late-stage Returning Unity Ninth Layer martial cultivators.

He and his clones had completely exhausted their divine essence in the last battle. One replenishment from essence-storing stones had used up more than half of them, and the remaining divine essence was only enough for two more fights.

Moreover, among these sixty-plus martial cultivators, there were several whose soul power, Spatial Force, and power of heaven and earth were particularly outstanding—even harder to deal with than the last group.

"Let’s try fighting first. If it comes to it, we’ll use the time power," the clone suggested.

"Agreed—let’s hold on as long as we can. The true experts the dynasty has sent are rare finds. It would be a real shame to miss this opportunity." Though Ye Liuyun wanted to seize this chance for combat experience, he would never gamble with his own life.

The moment the battle began, the Metal Puppet was sent flying by a joint strike from several of the enemy’s powerful fighters.

Ye Liuyun and his clones unleashed blade intent, lightning, and flames all at once, bombarding the enemy to scatter them and prevent them from attacking together. They then drew their blades, unleashed their power of bloodline, and charged straight at the enemy fighters.

The invisible assassin also joined the fray, landing successive sneak attacks on two martial cultivators from behind—but he was quickly locked onto by two martial cultivators with strong spatial abilities and got drawn into a prolonged skirmish with them.

The spatial golem could only play a supporting role, helping Ye Liuyun with some containment and shielding him from the enemy’s spatial attacks. It never pushed forward on its own.

Ye Liuyun was also the primary target of these powerful fighters, with most of their attacks directed straight at him, so his consumption was the greatest of all.

After such an intense and grueling battle, the divine essence stored in his storage spirit stones was nearly exhausted. If he were to keep fighting, he would have to borrow from the storage spirit stones of his two clones.

The newly subdued invisible assassin had been killed by one of the enemy’s powerful fighters. The spatial golem had been struck twice as well, though the armor it wore had blocked the attacks, leaving it undamaged.

Fortunately, the dynastic powerhouses who arrived separately afterward, upon witnessing the strength Ye Liuyun and his group had displayed, didn’t dare to act on their own—and chose to wait for the others to arrive before making a move together.

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