Lord of All Gods

At this moment, the two demonic flood dragons wrapped their bodies around the statue’s ankles, pulling in opposite directions, trying to topple it. The two clones also fired another sword beam, once again targeting the base of its arm, blasting the crater even deeper.

Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun was keeping watch on the other teams. Several groups had already appeared on the streets surrounding the plaza.

None of them dared to approach, waiting to see the outcome of the battle between Ye Liuyun’s group and the stone statue.

Jiang Yunhan was among them. He and Cern Qifeng had no other martial cultivators beside them; each only had six or seven guards remaining. It seemed they had suffered heavy casualties along the way.

Sima Qianhua’s team had even fewer survivors left—only five people.

There were also two other teams, each with five or six members. Additionally, there were a few scattered martial cultivators who hadn’t yet reached the plaza.

With its feet bound by the flood dragons, the statue couldn’t even step forward to attack the clones. After being struck twice more by the clones, the stone at the base of its upper arm had been worn down by half.

In its desperation, it swung its sword down at one of its own feet. The flood dragon wrapped around that foot immediately dodged away.

With a thunderous boom, the statue had actually severed its own lower leg with one strike.

"This statue is ruthless enough to cut even itself!"

The two clones smiled, confirming that the statue possessed no intelligence, which made them even less concerned. They fired two more arrows, taking advantage of the moment its lower leg was severed to blast it backward.

The other flood dragon also withdrew with the momentum and immediately fled, moving out of the statue’s attack range.

The statue finally lost its balance and fell backward, its nearly hundred-zhang body crashing to the ground. Instinctively, it stretched both hands backward to brace its fall.

But both arms had already been half-destroyed. The massive weight of its body, combined with the force of the fall, actually caused its arms to shatter instead, sending debris flying everywhere.

"Haha!" Both clones laughed. This saved them quite a bit of trouble!

Ye Liuyun also smiled, retracting his clones and having the two flood dragons and the snow wolf take turns bombarding the location of the statue’s energy source.

With one leg severed, the statue couldn’t even stand up. It could only prop itself up with its broken leg and remaining good leg to shift its position, but it couldn’t escape the attacks of the three demonic beasts at all.

Especially the two flood dragons—they possessed no special abilities, but their true essence was quite solid and condensed. Their attacks were heavy and powerful, and after several strikes, they cracked open the statue’s chest cavity and extracted the stone origin within.

Once the stone statue’s origin power was removed, it immediately went still, lying motionless on the ground.

At this moment, the other teams also began to move, surrounding Ye Liuyun together.

Ye Liuyun glanced at Jiang Yunhan, the corner of his mouth rising. While they were fighting earlier, he had already noticed Jiang Yunhan contacting the other teams. He actually hoped Jiang Yunhan would make his move immediately.

Taking care of these people first before exploring would actually make things easier for him.

Seeing that Ye Liuyun was about to be besieged, Luo Yu immediately rushed to his side with his demon wolf, standing together with him.

Ye Liuyun took this scene in. Though he said nothing aloud, he thought to himself that Luo Yu was indeed a friend worth making.

"Ye Liuyun, I didn’t expect you would still dare to appear in the Flame Seal Dynasty! Since you’ve encountered this prince today, don’t even think about escaping!" Jiang Yunhan was the first to shout at Ye Liuyun.

"Heh, Jiang Yunhan, you’ve certainly grown bold, daring to challenge me! Why wouldn’t I dare to appear? Your hundreds of thousands of troops couldn’t stop me—do you think you alone can capture me?"

Ye Liuyun paid no attention to the others, simply chatting with Jiang Yunhan with a smile.

"I can’t defeat you, but coincidentally, when I came to explore this secret realm, the dynasty assigned me some guards!"

Jiang Yunhan waved his hand smugly, releasing fifty late-stage Ninth Level experts from his Spatial World.

This time, even Ye Liuyun was somewhat surprised—he hadn’t expected Jiang Yunhan to carry so many powerful experts with him.

But he quickly figured it out. The Fire Seal Dynasty was probably after that cultivation manual as well, which was why they had specifically sent Jiang Yunhan to lead powerful experts here to search for it. Given Jiang Yunhan’s status in the dynasty, these experts definitely weren’t assigned as his bodyguards.

Cern Qifeng, Sima Qianhua, and the other martial cultivators perked up immediately upon seeing Jiang Yunhan release so many powerful experts. They felt they could ride on his coattails and claim some merit.

The dynasty had placed a hefty bounty on Ye Liuyun’s head. Moreover, they all believed Ye Liuyun possessed a teleportation treasure, making him difficult to capture under normal circumstances. But now they were in a secret realm where Ye Liuyun couldn’t escape even if he wanted to. They were certain to claim the bounty this time.

"Who would have thought that a fugitive even the dynasty couldn’t handle would fall into our hands!" Cern Qifeng exclaimed with emotion.

Luo Yu counted the numbers and realized Ye Liuyun’s side still held the advantage, so he wasn’t too worried. He was only concerned that if Ye Liuyun’s people expended too much energy here, it would affect their future exploration.

Ye Liuyun, however, nodded with a smile and said, "Not bad. You’ve improved since last time, bringing so many experts with you. Though this number seems somewhat insufficient!"

As he spoke, he released sixty-five late-stage ninth-order Return-to-One realm experts from his spatial world.

The smiles on Jiang Yunhan, Cern Qifeng, Sima Qianhua, and the others’ faces instantly froze!

"Hahaha, Jiang Yunhan, do you have any more people on hand? If this is all you’ve got, it’s hardly enough to look at! I still have more, you know!"

Ye Liuyun couldn’t help laughing out loud at their deflated expressions.

He raised his hand and released another hundred late ninth-order experts. These experts emerged wearing black armor and ferocious demon masks, surrounding the martial cultivators.

"Need me to release any more?" Ye Liuyun continued asking Jiang Yunhan with a smile.

Jiang Yunhan’s face looked terrible. His lips moved, but no words came out.

He only had these fifty experts. He had witnessed Ye Liuyun release twenty experts when fighting the stone soldiers outside the plaza earlier. He had thought fifty experts would be sufficient, never expecting Ye Liuyun carried so many powerful experts with him.

Seeing Jiang Yunhan’s ugly expression, Cern Qifeng and Sima Qianhua realized he had no more forces at his disposal. They both stepped back.

Cern Qifeng said to Ye Liuyun, "Mr. Ye, your grievances with the dynasty can be settled outside the secret realm. This is a secret realm; we should all focus on treasure hunting."

"Heh, I’m not very interested in treasure hunting. I just enjoy killing!"

Ye Liuyun let out a cold laugh, ignoring Cern Qifeng, and asked Jiang Yunhan, "Jiang Yunhan, if I don’t rob you every once in a while, do you feel uncomfortable?"

"Mr. Ye, I truly didn’t wish to act against you, but I received orders from the Ninth Prince and dared not disobey! I’ll leave immediately and not get involved in your dispute!" Sima Qianhua said, preparing to lead his people away.

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