Chapter 3358

The first clone immediately released the Black-armored Guards he carried with him to defend himself. Every one of these Black-armored Guards was a formidable expert among those of the same realm. One sword cultivator struck, cleaving a powerful demon expert in two with a single slash.

The remaining few were martial cultivators with exceptionally powerful spatial or heaven-and-earth powers. They, too, killed the demon experts who charged within range instantly, one with each attack.

Ye Liuyun’s side was the same. The Vermilion Bird’s soul flames and Ye Liuyun’s Demon-Slaying Saber made it extremely difficult for those demon experts to approach.

The fighting at the center of the battlefield was also exceptionally fierce.

Under Ao Yan’s watch, the demon army’s assault unit did not dare slacken either. They charged with all their might, clashing head-on with the spirit beasts and firepower chariots until flesh and blood flew everywhere.

“The army charges!”

Seeing the situation on the battlefield, Ao Yan felt that it was still not chaotic enough, so it immediately ordered the army to launch its charge ahead of schedule.

It simply did not care whether these demon cultivators lived or died. As long as it could take advantage of the opportunity to kill Ye Liuyun, it would have completed its mission. If it could also capture a powerful Devil Beast and kill a Grand Commander along the way, that would be even better.

It only felt that it was a pity Ye Liuyun had released just one Thunder Dragon Beast this time. It was also very interested in that Nine-Headed Demonic Dragon and the Demonic Lion.

“I can only kill this human first, then go look for them!”

It thought to itself as it watched the army charge forward, the cries of battle shaking the heavens across the battlefield.

To guard against the unexpected, it also released all four of its demonic beasts, first using them to protect its physical body.

Then, taking advantage of the cover provided by the demonic beasts’ enormous bodies, it released all three of its souls.

It left its weakest soul in its sea of consciousness to continue directing the battle. One of its strongest soul cores charged toward Ye Liuyun’s sea of consciousness, another charged toward Lei Ming’s, while the previously injured soul—which appeared to be the strongest—charged toward the first clone disguised as Yu Xiaofeng.

Ye Liuyun had already guessed that Ao Yan was about to make a move when it released its demonic beasts. His divine sense had undergone special cultivation, making it far stronger than Ao Yan’s.

Thus, even while fighting here, he was still able to notice Ao Yan’s little trick.

He was also greatly startled when he discovered Ao Yan’s soul cores. Fortunately, the two soul cores were heading toward him and Lei Ming. If they had been heading toward the two clones, he truly would have been in trouble.

For the two clones to kill its soul cores, they would probably have to pay a considerable price. If his own soul went to rescue them, he would also have to worry about being surrounded and attacked by the souls of the other demons.

Ao Yan’s strategy had been perfectly sound. Ye Liuyun and the Thunder Dragon Beast were precisely the two targets it wanted most. It simply never imagined that the two it had chosen would also have the strongest soul defenses.

As soon as one of Ao Yan’s soul cores charged into Ye Liuyun’s sea of consciousness, it was completely dumbfounded. It was directly enveloped by the golden light of the Myriad Gods Token and could not move at all, much less launch an attack.

At that moment, the Demon-Sealing Stele also shot out from Ye Liuyun’s sea of consciousness. After growing larger, it descended directly upon Ao Yan’s true body. The demonic beasts beside Ao Yan rushed forward to help it resist the Demon-Sealing Stele’s absorption and attack the stele.

The second clone also launched a sneak attack on Ao Yan at that moment, using a spell to make golden Buddhist light erupt inside Ao Yan’s body and erode its demonic energy. Ao Yan’s remaining soul power was relatively weak, and it actually could not detect who was attacking it.

The soul core that had charged into Lei Ming’s sea of consciousness was also struggling with all its might, trying to break free from the absorption of that pitch-black plaque. Lei Ming’s plaque was nowhere near as powerful as the Myriad Gods Token.

Thus, both of her souls charged forward, using the power of thunder and the power of heaven and earth to stop Ao Yan’s soul from escaping.

Afterward, the golden spear in the Dragon Girl’s sea of consciousness also rushed into Lei Ming’s sea of consciousness to help her fight. With a single thrust, it pierced Ao Yan’s soul core, stabbing a huge hole through it.

Ao Yan’s soul core immediately healed its injuries, but the golden spear pierced it again right afterward. Lei Ming’s thunder power was no longer weak either and could contend with Ao Yan’s demonic flames.

This soul core of Ao Yan’s could not escape Lei Ming’s sea of consciousness either. It grew weaker and weaker as it was absorbed by the plaque, while its injuries also recovered more and more slowly.

As for the injured soul that had charged into the first clone’s sea of consciousness, it was cleaved open by the soul saber formed from the first clone’s soul as soon as it entered, and corpse poison immediately seeped inside.

Then the first clone’s soul’s violet pupils and Buddhist light struck together, instantly blasting that soul to death. The soul saber then transformed into a Heaven-Devouring Beast and swallowed the entirety of that soul belonging to Ao Yan.

“Pfft!” Ao Lie’s true body spat out a mouthful of blood.

Its soul had been instantly killed by Ye Liuyun and the first clone’s Myriad Gods Token, causing Ao Yan to suffer a backlash. Shortly afterward, Lei Ming’s side had also nearly worn away Ao Lie’s soul and was now competing with the pitch-black plaque to devour the remainder of Ao Yan’s soul.

Lei Ming was a Devil Beast, so devouring Ao Yan’s soul, which was imbued with demonic energy, was enormously beneficial. The Dragon Girl’s golden spear also returned to her sea of consciousness at that moment.

The Vermilion Bird was already slaughtering everything in its path. With Ao Yan’s three strongest souls destroyed, none of the remaining demon souls possessed power greater than his.

Ye Liuyun also charged toward Ao Yan with Chi Lian, releasing all the other demonic beasts beside him to attack Ao Yan’s demonic beasts together.

At the same time, his golden pupils released Golden Crow Sacred Fire, which directly scorched Ao Yan’s physical body. Ao Yan’s soul had already been damaged, and merely resisting the second clone’s spell was extremely difficult. Now that such powerful Golden Crow Sacred Fire had been added, it was struggling even more.

It took out a Void-tier suit of armor and put it on, but before the Golden Crow’s fire spirit, it was completely inadequate. Before long, the Void-tier armor was burned away.

It then took out a Formation Flag capable of releasing demonic energy and unleashed billowing demonic qi, attempting to suppress the Golden Crow Sacred Fire. The result was futile as well. The Golden Crow’s fire spirit was far too powerful. Unless it was a treasure above the fourth or fifth rank of the Void tier, nothing could withstand its flames.

It also took out a soul banner and released several powerful sinister souls to attack Ye Liuyun, but Ye Liuyun did not even need to act. The Vermilion Bird directly used its soul flames to burn those sinister souls into oblivion.

At that moment, the demonic beasts beside Ao Yan charged toward Ye Liuyun and the others under the Demonic Fox’s command. Only the Demonic Fox remained behind to resist the Demon-Sealing Stele, while also releasing its soul power to attack the Nine-Headed Demonic Dragon.

The Demonic Fox had seen Ao Yan attack Ye Liuyun and Lei Ming earlier and knew that Ao Yan was no match for either of them, so it did not dare attack them either. The Dragon Girl had a golden spear in her sea of consciousness, while the Vermilion Bird’s soul flames were simply too fierce.

Thus, after weighing its options, it chose the Nine-Headed Demonic Dragon. But the Nine-Headed Demonic Dragon did not clash with it head-on. A beam of black light shot from its eyes, piercing a huge hole through one of the Demonic Fox’s main combat souls, which was then absorbed by the Demon-Sealing Stele.

Then the Nine-Headed Demonic Dragon fired another beam of white light, blasting a huge hole through the Demonic Fox’s body and sending it crashing down beneath the Demon-Sealing Stele.

This time, the Demon-Sealing Stele smashed both the Demonic Fox’s corpse and Ao Yan down together.