Chapter 3382

After distributing all the refined soul essences, Ye Liuyun took the emptied Soul-Sealing Pearls and distributed them among the demonic beasts once more, then waited with them for the demons to come knocking again.

During the time Ye Liuyun and his clone spent refining the demons’ spiritual souls, they also absorbed a considerable amount of demonic energy, greatly increasing both their Buddhist and demonic powers.

His strongest spiritual soul had also completely fused all the soul essence that needed refining into its own soul essence.

The new soul essence had exactly the same features as him. It was also exceptionally solid and had completely become his own soul essence, so using it was no different from using his original one.

His two soul essences were now one large and one small. The larger one was already nearly half his height. Although the smaller one was considerably shorter, the power of its soul essence was actually more than ten times greater than that of a martial cultivator in the same realm.

Even within the Crimson Demon Clan, the power of his spiritual soul now ranked among that of the very strongest experts.

“When we get the chance, we can try out the curse arts and the power of Buddhist light!”

“Good idea. Next time, have Qiong Qi seal one of the experts in with the formation flags, and we’ll try it together!”

The two clones were also eager to give it a try.

As they chatted, they suddenly spotted several demonic experts approaching through the starry sky. These demonic experts were clearly quite powerful. Without even using flying vessels, they traveled much faster than the warships.

The million-strong demonic army that had come this time had already been left far behind by them.

“These experts are quite powerful this time! We can spar with them a little!”

Ye Liuyun’s Golden Eyes showed that these demonic experts were likely formidable in every respect.

“Of those three Crimson Demons with red scales, the one in the middle is Ao Feng, the patriarch of the demon race.”

In the previous battle, the clone had learned what Ao Feng looked like through soul searching.

Ye Liuyun also sighed, “It seems this Soul-Refining Cauldron really is a supreme treasure of the demons. It even drove Ao Feng to risk his life personally to seize it!”

“There are quite a lot of experts. We’ll have to arrange things so the demonic beasts can also deal with a few of them!” The clone reminded Ye Liuyun.

There were eight experts in all. Three were Crimson Demons, while three others belonged to different demonic races. At present, they could not tell exactly in which aspects the latter three were strongest; they could only make out that one of them possessed especially powerful spatial energy. It flew through the starry sky the fastest and with the least effort.

“I’ll take the patriarch. Vermilion Bird and Lei Ming will handle the other two Crimson Demons. You two take the other demonic beasts and deal with the remaining five experts. Have people join in as the situation demands.”

After making a simple division of responsibilities, Ye Liuyun summoned the commanders, including Commander Yuqian Xiaofeng, and discussed with them how to deal with the demons’ million-strong army.

They decided that Jiang Yuanhai and Xiao Heng’s armies would serve as the main attackers this time, giving them a chance to hone their skills as well. The demonic army would then split into two groups of three hundred thousand and attack from both sides.

The Death Legion, the female soldiers, the Black Armored Elite Soldiers, and the puppets would handle the cleanup and interception, then annihilate the million-strong army in one fell swoop.

After discussing the plan, everyone quietly awaited the arrival of the demon patriarch, Ao Feng.

Unexpectedly, Ao Feng did not conceal himself as he led these demonic experts this time. Instead, they headed straight toward Ye Liuyun’s army.

Ye Liuyun did not care what they were thinking. Before they could approach, he led the demonic beasts out to meet them, so they would not have a chance to harm the commanders and soldiers.

Ao Feng had not waited for the army behind him for two reasons. On the one hand, he was worried that Ye Liuyun might escape. On the other, he had absolute confidence in the strength of his group.

Now that he saw Ye Liuyun had brought only two black-armored guards and a group of demonic beasts, he felt even more reassured. He believed that, with the power of his spiritual soul alone, he could kill all these people outright.

He knew that Ye Liuyun had obtained the Soul-Refining Cauldron and could use it to increase the power of his spiritual soul, but he had never imagined that Ye Liuyun possessed the ability to accelerate time and could improve so quickly. Even less had he expected that not only Ye Liuyun’s spiritual soul, but also the spiritual souls of those around him, had grown stronger.

Thus, after seeing Ye Liuyun, he did not rush to attack. Instead, he simply ordered Ye Liuyun to hand over the Soul-Refining Cauldron.

“Human brat, hand over the Soul-Refining Cauldron, or you, your friends, and your army will all die here today!”

Ye Liuyun curled his lip, utterly disinclined to trade words with him. If anyone wanted a treasure, they had to rely on their strength to take it. Many had tried to seize treasures from Ye Liuyun, but not one of them had met a good end.

His Golden Eyes flashed, and he immediately released the Golden Crow Fire Spirit, sending it burning toward Ao Feng. He intended to provoke Ao Feng into launching a spiritual-soul attack on him, so he had to strike ruthlessly, suppressing him completely and leaving him no other choice.

That was why, as soon as he attacked, he not only released the Golden Crow Fire Spirit but also used spatial energy to lock Ao Feng in place, leaving him unable to move.

“How dare you! You arrogant human brat!”

Ao Feng had not expected Ye Liuyun to attack the moment they met without even saying a word.

At the same time, Lei Ming and Vermilion Bird also unleashed their lightning and flame powers, attacking the other two Crimson Demons.

One of the demons reacted quickly, swinging its hand and striking backward with the power of heaven and earth. This demon’s power of heaven and earth was quite strong, allowing it to sense Vespera and Xenocide’s positions.

With two bangs, Vespera and Xenocide were both sent flying. However, their tortoise shells blocked the attacks and kept them from being injured.

The first clone immediately cast a curse art on it while using spatial energy to lock it in place. Chi Lian also assisted him by absorbing that demon’s power of bloodline.

The second clone drew his golden saber and engaged a demonic saber cultivator. That demon had thought its sword intention was already powerful enough, but it had not expected the second clone to shatter its sword intention with a single stroke the moment he attacked, nearly cleaving through its shoulder. The Buddhist light within the saber also seeped into the wound, preventing it from recovering.

The Dragon Maiden and Little Blue Ice joined forces against a demonic expert with black scales. Little Blue Ice used the Soul-Calming Pearl to interfere, while the Dragon Maiden relied on her physical body to fight it head-on. Unexpectedly, the demon met her head-on with a single punch and sent her flying.

The Blue Sea Battle Armor the Dragon Maiden wore and the attack-enhancing gloves on her hands were both destroyed outright.

The Megalithic Ape immediately charged forward and intercepted the black-armored demon. The Demonic Lion then swung the Wind-Thunder Fan and joined the attack on the black-armored demon.

White Tiger and the Nine-Headed Demon Dragon joined forces to attack a demonic expert. This expert’s power of heaven and earth was also quite strong, but the two of them could still barely hold their own.

The remaining demonic expert was trapped inside a formation by Qiong Qi, who was currently burning it with fire. At first, the expert had not taken the formation flags seriously, believing that with its Spatial Force, no force capable of sealing the void could hold it.

The two sides immediately became embroiled in a chaotic battle.

Ao Feng’s strength was not weak to begin with, but he was still no match for the Golden Crow Fire Spirit. Its flames were simply too powerful, and no matter what Ao Feng did, he could not extinguish them.

He also knew that Ye Liuyun’s sea of consciousness might contain some protective power. However, with his life in danger, he could only stake everything on one desperate attempt, releasing his soul essence and rushing toward Ye Liuyun’s sea of consciousness.

Before coming, he had not known that Ye Liuyun possessed such powerful flames. Even less had he expected to be forced into a desperate situation by Ye Liuyun the moment he arrived.