"It all depends on the situation at the ti. If those powerful figures don't disperse, we won't have any chance to make our move!" Ye Liuyun remarked.
"Exactly. And don't forget the thousand soldiers stationed there! If the opportunity doesn't present itself, we stay put." Youming was well aware of the danger.
"Will the Sacred Dynasty intercept us when we enter the secret realm?" Ye Liuyun asked Youming.
Youming replied confidently, "Absolutely. But since Black Kill didn't ntion it, it shouldn't be a major issue. We'll find a way in."
After chatting a while longer, Tianyan took over piloting the flying vessel, and both Ye Liuyun and Youming retreated to their cabins to cultivate.
A few days later, the vessel landed ahead of schedule, and the group proceeded on foot toward the secret realm's entrance.
A full ten thousand praetorian stood watch at the gateway.
"Tianyan and Kuangsha will go in first, followed by Yidao and Liuyun. I'll enter last," Youming arranged the order of entry.
"Let go last. I guarantee I'll make it in," Ye Liuyun insisted.
The later one entered, the greater the risk. If those ahead were detected, the ones following might lose their chance entirely.
"Fine. Yidao and I will go in the second group. You two, move out," Youming conceded without further argunt.
Under the cover of darkness that night, Tianyan and Kuangsha cautiously approached the secret realm's entrance. As trained assassins, they had mastered stealth techniques, but any misstep or encounter with a powerful guard could expose them.
Miraculously, they slipped past the sentinels undetected and entered the realm.
However, the spatial disturbance caused by their passage caught the attention of the guards.
This unexpected complication made the next phase—Youming and Yidao's infiltration—far more perilous.
As the two ventured deeper toward the entrance of the secret realm, they noticed additional guards had been stationed there.
From a distance, Ye Liuyun observed their predicant clearly. With a flick of spatial teleportation, he summoned the Vermilion Bird, which unleashed several fireballs toward the ground below. The ensuing chaos threw the guards into disarray, allowing Youming and Yidao to seize the mont and dash into the realm.
Swiftly, Ye Liuyun recalled the Vermilion Bird through spatial teleportation, draped himself in an invisibility cloak, and vanished from sight.
The soldiers dispatched search parties, but finding no trace of the intruders, they eventually gave up. However, security at the realm's entrance was tightened even further.
Unfazed, Ye Liuyun waited patiently until dawn.
As daylight broke, the guards, having stood watch all night without incident, gradually let their vigilance slip. Seizing the opportunity during the shift change between two patrols, Ye Liuyun slipped into the realm under the cover of his invisibility cloak.
A faint ripple disturbed the entrance, catching the attention of a few soldiers. Though suspicion gnawed at them, none dared speak up, fearing they'd be held accountable.
Once inside, Ye Liuyun imdiately expanded his divine sense, scanning his surroundings. The entrance lay nestled at the foot of a towering mountain, with soldiers concealed in the vicinity.
Alerted by the disturbance at the portal, they sharpened their focus. Yet Ye Liuyun remained perfectly still, undetectable to their senses.
Standing motionless, he combined his divine sense with his golden pupils to survey the area. Soon, his heart sank—Kuangsha and Yidao had been captured, their bodies bound and suspended from the branches of a tree.
anwhile, Youming and Tianyan were concealed in another dense thicket, not far from the group.
However, all eyes were fixed on the entrance to the secret realm, and no one paid them any attention.
Yet they dared not make a move to rescue their comrades just yet—Kuangsha and Tianyan were still heavily guarded by soldiers.
At that mont, Ye Liuyun reached out to Youming through their equal contract: *"I'm in. Stay hidden and wait for my signal."*
Youming's heart leaped with both shock and joy. *"How did you get in? Where are you?"*
*"No ti to explain!"* Ye Liuyun cut the conversation short and remained motionless for a while longer. His golden pupils scanned the surroundings, confirming that the ambushers had let their guard down before he slowly shifted position, slipping out of their encirclent.
Once clear, he swiftly distanced himself and released the three Black Kill operatives he had previously captured from his spatial world.
Ye Liuyun briefed them on the locations of the hidden soldiers, ordering them to eliminate each one systematically.
Then, shedding his invisibility cloak, he summoned his doppelganger, Phantom Hand, Xenocide, and Xuanwu. He stationed the doppelganger at the entrance to prevent any soldiers from escaping to raise the alarm, while the others dispersed to assist in taking out the ambushers.
With that settled, he hurried to rendezvous with Youming and Tianyan to plan the rescue.
*"Do you both have beast companions?"* Ye Liuyun asked them.
They nodded, but Youming voiced her concern: *"I'm worried they might send soone out to report our presence."*
*"Don't worry,"* Ye Liuyun reassured her. *"I've already stationed soone at the entrance. Our only job now is to rescue them!"*
With that, Ye Liuyun activated his Xenocide Concealnt technique, and together with Youming and Tianyan, they launched their assault.
*"Now!"*
As Ye Liuyun approached, he first launched a soul attack on one soldier before signaling Youming and Tianyan to strike simultaneously.
Without hesitation, Youming and Tianyan sprang into action, each felling a soldier with a single, precise sword stroke. Then, in perfect sync, they released the two ferocious beasts they had brought along.
Ye Liuyun wasted no ti either, summoning Leiming, Zhuque, Shiyuan, Binglan, and Baihu in their true forms to join the fray. Tianyan unleashed a massive serpent and a savage bear, while Youming surprised everyone by releasing two demonic wolves.
These beasts were clearly well-trained, moving in flawless harmony with their masters, amplifying Youming and Tianyan's lethality.
anwhile, Leiming and the other beasts paid no heed to Ye Liuyun, diving headlong into battle for sheer exhilaration. They were accustod to being protected by him—never the other way around.
Ye Liuyun, however, continued his relentless soul attacks, seizing the opportunity to devour the soldiers' spiritual energy and extract their mories. His efficiency in dispatching enemies soon surpassed even Youming and Tianyan's.
At the sa ti, the soldiers stationed around the secret realm's entrance were being systematically eliminated by Huanshou's group and the three assassins.
As chaos erupted, so soldiers attempted to flee toward the exit, only to be intercepted by Ye Liuyun's hidden clone, which struck them down with soul attacks before they could escape.
Cloaked in invisibility, the clone made the soldiers wary—anyone who ventured near t instant death, forcing the rest to hold their ground in desperation.
The three assassins, once exposed, proved manageable, their strength no match for the soldiers. But against the three Xuanwu beasts, the soldiers were utterly outmatched, falling one after another.
Once Huanshou and his team finished their own tasks, they turned to assist the assassins, swiftly clearing out the remaining ambushers.
Suddenly, a martial artist at the second level of the Heavenly Realm burst from the earth, charging straight for the clone guarding the exit.
The clone's golden eyes flickered, assessing the threat. Recognizing the opponent's formidable soul power—beyond its ability to counter safely—it acted decisively. A blinding white light shot from its eyes, obliterating the attacker mid-stride.
With practiced ease, the clone then absorbed the lifeless body into a Interspatial Ring, capitalizing on the montum of the charge.
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