Chapter 3308
Ye Liuyun had already made up his mind—if he couldn’t defeat his opponent, he would use the golden dragon Puppet for protection, then kill the zombies with white light.
Everyone else had been taken into his Spatial World to avoid putting them in danger when Ye Liuyun couldn’t look after them. Only two clones remained to help.
As soon as they stepped into the royal palace, some wandering zombies inside immediately charged at them. These were the weakest zombies here, yet still stronger than any he had encountered before.
Ye Liuyun’s Buddhist-Demon Golden Body Guardian Divine Seal and his second clone’s Six-Armed Furious Vajra were both released to help them blast away at the zombies.
There were also some zombies guarding key positions, each with incredibly tough physical bodies—even the first clone’s Demon-Hunting Bow couldn’t pierce through their flesh.
Ye Liuyun and his group were utterly frustrated. Several times they could only release the golden dragon Puppet to help block those zombies’ attacks, giving them time to complete their curses.
They barely managed to fight their way to the front of the main hall, where they saw a middle-aged man locked in stalemate with the Demon-Sealing Stele.
And this man actually possessed a soul spirit—one even stronger than Ye Liuyun’s. Anyone who could cultivate their soul spirit to such power surely wouldn’t be weak in strength either.
Ye Liuyun was quite astonished. Using his golden pupils for careful observation, he discovered zombie aura within the man’s dantian.
When the man saw Ye Liuyun and company, he swept his gaze over them before speaking in a stiff tone: "I have cultivated here for thousands of years to develop this physical body, and I’m on verge of completing it entirely. The treasures within this hall—I can give them all to you. Just remove that stele."
"You’re a zombie?" Ye Liuyun asked directly.
He knew the Demon-Sealing Stele would never misidentify evil creatures—this man definitely wasn’t human.
"I merely failed to break through to the Tai Void realm, so I used this special method for cultivation. Remove your stele, and I’ll directly tear through void space and leave this world." The man’s words amounted to an admission, though he also explained it was a special cultivation method.
"How did your soul spirit remain so well-preserved?" Ye Liuyun continued asking.
Truthfully, Ye Liuyun couldn’t determine whether this middle-aged man should count as living person or zombie at this point.
The man’s speech showed no expression as he explained: "Separate storage, separate cultivation, then merge together."
As he spoke, he waved his hand and opened doors behind him leading into main hall. Inside piled various heavenly treasures and earthly rarities—mostly high-end resources for body tempering.
Had he not opened those doors, Ye Liuyun wouldn’t have noticed hall’s interior situation. But now his golden pupils detected array formations behind walls on both sides of hall concealing ten zombies—clearly an ambush laid for them.
So regardless what this man said they would never trust him again.
However his cultivation method did spark considerable curiosity among Ye Liuyun’s group.
"These I prepared for myself and my guards—all can be given you!" The man continued stiffly speaking. Fearing disbelief from Ye Liuyun he added explanation seeing him wave hand opening main hall examining clothing upon body guessing: "You were previously divine king world?"
"Yes!" Man confirmed once more first clone suddenly thought fellow didn’t breakthrough realm turning entire dynasty people into zombies right?"
Even if wasn’t him definitely related somehow second clone followed speculating while remaining composed asking current realm?"
Tai Void Second Layer direct reply guarantee releasing giving treasures immediately leaving without attacking continuing question between stele using strength resisting now neither could overcome other."
But within his Origin Core, there was still far more true essence he could draw upon — it was clear he hadn’t given his all, and had kept something in reserve.
The man fell silent for a moment, then pointed toward the great hall and said, "You can go ahead and take whatever you want right now!"
"Is there an ambush inside?"
While talking to him, Ye Liuyun was secretly coordinating with his two clones, dividing up their tasks. This zombie would never tell them the truth, let alone reveal anything useful — they were better off striking first and seizing the initiative.
Not only was this zombie powerful, but he also possessed a divine soul. If they let him make the first move, they would have no chance of holding him off.
"No." The middle-aged man was still trying to deceive them.
But the moment his words fell, the First Clone’s body surged with a swirl of toxic miasma, while simultaneously, the purple pupils within his divine soul fixed their gaze on the man’s divine soul, unleashing violet light to obliterate it.
The man’s two divine souls were far too powerful — using the black light might not be enough to destroy them in a single strike.
The Second Clone, meanwhile, radiated a brilliant Buddhist luminance across his entire body and began casting a curse technique on the man. Ye Liuyun also joined in, launching his own curse technique and pressing the attack.
The middle-aged man was visibly startled by their sudden explosive assault, letting out a furious roar. But he recovered quickly and reacted decisively — first sweeping out his palm to send the Demon-Sealing Stele flying with the power of Heaven and Earth, then channeling his true essence to expel the Buddhist luminance from within his body.
However, against the violet light attacking his divine soul, he had no means of defense. He could only do his best to rapidly restore the divine soul that had been shattered by the violet light. At the same time, his other divine soul surged out of his sea of consciousness and charged straight toward Ye Liuyun.
The First Clone was wreathed in toxic miasma and capable of unleashing violet light to assault divine souls — he didn’t dare attack it. The Second Clone was suffused with Buddhist luminance, and he feared that its sea of consciousness might also harbor such power. So he could only target Ye Liuyun, who appeared to have no particularly remarkable abilities.
Ye Liuyun didn’t mind in the slightest, letting the attack come. It was just a single divine soul — even without the Ten Thousand Spirit Token, he could handle it on his own.
At that moment, the ten zombies concealed within the great hall all came surging out, charging toward them with killing intent.
Meanwhile, the First Clone’s violet light finally shattered the man’s divine soul. Just before it was destroyed, the man let out one final furious roar — and at that, the ten zombies charged forward with even greater ferocity.
Ye Liuyun and both clones each simultaneously released a golden dragon puppet to guard themselves, sending the zombies hurtling through the air with powerful strikes.
But those zombies were clearly each possessed of an extraordinarily powerful physical body — after being knocked flying, they immediately rose to their feet and resumed the fight.
Ye Liuyun and his two clones instantly unleashed their curse techniques and began targeting the ten zombies, assuming the man was as good as dead. Yet at that very moment, the Demon-Sealing Stele came flying back and pressed down upon the man once more.
"ROAR!"
Another great bellow erupted from the man’s body. Only this time, stripped of his divine soul, he had become a zombie through and through.
And yet, once he reverted to a zombie, he found himself completely unable to draw upon the power of Heaven and Earth any longer. When he struck at the Demon-Sealing Stele again, it no longer responded — instead, it began absorbing a considerable portion of his power.
"He’s not dead yet — we only destroyed his divine soul just now! And he’s at the third level of the Taixu realm!" Ye Liuyun immediately warned his two clones.