Chapter 3343

Lei Ming and the others all complained that the local martial cultivators were ungrateful and thought only of themselves.

“What are those idiots thinking? Don’t our firepower war chariots consume energy? Haven’t our soldiers died too? We kept the demons from wiping them all out, and they don’t even know enough to be grateful!”

“If they won’t give them to us, we’ll just take them ourselves. That’s still better than the demons coming in and robbing and killing them right away, isn’t it? Besides, we left them plenty of planets!”

“These locals are truly ungrateful! With cultivation realms this low, what right do they have to criticize us? If they have the guts, let them come and fight us for them!”

The local martial cultivators could not even hold back the demons, much less stand against Lei Ming and the others. In the end, half the planets in the Palmprint Galaxy were taken away, while the remaining half was more than enough for the people they had left.

Ye Liuyun simply did not care what these people thought of him. He had already obtained all the resources he was supposed to take, and he was not going to greedily strip the place bare. As long as he could answer to his own conscience, that was enough.

His first clone then gathered the fully reorganized demon army into his spatial world, allowing them to make good use of the resources they had obtained to accelerate their cultivation.

After collecting the planets, Ye Liuyun continued onward with the people around him aboard the flying ship, setting off ahead of the others. Along the way, he let everyone explore as they pleased while he returned to his spatial world to refine some divine essence.

He had fought quite a few battles recently, but had barely expended any divine essence, so he went to the battle platform and customized some opponents to fight with his divine essence.

After each battle, he used the accelerated time in his clone’s spatial world to replenish the divine essence he had expended, refining it through this cycle of expenditure and recovery. He and his two clones consumed nearly a hundred strands of Origin Power each time, and their rate of energy consumption was astonishing.

Fortunately, they were now well supplied with resources. They had just seized quite a lot from the royal family in the Palmprint Galaxy. Otherwise, with so many people around him, he truly could not have afforded such consumption.

Jiang Yuanhai’s army waited until Xiao Heng’s and Li Zhaoyuan’s armies arrived, then continued toward the Holy Demon Galaxy. They were about five or six days behind Ye Liuyun.

The two fleets were not too far apart this time, as they were worried that they might encounter the demons’ million-strong army and find it difficult to deal with them if they were spread out.

Ye Liuyun devoted himself to cultivation, leaving no one to keep an eye on the demon beasts. They had not fought much recently, only coming out to spar with the local martial cultivators when collecting planets in the Palmprint Galaxy. But the local martial cultivators’ cultivation realms were too low, so the demon beasts did not find the fights satisfying. It was mostly the women and the Tang family disciples who used them for practice.

So whenever they encountered passing flying ships in the starry sky, they would go and provoke them. Even when they encountered martial cultivators at the peak of the Ninth Stage, several demon beasts working together could still deal with them.

One day, they spotted a solitary planet in the starry sky, shrouded in mist. Even Lei Ming and the others, with their golden pupils, could not see what was happening inside. The demon beasts all wanted to approach and investigate.

Xiao Yunfang reminded them, “In a situation like this, either there’s a powerful expert on the planet, or there’s some enormous danger. That’s why no one has dared to claim it.”

But if anything, her words only made things worse. As soon as the demon beasts heard about a powerful expert and danger, they became even more eager.

The Tang family disciples also grew extremely excited. They felt that they finally had a chance to go on an adventure. Otherwise, while following Ye Liuyun, they did not have many opportunities to take risks.

Although they had received no shortage of resources, it was difficult for them to grow faster without experiencing danger.

“Sister Yunfang, don’t worry. Big Brother isn’t keeping an eye on us because he wants us to gain some experience. There are still plenty of ferocious beasts in each of our spatial worlds. Even if we run into danger, we can still escape!” Lei Ming explained to Xiao Yunfang.

“It’s fine. I’ll go with you and take a look too. I also have a second-level Void-tier puppet beast here!” Luo Yu added.

Her cultivation realm had now reached the early Ninth Stage, and her true essence was exceptionally solid. She also wanted to personally experience some dangerous battles to temper herself.

Xiao Yunfang thought it over and felt that these people were indeed quite strong. Even if they encountered danger, they should be able to escape, so she agreed.

The other women had also reached the sixth or seventh level of the Guiyi Realm, and they all wanted to go out and give it a try, so no one objected. Still, Xiao Yunfang reminded everyone to take precautions and bring their armor and treasures, just in case.

As they looked forward to exploring the planet after landing and slowed the flying ship, it entered the mist surrounding the planet.

Suddenly, as if someone were yanking it, their flying ship was violently dragged downward, plummeting toward the ground at incredible speed.

Everyone was thrown against the ceiling of the flying ship by the sudden descent, and some even cracked their heads open.

“Quick, get off the flying ship!” Xiao Yunfang immediately warned the others.

At this speed, if the flying ship crashed into the ground, the people inside would either die from the fall or be killed by the shock wave from the ship exploding on impact.

But the flying ship was moving too fast. Everyone had been thrown against the ceiling by inertia, so how could they still move?

“Luo Yu, release the puppet beast and tear open the flying ship!” Feng Wanyu immediately reminded Luo Yu.

Luo Yu immediately released the second-level Void-tier puppet beast. It gouged a large hole in the top of the flying ship, then climbed out and tore the hole wider and wider, letting everyone out.

After getting out, however, everyone discovered that the flying ship had been dragged downward because the planet’s gravity was extraordinarily strong. Even after escaping, they were only falling a little more slowly than the flying ship. Their speed was still about the same as their normal flying speed, and they continued plummeting downward.

Moreover, the planet’s gravity was so powerful that they could not fly upward at all.

“Don’t panic. Let’s land first and see what’s going on. Stay alert!” Xiao Yunfang had experience commanding troops and knew that they could not afford to panic at a time like this. She was still able to look after the others.

As soon as she finished speaking, the flying ship crashed into the ground and exploded, sending a wave of air surging outward. Fortunately, they had all protected their bodies with true essence and blocked it without suffering any serious injuries.

Everyone then landed one after another, and no one was injured or killed. But the gravity here was so strong that they had needed to use true essence to protect themselves when they landed.

Looking at the flying ship shattered across the ground, Lei Ming was still shaken. He patted his chest and exclaimed, “Thank goodness Luo Yu had her puppet beast. Otherwise, none of us would have made it out!”

The others kept watch over their surroundings while looking at the wreckage scattered across the ground and reflecting on the danger they had just faced.

Suddenly, another Tang family disciple cried out, “We can’t fly! The gravity here is too strong!”

After withdrawing the true essence protecting his body, he immediately felt the gravity restricting him. He leaped with all his strength, yet could not even jump a zhang off the ground.

The others immediately tried as well. Aside from the Vermilion Bird, the Dragon Maiden, and the Nine-Headed Demonic Dragon, none of them could fly. Even those three, despite being able to take to the air, could not rise more than three zhang above the ground. It made little difference from not flying at all, while consuming a tremendous amount of their physical strength.

“Spatial Force is also restricted here!” The Demon Lion tried using his Spatial Force and discovered that he could not enter the void here at all.