Chapter 3466

Ye Liuyun was also half-convinced. But after scanning the area with his Golden Eyes, he truly found no other way out, so he decided to do as the Book Demon had suggested and refine the Jade Divine Bone first.

In any case, with the stone puppet guarding outside, he should be completely safe inside this stone chamber.

He immediately took out the Jade Divine Bone and prepared to refine it.

“A Jade Divine Bone of this size definitely isn’t enough to strengthen all your bones. It can only strengthen part of them, so you’d better decide where to refine it before you begin!” the Book Demon reminded Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun thanked him, feeling that the Book Demon’s reminder had come at exactly the right time.

After some thought, he decided to refine the Jade Divine Bone into his left arm. That way, he could use his left arm to block attacks in the future. When attacking others, he also wouldn’t have to worry as much about his arm bones shattering.

Only then did he begin the actual refinement. To his surprise, refining the Jade Divine Bone was even more painful than tempering his body had been. It felt as though all his bone marrow were being replaced. Starting from the fingertips of his left hand, the process slowly cut through his bones bit by bit.

“Ah!”

Ye Liuyun couldn’t help crying out as soon as it began. Soon, the inhuman pain became unbearable. The Myriad Gods Decree also began emitting a glow to keep him conscious and prevent him from passing out. He had no choice but to grit his teeth and endure it, and before long, his entire body was drenched in sweat.

He had no idea how much time had passed. He only knew that the pain kept spreading upward along his arm bones, all the way to his left shoulder. Only then did the Jade Divine Bone’s energy run out, causing it to turn into a pile of powder and marking the completion of the refinement.

After the light of the Myriad Gods Decree in his sea of consciousness dimmed, Ye Liuyun immediately fell into a deep sleep.

He didn’t wake up again until half a day later. Once awake, he immediately returned to his spatial world and went into the Life Spring to recover from the toll the process had taken on his body.

He felt that the pain had been far too intense and had consumed a great deal of his vitality, so he couldn’t rest easy until he replenished it.

He even found some of the captives to spar with, using his left hand—the one that had just been infused with the Jade Divine Bone—and relying solely on his physical strength to meet a fourth-level Taixu martial artist’s punch head-on. The result was that nothing happened to his arm at all!

“All right, at least the results are pretty good. This ordeal wasn’t in vain after all! I’ll find a sixth-level Taixu martial artist and test it again when I get the chance!” Ye Liuyun was fairly satisfied with the result, though he still didn’t know how powerful an attack his left arm could withstand.

He returned to the stone chamber once more. This time, he didn’t even exert any force. He merely touched the stone door with his left hand, which had just been infused with the Jade Divine Bone, and the door immediately opened.

“You really guessed it right!” Ye Liuyun immediately praised the Book Demon again.

The moment Ye Liuyun stepped out, everyone’s eyes turned toward him.

“What was inside the stone chamber?”

“Did you find a way out?”

The martial artists outside all began asking questions. They had guessed that there might be some opportunity inside the stone chamber, and that it probably contained more than just a way out.

Some of them immediately began looking at Ye Liuyun differently, greed flickering in their eyes.

“There was nothing inside. It just trapped me for half a day!” Ye Liuyun naturally had no intention of telling them the truth, lest they swarm him and rob him.

“Do you take us for fools? You were in there for so long, yet you come out and claim there was nothing inside. Do you really think we’ll believe you?” The old man whom Ye Liuyun had tricked earlier now jumped out to make matters worse.

“That’s right! I already said that as long as you can get us out, we’ll reward you. I keep my word! If you don’t believe me, we can sign a divine soul contract.

But you can’t keep the benefits for yourself and tell us nothing!” The strongest martial artist also began pressuring Ye Liuyun, though a smug look could be seen in his eyes.

That had been his plan all along. He would force Ye Liuyun to hand over whatever he had obtained and reveal the way out, without giving him any reward. After all, Ye Liuyun’s cultivation level was low, and he certainly couldn’t be a match for so many of them.

Seeing these people gradually reveal their true colors, Ye Liuyun merely smiled. He had expected this outcome long ago. Without another word, he walked toward another stone chamber.

But as soon as he moved, he discovered that the stone puppet behind him was following him as well.

“Huh? Could this stone puppet also count as my reward for defeating it? If so, then I really have nothing to fear from these people!”

Ye Liuyun was quite surprised. He immediately used his divine sense to communicate with the stone puppet.

After communicating with it, he discovered that the stone puppet’s intelligence was not very high, but it had truly acknowledged him as its master.

“So it really is my reward for defeating it! It even gave itself to me as a reward!” Ye Liuyun was somewhat taken aback.

The other martial artists were also dumbfounded by the sight. A ninth-level Taixu puppet could kill them almost instantly.

Even if their numbers allowed them to injure Ye Liuyun, they would probably all be killed by the puppet in the end.

Several martial artists who had originally planned to attack Ye Liuyun were approaching him, but they suddenly stopped in their tracks and dared not come any closer.

The corner of Ye Liuyun’s mouth lifted, but he did not stop. Instead, he went to the stone chamber on the right to continue challenging that Onyx.

At this point, even if he denied obtaining a treasure, no one else would believe him. Who would do something that offered no benefit? If he hadn’t gained something, he definitely wouldn’t challenge another stone puppet.

Everyone watched closely, wondering whether the stone puppet he had just defeated would help Ye Liuyun fight. But the stone puppet stopped ahead of time and showed no intention of attacking the other stone puppet.

Ye Liuyun didn’t mind having another stone puppet as an ally anyway. He could defeat the puppet in front of him on his own.

What surprised everyone, however, was that this stone puppet’s cultivation level had become fourth-level Taixu rather than third-level Taixu. It seemed that the original owner of this place had established a rule for these puppets: once one Onyx was defeated, the next one would be a level higher.

“A challenge across two cultivation levels?”

The martial artists watching from behind all felt that Ye Liuyun definitely wouldn’t make it through this time.

Unexpectedly, Ye Liuyun immediately threw a punch at the stone puppet, striking first. The stone puppet reacted just as quickly and met his fist with one of its own.

“Even if that kid doesn’t die, his arm bones will be shattered!” one of the martial artists immediately predicted.

The martial artist with the highest cultivation level even shifted his position, assuming that Ye Liuyun would be blasted backward by the stone puppet. He went ahead and waited at the spot where he thought Ye Liuyun would land.

At the same time, the Myriad Gods Decree in Ye Liuyun’s sea of consciousness flashed, and the illusion technique strengthened once more. The martial artists began fighting the illusions again.

Although that expert had chosen his position accurately, Ye Liuyun was not blasted backward. The expert was immediately entangled by the illusions again, leaving him no energy to keep an eye on Ye Liuyun. Otherwise, he would have had trouble even protecting himself.