Chapter 1119: Ambush on the Mineral Vein

After Ye Liuyun's duplicate returned, it immediately put on a mask, disguising itself as a Demon Cultivator and no longer revealing its identity.

Except for Ye Liuyun and those close to him, no one knows his true identity; outsiders assume he is Ye Liuyun's subordinate.

The demonic artifacts Ye Liuyun obtained were also taken back by the duplicate, preparing to form an elite Demon Cultivator unit as the core force guarding the Beast Arena.

Besides the Black Tortoise, his side also added twenty Earth Sovereign Ninth Layer ferocious beasts to the defense.

While Ye Liuyun's Beast Arena is under construction, the Grand Elder came to see him.

Having acquired so many ferocious beasts, how could they pass up this cooperation opportunity?

He first supplied Ye Liuyun with additional resources for the ferocious beast base, then discussed the Beast Arena investment with him.

"Could we take an extra ten percent, up to a thirty percent share?" the Grand Elder asked tentatively.

"Then how much are you contributing?" Ye Liuyun retorted.

"We'll put in forty percent, provide personnel, experience, and handle promotion!" the Grand Elder replied.

"Fine, deal!" Ye Liuyun agreed briskly, without any dithering.

"Straightforward! Prince Ye truly is a man of great deeds!" the Grand Elder hadn't expected Ye Liuyun to agree so quickly.

The prepared speech he had rehearsed wasn't used at all.

Ye Liuyun also thought Feng Clan's terms were already decent; even if they strained further negotiations, they wouldn't gain much, so it was better to keep mutual tacit understanding.

The Grand Elder immediately returned to prepare Spirit Stones and handed them to Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun's Spirit Stones began to pile up again; the recent additional ferocious beast base investment from Feng Clan would last him a long time.

Yet he would not be satisfied with that.

He produced the Black Tower teleportation device and vanished from the room again.

This time he teleported to the Mineral Vein contested by Cheng Clan and Feng Clan.

Moreover, before leaving he communicated with Emperor Xia. Whether Emperor Xia would send someone to ambush the Cheng Clan elders rushing to reinforce was not his concern.

Since learning what happened inside the Secret Realm, Feng Clan kept only two Elders to guard the two entrances, while the other Elders withdrew.

They now await Cheng Clan's arrival to negotiate joint development.

After Cheng Clan's disciples returned, Mo Tianheng vanished.

Cheng Clan also found Mo Tianheng's disappearance inexplicable; searches yielded nothing, so they paused for now.

The few Cheng Clan disciples who survived the Secret Realm only knew that many ferocious beasts were inside; they knew nothing else.

Thus they are contemplating whether to develop it together with Feng Clan.

The prized treasures they had heard of were clearly never unearthed by either clan's disciples.

Continuing this stalemate is not a solution.

Cheng Clan's Clan Chief also considered that both Feng Clan and the Imperial Court now target Cheng Clan; they might temporarily ease tensions with Feng Clan to focus on the Court.

However, before they could negotiate with Feng Clan, trouble erupted at the Mineral Vein.

At this moment Ye Liuyun was commanding twenty ferocious beasts to assault those twenty Cheng Clan elders.

Even if a Tianzun strongman secretly aided Cheng Clan, he could rescue at most one or two.

Confronted with the sudden raid, the Cheng Clan elders had no defense.

They did not expect twenty Earth Sovereign elders to be stationed here, yet someone dared to strike them.

And because no one ever dares to provoke Cheng Clan, they only pay attention to those who sneak in with ulterior motives.

Such brazen attacks never crossed their minds.

The two Feng Clan Elders naturally would not intervene; they fled far away and watched from the side.

In a flash, most Earth Sovereign elders were wiped out; only two, whose realms were higher and who wore divine armor, survived.

Yet both were heavily wounded and could not withstand the second wave.

Many of these elders were Di Zun First Rank; even the two highest were only Earth Sovereign Sixth and Seventh Layers. Against Earth Sovereign Ninth Layer ferocious beasts, the gap was huge.

After the disciples explored the Secret Realm, their corresponding guard forces, both in number and realm level, had decreased considerably.

"Who dares to run wild on Cheng Clan's territory?"

With a loud shout, a Tian Zun Yi Chong strongman suddenly flew over the Mineral Vein.

Yet before he could act, a red flash streaked by and his head flew off into the air.

The red flash was the blood shed when the Black Tortoise's claw slashed his neck.

Then the Black Tortoise clawed again, extracting the Tianzun's Primordial Core and sucking in his Storage Ring, securing both.

At that moment the ferocious beasts struck again, wiping out the two injured Cheng Clan elders.

Afterwards they sucked up the Storage Rings of the Earth Sovereign elders and rushed into the Mineral Vein to begin mining Spirit Stones.

At this point Ye Liuyun, cloaked in the Invisibility Cloak, entered the Mineral Vein. The ferocious beasts handled the digging, while he handled the loading.

The speed of Earth Sovereign ferocious beasts is incomparable to that of ordinary Martial Cultivators.

As they mined, the entire mountain rumbled loudly.

"Audacious! Which rat dares to scheme against Cheng Clan!"

A Tianzun Second Rank Martial Cultivator charged at the Black Tortoise, intending to strike, when a blue flash surged and lunged at him.

"Ah!"

The Tianzun Martial Cultivator's startled shout turned him into an ice statue, which the blue flash then shattered into shards.

His Primordial Core and Storage Ring were both sucked away.

Yet the blue flash was so fast that the two Feng Clan Earth Sovereign Martial Cultivators couldn't discern what it was.

The blue flash then surged into the Mineral Vein and vanished; the Black Tortoise also disappeared without a trace.

Ye Liuyun felt regretful that Yin Souls of Tianzun Realm could not be absorbed into the Hundred-Refined Soul Banner.

He feared the Hundred-Refined Soul Banner would reveal his identity, so he dared not use it, even refraining from absorbing the two Tianzun strongmen's Souls for fear of being discovered.

In the distance, two watching Feng Clan Elders stared at each other. After exchanging a glance, they immediately understood, took out a Transmission Talisman, and reported to the clan.

The Cheng Clan and the Feng Clan, their strong ones are all in the Imperial City; even if a Heavenly Sovereign strongman rushed here, it would still take at least a few hours.

When they finally arrive, there will be enough time for Ye Liuyun to exhaust the Mineral Vein.

Now that Blue Ice and the Black Tortoise have joined, the Mineral Vein is being excavated even faster.

"Boom—, Boom—," the mountain collapsed straight down over the spot they had excavated.

But they paid no heed, continuing to dig forward.

The two Feng Clan Elders, watching from afar, clicked their tongues in amazement yet dared not approach.

"At this digging rate, in less than an hour this Mineral Vein will be completely mined!"

"Indeed! Even if the Cheng Clan has a Divine Rank strongman, they still won't make it in time!"

The two of them even started chatting on the side.