Chapter 1338: Horses in Position

After Ye Liuyun and the others had set out for five days, his divine sense detected that in the forest on both sides of a narrow road ahead, some people were lying in ambush.

"It's a Sea Transformation Realm cultivator, twenty True Essence Realm cultivators, and twenty Body Tempering Realm cultivators—this scale is not small! Indeed, it's the various tribes united together!"

Soon after, another group of the same size appeared behind them; it was Ma Chao and his men who came chasing.

A Xing was closest to those people behind and was the first to notice.

She immediately hid behind a large stone beside the road.

That group paid her no heed; their target was Ye Liuyun and the others, and they had no time to waste on a woman like her, lest Ye Liuyun and the others become alert and prepare defenses early.

"Phew!" A Xing saw they had passed, no one paid her any attention, and only then did she let out a breath.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun's divine sense was focused on A Xing; if those people were to act against her, he would launch a spiritual soul attack.

Seeing that they had all passed A Xing, he relaxed.

The group continued forward, and soon arrived at the stretch where the ambush lay.

At that moment, A Mu also noticed someone on horseback chasing up from behind.

"Prepare for battle!"

A Mu drew his weapon and informed the others.

Ye Liuyun gave Ye Tiandao a look, signaling her to deal with the ambushers in the forest.

Ye Tiandao's figure flickered, and she vanished from the spot.

Everyone else was nervously watching the horsemen pursuing from behind, and no one noticed.

Given Ye Tiandao's realm, striking at these people would leave them no chance to react.

"Puff, puff, puff..." The ambushers hidden in the thicket were all silently taken out by her, none left.

Afterwards, she quietly returned to the original spot and stood behind Ye Liuyun.

To deal with the group behind, Ye Liuyun, in order not to expose Ye Tiandao and his own identity, used spatial power to translocate a clone outward.

The clone was dressed as a demon cultivator, covering his face, so they couldn't tell.

"A Mu chief, you go first; we'll try to hold them off for a while!" A clansman, after seeing the pursuers' realm, realized they were no match, and let A Mu take the resources and flee first.

A Mu hesitated a moment, then looked at Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun smiled and said, "They have horses; you can't outrun them either. Don't worry, everything will be fine!"

Seeing Ye Liuyun so relaxed, A Mu chief also put his mind at ease, but some masters asked puzzledly, "Do you have a way to deal with them? Tell us how."

Ye Liuyun merely said, "Anyway, I only know we can't outrun them by running. Moreover, they have other ambushes here. If we scatter, it's a dead end!"

Actually, a Martial Cultivator in the Sea Transformation Realm can outrun a horse in speed, but over time his True Essence runs low. That's why many would rather ride a horse than travel on foot.

"Then aren't we doomed?" a clansman hearing Ye Liuyun say this couldn't help but worry.

Ye Liuyun stopped listening to them; anyway, the pursuers were already near, they couldn't flee even if they wanted to. The rest, he would leave to the clone.

As everyone was tense, the pursuers also dismounted ahead of time and charged at them.

Some of the higher-realm ones even blew their whistles, calling out to the ambushers in the forest.

Then, the forest remained utterly silent.

As they were doubtful, suddenly a black shadow appeared, accompanied by a mass of black mist.

Before they could make out what it was, they saw a blade-light slice across.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

With a light ringing of blade cuts, those martial cultivators were each cut in half, blood spattering the ground.

A Mu and the others, being farther away, could see a bit more clearly; faintly within that black mist they saw a human silhouette.

But immediately, that silhouette together with the black mist vanished instantly, leaving only corpses on the ground.

Ye Liuyun used space translocation to take the clone back into the Space World.

A Mu and the others stood dumbfounded for a while, also searching around. Then they discovered the ambush in the forest. And seeing that those people had all been killed, they were even more astonished.

A Mu looked at Ye Liuyun, his eyes conveying a question.

Ye Liuyun merely smiled and said, "The horses are already in position, aren't they?"

While they were distracted by the clone, Ye Liuyun had already used a spiritual soul attack to kill the several Azure Hawks monitoring from the sky.

He then immediately ran over, collected their corpses into his storage ring, saving them for roasted meat.

A Mu also didn't see how he killed the Azure Hawks; he just felt that Ye Liuyun still had the mind to hunt at this point, which was utterly abnormal in its ease.

A Mu guessed in his heart that the person who saved them might be related to Ye Liuyun. But regardless, they were now safe, had horses, and future travel would be more convenient.

"Gather the spoils, and bring the horses over as well." A Mu arranged people to clean up the battlefield.

Many of the experts who came this time had storage rings, so they also gained a small fortune. Adding the horses, their haul this time was also considerable.

Ye Liuyun paid no heed to those storage rings; he simply mounted one horse, led another, and headed back toward the inn.

"What are you going to do?" A Mu asked upon seeing this.

"I'm going to pick up someone, I'll be right back!" Ye Liuyun shouted to a person, and that person had already run far away.

A Xing heard horse hooves from afar, thought someone was returning, and immediately hid again.

But this time she felt she wasn't so lucky; the hoofbeats were slowing down, clearly heading straight for her.

"Hey, if you don't come out now, you won't be able to catch up with us later!" Ye Liuyun laughed and shouted toward her hiding place.

"Ayun?"

Hearing the voice, A Xing, who had been very nervous in her heart, finally poked her head out to check. Upon realizing it was really Ye Liuyun, she jumped out.

Immediately, she then felt embarrassed and began to explain.

"I originally just wanted to follow you from afar..."

Ye Liuyun smiled, and didn't wait for her to finish.

"We're about to ride off right now; if you don't come out, you'll miss us. Besides, following us from behind, you're too far away and it isn't safe—just ride with us!"

"Will Leader A Mu tell me to go back?" A Xing said happily, taking the reins, but Leader A Mu would still scold her.

"I won't let you go back, but I'll definitely give you a good scolding!" Ye Liuyun laughed.

"That'll do!" Hearing that, A Xing also leapt onto the horse and followed Ye Liuyun back to the group.

A Mu was still acting strange over there, wondering who Ye Liuyun was going to fetch, but when he saw A Xing, he finally understood.