Chapter 1727: Withdraw Unharmed

After making arrangements, Ye Liuyun climbed onto the Black Tiger Gang's city wall, used his Golden Pupil to look far toward the mountain base, waiting for the appearance of the Profound Ice Palace people.

The Profound Ice Palace is not far from the Black Tiger Gang; its people set out in the morning, and even with slower individuals, they arrived at the Black Tiger Gang's camp shortly after noon.

The Black Tiger Gang, stationed at the mountain base, had lookouts who, upon seeing many Profound Ice Palace disciples approaching, immediately signaled the mountain.

The Black Tiger Gang's mountain stronghold gate also began to close immediately.

Various shouts and alarm sounds rang out within the stronghold.

After Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil saw the Profound Ice Palace people, he immediately informed the Magic Vine: "Once they close the city gate, you can act."

Then he himself immediately returned to guard outside the bandits' treasure vault.

Clang!

As the sound of the stronghold gate closing rang out, magic vines began to grow wildly everywhere inside the stronghold.

Naturally, the Magic Vine did not forget Ye Liuyun's instructions, guarding the gate and walls most tightly to prevent anyone from escaping.

Next, the Magic Vine's frenzied slaughter began.

Shrieks of misery echoed continuously within the stronghold.

Ma Wanhao was the first bandit to be taken down by the Magic Vine.

He was asleep, holding a beautiful woman he had kidnapped a few days earlier.

When the Magic Vine surged up from underground into the house, he had not yet realized what it was, and both he and the woman were swallowed by the Magic Vine.

Ye Liuyun had not previously considered that the bandits kidnapped people, and the Magic Vine naturally made no distinction, so it treated everyone equally as enemies.

Almost at the same time, the vines extended by the Magic Vine likewise took out several other Martial Cultivators of the highest realm.

"Master, there are no Martial Cultivators here with a higher realm than yours!"

The Magic Vine also notified Ye Liuyun.

"You're still amazing; this speed is too fast!"

Ye Liuyun also praised the Magic Vine, then released everyone inside the Space World, letting the Magic Vine help round up some Martial Cultivators for them to practice on.

These bandits not only went out to rob civilians, but also frequently dueled among themselves, so their combat experience was not lacking, and was even much stronger than the guards of the City Lord's mansion.

Moreover, they all bore a Blood Slaughter aura, each being ruthless and wicked, utterly unaware of fear.

Thus Ye Liuyun and company did not have an easy fight; often it was Ye Liuyun who came to the rescue.

The others relied on the advantage of their weapons and armor to be able to slay opponents of the same realm.

"These bandits are not simple!"

Ye Liuyun also saw that.

If Man Shu and the others had no divine artifact, they really could not kill them.

At that moment, the Profound Ice Palace Martial Cultivators at the mountain base also heard the shouting and killing from within the stronghold.

"Is the Chief Steward just one person?"

"How could he cause such a huge commotion?"

Some Elders asked, puzzled.

"Such a noisy sound definitely isn't from just one person! The Chief Steward must have found helpers, right?"

"I said it, he definitely wouldn't let our own disciples come to die!"

Another Elder then said.

Their squad also moved forward and halted at the mid-mountain ridge.

Strictly following Ye Liuyun's earlier orders, they would not attack unless the gate was opened.

Looking up from the mountain base, they could not see the occasional vines the Magic Vine stretched toward the sky.

Not long after, the bandits inside the stronghold suffered heavy casualties; some began preparing to flee, readying to charge at the vines at the gate.

After several rounds of battle, Ye Liuyun's side had nearly exhausted their True Essence, so he had Man Shu, Lei Ming, and others attack and break into the bandits' treasure vault to carry away all the resources inside.

He himself, outside, challenged two late-stage First Layer Martial Cultivators with his clone, and the fight was also very satisfying.

When Ye Liuyun had fought enough, Lei Ming and the others also returned with the resources; Ye Liuyun then collected them into the Space World, put on the Invisibility Cloak, tossed Xiao Bingxin's corpse onto the ground, and waited for the Magic Vine to finish its hunt.

The Magic Vine was also very obedient; following Ye Liuyun's instructions, when only two or three hundred of the lowest-realm Martial Cultivators remained, it opened the stronghold gate and drove them out.

Then the Magic Vine retracted all its vines and went to find Ye Liuyun to report.

After returning to the Space World, the Magic Vine also spat out all the Storage Rings.

Unable to tell which belonged to the leader, he simply left all the Storage Rings of everyone with Ye Liuyun.

As soon as the Black Tiger Gang's stronghold gate opened, the Profound Ice Palace Martial Cultivators immediately rushed up.

The bandits inside the stronghold were panicking and rushing outward.

Both sides engaged in another frenzied melee at the gate.

These Profound Ice Palace individuals were high-spirited, paying no heed to what the bandits said, raising their hands to kill, hoping to rush in quickly.

They still thought those bandits had come out to intercept them.

Ye Liuyun, meanwhile, took advantage of the chaos to rush out and directly return to Ice Spring City.

The Profound Ice Palace Elders and disciples easily killed the Black Tiger Gang's lowest-realm Martial Cultivators.

But after they killed their way into the city, they only found the city in utter disarray, with many bloodstains, yet no bandit corpses in sight.

The sole corpse was that of their Chief Steward, Xiao Bingxin.

Moreover, his death was strange: his Origin Elixir had been drained, he had been poisoned, and then frozen solid.

At this point, they could not find a single living person to question.

The last living people were all killed when they charged in.

Gazing at the Chief Steward's corpse, the Profound Ice Palace people were dumbfounded, standing frozen in place.

After a while, an Elder finally reacted, gathered the disciples to enter the treasure vault to look for resources, and sent people to search everywhere.

In the end, it all came to nothing; they found nothing.

Fortunately, they suffered no loss this time, and it wasn't a futile return.

The Elders all harbored doubts, feeling the situation here was too strange.

Where did Ma Wanhao go?

Are those bandits dead or alive?

How did the Chief Steward die?

Who took the resources from the Treasure Vault?

To have an accounting for when the Palace Master returns, they also deliberately brought back the Chief Steward's corpse.

Immediately, the Elders ordered an immediate withdrawal from here, fearing that any further strange occurrences might cause heavy casualties.

The disciples didn't care about all that.

Especially the disciples who had just fought the bandits, their emotions ran high; they all believed they had won a great victory and wiped out the Black Tiger Gang.

As for the other bandits of the Black Tiger Gang, they were surely killed by their Chief Steward, and their Chief Steward ultimately exhausted himself and perished together with the bandits.

When the entire Profound Ice Palace mobilizes for such a major event, the news naturally spreads everywhere.

Soon the news spread, saying that the Profound Ice Palace had destroyed the Black Tiger Gang.

This news deeply shocked many major powers.

No one expected their strength to be this great.

Even without the Palace Master present, they could still destroy the Black Tiger Gang.

Only the Elders of the Profound Ice Palace felt as if they had been set up.

After the Chief Steward's death, they no longer had any reservations and immediately informed the Palace Master of the situation here.

The Ice Spring and the Treasure Vault, they temporarily couldn't open them, and could only wait until the Palace Master returns to discuss.