Chapter 1801: Black Panther Lures the Enemy

Ye Liuyun saw the Vice Captain come to report to him, feeling very proud: "We actually made that Mother Tiger bow its head!"

He also ordered the Vice Captain: "Tell the soldiers to focus on recovery, improve their strength as much as possible; a great battle is coming soon."

We'll first wait for Black Panther's message.

Afterward, he returned to the Xuan Kong Shi and, together with his clone, began to elevate his realm.

Now his resources are abundant, and the Mysterious Origin has been sufficiently refined, so the realm elevation naturally comes effortlessly.

After expending a large amount of resources, Ye Liuyun's realm rose to the middle stage of the third tier.

However, after he left the Xuan Kong Shi again, the displayed realm was still the early stage of the third tier.

Over at Black Panther's side, nothing has been detected moving inside the mountain stronghold.

"Since they're silent, we'll lure them!"

Ye Liuyun sent a Transmission Voice to Black Panther, instructing it to conceal its realm, then let it roar twice to attract the bandits' attention.

Sure enough, Black Panther's roars drew the bandits inside the stronghold's attention.

In the border zone, it's rare for a ferocious beast to run out of the forest alone and rampage everywhere.

They assume Black Panther may have become separated from its master.

Following Ye Liuyun's orders, Black Panther roared twice toward them, then ran a short distance toward Ye Liuyun, returned to roar twice again, and ran a short distance the other way.

After several trips back and forth, the bandits understood that Black Panther was leading them.

The bandits' Leader also noticed the Black Panther's odd behavior.

"Send a few people over to check; there might be something going on!"

He ordered.

Immediately, more than ten bandits chased toward Black Panther's direction.

Black Panther, using its speed advantage, stayed ahead at a moderate distance, guiding them.

It neither let them catch up nor left them far behind.

Ye Liuyun first had his clone don the Invisibility Cloak to block their rear, then he, accompanied by Lei Ming and others, went to meet them.

These ten-plus bandits all wielded single swords, just like the ones he had seen before.

Ye Liuyun eliminated them, performed a Soul Search to gather information.

"So they were gathering medicinal herbs."

"And the Alchemist was still there!"

Ye Liuyun hadn't expected the Alchemist to still be in the bandits' hands.

It turned out that the City Lord of Wuzui intended for the bandits to collect all the herbs first, then bring the Alchemist over.

But they waited two days, and the soldiers sent to fetch the amethyst flowers never arrived.

Their garrison here numbers only two thousand.

The other thousand are in Wuzui City awaiting orders.

Thus attacking them isn't very difficult.

But Ye Liuyun still doesn't want a full assault; the losses would be too great.

He had his clone use the Thousand Illusion Technique to disguise itself as a newly arrived bandit and return to report.

"Tell them that the elite squads of both armies clashed, suffering heavy casualties, almost annihilating each other."

"But the battlefield is littered with surplus supplies; when you report back, have them send people to clear the field."

"The ready cheap loot, they shouldn't ignore it."

Ye Liuyun instructed.

The clone immediately impersonated a bandit, picked up a steel knife from the ground, and returned to the stronghold.

The stronghold's Leader, upon hearing the news, was instantly intrigued.

He was also aware of their previous deployment of troops to encircle the spear regiment.

Estimating the time, it should have finished as well.

Moreover, they observed the flames and thick smoke that occurred earlier in Mi Lin, indicating a major battle.

They won't join the fight, but can collect some spoils.

Thus he dispatched a thousand soldiers to rush to Mi Lin and clean up the battlefield.

As a result, once these bandits arrived, they were surrounded and annihilated by the spear regiment.

The clone also donned the Invisibility Cloak, searching within the stronghold for the Alchemist's trail.

When their Leader, via a Transmission Talisman, learned that his bandits were encircled and tried to locate the soldier who had just reported, he could no longer find him.

"Prepare for defense!"

He immediately realized that the reporting bandit might have been an enemy in disguise.

But no matter how he searched, he couldn't find any trace of the clone.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun, leading a large army, surrounded their stronghold.

"If we launch a full assault, casualties could be higher!"

The Vice Captain suggested to Ye Liuyun.

"Of course!"

Ye Liuyun laughed: "No rush; we'll wait for them to open the gate, then we'll charge in."

"Huh?"

"They'll open the gate for us?"

The Vice Captain asked, puzzled.

Ye Liuyun gave no explanation, merely telling him to ready for battle and to rush in once the gate opens.

At this moment, the clone has already found that alchemist.

However, that alchemist was not restricted; on the contrary, he was being well-fed and well-served.

Ye Liuyun quietly approached and knocked him out with a palm strike.

Then he began soul search.

Although that alchemist was at the late stage of the third level, his combat strength and experience were not as rich as Ye Liuyun's, and he did not expect anyone to sneak attack him.

After soul search, Ye Liuyun learned that the alchemist had initially been kidnapped, but the Innocent City Lord directly gave him many valuable things, thus bribing him.

So he now has no intention of fleeing; he is waiting to finish refining pills for the Innocent City Lord before making another profit.

Ye Liuyun took his storage ring and found inside many good things such as pills, crystal stones, divine crystals, etc.

Alchemists are usually quite wealthy.

Since he's an alchemist, he should know quite a few pill formulas, right?

Ye Liuyun immediately searched the alchemist's sea of consciousness for the pill formulas and refining techniques, then left satisfied.

Not long after, the bandits attending to the alchemist discovered he had been knocked out and immediately reported to their leader.

The clone then took the opportunity while he was away to open the stockade gate and then destroyed its mechanism.

"Charge!"

Outside, Ye Liuyun also commanded soldiers, raising shields to block arrows, charging into the stronghold.

The clone stood guard at the stronghold's entrance, blocking the bandits from blocking the gate.

The bandits only saw blade lights shifting direction and slashing at them, but could find no one.

By the time the leader arrived, Ye Liuyun had already charged into the stronghold and, together with the clone, launched a spiritual soul attack on him.

The two together devoured his soul and, as an aside, took his storage ring.

This leader was very cautious; his resources were not scattered everywhere but hidden in his own storage ring.

"Wow! This guy really made a fortune!"

Ye Liuyun discovered that the leader's divine crystals alone numbered in the hundreds of billions.

Crystal stones also numbered over a hundred pieces.

Pills were even more numerous, enough for several thousand people to use for half a year.

There were also many high-grade weapons and treasures.

Xiao Yunfang had been following Ye Liuyun; seeing him so easily instant-kill a third-level late-stage martial cultivator made her realize his strength far surpassed hers.

Ye Liuyun merely threw the corpse to the black panther and then led the others in a practice bout.

In the subsequent battles, he, the clone, and Lei Ming each first defeated their opponents before beginning to devour souls.

Man Shu, Long Nv, and the others only used spiritual soul attacks to devour souls when encountering low-level bandits, seeking stability.

When facing opponents of the same level, they almost always instant-killed them and could even challenge higher levels.

"Not simple at all!"

Xiao Yunfang observed each individually and found that these people's combat experience was actually very rich; at least they could each fight her to a draw.