Chapter 1933: Psychological Tactics

Ye Liuyun and Mu Lianqing looked at the two dead guards and felt a bit regretful.

If it weren't for fearing that they would risk death to deliver a message to the Southern Fu King, Ye Liuyun would have liked to show his true colors, let them unleash a Spiritual Soul Attack, then plant a Slave Seal on them and revive the two.

The two Sixth Layer mid‑stage Martial Cultivators were not to be underestimated; they would be useful in the future.

Yet Ye Liuyun dared not take that risk, lest their plan be foiled.

Ye Liuyun collected all their belongings, removed the toxins, then refined the deadly poison from the two pools of black water into a stored toxin source, and only then had Mu Lianqing dispatch people to clean up the scene.

Afterwards, Mu Lianqing placed the guards he had brought into the Storage Ring to prevent information leaks, and replaced them all with Ye Tiandao's subordinates.

Unexpectedly, they actually encountered roadblock bandits halfway.

These bandits had also gathered amid the chaos of war, numbering two to three hundred.

Seeing Ye Liuyun and his party riding a Flying Boat, they assumed they were wealthy and immediately stopped them.

Moreover, among the bandits were two Sixth Layer mid‑stage strongmen leading them.

Ye Liuyun smiled delightedly, "Perfect timing; now we have an excuse to explain the deaths of those two guards!"

He immediately released Demon Beasts and Ye Tiandao's Spearhead Corps to counter‑kill the bandits, personally joining the fight and helping the Demon Beasts deal with the two Martial Cultivator strongmen.

Mu Lianshi was also released and, together with Mu Lianqing, watched the battle.

Ye Liuyun also took the opportunity to observe Wu Qingcheng and the others' combat abilities; they had indeed improved considerably, which pleased him greatly.

After a period of training, these people further cultivated inside Ye Liuyun's Xuan Kong Shi for quite a while; their realms had risen to early Third Layer, and without the Demon Beasts' protection they could cooperate in battle.

The Monster Beasts around Ye Liuyun advanced even faster.

With abundant corpses on the battlefield for them to devour, their cultivation resources were exceptionally plentiful, and their realms had risen to mid‑Third Layer.

However, within the Spearhead Corps, these people were still the weakest, only able to fight low‑realm militia.

In selecting soldiers for the Spearhead Corps, the lowest realm was early Fourth Layer.

After a period of combat training and abundant cultivation resources, they have now reached mid‑Fourth Layer.

There are even more than twenty individuals at mid‑Fifth Layer.

Together with the Vermilion Bird and the Demon Beasts Ye Liuyun had just tamed, dealing with these bandits was unusually easy; they annihilated them all without letting a single one escape.

Mu Lianqing, however, was experiencing such a large‑scale battle for the first time.

Seeing this chaotic situation, he was somewhat at a loss.

He only used the Primordial Spirit Secret Technique to suppress the True Essence of those two strongmen, then refrained from acting, watching the Spearhead Corps from afar.

Mu Lianshi, however, recognized the strength of this unit and kept nodding.

"The team is too strong; I'm definitely no match! No wonder the Death Legion couldn't be stopped!"

He silently evaluated it in his mind.

After the battle, Ye Liuyun said to Mu Lianqing, "You still need more training!"

"Otherwise, let my brother take charge for the master! That way, after I take power, no one will dissent."

Mu Lianqing, after this battle, also realized that he was indeed far behind.

Mu Lianshi hadn't expected that his younger brother would actually give this opportunity to him.

Although they are now Ye Liuyun's slaves, the brotherly bond still remains.

Ye Liuyun considered it, but ultimately decided to let Mu Lianqing take charge.

"Better let your brother assist you! Your brother doesn't have as many scheming thoughts as you do."

Ye Liuyun felt that he needed someone with a mind for schemes to solve certain problems for him.

As for leading troops into battle, having Mu Lianshi as an aide is just as good.

"Master, I think we don't need you to act against Father King; we can persuade Father King to abdicate directly."

Mu Lianshi suggested this to Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun smiled lightly and said slowly, "I understand your feelings, and I believe your Father King won't ignore your lives and stubbornly resist."

"Just as you understand him, he will compromise."

"However, you must know that a person whose wealth can rival a nation and whose power tilts the world, suddenly reduced to an ordinary person, will be extremely unwilling."

"Being subdued by force and being persuaded are two different matters!"

"Not killing him is already giving you a lot of face."

"I certainly don't want to leave a hidden risk for myself."

"He must be made to give up completely."

"Yes!"

Mu Lianshi and Mu Lianqing both answered in quick succession.

"Keeping the Southern Fu King's life safe is already good!"

When they rushed back to the Royal City, Ye Liuyun's Death Legion had just

However, this battle involved Pei Yong's Reinforcement Troops.

Both sides each lost twenty to thirty thousand people, serving as a test of each other's strength.

When Ye Liuyun arrived, the Death Legion's main force, under Yu Xiaofeng's command, launched another attack.

The Southern Region army hadn't expected that after just finishing a battle, the enemy would immediately charge again, so they promptly engaged.

Ye Liuyun wasn't in a hurry to enter the city with Mu Lianqing; instead, he led the two brothers over and watched the battle from a distance.

He wanted the two brothers to see the Death Legion's strength.

The Death Legion first employed various siege engines to attack, then the main force pressed forward, tearing a huge breach in the center.

Then they split into two columns, sweeping both sides.

One hundred thousand Imperial Guard and two hundred thousand troops from the East could not halt their advance.

"Withdraw! Let them know how formidable we are!"

Ye Liuyun took out the Transmission Talisman, having Yu Xiaofeng recall his troops.

Yu Xiaofeng also immediately withdrew his troops, with Pei Yong leading men to keep the formation steady.

Although it was only a brief attack, this alone revealed the strength of the Death Legion.

Prince Nanfu at this moment also stood on the city wall, looking out from afar, seeing everything clearly.

He sighed and silently hurried back to the Royal Mansion.

He understood that the Death Legion was only showing them its strength.

If they intended to kill them, they could instantly scatter his three hundred thousand troops.

The Imperial Guard and the eastern army, at this moment, were all disheartened and low in morale.

The opponent was simply too strong.

Not only were their formations strong, but individual combat abilities also far surpassed theirs.

Moreover, with various equipment, trying to tear through their defenses and formations was simply too easy.

They were not even opponents of the same level.

So thereafter, they made no effort to set up new defenses; Term (exclude) simply garrisoned in place, awaiting the retreat order.

If the Death Legion attacked again before the retreat order was given, they would be ready to flee directly.

Even Mu Lianqing could see that they could no longer stop the Death Legion.

Mu Lianshi was even more shocked by the Death Legion's strength.

Ye Liuyun's purpose was also achieved.

It was a psychological tactic.

He wanted Prince Nanfu, Mu Changtian, Mu Lianshi and Mu Lianqing to see with their own eyes that the Death Legion was unstoppable, to crush their defenses psychologically and erase the little pride they had.