Chapter 1959: Taking the Blame, Blocking the Arrows

Ye Liuyun and his duplicate were observing last night, before entering their tribe; using Divine Sense and Golden Pupil they discovered the half-beast tribe's lights blazing, gathering a force.

Moreover, the assembled force was numerous, so they guessed it might be an attack on them.

But Ye Liuyun found that their Clan Chief, the Tiger-Head Beastman, did not set out with the force.

He wanted to slip into the city, but feared the half-beasts would sniff them out, so he could only use this trick: defeat them first, then blend in with their defeated soldiers.

Over a thousand defeated soldiers surged into the garrison, the scent of blood mingling, yet no one could spot the two of them.

The Tiger-Head half-beast Clan Chief hurried out to investigate.

He hadn't expected that five thousand men attacking a three hundred‑person stronghold would end in such a defeat!

He was at the late stage of the Fifth Level, releasing a pressure aura that made the defeated soldiers tremble in fear.

"What happened?"

The leading commander had already fallen in battle, so he could only ask some minor leaders.

But these minor leaders were in different locations and faced different situations; after piecing together their accounts for a long time, they finally reconstructed the battlefield roughly.

"Flute sounds, a large Kuailei, a swarm of Demon Beasts, soldiers descending from the sky?"

"It seems our opponent is no ordinary foe! They even returned you all."

"What are they trying to do?"

The Tiger-Head Clan Chief frowned upon hearing that, muttering to himself.

"I know!"

Ye Liuyun's transformed wolf‑man stepped out.

"Oh?"

"Speak up!"

The Tiger-Head Clan Chief didn't doubt him.

"They want to undermine our confidence.

Make everyone think that surrendering will spare them death.

So when the next battle comes, more will surrender."

Ye Liuyun said.

"Then do you have any way to defeat them?"

The Tiger-Head Clan Chief asked.

"Yes!"

Ye Liuyun replied definitively.

"Roar!"

The Tiger-Head Beastman let out a roar at Ye Liuyun, also employing True Essence pressure.

Ye Liuyun immediately pretended to be frightened, crawling to the ground.

"A mere foot soldier dares such brazen words?"

The Tiger-Head Clan Chief said disdainfully.

In fact, he was merely scaring the wolf‑man Ye Liuyun had transformed into, to display his own authority.

If Ye Liuyun dared to resist, it would show he was relying on his petty cleverness, unaware of the limits.

At this moment, the minor leader Ye Liuyun had previously subdued said to the Tiger-Head, "Clan Chief, he's always full of tricks, often gives me good ideas; perhaps they'll work!"

"Oh?"

The Tiger-Head Clan Chief looked at Ye Liuyun, pleased with his compliant attitude, and his expression softened.

"You two come with me; the others return to rest, and the whole tribe prepare for battle."

With a single command, the Tiger-Head Clan Chief led the minor leader and Ye Liuyun back to his large tent.

"Speak! If you dare deceive me, I'll tear you apart!"

The Clan Chief threatened viciously.

"I wouldn't dare!"

Ye Liuyun replied and began to explain.

"To counter the flute sound, have the tribe block their ears with cotton cloth, then make several large war drums; those who can't follow the melody should beat wildly to disrupt the enemy's flute.

As for the large Kuailei, I think the key lies in its legs.

We can have people forge iron chains, to be used like a horse‑tripping rope.

As soon as that big fellow falls, our beast tide attack can't be blocked…"

Before Ye Liuyun finished, the Tiger-Head Clan Chief praised, "Hmm! These methods are indeed good! Quickly prepare the war drums and iron chains!"

He immediately ordered the two nearby guards to prepare them, then urged Ye Liuyun to continue.

But by then he had no guards beside him, and Ye Liuyun seized the chance.

"Dealing with Demon Beasts is simple, like this…"

Ye Liuyun said, and immediately, together with his duplicate, launched a Spiritual Soul Attack; four souls surged into the Clan Chief's Sea of Consciousness.

The Clan Chief, curious, was watching Ye Liuyun and didn't react in time, so Ye Liuyun's soul planted a Slave Seal on him.

Then Ye Liuyun performed a Soul Search, learning some half‑beast background, before withdrawing his soul.

The Tiger-Head Clan Chief was very unwilling and tried to resist.

But Ye Liuyun, controlling the Slave Seal, forced him to kneel.

"Do you intend to wipe out the half‑beast tribe entirely?"

Ye Liuyun asked coldly.

"I can command you to issue orders, have the half‑beasts strike in batches, attacking the Tiger‑Will Stronghold."

You clan members, a few batches will be completely annihilated by us!

Or I poison this city, killing your entire clan?

Ye Liuyun said, a strand of poison rose from his hand, leapt onto the nearby minor leader, instantly turning him into a pool of poison.

Then Ye Liuyun extracted the poison and waved it before the Tiger-Head Clan Chief.

Ye Liuyun threatened him, then threatened his clan members, forcing him to submit.

"I don't kill you, but that doesn't mean I can't! Keeping you is only because I don't yet wish to change the situation here.

You'll gradually see my strength later!

After a while, I'll station ten thousand soldiers here, and have your half-beasts act as the front, gradually unifying the various forces on the Border Battlefield.

"Master, the major forces on the Border Battlefield cannot be unified!"

The Tiger-Head Clan Chief said.

Ye Liuyun nodded, "I know, now the major forces are tangled and not easy to unify, but there is always a way.

First list those you can fight, whose backing is weak; we'll first unify those.

"Alright!"

When the Tiger-Head Clan Chief heard Ye Liuyun, he felt relieved.

Just fight the ones you can.

Otherwise they'd be courting their own doom.

After briefing the Tiger-Head Clan Chief, Ye Liuyun left the Half-Beast Tribe together with his clone and several minor leaders he had previously subjugated.

The Tiger-Head Clan Chief announced outwardly that they were sent to scout information.

Then many clan members gathered, but they were not to attack Ye Liuyun.

Instead, the Tiger-Head Clan Chief divided them into several squads to attack other different forces.

What puzzled the Half-Beasts was that the targets they were to attack had already been completely wiped out before they arrived.

Those strongholds resembled earthquake aftermaths, with broken walls and bloodstains, yet no bodies; all resources had been looted.

Only the Tiger-Head Clan Chief knew it was all done by Ye Liuyun.

He was even more astonished at Ye Liuyun's power.

In fact, Ye Liuyun only had his clone pilot an eight-level Flying Boat, bearing Magic Vine, sweeping those forces before anyone could act.

And the Half-Beast Tribe became a scapegoat shielding them.

However those forces were not very important, and the Half-Beast Tribe rarely reason, so no major power cared.

Thus, Ye Liuyun, through the Half-Beast Tribe, first unified the scattered forces here.