Chapter 1965: Must Settle the Score

Sword Young Master kept shaking his head, rushing there with regret for Ye Liuyun and the others.

The Martial Cultivators he recruited, around the Profound Heaven Sect, were already relatively famous Martial Cultivators.

"This is courting death!"

He sighed.

But a female disciple behind him interjected, "Senior brother, why do I feel these Mercenaries are very powerful? Look, they aren't nervous at all!"

The woman was Sword Young Master's junior sister, Gong Wanting.

"These Mercenaries usually swindle and cheat, but their mental composure is generally excellent!"

Sword Young Master said casually.

"Oh!"

Gong Wanting and the others usually admired their senior brother greatly; whatever he said became truth.

At this moment they naturally believed him.

These people originally thought Tong Yuan and the others were bullying, but after hearing Sword Young Master's words, they fell silent.

At that moment, across the field, a Martial Cultivator at Early Fifth Layer leapt forward and said, "Who will go first?"

He was eager to snatch a set of armor.

Opposite them, Ye Liuyun and four other Early Fifth Layer Martial Cultivators wore armor of the highest grade.

Ye Liuyun, meanwhile, covertly devised a battle plan for everyone while coldly laughing, "We attack together!"

"Yoho?

Your tone's not small!"

The Martial Cultivators opposite burst into another round of mockery.

"Each of your heads is worth a million! Letting one escape would be a waste!"

Ye Liuyun still spoke unhurriedly.

But once his task was set, his duplicate instantly emitted Demon Qi, enveloping his men, leaving only ten soldiers, and charged forward.

The duplicate constantly shrouded itself in Demon Qi, with armor covering its face, preventing anyone from seeing its true identity.

"Eh?

They're really coming?"

The opposing Martial Cultivators, all veteran fighters from years of battles, reacted swiftly.

They immediately scattered, drew their weapons, and prepared to engage.

"Ka!"

A bolt of lightning surged from the Demon Qi, striking the Martial Cultivator who stepped forward first.

Then, with a booming roar, he was crushed by a massive beast foot that emerged from the Demon Qi.

"Hoo"—another burst of flame enveloped all the Martial Cultivators.

"Don't be careless; they're not weak!"

Tong Yuan also recognized Ye Liuyun's group's formidable strength and hurriedly warned everyone!

"Ah, ah..."

Several Fourth Realm Martial Cultivators couldn't withstand Ye Liuyun's Golden Crow Holy Fire, were burned on the spot, and let out wailing cries.

Tong Yuan waved his hand, and powerful True Essence swept away the flames.

Others immediately saw a few fire-wielders flailing their arms wildly.

But before the fire could be extinguished, another wave of Ice Power struck, freezing even the ground.

This time, Ye Liuyun, Man Shu, Lei Ming, and Xiao Lanbing jointly released Ice Power, fiercer than the earlier Fire Flame Power.

Except for one Early Fifth Layer Martial Cultivator with Fire Flame Power who broke free from the Ice Power, the other Early Fifth Layer mid-stage Martial Cultivators were all encased in ice.

"Shua!"

A sword flash swept out, shattering the frozen Martial Cultivators into ice shards.

In the blink of an eye, only five Martial Cultivators remained.

"All together, block them!"

Tong Yuan shouted, but just as he finished, a "chi" sound split his back and chest open, and he collapsed to the ground.

The Early Fifth Layer Martial Cultivator who had just escaped suddenly had a huge hole gouged in his body, his heart shattered.

"Plop!"

An Early Fifth Layer mid-stage Martial Cultivator immediately fell onto the ice, his Soul being devoured.

The remaining two Early Fifth Layer mid-stage Martial Cultivators were startled; one had his torso pierced by a blade, the other had his Soul directly devoured—both attacks came from a duplicate cloaked in an Invisibility Cloak.

"Stop it!"

Sword Young Master shouted immediately.

He hadn't expected that in such a blink, all the Martial Cultivators he recruited were eliminated.

"Too late!"

Ye Liuyun replied, and the mass of Demon Qi slowly dissipated.

Ye Liuyun and his group still maintained their original formation.

Bai Hu and Shi Yuan stepped forward to sweep the battlefield.

Ye Liuyun and his duplicate headed toward the Grand Elder.

"Twelve heads in total.

One hundred twenty million medium-grade Divine Crystals! Pay up!"

Ye Liuyun said calmly.

"......" Kong Jiaxiang stared, dumbfounded, didn't react at all.

Not only him, but the Sword Young Master's people also all froze.

The Elder accompanying their team also couldn't help furrowing his brow.

With this offensive and coordination, even he probably couldn't block it.

Moreover, the Demon Qi just now was obviously a diversion.

Among the people beside Ye Liuyun, surely someone didn't make a move.

He then looked at the other ten motionless soldiers of Wei Ran, and immediately reassessed the mercenaries' strength.

"How did you kill them all?"

The Sword Young Master roared.

"Wasn't it you who wanted to see our strength?"

"Didn't you agree that we could kill?"

Ye Liuyun countered with a question.

"This..." the Sword Young Master was momentarily speechless; indeed, he had previously suggested testing their strength!

"How?"

"Are we mercenaries just meant to be killed?"

Ye Liuyun gave a contemptuous smile, ignored him, and looked toward Kong Jiaxiang.

"Uh...... this...... this result I really didn't expect."

"No wonder Leader Ye could unify the border battlefield; indeed his strength is extraordinary..." Kong Jiaxiang wanted to praise Ye Liuyun to get past this.

Ye Liuyun, however, coldly said: "Cut the nonsense! Our mercenaries kill for money."

"If you can't come up with the money, you're not leaving today!"

"How dare you speak to me like that?"

"I paid you the deposit; I'm your employer!"

Kong Jiaxiang also argued.

"The deposit is only for exploring the Secret Realm; it doesn't include killing this trash."

"Each matter stands on its own."

"You yourself said earlier that a head is worth one million medium-grade Divine Crystals; now you want to renege?"

Ye Liuyun asked calmly.

"How dare you speak to our Grand Elder like that! He's our Kong family's Grand Elder!"

At this moment, several Kong family guards also walked toward Ye Liuyun, pressuring him.

But suddenly, the remaining ten soldiers formed a formation and charged straight at those guards.

All ten were holding spears and shields.

Although among the guards there were Martial Cultivators at the Early Fifth Layer, they were almost all taken down in one or two moves, cleanly and swiftly.

Not the slightest hesitation.

Then one person directly collected the supplies.

Ye Liuyun, however, glanced at Kong Jiaxiang with an air of nonchalance: "Grand Elder, your subordinates don't know the rules; I've disciplined them for you!"

Seeing the situation turn into this, the Sword Young Master, seeing Ye Liuyun still threatening the Grand Elder for payment, wanted to step forward to warn Ye Liuyun.

But suddenly he was pulled back by the Elder behind him.

That Elder secretly sent him a Transmission Voice: "Holy Son, the situation is wrong! These people are not simple; even I can't stop them."

"Don't get involved in their grudge!"

"Ye Liuyun, you have guts! Dare to kill our Kong family's people!"

Kong Jiaxiang threatened.

"I'll ask you one more time: do you have the money to pay?"

Ye Liuyun stared at the Grand Elder, killing intent faintly flickering over his whole body.

"You..." Kong Jiaxiang's heart also trembled.

A wise man doesn't suffer immediate loss; he immediately softened his tone.

"But I don't have that much money on me! How about I write you an IOU and pay you later?"