Chapter 2091: Direct Surrender

The Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance's several Elders also couldn't guess the reason.

"Didn't the Zhang family also send a Ninth Layer Early Stage expert?"

"Even he was taken down?"

Someone found it unbelievable.

If that many experts are all dead, Ye Liuyun's strength must be immense.

"Then I'll go check the situation!"

Third Elder He Wenjin finally spoke up.

He Wenjin has always acted cautiously, and he is at the Ninth Layer Early Stage, so the others felt at ease.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun also encountered Zhang Yun Peng, the Ninth Layer Early Stage expert sent by the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance.

Zhang Yun Peng's level is high; his Divine Soul Power is similar to Ye Liuyun's, so Ye Liuyun hadn't noticed him before.

He had long been trailing these Martial Cultivators, watching how they dealt with Ye Liuyun.

He was merely waiting for a chance, also wanting to see whether Ye Liuyun had any other tactics.

When Ye Liuyun had exhausted all his tactics and those Martial Cultivators were wounded and powerless, he finally appeared to block Ye Liuyun.

However, he had never seen Ye Liuyun's clone.

The clone was cloaked in an Invisibility Cloak the whole time, never revealing its face.

He thought those Spatial Power were all cast by Ye Liuyun.

Zhang Yun Peng wielded a Defense Spiritual Soul Attack Treasure, and his Spatial Power and Divine Soul Power were no weaker than Ye Liuyun's.

When he appeared, Ye Liuyun thought grimly that the usual methods couldn't deal with him.

"I surrender!"

Ye Liuyun said outright.

"Huh?"

Zhang Yun Peng hadn't expected Ye Liuyun to surrender outright.

At that point, he didn't know what to do.

If Ye Liuyun resisted, he could just kill him and be done.

But Ye Liuyun had just surrendered, and the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance still wanted him to stay alive as much as possible.

If he killed Ye Liuyun outright, the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance might still blame him.

"You'd better not play tricks on me!"

Zhang Yun Peng warned Ye Liuyun aloud.

"Of course…"

As Ye Liuyun was speaking, Zhang Yun Peng suddenly struck, gripping Ye Liuyun's throat and sealing his Core Pill with True Essence.

He feared Ye Liuyun would be untrustworthy, so he seized the unprepared moment to launch a sneak attack.

"As for that! You're a Ninth Layer Early Stage Martial Cultivator, yet you're scared of me like this!"

Ye Liuyun calmly mocked him without any tension.

"Cut the nonsense!"

Zhang Yun Peng immediately lifted Ye Liuyun, tossed him into his Storage Ring, and imprisoned him.

However, before he could take two steps away, he felt his hand tingling.

Looking down, he saw he had been poisoned!

"Damn it!"

Zhang Yun Peng cursed, took out an antidote pill and used it.

Suddenly, he sensed a surge of Spatial Power acting on his Soul Defense Treasure!

He hadn't time to swallow the antidote before he immediately used Spatial Power to defend.

"Any backup?"

Zhang Yun Peng's heart startled; he instantly unleashed True Essence in all directions.

Fortunately, the clone wasn't too close and escaped with Spatial Power, so Zhang Yun Peng didn't hit it.

But he also noticed someone fleeing with Spatial Power and, seizing the chance, immediately swallowed the pill.

He didn't dare to leave directly; instead, he scanned the surroundings, trying to locate the clone.

Soon he realized the poison inside him wouldn't subside.

Ye Liuyun's toxin source had been cultivated for years, a blend of many poisons; the pill he took could only slow the poison's onset, not cure it.

Helpless, he released Ye Liuyun, grabbed his throat again, threatening both the antidote and the clone's appearance.

"Ha ha," the clone sneered, revealing its form.

Zhang Yun Peng was momentarily stunned; when he looked again at the person in his grasp, he jumped back in shock.

The person he held no longer resembled Ye Liuyun.

He didn't know when Ye Liuyun had been swapped.

It was actually Ye Liuyun, but he had used the Thousand Illusion Technique to alter his appearance, even erasing his Golden Pupil.

So Zhang Yun Peng truly thought he hadn't captured Ye Liuyun.

"That's just a decoy! You don't even need to try to catch me.

Our Spatial Powers are about the same.

But you wouldn't even catch up before the poison kills you!"

The clone also began chatting with him from a distance.

"Since it's a decoy, I can kill it right away then?"

Zhang Yun Peng also wanted to try, whether what Ye Liuyun said was true or false.

The duplicate nodded, casually saying, "Fine! But if you kill my person, don't expect to get the antidote!"

Zhang Yun Peng applied a little force with his hand, pinching Ye Liuyun so he stuck out his tongue, yet he hesitated inside.

He gauged the speed of the poison spreading inside, knowing that the antidote pill definitely couldn't cure it.

If he didn't antidote after a while longer, the poison would likely spread completely.

The duplicate simply stared at him calmly, a smile still on its face.

"Fine, give me the antidote, and I'll release the person immediately!"

Zhang Yun Peng ultimately didn't dare to act.

A substitute wasn't worth risking his own life for.

The duplicate shook its head, "Whether you kill him or not, you still have to sell your life for me, become my servant!"

"You wish! If you don't give me the antidote, even before I die I'll drag him down with me!"

Zhang Yun Peng threatened.

"Die?

Haha!"

The duplicate suddenly laughed, "I won't let you die! After your poison takes away any resistance, I'll step in to control you, then antidote you! So you can't die!"

"But don't think you'll live comfortably! From now on I'll castrate you, chain you up, and keep you as a dog—how's that?"

Zhang Yun Peng heard that, and a chill ran up his whole body.

Ye Liuyun was right; from the poison taking effect to his death, there would certainly be a process.

At that time he would have no power to resist.

If Ye Liuyun insisted on revenge and wouldn't let him die, he'd only suffer while alive!

"What do you want?"

Zhang Yun Peng asked Ye Liuyun.

"What I want depends on your performance!"

The duplicate still smiled as it looked at Zhang Yun Peng.

Zhang Yun Peng thought, since this substitute can't threaten Ye Liuyun, keeping it is useless; might as well take a gamble.

So he flicked his hand and tossed Ye Liuyun out of his grasp.

"You scared me to death! Just now I was almost choked to death by that guy, you really went all out! Next time I'll trap you too, let you experience it!"

After Ye Liuyun landed, he patted his chest and started ribbing the duplicate.

The duplicate also laughed, "I'm sure he wouldn't dare kill you! Because he thinks his own life is worth more than a substitute like you!"

"Stop the nonsense, I've already given you the person.

Give me the antidote!"

Zhang Yun Peng had no time for their idle talk and immediately pressed on.

The poison inside him was now acting faster and faster, and his True Essence already showed signs it couldn't suppress.

The duplicate calmly said, "I never said you'd release the person, I'm still going to give you the antidote!"

"You…" Zhang Yun Peng was so angry he wanted to curse.

But now he needed Ye Liuyun, so he could only endure.

"Then what do you want?"

Zhang Yun Peng asked.