Chapter 2131: Time Halo

That old man, together with the others, was extremely loyal, risking his life to block those seven Black‑clothed Persons, creating an opportunity for the two young men and women to escape.

Without the outer encirclement of the Black‑clothed Persons, the two young ones also escaped smoothly.

"Huh?"

"Where are they?"

The seven Black‑clothed Persons engaged in battle, upon seeing two flee, only then realized that the people they had left outside had all disappeared.

These people had been watching the fight, never expecting anyone to dare strike at their hunting team on the edge of Royal City.

But now they had no time to think further; after jointly eliminating that old man and the others and sealing their bodies into Space World, they immediately pursued the fleeing pair.

Just now they fought under everyone's eyes; Ye Liuyun could not act against those seven, and only when they left the range of the crowd's Divine Sense detection did Ye Liuyun find it convenient to strike.

The seven kept chasing, when suddenly they found that the companion lagging at the rear had vanished.

And Ye Liuyun and his split's Soul had just placed a Slave Seal on another Black‑clothed Person, emerging from his Sea of Consciousness.

"Spiritual Soul Attack!"

A Black‑clothed Martial Cultivator instantly sensed the Soul fluctuation, reacted immediately, and put on a Defense Artifact.

Ye Liuyun seized the moment, sealing that Black‑clothed Martial Cultivator into Space World.

Then the split swept a Technique across, directly vaporizing the heads and upper bodies of the remaining five Black‑clothed Martial Cultivators, preventing them from launching random attacks.

"What a pity! Missed five people!"

Ye Liuyun sighed, ordering the split to tidy up the traces left on the forest behind where the Technique had shone.

The earlier Technique from the split had felled a large swath of trees behind them.

He then sealed the five bodies into Space World, handing them to Magic Vine and Lan Xin for disposal, and proceeded to assist the split in dealing with the trees.

Because the number of felled trees was enormous, covering all the traces would take a considerable amount of time.

Ye Liuyun finally simply released Golden Crow Holy Fire, igniting the entire swath of forest.

Then he dismissed the split, preparing to use the power of Space Overlap to withdraw.

Suddenly, he realized that the void here had been sealed.

"Hm?"

While Ye Liuyun was puzzled, a pressure from a Ninth Layer Late Stage strongman suddenly enveloped him.

"Damn, we've been discovered! The opponent's expert has been drawn here!"

Ye Liuyun was not afraid of the pressure; the Ten Thousand Gods Command in his Sea of Consciousness could help him resist for a moment.

He immediately used Space Translocation to shift his position, avoiding being locked onto.

However, the opponent's pressure continued to follow him.

At this moment, a middle‑aged Black‑clothed man also descended through the air.

"Ninth Layer Late Stage realm!"

Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil saw his realm, and he took a deep breath.

"Who are you, skulking, and not revealing yourself!"

Before the man even arrived, a palm from afar slammed toward Ye Liuyun's position.

The massive palm formed from True Essence, like a mountain, pressed down on Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun knew he couldn't block it, so he immediately released the eight Black‑clothed persons he had just subjugated, letting them help resist.

With a "Bang", the strongman's combat barrage shook the entire space.

Seizing the chance, Ye Liuyun instantly used Space Translocation to leap out of the sealed void, also releasing the split to strike at that middle‑aged Martial Cultivator.

"So it's the leader of their hunting team."

Ye Liuyun immediately learned the Martial Cultivator's identity through the Black‑clothed person's Slave Seal.

"The Divine Soul Power isn't as strong as the two of us combined, but subjugating him will still take some effort!"

The split also reminded Ye Liuyun.

"Subjugate a Ninth Layer Late Stage Martial Cultivator?"

Ye Liuyun also thought it was a bit exaggerated!

Although his Divine Soul Power is strong, he still isn't confident!

The leader, seeing the eight Black‑clothed persons suddenly appear, also realized they were being controlled.

"A Spirit Clan expert?"

The Black‑clothed captain also didn't know Ye Liuyun's location, and shouted loudly, asking around.

He thought the method of subjugating these people resembled how the Spirit Clan captured individuals on the Alien Battlefield.

All had their previous Divine Soul Contracts instantly erased.

"Act!"

At Ye Liuyun's command, he, his split, and the Souls of four Black‑clothed persons all surged into the captain's Sea of Consciousness.

The remaining four Black‑clothed persons guarded the Physical Bodies of the others.

Ye Liuyun, fearing it was unsafe, also let the newly controlled Martial Cultivator release his Soul power to assist.

"Damn!"

The leader hadn't expected Ye Liuyun to directly act on his Soul.

His Divine Soul Power, among Ninth Layer Late Stage Martial Cultivators, was not weak, and he was originally confident.

But being swarmed at once, he was helpless.

Especially since Ye Liuyun and his split's Divine Soul Power together matched his, and with the aid of the other four's Souls, he was no match.

His Soul was battered by Ye Liuyun's lightning and Nether Ghost Fire, smoking everywhere, and ultimately Ye Liuyun forcibly erased his Divine Soul Contract and placed a Slave Seal.

The Divine Soul Contract this leader signed was in allegiance to Zhongxing Wangchao, and would not attract individual attention.

Ye Liuyun had just discovered it when he erased his Divine Soul Contract, so he didn't rush to escape.

He immediately activated the Soul Searching Technique, but found information that the young man and woman who had just fled had already been killed by this captain.

The treasure that looked like a time aura had already been stored by this captain into a storage space.

"Alas! Those two are unlucky!"

Ye Liuyun could only sigh for them.

The reason their hunting team pursued these people is that the God King knew their family possessed this treasure and wanted to seize it, but the Black‑clothed Person didn't know exactly how to use it.

"Damn God King! He wants to snatch anyone's treasure!"

Ye Liuyun muttered that in his heart.

"Hurry and have him take out that time aura for me to verify!"

The Book Demon immediately urged Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun had the captain bring out the time aura, and the Book Demon excitedly leapt out of Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness to study it.

"Sure enough it's a time aura! Your luck is absurdly good!"

Ye Liuyun then sealed everyone else into the Space World, awaiting the Book Demon's research results.

He hadn't expected that after it made a round, it would end up back in his hand—indeed, it was a fated coincidence.

At this moment, the Book Demon's time‑space aura in his hand suddenly flashed with a white Technique, and both the Book Demon and the aura instantly became illusory.

"Hurry, input a strand of Divine Sense; I'll help you refine it."

The Book Demon sent a Transmission Voice to Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun immediately fed a strand of Divine Sense into the aura.

"It looks like a pretty powerful treasure! After time rewinds, will my strength revert?"

Ye Liuyun was still rambling in his mind.

Then the aura floated to Ye Liuyun's front, suddenly ceased being illusory, and fell from his sight.

Ye Liuyun's quick eyes and swift hands caught it.

The Book Demon immediately returned to Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness.