Chapter 2140: Another City Captured

With this delay, another two Elders also couldn't hold on and fell to the ground one after another.

The other two Martial Cultivators exchanged glances, circulated True Essence again, lifted the three of them up, and sprinted toward Kangning City.

They intended that these poisoned Elders, even if they die, should die in Kangning City.

But soon, the True Essence circulating in their bodies also carried the toxins back to their cores, and their cores immediately sealed, leaving no True Essence usable.

All five of them crashed heavily onto the ground.

"Never imagined! The five of us ended up dying like this!"

An Elder sighed helplessly.

"There is an even better way to die; would you like to try?"

At that moment, the invisible Ye Liuyun suddenly materialized and slowly walked toward them.

"Ye Liuyun?

Kill him!"

An Elder instantly recognized Ye Liuyun, immediately released his Soul, and surged into Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness.

The other Elders did the same, still excited, thinking that being able to kill Ye Liuyun before death meant they hadn't died in vain.

However, soon all five Elders were marked with Slave Seals by Ye Liuyun and became his slaves.

"You lot are ruthless, trying to harm me even at death! Want to kill me for treasure, you think that's justified?"

Ye Liuyun didn't rush to detoxify them; instead he watched the toxins corrode their cores, giving them a bit of punishment.

He also didn't erase their memories, but let them, under the Slave Seal's control, assist him against the Spirit Clan, and watching the Spirit Clan's downfall served as another punishment.

These five Elders soon had their skin turn black, black blood oozed from their seven orifices, each suffering unbearable pain.

Only then did Ye Liuyun act, slowly extracting the toxins from their bodies.

After detoxifying them, Ye Liuyun had them discard the Spirit Clan Token and ushered them into the Space World.

He then immediately informed Zhang Heng, ordering him to bring all Black Armor Guards of the Ninth Realm here to charge, while also dispatching the army to assault the city.

"Master, there are five Ninth Layer Late Stage Elders on the opposite side..." Zhang Heng, though unwilling to defy Ye Liuyun's order, was still somewhat worried and specifically warned Ye Liuyun.

"What?

You don't dare to go?"

Ye Liuyun retorted.

"No! I've already led people out of the city!"

Under the Slave Seal's control, Zhang Heng dared not resist.

Moreover, he feared Ye Liuyun would deal with him, feeling especially terrified.

"Then that's fine; whatever you are told to do, go ahead and do it!"

Ye Liuyun gave him no explanation at all.

What he wanted was for these people to obey orders completely, without developing a habit of questioning.

Ye Liuyun simply told Zhang Heng: "Before entering the city, say that five Ninth Layer Late Stage Elders of the Spirit Clan attacked Kangding City, and that you are merely retaliating!"

"Understood!"

Zhang Heng gritted his teeth and led his men straight into the city.

"Whether upright or crooked, they're all dead; might as well kill for fun!"

That was what he thought.

Following Ye Liuyun's orders, after announcing to the whole city, he began leading his men into action.

However, they encountered many Spirit Clan disciples releasing Tokens, yet did not encounter those five Ninth Layer Late Stage Spirit Clan elites, nor sense their presence.

"Form groups of three, use formation attacks, conserve True Essence!"

Zhang Heng grew increasingly confident as he fought, beginning to command everyone to cooperate and slay those Spirit Clan disciples.

While fighting, Zhang Heng began to think that Ye Liuyun might have already dealt with those five Elders, and wasn't sending him to die.

War drums sounded outside the city, and Ye Liuyun's army also began charging into the city.

The Spirit Clan, soon after Zhang Heng's announcement, had many members start fleeing outside the city.

With so many Ninth Realm strongmen, they knew they couldn't hold the city.

Moreover, their five guarding Elders had even gone to Kangning City to attack the Dynasty Army.

Now that there were no masters defending the city, they naturally retreated immediately.

Only when Zhang Heng and his group first entered the city did they meet some resistance from Spirit Clan disciples; by the time the main army surged into the city, the Spirit Clan members had almost all fled.

For the subsequent matters, Ye Liuyun left them to Yu Xiaofeng to arrange.

Yu Xiaofeng stationed fifty thousand troops inside the city, while another hundred thousand continued advancing forward, yet still sealed off all passages.

The Dongyun Dynasty's army captured another city.

But beyond Kangning City lay entirely Spirit Clan territory.

Thus Ye Liuyun and his group did not rush forward; they first seized a city to gauge the Spirit Clan's counterattack strength.

Ye Liuyun, cloaked in an Invisibility Cloak, continued advancing toward the Spirit Clan, monitoring their movements.

He also wanted to take the chance to see Liang Xue.

Liang Xue also applied to the Spirit Clan Elders to go to the front lines to cheer the Spirit Clan Martial Cultivators.

But in such chaotic times, the Spirit Clan Elders would never let their Holy Maiden venture out on a mission.

Yet Ye Liuyun, among the retreating Spirit Clan disciples, spotted two acquaintances.

They were the Lingxi Elder who had taken Liang Xue away years ago and her disciple Qingfeng.

Ye Liuyun had long learned from Liang Xue that after Lingxi Elder brought her back, he never became her master.

Those Spirit Clan Elders were merely coaxing her to complete the task.

Elder Lingxi is merely an outer‑door disciple Elder of the Spirit Clan; how could the Spirit Clan let her teach the Saintess?

After Liang Xue returned, she was taken in as a disciple by Elder Qingyuan, a great Spirit Clan adept.

Elder Lingxi was only at the late stage of the eighth tier; when they went to Zhongyang Dalu at that time, there were many restrictions that hampered their ability to exert strength.

"Huh, these two people should know my relationship with Xue'er! Why doesn't the Spirit Clan use Xue'er against me?"

Ye Liuyun also suddenly thought of this question.

So he secretly followed the two, hoping to find a chance to capture them and question them.

And that Qing Feng also wants to kill him to avenge Zhuge Feiyu, or hand him over to Zhuge Feiyu to deal with personally.

Ye Liuyun heard Qing Feng ask Elder Lingxi, "Master, why haven't the Spirit Clan's strong ones acted yet?"

"Why are you meddling with that?"

Elder Lingxi asked indifferently.

"I'm worried that after that kid kills me, he'll come back for revenge!"

Qing Feng said, "Master, aren't you worried he'll retaliate against you?"

"Who made your hand restless!"

Elder Lingxi, too lazy to bother, replied offhand, "I didn't kill anyone, what am I worried about! I'm just following orders!"

"If Elder Qingyuan lets the Saintess step forward, that kid will definitely retreat!"

Qing Feng muttered softly.

Elder Lingxi, hearing that, glanced around nervously, and only after seeing no one watching them did she scold Qing Feng.

"You're courting death, aren't you?

How did Elder Qingyuan instruct you?

Or have you forgotten how your junior sister died?

If you want to die, don't drag me into it!"

"Oh!

Qing Feng gave a brief assent and dared not speak further.

"Useless waste! Words you shouldn't have said, rot in your stomach! If you dare bring this up again, I'll have Elder Qingyuan deal with you directly!"

Elder Lingxi cursed Qing Feng a few more times, frightening him into not daring to lift his head.

Ye Liuyun grew even more curious.

Ye Liuyun also knew that Elder Qingyuan is Liang Xue's master.

But why she wouldn't let them speak out, why she didn't use Liang Xue to restrain him, he couldn't understand.