Chapter 2148: Impersonating Father and Son

"After the Holy Lord dealt with Liang Ming, this woman is still not yours to handle! I only need him to lift the Soul restriction for my father."

Mu Lian Sheng said obsequiously.

Ye Liuyun could guess Zhao Tiangang's intention to strike Feng Hong Xiu as soon as he saw Zhao Tiangang's expression.

"Even odds!"

The clone also detected Zhao Tiangang's Divine Soul Power.

Ye Liuyun did not expect that Zhao Tiangang was indeed formidable, his Divine Soul Power being almost equal to that of him and his clone combined.

Such Divine Soul Power, among Martial Cultivators, certainly counts as a strong Soul Cultivator.

Thus he used his Golden Pupil to appraise Zhao Tiangang's Physical Body and True Essence; indeed, both his Physical Body and True Essence were rather average.

"It seems this Holy Lord is after me!"

Feng Hong Xiu also sensed Zhao Tiangang's impure motives and sent a Transmission Voice to Ye Liuyun in secret.

"Hmm.

Daring to make a move on my woman, he's courting death himself!"

Ye Liuyun replied offhandedly, while pondering how to deal with Zhao Tiangang.

Feng Hong Xiu was delighted by Ye Liuyun's remark.

"Ha ha, don't worry, it's all on me!"

Zhao Tiangang cheerfully agreed to Mu Lian Sheng.

In fact, he had long been impatient with Mu Lian Sheng, who always came empty‑handed to trouble him.

Now he finally saw a chance for gain—a great beauty—so his mood was excellent.

When Mu Lian Sheng entered the courtyard, he pretended to introduce Ye Liuyun: "Young Master Liang, this is the Grand Son of our Chengzhu Fu, the Red Eye Holy Lord…"

"What's the point of talking to him!"

Before Mu Lian Sheng could finish, Zhao Tiangang impatiently cut him off, his eyes blood‑red as he stared at Ye Liuyun.

However, Ye Liuyun smiled at him, showing no sign of being affected by the illusion.

Feng Hong Xiu immediately released a realm pressure toward Mu Lian Sheng; in a flash she appeared before him, wielding a ninth‑rank short sword that thrust straight at his chest.

Her realm was higher than Mu Lian Sheng's, so he could not block her attack; he could only rely on his protective garment for a feeble defense, yet she still wounded him. Before Mu Lian Sheng could recover, Feng Hong Xiu's other short sword also lunged.

Zhao Tiangang was somewhat surprised to see Ye Liuyun unaffected by his illusion.

His Red Eye only works when the opponent also looks him straight in the eye.

Now that Feng Hong Xiu isn't looking at him, he cannot act against her.

He knew his other abilities were lacking, so he intended to quickly subdue Ye Liuyun and then deal with Feng Hong Xiu, to avoid being caught between the two.

Thus, after realizing the illusion was useless, he directly released his Soul, charging into Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness.

The clone had already prepared to unleash Black Light to annihilate his Soul, waiting to act the moment he looked at Feng Hong Xiu.

Unexpectedly, the unlucky fool attacked Ye Liuyun first, his Soul rushing into the Sea of Consciousness.

The clone immediately released its Soul as well, charging into Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness to share the power absorbed by the Ten Thousand Gods Command from his Soul.

Ye Liuyun allowed the Ten Thousand Gods Command to devour his Soul.

Zhao Tiangang's Divine Soul Power was indeed overwhelming, a great temptation for Ye Liuyun.

After Ye Liuyun ingested those Soul powers, his own Divine Soul Power would immediately increase.

On the other side, Feng Hong Xiu had already driven a sword into Mu Lian Sheng's throat.

After the clone absorbed half of the Ten Thousand Gods Command‑converted Soul power, it immediately returned, retrieved Zhao Tiangang's corpse, took off the Storage Ring and placed it on its hand, then used the Thousand Illusion Technique to assume Zhao Tiangang's appearance and removed the Invisibility Cloak.

Feng Hong Xiu, seeing Zhao Tiangang vanish and reappear, unsure whether he had already been controlled by Ye Liuyun, did not strike him.

"Do not strike!"

Ye Liuyun quickly told Feng Hong Xiu: "Just pretend that both of us are controlled by his illusion!"

Thus Ye Liuyun and Feng Hong Xiu both pretended to be controlled by the clone, being taken into the Space World by the clone.

At this moment, the City Lord's guards who noticed the fight also rushed over.

"It's fine! A few outsiders killed Mu Lian Sheng! You take care of the corpse, and those two I will handle myself!"

The clone, impersonating Zhao Tiangang, ordered the arriving guards.

"Yes!"

The guards replied and immediately carried away Mu Lian Sheng's corpse.

The clone then rushed toward Zhao Tiangang's residence.

Before he could enter Zhao Tiangang's residence, he was stopped by two Ninth Layer Early Stage Martial Cultivators.

"Grand Son, the City Lord has summoned you!"

One Ninth‑fold Martial Cultivator warned the clone.

"Damn, he's probably been discovered by Zhao Tiangang's father! Quickly digest and absorb the Soul power we just took; there may be a big battle later!"

Ye Liuyun and the clone also reacted.

"Alright!"

The clone pretended to agree and followed the two Martial Cultivators toward the City Lord's Grand Hall.

He deliberately walked slower, buying time to consolidate the absorbed Soul power with Ye Liuyun along the way.

The two Martial Cultivators did not press him, only kept watch for his escape.

After entering the Grand Hall, the two Martial Cultivators remained at the hall's entrance.

They did not go inside.

Zhao Rongde, seated on the City Lord's throne, stared coldly at the clone and said, "Hand over my son, and I'll let you go!"

The clone nodded, released Ye Liuyun from the Space World, and said, "Report any matters to my master!"

Zhao Rongde immediately looked at Ye Liuyun: "Where is my son?

"Hand him over quickly!"

Ye Liuyun deliberately retorted: "You say hand over, then hand over?"

"He attacked me first; shouldn't you make some compensation?"

"Looking for death!"

Zhao Rongde, seeing Ye Liuyun's attitude, knew he didn't intend to hand him over, and immediately launched a Spiritual Soul Attack. The powerful Divine Soul Power surged straight into Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness.

"Hmph, I don't even know who's looking for death!"

Ye Liuyun let out a cold laugh, and together with his clone released their Souls, rushing into the Sea of Consciousness of the two guards stationed at the Grand Hall entrance.

The two of them struggled against Zhao Rongde, but dealing with those two guards was relatively much easier.

But that's only relative.

If they hadn't previously absorbed Zhao Tiangang's Divine Soul Power, they wouldn't have dared to split up and attack those two guards.

The Martial Cultivators here have Divine Soul Power that is clearly far stronger than that of ordinary Martial Cultivators.

After a few breaths, Ye Liuyun and his clone's Souls finally returned to their own Sea of Consciousness.

This was also the longest Spiritual Soul Attack battle Ye Liuyun had ever fought.

A few breaths in the real world equated to several hours in the Soul World.

The two Martial Cultivators fought desperately, but in the end were controlled by the Slave Seal Ye Liuyun placed on them.

And Zhao Rongde's Divine Soul Power was completely devoured by the Ten Thousand Gods Command.

Ye Liuyun immediately used the Thousand Illusion Technique to assume Zhao Rongde's appearance, and placed Zhao Rongde's corpse into his own Space World.

Zhao Rongde, a Martial Cultivator with a powerful Soul, meant that inside Chengzhu Fu, virtually no one dared to use Divine Sense to probe the Grand Hall.

So Ye Liuyun eliminated Zhao Rongde, and yet no one noticed.

He gave the corpses of Zhao Rongde and Zhao Tiangang to the Magic Vine, letting the Magic Vine quickly increase its strength.