Chapter 2175: Invasion of the Strong

Ye Liuyun immediately fetched an Eighth Layer Late Stage Martial Cultivator from the death cell, placed a Slave Seal on him, and had him start cultivating the Thousand Illusion Technique.

On Song An's side, he reported to Mo Xiaotian, waiting for Ye Liuyun to set the conditions.

At the same time, Ye Liuyun had Yu Xiaofeng inform the Spirit Clan that Zhongxing Wangchao wanted to buy passage through the Teleportation Array channel.

The Spirit Clan, of course, did not want Zhongxing Wangchao's people to come deal with them.

They also understood Ye Liuyun's purpose.

Ye Liuyun told them that if they refused Zhongxing Wangchao, they would certainly have to pay a price.

So the Spirit Clan immediately agreed to Ye Liuyun, willing to provide double resources.

Ye Liuyun was very satisfied with the Spirit Clan's understanding.

"After fighting a battle, these Spirit Clan have become much more sensible!"

He felt a bit emotional.

Afterwards, Ye Liuyun staged a scene.

He let that death prisoner replace Song An, set him ablaze inside the Royal City, to show that he would not, for a fleeting personal gain, invite wolves into the house and let the common folk lavish praise.

He also published the price offered by the central dynasty so that the Spirit Clan could pay accordingly.

Two birds with one stone.

This operation earned Ye Liuyun reputation and Spirit Clan resources, but also angered Mo Xiaotian.

"Hmph! A Spirit Clan in the Eastern Region, a Ye Liuyun, thinking that blocking the Teleportation Array can stop me?"

Mo Xiaotian immediately dispatched a hundred Ninth Layer Late Stage Martial Cultivator strongmen stationed at the ferry crossing to cross the Boundless Sea and kill Ye Liuyun and the Spirit Clan strongmen, making them atone for their deeds.

These Martial Cultivators had no choice; the new ferry hadn't arrived, so they had to rush to another crossing and daringly cross the Boundless Sea.

They were lucky, crossing the Boundless Sea without incident, and half a month later arrived at the western shore of the Eastern Region.

This is the only ferry crossing in the East, and Ye Liuyun immediately received the information.

With so many Martial Cultivator strongmen and no attempt to hide their aura, towns along the way easily spotted them.

Moreover, upon finding that the locals' realms were low, they kept robbing along the way, gathering plenty of resources.

They didn't try to be low‑key, assuming Ye Liuyun could do nothing about them, and prepared to march loudly all the way to the Eastern Royal City.

Although the defending soldiers fought to the death without retreat, they were no match for these Martial Cultivator strongmen, who slaughtered them each time.

All major factions within the city were plundered empty by them.

When encountering beautiful women, they would never let them go.

The news spread, shaking the entire East.

Everyone was wildly spreading that Zhongxing Wangchao had begun invading the East.

The common folk along the way had already started fleeing early.

Ye Liuyun, of course, would not let them casually endanger the peace of the Eastern Region; upon receiving the news, he began to purge the spies sent by Zhongxing Wangchao within the Royal City.

At the same time he dispatched nearby defending soldiers to reinforce, trying to slow the Martial Cultivators' progress.

He let the common folk along the way evacuate first.

Two hundred‑thousand troops on the Eastern border, under Yu Xiaofeng's orders, one rushed toward the Eastern ferry crossing, the other toward a crossing in the Southern Region.

Although this time they certainly wouldn't catch up to intercept those Martial Cultivators, it's a case of fixing the fence after the sheep are lost, and they can improve defenses later.

These two hundred thousand troops were culled from the former Death Legion.

Though not strong, using combined Formation they still blocked the ferry from docking.

Yu Xiaofeng's orders also forbade the ferry from docking; upon sighting the ferry, they should unleash full Zhen Yuan Gong Ji.

At this moment, Yu Xiaofeng personally rushed to the Eastern ferry crossing.

In the Southern Region, he let Mu Lianshi arrive at the crossing first; after the main army arrived, he would command them in defense.

Ye Liuyun and Yu Xiaofeng had not expected that Zhongxing Wangchao would send people to cross the Boundless Sea to attack them.

He personally led Meng Changjun, Liu Yang, and a hundred Soul Cultivator strongmen to intercept those Martial Cultivators.

Ye Liuyun did not use the Flying Boat; instead he pulled those Martial Cultivators into the Space World, and with his clones alternately used spatial overlapping techniques to travel, making the speed even faster, and also allowing simultaneous cultivation of Spatial Power.

Because Ye Liuyun had Ye Ling and the Universal Cauldron's support, he did not need to consider Mysterious Origin consumption along the way.

Yet even though he dared not pause for a moment, it still took more than twenty days before he intercepted those Martial Cultivators.

When he arrived, those Martial Cultivators had already ravaged over ten small towns along the way and were attacking the local Sunset City.

Sunset City is a major city in the area; its garrison was already large and received nearby reinforcements, gathering twenty thousand troops and over two thousand Martial Cultivators to sortie and intercept the invaders.

The City Lord, together with all Martial Cultivators of Chengzhu Fu, joined the battle, prepared to resist the enemy to the death.

But in the eyes of Zhongxing Wangchao's strongmen, these people were merely a source of inconvenience.

When the battle began, the main army and Martial Cultivators could barely hold off the attacks, but as casualties rose, they increasingly could not endure.

A Ninth Layer Late Stage strongman could, with a single palm strike, turn swathes of those soldiers into mush.

"Fight to the death, no retreat!"

The City Lord shouted the slogan, leading soldiers and Martial Cultivators who were ready for certain death; no one fled or retreated.

These Zhongxing Wangchao Martial Cultivators were also helpless; at each city they faced fierce resistance.

Though their realms were high, casualties were inevitable.

Especially in this battle, an attack of tens of thousands, even with their high realms, caused three strongmen to fall and seven or eight to be wounded.

Moreover, even when the opponent was clearly unable to stop them, they still rushed forward desperately, seizing a Martial Cultivator for a fierce assault, ignoring others' attacks, using themselves as a shield just to kill that one.

"The people of the East have low realms, yet they are fearless! If this continues, we may never reach the Royal City and will be completely annihilated!"

The leading Martial Cultivator also contemplated what to do next.

The battlefield erupted with booming sounds, and suddenly, amidst the dust after a Zhen Yuan Gong Ji, a youth materialized out of thin air.

"Strike!"

He let out a cold shout, and suddenly hundreds of Martial Cultivators appeared in the air, launching a Spiritual Soul Attack on them.

A white Technique also suddenly emitted from beside him, sweeping across those people.

Meanwhile, the soldiers and Martial Cultivators defending the city below began to cheer.

"Ye King, Ye King, we are saved!"

The leader glanced at Ye Liuyun.

"Didn't expect him to still dare to come to his death!"

Just as he felt a surge of joy, he saw that the white Technique emitted beside Ye Liuyun instantly killed more than ten of his own strongmen.

At the same time, his Soul Defense Treasure was being pried by a Martial Cultivator whose Soul was powerful.

"These Soul Cultivators' power is so strong!"

He was just about to make a move against Meng Changjun, who was attacking him, when Ye Liuyun's Soul struck again.

With Meng Changjun's cooperation, his Defense Artifact failed to block Ye Liuyun's attack.

Ye Liuyun's Soul surged straight into his Sea of Consciousness, erasing his Divine Soul Contract and planting a Slave Seal on him.

"This... such strong Divine Soul Power?"

He was speechless; he hadn't even gotten a chance to act before becoming the opponent's captive.