Chapter 2206: The Imperial Guard Becomes Stronger

From the moment Qiong Qi began to doubt Mo Sang, he already harbored murderous intent toward him.

He is decisive and ruthless, but because Mo Sang is his disciple, he wants to double‑check and let him live a few more days.

Ye Liuyun's clone went out to search for Martial Cultivators with strong Souls, and it went very smoothly.

Since Qiming City was seized by Ye Liuyun and his group, the original strongmen in the city had long fled.

Later some new forces arrived, but none possessed the Ninth Layer Summit realm.

So once the clone went out, it discovered fifteen Martial Cultivators with hidden identities lurking around Chengzhu Fu.

The clone immediately placed a Slave Seal on the Martial Cultivator with the weakest Soul, searched for information, and confirmed the identities of those fifteen.

Thus Ye Liuyun also donned an invisibility cloak, acted together with the clone to ensure safety, placed Slave Seals on all fifteen strongmen, and reclaimed the Space World.

Among them, two had Divine Soul Contracts signed with Mo Xiaotian, and Ye Liuyun erased them directly.

However, Ye Liuyun discovered that those two had just received a Transmission Voice from Mo Xiaotian stating that Ye Liuyun had returned to the Dongyun Dynasty, and instructing them to change their assassination target to Song An.

Only, the two hadn't had time to pass the message on to others before Ye Liuyun seized control of them.

At this moment Mo Xiaotian also realized that the fifteen backup assassins he had arranged had all been eliminated, and he angrily smashed the nearby desk with his palm.

Sending people to kill Ye Liuyun turned out to be so difficult; he too felt irritated.

Mo Sang had been silent for so long, and the Transmission Voice gave no reply; it is likely he was also eliminated.

"It seems there are Soul Cultivator strongmen around Ye Liuyun!"

Mo Xiaotian immediately thought that the Soul Cultivator strongmen beside Ye Liuyun, capable of taking out even Mo Sang, could not be ordinary people.

But after pondering, he could not figure out who that person was.

"Could it be a Spirit Clan strongman?

Impossible! If the Spirit Clan had such a strongman, how could Ye Liuyun have subjugated him? Either the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance is covertly backing him?

But the undercover agents I sent out have no information on this!"

Mo Xiaotian's head throbbed, and he hadn't realized that the 'Soul Cultivator' was Ye Liuyun.

Yet in the end, it gave him an idea on how to deal with Ye Liuyun.

He summoned the Imperial Guard batch after batch, having each of them sign a Divine Soul Contract with him to boost their loyalty.

He also knew that these Imperial Guard units had been off the battlefield for too long and lacked combat power.

Doing so would catch Ye Liuyun off guard.

Then he dispatched several Ninth Layer Summit Elders of the royal family to protect the Imperial Guard Leader, also having them sign Divine Soul Contracts, and with ten thousand Imperial Guard, launched a grand campaign to annihilate Ye Liuyun's army.

The Central Region, upon learning that Zhongxing Wangchao had sent another ten thousand Imperial Guard, could not help but mock Zhongxing Wangchao for sending them to their deaths, as if they had already foreseen the outcome for those guards.

Since Zhongxing Wangchao began dispatching Imperial Guard, they have never won a single battle.

Ye Liuyun's side received the news and found it very strange, not understanding Zhongxing Wangchao's intent.

"The last few times you dealt with these Imperial Guard were too easy.

This time, don't be careless! I reckon Mo Xiaotian isn't stupid and won't give you a free head! There's definitely deception inside; you must be extra careful."

Song An reminded Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun immediately informed Liu Yang and Mo Shaowen, each sending ten Soul Cultivators back as support.

At the same time he had Xiao Yunfang lead fifty thousand fresh troops to meet the enemy as training, and Ye Tiandao also conserved his strength, dispatching only two thousand of the weakest Spear Troop soldiers to cooperate with Xiao Yunfang.

The other Spear Troop units concentrated in a city to hold the defense.

Yu Xiaofeng's Hundred Thousand Death Legion was stationed separately in two other cities to hold.

The clone was also sent by Ye Liuyun to observe the battlefield invisibly, to prevent any mishaps.

Zhongxing Wangchao's ten thousand Imperial Guard indeed acted abnormally, brazenly advancing straight toward Ye Liuyun's outer city, charging straight into Xiao Yunfang's massive army.

The Spear Troop's two thousand soldiers split: one thousand led the front to meet the enemy, the other thousand positioned on both flanks to cover Xiao Yunfang's army's retreat.

But once combat began, Ye Liuyun discovered that these Imperial Guard were different.

This time they weren't afraid of death, fighting to the death with the Spear Troop.

And they pressed the entire army forward, attacking together.

The Spear Troop's defensive line was ripped apart in an instant.

"Retreat!"

Ye Liuyun immediately informed Xiao Yunfang.

Xiao Yunfang had already prepared: the foremost ten thousand soldiers stayed to intercept, while the remaining forty thousand troops immediately withdrew toward the city where Ye Tiandao was.

The thousand Spear Troop soldiers on both wings also instantly joined the fight, buying time for Xiao Yunfang's army to retreat.

The Soul Cultivator strongmen sent back by Liu Yang and Mo Shaowen seized the opportunity to capture two prisoners and retreated together with Xiao Yunfang.

Those two thousand Spear Troop soldiers, plus ten thousand fresh troops, all employed a Formation, so the Imperial Guard suffered considerable casualties.

If they had faced such intensity before, they would have been scared long ago.

But this time, they fought fearlessly, and Ye Liuyun's ten thousand two hundred men truly could not stop them.

They now cannot retreat in time.

If they retreat, their backs will be exposed to these Imperial Guard, who will chase and kill them; they can only stand their ground to the death.

In less than an hour, Ye Liuyun's ten thousand two hundred men were wiped out by these Imperial Guard, none escaping.

Then, without pausing, they immediately surged toward the city where Ye Tiandao was.

"Fire the arrows!"

After Xiao Yunfang fell back inside, she promptly assigned soldiers to replace the Spear Troop in defending the city; the Spear Troop is experienced in siege warfare, and defending a city is merely fighting on the walls, for which ordinary soldiers have fewer tactics.

When those Imperial Guard approached, Xiao Yunfang gave a single command, unleashing rows of arrow rain and powerful crossbows, finally forcing the Imperial Guard to retreat temporarily.

"They have become stronger!"

Ye Tiandao also noticed the change in these Imperial Guard.

"They were all forced to sign the Divine Soul Contract!"

At this moment, Ye Liuyun also received the reports from those Soul Cultivators and learned the true reason.

He immediately ordered the three outer cities to defend only and not attack!

"What if they bypass the cities and attack Qiming City?"

Xiao Yunfang asked anxiously.

"They will definitely think of that!"

Ye Liuyun immediately contacted Qiong Qi to confirm how long the Formation could withstand these people's attacks.

"With so many strong ones, this Formation is insufficient and needs to be rearranged!"

Qiong Qi told Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun, while having him set up the Formation, told Xiao Yunfang and the others, "Let them go attack Qiming City.

Then we close the gates and beat the dogs, lest they run away."

He glanced at the current numbers of the Imperial Guard; in the previous battle, the Imperial Guard had lost over a thousand men!

In this battle, Ye Liuyun is at a loss!

After all, they are Ninth Realm strongmen; once they fight for their lives, even against a Formation's combined strike, they don't lose much!

After a brief rest, those Imperial Guard immediately reformed their ranks, just as Ye Liuyun and his companions had guessed, bypassing the cities and heading straight for Qiming City.