Chapter 2284

When the clone was buying things in the cities around the Lingquan, it discovered that these cities also had a certain number of strong cultivators and a large number of soldiers.

Once they launched a strong attack on the Lingquan, they would fall into the encirclement of the three great armies and strong cultivators.

So before taking action, he put on the Invisibility Cloak and, using the Golden Pupil, first scouted the strength of the Martial Cultivators near the Lingquan.

This investigation revealed that near the Lingquan there were over a hundred Ninth Layer Late Stage and Ninth Layer Summit strong cultivators, almost a thousand Ninth Layer Early-Mid Stage, and ten thousand Seventh/Eighth Level Realm soldiers guarding it, leaving them no chance to act.

Even if they used the Black Tower's transmission to leave then, attacking the Lingquan would still cost them a huge price.

Ye Liuyun immediately had the clone and Qiong Qi change strategy: 'First eliminate the strong cultivators in the peripheral cities, then act against the Sheng Yun and Xing Jin Dynasties, using Spiritual Soul Attack to control them.'

Then act against the cities of the Zhong Yuan Dynasty, cause trouble in the city to draw out their strong cultivators and see their reaction.

If they dispatch strong cultivators from the Royal City to reinforce, then let the strong cultivators of the other two dynasties jointly target them, causing internal strife.

Once the periphery is in chaos, we will then act on the Lingquan, and they will not be able to encircle us.

At that point it would be best for the clone to transform into the appearance of a Zhong Yuan Dynasty Martial Cultivator, continue to stir up relations between the two sides, let them fight first, and then we profit from the middle.

Thus the clone and Qiong Qi first went to Cui Shan City controlled by the Xing Jin Dynasty, applied for a position as an Alchemist at the Chengzhu Fu, and infiltrated the Chengzhu Fu.

Then starting with the City Lord, they successively controlled the City Lord, the garrison Leader, and sixteen Martial Cultivators of the Ninth Layer Late Stage and Ninth Layer Summit.

Then they rushed to Feiyun City controlled by the Sheng Yun Dynasty, used the same method to control the Chengzhu Fu, the garrison, and thirteen strong cultivator Martial Cultivators here, before rushing to Cui Yuan City subordinate to the Zhongxing Wangchao.

After entering the city, they first scouted the situation for two days and discovered that the number of strong cultivators in Cui Yuan City was thirty-one, clearly stronger than the combined strength of the other two cities.

Ye Liuyun, in order to draw out the strength of the Zhong Yuan Dynasty, had over fifty Spearhead Squad soldiers conceal their strength, scatter them throughout the city, and first gather intelligence.

In just a few days, they gathered two useful pieces of intelligence.

One was that not far outside Cui Yuan City there was a Mineral Vein under development; the other was Lei Heng, son of the Chengzhu Fu's master Lei Zhen Tian, a local bully who spent his days in debauchery.

Thus Ye Liuyun had Ye Tiandao lead a hundred-man team, with Qiong Qi cooperating, to seize the Mineral Vein outside the city, in order to draw strong cultivators over for rescue.

The clone went to deal with Lei Heng and the Chengzhu Fu, while the remaining over fifty Spearhead Squad soldiers caused friction with the garrison, attacking the garrison Leader and the strong cultivators among the garrison troops.

The three parties agreed on a time and acted together.

The clone first tailed Lei Heng for half a day and discovered that this guy was indeed arrogantly overbearing; wherever he went, if anything displeased him, he would take it out on others, treating them as less than human.

Thus, when Lei Heng made a move on a shop attendant in the tavern, the clone directly launched a Spiritual Soul Attack on him, devouring his Divine Soul Power.

Not even his attendants or guards were spared; they were all wiped out.

The tavern Administrator, frightened, immediately reported to the Chengzhu Fu, and a patrol garrison unit rushed over at once.

Because this troop of soldiers was rushing, they drove and collided with civilians on the road, and were killed on the spot by Spearhead Squad soldiers disguised as civilians.

This caused an uproar throughout the Chengzhu Fu.

Lei Zhen Tian personally led six Martial Cultivator strong cultivators rushing over to investigate the cause of death.

The garrison immediately locked down the city, mobilized fully, and sealed off the entire city.

But as Lei Zhen Tian just arrived at the scene, he received news that the Mineral Vein was under attack.

It was said that twenty Martial Cultivator strong cultivators were carrying out a massacre at the Mineral Vein, and the garrison there could hardly hold out.

Feint east, strike west!

Lei Zhen Tian immediately realized that someone wanted to seize the Mineral Vein and was therefore causing a disturbance in the city to draw his attention.

Damned Soul Cultivator, daring to provoke me!

Upon seeing the corpse of his son Lei Heng, Lei Zhen Tian immediately knew it was the work of a Soul Cultivator.

He sent the remaining twenty-five Martial Cultivator strong cultivators from the manor out of the city to rush to the Mineral Vein for reinforcement.

At the same time he had several strong cultivators nearby release their Divine Sense to scout the situation inside the city.

At the same time, the garrison Leader was suddenly assassinated by a Martial Cultivator, and a fierce battle broke out in the city.

Six Spearhead Squad soldiers acted together, superbly coordinated, killing the Leader with a single blow and then began slaughtering soldiers.

Cui Yuan City fell into chaos in an instant.

Quickly go reinforce!

Lei Zhen Tian immediately had the strong cultivators around him rush to reinforce.

Keep someone alive!

He also had those Martial Cultivator strong cultivators capture someone alive, so they could interrogate who these people were, daring to act on his turf.

Then he commanded some ordinary guards nearby to collect Lei Heng's corpse.

However, his Divine Sense suddenly detected that the six Martial Cultivator strong cultivators who had just rushed out had all been intercepted and killed midway.

Ye Liuyun's Spearhead Squad originally had its lowest-ranking soldiers at the Ninth Layer Mid Stage; after this period of intensive training and improvement, there are now few at the Ninth Layer Mid Stage, basically all being Ninth Layer Late Stage and Ninth Layer Summit Martial Cultivators.

Moreover, they all hide among the populace and strike suddenly, so of the six strong cultivators from the Chengzhu Fu, three were killed on the spot and the other three were surrounded by them.

Not good!

Lei Zhen Tian also realized that the enemy's strength far exceeded his expectations; this is likely a premeditated attack.

However, before his Divine Sense could withdraw from those six strong cultivators, the clone, wearing the Invisibility Cloak, directly used Heaven Bite Slash on him with a single strike.

This strike not only incorporated Heaven and Earth Power, but also used Space Translocation, appearing with both person and blade behind him, then slashing down from above his head.

While Lei Zhen Tian was facing the clone, sensing danger he immediately retaliated with a palm strike.

Only then did he realize this was not at all a feint east, strike west, but several parties simultaneously attacking him.

But by the time he reacted, it was too late; the clone's formidable Physical Body hard-blocked his palm, merely stepping back a few steps without suffering serious internal injury.

However, the clone's slash had already struck Lei Zhen Tian's abdomen, cleaving his head and upper body into two halves.

Immediately, the clone gestured and collected Lei Zhen Tian's Storage Ring, then continued invisible toward the Chengzhu Fu.

The Spearhead Squad soldiers who had slain the six strong cultivators then gathered together and went everywhere to hunt down the garrison troops conducting searches in the city, specifically killing their junior Leaders and higher-level soldiers, frightening those soldiers into scattering and fleeing.

For a time the rumbling of battle in the city never ceased, and many soldiers even opened the city gates and fled outward.

At the Mineral Vein outside the city, the twenty-five strong cultivators who had just arrived were surrounded by Ye Tiandao leading a hundred soldiers, plus Qiong Qi's Spiritual Soul Attack and the deployed Formation, leaving none of them able to escape; all were slain on the spot.