Chapter 2344: Catching All in One Net

"So what do we do?"

Kai Shan asked Gu Xing.

"We'll wait here for him to come out! When he's been fighting Beard's group enough, we'll kill each one as they emerge!"

Gu Xing didn't go inside with Kai Shan; instead, he decided to lie in wait at the valley mouth.

"It'd be best if Liehu could take down a few, then that kid fights Beard to a mutual ruin, and the rest end up ours!"

Kai Shan was still daydreaming.

"No idle talk—make good use of the traps Liehu set and hide yourselves!"

Gu Xing, too lazy to listen to his rambling, found one of Liehu's traps and hid near it.

Kai Shan saw they had hidden, scratched his head and asked, "If that kid comes out, won't he see through us just the same?"

"What if the one who comes out isn't him?"

He's only at Ninth Layer Mid Stage, so he couldn't possibly match Beard's many men.

Taking down two or three would be good enough!

Even if he luckily emerges and sees through the two of us, the two of us taking him on would be easy.

Gu Xing analyzed.

"Oh!"

Kai Shan finally gave a nod, buried themselves in a patch of grass, and withdrew their Divine Sense and breath.

Ye Liuyun moved swiftly, his Soul was powerful, and after half a day he had already located Beard and his companions.

He draped the Invisibility Cloak, approached them slowly, and didn't rush to strike.

At that moment, Beard and his group also seemed to have discovered the Cave where Liehu was hiding and surrounded it.

"Liehu, stop resisting, come out!"

Beard shouted toward Liehu.

"Beard, we've always kept our waters separate from yours.

Let's each step back.

I'll give you some resources; how about you retreat?

The Cave I set up, unless a few of you die, is impenetrable! Why bother!"

A voice from inside the Cave responded.

Beard's group exchanged glances and thought that if Liehu didn't come out, they'd really be in a bind.

"Fine, as long as you can produce enough resources, we'll withdraw! Show us what you have and we'll see how much there is!"

Beard looked at the others and pretended to agree.

"Ha ha, Beard, are you treating me like a child?"

If I go out now, isn't it just to deliver a head?

Alright then, you retreat now, come to my residence tomorrow for the resources, and I'll give you every point you're owed!

Liehu replied from inside the Cave.

"Ugh! You're the one treating us like children.

Will I still be able to find you tomorrow?

Now we've surrounded you; you have no room for choice.

Hurry and bring out the resources!"

Beard and his men, of course, would not agree.

"Then shall we first sign a Divine Soul Contract?"

Liehu inside the Cave asked.

"What, do you doubt Beard's credibility?"

Beard retorted.

"Hehe, nobody's credibility can be trusted!"

Liehu sighed.

"So you're planning to wait for death?"

Beard threatened.

"Since you have no sincerity, there's no need to continue talking! If you dare enter the Cave, you're dead! Don't believe it? Try it!"

Liehu, unafraid, also threatened.

Both sides argued for a while, but each knew that Beard's group, having worked so hard to block Liehu, would not let the chance slip.

Beard glanced at the crowd, unwilling to delay further; he gave a signal to a killer, who raised a Defense Artifact to form a shield, protected himself within it, and walked toward the Cave.

Then the others also produced Defense Artifacts, one after another, and entered.

Ye Liuyun stood outside the Cave, surveyed with his Golden Pupil, yet did not enter.

He simply released Magic Vine, letting it slither from underground toward the Cave.

Then the Magic Vine suddenly struck, ensnaring a killer hidden underground and pulling him to the surface.

Ye Liuyun immediately placed a Slave Seal on him to prevent resistance.

That killer was Liehu.

He had just used a metal tube connecting the Cave to shout inside, making his voice echo from the Cave and causing Beard's group to think he was inside.

He had intended to counter‑kill Beard's group, but Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil saw through his scheme.

After Ye Liuyun seized control of Liehu, he had him transmit the Sea of Consciousness data about the traps and related information to Tong Xin, providing inspiration for Tong Xin's Warship design, and then assisted Tong Xin in researching the Warship.

He also stationed the Magic Vine at the cave entrance, so that anyone emerging from the Cave would be seized.

The Magic Vine simply grows a thick vine, then opens its huge mouth to block the cave entrance, waiting for anyone who comes out to run straight into its mouth.

After Ye Liuyun waited outside the cave for a while, he heard screams coming from inside, guessing that someone had fallen into a trap set by the Hunter Fox.

From inside the cave, muffled thuds were heard from time to time, likely Huzi and the others bombarding some mechanisms and traps.

Huzi and his six people, at the cost of one dead and one wounded, had gone all the way to the bottom of the cave, yet still found no trace of the Hunter Fox, only then realizing they had been tricked.

Then they immediately rushed out, wanting to pursue the Hunter Fox.

The Martial Cultivator running at the front also charged headfirst into the Magic Vine's mouth, and was directly crushed by it.

After the Magic Vine cleared the cave entrance, Ye Liuyun launched a Red Eye attack on one of the Martial Cultivators, causing him to suddenly ambush his comrade.

With that strike he succeeded, wounding one person, then went on to attack Huzi.

"What are you doing?"

Huzi reacted quickly, immediately retaliating.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun also appeared and joined in attacking Huzi.

No wonder Huzi is the leader of these people; not only is his physical body formidable, his strength is also not weak.

Finally, Ye Liuyun used Red Eye and Soul Shockwave, first making his Soul unable to resist, then rushing into his Sea of Consciousness to implant a Slave Seal.

Another wounded Martial Cultivator tried to flee, but was also caught back by the Magic Vine.

These people were all captured by Ye Liuyun in one sweep; Huzi and the other three Martial Cultivators became his prisoners.

Ye Liuyun wanted to capture more Black Kill members to complete his mission of killing Cao Yun Tian, and he needed their help.

Ye Liuyun also questioned the leader Huzi about a lot of information concerning Cao Qingyun.

"Cao Qingyun is indeed a long-standing local power."

"However, he is rich and overbearing in his actions, which is why he has offended many people."

"But dealing with him is not easy either; he has many strong Martial Cultivators around him, and his relations with the City Lord's Manor and the garrison are also fairly good."

"So nobody here dares to take on the task of dealing with him."

Huzi told Ye Liuyun.

"There will always be a way!"

Ye Liuyun had them stay here and hurry to heal their wounds.

He then put away the Magic Vine and walked toward the outside of the valley.

Gu Xing and Shan He had not shown up for so long; Ye Liuyun guessed that the two of them were probably ambushing at the valley mouth, waiting to ambush the assassins coming out.

The concealment of these two people is indeed also relatively hard to detect.

When Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil discovered their hiding place, they also saw Ye Liuyun.

The Mountain Opener's eyes widened greatly, feeling somewhat unbelievable.

The first one to come out was actually Ye Liuyun.