Chapter 2353: Participating in the Competition

Ye Liuyun puts the armies around him into Xingkong to explore, rather than focusing on the Holy Land, because he thinks the Holy Land's strength is not something he can shake now.

It's better to send those armies out to let them train themselves; perhaps they can obtain more resources.

As for the Holy Land, he first borrows the identity of a Black Kill member, looking for opportunities to develop as much as possible.

After sending the armies away, Ye Liuyun uses the Black Tower to teleport back to Wanwei City of the Holy Land.

Afterwards, he contacts Qiong Qi and Mo Tianheng.

Mo Tianheng is still wandering around.

But Qiong Qi has already captured more than fifty technically strong alchemy artisans, pill makers, and Formation Masters.

Ye Liuyun immediately uses the Black Tower to teleport to Qiong Qi's side, retrieving those fifty‑plus Divine Masters back to the Space World, letting Tong Xin continue researching more new equipment with them.

Next, Qiong Qi continues to search for targets elsewhere.

He originally focuses on finding resources.

But after capturing a large number of Divine Masters this time, he finds that looting these people can provide enough resources.

So he plans to make a living from this, and has also subjugated many subordinates with strong Soul and power to help.

Ye Liuyun then returns to Wanwei City.

He wants the Song Girl to enter the selection competition; besides winning a prize, the main purpose is to infiltrate the Marquis's mansion, giving him a chance to approach Lord Wanwei and enter the Holy Land Dynasty's circle of power.

With some time before the competition, Ye Liuyun can focus on training the Song Girl.

His duplicate stays to guard the Black Kill mission.

Both he and his duplicate have not only refined the Foreign Tribe's three eyes, but also now have Divine Soul Power that has reached the Super God Realm, allowing them to better handle danger, so they can more boldly split up to carry out missions.

After splitting, he can pursue both fronts, advancing from both the Black Kill and Holy Land Dynasty forces simultaneously.

He also consulted the Song Girl's opinion.

The Song Girl is very eager, wanting to compare herself with people of this world and see if she can still improve her strength.

Ye Liuyun also trains the Song Girl; together with himself and all the Super God Realm strong ones around him, they spar with her, letting her try to deal with strong opponents of different specialties.

He even passed to her secret arts such as the Ten Thousand Poison Heart Sutra and the Soul‑Shaking Wave, to prevent her from being plotted against.

Although there may not be enough time for her to cultivate any results, it is sufficient to guard against others' tricks.

When the competition begins, Ye Liuyun stays with the Song Girl throughout, using his Golden Pupil to discern the advantages of some competing strong ones, then tells the Song Girl, letting her think of ways to counter them.

The Song Girl also successfully breaks into the top hundred, attracting attention from all sides.

Because she is young and strong, even Lord Wanwei holds high expectations for the Song Girl.

As the competition progresses, some major forces seeking good rankings begin to make subtle moves behind the scenes.

The duplicate, while with Black Kill, unexpectedly discovers a mission to assassinate the Song Girl.

Ye Liuyun protects the Song Girl; for three consecutive days she faces assassins, but since he is familiar with these assassins, each one he controls, and the Song Girl remains relatively safe.

Yet he worries that the bounty on the Song Girl will keep rising.

Sure enough, after three days, the bounty points on the Song Girl have already reached thirty.

Thirty points are enough to tempt many assassins.

Ye Liuyun also speculates who the mastermind behind the attacks on the Song Girl might be.

Unless this employer is eliminated, the assassination attempts on the Song Girl will not cease.

The competition the Song Girl is in is still ongoing; it has been narrowed down to only fifty participants.

Ye Liuyun also takes the opportunity to subdue many local Black Kill members.

Ye Liuyun analyzes that the Song Girl's real opponents number around ten.

But behind those ten, each is backed by a major force; he is not sure who ordered them, and cannot wipe out all the forces behind those ten.

Next, the bounty on the Song Girl rises to fifty points,

Ye Liuyun also discovers that some strong Martial Cultivators have set their sights on him.

However, he cannot immediately tell whether they are external Black Kill members or a major force that cannot wait to act directly against the Song Girl.

Because once the competition ends and the top ten spots are fixed, killing the Song Girl would no longer be meaningful.

Ye Liuyun and the Song Girl stay in an inn; the room has been set with a Formation by Liu Jing, who tells the Song Girl to stay inside and not go out, also deploying Illusion Hand to protect her.

He himself leaves the room, goes to the first floor, finds a dining table and sits, waiting for those strong ones to make a move.

Soon, three strong Martial Cultivators walk in, sit directly opposite Ye Liuyun and on his left and right sides, surrounding him.

The Martial Cultivator opposite him takes out a Storage Ring, throws it on the table, and threatens Ye Liuyun: "Withdraw from the competition, the resources in this Storage Ring are enough for you siblings to live a lifetime! Otherwise, you siblings won't survive tonight!"

Ye Liuyun calmly picks up the Storage Ring and looks; the contents are indeed plentiful, comparable to the top ten rewards.

He smiles faintly and puts the Storage Ring away.

These three Martial Cultivators thought Ye Liuyun had agreed, their faces lifting with contemptuous smiles.

But Ye Liuyun's single sentence instantly froze their smiles.

"I take the item, you all can scram!"

Ye Liuyun said with a laugh.

"Kid, you dare play us?"

The Martial Cultivator opposite him snarls at Ye Liuyun, gritting his teeth.

The three simultaneously release pressure, bearing down on Ye Liuyun.

"Just a few running dogs, still want to bite?"

Ye Liuyun says unflinchingly.

That Martial Cultivator suddenly has a True Essence eruption, wants to act, but is restrained by another Martial Cultivator nearby.

If they act in broad daylight, patrols will be attracted, exposing their actions.

Ye Liuyun also seized this point, which is why he appears especially relaxed.

"Young man, you will pay the price for your arrogance!"

The Martial Cultivator said, pulling the other two Martial Cultivators away.

But they didn't go far, and kept watching Ye Liuyun, apparently waiting until nightfall to act.

"Looks like they're from a major power! But these three Martial Cultivators are quite strong; I wonder if I'm their match!"

Ye Liuyun thought of this, and sent a clone to replace him in guarding the Song Girl, while he strolled toward the city outskirts.

These three Martial Cultivators' strength is a bit higher than that of ordinary Super Divine Realm Martial Cultivators, so he not only intends to subdue the three, but also wants to spar with them to see how his strength compares.

When the three saw Ye Liuyun leave the city, they knew he had lured them there, but, relying on their own strength, they followed out without hesitation.

Ye Liuyun, seeing they also left the city, then began to accelerate his escape.

He first used Spatial Power of overlapping space to race them.

These strong ones' Spatial Power was indeed not weak; with their realms they traversed the void, and Ye Liuyun didn't leave them far behind.