Chapter 2355: Almost Trapped

Ye Liuyun stayed at the inn, estimating that Hong Kun would send more people.

Sure enough, before long Hong Kun sent his chief steward over to negotiate with Ye Liuyun.

Hong Kun's chief steward was not young; as soon as he reached Ye Liuyun, he could see that the steward's Divine Soul Power was strong, far surpassing the previous experts.

However, his realm and Physical Body lagged a bit, clearly indicating the steward was a Soul Cultivator.

Ye Liuyun guessed that if negotiations failed, the steward would launch a Spiritual Soul Attack on him.

As for the inn's Administrator, after the steward threatened him by virtue of his rank, the Administrator certainly would not dare to speak out.

When the steward arrived, he did as before, sitting directly opposite Ye Liuyun and pulling out a Storage Ring to bribe him.

Ye Liuyun likewise, after taking the Storage Ring, told him to get lost.

"Young man! Doing this is courting death!"

The steward did not expect Ye Liuyun to be so arrogant.

"Heh, the people you sent before said the same! I'm not afraid of those experts, still afraid of you, old dog?"

"Go back and tell Hong Kun to clean his throat, and wait for me to cut him down!"

Ye Liuyun deliberately provoked the steward, prompting him to launch a Spiritual Soul Attack.

"Audacious! To dare call my lord's name directly! You, a silent nameless ant, opposing my lord, truly ignorant of the heavens and earth!"

The steward also tried to suppress Ye Liuyun using Hong Kun's authority.

"What is there not to dare? Hong Kun deliberately sabotaged the Marquis's grand competition; if this spreads, can he continue as his official?"

"I have both the culprit and the evidence; I'm not afraid of lacking proof."

Ye Liuyun didn't care about his threat at all; instead, he sought to provoke him into acting.

As a God King of a world, he knows exactly what these officials fear.

Now Ye Liuyun has not only captured their Martial Cultivators but also taken their Storage Rings—truly having both culprit and evidence.

If Ye Liuyun reported directly to Marquis Wanwei, it would be fine; the Marquis would just reprimand them and it would pass.

But if Ye Liuyun lets the news spread, Marquis Wanwei, to quell public criticism, might directly replace Hong Kun.

As Hong Kun's chief steward, he naturally understands the weight of Ye Liuyun's threat.

"Seems you are set on courting death!"

The steward said this and unleashed his Divine Soul into Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness, aiming to silently erase him.

But he immediately realized Ye Liuyun's power, being enveloped by the Golden Light of Ye Liuyun's Ten Thousand Gods Command.

Ye Liuyun thought it useless to keep him, so he directly devoured his Divine Soul Power and sealed the corpse into the Space World.

The inn's Administrator witnessed everything, trembling in fear, terrified that Ye Liuyun would kill him to silence him.

Ye Liuyun glanced at him, and the Administrator hurriedly begged for mercy, swearing he would never speak out and even offering to sign a Divine Soul Contract with Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun merely smiled, launched a Spiritual Soul Attack, erasing from his memory the entire segment from the butler's entry to his being killed.

Thus, Ye Liuyun continued to sit idly there, while the Administrator completely forgot that the butler had ever come.

At this point, it was Hong Kun's turn to worry.

The chief steward was his confidant, with a Divine Sense token left in the mansion.

When the steward died, he immediately received the news.

Sending more people, he feared they'd be individually cut down by Ye Liuyun.

Notifying the patrol squad, he also feared the matter would be exposed.

Thus he had to gather a team of Martial Cultivators from the mansion to first monitor the inn's activity, then kill the Song Girl at night.

"Just kill that girl outright, ignore the person beside her.

That person is hard to deal with."

He also instructed that team of Martial Cultivators.

Soon the Martial Cultivators arrived at the inn, surrounding it and watching Ye Liuyun and the Song Girl.

Ye Liuyun also noticed them, guessing they intended to act at night.

This suited him; his clone could kill Hong Kun at night with less resistance.

To avoid being trapped by the patrol, the clone's assassins needed a swift strike.

The fewer combatants beside Hong Kun, the easier it became for them to act.

After midnight that night, as the patrol's numbers and frequency dwindled, the Martial Cultivators encircling the inn switched into black robes and simultaneously bombarded the room where Ye Liuyun and the Song Girl resided.

The massive bombardment and True Essence ripples instantly drew the patrol's attention, all rushing here.

The rooms surrounding Ye Liuyun's quarters were blown apart, and those inside, unable to escape, were killed outright.

Only his and the Song Girl's room remained; though the room collapsed, it revealed an inner Formation.

"Act!"

Ye Liuyun used Transmission Voice to command the pre‑set Magic Vine, Illusion Hand, shadows and Black Tortoise, and he also employed a Spiritual Soul Attack against the Martial Cultivators outside.

At the same time, the clone's Black Kill assassins locked onto the target, ready to strike.

"Puff, puff, puff…"

Several Martial Cultivators instantly had a beast claw scoop out their hearts, while the Magic Vine immediately seized a Martial Cultivator, dragging him underground to devour him.

"Ah! What is that?"

A Martial Cultivator saw the Magic Vine but did not know what monster it was.

"Ambush!"

Another Martial Cultivator discovered that their people had been ambushed.

Ye Liuyun immediately seized control of a strong Martial Cultivator, making him attack those nearby.

Then he also took control of the Martial Cultivator who discovered the Magic Vine.

After the Magic Vine devoured a Martial Cultivator, it immediately ambushed another Martial Cultivator and dragged him underground.

When dealing with Martial Cultivators of the Supreme God Realm, he is more confident swallowing them one by one, but handling too many Martial Cultivators at once strains him.

After Illusion Hand and the others landed a successful strike, they continued to move against other Martial Cultivators.

"Bang!"

Another booming sound rang out as those Martial Cultivators jointly attacked the Formation.

Only this time they lost a few men, and the power was far weaker than the first.

The Formation's light flickered, and in the end it was not breached by them.

"Retreat!"

A Martial Cultivator shouted.

When they saw they couldn't break through, and that lingering would let the patrol team block them, they immediately wanted to withdraw.

With a "Snort" sound, the Martial Cultivator who had just called for retreat turned around, and his neck was slashed by Illusion Hand's sharp claws.

"Ah, ah… are you mad?"

Then a few cries of agony and exclamations followed.

The Magic Vine, several stealthy Black Tortoise Monster Beasts, and the Martial Cultivators controlled by Ye Liuyun all struck at them.

Only three Martial Cultivators scattered and fled.

"Illusion Hand, stay to collect the corpses; everyone else, follow me!"

Ye Liuyun immediately used Transmission Voice to pull the Magic Vine, Shadow, Black Tortoise and the others into the Space World, then pursued the three fleeing ones.

Illusion Hand instantly gathered the corpses and returned to the side of the Song Girl.

The Song Girl originally wanted to act, but Ye Liuyun didn't let her move recklessly, lest she get injured and affect tomorrow's competition.

The three who fled were quickly caught up by Ye Liuyun, and one was directly controlled by him.

Then he pulled the person into the Space World and chased after another one.

After catching up with this one, the other had already vanished.

He was too lazy to continue the chase and immediately returned to the inn.