Chapter 2358: Uprooting the Grass

"Hong Kun, do you intend to break the competition rules?"

Marquis Wan Wei asked coldly.

"I… wouldn't dare!"

Hong Kun wanted to argue, but knew that nothing he said would help in this situation.

If he persisted, Marquis Wan Wei would have to act against him.

"Have the people with you step back at once!"

Marquis Wan Wei didn't want to make it hard for him, so he gave him a way out.

"Yes!"

Hong Kun immediately led the many Martial Cultivators to withdraw.

But as he left, he sent a Transmission Voice to Ye Liuyun: "You all wait for me!"

"You wait for me too!"

Ye Liuyun replied in kind, showing no fear.

The Song Girl returned to Ye Liuyun's side at that moment.

"That old immortal is threatening you again?"

She sent a Transmission Voice to Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun merely smiled: "Can he threaten me?"

He immediately used a Slave Seal to summon the assassin he had controlled before the match, to follow Hong Kun and monitor his movements.

That assassin was not taken by Ye Liuyun into the Space World at the time; instead, he was left outside to help keep watch over the crowd.

After Hong Kun led his people away from the arena, he also immediately stationed guards outside to watch Ye Liuyun's movements.

When the day's competition ended, only fifteen contestants remained.

The next round, three days later, would be a round‑robin: each person would fight the other fourteen, and based on each one's win‑loss record, the top ten would be selected and ranked.

Among those fourteen, the Song Girl had already faced five of them and had won each match decisively.

Thus the Song Girl's entry into the top ten was a foregone conclusion; now it was just a matter of what the final rankings would be.

"Shall we keep competing?"

Ye Liuyun asked the Song Girl for her opinion.

He was worried she might get injured in later matches.

"I think I can take first place!"

The Song Girl still wanted to give it a try.

"Alright!"

Then we'll come back in three days.

"Where shall we go now?"

The Song Girl asked Ye Liuyun.

"Leave the city; we must cut the grass at the roots! We need to give Hong Kun a chance for revenge!"

Ye Liuyun laughed.

So after the match, Ye Liuyun led the Song Girl straight out of the city.

He didn't mind the Martial Cultivators Hong Kun left behind to watch him.

He let them follow from behind.

He took the Song Girl to a stretch of Mi Lin, and ordered the Magic Vine, Illusion Hand, shadows and the Black Tortoise to lie in ambush, waiting for Hong Kun's men to take the bait.

He also had Liu Jing set up a Defense Array, just in case.

Sure enough, contrary to Ye Liuyun's expectations, shortly after, the assassin he had left to watch reported back: Hong Kun had rallied all the Martial Cultivators from his estate to the city outskirts, even those of the Seventh/Eighth Level Realm, totaling over five hundred.

Hong Kun also guessed that Ye Liuyun was deliberately luring him out for a showdown, but, counting on his numbers, he wasn't afraid of Ye Liuyun.

Even if Ye Liuyun had a few strong ones beside him, they certainly wouldn't match his forces.

Ye Liuyun immediately told the watching assassin to strike the remaining people at Hong Kun's estate at an opportune moment, so he wouldn't need to rendezvous with him.

He had more than ten divine‑realm elites in his hand, and the Duplicate Space World held about twenty assassins; that would be enough to handle the strong ones Hong Kun possessed.

As for the other Seventh/Eighth Level Realm Martial Cultivators, Ye Liuyun and the Monster Beast and Demon Beast in the Duplicate Space World hadn't fought in a long time, so they could use the chance to train.

Ye Liuyun told the Monster Beasts to prepare for battle.

The women in his Space World heard, and also wanted to go out to practice.

Ye Liuyun agreed, letting Lei Ming and Long Nv protect them.

Only the Song Girl was ordered by Ye Liuyun to stay within the Formation and not go out to fight.

He was worried an outside assassin might suddenly attack her.

Hong Kun marched over five hundred Martial Cultivators in a grand procession toward Ye Liuyun, brimming with confidence.

"Capture them alive; I will tear those two little brutes to pieces, avenging my son!"

Hong Kun also issued orders to the Martial Cultivators.

At this moment, Marquis Wan Wei also received the news.

After the competition ended, he sent someone to secretly follow the Song Girl, learning that Hong Kun would enact revenge.

He hadn't expected Hong Kun to be so desperate, pulling out all his assets.

If he tried to block him again, sending one or two people would clearly be insufficient.

But sending an army would be hard to justify to Hong Kun.

"Sigh, never mind, let them go! Since these siblings are drawing Hong Kun out, I'll just see what they're capable of!"

Marquis Wan Wei thought for a moment, then simply had someone observe from afar, without getting involved in their feud.

He felt that since Ye Liuyun and the Song Girl hadn't fled, they must have a plan.

If they were just brutes fighting head-on, dying would be dying, with nothing to regret.

Ye Liuyun's side was also making arrangements: "Magic Vine, your mission is to first take out Hong Kun; you must absolutely not let him escape."

He definitely has defensive armor on him; be extra careful.

After taking out Hong Kun, then go help others.

Illusion Hand, Shadow, and Black Tortoise, you three secretly protect those women.

Divine Realm experts go to deal with their experts; those of lower rank are left to the monster beasts.

Ye Liuyun released his Divine Sense, scanning the surrounding area, and discovered that besides Hong Kun's few scouts, there were also two other Martial Cultivators observing from a distance.

He didn't know their purpose, but when Hong Kun's main force arrived, he still attacked them with a Soul-Shock Wave, injuring their souls and causing them to flee.

Then he went to meet Hong Kun's force.

You brats, I'll make you brothers and sisters watch as I skin you alive and pull out your tendons.

Upon seeing Ye Liuyun, Hong Kun's eyes practically blazed with fury.

Ye Liuyun merely smiled lightly and released the Martial Cultivators of the Supreme Divine Realm beside him.

Trying to stop a cart with a mantis's arms—overestimating oneself.

Kill them all for me!

Seeing that Ye Liuyun had only a few people beside him, Hong Kun immediately felt relieved and ordered his men to charge forward together.

But Ye Liuyun then released a large number of monster beasts.

The Vermilion Bird transformed into a mass of flame, shooting straight at the crowd; Shi Yuan had three heads and six arms, wielding six supreme divine artifacts, while Ice Blue fired countless ice arrows.

Bai Hu then revealed its true form, leading a pack of white tigers and fierce beasts, its roar shaking the heavens as it charged at Hong Kun's people.

Ye Liuyun finally released the women beside him, then joined the battle himself.

His clone also brought some assassins to sneak attack from behind Hong Kun's forces.

He then released countless demon beasts, which also surged into the Martial Cultivators' ranks.

Shouts of killing shook the heavens from both sides, especially the beasts' roars, which were especially terrifying.

Hong Kun and his men never expected that Ye Liuyun actually carried so many fierce beasts with him.

They had thought they had the numerical advantage, but once his clone joined, they immediately became the weaker side.

Hong Kun now regretted deeply; if he had known Ye Liuyun's side had so many fierce beasts and demon beasts, he would have sought more help.

Even the number of Supreme Divine Realm experts on his side was insufficient.

His subordinates had already suffered many losses, with no time to recruit further, let alone seek aid from other major powers.

He never expected that the assassins who had previously attacked him were actually allied with Ye Liuyun.