Chapter 2382: Brilliant Performance

Yuan Hu looked at Ye Liuyun and personally assigned him a Martial Cultivator of the Super God Realm.

This Martial Cultivator's strength, among Super God Realm Martial Cultivators, was considered somewhat strong.

"Mm!"

Ye Liuyun finally nodded and drew his Demon Slaying Sword.

When that person entered the arena, Ye Liuyun immediately struck, slashing down with a single blow.

Then he followed with a palm strike, and Golden Pupil instantly unleashed Golden Crow Holy Fire and thunder‑and‑lightning power, launching a furious assault on the Martial Cultivator.

The Martial Cultivator had thought he still needed to wait for the referee to signal the start, so he was unprepared and was battered by Ye Liuyun's sudden onslaught, looking very disheveled.

"Stop! The referee hasn't called the start yet!"

The Martial Cultivator hurriedly shouted.

Ye Liuyun ignored him entirely, his attacks never ceasing.

When the Martial Cultivator opened his mouth, panic rose in his heart, and he could no longer block Ye Liuyun, who sliced him in half with a diagonal shoulder‑to‑back strike.

Ye Liuyun then coldly said, "I'm about to kill you, and you still wait for someone to call the start?"

"You fool!"

Yuan Hu remained expressionless and called up another Martial Cultivator.

"One more match!"

He said simply.

Ye Liuyun offered no rebuttal or question, and immediately drew the Demon Slaying Sword he had just sheathed.

This opponent was selected by Yuan Hu from the soldiers he had already screened, and his strength could be counted among the strongest of them.

Ye Liuyun estimated that his strength was already approaching the Heaven‑Human Second Tier.

Thus Ye Liuyun was even more cautious this time.

Having learned the previous lesson, that person, upon entering, immediately began a counter‑attack against Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun was slightly weaker in raw power, but he employed Primordial Spirit Secret Technique and Bloodline Power to suppress the opponent's strength, then wore him down until the opponent's True Essence was exhausted, at which point he suddenly used Spatial Power to slay him with a single slash.

After this battle, Yuan Hu immediately called another Martial Cultivator to continue fighting Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun actually understood that Yuan Hu was testing him.

If he were choosing, he would certainly select more than just strength.

As a soldier, fully obeying orders is also a necessary condition.

So Ye Liuyun did not object, and fought again with his sword.

Only this time, he produced a shield for defense, to avoid excessive consumption of his True Essence.

At this moment, Yuan Hu was quite satisfied with Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun, possessing Ninth Layer Late Stage strength, could challenge Super God Realm elites, and he obeyed the Leader's orders without hesitation; as long as there was a fight, he would find a way to fight.

During combat, he ignored rules and focused solely on eliminating the opponent.

He believed that such a person, embodying the principle that "soldiers need not shy from deceit," could definitely be cultivated as a Leader.

And Ye Liuyun's perseverance at this moment was also very arduous.

His Mysterious Origin inside him had been completely drained.

However, he did not use Storage Yuan Stone to replenish it.

If he kept replenishing, it would only boost his power a bit, with little real benefit.

He guessed that Yuan Hu was not calling a stop now just to watch his performance under pressure.

Thus he ceased replenishing Mysterious Origin and tried every means to stalemate the opponent.

But without Mysterious Origin, he naturally could not match the opponent in battle.

The opponent also saw his Mysterious Origin depleted, so he kept bombarding fiercely.

The powerful Zhen Yuan Gong Ji made Ye Liuyun's shield hard to hold.

So Ye Liuyun, thinking quickly, used his last bit of strength to fling the shield forward, blocking the opponent's attack, employing Spatial Overlap, and began a game of hide‑and‑seek with the Martial Cultivator.

While dodging, he used Primordial Spirit Secret Technique to replenish Mysterious Origin as much as possible.

The Martial Cultivator's Spatial Power was inferior to Ye Liuyun's, so he could never catch up, and his True Essence was heavily consumed.

Ye Liuyun accelerated his spirit absorption, and when he felt ready, suddenly counterattacked: first using flame and thunder‑and‑lightning power to exhaust the remaining True Essence, then channeling his accumulated True Essence together with Heaven and Earth Power, slashing at him with a single blade.

The Martial Cultivator realized he had been tricked, desperately burned his Core Pill, and struck Ye Liuyun with a palm.

"Boom!"

Ye Liuyun was blasted away by the palm, his body cracking, yet he gritted his teeth and stayed upright.

The Martial Cultivator, however, had already been split open by Ye Liuyun's slash.

In this battle, Ye Liuyun still won.

"Not bad! Shangwu, you passed."

"First serve as a junior Leader and see how you command troops!"

Yuan Hu only now spoke, ordering the soldiers to take Ye Liuyun down to rest.

"Thank you, Leader!"

Ye Liuyun forced himself to stand, bowed, and followed the soldiers out of the arena.

He walked while blood streamed from his body, leaving a trail on the ground.

But he still held on without collapsing.

Out of everyone's sight, he immediately took a drop of Life Spring Water to heal his wounds.

After he left, Yuan Hu nodded contentedly, a smile appearing on his face.

He had a premonition that this "Shangwu" was definitely material for a Leader.

He gave Liuyun a junior leader position only to test his ability to command troops.

"Phew! I almost lost my life!"

Liuyun also felt a surge of emotion inside.

"Leader Shang, this is your quarters!"

The soldier who led Liuyun also greatly admired him, so he spoke very politely.

"Thank you for your trouble!"

Liuyun thanked the soldier and went into the tent to recover.

With the help of the Life Spring Water, Liuyun fully recovered in a few days and went straight to report to Yuan Hu.

Yuan Hu had resources and armor distributed to Liuyun, and directly assigned him a hundred soldiers to train.

He also sent a junior leader with training experience to pass on training expertise to him.

But throughout the training process, that junior leader did not participate at all.

Liuyun realized this was a test of his ability to command troops.

But for Liuyun, this was incredibly easy.

Liuyun first selected soldiers.

These soldiers had already passed Yuan Hu's screening and were basically fine.

Thus Liuyun began training them from the formation.

"Why haven't we been issued armor!"

A soldier suddenly questioned Liuyun.

"Before speaking to a leader, ordinary soldiers must report! You are now soldiers, not ordinary martial cultivators."

"Once you join the army, you must obey its rules."

Liuyun reminded that soldier.

But that soldier completely didn't care, and continued to talk back to Liuyun, saying: "When we signed up, they said armor would be issued right away!"

Liuyun immediately flew into a rage, directly launching a spiritual soul attack to obliterate his soul!

"Once you're a soldier, you must obey the army's rules."

"When armor is issued, I decide! If anyone else breaks the rules, this will be their fate!"

Liuyun used spiritual soul pressure, sweeping over everyone before him, frightening the soldiers so they dared not even breathe.

Even before they arrived, they had heard that Liuyun's strength was great, so now they dared not provoke him at all.

Next, Liuyun systematically explained his rules to them.

"I have just explained the rules to you! If anyone violates them from now on, this will be their fate."

Liuyun said, then unleashed a bolt of Golden Crow Holy Fire, burning the corpse to ashes.