Chapter 2406: Assassination Failed

By the time Ye Liuyun, You Ming, and the others regrouped and rushed over, Xiao Muyu had almost taken over the entire tribe.

Let's wait a bit; although this tribe is weak, it can still wear down some of Xiao Muyu's men.

Ye Liuyun knew the High Priest still had a blood formation there that could kill many of Xiao Muyu's people, so he did not advocate attacking immediately.

You Ming, however, wanted to strike while there was chaos.

She thought the more chaotic it was, the easier to find an opportunity; once Xiao Muyu had taken over the whole tribe and stabilized the situation, it would be harder for them to act.

Ye Liuyun also thought her idea was not wrong, so he agreed to give it a try.

After all, in assassination, You Ming was still more professional than him.

They immediately divided the work: Yi Dao would launch the first attack, and You Ming the second wave.

Kuang Sha, Tian Yan, Ye Liuyun, and the three Black Kill assassins all served as support, covering their retreat.

Ye Liuyun, meanwhile, took the opportunity to release his clone and Illusion Hand, preparing them to help covertly.

Approaching the assassination target in daylight required them to have extremely strong concealment, inching closer to Xiao Muyu bit by bit.

At first, everything went smoothly for them.

You Ming and the others had already gotten very close, yet Xiao Muyu and the strong warriors beside him showed no reaction.

The soldiers were still killing tribesmen ahead; they had already entered the tribe, and many Martial Cultivators hid inside, preparing to ambush this large army.

But Ye Liuyun felt something was a bit odd.

The tribesmen his clone had seen earlier would never play at ambush.

Normally, upon spotting this squad of soldiers, they would simply charge forward and attack.

He immediately launched a Spiritual Soul Attack at a nearby native, only to discover that person had already been controlled by Xiao Muyu's people.

"Retreat quickly; these natives have all been controlled by Xiao Muyu and his men!"

Ye Liuyun immediately notified the others.

He never expected Xiao Muyu to actually use these natives to guard against their sneak attack.

But at this moment, You Ming and Yi Dao had already fallen among those natives.

The two were startled and immediately fell back.

"Haha, wanting to leave? Too late!"

At that moment, Xiao Muyu also turned around and looked toward their direction.

Ye Liuyun and the others immediately struck at the nearby natives, but the strong warriors beside Xiao Muyu also rushed over, surrounding them.

"You retreat; don't worry about us!"

You Ming realized they couldn't escape, and told Ye Liuyun and the others behind to withdraw first—getting away even one person was better than none.

Ye Liuyun, Kuang Sha, and Tian Yan also knew that persisting would only end with them all being surrounded, so they immediately withdrew.

"Stop them!"

Ye Liuyun immediately had the three assassins he had captured act to block those strong warriors.

He then took Kuang Sha and Tian Yan and ran quickly toward the distant Mi Lin.

The clone and Illusion Hand hiding at the rear held their breath and focused, remaining motionless against the wall.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Several booms rang out; the strong warriors beside Xiao Muyu all struck out, killing the three assassins Ye Liuyun had brought on the spot, and You Ming and Yi Dao were also badly wounded and collapsed.

"Don't pursue them, lest you fall into their trap again!"

Xiao Muyu also immediately recalled the Martial Cultivators who were about to chase Ye Liuyun, preventing them from giving chase.

"First seize these people; I'll deal with them later!"

After giving that order, Xiao Muyu continued leading people to exterminate the natives.

After Ye Liuyun, Kuang Sha, and Tian Yan ran into Mi Lin and saw no one pursuing, he had the two wait in the forest, not to go throw away their lives.

"I'll go rescue You Ming and Yi Dao; you two hide well."

Having said that, Ye Liuyun returned again, donned the Invisibility Cloak, and approached Xiao Muyu.

At this point, Xiao Muyu couldn't even attend to those assassins; the extermination of the natives was nearly over.

He was now very close to the Altar.

The natives they had captured kept increasing, and the natives had lost any ability to resist.

Even if more Martial Cultivators rushed over, they could not escape the fate of being killed.

You Ming and Yi Dao were both knocked unconscious, seized by two strong warriors and held aloft; even the clone dared not act rashly.

When Ye Liuyun arrived, he also found the situation extremely thorny.

"Wait until they reach the Altar, then act to rescue them."

Ye Liuyun and his clone prepared to use Technique, first storing the Illusion Hand in the Space World, then concealing themselves and following behind Xiao Muyu's troop.

At this moment, Xiao Muyu, through the controlled natives, learned that their holy object was an excellent cultivation resource, and thus was also leading people to attack the Altar.

When they reached the foot of the Altar, the Altar guards also rushed out; most were killed by the soldiers, and the guard leader Dachuan was captured and forced to sign a Master-Servant Contract.

Afterward, Xiao Muyu did not perform a Soul Search, but urgently had Dachuan open the Altar to release that stone slab.

In his view, the local tribe simply lacked the ability to set up formations or traps.

So he immediately led people onto the Altar, preparing to take the stone slab away.

"The show is about to begin!"

Ye Liuyun and his clone also began to slowly approach You Ming.

When Dachuan first activated the Altar, the Grand Blood Killing Formation that the High Priest had laid in advance also immediately began to activate.

Xiao Muyu and his men had slain so many local natives that blood flowed like rivers within the tribe.

Thus, when they arrived at the Altar, they also paid no heed to the bloodstains underground.

Moreover, the high priest's Blood Slaughter Grand Formation was indeed arranged very secretly, entirely drawn with fresh blood, and it completely surpassed normal people's common knowledge of formation deployment.

So the strong ones beside Xiao Muyu also didn't notice this Formation.

Only when the Formation was activated did they discover that this Blood Slaughter Grand Formation far exceeded their expectations.

Blood energy connected with the Altar's underground energy, instantly spreading out, and then countless warriors condensed from blood emerged to attack them.

"Huh?"

"How is it empty?"

Xiao Muyu then saw that the Altar's interior was actually empty, and they were also furious, feeling that they had been deceived again.

But what Xiao Muyu now needs to deal with first is still this Blood Slaughter Grand Formation.

The strong ones beside Xiao Muyu immediately rushed over to protect them.

Outside the Formation, Ye Liuyun and his clone also immediately took action.

The two strong ones who had captured You Ming and Yi Dao, as well as some soldiers, had not approached the Altar, so they were blocked outside by the Blood Slaughter Grand Formation.

Ye Liuyun and his clone immediately released two Techniques, killing those two strong ones, and then directly used Space Translocation to link the two corpses together with You Ming and Yi Dao, collecting them into the Space World for isolation.

Then Ye Liuyun released the seven strong ones he had just captured, as well as Illusion Hand and other Monster Beasts, and began to attack those soldiers.

Those few soldiers, in the hands of Ye Liuyun and his companions, immediately became weak, losing the momentum they had when slaughtering the natives.

Moreover, their True Essence was now scarce, and they were soon completely slaughtered.

Ye Liuyun also immediately cleared out everyone and the corpses, then withdrew calmly.

At that moment, the surrounding natives actually had not a single person come to help those soldiers.