Chapter 2491: Big Moves Ahead

Xiao Muan silently thought for a long while, and finally made a decision, taking out a Transmission Talisman to contact Xiao Qiwu.

He told Xiao Qiwu: "I want to do a deal with Ye Liuyun; later we'll set up an anti‑air Formation at the transaction site.

You can send assassins to take him down in one stroke."

"Alright!"

Xiao Qiwu readily agreed.

Later, Xiao Muan went to the Royal Palace and reported to Xiao Qitian: "Ye Liuyun has contacted the son‑minister, wanting to sell the Foreign Tribe's massive Warship.

I think we can set up a large anti‑air Formation at the transaction site to prevent his escape and capture him in one go.

If Black Kill tries to loot the fire, we can wipe out Black Kill as well.

But we must keep it secret; if word gets out and Ye Liuyun takes precautions, we'll be the unlucky ones.

Xiao Qitian, hearing this, was pleased and immediately agreed: "If you pull this off, Father King will certainly not treat you poorly.

Now is the crucial moment in our struggle with Black Kill; if we obtain Ye Liuyun's equipment, even if Xiao Qiwu has troops in his hand, we won't fear them!"

I'll have Liu Kui personally lead his personal army to encircle them.

The specific arrangements and personnel needed are up to you to mobilize.

You should contact Leader Liu Kui directly!

"Yes!"

Xiao Muan answered affirmatively and retreated satisfied.

Then he immediately contacted Ye Liuyun, claiming a need to inspect the goods and demanding an in‑person transaction.

Upon hearing his request, Ye Liuyun's lips curled, and he said at once: "An in‑person deal is too risky for me.

Pay a thirty‑percent deposit first, and bring over thirty Divine Crystal Veins."

"When have you ever paid before seeing the goods?

One hand pays, the other hand delivers—that's honest to old and young!"

Xiao Muan retorted.

"Then I won't sell!"

After saying that, Ye Liuyun took the Transmission Talisman and ignored Xiao Muan.

Xiao Muan thought it over, figured that giving it to him would eventually end up in their hands anyway, and agreed outright.

Using a Teleportation Array Disc, he sent the crystal stones of thirty Divine Crystal Veins to Ye Liuyun.

One Divine Crystal Vein contains at least tens of trillions of Divine Crystals, so Ye Liuyun harvested a lot from this.

Even if the remaining money isn't received, he doesn't consider it a loss.

"Xiao Muan really is willing to spend a fortune; looks like this time there will be a big move!"

His duplicate, standing beside Ye Liuyun, said.

"Indeed, this time we're aiming for a huge profit! Since they don't mind the Foreign Tribe's threat, we'll first amass enough resources!"

Ye Liuyun knows it's a scam, yet he still wants to try.

He and his duplicate immediately divided tasks, using a Black Tower teleportation to discard all the Black Kill followers.

First, they'll bring Yu Xiaofeng and the Demon Race army led by Tiger King to their side.

Then, Ye Liuyun, accompanied by Qiong Qi and other Formation Masters, went to the agreed location to set up arrangements, while his duplicate monitored the situation from Xingkong.

Mo Sha also informed Ye Liuyun that Black Kill has been making big moves, dispatching ten top assassins and Stewards at once.

Moreover, Mo Sha himself demanded to join.

The goal is to capture him during Ye Liuyun's transaction.

Ye Liuyun has his captured strongmen and the Sharp Knife Squad ready for battle.

He has seven strongmen capable of handling Black Kill's elite assassins; Xiao Qiwu delivered five, and he captured two himself.

Adding the Nine‑Headed Dragon and Magic Vine brings the total to nine.

Plus over seventy slightly weaker Martial Cultivators, which should be enough to deal with Black Kill's men.

The rest are left to the Sharp Knife Squad to handle.

If the Sharp Knife Squad can't cope, he has a thousand Wujia‑clad soldiers as a Trump Card.

These people have been secretly training, adapting to Wujia, and can now wield the power of a triple‑tiered Heavenly‑Human Martial Cultivator.

He also doubts Black Kill and the Holy Land Dynasty can field that many elites.

Hu Zi, Gu Xing and other Black Kill members have been scattered to surrounding cities to monitor the situation, just in case.

Meanwhile, Xiao Muan seized the chance to recruit a well‑known Formation Master who had never been under his control, tasking him with forging a large‑scale anti‑air artifact that can be released at any time.

That Formation Master forged an anti‑air Formation Flag.

Later, Xiao Muan locked him up on the grounds of preventing leaks and forced him to sign a Master‑Servant Contract.

Then he demanded twenty Martial Cultivator elites from the Holy King, also citing leak prevention, and forced each to sign a Master‑Servant Contract with him.

Xiao Muan also made a huge profit from this, greatly boosting his own strength.

However, he didn't only bring the twenty; he also sent more than twenty Martial Cultivator strongmen near him to set up ambushes around the area.

On the other hand, he also approached Liu Kui.

Liu Kui is too timid to act.

He can only have Liu Kui position his personal fleet outside Xingkong, ready with the Feiyan fleet for immediate sortie.

But Liu Kui, upon hearing that they need to deal with Ye Liuyun, doubted whether the plan would work.

He thinks that, based on Ye Liuyun's past behavior, he won't fall for it so easily.

"Don't worry, I've already set a Heaven‑and‑Earth net around Ye Liuyun; he can't escape!"

Xiao Muan said confidently.

Qiong Qi and the Formation Masters at this time also arranged Formations around their meeting spot, then immediately returned to Ye Liuyun's Space World.

These Formations have no attack, defense, or Illusion Array function; they can only detect whether anyone approaches.

They are used to learn the movements of ambushers nearby.

"Someone has set out first!"

Black Kill also sent news to Ye Liuyun.

"Since they're not coming together, we'll capture one by one!"

Ye Liuyun immediately contacted his duplicate: "Xingkong need not be guarded; we have the Demon Race and half-beast forces of 150,000 troops, enough to deal with them!"

"Alright! Leave a squad of Hawks here, and I'll go down to help you!"

The duplicate left a squad of Hawks nearby to patrol, to sound the alarm if they spot anything and not to engage in battle.

Then, Ye Liuyun, with his duplicate, concealed themselves nearby, waiting for Black Kill's assassins to arrive.

Soon, the Formations they had set up earlier gave feedback.

Ye Liuyun and his duplicate rushed over and found that it was not Black Kill's men, but Martial Cultivators sent by the royal court.

Immediately, all the Formations showed movement, all revealing that Martial Cultivators had arrived early to ambush.

Ye Liuyun and his duplicate checked and discovered that the first batch that arrived were all royal court Martial Cultivators.

"Capture one to test!"

Ye Liuyun and his duplicate immediately acted together, using a Spiritual Soul Attack to plant a Slave Seal on a Martial Cultivator.

Through Soul Search they learned that Xiao Muan had sent twenty people over.

"These Martial Cultivators are all Xiao Muan's men!"

Ye Liuyun, suspecting Xiao Muan's motives, continued to investigate Xiao Muan's past actions.

He discovered that Xiao Muan was both exploiting Black Kill and Holy King, stepping on two boats to strengthen his own power.

"I finally understand; this Xiao Muan wants to replace the Holy King himself!"