Chapter 2492: Ulterior Motives

Ye Liuyun suddenly realized.

He had never been sure which side Xiao Muan was on, but now he could finally confirm it.

"No wonder he could get news from either side!"

His clone also sighed.

At this moment, Xiao Muan also discovered that a martial cultivator had been controlled, and he immediately ordered the other martial cultivators to retreat.

"Everyone has run away!"

His clone reminded Ye Liuyun.

"Chase, catch one if you can!"

Ye Liuyun and his clone immediately gave chase and captured another strong one back.

"There's still one who didn't leave!"

The two of them immediately discovered that there was still one person who hadn't fled.

When they got close, they discovered again that this time it was a Black Kill member.

The vigilance of the Black Kill members was obviously much higher than that of the royal family's strong ones.

With Ye Liuyun and his clone's spatial power, as they approached him, it aroused his alertness, and he immediately looked toward their hidden positions.

"Attack!"

Ye Liuyun and his clone attacked simultaneously.

Even though that Black Kill member had some precautions, he was still no match for the spiritual soul attack.

However, inside his sea of consciousness there was actually a flame guard, obviously he had also specially trained some soul techniques to defend against spiritual soul attacks.

Unfortunately, Ye Liuyun and his clone also had flames, and they were Nether Ghost Fire.

The flame inside that martial cultivator's sea of consciousness could not harm Ye Liuyun at all, and in the end Ye Liuyun implanted a slave seal on him.

After they succeeded, they immediately placed the person into the Space World.

Ye Liuyun also had his Black Kill members and the royal family's strong ones change into soldiers' uniforms, to make it easier to identify them in battle.

Moreover, the more than seventy martial cultivators captured by Ye Liuyun also changed into soldiers' uniforms.

He has captured too many people now; even he can't remember them all, fearing that mistakes might occur when he acts.

Not only does he himself not remember, but others also need to use divine sense to communicate in order to confirm whether they are allies.

This is extremely dangerous in a showdown between experts.

A slight hesitation could possibly bring about a fatal disaster.

After arranging these people, Ye Liuyun also had the Magic Vine go underground to set an ambush, and gave him a storage ring so that he could collect the divine crystals when the time came.

He and his clone also summed up the experience, feeling that in the future they really shouldn't attack someone else's sea of consciousness alone.

These experts are not simple either; it's easy to set traps in the sea of consciousness.

Meanwhile, after losing two martial cultivators on Xiao Muan's side, he discovered that Ye Liuyun did not question him, and thought perhaps it was the Black Kill's doing.

He also contacted Ye Liuyun to test him: "The time to meet is coming up soon; nothing has changed on your side, right?"

"I'm about to go get the crystal stones for you!"

Ye Liuyun secretly laughed and just said: "Of course nothing has changed."

"When you arrive, you must display the divine crystals."

"If I don't see the divine crystals, I certainly won't show up."

Xiao Muan, upon hearing this, secretly cursed Ye Liuyun, but then immediately said: "With so many divine crystals, if I display them, how many guards do I need to bring?"

"Bringing a few more is fine."

"Anyway, since I won't see the divine crystals, I dare not trust you!"

Ye Liuyun said deliberately.

He understood that Xiao Muan's martial cultivators, whom he had ambushed in advance, had been exposed; surely he wanted to change tactics and bring people along with him.

Whether he brings them with him or has them lie in ambush beforehand, Ye Liuyun doesn't care.

He wants to capture as many prisoners as possible for his own use.

"Alright!"

Xiao Muan also pretended to be troubled and agreed.

Then he summoned those martial cultivators back, had them disguise themselves as guards, and openly went with him to capture Ye Liuyun.

He also wasn't without suspicion of Yi Liuyun.

But as long as Ye Liuyun can go, Black Kill will take action.

He was more interested in the power to annihilate Black Kill than Ye Liuyun was.

So even if those two people were captured by Ye Liuyun, he didn't really care.

With thirty strong martial cultivators and a hundred-thousand-strong army, he didn't believe he couldn't take down those Black Kill experts.

One day before the appointed time, Silent Kill again sent Ye Liuyun a message, saying that their other Black Kill members had also set out, and there were not nine but nineteen of them.

Those Black Kill experts came to the ambush area that night and concealed their figures.

Some hid underground, some hid in the trees.

If it weren't for Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil, they would be hard to detect.

Some of their concealment techniques were so superb that even Ye Liuyun dared not confirm their exact positions.

Moreover, these assassins were all very vigilant, and Ye Liuyun also dared not approach them lightly.

So throughout that night, he and his clone acted cautiously and managed to capture only six Black Kill assassins.

"These assassins are too tough to deal with; let's wait for the remaining ones to show themselves!"

Ye Liuyun and his clone were busy all night, and they were exhausted to the point of being irritable.

They now have sixteen experts, which is not few.

Then both of them put on double-layer soft armor and made ample preparations.

When the time came the next day, a small flying boat sped into the encirclement; Xiao Muan led thirty-eight strong guards, concealed his cultivation realm, and disembarked from the flying boat.

After coming out, he arranged the divine crystals in piles, letting the guards keep watch.

At the same time, Liu Kui also led two hundred thousand troops from Xingkong, rushing to the skies above this region.

But upon seeing that squad of hawks, he immediately ordered the troops to halt and promptly reported to Xiao Muan.

"It's just a squad of hawks; you don't need to worry! If you don't move, they won't attack you!"

Xiao Muan told Liu Kui: "Rest assured, once I capture him, no matter how many troops he has, they'll be useless."

Xiao Muan felt that as long as he could seize the opportunity immediately and control Ye Liuyun, those soldiers of his wouldn't be able to play much of a role.

"Alright then!"

Liu Kui verbally agreed, but still cautiously kept the fleet at a certain distance from the hawks, avoiding provocation.

Ye Liuyun also received the news, merely notifying the hawks to keep their distance.

Bearded, Lone Star, and others also informed Ye Liuyun: "The teleportation formations in nearby cities have all been shut down, the garrison has all taken up positions on the city walls, standing ready."

"Hmm, I got it!"

After Ye Liuyun acknowledged, he released the nine-headed magic dragon, then took off his invisibility cloak and rode upon the dragon.

His clone, meanwhile, was seized in the dragon's claws and swiftly flew toward Xiao Muan.

As soon as the nine-headed magic dragon and Ye Liuyun appeared, Xiao Muan finally relaxed.

Meanwhile, the Black Kill assassins immediately had someone rush forward to attack Ye Liuyun.

"Stop them!"

Xiao Muan also immediately directed his men to intercept the assassins, allowing Ye Liuyun to smoothly arrive above the divine crystals.

Ye Liuyun glanced at Xiao Muan and couldn't help but inwardly admire: "Turns out he's a soul cultivator, and his soul power is quite strong!"

Xiao Muan's soul power is considerably stronger than those elders of Black Kill; it's clear he has put much effort into it and concealed it well.

Ye Liuyun jumped off the nine-headed magic dragon, letting it land on the pile of crystal stones, then he flung the foreign tribe's massive warship aside for Xiao Muan to inspect.

The enormous warship immediately blocked many assassins, making it somewhat difficult for them to approach Ye Liuyun.

"Inspect the goods!"

Ye Liuyun said, and began to collect the divine crystals into his own space world.

Xiao Muan also didn't bother to inspect it; instead, he directly began refining that warship and stored it away.