Chapter 2794: Show Mercy

"Up!" Ye Liuyun cues the Sevenfold Sovereign bandit.

The bandit immediately drew a long spear and thrust it at Long Nv's back. He thought Long Nv had been fighting for ages and must be exhausted, so he could take advantage.

Long Nv flashed forward, but was a bit slow; a few of her dragon scales were ripped off by the spear. Ye Liuyun watched with pain in his heart, yet held his tongue.

Long Nv let out another long howl in the air and snapped her dragon claws. The bandit flicked his spear, stabbing toward the palm of her claw, trying to force her to withdraw her attack.

However, Long Nv was now fighting madly and didn't fear injury at all. Facing his spear, she lunged with a claw, the spear pierced straight through the claw, yet Long Nv's claw also seized the Martial Cultivator tightly and ripped him apart.

The Martial Cultivator hadn't expected such a self‑destructive tactic, so his guard was insufficient and he died on the spot.

At this moment Ye Liuyun's Soul was also ready to act. In fact, letting Long Nv practice with the Raging Dragon Technique was secondary; he wanted to see whether Long Nv could now control herself. That way, in future battles, if Long Nv encounters danger and triggers the Raging Dragon Technique, he will know how to handle it.

Long Nv at this moment bit the spear tip, pulled the long spear out, and flung it away. When the spear was withdrawn, dragon blood spurted out, spraying outward. Yet she felt no pain at all, let out a long howl, and continued, her eyes blood‑red, searching for the enemy.

But suddenly she seemed to realize she had no enemies. She glanced toward Ye Liuyun and became much clearer. She looked at the bandits, hesitated a bit, but still used her Soul to suppress the frenzy impulse.

She lingered in the air, let out two long howls to vent her frustration, then gradually calmed down. After a while she transformed back into human form and descended, but her body was already very weak, and even standing up took great effort.

Ye Liuyun rushed over, cradled her in his arms, and fed her a few drops of Life Spring Water.

"Not bad! Controlled and released freely, you've already improved a lot!" Ye Liuyun praised her, stroked her hair to comfort her for a while, then handed her to a duplicate to take back to the Space World so she could recover.

The three Black Tortoise Monster Beasts did not act. Because they excel at invisibility, they are unsuitable for combat in this situation.

If they were to stealthily assassinate the Sixfold Sovereign bandits, they would go unnoticed. Even assassinating the Sevenfold Sovereign ones would be no problem.

Next, since there was no Sevenfold Sovereign around Ye Liuyun, it was Vermilion Bird's turn.

Vermilion Bird's opponent was only one: the bandit leader opposite.

"Come out!" Vermilion Bird indeed called his name directly.

Vermilion Bird's combat power was actually not strong; its realm had just stabilized above the Eighth Sovereign. Moreover, its attack method was rather simple—flame. Once someone could suppress its flame, it would be left with only the Spiritual Soul Attack.

The bandit leader had long been mentally prepared, so he immediately stepped forward, focusing his spirit for battle. His combat power was actually decent; after all, he had spent years licking blood at the knife's edge, and without some skill he couldn't survive.

When they clashed, Ye Liuyun saw that the bandit leader had extremely rich combat experience. Each time he could dodge Vermilion Bird's flames, not rushing to attack, but waiting for the right moment.

Each time he struck, he needed Vermilion Bird to borrow the Space World's power to evade or defend; otherwise he would be wounded by him.

Vermilion Bird's temperament, however, was far more impatient than his. After fighting for a while and seeing he couldn't beat him, it ignited true fire, turning itself into a fireball that continuously slammed into the bandit leader.

In Ye Liuyun's view, up to now Vermilion Bird was already destined to lose. Now it was a question of whether Vermilion Bird would use a Spiritual Soul Attack to finish him off.

However, Vermilion Bird only wanted to spar with him, so it had no intention of unleashing Divine Soul Power.

And as Vermilion Bird's fireball surged toward the bandit leader again, just as its force peaked, the bandit leader flashed aside, and suddenly a long spear appeared in his hand, thrusting straight at Vermilion Bird's rear neck.

"Clang"—the long spear struck Vermilion Bird's rear neck but did not pierce through.

Ye Liuyun broke out in a cold sweat. Given the bandit's strength, he could have pierced Vermilion Bird with a single spear. Vermilion Bird relied on the Space World's power for defense, but the bandit's own power was not weak; if he borrowed a bit more of the Space World's power, that spear could take Vermilion Bird's life.

The bandit truly did show mercy. He was a real master. Don't think Ye Liuyun hadn't injured the bandits before; they were only wounded. If he really were to pierce Vermilion Bird—

and kill it, Ye Liuyun would definitely not hold back against him.

Around Ye Liuyun there was only this Eighth Sovereign monster beast; the others' realms were not high enough. And the five Ninth Sovereign Foreign Tribe members were only captured by Ye Liuyun, so they couldn't be counted as his companions.

Therefore he only pointed out briefly, hoping to leave himself a way out.

But Vermilion Bird, having been speared in the rear neck, clearly felt it could no longer retreat, and its whole body of flame reignited, ready to fight the bandit leader desperately.

"Enough! He's already shown mercy!" Ye Liuyun immediately said, telling Vermilion Bird not to go overboard.

Regardless of whether he was forced, the bandit spared Vermilion Bird's life, so Vermilion Bird didn't need to—

"He showed mercy?" Vermilion Bird, still unsure of what was happening, asked Ye Liuyun for confirmation.

Ye Liuyun explained it to him, and he finally realized that the spear wasn't because the bandit leader lacked—

"Alright then, I originally wanted to devour him. Then I'll spare him," Vermilion Bird said.

"However, your combat strength is indeed lacking; you really should train more!" Ye Liuyun also reminded Vermilion Bird.

"Hmm, I haven't been devouring Soul power lately; I'll wait until my strength catches up," Vermilion Bird also said, noting that relying on Soul power to boost strength might destabilize his realm.

"You rest aside!" Ye Liuyun told the bandit leader to also rest aside, and let Vermilion Bird go spar with a Seventh Sovereign, stronger bandit.

As a result, Vermilion Bird still couldn't defeat the opponent. What surprised Ye Liuyun was that this bandit, although among the stronger Seventh Sovereign, could still cross realms to fight Vermilion Bird, indicating his potential was not weak.

Moreover, Ye Liuyun noticed that the bandit leader transmitted a voice to him. So he clearly had the chance to annihilate Vermilion Bird; even if he couldn't kill him, he could severely wound him, yet he didn't act. The bandit seemed simple‑minded, probably a martial fanatic who obeyed the leader's words.

Ye Liuyun was also reluctant to kill him, so he finally called off the contest, letting Vermilion Bird return to properly cultivate True Essence, and letting the bandit stand aside.

At this moment, everyone around Ye Liuyun had finished fighting; Ye Liuyun recalled the remaining outsiders back to the Space World, leaving only the bandits and the five Ninth Sovereign Foreign Tribe members.