Chapter 2872: Golden Cicada Shedding the Shell

"So easily, why didn't he use the Soul-Settling Bell?"

Ye Liuyun felt puzzled, but he immediately rushed over and first placed a Slave Seal on Li Daoyuan's soul.

"Li Daoyuan's soul is actually this weak!" Ye Liuyun also felt a bit surprised.

"Master, we succeeded!" Lin Qing'ao said excitedly.

He had never seen how strong Li Daoyuan's soul could be, but now it seemed merely ordinary, no wonder he always relied on the Soul Defense Treasure.

"Huh?" Ye Liuyun casually glanced at Li Daoyuan with his Golden Pupil and suddenly noticed his realm was off; it was only the Unified One-Weight Realm.

He was about to employ the Soul Searching Technique on Li Daoyuan to find out what was up with his realm.

All of a sudden, a powerful aura erupted inside Li Daoyuan's Cultivation Room. As the aura spread, everyone present felt a shiver in their hearts.

"Not good! It's a duplicate!" Ye Liuyun instantly realized that the Li Daoyuan before him was fake.

On the other side, the duplicate immediately looked into the Cultivation Room with its Golden Pupil.

Li Daoyuan's true body was bursting out of the Cultivation Room!

The duplicate, without time to think, instantly released its soul into Li Daoyuan's Sea of Consciousness.

Within Li Daoyuan's Sea of Consciousness, there was a Wind-Thunder Fan. When the fan swung, a gale mixed with thunder struck the first soul that rushed in. Ye Liuyun's and the duplicate's souls were not afraid of the thunder power, but the gale, aimed specifically at souls, actually swept that soul out of the Sea of Consciousness.

The duplicate's second soul followed right behind, but found that Li Daoyuan's true soul was far stronger than the duplicate's; it was no match for it alone.

Moreover, Li Daoyuan's Physical Body had already started to strike at him. If his soul didn't return to the body, he feared his own Physical Body would be damaged.

Even if he activated Time Power, Ye Liuyun's true body was still some distance away, so their Time Powers couldn't connect. At most, he could use his two souls to snatch away one soul, then had to return to his body to defend against Li Daoyuan's attack.

If Li Daoyuan fled, he'd be left with only one soul power, making him even less safe. Should he encounter an enemy on the way, he could be easily killed. He wanted to capture a whole Li Daoyuan alive, not let him die.

So the duplicate

The remaining soul of the duplicate did not act, and Li Daoyuan was now only focused on defense; the fan swung again, flinging that duplicate's soul out once more.

The duplicate's two souls returned to its true body one after another, only to be instantly struck away by a palm from Li Daoyuan.

Ye Liuyun was at this moment commanding the stunned strongmen and guards to charge at Li Daoyuan. Li Daoyuan didn't linger with them, swatted a palm at several nearby guards, and then flew toward the Xingkong.

When his duplicate was attacked, he realized that Lin Qing'ao and those strongmen had betrayed him. He also immediately noticed that the Soul-Settling Bell had lost its effect, surely tampered with by someone.

Although he couldn't figure it out at first—he had only ever lent that Soul-Settling Bell to Li Xinran—he thought Lin Qing'ao might have used some trick to deceive Li Xinran.

Without time to think further, he put away the Soul-Settling Bell, replaced it with the Wind-Thunder Fan for defense, and then prepared to leave the area first, to assess the situation later.

Since Lin Qing'ao and those strongmen had betrayed him, they naturally had a way to subdue those guards. So he had already guessed that the guards were also being controlled. Biquku

He also wanted to take Li Xinran away. But as soon as he stepped out, a duplicate disguised as a guard launched an attack on him, and the other strongmen and guards in the mansion also rushed at him.

So he instantly realized that if he didn't leave now, not only could he not rescue Li Xinran, but he himself would be caught. Perhaps there were traps waiting for him at Li Xinran's location. Thus he stopped hesitating, leapt away, planning to turn back later to find a way to save Li Xinran.

Ye Liuyun's duplicate had endured the Blade Wind and Sword Rain body refinement, and its Physical Body managed to withstand his strike. But there was no time to coordinate another attack with Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun, together with all the strongmen, pursued him. Yet Li Daoyuan's high realm and speed meant they couldn't catch up. He had no choice but to lead the group back and later devise a way to deal with Li Daoyuan.

Upon returning, he released several Formation Masters and began setting up Defense Arrays to prevent Li Daoyuan from suddenly slashing back.

Lin Qing'ao was completely stunned. He hadn't expected this could let Li Daoyuan escape. Moreover, he worried that Ye Liuyun might blame him, even though Li Daoyuan had a

duplicate, which he didn't even know about.

Ye Liuyun, through the Slave Seal, learned that he hadn't deliberately concealed anything nor blamed him; instead, he had him and Pang Yuan hand over all Unified Realm strongmen, which Ye Liuyun would collect into the Space World.

He was worried that Li Daoyuan would return for revenge; if those two were killed by Li Daoyuan, the strongmen inside would die in vain.

Pang Yuan didn't think much and immediately handed the people over. Lin Qing'ao, after releasing the people, immediately knelt before Ye Liuyun, begging for mercy. He thought Ye Liuyun was about to kill him.

Ye Liuyun had no choice but to explain to him, urging him to quickly devise a way to deal with Li Daoyuan. At the same time, he ordered the duplicate to also collect Li Daoyuan's duplicate into the Space World, preventing Li Daoyuan from locating his own duplicate.

After receiving the news, Li Xinran also used the Slave Seal to ask Ye Liuyun about the situation and even contacted Li Daoyuan, but received no reply.

Ye Liuyun told her: "Your father used the duplicate Golden Cicada Shedding the Shell! Contacting him is useless; he can guess that you've already been controlled, so whatever you say, he won't believe it."

Ye Liuyun immediately rushed over, having Li Xinran gather Li Daoyuan's other family members into the Space World, then sent her to the Ancient Secret Realm to refine her body.

The duplicate, after emptying the Li Family Treasure Vault, went to Li Daoyuan's Cultivation Room for a check and found some resources left, likely because Li Daoyuan left in a hurry and didn't have time to retrieve them.

The Li Family's guards, Ye Tiandao also sent into the Space World per Ye Liuyun's orders. Now these people are of little use; keeping them would only hinder, as they couldn't defeat Li Daoyuan.

All other miscellaneous people were expelled from the Li Mansion. The entire Li Mansion fell silent, leaving only Lin Qing'ao, Pang Yuan, and fifty Unified Realm strongmen.

Ye Liuyun released several more Formation Masters, setting up layer upon layer of Defense Arrays inside the mansion to first ensure Lin Qing'ao and the others' safety.

At that moment, a Refining Artificer named Lin Huo, previously captured by Ye Liuyun, suddenly received a Transmission Voice from Li Daoyuan and immediately informed Ye Liuyun.

It turned out Li Daoyuan wanted him to repair the Soul-Settling Bell. The Bell's defensive capability is far stronger than his Wind-Thunder Fan, and it was originally forged by Lin Huo. He just didn't know that Lin Huo had long been controlled by Ye Liuyun.