Chapter 3153: Mutual Exploitation

Jiang Yunmu also had no evidence, and capturing Jiang Yunmo was utterly impossible.

However, he this time also suffered injury to his foundation, and his resources suffered huge losses.

But he is now the army leader, cannot easily return to the dynasty, so he can only send his trusted aides to the dynasty for help, leading troops to rush to the Tianmen Star System.

At the same time, Third Prince Jiang Yunyang also sent a leader from his entourage, bringing some soldiers back secretly, preparing to deal with Jiang Yunmo.

His losses were greater than Jiang Yunmu's, and the forces under his command were almost completely wiped out by Jiang Yunmo. Therefore he will certainly send people to deal with Jiang Yunmo.

Yet the moves of Jiang Yunyang and Jiang Yunmu were not hidden from Jiang Yunmo; as soon as their people acted, Jiang Yunmo received the news.

"You really are capable! Both of them have moved……" The transmission talisman in Jiang Yunmo's hand again transmitted the voice of Great Prince Jiang Yuntian, telling Jiang Yunmo everything that Jiang Yunyang and Jiang Yunmu intended to do.

"Thanks, elder brother!"

Jiang Yunmo thanked Jiang Yuntian, and a smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

After Jiang Yunmo returned, he confronted Jiang Yunyang; the Great Prince Jiang Yunyang then contacted her. She also agreed to help Great Prince Jiang Yuntian eliminate opponents, but demanded payment, and Great Prince Jiang Yuntian readily agreed.

The two of them were also mutually exploiting each other, hitting it off immediately. In fact, much of the information Jiang Yunmo gave Ye Liuyun was supplied by Jiang Yuntian.

Jiang Yunmo immediately took out the transmission talisman again to inform Ye Liuyun, so that he wouldn't be surrounded by the people Jiang Yunmu sent; he also needed Ye Liuyun to help intercept Jiang Yunyang's subordinates.

"Jiang Yunyang sent back over two hundred Ninefold Strong?"

After receiving Jiang Yunmo's message, Ye Liuyun was also somewhat surprised, not expecting Jiang Yunyang to dispatch so many people back. As for the Dynasty Army sent by Jiang Yunmu, he had no intention of confronting them head‑on; he would surely leave the Tianmen Star System before they arrived.

"Yeah! I've basically cleared out his influence in the dynasty; he's now bent on fighting me to the death!" Jiang Yunmo laughed while sending a transmission to Ye Liuyun, his words showing no worry. kΑnshu5. ξa

"Alright, I'll think of a way; when they're about to return, I'll go intercept them. I might not be able to stop them all, so you'd better be extra careful." Ye Liuyun also agreed, though he didn't say it so definitely.

"Can you deal with them?" Jiang Yunmo asked probing. She also wanted to know just how strong Ye Liuyun's strength really was. kanδんu5.

Ye Liuyun certainly wouldn't tell her his strength; he only said, "My strength is definitely not enough! I'll use people as pads—I've recently captured quite a few prisoners."

"Alright then, I'll also try to gather as many people as I can!" Jiang Yunmo also thought Ye Liuyun's strength wouldn't be too strong. At least to deal with two hundred Ninefold Strong, he would certainly need to use people as pads.

She thought this outcome was not bad; she would use these princes and Ye Liuyun to mutual advantage, letting them weaken each other, while she herself would suffer little loss.

After Ye Liuyun put away the transmission talisman, he thought it over, then summoned the two Imperial Guard leaders to question: "Jiang Yunmu had people bring ten thousand Imperial Guard as reinforcements. Among those ten thousand Imperial Guard, how many are Ninefold Strong?"

"In a regular ten‑thousand Imperial Guard, there are at least a thousand Ninth Realm strong ones." An Imperial Guard leader replied.

"Do all the Imperial Guard have contracts in their seas of consciousness?" Ye Liuyun asked again.

"In the leaders' seas of consciousness there are loyalty contracts sworn to the dynasty, while the soldiers' seas of consciousness hold contracts with their leaders." The two Imperial Guard leaders also explained to Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun nodded. If that's the case, he only needs to control or kill the leaders of this Imperial Guard unit, and then he can arbitrarily seize those soldiers.

However, the Imperial Guard leaders certainly possess treasures that defend against spiritual soul attacks, and there may also be defensive measures in their seas of consciousness; trying to capture them alive would certainly be difficult, whereas killing them outright would be much easier.

Ye Liuyun thought it over and immediately decided to stay and capture some Ninefold Strong from the Imperial Guard.

This time the distance is far, the Imperial Guard will take a long time to arrive; after Ye Liuyun waited for the monster beasts and everyone to recover, he immediately released them again to continue sweeping the entire planet.

The two demon race legions move fast; they first sweep clean the whole planet, then rush straight to the next, letting their avatars take the planet. Ye Liuyun's side has few hands and is somewhat slower, but before the dynasty's Imperial Guard arrives, he also takes the planet for himself.

Afterwards, he recalled all his forces, then changed his appearance, hiding among the local martial cultivators, awaiting the arrival of the Imperial Guard.

After Jiang Yunmu's subordinates and the Imperial Guard arrived, they also didn't expect Ye Liuyun to still be hidden here. They had grown accustomed to the habit, thinking Ye Liuyun had left after fighting, and they were merely coming to handle follow‑up matters, incidentally also able to scoop up some benefits.

So after they arrived, they scattered in succession, going to various planets to check the situation; actually they also intended to reap some resources amid the chaos. Only Jiang Yunmu's close aides organized inquiries to nearby planets' people, seeking clues.

Those two Imperial Guard leaders also split up, each leading a hundred Ninefold Strong, visiting each planet's chamber of commerce to seek information.

When Ye Liuyun saw they had all dispersed, he let his two avatars each go deal with the two Imperial Guard leaders, while he himself went to deal with Jiang Yunmu's subordinates.

The people Jiang Yunmu sent were not few either; at their head was a royal family Elder, leading thirty Ninefold Strong and nearly a hundred Eightfold Martial Cultivators.

Ye Liuyun stared at them, waiting for his two avatars to get into position, then simultaneously used Time Power to act. Both avatars directly killed the two leaders, while Ye Liuyun released his soul, rushing into the old man's sea of consciousness.

That old man wore no defensive artifact, so Ye Yunmo's actions were also very cautious; after entering his sea of consciousness, he discovered that besides a poisonous soul flower, there was also a great bell defense, enveloping the soul.

Ye Liuyun directly operated the Nether Ghost Fire to burn that great bell. His current Nether Ghost Fire, its fire spirit has already become strong enough to directly fight a late‑stage Eightfold Martial Cultivator.

As soon as Ye Liuyun let it act, the fire spirit of the Nether Ghost Fire leapt out, converging on a point to burn the great bell; before long it burned a large hole in the bell, exposing the two stationary souls inside.

Ye Liuyun directly implanted slave seals on them, erasing the contracts they had previously signed, and through soul search learned the old man's origins.

This old man was a guardian strongman arranged by the royal family for Jiang Yunmu; the contract in his sea of consciousness was also a master‑servant contract signed with Jiang Yunmu.

During Jiang Yunmu's expedition, this old man managed the dynasty's various subordinate forces on his behalf, and knew Jiang Yunmu's strength very well. With this old man, dealing with Jiang Yunmu would be very easy for him.

Therefore he did not kill this old man; indeed he even wanted to use this old man to make contact with Jiang Yunmu.

He also knew he and Jiang Yunmo were mutually exploiting each other, so he simply decided to cooperate with several more princes, exploiting them all.

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