Chapter 3171: Infiltrating the Warship

Ye Liuyun picked up a great bargain this time.

Previously, when he used time power once on the battlefield, he could capture one or two hundred of these strong cultivators, but it took considerable time to pry open their defense artifacts.

Now his soul attack faces no obstruction, its efficiency is two to three times higher than before. Moreover, by sending out both of his souls to act separately, the effect is even better.

With a single time freeze, he implanted slave seals on nearly six hundred strong cultivators and stored them in the Space World. With the remaining time, he used the Thousand Illusion Technique to transform into the likeness of a martial cultivator strong cultivator and sat in his original position.

Once his time power recovered, he acted like everyone else, putting on a bewildered look, with a clueless expression about what to do.

At this moment, the sentries had already sounded the alarm, guarding outside the large hole Ye Liuyun had shot. Several junior leaders gathered outside the senior leader's cabin to assess the situation and discuss how to respond.

Most soldiers remained in place, awaiting the leaders' notifications. The sentries had personally seen someone enter. But now not only had the attackers vanished, but many strong cultivators had disappeared as well.

Thus, the leaders gathered for discussion were all bewildered, and one leader immediately took out a transmission talisman to report the situation.

Ye Liuyun's divine sense probed clearly; that leader was reporting to Jiang Yuntian.

"Thanks to my guarding against him, otherwise I might have suffered a loss this time."

After receiving the message, Jiang Yuntian pondered briefly, then had the remaining leaders arrange to switch to another warship and return immediately.

From the white light piercing the warship and the disappearance of the martial cultivator strong cultivator, he had already guessed that Ye Liuyun had acted against him. Since Ye Liuyun had seen through him, there was no need to keep the soldiers there; staying would only make them Ye Liuyun's primary target.

He also immediately used a transmission talisman to explain to Ye Liuyun, saying his troops were merely preparing to replace Jiang Yunfei, not targeting Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun, however, simply did not receive his message at all.

"Want to run? No way!" Ye Liuyun thought with a dark chuckle.

There are still many strong cultivators here; he hasn't captured enough yet—how could he just let them go?

Soon, a leader released another warship, ordering the soldiers to transfer to it and return immediately.

Fifty thousand people, coming and going in layers to transfer to the warship, still required considerable time. Once these people had just settled in and the warship had just set sail, another four hundred plus Ninefold Strong cultivators suddenly vanished.

This time, even the leaders gathered together disappeared along with them.

Ye Liuyun's transmission talisman also began vibrating nonstop.

"Hmph, wanting to scheme against me—how could you do so without paying a price!"

Ye Liuyun didn't even need to look; he knew Jiang Yuntian was anxious, desperately trying to contact him.

Not long after, several strong cultivator soldiers inside the warship began wearing treasures that defend against spiritual soul attacks, and they conveyed Jiang Yuntian's order for everyone to equip such defensive treasures.

It is likely that Jiang Yuntian, unable to contact Ye Liuyun, used divine soul contracts to link with some strong cultivators, having them begin defensive preparations.

Ye Liuyun also followed suit, taking a defense-against-spiritual-soul-attack treasure from a recently captured strong cultivator, putting it on, and then continued to blend among the strong cultivators while restoring his time power.

Now those strong cultivators no longer have the mind to train; they are extending their divine sense outward to scout, fearing they might still be captured. Yet the warship's interior has been searched by them with divine sense several times over, and no outsider's trace was found.

Not long after, the few strong cultivators who had previously relayed Jiang Yuntian's order again conveyed his command, saying Ye Liuyun might alter his appearance and hide among them. Therefore, they intended to examine everyone's sea of consciousness to confirm that the strong cultivators here were all fine.

Seeing this, Ye Liuyun immediately used time power again, imprinting slave seals on those few strong cultivator soldiers who had been delivering the orders, so they would continue pretending to inspect.

Although these individuals all possessed soul defense treasures, to Ye Liuyun they merely required a bit more effort and a little extra time.

However, he also felt that Jiang Yuntian would soon discover that these few had been controlled. Now it remains to see how many of the remaining people are still directly controlled by Jiang Yuntian.

Not all strong cultivator soldiers are directly controlled by Jiang Yuntian.

Among those captured by Ye Liuyun, only a small portion are controlled by Jiang Yuntian—they are agents Jiang Yuntian planted in the army to monitor the leaders. However, they themselves do not know exactly how many people Jiang Yuntian directly controls.

Most people still have loyalty contracts signed with the leaders. Therefore, when the leaders die and Ye Liuyun captures them, their seas of consciousness no longer contain any contractual restrictions.

Soon, a few more strong cultivator soldiers stepped forward, claiming they were being controlled and that Ye Liuyun should be among them at this moment.

Those controlled by Ye Liuyun naturally would not admit it, and the two sides began mutually accusing each other.

The other soldiers were left bewildered, unsure which side was actually controlled and whom to support.

Those controlled by Jiang Yuntian still dared not act inside the warship, fearing they might destroy it and harm other soldiers.

Ye Liuyun, however, continued his moves, bringing those few under his control as well, making them pretend to keep arguing to draw everyone's attention.

Then another person stood up, saying these people were all being controlled.

The scene instantly descended into chaos.

Ye Liuyun then used time power again, bringing under control the newly stood-up person.

Most soldiers could only watch the spectacle, letting them argue among themselves; meanwhile, the number of people under Jiang Yuntian's control no longer held an advantage.

"This way, even if Jiang Yuntian still has people he can control, he wouldn't dare reveal them now. Even if someone else steps forward, others wouldn't believe it." Ye Liuyun thought to himself.

At this moment, Jiang Yuntian also worried: once his controlled people were exposed, Ye Liuyun would seize them; further controlled by Ye Liuyun, he would lose contact with this entire army.

At the same time, Ye Liuyun froze time, projected a soul to take control of the soldiers steering the warship, making them drive in large circles on the spot. The contractual bonds in these soldiers' seas of consciousness had already vanished, so likely no one would notice they were being controlled by Ye Liuyun.

Now the warship lacks a leader; the Ninefold Strong cultivator soldiers are anxious, with no one paying attention to the warship's course. Even if soldiers of other realms noticed, they would merely assume the warship was following Jiang Yuntian's orders and dare not inquire.

Not long after, the quarreling individuals, following Ye Liuyun's instructions, quieted down, feigning mutual surveillance while waiting for Jiang Yuntian's controlled persons to step forward again.

After a brief silence, someone stood up and directly relayed Jiang Yuntian's order for everyone to disperse and return to their own camps.

If so many people scattered, Ye Liuyun would find it hard to capture them one by one; indeed, that would be a good method.