Chapter 3197: Demanding Ransom

After Ye Liuyun annihilated the Imperial Guard's front troops, he directly led his black‑armored elite soldiers toward Jiang Yuntian. The firepower battle tank was also assigned to assist Xiao Heng in continuing the attack on the Imperial Guard's central troops.

The speed of Ye Liuyun's reaction even earned Jiang Yuntian's praise.

The chance that he could escape through normal channels now is slim. The Imperial Guard around him likely couldn't survive as long as Ye Liuyun's killing spree.

He let out a long sigh and immediately returned to his large tent.

Inside his large tent, a Formation Master had set up a Teleportation Array that could let him return to the Fire Seal Dynasty at any time.

Ye Liuyun had been constantly monitoring Jiang Yuntian's movements.

In this situation, Jiang Yuntian actually had nowhere to run. Yet his sudden return to his own large tent made Ye Liuyun suspicious.

"Could there be something strange inside his tent?"

At that thought, he immediately used Time Power to freeze time, then, with the four Souls of his clones, rushed into Jiang Yuntian's tent together.

In fact, Jiang Yuntian's tent not only had a Teleportation Array, but also attack and defense Formations. Anyone daring to breach the tent would be assaulted by the Formations.

However, while time was frozen, the Formations could not activate. Jiang Yuntian, at that moment, was preparing to trigger the Teleportation Array, completely unaware that Ye Liuyun had already slipped behind him.

Ye Liuyun's Soul immediately surged into Jiang Yuntian's Sea of Consciousness, commencing a Soul Search on him.

Within Jiang Yuntian's Sea of Consciousness lay a shield that defends against Spiritual Soul Attacks, a spear that launches Spiritual Soul Attacks, and a poisonous Soul Flower, all of which were inert and ineffective.

Ye Liuyun scanned the Soul, confirmed there were no other dangers in the Sea, and then casually gathered his other information.

This guy's Bloodline Power truly is stronger than mine. Through the Soul Search, Ye Liuyun found Jiang Yuntian's Bloodline Power indeed surpasses his, and perhaps only weaker than Fire Seal King Jiang Yuantang within the entire Fire Seal Dynasty.

He also learned Jiang Yuantang's strength, discovering Jiang Yuantang's Bloodline Power exceeds his, and his Soul Power is likely not much weaker. His Physical Body is robust, and his True Essence is especially condensed. Yet he cannot break through to the Void Stage, and the reason remains unknown.

The Fire Seal Dynasty's other strong ones are the same, regardless of

No matter how strong, none can break into the Void Stage. Thus, the Fire Seal Dynasty's Return to One Nine Layers Late Stage contains many powerful Martial Cultivators.

These people, seeing no hope of breakthrough, can only attach themselves to the Dynasty, awaiting its orders. Otherwise, the Fire Seal King would dispatch troops against their families; the Dynasty will not tolerate any strong individual who could threaten it.

Jiang Yuntian's knowledge of the Fire Seal Dynasty far exceeds that of other princes; he also controls many major forces and resource channels. Ye Liuyun thought killing him would be wasteful. Moreover, Jiang Yuntian's own Space World contains numerous high‑end cultivation resources.

So Ye Liuyun immediately placed a Slave Seal on Jiang Yuntian, erased the Dynasty Guard Seal in his Sea of Consciousness, and kept him by his side. Both clones also returned to their own Seas of Consciousness.

As soon as Time Power recovered, Ye Liuyun ordered his black‑armored soldiers to step back, had Jiang Yuntian step forward, halt all fighting, and command the large army to surrender.

The Martial Cultivator strongmen under Ye Liuyun's control gathered, surrounding Jiang Yuntian to prevent the enemy from reclaiming him.

The Imperial Guard Leader immediately realized Jiang Yuntian had been controlled by the opponent.

Jiang Yuntian did not hide it and told him directly: "I have already been controlled by Ye Liuyun. If you let the large army surrender, Ye Liuyun will not kill me; he only wants the Dynasty to pay a ransom to redeem me."

"If you dare disobey the order, when I return I will have the Father King execute you first!"

Ye Liuyun also urged the Leader: "Surrender! If you refuse to surrender, I will kill Jiang Yuntian outright, and the Fire Seal King will certainly not spare you."

"Moreover, if you don't surrender, the Fire Seal King and Jiang Yuntian will bear a grudge against you in the future; why persist in resistance? Who are you showing it to?"

The Leader thought it over and agreed that Ye Liuyun was right; the lives of these Imperial Guard soldiers are certainly less important than a prince's. Even if they are subjugated by Ye Liuyun, he can recruit them again later.

But if he harms the Great Prince, the Fire Seal King will definitely not let him go.

At this moment, Jiang Yuntian also produced a Transmission Talisman, said the same to the Fire Seal King, prompting the Fire Seal King to order the Imperial Guard Leader to surrender.

The Fire Seal King, without hesitation, ordered all soldiers to surrender, agreed to pay the ransom, merely asking Ye Liuyun not to kill Jiang Yuntian.

Ye Liuyun immediately agreed as well

and then ordered the large army to halt its advance, awaiting the enemy's soldiers to surrender.

At this point, the other armies had been largely shattered; even without orders, they were ready to surrender. Only the Imperial Guard remained relatively intact, with roughly over 60,000 combat power.

The Imperial Guard Leader, unwilling to delay further, immediately commanded the Imperial Guard to collectively surrender to Ye Liuyun.

Cui Daoran and Xiao Heng were overjoyed; across the battlefield, besides the over 60,000 Ninth Realm Imperial Guard soldiers, there were more than a hundred thousand Reinforcement Troops of various realms. The cultivation resources they possessed alone were enough for them to expend for a while, not to mention the many live training targets.

The two immediately divided the Imperial Guard, then took the Reinforcement Troops to loot resources, reorganize, and train for combat.

The Reinforcement Troops that fought the Death Legion were directly returned to the local large army, boosting its strength considerably.

This time, Magic Vine did not contend with the Demon Race armies for corpses; after replenishing its consumption, it was reclaimed by Ye Liuyun into his Space World. Thus both Demon Race armies harvested abundant resources. (Penquku)

Subsequently, the large army allocated all the resources seized earlier in the Huo Yin Star System.

The first clone also helped reorganize the black‑armored elite soldiers. This unit expanded to six thousand men. Since they were all directly controlled by Ye Liuyun with Slave Seals, their combat power was exceptionally formidable, already adopting the previous spearhead unit's tactics.

Ye Liuyun felt their training in this battle was insufficient, so he had the first clone lead them to request from Xiao Heng and Cui Daoran some Ninth Realm soldiers for sparring, exhausting another twenty thousand newly surrendered Imperial Guard before sending them to rest.

Ye Liuyun personally dealt with Jiang Yuntian, forcing him to extract all resources from his own Space World. He also had the forces under Jiang's control transmit those resources to him via Teleportation Array Discs.

The cultivation Bloodline resources he kept, together with the cultivation Bloodline resources Lan Xin uncovered, were divided between the two clones. The remaining resources, of which he had no shortage, were distributed to the others.

Li Zhaoyuan and Cui Daoran each received a Void Stage weapon. Now, the Leaders of Ye Liuyun's various armies have essentially all equipped Void Stage weapons, all seized from Jiang Yunfei and Jiang Yuntian.