Chapter 3403: Arranging the Battle

Ye Liuyun said generously, "No need to return it, it's yours! I snatched this from bandits when I went out, I even took several more, kept some for myself, so you can take it and use it!"

He also wanted Liao Yaotian to become a bit stronger, so that later in battle his power wouldn't be too weak and he wouldn't constantly need Ye Liuyun to protect him.

"I'll go! Then I owe you a big favor! I've noted this friendship; in the future, don't be polite if you need anything, your matters are my matters!" Liao Yaotian immediately expressed gratitude to Ye Liuyun.

As for the others, after Ye Liuyun, Liao Yaotian, and Chen Mo discussed via Transmission Voice, they decided not to let them fight. Their strength is insufficient; if they go up they'll just get hit, get injured, and delay later battles.

Ye Liuyun allocated, "Brother Tian, fight two matches; Chen Mo, fight four; the rest are up to me!"

"You're taking that many matches, can you hold out? Otherwise I can take two more?" Chen Mo also worried Ye Liuyun couldn't endure.

"It's fine, I can manage. Besides, we don't necessarily have to fight to the end. If we defeat half of them, that's already a win for us."

Ye Liuyun estimated that Chen Mo wouldn't be able to persist that many matches, but felt awkward to say it outright.

He also gave Chen Mo a confiscated fourth‑grade Void Step battle sword, in case the opponent also uses a treasure.

Chen Mo thanked Ye Liuyun and took the sword. He himself wields a blade, so he likes this treasure very much.

However, his personality is more introverted, not as eloquent as Liao Yaotian; even when grateful he doesn't express it well, just gets flushed with excitement.

Xiao Han also saw they were arranging the matches, guessing that the Storage Ring Ye Liuyun gave them likely contained something useful for combat.

He was pleased to see these subordinates getting along well. As for this team, this trial was merely a way to tighten bonds and start assessing performance; there will be plenty of time for future coordination.

"Leader Xiao, may the trial begin?" a confident Junior Leader asked Xiao Han.

"Begin!" Xiao Han agreed. Starting early or late makes no difference; there's no need to delay.

As soon as Xiao Han finished speaking, the strongest soldier on the opposite side leapt out to challenge them.

"Sending someone this strong right away, these guys still think they can take on our whole group?" Liao Yaotian, Ye Liuyun, and Chen Mo complained via Transmission Voice.

This man is one of the three strong opponents, at the peak of the first tier of Taixu; it's estimated that soon his realm will break through to the second tier of Taixu.

Ye Liuyun also stepped forward voluntarily and stepped onto the arena.

The opposing soldier is a notch larger than Ye Liuyun, likely the physically strongest among their three top fighters.

Ye Liuyun must defeat him without killing him; indeed it's a tough battle.

The opposing soldier had thought Chen Mo would duel him; when he saw Ye Liuyun take the stage, he was stunned, but then said to Ye Liuyun, "My punch packs a lot of force; can your frame take it?"

He was also worried about injuring Ye Liuyun too badly; Xiao Han turned back to find an excuse to handle him. Both sides knew they couldn't strike too hard, since they would later be brothers in the same team. The leaders' quarrels didn't really affect the soldiers.

Ye Liuyun smiled and clasped his fist toward him: "Brother, go ahead and strike!"

"Alright then! Show me the fist!" The soldier, seeing Ye Liuyun's nonchalant attitude, relaxed and immediately threw a punch at Ye Liuyun.

When he threw the punch, Ye Liuyun saw that the punch contained only True Essence, and the Heaven and Earth Power was weak—about the same as his previous combat level.

This reassured him. He lightly waved his hand, delivering a palm that stirred a bit of Heaven and Earth momentum, meeting the soldier's punch.

With a "Boom" explosion, Ye Liuyun's Heaven and Earth momentum collided with the soldier's punch, shattering. The soldier's force was nearly spent, so he withdrew his hand, and the other hand launched another booming punch.

This time, he summoned more True Essence, clearly having conserved strength earlier, merely testing Ye Liuyun's power.

He didn't dare to unleash his strongest power at once, fearing that Ye Liuyun, having taken the stage, would be killed instantly. Now seeing Ye Liuyun's decent strength, he also felt at ease to deploy it.

Seeing the opponent held back, Ye Liuyun couldn't deliver a killing blow. So he also didn't use his sword; he threw a punch, employing his Buddha Demon Power, the black and gold hues of Divine Core, and again summoned a strand of Heaven and Earth momentum toward the soldier.

His Golden Pupil could gauge how much True Essence the soldier employed, so the Divine Core and Heaven and Earth Power he used were just enough to push the soldier back without injuring him.

He still had many battles ahead; he couldn't keep wearing him down, so he needed to win quickly to preserve strength for the next fight.

The soldier felt the force of Ye Liuyun's punch and became a bit worried, but the punch was already out, so he could only brace.

Another "Boom" rang, and the soldier was knocked back three steps.

"This guy's Physical Body is truly strong!" Ye Liuyun had expected to push him back six or seven steps, but underestimated his Physical Body.

This also shows his underestimation of the people here; their adaptation to the pressure of the Taixu World differs from his, and he still hasn't grasped their adaptation intensity.

He now worries that the soldier, unwilling to lose, will keep fighting, forcing him to expend another Divine Core, making later battles troublesome.

Unexpectedly, after a brief pause, the soldier showed no intention to continue and directly clasped his fist to Ye Liuyun, conceding defeat.

"I lost! Thanks for holding back. I'm Qiang Shi."

It seems the soldier also realized Ye Liuyun wasn't using his full strength and didn't want to waste effort battling him further.

"Much obliged! Ye Liuyun!" Ye Liuyun also bowed and introduced himself.

"This is over! I thought you'd fight for half a day!" Liao Yaotian, after Ye Liuyun stepped down, still felt a bit unsatisfied.

"Well, he probably saw I held back and didn't want to keep wearing me down!" Ye Liuyun explained.

Xiao Han's eyes also lit up at this moment. He knew how strong Ye Liuyun's Heaven and Earth Power had been, and didn't expect that after a few days of sending Ye Liuyun out, his Heaven and Earth Power could already contend with a first‑tier peak soldier.

"This improvement is too fast!" He praised Ye Liuyun's rapid progress in his mind.

From then on, the opposite side didn't send top elites, but other soldiers to challenge. Liao Yaotian, Chen Mo, and Ye Liuyun took turns, each fighting two matches, maintaining an undefeated record.

Liao Yaotian, having completed the task, ran off to rest. In his two recent matches, one he slightly outperformed the opponent using Divine Soul Power, the other he sliced the opponent's weapon with his own, winning quite cleverly. But for him, that was already giving his all, truly making his nerves flare. Recently the encoding has been severe, giving us more motivation, updating faster; please take a moment to exit reading mode. Thank you.