Chapter 3515: Eradicating in One Stroke

Mercenary leader Cheng Huofeng's cultivation was thus interrupted, and he hurried out to check the situation.

His mercenary troupe in Gu Feng Cheng also had a considerable reputation, and he had never imagined anyone would dare knock on his door. Moreover, he hadn't offended any major figures recently, so he couldn't understand who was targeting him.

When he went out to investigate and saw Chen Yueying, he immediately recalled the failed operation from that night. He instantly realized he was dealing with a ruthless person.

They had only entertained the thought but hadn't acted, yet the other side knocked on his door because of it, clearly showing they were not easy to talk to. Even if he went out to negotiate now, a few words wouldn't make them stand down.

Seeing the ferocity of their attacks, he instantly knew they couldn't stop these people.

"Retreat with me!" he decided at once, opting to withdraw first. So he took only the twenty‑something mercenaries with him, went through another passage, and headed toward the hidden Cave entrance.

He left the rest of the mercenaries behind to block Ye Liuyun and the others.

Ye Liuyun had already spotted him, but with so many mercenaries around, he wasn't in a hurry to kill Cheng Huofeng.

"The bandit leader fled toward you with over twenty mercenaries!" Ye Liuyun immediately contacted Qiong Qi via Divine Soul Contract.

"Don't worry, everything's arranged; they can't get away!" Qiong Qi replied to Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun relaxed, drew the Demon Slaying Sword, and accelerated his killing of the mercenaries. He didn't need defense; the sword's sharpness allowed one cut per target, so fast that even the blood training couldn't absorb much Bloodline Power. Please download the AiYue app for the latest content.

Xiao Lanbing only tried to absorb the souls of a few mercenaries. The remaining mercenaries' Yin Souls could only be taken by Zhu Que.

The other Monster Beasts were the same, killing swiftly; even Luo Yu could, with weapon and armor, fight the Two Levels of mercenaries.

Chen Yueying at this moment also went ruthless, exerting themselves fully, one sword per target, finally feeling a bit of accomplishment. They also thought their own realm was already high; if they were still inferior to these Monster Beasts in combat, that would be truly useless.

So after the battle, Ye Liuyun inexplicably asked them a question: "Just some ordinary mercenaries, why are you fighting so desperately?"

"I... want

to seriously hone myself!" Chen Yueying could only make up an excuse.

Ye Liuyun didn't probe further and immediately continued the orders: "Luo Yu, Bai Hu, Shi Yuan, Xiao Lanbing, stay to clean up the battlefield; Demon Lion, go to the Treasure Vault for resources; the others, continue to pursue forward with me, and you follow later."

Then he rode ahead, chasing in the direction Cheng Huofeng fled.

The mercenaries had set up some traps in that passage, but he blasted them away with Technique, encountering no hindrance.

At this moment Cheng Huofeng was having someone push aside the massive stone blocking the Cave entrance, preparing to burst out of the Cave.

Qiong Qi, outside the Cave, had only set up Two Levels of Formation: one Illusion Array and one Confining Array. Yet this Illusion Array overlapped with reality, so anyone who entered fell into it without any sensation.

Qiong Qi, An Ying, and Nine‑Headed Demon Dragon were hidden within another Formation he set, watching the spectacle from afar.

Cheng Huofeng and the others didn't understand the Formations well, nor could they discern the difference; after pushing the big stone, they all rushed into the Illusion Array.

Then those people began running in circles. When Ye Liuyun and his group reached the Cave entrance, they were still circling in place.

Qiong Qi and Nine‑Headed Demon Dragon, having emerged from the hidden Formation, came over and tossed Ye Liuyun a Token, facilitating his entry and exit of the Formation. An Ying remained invisible, monitoring those inside the Formation.

Within the Formation, Cheng Huofeng and his men could not see anything outside.

"Stay here and don't move forward, lest you fall into the Formation; I'll go deal with them!" Ye Liuyun instructed the others, then entered the Formation himself.

As soon as he entered the Formation, Cheng Huofeng and the others' Divine Sense immediately detected him. From their perspective, they thought they had run far away, and Ye Liuyun suddenly appeared behind them.

"You've already killed many of us; what grudge drives you to keep hunting us?" Cheng Huofeng immediately stopped fleeing, and with his subordinates surrounded Ye Liuyun.

Cheng Huofeng's build and face were rather thin, with a hooked eagle nose and squinting small eyes, giving him a decidedly sinister look.

Ye Liuyun didn't waste words, directly using the two Red Eyes on his Soul to target the Martial Cultivators on Cheng Huofeng's left and right sides

projecting an illusion to let them ambush Cheng Huofeng.

Cheng Huofeng's reaction was indeed swift; when the two mercenaries moved, he responded instantly, thrusting a palm to blast one away, then dodging the other mercenary's attack.

"Quick reaction!" Ye Liuyun sneered, and continued to influence Cheng Huofeng's movements with the Soul's Red Eyes. wap.

When his movement lagged even slightly, another mercenary caught up and struck him with a palm, sending him flying.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun also drew the Demon Slaying Sword, clashing with the mercenaries rushing toward him.

These mercenaries' realms were low; with his Physical Body he could absorb all their attacks, yet a single slash could take one or two lives.

"Spiritual Soul Attack!" a mercenary shouted to the others, releasing his Soul first and charging into Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness.

The mercenaries were quite united; one led, the others immediately followed, and all their Souls surged into Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness.

Several of Ye Liuyun's soul sources began busy tossing their Souls into the Soul Refining Cauldron.

While Ye Liuyun was occupied handling the other mercenaries' Souls, Cheng Huofeng and the mercenary who had injured him, no longer under the Red Eyes' control, managed to regain clarity.

That mercenary immediately hauled Cheng Huofeng up, intending to flee. Unfortunately, within the Illusion Array they could not escape Ye Liuyun. Ye Liuyun continued using the Red Eye illusion, affecting both of them simultaneously.

The mercenaries' Soul power was truly weak, lacking even a cultivated soul source, Cheng Huofeng included. Thus they were quickly subdued by Ye Liuyun's Red Eye‑created illusion, all coming to a halt.

Ye Liuyun forced them to pour their Souls into his Sea of Consciousness, tossed that mercenary's Soul into the Soul Refining Cauldron, and then performed Soul Search on Cheng Huofeng.

After the Soul Search, he suddenly realized that operating as a mercenary in the Southern Region was indeed convenient; mercenaries are everywhere here, unnoticed by others.

And Cheng Huofeng, though of poor character, knew everything about mercenaries; he was even familiar with many renowned mercenary groups in other Southern Region cities.

"Keep him for now, consider him a local guide!"

Thinking this, Ye Liuyun immediately placed a Slave Seal on him, returned his Soul, and let him live a few more days.