Chapter 3519: Rattling the Whole City

Ye Liuyun thought for a moment, then reminded Lei Ming: "Use your Golden Pupil to search underground; be careful not to be discovered by them!"

After searching around, Lei Ming finally found something: "Found them! These cunning guys are hiding at the foot of the mountain near the Cave entrance; there are over a hundred of them!"

"Can we poison them?" Ye Liuyun asked Lei Ming directly.

"Haha, little brother, that's a good method; we won't need to act ourselves! Leave it to me, and wait for my good news!" Lei Ming laughed, also through the Divine Soul Contract.

Her toxin, though not as strong as Ye Liuyun's, and the Mercenaries' underground space is small, making escape difficult, so poisoning them is indeed the best method.

Even if they discover it after the poison is applied, most of them will still be poisoned.

Thus Lei Ming and two Xuanwu Monster Beasts divided tasks: the Xuanwu Monster Beasts eliminated the lookouts, while Lei Ming, invisible, released toxin to poison those Mercenaries.

The Mercenaries' underground space wasn't large; it only served as a temporary hideout, so Lei Ming simply followed the ventilation opening, silently released some toxin inside, and then waited to watch the spectacle.

Soon after, those with weaker resistance were the first to notice something wrong with their bodies.

But these people dared not speak, fearing to reveal their positions, and they each sent a Transmission Voice to Chen Qinan.

"Boss, I think I've been poisoned!"

Immediately, more and more people sent Transmission Voices to Chen Qinan. Chen Qinan was startled, quickly checked himself, and found that he too had been poisoned.

Many Mercenaries, in panic, produced antidote pills to cure themselves. But the toxin Lei Ming released was refined from multiple poisons; although not as strong as Ye Liuyun's, it couldn't be countered by ordinary antidote pills. Even if some pills worked, they could only slow the poison's onset.

"Everyone out, we've been discovered!"

After using the antidote pill, Chen Qinan also realized that the poison he took was so potent that without a cure it might be incurable…

And with so many poisoned, it must be that they fell into someone else's scheme. So there was no need to hide any longer; they went out to surrender.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun also led everyone over. He and those Monster Beasts possessed strong Divine Soul Power, and each owned artifacts that defended against Spiritual Soul Attacks, so they weren't afraid of the Mercenaries' Spiritual Soul Attacks.

"So it's really you!" Chen Qinan, seeing that it was indeed Ye Liuyun's group, noted that there seemed to be more than he had seen during the day. Moreover, there was Xiong Tianchuan and a Taixu Fifth-Stage Mastiff; with that strength, even a direct fight might not be winnable.

"I admit defeat! Tell me, how do you want to deal with us?" Chen Qinan didn't stall and surrendered outright.

"Let your Soul enter my Sea of Consciousness!"

Ye Liuyun directly let his Soul enter his own Sea of Consciousness, placed a Slave Seal on him, then sucked the toxin from his body and pulled him into the Space World.

"What about us?" a Mercenary, seeing that Ye Liuyun had no plan to cure them, immediately grew anxious.

"Fine, I'll help you then!" Ye Liuyun also thought there was no need to watch them suffer from poison, and his Golden Pupil immediately released the Golden Crow Fire Spirit, burning toward those Mercenaries.

These poisoned Mercenaries dared not use True Essence to resist, fearing it would accelerate the toxin, so when the Golden Crow Holy Fire burned them, some were instantly turned to ash.

Some quick‑witted Mercenaries immediately launched Spiritual Soul Attacks on Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness, but they were all covered by the Golden Light of the Ten Thousand Gods Command and were thrown by him into the Refining Soul Cauldron.

After a short while, those poisoned Mercenaries were all burned into ash. Ye Liuyun also burned the underground space where they were poisoned, eradicating all the toxin completely so there would be no need for further cleanup.

The Demon Lion immediately used Spatial Power to rush into the Cave, seizing the Treasure Vault of the Mingshe Mercenary Corps.

"Next!"

Ye Liuyun didn't linger; he immediately went to locate the other two Mercenary Corps provided by Cheng Huofeng. Those two Mercenary Corps resided in the Side Courtyard within the city; after Ye Liuyun led people there, he had everyone surround the Side Courtyard,

He entered himself, using only White Light and Spiritual Soul Attacks, trying to minimize movement.

He also directly placed Slave Seals on the leaders of those two Mercenary Corps, controlling them.

Later, they chose a Side Courtyard, cleaned it up, and settled there. Cheng Huofeng, Jiang Hu, Chang Hai, Chen Qinan and other six Mercenary Corps leaders became his protectors, released to guard the perimeter of the courtyard.

Ye Liuyun assigned rooms to Chen Yueying and Luo Yu, while the Monster Beasts were all taken into the Space World for cultivation. He himself also returned to the Space World to accelerate his own cultivation.

He thought that later he would need to attend an auction; if he bought too many good items, he'd attract attention and inevitably face trouble, so he decided to use the time to raise his realm further, preparing for the upcoming battle.

After dawn, the Mercenaries gathered at the mission dispatch point and resumed their bustle. They all noticed that Chen Qinan's group hadn't arrived.

Some also saw the firelight of the Mingshe Mercenary Corps from afar last night, speculating that they had already been wiped out.

"The Black Tiger Mercenary Corps and the Four Seas Mercenary Corps have also vanished; it can't all be the work of that Wolf Hunt Mercenary Corps, can it?"

"If it really was that kid's doing, then their strength is far beyond what appears on the surface! There must be hidden power yet unrevealed."

"If they did it, why aren't they showing up?"

Other Mercenary Corps merely speculated, and no one dared to send anyone to investigate, fearing to get entangled.

It wasn't until the next day, after Ye Liuyun refined a droplet of Condensed Dew Divine Core, that he remembered to have Cheng Huofeng take the leaders of several other Mercenary Corps out to the mission dispatch point for a circuit, thereby establishing his reputation.

When they stepped out, they immediately attracted a crowd; many approached to ask about the situation. These people still hoped someone could lend them a hand, but although members of other Mercenary Corps knew they were controlled, no one dared to use Divine Soul Power to rescue them, fearing Ye Liuyun's retaliation, and ultimately they could only return disappointed to serve as his protectors.

News that Ye Liuyun easily eliminated several Mercenary Corps quickly spread throughout the city's Martial Cultivators, becoming the best gossip over tea and meals.

Other Mercenary Corps no longer had anyone willing to test Ye Liuyun's mettle. With members wiped out at a moment's notice and leaders captured, such a ruthless figure deterred any Mercenary Corps from daring to provoke him.

Observant people also noticed that, aside from the Black Tiger and Four Seas Mercenary Corps, which turned themselves in, the other Mercenary Corps had poor reputations before; Ye Liuyun's actions thus served to weed out a few bad apples from their mercenary ranks.

Nevertheless, the Wolf Hunt Mercenary Corps' name was instantly made famous. At least from now on, when they take missions within Gu Feng Cheng, it will be much smoother.

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