Chapter 3542: Casually Wiping Out

Cheng Huofeng and Chang Ji had long been accustomed to it, knowing that Ye Liuyun always chooses the hardest, most dangerous missions, and each time he completes them, the rewards are the greatest.

Ye Liuyun now doesn't easily treat them as cannon fodder, finding them very handy. After all, he has plenty of fodder at hand. So the two also know that even if danger arises, it's not their turn to charge forward, so they wear relaxed smiles.

The Monster Beasts are even more eager, for them a bigger battle means greater spoils.

With these local Mercenaries leading, Ye Liuyun easily located the Heihu Zhai stronghold.

Heihu Zhai is filled mostly with bandit Demon Cultivators. These Demon Cultivators gather here to rob passing Martial Cultivators and seize cultivation resources. This time they raided a Great Clan merchant ship and killed many Martial Cultivators, so the Great Clan placed a bounty for revenge.

"One bandit's head for a Primordial Power—can this employer muster that many resources?" Ye Liuyun asked Xu Rong while probing Heihu Zhai's situation with his Golden Pupil.

"The Li Family is a chain merchant guild in the Southern Region; although not a top‑tier guild, paying a hundred‑plus Primordial Powers is certainly no problem!"

"Alright, as long as they can pay! Let's move directly!"

After observing for a while, Ye Liuyun found that among the Demon Cultivators only one was at the Eighth Tier Early Stage, while there were a few Martial Cultivators at the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Layers, and most Demon Cultivators were low‑level. It would be easy to deal with them.

So he immediately released some Mercenaries, letting everyone charge into Heihu Zhai, while Black Panther, Qingshe, Cheng Huofeng and Chang Ji stayed outside the stronghold.

"Master, I might not be able to defeat Heihu Zhai's leader; he wields an eighth‑ranked great sword!" Xu Rong assumed he would need to face that leader.

"You don't need to; I'll handle him! You go guard the Monster Beasts and keep them from injury. After the battle, the great sword will be yours!"

As Ye Liuyun spoke, he unleashed the Sealing Demon Tablet. In a battle like this, the Sealing Demon Tablet could not be omitted; it's the perfect moment for it to absorb energy and raise its realm.

The Sealing Demon Tablet, once released, immediately smashed toward the highest‑realm bandit leader.

Ye Liuyun also cast a spell in tandem with the Sealing Demon Tablet to siphon the leader's energy. He has many ways to deal with Demon Cultivators; Buddha Demon Power is their nemesis.

The Demon Cultivator leader instantly realized he faced his nemesis, violently unleashed all his power, and even though the Sealing Demon Tablet drained part of it, he tried to smash the tablet open, even at the cost of having his Demon Qi melted away by Buddha Light.

Once the Sealing Demon Tablet was smashed, he charged straight at Ye Liuyun. In his view, even with his Demon Qi damaged, it was enough to kill a Fourth Realm Martial Cultivator.

"Well timed!"

Ye Liuyun, eager to gauge the gap between himself and an Eighth Realm Martial Cultivator, stepped forward and hard‑blocked his palm strike.

An Eighth Realm Martial Cultivator's attack was indeed several times stronger than a Seventh‑level one. However, the Demon Cultivator had been drained by the Sealing Demon Tablet and melted by Buddha Light, so when it struck Ye Liuyun, its power was greatly reduced.

With a "Boom—" sound, Ye Liuyun was blasted away, his head spinning. The Sealing Demon Tablet immediately slammed back, preventing the Demon Cultivator from launching a second strike.

Lei Ming and Long Nv rushed over at once; one swept with White Light, the other defended with the Divine Soul Golden Sword, shielding Ye Liuyun in the middle.

"Looks like I'm still far behind!"

Ye Liuyun sighed, staggered to his feet, paused briefly, then resumed casting a spell on that Demon Cultivator.

The Demon Cultivator hadn't expected that his all‑out palm strike failed to wound Ye Liuyun. While locked with the Sealing Demon Tablet, he launched a second attack, smashing the tablet again and charging at Ye Liuyun once more.

This time, however, his remaining power was even less, not even reaching the Water Grade of a Seventh Realm.

Ye Liuyun drew the Demon Slaying Sword, simultaneously unleashing Bloodline Power to suppress the Demon Cultivator's output, then braced the attack and sliced him with a sword stroke.

This injury‑for‑injury tactic meant that, despite the Demon Cultivator's strong Physical Body, he wouldn't sustain much damage.

Yet this time Ye Liuyun was only pushed back a few steps, and the blade wound on his chest would never heal.

Immediately, Ye Liuyun's spell and the Sealing Demon Tablet teamed up again—one attacking from within, the other pressing and absorbing—so he could no longer resist. The tablet seized the chance to gulp aggressively, and within a few breaths, with a "Boom—" it slammed him into the ground.

Ye Liuyun stopped targeting him and rushed toward the other Demon Cultivators, cutting each of them with a sword slash.

The others' fights weren't as perilous as Ye Liuyun's; Xu Rong easily knocked down several Seventh Realm bandits, without killing them, unsure whether Ye Liuyun wanted to capture prisoners.

The Monster Beasts were unapologetic: if they couldn't win, they used Black and White Light; if they could, they fought for fun, caring little about the bandits' casualties.

Most of the other Mercenaries suppressed the bandits with their realms, preventing them from moving recklessly while the Monster Beasts practiced.

Now that the bandit chief was subdued, the remaining bandits immediately surrendered, daring not to resist further.

Ye Liuyun ceased his attacks; only the Monster Beasts continued seeking suitable opponents for a good fight.

The Sealing Demon Tablet did the same: after draining the chief, it began sucking the injured or slain Demon Cultivators, then slammed toward the surrendered bandits.

Chi Lian, who had been individually absorbing Bloodline Power, also joined forces with the Sealing Demon Tablet, mingling among the bandits to fully draw their Bloodline Power.

Ye Liuyun intended not to spare any of those Demon Cultivator bandits. Seeing this, the bandits frantically fled outward. Some rushed out of the stronghold in the chaos, only to be blasted back by Black Panther and Qingshe guarding outside.

Half a day later, all the bandits inside the stronghold had been absorbed into dry corpses.

Ye Liuyun collected all the corpses, prepared to return and report the mission, and stripped the bandits of their Storage Rings and Treasure Vaults, also finding a large Golden Spirit Horn inside, which he gave directly to Bai Hu.

After they cleared the battlefield, Ye Liuyun ushered the Mercenaries and Monster Beasts into the Space World, letting them use the time to restore True Essence, then set the entire Heihu Zhai ablaze with a single fire.

"Next mission: Hanjiang Bandit Group, lead the way!" Ye Liuyun didn't rest, immediately having Xu Rong guide them toward the next objective.

"That's way too easy! Don't we need a break?"

Even Xu Rong felt a bit nervous, never expecting Ye Liuyun's group to wipe out a bandit group so effortlessly. He also saw Ye Liuyun take a hit and was surprised at how strong his Physical Body was. Recently the code conversion has been severe, giving us more motivation to update faster; please click a little to exit reading mode. Thank you.