Chapter 3577: Witnessing Strength

The Demon Cultivator, before dying, also unleashed his True Essence at full force, yet it didn't harm Ye Liuyun a bit. He even released his Soul, charging into Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness, and Ye Liuyun was unaffected.

As for the other Fourth and Fifth Layer Demon Cultivators, Ye Liuyun doesn't need to act himself; by simply releasing a Guardian God Seal, he can eliminate a cultivator of that level.

What surprised Li Qianjiao even more was that Ye Liuyun actually has three Guardian God Seals, and together with himself, he can handle four Fifth Layer Demon Cultivators at once without issue.

It doesn't stop there; she could also sense that Ye Liuyun's blade intent was unusually strong. Moreover, she vaguely felt that his timing was very close to that of an assassin, and even more bold and decisive.

She even noticed the presence of Black Tortoise and Shadow. Because she often found people being mysteriously assassinated, and having never seen the assailants, she immediately guessed that someone near Ye Liuyun could become invisible.

At first she thought there was only one. Later, when two Black Tortoise Monster Beasts acted simultaneously, she guessed there were two people. However, she still didn't realize they were Monster Beasts, assuming they were Mercenaries.

She thought that having Bai Hu and Shi Yuan as two Mercenaries in a team was already surprising enough.

But soon, she saw more Monster Beasts reveal their true forms to fight. In this battle they didn't need any treasures, and for Monster Beasts, showing their true bodies allowed them to exert more power and made the fight more enjoyable.

"So many Monster Beasts! That Lei Ming is actually a Monster Beast!" Li Qianjiao was astonished in her heart.

"Don't just stand there, come help!" Tang Xinyao shouted at her. Since nobody was using any treasures, she felt embarrassed to use one herself, and when facing a Fifth Layer Demon Cultivator, she found herself struggling.

She could only deal with Fourth Layer Demon Cultivators using Bloodline Power and Buddha Light Power; against a Fifth Layer Martial Cultivator she could only rely on the advantage of her weapon to hold off for a while. If Li Qianjiao didn't come to help, she would have to resort to a short sword or a Wind‑Thunder Fan.

Li Qianjiao snapped back to her senses; she drew her short sword, and a single slash sliced the opponent's throat, so quickly that Tang Xinyao couldn't see how she moved her hand.

She saw Ye Liuyun fighting with all his might, and she also began to exert herself fully, not wanting Ye Liuyun to look down on her.

Although Ye Liuyun was in battle, his powerful Soul force allowed him to monitor the whole field; he saw Li Qianjiao's performance and knew she had also concealed her strength last time.

"Collect the corpses!"

Tang Xinyao immediately shouted at Li Qianjiao again, then thrust a spear at a Second Layer Demon Cultivator once more.

Li Qianjiao then remembered that she was now a Mercenary and needed to gather resources. Even if she didn't need to earn money from these Demon Cultivator corpses, she couldn't stand out.

Moreover, they had to turn in the corpses to complete missions. So she promptly collected the bodies and resumed fighting.

Their battle this time was actually more perilous than the last, relying entirely on raw strength, so after this fight two lower‑level Mercenaries who failed to coordinate with teammates were surrounded by Demon Cultivators and killed, and several other Mercenaries were wounded.

Nevertheless, the overall situation was very smooth; the Sealing Demon Tablet and Metal Puppet worked together, the first one eliminated the strongest Demon Cultivator, then they proceeded to kill the others from strong to weak, so the high‑level Mercenaries encountered no danger.

After the battle, Ye Liuyun gathered the people and immediately boarded the Flying Boat to rush toward the next target. While they were fighting, the Demon Lion had already slipped into the void, visited the group's Treasure Vault, and taken all the resources.

During the fight, everyone casually collected the Demon Cultivator corpses they killed, planning to sort the resources later, so after the battle they didn't need to linger; the travel time was enough for them to rest.

This time Ye Liuyun also pulled Chen Yueying and Tang Xinyao into the Space World to accelerate their recovery.

He looked at Li Qianjiao, but she seemed a bit embarrassed to enter Ye Liuyun's Space World.

"I'll stay outside then!" Li Qianjiao said.

"Alright then!" Ye Liuyun didn't waste any words; he immediately had Xu Rong direct the Metal Puppet, and they rushed toward the next target.

He didn't feel like returning to the Space World to cultivate himself, so he stayed to keep Li Qianjiao company and chatted with her for a while.

"You've received assassin training? Can you assassinate an Eighth Layer Martial Cultivator?" Ye Liuyun asked directly.

He wanted to confirm Li Qianjiao's strength to gauge how to protect her later.

Li Qianjiao nodded and admitted directly: "I've killed an Eighth Layer Martial Cultivator before, but it depends on the opportunity. If I use a treasure, I'm quite confident!"

But she also asked Ye Liuyun: "When I see you strike, it also seems like an assassin's technique."

"Hmm, I also received assassin training!" Ye Liuyun no longer hid it from her.

"Then, what level of attack can your protective treasure block?" Ye Liuyun asked again.

"The strongest can block a Cave Heaven First Level Martial Cultivator attack, but only three times! The ordinary one can block a Great Void Ninth Level attack," Li Qianjiao replied honestly, guessing Ye Liuyun was assessing her strength to assign missions and protection.

"So the defensive capability is still good! Can the attack only kill an Eighth Layer Martial Cultivator?" Ye Liuyun confirmed.

"Hmm!" Li Qianjiao nodded in confirmation.

"What about you?" she also asked Ye Liuyun.

"You've already seen my own strength; I can only handle Seventh Layer Demon Cultivators. With other powers and treasures, I can deal with Ninth Realm Martial Cultivators!"

Ye Liuyun still spoke modestly; the treasures he mentioned even included the Demon Slaying Sword. Moreover, he didn't reveal the secrets of the Godslaying Bow and the Ten Thousand Gods Command.

After they finished discussing their strengths, they both ran out of things to talk about.

Having asked about her strength and having nothing more to say, Ye Liuyun prepared to start cultivating.

Li Qianjiao, after holding it in for a while, finally couldn't help but ask: "How many women do you have?"

Hearing this, Ye Liuyun opened his eyes and looked at Li Qianjiao curiously, not knowing why she asked that question.

Li Qianjiao hurriedly explained: "I heard Tang Xinyao and the others say you have many women, so I was curious, no other meaning! And I won't reveal your secret…"

Ye Liuyun cut her off and asked directly: "Why do you want to join my Mercenary group?"

He thought that if Li Qianjiao could tell him the truth, he could also tell her; it's not a secret, and she would eventually find out.

"I… I want to train with you!" Li Qianjiao stammered.

"Oh!"

Ye Liuyun responded with a sound, then closed his eyes to cultivate, ignoring her. Since she didn't want to tell the truth, let her slowly investigate on her own!

Li Qianjiao also knew that since Ye Liuyun asked, he definitely didn't believe her excuse.

"I don't mean to harm you!" she muttered.

"I know! Just don't have designs on the people around me!" Ye Liuyun replied with his eyes closed, then fell silent.

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