Chapter 3689: Speculating in the Dark

After Ye Liuyun received the news, his heart stirred.

"Li Yuan isn't now serving the royal family, is he?"

Ye Liuyun thought that, given Li Yuan's Special Eye Pupil, the chance of controlling Li Yuan with Divine Soul Power was slim.

However, Li Chengfeng told Ye Liuyun that the royal family possessed a Time Aura‑type treasure. If they truly wanted to control Li Yuan, it wasn't impossible. Moreover, Li Yuan hadn't been as active before, and his recent behavior was indeed odd.

This made Ye Liuyun unable to help but doubt.

"No matter what, we still need to be extra careful!"

At this moment, Ye Liuyun also warned the Clone Puppet.

The Clone Puppet immediately warned the people around it. These people had previously encountered Li Yuan; the warning was to give them mental preparation. Should Li Yuan act against them, they wouldn't be caught off guard.

In such a complicated setting, the contract he and Li Yuan had signed earlier had already become void, so Ye Liuyun could only adopt the 'cautious sails a ten‑thousand‑year ship' mindset and keep an extra eye out.

The Monster Beasts around him were carefree, the women obeyed him absolutely, the Kuailei were all focused on combat, so he alone had to stay vigilant.

At this moment in the arena, both the competing contestants and the spectators were very excited. After all, yesterday's battle was a group fight, chaotic, and the subsequent bouts were one‑on‑one, which seemed more thrilling.

The Clone Puppet didn't need to cultivate; while waiting, it observed each match on the stages. Now that it had a Golden Pupil, the strengths and technique pathways of these Martial Cultivators appeared clearer.

However, because it had not yet refined the Foreign Tribe's three eyes, it still could not see those people's Divine Soul Power strength. Yet by sensing the fluctuations of Divine Soul Power, it could gauge them to within about ninety‑percent accuracy.

Moreover, Li Yuan was with him; his Black Pupil could more precisely probe those people's Divine Soul Power, and his Blue Pupil could assess their Spatial Power.

"The Central Dynasty really does have capable people!" After watching for a while, Ye Liuyun felt that indeed there were many formidable opponents.

Among them was a Soul Cultivator from the Northern Region named Chu Han, at the Second Stage of Dong Tian, said to come from a Divine Soul cultivation family and apparently mastered a rapid method of controlling others' Divine Soul.

He fought with great ease; merely the twenty‑to‑thirty Cave Heaven Realm beasts he released crushed his opponents, without him having to reveal his own strength.

There was also a Martial Cultivator named Wu Bin who had cultivated a Red Eye, at the Cave Heaven First Level, whose Divine Soul Power was strong, illusion attacks were powerful, and Spatial Power was also strong, making him a hard‑to‑deal opponent for Ye Liuyun.

Besides those with strong Divine Soul, there were Martial Cultivators with powerful Physical Body techniques and adept at ambushes, as well as two Martial Cultivators whose realms were concealed; they were originally Fifth Stage of Dong Tian strongmen who came to stir the waters, and Ye Liuyun didn't know whether they were targeting him.

There were also those from wealthier families, with many Kuailei, Monster Beasts, or subordinates.

Moreover, an elder proficient in Kuailei arts employed several Cave Heaven Realm demonic puppets, and those demonic puppets still retained their Divine Soul, with their sigils still usable.

Furthermore, after his forging, these beast‑people could not be damaged even by Physical Body Third Stage of Dong Tian Martial Cultivators. Their Divine Soul Power also far exceeded that of ordinary Cave Heaven Realm strongmen.

After Ye Liuyun received the Clone Puppet's information, he immediately asked Sun Que whether he knew that artificer.

"He's also joining the contest? He's not short of money either!"

Sun Que indeed knew that elder. He knew the elder came from a hidden family that specialized in forging Kuailei, though he hadn't heard they forged other treasures or weapons. He just didn't expect such a person to personally join the contest.

"That dead old man, nicknamed Poison Hand, excels at using living people and creatures to forge Kuailei, and his forging skill isn't inferior to mine. Though his methods are vicious, the Kuailei he creates are blood‑thirsty and brutal, lacking humanity, driven only by combat instinct.

Moreover, the Kuailei he forges are all laced with potent poison. If you encounter him, I suggest you kill him outright with Technique."

Sun Que also gave Ye Liuyun a suggestion.

"Can we seize his Kuailei and control them?" Ye Liuyun pressed Sun Que.

"I've heard their family has a proprietary method to control Kuailei, even their own Divine Soul is forged, making them hard for others to control.

However, I've never sparred with him, so I can't be sure. If you can't instantly control him and he releases more Kuailei, that would be troublesome. Those Kuailei of his will continue their missions even if their master dies, never stopping."

Sun Que didn't dare to mislead Ye Liuyun on these matters. Moreover, as an artificer, he regards the Clone Puppet as his masterpiece and worries about its injury more than Ye Liuyun does.

Upon hearing that, Ye Liuyun also realized it was better not to try to control such a fellow. To forge even one's own Divine Soul shows a death‑defying lunatic. Since his reputation isn't great either, it might be best to eliminate him for the people's sake.

What surprised Ye Liuyun even more was that among the contestants there was a disciple of the Blood Stiff Sect, whom he only learned of from Li Yuan.

The Blood Stiff Sect rarely appears; its disciples spend years hidden in coffins, buried underground to cultivate, turning themselves into more zombie‑like beings with pallid faces.

They are called Blood Stiff because their cultivation uses human and beast blood as resources; each time they emerge they slaughter en masse, becoming a great scourge.

Yet they cannot be eradicated completely. After being wiped out, they reappear from underground after a while, as if a reserve force had been pre‑buried.

Even the dynasty's end feared their retaliation and slaughtered many civilians, eventually deciding not to exterminate them. After all, the sect's numbers are small, so they won't appear en masse at once.

"That's truly eye‑opening; being a God King must be no easy task!"

Ye Liuyun listened to Li Yuan's astonishing tales and gained a lot of insight.

However, the people he saw didn't fight at full strength, nor did they immediately reveal their Trump Card, so he still doesn't know their utmost power.

Li Yuan's first battle was again won fairly easily; the opponent wasn't strong, and there were no casualties on his side.

When it was Ye Liuyun's turn to appear, many contestants in the arena turned to look.

Ye Liuyun's opponent was a Second Stage of Dong Tian Martial Cultivator, wearing a protective suit covered by armor, looking hard to deal with.

After the Steward announced the start of the match, the guy released over forty Monster Beasts from the Space World, then hid behind them, letting the beasts swarm Ye Liuyun.

Those Monster Beasts ranged from Great Void Ninth Level to Second Stage of Dong Tian, none of which were low in realm.

"Whoa, so ruthless right off the bat!" Ye Liuyun muttered inwardly, clearly trying to force him to unleash his full strength and reveal his auxiliary power.

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