Chapter 3704: Martial Contest for the Crown

Very quickly, Poison Hand's consciousness was seized by the Red Pupil Illusion Technique, its soul source was shattered and devoured, becoming nourishment for the Clone Puppet's Soul.

Ye Liuyun immediately sucked away his Storage Ring, found that it indeed contained many good items and a lot of refining resources, and guessed that Sun Que would be very interested later.

He reclaimed all the Physical Body of the Metal Puppet that he had sliced up, keeping it for Sun Que to disassemble, study and recycle. In the end, only the Physical Bodies of the zombie puppets remained; he didn't like them himself and didn't want to leave them to others, so he burned them to ash.

The audience was once again shocked by Ye Liuyun.

"This Ye Liuyun is actually so powerful, and he even has a Trump Card—doesn't that make him invincible?"

"This Killer God is too ruthless; every time he leaves none alive, killing them all, and this time he even burned the zombie corpses!"

The crowd chattered, offering mixed praise and criticism.

After Ye Liuyun cleared the battlefield, he did not relax; instead he became more vigilant, because he knew that the God King's attitude next was the key.

So after stepping down, he immediately turned his gaze toward the God King.

He did not expect the God King to nod at him in a seemingly approving manner, as if encouraging him.

Ye Liuyun was momentarily stunned, not understanding what the God King meant. The major powers waiting for the God King's actions were also left completely baffled.

Then the God King's voice rang out across the arena.

"Today, witnessing the splendid battles of all these elites has shown me the flourishing and development of the martial way in my dynasty; it is truly a blessing for our Taixu World."

"And the future hope of the dynasty rests on you! I hope you all continue onward, seeking welfare for the dynasty and the common folk!"

He said a few perfunctory remarks, then left the arena amid a chorus of flattery.

"Is that it? Not even mentioning the Nine Divine Son matter? What does that mean?"

At this moment, it was not only Ye Liuyun; the major powers were also speculating on the God King's intent.

Next, the host awarded the remaining contestants. After the elimination round, each promotion allowed participants to receive the corresponding reward.

Ye Liuyun collected his reward, then returned to his lodging with the Li Family guards, and everything went smoothly.

"Looks like that Technique scared the God King?"

Ye Liuyun could only guess wildly himself.

At the same time, the gathering of various great armies for preparation was lifted upon his notice. Since the God King had already shown his stance, he also needed to respond.

But after that, the God King never again attended any matches.

The next day Ye Liuyun went to the competition; Li Yuan still greeted him as usual, then asked him about the Technique in a roundabout way.

Ye Liuyun replied that it was a Special Eye Pupil requiring a rare material, and he didn't elaborate further.

However, in today's battle his opponent surrendered outright. Having witnessed his strength, and because the opponent bore no grudge against Ye Liuyun, he didn't want to get involved in Ye Liuyun's conflicts with the major powers.

Any contestant who made it this far generally had some background and certainly knew about Ye Liuyun. Of course they also feared he might again wipe everyone out.

Moreover, today was the top‑ten promotion; even if one failed, there was still a chance to contest the remaining three spots.

So Ye Liuyun easily entered the top seven, preparing for the final ranking battle.

On the crucial next day, Ye Liuyun had to fight the other six of the top seven. Unexpectedly, his first match was against Li Yuan, who immediately conceded and didn't fight at all.

The other few weighed their strength and remaining numbers, and all ultimately surrendered outright.

Although they were resentful, and some even harbored grudges against Ye Liuyun, they all knew clearly that they were no match for him; once combat began it would be a pointless death.

Thus Ye Liuyun went unchallenged the whole way and claimed the championship outright. Li Yuan, by virtue of his strength, secured third place, which was a respectable ranking.

The runner‑up was a Martial Cultivator named Lu Pingyao, originally at a hidden realm, but during the contest he burst into the Fifth Layer of the Cavern Heaven realm. Moreover, his Sea of Consciousness possessed a Defense Artifact that repelled Li Yuan's Black Eye devouring.

Lu Pingyao was one who had intended to kill Ye Liuyun, but in the end never dared to act.

As for the other strong ones, they were basically all slain by Ye Liuyun, and he no longer cared about the survivors.

After the final rankings were set, the host announced the competition concluded; the top‑ten contestants would rest for three days before entering the Royal Palace to receive rewards and opportunities.

"We still have to go into the Royal Palace, and there are opportunities? What does that even mean?" Ye Liuyun immediately asked Li Yuan.

Li Yuan actually didn't know the God King's plan either; he could only shake his head sincerely, indicating his ignorance.

"Whatever, it's the same wherever we collect it!" Ye Liuyun stopped overthinking and first prepared to deal with Li Yuan's issue, unwilling to keep such a troublesome person by his side.

Especially after entering the Royal Palace, he didn't want to be distracted by having to guard against Li Yuan.

So he immediately took the initiative and said, "Three days isn't enough to do anything else; I'll just wait in the Royal City. The contest is over now; if you, Brother Li, have nothing urgent, how about we go have a drink?"

"Sure! Going to relax sounds good!" Li Yuan readily agreed. He was pleased at the chance to get close to Ye Liuyun and gather information.

And deep down, he still believed Ye Liuyun could spot the clue and rescue him from peril.

So the two immediately skipped returning to their lodgings and rushed to a tavern; the Li Family guards were also sent back by Ye Liuyun.

Since the God King no longer made a move against him, others naturally dared not act against him within the Royal City, and those guards no longer needed to follow him.

They both casually chose a tavern and discussed the contestants. Li Yuan explained to Ye Liuyun some backgrounds of the competitors he knew, warning that the factions of those he had slain were substantial, urging caution against retaliation.

When Ye Liuyun asked about entering the Royal Palace to receive rewards and opportunities, Li Yuan guessed it might be that the dynasty intended to send them into the monster world to gather resources and help clear some monsters.

After all, that was the most reasonable explanation currently. The God King's purpose in holding this contest was likely to find potential Martial Cultivators to combat monsters.

The two ate and chatted, truly seeming to be relaxing.

Ye Liuyun, taking advantage of Li Yuan's distraction, activated a Time Power with a temporal aura, froze time, and then entered Li Yuan's Sea of Consciousness to investigate.

"It turned out to be an ordinary Divine Soul Contract. It's easy to dissolve, but once dissolved, the God King will know; let's deal with that later!"

Ye Liuyun discovered that the contract in his Sea of Consciousness was ordinary and easy to dissolve, so he didn't rush to act.

So after they ate their fill and drank, they bid each other farewell and returned to rest.

Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun's true self had nearly cleared the Western Region's merchant guilds, and began to focus on cultivation, preparing to use the energy from the golden egg to break through in one go to the Seventh Layer of Taixu.

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