Chapter 3724: Open Raid on the Merchant Guild

Inside the merchants, screams and cries rose in unison. The Elders immediately rushed to the Grand Hall to gather. The merchant patriarch also emerged from his domain to take his seat.

The six Martial Cultivators of the Fifth Level of Dong Tian summoned by the merchants also acted at once, but one fell under Qian Meng's illusion, two were jointly controlled by Ye Liuyun and Gu Changhong, and the Demon King and the demon concubine, Bà Tiān and the Black Tiger each captured one.

Another one was jointly controlled by Lei Ming, Long Nv, Xuanwu, and a phantom. None escaped; all were captured alive.

The Royal City patrol heard the commotion and rushed over at once. However, no one dared to charge in to aid the merchants, believing Ye Liuyun and his group were too powerful; they could only immediately notify the Imperial Guard for reinforcement while keeping watch around the merchants.

The Fifth Divine Son received the news and hurried to reinforce. However, his mobilization was a bit slow; by the time his forces arrived, Ye Liuyun had already wiped out half of the merchants.

Ye Liuyun saw that the strongest accompanying the Fifth Divine Son were only two Martial Cultivators of the Fifth Level of Dong Tian, totaling fewer than two hundred, and he didn't care at all.

Since the God King had the Divine Son find someone to deal with him, he wouldn't mind erasing him outright if the chance arose.

"Huh, why haven't we seen Ye Liuyun's figure?" the Fifth Divine Son didn't realize Ye Liuyun had changed his appearance, thinking he was watching from the shadows, so he didn't dare let his men all charge in.

He split half his troops to guard himself, sending the other half to rush into the merchants to reinforce, hoping to trap Ye Liuyun from inside and outside. He himself stayed far behind a newly arrived Imperial Guard squad, on high alert for Ye Liuyun's ambush.

"Useless, even with auspicious fate you still don't dare to fight!"

Seeing that he didn't dare come in, Ye Liuyun ignored him and continued fighting his own targets.

When the Fifth Divine Son's subordinates closed in, he ordered the Magic Vine to strike those people. He also released two hundred Mercenaries to intercept the thousand Mercenaries that had just charged in.

The Magic Vine also recognized that these Martial Cultivators were fairly strong, perfect for its own cultivation, and this was its first battle after returning, so it fought with great effort; its main body even moved forward, using a Technique of white light to eliminate several strong opponents.

If the Magic Vine were not personally controlled by Ye Liuyun, it would never take prisoners; Ye Liuyun didn't need these Martial Cultivators anyway, so he let it have them.

The Clone Puppet continued to cut through like a hot knife, charging straight toward the merchants' Grand Hall. There the merchant head, Elders, and even the patriarch were present—a perfect chance to seize control of the merchants.

Wielding two demonic blades he swung at will, he could sweep away the Martial Cultivators blocking the path. Only when encountering Martial Cultivators above the Third Level of Dong Tian would he strike them down to half‑death and then seize them alive.

Now the Martial Cultivators of too low a realm, even Sun Que has begun to disdain them.

And Ye Liuyun indeed needed some high‑realm puppets.

He often has to deal with high‑realm strongmen; now even Mercenaries of the Ninth Realm are rarely useful. And fighting with Monster Beasts and women is merely a chance for them to practice.

Some Martial Cultivators, in desperation, launched Spiritual Soul Attacks, only to find they couldn't pierce these puppets' Sea of Consciousness. Yet many Martial Cultivators' Souls were snatched away by Xuanwu's soul‑hooking rope, or shattered by a shadow's soul‑calming bell and then captured in a Soul Sealing Pearl.

In front of the Grand Hall, the merchant senior elder also stood with the head and Elders in strict formation, trying to delay time as much as possible.

"Are you Ye Liuyun's subordinates?" the merchant patriarch asked, still trying to display the merchants' arrogance.

In the next moment, the Clone Puppet shot him with a single arrow from the Godslaying Bow, exploding him in a spray of blood mist.

The Godslaying Bow emitted the power of the Seventh Layer of Cultivation, leaving those strongmen without even a thought of resistance.

"Patriarch!"

"Patriarch died just like that?"

"What kind of weapon is this, such a massive pressure?"

The merchants' disciples were now shocked.

"Tell us what you want, just speak up; there's no need to drive my merchants away," the merchant head said, though his face was full of grief and anger, he still suppressed his emotions to negotiate with Ye Liuyun.

"Surrender, and I might consider letting you off!"

Ye Liuyun directly threatened.

"What exactly do you intend, can't we just give you all our merchants' resources?" another Elder raised the condition.

They could hand over the resources, but they didn't want to be captured alive. Once captured alive, they might be controlled by the opponent.

But as soon as he finished speaking, the Clone Puppet shot him again with an arrow, exploding him.

"Rebel, die!" the Clone Puppet roared. Coupled with the Godslaying Bow's oppressive pressure, the merchants' people dared not move any further.

Ye Liuyun stared at the merchant head, awaiting his answer. His gaze was as if, should he refuse, Ye Liuyun would annihilate the merchants.

"Do not resist, surrender!" In the end he could only reluctantly issue the order.

The opposing puppets were of too high a realm, and with a treasure like the Godslaying Bow, wiping out the merchants would be far too easy.

Thus he was the first to set an example, surrendering to Ye Liuyun. The others could only follow, laying down their weapons and handing over their Storage Rings.

After the Clone Puppet sealed their True Essence, it led the puppets and Monster Beasts forward to continue the sweep.

Ye Liuyun immediately ordered Gu Changhong and others to set up a small Formation to prevent probing, planting Slave Seals on several key figures, then performing Soul Search to assess the merchants' situation.

It turned out that the five missing Elders tonight had taken resources to the Outer Region to request outside aid.

"Strongmen of the Outer Region? If you have any news on them, inform me immediately!"

Ye Liuyun thought for a moment and felt that seizing a few outsiders now to learn about the outside situation wouldn't be bad.

Soon, the Clone Puppets' clearing task was nearly complete. They also located several important merchant heirs, planted Slave Seals on them, and covertly left some eyes within the merchants.

Ye Liuyun rummaged through the Elders' Storage Rings, taking only some high‑grade resources while leaving ordinary ones for their daily use. As for the merchants' Treasure Vault, he had already taken it; leaving them too many resources would be useless.

"I will have members of the Li Family contact you; you shall gradually transfer the merchants' assets to the Li Family," Ye Liuyun ordered directly.

"Master…" the merchant head tried to beg Ye Liuyun to spare some for the merchants, but Ye Liuyun cut him off.

"You have no right to set conditions with me; from the day you opposed me, your fate was sealed."

After speaking, Ye Liuyun used Slave Seals to directly control them, giving them no chance to negotiate. As for the surrendered ordinary Martial Cultivators, Ye Liuyun never intended to spare them, ordering the Magic Vine to devour them all.

Thus, no one saw the merchants' people being controlled by Ye Liuyun.

The whole merchant group now only has the front courtyard left for battle, where the Magic Vine and Mercenaries are intercepting the Imperial Guard.

Outside the merchants' perimeter, tens of thousands of Imperial Guard had already surrounded them, sealing them inside. Recent encoding issues are severe, giving us more motivation, updates faster, please click to exit reading mode. Thank you.