Chapter 3740: Searching for Talent

Han Tong scanned the area and confirmed, "That's about it!"

"Kid, I advise you to release the captive quickly; even if you're strong alone, you can't match so many of us!" threatened a Fifth Layer Martial Cultivator.

Among their group, besides two Fifth Layer strongmen, there were also two Fourth Layer strongmen. So they thought that while these few blocked Ye Liuyun, the others could go rescue the captive, and it should be no problem.

The Clone Puppet merely smiled, ceased suppressing its realm, and displayed Seventh Layer power.

"I think I can kill you all by myself; you won't even be able to run away. What do you think?"

While speaking, the Clone Puppet also produced a Godslaying Bow.

The bow needed no drawing, yet its looming menace already made these people understand they couldn't escape its shot.

Moreover, a Seventh Layer strongman was present. Upon reaching the Cave Heaven Realm, early on even a genius might challenge a higher tier; later, those who can still cross tiers are monsters.

Among these bandits, evidently no such monster existed; otherwise they wouldn't have ended up as bandits.

So they gritted their teeth and knelt down to surrender.

The Clone Puppet was unceremonious, planting Slave Seals on all Cave Heaven Realm Martial Cultivators, then sending the Fourth and Fifth Layer Martial Cultivators into the Space World, reserving them for Sun Que to forge puppets.

These bandits were steeped in blood debt; Ye Liuyun would show them no mercy.

The remaining early Cave Heaven bandits were temporarily led by Han Tong to maintain order in the stronghold, while Ye Liuyun's bandit squad was sent to the back mountain to search for Guǐ Sòu's trail.

Tian Tong Mountain's back‑mountain caves are numerous and many are interconnected, making it truly hard to find someone. Checking each one takes a long time.

Ye Liuyun seized the moment, quietly tossed a Magic Vine seed out, letting it search on his behalf.

It didn't take long before Ye Liuyun heard a muffled clang, and the whole Tian Tong Mountain trembled. Immediately he received a Transmission Voice from the Magic Vine: "Boss, I found a group of zombie puppets, all at Fifth and Sixth Layer realms."

However, they're too many, and I can only extend a single vine into the cave; I can't defeat them, and they even destroyed one of my vines!"

"No need to fight them head‑on; lure them out first, then act," Ye Liuyun told the Magic Vine immediately.

The Magic Vine retracted its vine while informing Ye Liuyun of the cave's location and condition.

"Inside the cave is a blood pool, soaking human bones and blood, and it also contains six Sixth Layer zombie puppets and six Fifth Layer zombie puppets."

The Magic Vine could only extend one vine, truly unable to overcome that many puppets.

But the Magic Vine only found those zombie puppets; it didn't locate any sign of Guǐ Sòu.

Those zombie puppets seemed activated, chasing the Magic Vine out of the cave. The Clone Puppet immediately rushed over with Hei Hu and Han Tong, fearing an accident for Ye Liuyun.

The Magic Vine was also chased out of the cave by the zombies. Once out, its space expanded; it leapt into the earth, the vines went berserk, instantly wrapping the previously emerged Fifth Layer zombies and even smashing two of them.

Ye Liuyun pressed the Sealing Demon Tablet from his Sea of Consciousness toward the emerging puppets. He also released Gu Changhong and the Enchantress, letting them use talismans and formations to help control the zombies.

This sudden turn left the bandits who followed Ye Liuyun staring in shock.

At that moment, the Clone Puppet charged in, "Bang bang"—two punches slammed two zombies to the ground, where the Enchantress and Gu Changhong sealed them with an imprisoning formation.

The zombies seemed to sense his high realm and tried to flee; the one trapped reacted fastest and ran away.

The Clone, however, pursued it directly, ignoring the other zombies.

These zombies were all strong; even the Sealing Demon Tablet was blocked by one zombie

held aloft in the air, unable to fall.

The four Fifth Layer zombies were wrapped by the Magic Vine like rice dumplings, stripped of resistance, while the Enchantress helped the Magic Vine seal them.

Meanwhile the Magic Vine was still dueling a Sixth Layer zombie. Gu Changhong and Hei Hu jointly attacked another zombie—one using a talisman for temporary control, the other employing rune formation for sealing.

After a burst of boom, the Clone Puppet grabbed the fleeing zombie and rushed back, tossing the corpse to Gu Changhong for sealing.

"It's only a Clone, and it can't communicate with its original in real time; it can't locate the original," the Clone Puppet told Ye Liuyun.

Back when that puppet burst from the cave, Ye Liuyun and the Clone had already discovered that their Golden Pupils could see a Soul within the puppet.

Moreover, the Soul's image in its Sea of Consciousness matched the Guǐ Sòu in Han Tong's Sea of Consciousness. The Soul's power was weak, not even reaching the mass of a soul source; clearly it was a Clone arranged by Guǐ Sòu.

Yet being able to merge its own Soul into a zombie shows Guǐ Sòu's skill at forging zombies is not weak, comparable to Sun Que's. However, these zombies' Physical Bodies are far weaker than the puppets Sun Que forged.

When the Clone returned, the other two uncontrolled puppets were easily dealt with. Except for the one suppressed by the Sealing Demon Tablet, the rest were sealed by formations and taken by the Clone into the Space World.

Ye Liuyun didn't know how to control these puppets; even if he did, he feared Guǐ Sòu might reclaim them, so he could only temporarily seal them until Guǐ Sòu is found.

As for the one suppressed by the Sealing Demon Tablet, the Magic Vine went up to assist; ultimately the two of them divided and absorbed the zombie's internal energy, so their effort wasn't in vain.

Then the Magic Vine kept helping Ye Liuyun scout the caves, but after checking every cave, none showed Guǐ Sòu's trace.

Ye Liuyun looked around everywhere, still finding no clues.

"Could he not be in the stronghold? Or is he hidden too deep?"

Ye Liuyun grew curious. He had already scanned the entire mountain, yet still found nothing.

"You all stay outside on guard; the Magic Vine and I will stay here to watch."

Reluctantly, Ye Liuyun could only have the Clone Puppet guard the front, watching the formations to prevent Tong Sou from slipping away. He let the Magic Vine guard the cave entrance, while he, Gu Changhong, and Qiong Qi began studying the formations.

He planned to keep only a mountain‑protecting grand formation, destroying the others. If Tong Sou hides within a formation, they'd be easier to locate; any formation disturbance would indicate Tong Sou's hideout.

However, the mountain has too many formations; even Qiong Qi and Gu Changhong together would need days to unravel them all.

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