Chapter 3877: Dragon Soul Negotiation

The Dragon Soul hadn't struggled for a few moves before the crowd jointly annihilated it.

The duplicate collected it into a Soul Sealing Pearl to distribute later, and then Xuanwu searched for another target.

The other Dragon Souls, seeing this, fled one after another, but one Dragon Soul stepped forward on its own.

Xuanwu glanced at Ye Liuyun and confirmed with him.

Ye Liuyun nodded and warned the others to be careful.

The Dragon Soul, the moment it was ensnared by the Soul‑hooking Rope, emitted Golden Light from its ethereal Soul. After it entered, it was impervious to fire and could not be pierced by swords or spears.

The shattered Soul Bell of the shadows could not shatter the entire Dragon Soul for a while.

As the Dragon Soul tried to lunge toward Xuanwu along the Soul‑hooking Rope, Xuanwu employed Black Light, but the Dragon Soul was too massive; he only carved a big hole in its Dragon Head, not fully destroying it.

Ye Liuyun immediately activated Time Power with Chaotic Azure Lotus. The Dragon Soul's Divine Soul Power was stronger than his, so he could only use Chaotic Azure Lotus to trigger Time Power and then seal it into a Soul Sealing Pearl.

After that, the other Dragon Souls kept their distance, no longer approaching the Formation, and they stalled with them.

After a while of stalemate, some Dragon Souls withdrew. Dragon Souls in a Soul state, if they wander outside for too long, will be rapidly weakened.

However, the other Dragon Souls were devising methods; they used Divine Soul Power to grab stones and hurl them at the Formation. For some Souls, this was already quite difficult; only the stronger Dragon Souls could manage it.

"Can the Formation hold?" Ye Liuyun asked the painter.

The painter explained: "Stones alone are no problem; I'm only worried they'll charge down together with the stones!" In substance, if Spiritual Soul Attack combines with the attack, the Formation's power distribution conversion isn't that fast, and can't keep up with the Soul's movement speed.

"If they charge in, I'll deal with those Dragon Souls!"

Ye Liuyun had no other choice; the Dragon Souls were too strong, so he could only use Chaotic Azure Lotus to activate Time Power.

As expected, the painter's guess was correct: after the Dragon Souls smashed the stones, they immediately rushed into the Formation, clearly having some knowledge of the cipher‑laid Formation.

Ye Liuyun instantly borrowed Chaotic Azure Lotus's power, froze Time, and pulled those Dragon Souls into his Sea of Consciousness. Worried the Ten Thousand Gods Command couldn't handle them, he directly stuffed those Dragon Souls into Soul Sealing Pearls.

The remaining few Dragon Souls that hadn't entered the Formation in time immediately fled in panic, retreating back to their mountain peaks.

Ye Liuyun also let out a sigh of relief; this round of consumption would require nearly a hundred Primordial Power to replenish.

Now that the Dragon Souls had withdrawn, it was their turn to act.

The entire Dark Dragon Abyss fell into silence; all the Dragon Souls hid themselves.

Ye Liuyun only took his duplicate, Long Nv, Lei Ming and the painter—four people—to venture deep into the Dark Dragon Abyss; he worried the others weren't a match for the Dragon Souls.

The painter's Divine Soul Power was also relatively weak, but he needed to set up a Defense Array, and they surrounded him in the middle for protection.

Ye Liuyun and his group could finally scrutinize the interior of the mountains up close; some mountains were empty, while others still contained dragon corpses.

They quickly located a mountain with a dragon corpse and charged up, but after they removed the corpse, no Soul emerged.

"Could it be that the Dragon Soul here was the one we just annihilated?" Long Nv guessed.

Ye Liuyun thought for a moment, returned to his Cave Heaven World, pried open the dragon mouth of the corpse, and found inside a Storage Ring and a pearl that held a Soul.

And that pearl was indeed empty.

"It seems this Dragon Soul was indeed annihilated!"

Only then did Ye Liuyun confirm.

Afterward they began searching each mountain one by one, jointly annihilating several Dragon Souls, retrieving the dragon corpses and the Storage Rings within, before rushing to the next mountain.

As they walked, Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil suddenly spotted a Dragon Soul hiding inside an empty Cave; it likely thought we weren't a match and fled here, assuming they were invisible to us.

Ye Liuyun, of course, would not let it go; he led everyone to strike and sealed it again into a Soul Sealing Pearl.

The duplicate, Lei Ming and Long Nv spent most of the time restraining the Dragon Souls; the ones actually delivering blows were Ye Liuyun. Compared to using Black Light, which consumes Divine Soul Power, Chaotic Azure Lotus was more efficient.

The roars of each Dragon Soul under siege finally made the other Dragon Souls in the Dark Dragon Abyss restless. Deep within, a Dragon Soul stepped forward to negotiate with Ye Liuyun.

"You've already captured over fifty dragons; isn't that enough? You only agree to withdraw if we all fight to the death?"

Ye Liuyun calmly replied: "I'm helping you return Dragon Souls, yet you're here trying to kill my people. On what grounds can we not kill you all? If you have the ability, gather yourselves and fight to the death, and I won't have to hunt you down one by one!"

The Dragon Soul, hearing this, could only say: "Even if we were at fault first, you've slain so many dragons and gained so much resources; you should be satisfied. Don't think only you possess Time Power. Your Time Power is indeed strong; we may not be able to kill you, but those around you will have to pay with their lives. Are you sure you must force us into a death‑match?"

Actually, the reason these Dragon Souls didn't directly send a Time‑Power‑wielding Dragon Soul was because Long Nv and Lei Ming were present; they didn't want their juniors entangled.

Among the remaining Dragon Souls, opinions differed on attacking the Kuailei; some dragons thought that lacking a bit of Divine Soul Power didn't justify striking those who had helped them.

Another faction believed that since they left without Ye Liuyun's aid, they owed him nothing, so attacking those who invaded the Dark Dragon Abyss was normal.

Actually, the reason these Dragon Souls have not directly sent a Dragon Soul possessing Time Power is also because Long Nv and Lei Ming exist. They still do not want their juniors to be implicated.

"They can even discern that I used Time Power. Perhaps they indeed possess Dragon Souls that have mastered time‑related laws. In that case, continuing would only lead to a mutually destructive outcome."

In fact, Ye Liuyun hadn't even tallied how much resources they had already obtained. Yet every dragon corpse here contains storage, filled with various resources, each wealthier than a nation.

Moreover, with those Dragon Souls and dragon corpses, their haul was indeed substantial, and he would never risk the lives of Long Nv and the others.

If he acted himself, guarding against Dragon Soul ambushes would be harder. Only by continuously using Chaotic Azure Lotus until all Dragon Souls were eradicated could he manage, but that would consume enormously.

So after consideration, he began negotiating terms with that Dragon Soul.

"We can stop fighting; we still lack some of our gains. What good things can you still offer?"

The Dragon Soul, seeing a negotiation possible, immediately replied: "We cannot give you Dragon Souls or dragon corpses; you've already taken enough. We can only provide some cultivation resources we have gathered."

So after he considered it, he began discussing terms with that Dragon Soul.

"You can stop fighting, that's fine; you must pay the price for your wrongdoing, right? I think our current gains are still lacking something. What good things can you still produce?"

The Dragon Soul, seeing there was something to negotiate, immediately said: "Neither the Dragon Soul nor the Dragon Body can be given to you; you have already taken enough, we can only give you some of the cultivation resources we have collected."