Chapter 3884: Soul Restriction

The Clone Puppet's soul source instantly seized the giant's Soul, like catching a mouse, and used Divine Sense to communicate with it, forcing it to surrender.

Although the giant's Soul was frightened, it was stubborn, preferring death to surrender, and it shouted that they would wipe out all humanity in this world.

"Hmm? Didn't they already sign a Divine Soul Contract with the dynasty? Why are they still saying they'll annihilate humanity in this world?"

The Clone Puppet immediately spotted the problem, so it stopped probing and directly tried to place a Slave Seal on that giant.

But the moment it placed the Slave Seal, the giant's Soul burst and dissipated, giving it no control or information.

"Is this a trait of their species or a restriction placed by someone?"

The Clone Puppet still can't guess the truth, so it can only seize another to try.

A giant happened to arrive first. He deliberately emerged from the void, let out a startled shout, then vanished back into the void, luring that giant to chase.

The giant indeed fell for it, rushed into the void, and was once again controlled by one of the Clone Puppet's Souls.

This time Ye Liuyun didn't place a Slave Seal, but directly performed a Soul Search. Yet the result was the same: the giant's Soul instantly burst and dissipated, yielding no information.

The Clone Puppet analyzed that these giants are more likely controlled by someone else. If they had only signed a Divine Soul Contract with the dynasty, there would still be a chance to erase the contract.

He then tried two more giants; even using Time Power, whether placing a Slave Seal or performing a Soul Search, the outcome was the same.

Thus he stopped trying and employed Time Stasis, killing all the giants here cleanly.

On the Warship, Ye Liuyun asked Qi Yue and Qi Heng whether their dynasty had a method to place a restriction on a person's Soul.

Qi Yue and Qi Heng both flatly denied. They only knew of Divine Soul Contracts and had never heard of such a restriction.

"If the giants' Souls have such a restriction, then the Divine Soul Contract your dynasty signed with them should be invalid, or perhaps could not have been signed at all," Ye Liuyun wondered.

Qi Yue and Qi Heng looked bewildered. With Ye Liuyun's Slave Seal present, they certainly wouldn't lie.

Ye Liuyun also analyzed: "Perhaps the rumors are wrong; your dynasty never controlled these giants!"

"Maybe..." Qi Yue tentatively said, "Even the God King doesn't know their situation. After all, the one who signed the Divine Soul Contract wasn't the current God King."

Ye Liuyun thought for a moment and found his point reasonable: "That means someone else is controlling these giants. Once they are activated, who they attack becomes uncertain.

Anyone doing this must intend to exploit them for illicit schemes; otherwise they wouldn't keep these things alive and would have eradicated them long ago.

Perhaps it's not humans controlling them; it's possible they control themselves…"

Ye Liuyun said this, then suddenly paused and asked Qi Heng: "Could it be that the giant strongman in the Royal Palace is controlling them?"

"Then why don't they rush out to rescue people, and instead hide underground?"

"It's also possible that the giant strongman has already been controlled by the God King, but the God King is deliberately setting a confusing formation to guard against rebels.

Or perhaps that giant strongman knows that releasing those giants wouldn't save him," Ye Liuyun speculated.

However, Qi Yue and Qi Heng could not confirm such speculation.

Ye Liuyun didn't care about the truth. Regardless of their relationship, he would eliminate those giants and the dynasty, and it wouldn't affect him.

Only if it benefits him would he save some effort.

He immediately ordered Magic Vine and the Clone Puppet to scout the situation of that giant strongman in the Royal Palace; they would rendezvous outside the palace.

It turned out Magic Vine didn't need to act; the Clone Puppet's Golden Pupil spotted the giant strongman, sitting inside a dilapidated Side Courtyard with his eyes closed.

The Clone Puppet used its Golden Pupil to scan its interior, finding that it should be dead, with no trace of living human aura.

Its Physical Body didn't decay because its Core Pill remained, a Sixth Layer Hédào Jìngjiè Core Pill, sufficient to keep its body immortal for ten thousand years.

Just as the Clone Puppet confirmed its "death," the giant strongman suddenly opened his eyes and looked toward the void where it was.

Its action startled the Clone Puppet as well; it hadn't expected the fellow to be a "zombie" and still able to locate its position.

That at least shows the giant strongman's power is superhuman; his Spatial Power must be extremely strong to sense his existence. Even the Clone Puppet's Spatial Power couldn't detect someone hidden that far in the void.

Moreover, its feigned death fooled the Golden Pupil, indicating its own strength is extraordinary.

But afterward, the giant strongman closed his eyes again, feigning death and ignoring it.

The Clone Puppet examined it for a while, then surveyed the Side Courtyard it occupied, discovering that indeed there was a sealing Formation, and a large portion of its composition used ancient runes.

"If one doesn't understand the runes, these giants cannot break the Formation. Even if they could, the giant strongman inside would be instantly erased.

The Formation both inside and out can absorb attack power, striking those sealed within. That likely explains why that monster hasn't emerged."

After seeing this, the Clone Puppet thought the Formation was truly ingenious; once someone is trapped inside, escaping becomes difficult.

Since the monster can't get out, the danger they face is greatly reduced.

Thus the Clone Puppet stopped focusing on it and turned to monitor the Royal City.

At this moment, outside the city, one hundred thousand Imperial Guard had assembled, ready to meet them. Inside the Royal Palace, all the guards gathered together.

On the plaza before the Royal Palace within the city, the Royal Elders and many Martial Cultivator strongmen gathered, awaiting Ye Liuyun and his party.

These people's realms were all Martial Cultivators above the Mid-stage of the Cavern Heaven, totaling nearly a thousand. Among them were six Martial Cultivators of Hédào Èrchóng, and sixteen of Hédào Yīchóng.

The Clone Puppet estimated that the Royal family surely had hidden trump cards, perhaps even Hédào Sānchóng strongmen. Qi Yue and Qi Heng were unaware of this.

He just thought the God King couldn't have no trump cards, placing all Martial Cultivator strongmen on the surface.

After the Clone Puppet gauged the strength of the Great Qi dynasty, it also concealed itself in the void, awaiting Ye Liuyun. With its current power, the Great Qi dynasty could not possibly block Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun was now channeling energy into the Hédào Wǔchóng and Hédào Sānchóng puppets.

With such a bizarre giant strongman existing, he wouldn't be careless and chose to prepare in advance.

He didn't even let the Clone Puppet test the giant strongman's strength first; instead, he told the Clone Puppet to wait until he arrived—if a test were needed, a puppet could be used, no need for the Clone Puppet to risk itself.