Chapter 757: Random Challenge

Lan Ruobing's fleet, with overwhelming superiority, defeated Hanwu and the Golden Pig.

So in this first round, her victory is certain.

The Golden Pig is more pragmatic, knowing it can't win, it merely put up a token resistance before surrendering.

In this battle, Hanwu suffered the greatest losses.

One first-class warship, two second-class warships, plus other classes of warships and bandits—casualties were too many to count.

It almost wiped out half of Hanwu's wealth!

So Hanwu hates Ye Liuyun to the point of wanting to flay him and pull out his tendons!

"This brat, I will surely kill him!"

Hanwu gritted his teeth and flung things around in the control room to vent his anger!

Ye Liuyun's divine sense couldn't penetrate the super warship's defensive formation, but his golden pupil clearly saw Hanwu's appearance, knowing Hanwu now hated him.

But he didn't care at all.

In fact, he really wanted to directly launch a soul attack with his golden pupil against Hanwu, because he discovered Hanwu's soul was absolutely no match for his.

However, he didn't want to reveal too much of his strength, lest there be any changes on Lan Ruobing's side.

Moreover, he couldn't eliminate Hanwu too early, or else Lan Ruobing would win too easily.

Then his value wouldn't be shown.

Their cooperation is purely based on mutual interests.

Ye Liuyun wanted to help Lan Ruobing again at a critical moment, in exchange for greater benefits.

As long as he gave his all when helping Lan Ruobing, he would have a clear conscience.

That recent risky operation can definitely be called conscientious cooperation!

Ordinary people wouldn't dare to take such a risk!

The bow of his own warship was dented from the impact. So he kept that first-class warship as spoils, which also gave him a clear conscience.

He believed Lan Ruobing wouldn't ask for it back.

With the end of the first round of battle, each faction's warships returned to their own camps.

The Golden Pig's side lost the fewest warships; Hanwu's side not only suffered heavy losses but also had low morale.

Besides those warships, they lost two Yin Yang Jiu Zhong experts and more than twenty late-stage Yin Yang cultivators.

This will greatly reduce the strength of their entire bandit gang for a long time to come.

Lan Ruobing's side, meanwhile, had morale at an all-time high.

Though they were originally at a disadvantage, they now actually took the lead!

After the warships returned to position, Ye Liuyun handed the captured first-class warship directly to Bojiao.

"Let's replace the bow and change the warship's appearance. Now we can't keep pretending to be from Nether Hell."

Ye Liuyun consulted Du Yan for his opinion.

"Sure!" Anyway the bow was damaged, so this was a good opportunity to give it a makeover.

Ye Liuyun also left Bai Hu and Shi Yuan to help dismantle the warship.

Meanwhile, seeing his warship being dismantled on the spot, Hanwu thought Ye Liuyun really intended to sell it, nearly making him vomit blood from anger.

"All of you, when you encounter this brat in the second round, you must kill him for me—the more miserable his death, the better!"

"Yes!" His subordinates all meekly agreed.

Hanwu is still fuming now, and nobody dares to provoke him.

Actually, these people are already worried.

They just saw Ye Liuyun's battle, knowing he possesses a divine artifact and also carries a Yin Yang Jiu Zhong skeleton puppet.

Even that skeleton puppet holds two treasures of the venerable rank.

Therefore, defeating Ye Liuyun is basically impossible.

Even the two Yin Yang Five Layers maidens beside Ye Liuyun, if they used divine artifacts, would also be helpless.

But they dare not say these things; they can only silently hope not to encounter Ye Liuyun and his group.

The second round of battle is fought among the members of the three bandit gangs.

The third round is when the various chiefs fight each other.

After the three rounds of battle, one can see the overall strength of each bandit gang; the strong will remain to control this triangular region and gain the right to explore that secret realm.

During the interval before the next round of battle, Ye Liuyun was again invited by Lan Ruobing onto the super warship.

"Young Master Ye! Thank you for your great assistance. This is a small token, as compensation for your efforts in battle!"

Lan Ruobing knows how to conduct herself, directly giving the compensation to Ye Liuyun first.

Ye Liuyun took the storage ring, scanned it with his divine sense, and found that the spirit stones inside were not only twice what he had consumed in this battle, but should also be enough to cover the repair costs for his warship.

Since Lan Ruobing gave so much, he also felt embarrassed to keep that first-class warship all to himself.

"That first-class warship..."

He hadn't finished speaking when Lan Ruobing interjected: "That is your spoils of war; it belongs to you!"

"Thanks so much, Sister Lan!" Ye Liuyun also didn't stand on ceremony.

After all, he too had risked himself to help Lan Ruobing win, weakening the enemy by nearly half; this is greatly beneficial to Lan Ruobing's future development.

Thinking about it, Lan Ruobing's expenditures are actually reasonable.

Nevertheless, he could still see her sincerity from this; in fact, she didn't need to give so much.

Ye Liuyun is also a person who repays kindness, and he prefers this sincere cooperation.

"When does the next round of battle start?" Ye Liuyun prepared to actively request to participate.

"In half an hour. I want to invite Young Master Ye to join the battle."

Speaking, she took out another energy crystal ball; the energy inside, though insufficient for him to break through to Yin Yang Liu Chong, was enough to advance him to the late stage of Yin Yang Five Layers, so it was no problem.

"These bandits are really generous!"

Ye Liuyun sighed inwardly and took the energy crystal ball.

"Fine, I'll join!" he replied directly.

"Good!" Wu Tian shouted from the side. "I want to see which of us is stronger!"

"What, do we still need to fight between us?" Ye Liuyun asked, puzzled.

"No need for that. I can compete with you to see who can kill more martial cultivators! As long as it's a cross‑level battle, you can challenge unlimited times." Wu Tian explained.

"Each side will send thirty combatants. Only one‑on‑one fights are allowed. You may use treasures, spirit beasts, puppets and other personal items. Life or death doesn't matter." Old Ghost added on the side, worried Ye Liuyun might not understand the situation.

"Uh… then you're definitely going to lose!"

Ye Liuyun heard that, smiled and looked at Wu Tian.

"Yeah, that's right!" Wu Tian suddenly remembered Ye Liuyun had the divine artifact Mourning Bell and a Yin Yang Jiu Zhong skeleton puppet, and his spirits immediately sank.

"Who set these rules? Why aren't there any restrictions!" Wu Tian's complaint drew unanimous laughter from everyone.

But the atmosphere on the spot became much more enthusiastic.

Ye Liuyun chatted with them a few sentences, then said he would go back to prepare, and first returned to the Nether Ghost Ship.

"Come on, I'll take you to the battle!"

Ye Liuyun greeted Lei Ming and Long Nv to go with him, and could also let them get some practice.