Chapter 941: Framed and Blamed

"Ha ha! This move is truly too high!"

Qin Peng laughed and stepped back, going to borrow clothing and equipment from those Demon Cultivators.

Ye Liuyun also summoned the Demon Race Clan Chiefs and the Sect Leaders of the Demon Cultivators.

They, affected by the Nine Nether Prelude, completely obey Ye Liuyun's orders.

Ye Liuyun assigned them a mission.

"Later, you will bring your people back to Moyu, infiltrate Yi Cheng, gather intelligence, and await my next instructions."

"Yes!" they replied, and then went down to prepare.

From these Demon Race and Sect members, Ye Liuyun each selected a high‑rank strongman, a Creation Ninth‑Layer strongman, and a Yin Yang Jiu Zhong disciple.

These nine people he will keep by his side in order to continuously observe the later effects of the Nine Nether Prelude.

He worries that the Nine Nether Prelude will lose its effect over time.

He placed these nine people inside the Space World, entrusting a dragon eagle and the fierce beasts within to guard them.

His Divine Sense also makes it convenient to observe and record their movements at any time.

After Qin Peng returned to Yonglie Island, he also began focused training for those two thousand soldiers.

The last time Prince Xiao sent troops, although the battle was resolved by the Swallow‑Heaven Beast, Qin Peng could discern the strength of Xiao's army from it, so he gave them targeted training.

He also hurried to promote two subordinates as his Deputy Leaders. Among them, Cang Hong is mainly in charge of Yonglie Island, and He Jiuxiao is responsible for the garrison of Lord Ningyu.

These two have followed him for years, are trustworthy, and have the ability to command troops.

However, Qin Peng has no soldiers to give them, so they must recruit on their own. Moreover, the recruited soldiers must be split half to Qin Peng.

Thus, after receiving their appointments, the two rushed to Lord Ningyu's territory to recruit soldiers.

The soldiers near Yonglie Island had already been largely recruited, leaving few troops left. They could only go to Zhongyang Dalu to enlist.

Ye Liuyun, taking advantage of Qin Peng's preoccupation with military affairs, devoted himself to cultivation inside the Xuan Kong Shi.

He intends, before heading to Xiao's Royal Mansion, to raise his realm to the critical point of the Yin Yang Eightfold peak, then after some refinement, break through to the Yin Yang Jiu Zhong realm.

After several days of quiet cultivation, Ye Liuyun, having raised his realm, emerged from the Xuan Kong Shi.

His fierce beasts and the Yin Soul within the Soul Banner have also conserved their strength and are ready to fight again.

Qin Peng is also fully prepared.

All two thousand elite soldiers are disguised as Demon Cultivators. Even the Storage Rings and Warships have been swapped, making it impossible to tell they are Ye Liuyun's troops.

"Alright, let's set out!"

Ye Liuyun, also very pleased with Qin Peng's arrangement, immediately boarded the ship and rushed to Xiao's Royal Mansion.

Last time, Prince Xiao dispatched a large number of Venerables, none of whom returned.

Even the strongman he considered infallible at the Sixth Layer of the Life‑Death realm did not return.

This time, his losses are also huge. Deploying those Venerables also requires massive resources.

Moreover, the defenses of his Royal Mansion have significantly weakened. Fortunately, for years no one has dared to target his mansion, so he is not overly worried.

"With so many Venerables, they can't kill a kid of the Yin‑Yang realm?"

He began to suspect that Ye Liuyun has a deeper background. He ordered a renewed investigation into Ye Liuyun, thinking earlier information might have been wrong.

For a moment, he dared not send anyone to hunt Ye Liuyun.

He never imagined that Ye Liuyun would rush to launch a surprise attack on his Royal Mansion.

Ye Liuyun, leading his soldiers, did not attack the Royal Mansion directly, but first struck at the garrison of the mansion's soldiers.

The night was dark and windy, all sounds silent.

"Ugh!"

A sudden wail of a Yin Soul cried out, causing the soldiers on guard at the mansion's garrison to break out in cold sweat.

Immediately, a swarm of shadows appeared before them, and the soldiers fell one by one in complete silence, their breaths gone.

Then, these high‑rank shadows lunged straight at the positions of the strongmen inside the garrison, killing them one by one.

Everything was silent; the masters in the garrison fell one after another. Even the Venerables could not escape the fate of being instantly annihilated.

Afterwards, the Yin Souls withdrew, and four squads of black‑cloaked Demon Cultivators stormed directly into the garrison.

The large‑scale slaughter only began at this point.

Many garrison soldiers, just awakened from a nightmare and still confused, were cut down with a single slash.

As shouts rose within the garrison, the soldiers finally realized they were ambushed, and began calling out to warn each other.

But their commanders were absent, no one could organize an effective counterattack, and the soldiers fought individually around their own quarters.

Thus, facing the combined assault of those Demon Cultivators and fierce beasts, they could hardly withstand even a single encounter.

The Skeleton Puppet, in the shadows, waved the Soul Banner, absorbing Yin Souls.

Ye Liuyun, riding the dragon eagle, circled from afar in the night, observing the battlefield from a high perch.

"Not bad, very smooth!" he said, nodding with satisfaction.

Everything proceeds according to plan.

The soldiers inside the Royal Mansion, unused to being ambushed for a long time, have poor vigilance. Moreover, they have had no drills to prevent ambushes for a long period.

Thus, when unexpected situations arise, they have no effective response measures.

Qin Peng divided the soldiers into four squads, advancing toward the garrison's center from four directions. The Royal Mansion's soldiers could not escape.

The shouts from the garrison startled the guards inside the Royal Mansion.

They immediately sent people to investigate, but those sent were killed by the high‑rank Yin Souls arranged by Ye Liuyun, and the news could not get through.

Gradually, the Royal Mansion's guards realized trouble at the garrison and promptly reported to Prince Xiao.

"It might be a Demon Cultivator attack!" The Royal Mansion could only faintly hear shouts, and from afar only see streaks of black shadows.

Prince Xiao immediately dispatched a Venerable to investigate. Yet after waiting for a long time, that Venerable still did not return.

"Huh, what's wrong? Still no news? What exactly happened at the garrison? Why hasn't anyone come to report?" Prince Xiao felt a bit puzzled in his heart.

At this moment, the place where his garrison is stationed is surrounded by powerful Venerable-rank Yin Souls; not even a mosquito can fly out.

The connection between Prince Xiao's Mansion and the garrison has been completely cut off.

Those commanders who had Transmission Talismans had already been killed by the Yin Souls, and their Storage Rings were all taken away. m.

Ye Liuyun also sent two Demon Cultivators to loiter near Prince Xiao's Mansion, drawing their attention a bit.

The guards of the Royal Mansion could only hear the shouts of killing from inside the garrison from a distance; however, the exact situation remained unknown.

From time to time, they would send people to check, but the result was always that those who went never returned.

Prince Xiao also sent two Venerables again to investigate, but the result was the same—those who went out never came back.