Chapter 2012: Chapter 2012 Capturing More Prisoners
"May Lady Ye lead us to victory! However, the foundation of the Eastern Dynasty is more than just soldiers and strength, but also the relationships with various powers!"
Feng Hongxiu was reminding Ye Liuyun that problems could not be resolved solely by force.
Ye Liuyun was aware of this.
"Indeed. We’ll take it one step at a time. As of now, I must trouble Miss Hongxiu to deal with those few tails lurking behind."
The past few days, Ye Liuyun noticed that a few martial practitioners at the seventh level had already started following behind their team.
To prevent more pursuers from showing up, and overwhelming Feng Hongxiu, he had her act in advance to eliminate these nuisances.
"All right. We’ve been on the road for a while and you guys have been doing the job. It’s about time for me to stretch my muscles!"
With a charming smile, she already knew about these pursuers and glided after them. Her speed was so fast that Ye Liuyun could not even visually track her without his Golden Phantom Eyes.
After Feng Hongxiu left, Ye Liuyun had his clone put on a Concealcape and prepared for battle alongside him. This also allowed him to observe the power of the opponent’s Divine Soul.
The Vermilion Bird, Xenocide, and other feral and devil beasts had all completed the transformation into demonic forms. However, since their levels were still insufficient, Ye Liuyun decided to keep only the Vermilion Bird and Xenocide by his side to defend against attacks, one openly and one covertly.
Ye Tiandao led the army from a distance, clearing the path ahead to prevent martial practitioners from attacking the soldiers.
"Bang, bang, bang," muffled sounds of explosions continued to echo from a distance.
Ye Liuyun used his Divine Sense to investigate and found that Feng Hongxiu’s figure was indeed very fast. Against the martial practitioners who had followed them, she seemed to effortlessly defeat them with a single palm strike each, making it look quite easy.
Soon, Feng Hongxiu returned to Ye Liuyun’s side.
"Miss Hongxiu, um...did you kill all of those men? You didn’t leave even one alive?" Ye Liuyun asked Feng Hongxiu.
Feng Hongxiu chuckled and said, "I certainly won’t take care of catching people for you to conscript!"
Ye Liuyun laughed and replied with a hint of helplessness, for he truly had such a notion. But he also added, "If you don’t want to, then let it be! However, try to spare a survivor in the future so that we can get information about the national preceptor!"
This made sense to Feng Hongxiu.
"Alright, I’ll save one for you next time!"
Before long, two more martial practitioners caught up behind Ye Liuyun and his group. However, since both of them were only at the early stage of the seventh level, Ye Liuyun didn’t have Feng Hongxiu take action.
He directly sent Vermilion Bird and Xenocide to deal with them, severely injuring both and capturing them alive.
These individuals all carried treasures to prevent Divine Soul attacks, clearly prepared specifically to counter Ye Liuyun.
Ye Liuyun removed their treasures, began soul-searching them, and implanted the Slaving Seal
These two individuals came from different cities and families and were not directly controlled by the national teacher. Therefore, Ye Liuyun didn’t need to break the Divine Soul contracts in their Oceans of Consciousness.
They didn’t come along with the national teacher. According to what they knew, they should have arrived two days earlier than the national teacher. They had both received instructions from the national teacher to do their best to delay Ye Liuyun.
From then on, the progress of Ye Liuyun’s group was even slower. They would stop for a while before beginning their journey again. Most of the opponents could be dealt with by Ye Liuyun himself. Thus, Feng Hongxiu hardly had to make a move.
He aimed to seize the opportunity to capture as many strong martial practitioners as possible to enhance his own defensive strength, and later use them to strengthen the Blade Legion.
In a day’s time, Ye Liuyun captured fifteen martial practitioners at the early to mid-stage of the seventh level. He implanted Slaving Seals in all of them and then instructed them to recover as quickly as possible inside the Xuankong Stone.
They only encountered one martial practitioner at the late stage of the seventh level. Ye Liuyun initially didn’t want to have Mo Hai take action, as Mo Hai had been quietly cultivating these days, aiming to break through to the early stage of the eighth level.
However, upon engaging in battle, Ye Liuyun realized that even with Dragon Lady’s help, they were still far from a match for him.
In the end, Ye Liuyun had no choice but to have Feng Hongxiu step in.
Feng Hongxiu also did Ye Liuyun a favor by severely injuring the martial practitioner before capturing him alive.
Upon soul-searching, Ye Liuyun discovered that this martial practitioner, named Bai Sha, had a Divine Soul contract personally implanted by the national teacher in his Ocean of Consciousness. He had been sent by the national teacher to pursue Ye Liuyun in advance.
The information in Bai Sha’s sea of consciousness was clear. The National Master would catch up to Ye Liuyun within a day.
When the national teacher set out, he was accompanied by two martial practitioners at the early stage of the eighth level, over ten martial practitioners at the mid to late stage of the seventh level, and more than ten martial practitioners at the early stage of the seventh level.
Their team didn’t include a single martial practitioner at the sixth level. Moreover, this count didn’t include the martial practitioners who joined them along the way.
As to the present size of their group, even Bai Sha wasn’t sure. But what he did know was that the group was definitely bigger than when they started out.
Ye Liuyun implanted a Slaving Seal in him, removed his Divine Soul contract, and then placed him inside the Xuankong Stone to heal. Afterward, he began formulating strategies with Feng Hongxiu.
"So many?" Feng Hongxue was also somewhat surprised.
"I can only handle the national teacher and the two martial practitioners at the eighth level at the same time. You’ll have to deal with the rest on your own. I hope they are acting separately and not all together! Otherwise, I’ll have no choice but to escape with you. Then I’ll use my speed to scatter them and take them down one by one."
Feng Hongxue was quite confident in his own speed.
"Or maybe you could alter your appearance and avoid the National Master’s pursuit?" Feng Hongxue suggested.
"Changing appearance can only help us evade detection temporarily. If the national teacher goes directly to the border battlefield and massacres my soldiers, I’ll have to show up eventually. The reason I leaked the information in advance was precisely to prevent them from going to the border battlefield first!" Ye Liuyun explained.
He then summoned the three martial practitioners at the seventh level that he had previously assigned to Ye Tiandao.
Currently, he had fourteen martial practitioners at the early stage of the seventh level, along with Vermilion Bird and Dragon Lady; six at the mid-stage of the seventh level; and two at the late stage of the seventh level.
Moreover, most of these individuals still had unhealed injuries. Even with the elixirs in the Xuankong Stone, they would only be able to fight with difficulty by tomorrow.
Additionally, there was the Devil Vine. Recently, Ye Tiandao had been using it to consume the remains of the enemies from battles. The Devil Vine was both quick and thorough in clearing the battlefield.
Moreover, the Devil Vine was willing to do this work as it could quickly enhance its strength with the absorbed energy. Handling martial practitioners at the mid to late stage of the seventh level was no problem for now.
However, when dealing with martial practitioners at the late stage of the seventh level, the Devil Vine could only extend one or two tendrils at most; otherwise, its power would be insufficient.
Even adding all these would not suffice the demand.
The clones could use the special Golden Phantom Eyes, but Ye Liuyun considers this trump card too crucial to reveal just yet. He prefered not to disclose this secret unless it was absolutely necessary for survival.
Ye Liuyun had no choice but to discuss with Feng Hongxiu, "You need to help me capture some martial practitioners at the seventh level. Ideally, they should be uninjured to ensure their combat effectiveness.
Otherwise, if it were just up to you, even if we manage to escape, you alone wouldn’t be able to deal with so many martial artists. Your Yuan Energy will also be insufficient!"
"Haih, what a task I’ve gotten myself into! Not only do I have to protect you, but I also need to capture people for you to build up your strength!" Feng Hongxiu sighed.
