Chapter 2100: Chapter 2100 Full Blown Attack
The remaining elders of the Alliance of Merchants were all dumbfounded.
They didn’t expect Ye Liuyun to be so audacious.
It was an outright declaration of war against the Alliance of Merchants!
"Not only our business has been robbed. Both the Alchemist Alliance and Weapon-refining Alliance have already stopped supplying us," Cao Yuntian, the oldest elder, continued.
"Some of the major supply channels have also defected to Ye Liuyun! They even declared that they will no longer supply us!"
"Our business centre in the Dragon Clan area, Beast Mountain, and Scarlet Cardinal House have been robbed by them. They even declared they prohibited us from running businesses there. The Murong family are also forbidden to enter the area!"
"The disciples we sent were either driven out or instantly slain!"
All of them reported to Murong Changfeng simultaneously. The overwhelming news left Murong Changfeng dumbfounded.
"How could you not realise that Ye Liuyun had planned such a massive attack? Are you trying to make me clean up the mess after all that had happened?"Murong Changfeng impatiently questioned the Elders.
The Elders dropped their heads in dread, not daring to utter a word.
They knew that Ye Liuyun had planned all that all along!
Otherwise, such a change wouldn’t have the chance to happen!
In addition, their action against Ye Liuyun gave him the perfect opportunity to attack.
"Report! Two hundred thousand soldiers from the Eastcloud Dynasty are advancing on us. Two of the cities at the front had fallen and all of our business centers had been looted. In twenty days, they should arrive in Bolderia City."
Another disciple arrived at this point to report to him the latest information.
Murong Changfeng sagged in his chair and sighed deeply.
"The Alliance of Merchants’ years-long strength may be destroyed in an instant!"
At this time, the First Elder had received various news from several trade centres. All of these centres were located in cities near Ye Liuyun’s army. They were seeking the First Elder’s advice if they should evacuate.
The First Elder turned to Murong Changfeng, who helplessly instructed, "Evacuate! We can’t stop it anyway. How could we leave them behind."
The First Elder instantly relayed the message. For a while, many trade centres had started to evacuate and rushed their way to Bolderia City.
"Should we send someone to assassinate Ye Liuyun?" an Elder suggested.
"Do you think it will be simple to assassinate him? He came fully prepared. You think he would worry about our assassination attempt?" Murong Changfeng dismissed this option.
"Chairman. Ye Liuyun’s army will reach Bolderia City in about twenty days. Should we use this time to ask the Fairy Clan for help? At present, only the Fairy Clan can save us!" suggested the First Elder, Cao Yuntian to Murong Changfeng.
"I don’t think we have any other choice!" Faced with this situation, Murong Changfeng did not have a better solution.
Hence, he sent Cao Yuntian, along with enough resources to seek help from the Fairy Clan.
Cao Yuntian did not delay and brought several ninth-level martial practitioners and rushed to the Fairy Clan instantly. He made use of the fastest travelling item he could find and boosted their speed with Genuine Energy.
Murong Changfeng did not stay idle either. Since he couldn’t tell whether the Fairy Clan’s reinforcement would arrive in time, he needed to prepare a backup plan in hand. He mobilized all the forces he could find while he let the despatched martial practitioners delay Ye Liuyun’s army advancement as much as possible.
At the same time, he began to relocate his family members to the rear. He gathered all the martial practitioners in his clan, preparing to defend the Bolderia City to the end.
After his army began the siege, Ye Liuyun, along with all his martial practitioners and Yu Xiaofeng’s one hundred thousand troops, publicly executed Murong Lin before they rushed to the frontlines.
This marked the full-scale war between the Eastcloud Dynasty and the Alliance of Merchants.
This would be the most exciting martial practitioner’s battle in the eastern region.
In victory, they would obtain everything from their opponent. However, if they were defeated, the Alliance of Merchants would completely be wiped off. By then, Ye Liuyun would be retreated to the southern region. However, the Alliance of Merchants would get to him sooner or later.
Ye Liuyun was therefore betting all on this war as well.
Furthermore, he was committed to fighting until the Alliance of Merchants was unable to defend itself. They could reverse the situation if there was the slightest chance of recovery.
After all, the Alliance of Merchants had been operating in the Eastern Region for many years and was much stronger in every aspect compared to Ye Liuyun.
As a result, wherever Ye Liuyun went, he did not spare even a single person alive from the Alliance of Merchants or the Murong family.
The previously dispatched martial practitioners returned in succession, and Ye Liuyun’s strength kept growing.
The martial practitioners deployed by the Alliance of Merchants to defend their cities were merely somewhat obstructive to Ye Liuyun’s troops, without causing real harm.
Ye Liuyun had anticipated the Alliance of Merchants to seek military support from the Fairy clan.
Because other than the Fairy Clan, the Alliance of Merchants had no other backup support.
He thus told Liang Xue in advance, so that she could do all in her power to obstruct and sabotage any collaboration attempts from the Alliance of Merchants when they came.
Although Liang Xue had no actual power in the Fairy Clan, she could still mobilize the majority of the disciples.
She immediately led a group of disciples under the cover of training in the Fairy Clan’s area, to ambush the representatives of the Merchants’ Alliance who came to seek collaboration.
The Scarlet Cardinal House was also cooperating with Ye Liuyun, dispatching numerous martial practitioners to intercept Cao Yuntian, delaying his progress.
Knowing that they only had twenty days, Cao Yuntian was anxious. Therefore, he moved at full speed without stopping for rest.
However, on the way to the Scarlet Cardinal House, he encountered quite a few obstacles. Sometimes, he had to take detours to avoid the entanglement of the martial practitioners from the Scarlet Cardinal House.
As a backup plan, Ye Liuyun summoned Guan Shanyue of the Fairy Clan who was at war with the foreign races at that time to return.
However, under Ye Liuyun’s instruction, he was told not to show up immediately. Guan Shanyue was told to wait and observe who the Fairy Clan would send.
"If there isn’t enough time, they’ll probably send some local affiliated families to stop you!" Guan Shanyue guessed.
"Really? Aren’t you supposed to be more useful than them? You are a true Fairy Clan, aren’t you?" Ye Liuyun asked.
"Under the command of the Fairy Clan elders, I can’t defy their order! The best I can do is to delay a little longer!" Guan Shanyue responded.
"Hmm, that should be enough!" Ye Liuyun was aware he was stating the facts.
After that, he contacted Shui Bingyue and asked her to hurry up. If someone from the Shui family was dispatched to them, Shui Bingyue could buy him more time.
After all of the preparations were completed, Ye Liuyun began to concentrate on the battlefield. He instructed Yu Xiaofeng to proceed at full speed, regardless of whether the conquered cities were guarded.
He left all the aftermath to Pei Yong, who was following him from a far distance behind.
The armies of Ye Liuyun, the Blade Legion, and the martial practitioners, had been in battle without rest.
Ye Liuyun has prepared a huge amount of resources for recuperation.
In any event, he had more than enough resources to help these martial practitioners recuperate from the several business centres he robbed from the Alliance of Merchants. It cost him less than his usual spare change.
Under Ye Liuyun’s onslaught, the Alliance of Merchants’ strength steadily diminished.
Murong Changfeng had been worried about the state of the war and Cao Yuntian’s progression in the hopes that he would arrive at the Fairy Clan as soon as possible.
