Chapter 2200: Chapter 2200 Change of Plan
There were still more than two months before the scheduled delivery of the ferry, Ye Liuyun didn’t continue to wait here, but returned to Perch City and got busy with his own matters.
However, he practised every day, figuring out the fastest way to find the formation’s key node and how to unleash the lightning power.
Regardless of whether the formation was enlarged or shrunk, he could hit the target precisely. His control over the power was just perfect, specifically destroying the key node without affecting the operation of other formations, making it almost impossible to detect.
The operation of Perch City was handled by Song An. Everything was progressing steadily, no attention was drawn from the Revival Dynasty.
The number of martial practitioners under Ye Liuyun’s control was also growing.
"This time, we can take the initiative to attack, take down a few more major cities, get some more resources and then we withdraw!" Song An suggested to Ye Liuyun.
He totally agreed, setting the attack on the day the Dynasty started crossing.
They had plenty of time to teleport more troops.
Except for the 50,000 elite soldiers of the Dark Legion under his command, he has the 40,000 he had summoned last time, plus the 40,000 captives from the last battle. After months of training, these soldiers also need to be tested in actual combat.
Therefore, Ye Liuyun had Xiao Yunfang arrange for the elite soldiers to rest, and brought the other new soldiers for training.
It would also take quite some time to discreetly teleport the troops, and Xiao Yunfang had to send people to the Alliance of Merchants in Coast City to pick up the hundred thousand sets of armor and equipment.
Liu Yang and Mo Shaowen, at this moment, were leading the Black-Armoured guards, continuously capturing ninth-realms scattered around at the major cities in the north.
Close to the delivery day of the ferry, Ye Liuyun returned to the Refiner Alliance, and used Phantom Illusion to disguise as a disciple of Purple Flame God, following to study refining techniques.
Fifty ferries were placed in the main hall of the Refiner Alliance, being assembled.
Ye Liuyun spent every day familiarizing himself with these warships and the formations on them, continuing to practice destruction of the key node after returning at night.
"Liuyun, don’t you plan to make a move against Wu Ben?"
In the evening, Tong Xin asked him since he showed no intention of taking action against Wu Ben.
"There’s no suitable opportunity to act against him! If I control him with a divine soul, the Dynasty will notice. If I kill him, they would just replace him with someone else."
"So, what do you plan to do?"
"We’ll see what happens! If there’s no other way, we will just have to let nature take its course!" Ye Liuyun didn’t tell him much more.
In fact, he had a plan already. That is, to use the Time Turner, and as soon as Wu Ben finished inspecting the ferry and signed off on it, he will freeze time and sabotage the node.
That way, he can silently destroy these warships without interrupting the inspection, and won’t be discovered by the Dynasty.
However, during the handover, Ye Liuyun realised that Wu Ben’s inspection was very thorough. He tested every single function on each ferry, and for each ship he checked, he would store it in the spatial world, leaving no chance for Ye Liuyun to make a move.
He suddenly thought, "If these warships are inspected again in this way after they’re handed over to the army, my tampering will be immediately exposed."
Ye Liuyun rapidly made up his mind and decided to change his plan. He immediately asked his clone to notify Wu Kun to wait for him in Eastcloud’s regalty.
After Wu Ben completed the inspection, Ye Liuyun also bid farewell to Purple Flame God and followed him out.
Still using the Time Turner to freeze time, he did not sabotage the ferry, but emptied all the supplies in Wu Ben’s Interspatial Ring. Then he immediately rushed to the conveyor formation and returned to Perch City.
By the time Wu Ben realised his Interspatial Ring was emptied, Ye Liuyun had already entered the conveyor formation and left the Revival’s regalty.
The colour drained from his face and he broke out into a cold sweat. He immediately notified Mo Xiaotian.
"What? You lost it? How could you lose it?"
Mo Xiaotian found it unbelievable.
"I really don’t know! Everything was fine when I left the Alliance. As I was walking, I suddenly found out that all the items in my Interspatial Ring had disappeared!"
"It could be some sort of illusion!"
Mo Xiaotian immediately thought that they must have fallen under some sort of illusion spell.
Immediately, he notified the city guard to lock down the city, seal the defensive formation, and initiate a citywide hunt for martial practitioners possessing mighty divine souls.
However, at this point, Ye Liuyun had not only returned to Perch City, but he had also returned to the Eastcloud Dynasty through the city’s conveyor formation.
Upon his return, he quickly brought Wu Kun into a secret realm and took out the fifty ferry boats.
This time, he gave him the task of modifying the formations.
"Not only must it pass the inspection, but it also must be made in such a way that no one can tell. It would be best for the protection shield to completely break down the moment it encounters danger on water."
Ye Liuyun was also busy.
He took the ferry apart, found its keel, and began to tamper with it. He replaced several important supports with materials of inferior hardness.
Then he reassembled the ferry. From the outside, there was no apparent difference.
Together with Wu Kun, he toiled for over a month before the ferries were finally ready. Ye Liuyun was then satisfied with the fifty ferries and once again returned to Perch City to check the situation with Tong Xin.
Tong Xin laughed, "I thought you had some kind of a clever plan, but you just stole the ferry. However, the fact that you could steal something from such expert is truly impressive!"
"Hehe, how did the Dynasty handle it afterward?"
"Sealing the city and setting up the formation, they’ve been searching for a month and still couldn’t find anyone. Wu Ben was out of luck, he got beheaded. Fifty ferry boats need to be rebuilt! They’re rich anyway. Look at you, you’ve actually helped us earn quite a bit of money!” Tong Xin joked.
"Tell me a month in advance when the ferryboats are about to be finished!"
"Huh? You’re going to steal again? They will certainly step up their precautions this time!”
"Don’t worry! I won’t be stealing this time. I’ve got other important things to do!" Ye Liuyun replied with a smile.
Tong Xin agreed as well, and really did notify him a month in advance.
Ye Liuyun also went there early and waited for the ferryboats to be finished. During this period, he never left Purple Flame God’s residence, practicing every day.
Just as he predicted, the day before the handover, the conveyor formation was sealed off in advance, and the city was put into lockdown.
The individuals who came to receive the ferryboats this time turned out to be three peak ninth realm mighty experts, leading thirty thousand praetorians, surrounded the Alliance tightly.
The entire site was sealed off, unrelated people were not even allowed to watch.
After the exchange was completed, those people left immediately.
Only then did Ye Liuyun start the Time Turner, stopping time, and replaced the fifty ferryboats in the Interspatial Ring of the strong man with the ferryboats he had tampered with, and then returned to the residence.
