Chapter 2400: Chapter 2400 Approved By Everyone
With the scout assassin dead, the four assassins following behind immediately stopped in their tracks.
Meanwhile, another group of assassins heard the commotion and started moving closer to this location.
Ye Liuyun immediately fired another curved arrow toward the other group of assassins.
The arrow swooped past the four assassins but headed straight toward the other group.
"That arrow can curve?" The four assassins watched in bafflement.
But soon, they heard a "bang" as the arrow struck an assassin from the other group. The assasin was likely injured by the arrow but not killed, as his protective armor absorbed the blow.
But with that, both sides spotted each other and quickly started fighting.
Serena and the others heard the intense fighting outside but didn’t dare use Divine Sense to scout, fearing they would be detected.
At this point, they all guessed that it was the other two teams who had started fighting.
Only Serena’s position allowed her to see Ye Liuyun’s actions and realize that he had provoked the other two teams into fighting.
With one team of 5 members while the other with four, the outcome of their battle were decided in a swift.
Seizing the opportunity, Ye Liuyun fired two consecutive arrows at the closest assassin in the team about to win, killing him.
"There’s still someone!" His comrades quickly warned each other. After swiftly killing their opponents, they either hid behind trees or crouched in the grass to avoid the arrows.
But Ye Liuyun could see their positions clearly. Seeing that they were all hiding and not making a move, he immediately fired two more arrows in quick succession at one of the martial practitioners.
Moreover, the arrows were shot in different directions.
This time, as soon as he released the arrows, his position was exposed and the enemy finally discovered him.
"Surround him!"
With a single command from their leader, they all began to surround Ye Liuyun.
"Ah!"
But the martial practitioner targeted by Ye Liuyun’s two arrows let out a startled cry. He had sensed the threat from the arrows.
But by the time he saw the two arrows, it was already too late to dodge.
The two arrows came at him from different directions. He used a defensive artifact to block one, but the other pierced through him from the side.
He wasn’t wearing any protective armor, so he died instantly.
“Damn it! It’s that low-realm brat!”
The remaining three, seeing the bow in Ye Liuyun’s hands, immediately realized that he was the one who had killed their two comrades.
"Be careful, his arrows don’t fly in a straight line!" One of the assassins warned, having noticed the strange trajectory of Ye Liuyun’s arrows.
Still, the three of them continued to close in on Ye Liuyun.
"Brat, you’re not getting away!" One of the martial practitioners shouted, seeing that the three of them had Ye Liuyun surrounded and prepared to strike.
But he didn’t watch his step and triggered a small trap. From the bushes on both sides, countless arrows shot out at him.
Due to the close range and the sheer number of arrows, he could only block one side but not the other and was instantly turned into a human pincushion.
This trap was the same type of artifact Serena had previously given to Ye Liuyun. The one that could fire a large number of arrows at once. The other was a replica casually crafted by Ton Xin during her research.
However, Ton Xin had already upgraded it into an energy cannon powered by Spirit Crystals, making the version that used physical arrows obsolete. So he gave it to Ye Liuyun to keep for fun.
The remaining two assassins also charged at Ye Liuyun together.
But Ye Liuyun remained calm and composed. Yi Dao stepped forward to confront them, his fierce sword intention forcing the two assassins to retreat continuously.
One of them triggered a small formation and got trapped inside, while the other charged straight into their ambush zone.
The people around Ye Liuyun immediately prepared to strike.
"Don’t move. Leave it to me!"
Ye Liuyun immediately spoke up to stop them, then grabbed his Demon Slayer blade and engaged the assassin in close combat.
While fighting, he called out to the others, "There are no more enemies around. Go clean up the battlefield and leave this one to me!"
So Serena led Madshark and the others to clean up the battlefield. The martial practitioner trapped in the formation was captured by them.
At this moment, Ye Liuyun and the assassin were locked in a fierce, evenly matched in battle.
Under the suppression of Ye Liuyun’s domineering sword intention and the power of heaven and earth, the assassin was barely able to use any Phantom Hand abilities. His strength lay in his deceptive techniques, not in brute force or direct confrontation.
But within the web of sword intention woven by Ye Liuyun, he couldn’t find a single opportunity to counterattack.
Each time he resisted Ye Liuyun’s sword intention, his genuine energy was heavily drained. By the time Serena and the others returned, the assassin actually surrendered outright.
Since this was a training exercise, they generally avoided killing unless absolutely necessary. Especially if the opponent was captured or surrendered voluntarily.
Therefore, Ye Liuyun and the others released both him and the other captured assassin.
The two of them also exited the group combat training area immediately.
"Haha! You’re something else, kid. You took out that many people in one go! Come on, tell us how you pulled it off!" Madshark and the others finally started chatting with Ye Liuyun.
"Give me a moment—I’ll go dismantle all the traps first!" Ye Liuyun said, then ran off to remove all the traps he’d previously set up, in case anyone accidentally triggered them later.
"You replicated the treasure I gave you earlier?" Serena asked curiously when she saw Ye Liuyun return with two quivers.
"Yeah!" Ye Liuyun admitted with a nod.
"Aiyo, you two knew each other before? Already exchanging tokens of affection?" Madshark teased with a grin.
“What are you talking about! I just exchanged some resources with him for that item!” Serena quickly explained.
At this moment, Ye Liuyun not only dismantled all the traps, but also collected all the corpses.
"Why are you collecting the corpses?" Enigma asked in confusion.
"I have some feral beasts and I can feed to them. They’re dead anyway, so might as well not waste them!"
"You really are thrifty!" Yi Dao and Madshark also joined in, teasing him with laughter.
These assassins were all quite wealthy and would never care about something as trivial as food for feeding feral beasts.
They simply didn’t understand how many mouths Ye Liuyun had to feed, which was why they couldn’t comprehend his frugality.
So Ye Liuyun simply clasped his hands in a polite gesture and asked them to help collect more if they had the chance in the future. The others all agreed readily.
Then, Ye Liuyun began roasting meat with everyone. As they ate, he explained to them how he had carried out the attack just now.
He knew that Serena had seen the entire process, so he didn’t make anything up and told everything truthfully.
After he finished speaking, everyone inwardly acknowledged Ye Liuyun’s identity and capability.
Because whether it was strategy, special abilities, or strength, Ye Liuyun absolutely had the qualifications to be their companion.
Ye Liuyun had just fought across realms with an assassin at the first level of thCelestial Unity Level and they had all witnessed it with their own eyes.
So both Enigma and Yi Dao secretly nodded at Serena, signaling that Ye Liuyun was qualified. After all, the purpose of this team-based combat training was to help them find suitable partners.
Moreover, Ye Liuyun’s personality didn’t seem to have any issues for now.
They were all full of praise for Ye Liuyun’s grilling skills, saying that as long as he was around, they’d never have to worry about going hungry again. Even Serena couldn’t help but compliment his roasted meat.
