Chapter 2841: Chapter 2841
Ye Liuyun quickly sent out his avatar and Chi Lian, splitting from Li Kuo to advance toward the territory Li Kuo was responsible for.
According to Li Kuo’s plan, they intended to capture all the planets here. Fang Sihai had already formulated a plan to acquire these planets, but because they were worried about unstable foundations provoking resistance from everyone in the galaxy, they opted for a gradual approach. If they didn’t claim them now, Fang Sihai or Li Daoyuan would take them eventually. Hence, it was better for them to act first.
They divided into two groups: Ye Liuyun and his avatar captured planets to draw Fang Sihai’s attention, while Li Kuo and Jing Tao captured martial cultivators, expanded their team, enhanced their soul power, and meanwhile, looted resources to boost their own strength.
Once their strength was sufficiently enhanced and the planets were acquired, they planned to attack the territories of the other two martial cultivators and, finally, launch an assault on Fang Sihai.
Li Kuo’s suggestion was, of course, beneficial for his own enhancement. Ye Liuyun didn’t mind, as the plan was advantageous for him too. He had resources to collect and strength to build.
Now, it was a race to see whether he or Fang Sihai could expand their power quicker. Li Daoyuan, who was at the second stage of the Unity Realm, was currently too occupied to interfere here, as he still had several Unity Realm targets to hunt. Therefore, they didn’t have to worry about Li Daoyuan’s intervention either.
Since speed was of the essence, Ye Liuyun wasn’t going to be polite when making his moves. On each planet, he immediately located the strongest individual. If they didn’t surrender, he would directly devour their soul and power of bloodline, and then proceed downwards.
Once they surrendered, he would capture the entire planet rather than just extracting the source power. Then he’d swiftly move on to the next planet without delay.
Before making a move on each planet, he had already investigated the situation thoroughly. Chi Lian was responsible for absorbing power of bloodline and distributing it to Ye Liuyun.
Ye Liuyun also handed over the core pills of martial cultivators, whose bloodline and soul powers were absorbed, to Chi Lian, so that she could focus on cultivation within the avatar’s spatial world when not in action.
Li Kuo and Jing Tao had no worries either. Since they were no longer in control here, they relentlessly focused on enhancing their strength, expanding their team, and seizing resources.
The two of them directly extracted the source power to take away with them. Consequently, many martial cultivators and civilians had to relocate to other planets.
Ye Liuyun and Li Kuo’s aggressive actions naturally attracted the attention of Fang Sihai and the vigilance of surrounding martial cultivators.
Not only did Fang Sihai dispatch a large number of martial cultivators to guard the area, but nearby martial cultivators also spontaneously organized defense teams to combat Ye Liuyun, Li Kuo, and their men.
Ye Liuyun always utilized time power to subdue the strongest individuals, directing them to report to Li Kuo, while he continued to capture planets. Before Fang Sihai could react, Ye Liuyun had already swept through hundreds of planets within Li Kuo’s control, with more than half being absorbed by him and his avatar into the spatial world, and the rest having their source power extracted by Li Kuo.
Li Kuo had gathered over three thousand formidable warriors, each at or above the seventh level of the Supreme rank, under his command. Moreover, the soul power of both him and Jing Tao was rapidly improving. Ye Liuyun also arranged for Lin Luoyi to provide them with numerous elixirs to refine their souls and accelerate their growth.
After reuniting with Li Kuo, Ye Liuyun immediately began expanding into territories controlled by other martial cultivators, boldly and openly seizing their planets.
Fang Sihai felt that such a rapid offensive by Ye Liuyun and his group must have been supported by a powerful backer, so he was hesitant to act. Instead, he sent people to secretly observe the strength of Ye Liuyun and his allies.
However, the martial cultivator they targeted couldn’t sit idly by. He hadn’t claimed much from those planets before Ye Liuyun and his group began taking them. He immediately led his forces to confront Ye Liuyun.
As soon as the battle began, Ye Liuyun used his time and soul powers to plant a slave mark on him, turning him into Ye Liuyun’s puppet.
Among the martial cultivators at the Unity realm here, apart from Fang Sihai, the others had relatively weak soul powers. Thus, Ye Liuyun could easily control them once he took action.
Subsequently, Li Kuo helped that martial cultivator enhance his soul power in preparation for dealing with Fang Sihai.
While acquiring planets, Ye Liuyun’s soul and power of bloodline continued to grow daily. They had reached a level where he had to enter the avatar space world to accelerate the refinement, otherwise he could absorb no more.
Taking advantage of the situation, Chi Lian absorbed more than usual, raising her realm to the ninth level of the Supreme rank once again. The opportunity Ye Liuyun created for her was too beneficial; she constantly absorbed and cultivated with inexhaustible resources.
Ye Liuyun also worried about her advancing too quickly. After her breakthrough, Ye Liuyun instructed her to stop advancing and instead stabilize her realm by absorbing martial cultivators’ core pills, while distributing the absorbed power of bloodline to others.
Everyone benefitted from this, even Hei Shan and Hei Liao Tianyang saw significant improvements in their strength.
Similarly, Li Kuo experienced a substantial boost in soul power, remedying his weaknesses. His force grew to more than ten thousand strong. Were it not for Ye Liuyun and Chi Lian eliminating many, their ranks would be even larger.
"Let’s take a break and solidify our strength before advancing further!"
After claiming all the planets within this territory, Ye Liuyun finally had Li Kuo and the others halt. Even he had reached his absorption limit and needed a pause; otherwise, his soul and bloodline powers would become unstable. Moreover, the origin power in the space world needed to be integrated, as it couldn’t accommodate more planets.
"Why hasn’t Fang Sihai made a move yet?" Ye Liuyun was eagerly anticipating Fang Sihai’s appearance.
"He’s very shrewd. Until he fully understands your situation and until the very last moment, he won’t make a move," Li Kuo told Ye Liuyun.
"But if we take action again and capture another strong expert at the Guiyi level, won’t he just run away if he’s left on his own?" Ye Liuyun asked worriedly.
"No, he won’t. He’s a money-grubber. With so many planetary resources here, he definitely can’t bear to leave. I bet he’s currently figuring out how to quickly seize those planets!" Li Kuo reassured Ye Liuyun.
Sure enough, a few days later, Fang Sihai announced that the entire star system would resist Ye Liuyun’s invasion and then dispatched martial artists from the planets within his domain to deal with Ye Liuyun.
This way, the planets under his control would have their defenses weakened, allowing him the opportunity to seize those planets.
Fang Sihai was unsure of Ye Liuyun’s strength, so he didn’t dare to attack rashly. He came up with this plan to speed up the process of seizing planets.
Even if he couldn’t ultimately defeat Ye Liuyun, perhaps he could negotiate a collaboration. After all, he himself was strong and had resources; Ye Liuyun had no reason not to work with him. Collaborating with him was a better deal than dealing with Li Kuo’s useless bunch.
That was his own thought process, with everything revolving around personal gain.
But if he didn’t have Dragon Soul Valley, Ye Liuyun might really consider working with him against Li Daoyuan. However, now it’s definitely impossible, as Dragon Soul Valley is non-negotiable for Ye Liuyun.
