Chapter 3405

“This recruit isn’t useless after all, and he’s actually quite capable. He can be trained further!” Ye Liuyun’s initiative had already caught Xiao Han’s attention. None of the other soldiers had ever received such notice.

Ye Liuyun was being so proactive because he wanted to seize every opportunity to practice using his various powers.

By killing these scouts, he discovered that his blade intent was unaffected in the Void World, but his Spatial Force had indeed been considerably weakened by the suppression of the world’s natural laws. To fully recover, he would probably have to continue cultivating and grow stronger.

As for the power of heaven and earth, he had not even dared to use it. He estimated that his current power of heaven and earth was not even strong enough to injure anyone.

Before Xiao Han and the others could reach the scouts, the enemy had already realized that the scouts had been killed. They immediately drew their weapons and prepared for battle.

At this distance, there was no point in fleeing. Even if they scattered and ran, some of them would eventually be caught.

By then, the Void Realm Second Stage martial artists on both sides had already seen the situation on the other side. Xiao Heng immediately confirmed that the information Ye Liuyun had reported was accurate.

“This Ye Liuyun is quite a good scout. His information is extremely accurate! Those special eyes, his Spatial Force...” Xiao Heng thought even more highly of Ye Liuyun now.

By this time, Ye Liuyun had already killed four scouts and was on his way to take out the fifth.

However, the scouts had already been warned that someone was attacking. When Ye Liuyun moved against the fifth scout, the man was prepared. Even so, Ye Liuyun killed him with a single slash.

This time, he used his blade intent, the power of heaven and earth, and Spatial Force. Although his power of heaven and earth and Spatial Force were still not particularly strong, his blade suddenly appeared before his opponent’s neck, catching him off guard. By the time his opponent activated his true essence to protect his body, the blade had already cut into him.

Ye Liuyun immediately collected the corpse and rushed toward the last scout without stopping. The entire sequence of movements flowed seamlessly, without the slightest hesitation or wasted motion.

Xiao Han secretly praised Ye Liuyun’s ruthlessness, steadiness, and precision. He immediately guessed that Ye Liuyun had probably practiced assassination in the Immortal Realm. Although Xiao Han usually focused on cultivation, he knew every soldier well, and he had also heard that Ye Liuyun was a martial artist who had come from the Immortal Realm.

He wanted to change his circumstances through his own efforts, and of course, he also wanted to train several capable soldiers to serve as assistants at his side. That was why he paid attention to everyone.

He also thought highly of Liao Yaotian’s cleverness. However, Liao Yaotian was somewhat lacking in strength and too afraid of death. Moreover, because he was overly shrewd, he was prone to cutting corners.

By this time, Ye Liuyun had already moved against the sixth scout. This time, the scout had used true essence and the power of heaven and earth to protect his body in advance, taking every precaution. Therefore, Ye Liuyun did not forcefully strike him with his blade, but directly launched a soul attack instead.

He released his strongest soul origin, which rushed into the scout’s sea of consciousness. The scout’s soul could actually mobilize the power of heaven and earth to fight him.

Unfortunately, the scout’s soul power was not strong enough. In the end, his soul was dragged into his sea of consciousness by Ye Liuyun and devoured. Ye Liuyun then stored the corpse in his spatial world.

At that moment, Xiao Han led his troops toward the group of bandits, and the two sides clashed. Ye Liuyun did not remain idle either. He immediately hurried over and first helped Liao Yaotian ambush the Void Realm Second Stage martial artist they were fighting.

However, that martial artist’s Spatial Force was not weak, and he had already discovered Ye Liuyun.

Thus, when Ye Liuyun launched his attack, the martial artist struck toward the void first, forcing Ye Liuyun out of it.

“A Void Realm Second Stage expert really is much stronger than me. If I weren’t still unaccustomed to the environment here, he probably wouldn’t have been able to force me out!”

Ye Liuyun assessed his opponent’s strength inwardly and still used his blade intent to deliver a slash. This time, he added divine essence and the power of heaven and earth to the attack.

The martial artist immediately used true essence and the power of heaven and earth to defend himself. However, Ye Liuyun’s blade intent was too powerful. Although most of the attack was blocked, part of it still carved a huge wound across the martial artist’s chest.

Liao Yaotian seized the opportunity as well, leading everyone in a flurry of attacks and giving the martial artist no chance to catch his breath. Under their combined assault, the martial artist was struck twice more. Then Ye Liuyun ambushed him with another slash, striking him in the back and sending him flying. He landed face-first on the ground, completely unable to fight any longer, and was captured alive by the group.

Afterward, Ye Liuyun charged without the slightest pause toward a martial artist who was rushing over to provide support. He killed him with a single slash, then engaged in a head-on clash of divine essence with a relatively powerful Void Realm First Stage martial artist.

That martial artist was also a body-refining expert, but his physical body was not as strong as Ye Liuyun’s. When their fists collided head-on, Ye Liuyun shattered the bones in his arm, then sent him flying with a follow-up punch.

Ye Liuyun caught up with the martial artist, who was vomiting blood from the beating, grabbed him, and tossed him backward directly to Liao Yaotian.

“Good lad! I never would have guessed you were this strong!” Liao Yaotian could now see that Ye Liuyun’s strength far surpassed theirs.

Ye Liuyun merely smiled at him, then attacked the others again. He no longer used his blade, instead doing his best to attack with Spatial Force and the power of heaven and earth, tempering and improving his power of heaven and earth.

However, as soon as he used the power of heaven and earth, he immediately lost his advantage. He could only rely on his physical body to withstand his opponent’s attacks, yet he was unable to injure them.

But he did not use his divine essence. He continued relying on his physical body, doing his best to improve his power of heaven and earth under immense pressure. In the end, he wore his opponent down until the man had no true essence left, at which point he surrendered outright.

On Xiao Han’s side, they had already pierced a Void Realm Second Stage martial artist through with a spear. They had gained an absolute advantage. Although another Void Realm Second Stage martial artist had killed several soldiers, he was ultimately subdued by their combined efforts.

When the remaining martial artists saw that the strongest among them had been defeated, they scattered and tried to escape. The soldiers stopped most of them, but three desperately broke through the soldiers’ encirclement and got away.

Ye Liuyun immediately took out his clone’s Great Wilderness Bow and fired three arrows in succession, shooting the three fleeing martial artists to death. This was beyond Ye Liuyun’s expectations.

The Great Wilderness Bow was not particularly high-grade, which was why he dared to use it. He had not even dared to take out the God-Slaying Bow. He had thought the Great Wilderness Bow would only be able to injure the three men.

“It seems that the quality of my divine essence has improved, which is why the Great Wilderness Bow has such power!” Ye Liuyun reassessed the bow’s might. He felt that it could kill Void Realm First Stage martial artists, but it should not be able to kill those at the Second Stage.

The difference in strength between Void Realm First Stage and Second Stage martial artists was enormous. After being blasted out of the void by a Void Realm Second Stage martial artist just now, he understood exactly how great the gap between the two stages was.

The remaining battle was much simpler. The martial artists were surrounded, and after several more were killed, the rest could only surrender helplessly. They were all taken prisoner.

More than a dozen of their soldiers had died in this battle, and they had captured more than a dozen prisoners. All in all, they had returned victorious.