Chapter 3427

“Heh! You followed me all this way and even struck me once, and you think you can just let it slide?” Ye Liuyun let out a cold laugh. He released Meng Yunshan and Zhao Xiang from his spatial world and had them surround Zhao Yuanpei.

Zhao Yuanpei frowned as well, realizing that he had gotten himself into trouble. He immediately revealed his identity.

“What are you trying to do? I’m Zhao Yuanpei, the eldest son of the Marquis of Zhenwu!”

“The Marquis of Zhenwu?” Following Ye Liuyun’s instructions, Meng Yunshan laughed. “Haha, what a coincidence! Some time ago, I captured a woman named Zhao Yufei, who also claimed to be the daughter of the Marquis of Zhenwu!”

“You’re Meng Yunshan?” Zhao Yuanpei immediately realized who he was.

He had already seen Meng Yunshan’s appearance by searching the sea of consciousness of one of his prisoners, but he had never expected to encounter him here. Now that Meng Yunshan had mentioned it, he recognized him.

“Oh? You know me?” Meng Yunshan asked with a chuckle.

“Where is my sister?” Zhao Yuanpei immediately demanded of Meng Yunshan.

“Haha, how would I know? After I was done with her, I rewarded her to one of my men! What, are you planning to ransom her back?” Meng Yunshan deliberately toyed with Zhao Yuanpei.

Ye Liuyun had deliberately made Meng Yunshan reveal himself so that Zhao Yuanpei would use a voice-transmission talisman to report the information to the Marquis of Zhenwu, thereby shifting their suspicions away from Ye Liuyun.

“Enough nonsense. Who cares who he is? Kill him first!” Having achieved his objective, Ye Liuyun immediately ordered them to attack.

“Yes!”

Chen Xiang answered and immediately attacked Zhao Yuanpei.

Meng Yunshan also took out his treasured orb and hurled it at Zhao Yuanpei, while Ye Liuyun threw out his great seal, sending it crashing toward Zhao Yuanpei as well.

Knowing that he was no match for the three of them, Zhao Yuanpei immediately took out a defensive treasure and shielded himself inside it.

“Void Rank, fifth grade. We can break through it!”

Ye Liuyun glanced at the defensive treasure and continued controlling his great seal to crash down repeatedly, without revealing anything.

“Are you planning to rebel? I’m the eldest son of the Marquis of Zhenwu!” Zhao Yuanpei still tried to intimidate them with his identity, but none of the three paid him any attention.

“Boom! Boom!...”

The sounds of attacks rang out without pause. Ye Liuyun was worried that the aftermath of their battle would attract other vicious beasts, so he attacked as quickly as possible. Chen Xiang and Meng Yunshan also coordinated with him, trying to break through Zhao Yuanpei’s defenses as quickly as possible.

Afraid that he would not be able to hold out, Zhao Yuanpei immediately used a voice-transmission talisman to contact Zhao Yuan’an.

“You useless fool! Didn’t you say you were coming back? What did you run off there for?”

After receiving the message, Zhao Yuan’an roared angrily as well. He was too far away, and even if he wanted to rescue Zhao Yuanpei, he would not make it in time.

After cursing him, however, he still asked Zhao Yuanpei, “Can you hold out for a day or two?”

“There’s no way I can last that long! I’d be lucky to last two hours!” Only then did Zhao Yuanpei realize that he was afraid. Although he had life-saving trump cards, he definitely could not hold out for a day or two.

“Then do your best to hold out. If you can’t, try risking everything with a soul attack! I’ll send people over, but even at their fastest, they’ll need a day or two to arrive!”

Zhao Yuan’an immediately put away the voice-transmission talisman and summoned Song Qingyun, the captain of his guards. He ordered him to take ten guards at the fifth level of the Taixu Realm and travel aboard the fastest flying vessel in the marquis’s manor to rescue Zhao Yuanpei.

However, he also felt that there was little hope. Since Meng Yunshan had been willing to attack Zhao Yufei, he certainly would not spare Zhao Yuanpei either. But he had no other choice.

Song Qingyun immediately led the ten powerful guards through the teleportation formation to Cloudskies City, then took a flying vessel toward the uninhabited planet.

The fastest flying vessel in the marquis’s manor was only Void Rank, sixth grade. Even after traveling through the teleportation formation and then taking the flying vessel to the uninhabited planet, it would still take a day and a half at top speed.

Meanwhile, it did not take long for Zhao Yuanpei’s defensive treasure to be broken. He could only replace it with another defensive treasure.

But Ye Liuyun immediately brought out a Void Rank, sixth-grade short sword. Its attack was even more powerful, and the treasure Zhao Yuanpei had just switched to was shattered instantly.

He immediately realized that against treasures with such powerful attacks, even if he had many more defensive treasures, he would not be able to hold out for long.

Of the three, Ye Liuyun had the strongest treasures and the greatest attack power. He also appeared to be the leader. If he could kill Ye Liuyun first, he might even be able to seize his treasures. Then he would be completely safe.

More importantly, Ye Liuyun’s cultivation level was lower, so he should be easier to deal with.

With that thought, he took out another treasure for defense, then released all his divine souls and sent them charging into Ye Liuyun’s sea of consciousness.

“It’s over!”

After waiting for Zhao Yuanpei’s divine souls to charge into his sea of consciousness, Ye Liuyun called out to Chen Xiang and Meng Yunshan, then began collecting Zhao Yuanpei’s treasures.

He gave the Void Rank, fifth-grade defensive treasures to Meng Yunshan and the demon beasts. Zhao Yuanpei truly carried an astonishing amount of resources with him. He even had the origin power of three Taixu Worlds.

The origin power of Taixu Worlds was actually quite rare here. Zhao Yufei did not have even one share, which showed just how wealthy he was.

Zhao Yuanpei had quite a few top-grade, mid-grade, low-grade, and even supreme-grade Taixu Divine Crystals. He also had some resources for cultivating divine souls and power of bloodline. Ye Liuyun collected them all, handing the divine crystals and origin power over to Ye Ling to manage.

“How could it be you?” Only then did Zhao Yuanpei’s divine soul, which had charged into Ye Liuyun’s sea of consciousness, see Ye Liuyun’s true form.

“That’s right, it’s me! Unfortunately, no one will ever know!” Ye Liuyun’s divine soul sneered.

“Ye Liuyun, I’m the eldest son of the Marquis of Zhenwu...” Zhao Yuanpei began using that same threatening spiel again.

“Heh, you’re precisely the one I intend to kill! Otherwise, why would I go to such lengths to lure you here? The lives of my brothers who died when I went to rescue you last time must be repaid by you!”

Ye Liuyun cut off his nonsense and told him the reason. Then he ignored him, dragged him directly into the Soul-Refining Cauldron, shattered his divine soul, and refined it.

“You dare kill me? You dare kill me?” Until the moment Zhao Yuanpei’s divine soul was destroyed, he still could not believe this was real.

“Idiot. What do you think you are? You’re nothing but a greedy coward. Without the marquis’s manor, you’re nothing!”

After cursing him, Ye Liuyun felt much better. He had, in a sense, avenged Qin Yuan and Qiang Shi.

Ye Liuyun did not dare keep Zhao Yuanpei’s flying vessel for himself. Instead, he gave it to Meng Yunshan, who refined it and kept it for future use.

Ye Liuyun did not touch anything else. Their battle had already alarmed the vicious beasts in the surrounding area. Once they left, the vicious beasts would come and eat Zhao Yuanpei’s corpse. Therefore, he was not worried about the people from the marquis’s manor tracing it back to them.

He merely erased all traces of himself, Meng Yunshan, and Chen Xiang before leaving the area. Only after using his spiritual sense to detect several vicious beasts rushing over to fight for Zhao Yuanpei’s corpse did he leave at ease.

As for the fact that Zhao Yuan’an had already sent people over, Ye Liuyun also learned of it through soul-searching, but he did not care. He could simply change his appearance and avoid them when the time came.

Besides, if they did not send many people, he might even be able to take the opportunity to kill them instead, or use Cangyuan Gorge to finish them off.