Now it was Kong Chenglin’s turn to be taken aback.

Moreover, the people here were stronger. The soldiers of the Dark Legion were standing outside the gate, all as scary as a beast even they had all changed out of their uniform. They were all in the mid-forth realm, up to a hundred of them.

It was only then that he understood, these people were the true strength of Ye Liuyun.

With such power, even their Kong Family wouldn’t so easily lay a hand on Ye Liuyun, worrying that the losses would be too great.

No wonder he spoke so aggressively! He might not even be able to get a report on Ye Liuyun even if he wanted to. If they really fought in a battle, any losses to the Kong Family would still end up on his head.

With no other choice, he had to return to Ye Liuyun. He couldn’t explain his inability to accomplish the task when he went back.

"Changed your mind?" Ye Liuyun looked at him mockingly.

Although Kong Chenglin cursed the entire family of Ye Liuyun in his heart, he dared not show it on his face. He plastered a smile on his face, "Captain Ye, please don’t take offense. I did not know your power before, and feared that you could not replace the Qi Family.

Now that I have seen your men, I know of your strength and naturally wish to continue our cooperation! I have brought the fees, you can rest assured!"

Ye Liuyun gave a slight smile, ordered the village gate to be opened, and invited him in.

However, the two men he brought with him were stopped outside the village.

Kong Chenglin didn’t think much of it, assuming that Ye Liuyun was just trying to intimidate him. He hadn’t expected Ye Liuyun to actually make his move against him, directly branding him with a Slaving Seal.

"Spare me, master! I’m just a lackey with no real skill. I offended you because I was greedy. You’re a kind man, please show some mercy!" Kong Chenglin was immediately scared enough to kneel and beg for mercy.

"Stop the nonsense, go back to the Kong Family and keep an eye out for me, get my takeover of the Qi Family done," Ye Liuyun didn’t bother with his act of pity. He knew exactly what was going on in his head.

He then handed the 30 men over to him and sent him back to report.

With the control of the Slaving Seal, Kong Chenglin was helpless and had no choice but to leave the money with Ye Liuyun and then take his men to report back. He also had to help Ye Liuyun arrange everything for taking over the fort.

Ye Liuyun, on the other hand, was already considering how he could quickly expand his influence.

He didn’t even regard the Kong family highly, let alone be content with a small fort like this.

On both sides of the Qi’s Fort, one was the Kong family, and on the other side, it was the Chen family, which had been making a living from mining metals and mineral vein.

The Chen family had also been a strong power at the border for a long time, needing a lot of martial practitioners as miners. Besides having a large territory, they often cooperated with Qi Family.

Behind the Chen family, there was the renowned chain corporate in the east, the Alliance of Merchants, which rumored to have some connections with the Alliance of Gods. Their business had already expanded into the central region.

Whether he wanted to challenge the Chen family or the Kong family, he could not trigger the larger powers behind them.

"I need to find a key contact, then complete the conversion overnight to guarantee the normal operation of business," Ye Liuyun thought to himself.

For the Kong family, he had basically identified the First Elder of the Kong family, Kong Changfeng, in charge of basically all of the family’s business relations.

As for the Chen family, he could only patiently wait for his opportunity as he had no information of them.

On the other side of the territory where Ye Tiandao was located, there was a group of Demi-beasts. They were originated as demons who ended up here in the hide due to failed transformation, and living along with humans and beasts.

Gradually, they formed a scale and multiplied. They have the spiritual intelligence of a human and the strong physicality of a feral beast, their combat power was very strong and robust.

In the border battlefield, they were often employed by various powers to serve as fighters.

Moreover, they had been maintaining contact with the Beast King of the Beast Mountain in the East, often provide human bodies as food in exchange for feral beasts to help with their reproduction.

And the Beast Mountain was not simple at all. Several powerful transformed monsters have emerged from there, which was one of the stronger forces in the east.

It was before long for the demi-beasts to constantly harass Ye Tiandao and the fort they had just taken over, in attempt to get their hands on some resources and a part of territory to themselves.

Ye Liuyun then ordered Ye Tiandao to kill them right away. Such a small-scale fight wouldn’t attract the attention of the larger powers.

However, these demi-beasts were relentless, demanding compensation from the Ye Liuyun’s team, threatening to attack them en masse if they didn’t comply.

They were the largest force in the border battlefield, numbering in the tens of thousands.

Smaller forces generally avoided provoking them, choosing instead to bear the losses themselves.

Yet, Ye Liuyun wanted to take down this force for good. By making them his allies, he could use them to sweep across the entire border battlefield.

With Helian Xiu and Master Wei along with others subdued the minor powers around, Ye Liuyun ordered her to stay and wait for the arrival of the Dark Legion and join forces with them at the buffer zone.

After Master Wei and Wu Qingcheng’s group returned to Qi’s Fort, Ye Liuyun left him behind to manage the place and to take on tasks from the Kong and Chen Families.

He then took the original members of Tiger Mercenary, along with Wu Qingcheng and others, and rushed to join up with Ye Tiandao and the rest, even renaming the as Tiger’s Fort.

The demi-beasts waited for days but still no actions from Ye Liuyun. They sent their men to the fort to confront him whether he was planning to pay or take on a battle.

Among the group that came were a dozen werewolves, the one leading them was at the beginning stage of the Fourth Realm. These werewolves were humanoid with wolf heads, their hands and feet resembling that of a wolf, complete with claws and fur, and they could wield weapons like humans.

When standing, they were half a body taller than an average man, and ran as fast as a wolf.

"MoMa, show them your true form. Take two demonic wolves with you and tell them to bring it on if they want to fight! Also, unleash your power of bloodline, let’s see if you can suppress them," he ordered.

He also let his clone release two demonic wolves of the Fourth Realm to accompany MoMa to reply to these werewolves.

As the gates opened, the group of werewolves were stunned as they saw that they were dealing with a Mossy Marauder and two demonic wolves.

MoMa and the two demonic wolves walked slowly, releasing their power of bloodline to intimidate the surrounding werewolves.

Just as predicted, their power indeed had a suppressing effect on these demi-beasts. All of the werewolves were bowing down in surrender, whimpering in a submissive tone. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"Come and get us if you want to fight!", MoMa boldly proclaimed as per the instructions given by Ye Liuyun. Then, he and his two demonic wolves retreated.

As soon as MoMa was out of sight, the werewolves ran away as fast as their legs could carry them, afraid to stay a moment longer.

"Will this scare them off?" Lei Ming and other demons asked.

Ye Liuyun gave a meaningful smile, "Who knows!"