Jian continually shook his head, feeling sorry for Ye Liuyun and others. The martial practitioners he gathered were quite well-known within the area of Northsky Sect.

"You’re giving away your lives!" He exclaimed.

However, a female disciple behind him interjected, "I somehow feel these mercenaries are quite strong! Look, they don’t seem nervous at all!"

This girl was Gong Wanting, Jian’s junior.

"These mercenaries are usually shrewd and cunning, their mental fortitude is generally quite impressive!"

"Oh!" Gong Wanting and others usually respected their senior very much and would accept whatever he said as truth. So naturally, they believed him this time too.

These people originally thought that Tong Yuan and others were bullying too much, but after hearing Jian’s words, they chose to remain silent.

At this moment, a fifth-realm stepped out, "Who will come first?"

He wanted to seize a suit of armor in haste. The five fifth-realm martial practitioners in front of him all had the highest grade of armours on.

Ye Liuyun, however, was arranging battle plans with his men while simultaneously remarking with a cold smile, "We’ll move together!"

"Wow, you’re quite ambitious, aren’t you?" The martial practitioners on the other side jeered.

"Each of your heads is worth a million! Wouldn’t it be a pity if we let even one of you escape?" Ye Liuyun continued to say in a calm and unhurried manner.

As soon as he finished arranging his tasks, his clone instantly released his Devil Qi, covering everyone on his side. Leaving ten soldiers behind, he strode forward to initiate the attack.

His clone had always concealed himself with Devil Qi, with his face hidden by an armour mask, preventing anyone from recognizing his true identity.

"Huh? They’re doing it for real?" The martial practitioners on the other side, who were seasoned veterans used to constant battle, reacted very quickly.

They immediately spread out, drawing their weapons, ready to engage in battle.

Craack!

A bolt of lightning surged out from the Devil Qi, directly striking the one who had stepped out first.

Then came another storm as he was trampled to a pulp by a gigantic beast’s foot that extended from the Qi.

"Woosh", a wave of flame engulfed all the martial practitioners.

"Do not underestimate them, they’re strong!"

Tong Yuan noticed that Ye Liuyun and his group were formidable and hurriedly warned the crowd!

"Ah, Ah..."

Several forth-realms were unable to resist the holy fire from Ye Liuyun’s Golden Crow and were burned on spot, screaming in agony.

Tong Yuan waved his hand, sweeping the mighty Genuine Energy across the flames.

The others immediately saw several flaming figures flailing and hopping about.

But before the flames could be extinguished, struck a surge of Power of Ice, freezing the ground.

This time it was Ye Liuyun, Man Shu, Lei Ming, and Xiao Lanbing who jointly unleashed the power, which was even more fierce than the previous Flame Force.

Other than the fifth-realm who possessed Flame Force, the others were frozen in ice.

"Swoosh!" A stroke of Sword Beam swept out, shattering the frozen martial practitioners into bits.

In the blink of an eye, only five warriors were left.

"Attack together and stop them!" Tong Yuan shouted. But just as he finished speaking, a gash appeared on the back of his heart in a shwick, and he fell straight to the ground.

The warrior who had just managed to escape, also suddenly had a big hole gouged out in his body, his heart directly shattered.

"Thud!"

Another mid fifth-realm also immediately collapsed on the ice, his divine soul devoured.

The remaining two mid-fifth-realm warriors were taken aback. One got stabbed in the back, and the other had his divine soul directly devoured, both unsuspected attacks made by the clone in Concealcape.

“Stop at once!” Jian immediately shouted.

He didn’t expect that in the blink of an eye, all the warriors he had brought would be massacred.

"Too late!"

Ye Liuyun responded as the Devil Qi slowly dissipated.

Ye Liuyun and the others maintained their original formation.

White Tiger and Megalithic Ape stepped forward to clear the battlefield.

Ye Liuyun and his clone walked towards the First Elder.

"Twelve heads in total. 12 million medium-quality spirit crystals! Pay up!” Ye Liuyun said casually.

Kong Jiexiang was dumbfounded, unable to react in time.

Not only him, but Jian and his men were all dumbstruck as well.

The elder who followed their group also couldn’t help but frown. This kind of offensive and cooperation, he probably wouldn’t be able to defend either.

Besides, the Devil Qi just now were obviously just a ruse. Among those around Ye Liuyun, there must had been someone who didn’t make a move.

He then looked at the other ten motionless soldiers, and his previous assessment of the mercenaries’ abilities was immediately revised.

"Why did you kill them all?" Jian roared in anger.

"Didn’t you want to see our strength? And you said we could kill?" Ye Liuyun retorted.

"Uh..." Jian was momentarily at a loss for words, it was indeed he who proposed to test their strength.

"What? Are we mercenaries the ones that are meant to be killed?"

Ye Liuyun scornfully laughed and didn’t bother with him further. Instead, he turned to look at Kong Jiaxiang.

"Uh... this... I didn’t expect this result. No wonder Commander Ye could unify the border battlefield, your strength is indeed extraordinary..." Kong Jiaxiang tried to praise Ye Liuyun to cover up this incident.

But Ye Liuyun coldly replied, "Enough with the nonsense! We mercenaries kill for money. If you can’t pay up, you won’t leave today!"

"How dare you speak to me this way? I have given you the down payment, I’m your employer!"

"The down payment was only for the exploration, not for killing these trash. Let’s keep things clear. You said it yourself just now, one million middle-grade spirit crystals per head. Are you trying to go back on your word now?" Ye Liuyun asked indifferently.

"How dare you speak to our First Elder like that!"

Several Kong family guards also approached Ye Liuyun, exerting pressure on him.

Suddenly, the remaining ten soldiers formed a formation and charged directly at the guards.

All ten of them were armed with long spears and shields. Despite the fact that there were some fifth-realm guards, most of them were taken down within one to two moves, cleanly and efficiently without fuss. Then, one person directly collected the resources.

Ye Liuyun looked at Kong Jiaxiang indifferently, "Sir, your underlings don’t know the rules, I helped you teach them a lesson!"

Seeing the situation turn out like this, with Ye Liuyun still intimidating the elder to pay up, Jian wanted to step forward to warn Ye Liuyun. However, he was suddenly held back by an elder behind him.

He sent him a message, "Sir, the situation isn’t right! These people aren’t simple, I can’t stop them either. Don’t get yourself involved!"

"Ye Liuyun, how dare you put your hands on the Kongs!" Kong Jiaxiang threatened.

"I’ll ask you again, are you going to pay your bill?" Ye Liuyun stared at him, the murderous intent on his body subtly making its appearance.

"You..." Kong Jiaxiang’s heart also trembled.

A wise man does not fight when the odds are against him, so he quickly softened his tone.

"But I didn’t bring that much money! How about I write you an IOU first, and pay you back later?"