The Demon Vine was still going all out with the women, slaughtering the early-stage Unity Realm soldiers of the Wang Dynasty, killing with such gusto that it had no intention of stopping.
So the second clone handed the lower-realm soldiers over to the Demon Vine and collected the women into the spatial world. He then also gathered up the mid-stage Unity Realm captives, letting the women continue practicing their skills on them inside the spatial world.
As the women’s cultivation levels rose, it was time for them to practice against soldiers of higher realms.
Ye Liuyun left the battlefield cleanup entirely to the Demon Vine, having it devour as quickly as possible to avoid Jiang Yuntian’s reinforcements arriving. The Demon Vine couldn’t consume so many corpses at once, so it absorbed while directly stuffing them into storage rings to digest slowly later.
Ye Liuyun and Xiao Heng were both racing against time to clean the battlefield and organize the captives.
All captives signed collective loyalty contracts, gathered by a specialized soldier responsible for loading, then taken into Ye Liuyun’s spatial world. The corpses in the starry sky were collected by soldiers and left for the Demon Vine.
Xiao Heng’s side handled things the same way—quickly, without time for careful screening or distinction.
At this moment, the second clone detected a new batch of cultivators with relatively powerful soul strength. These people were dressed as scouts, their attire giving no indication of being military soldiers, but their cautious advance and probing methods were identical to the previous scouts.
Ye Liuyun let them approach slightly closer before launching soul attacks, then searching their souls to learn about Jiang Yuntian’s army movements.
According to their knowledge, only one army was heading this way, and that army should be coming to reinforce Qin Mu.
But Ye Liuyun’s golden pupils spotted from afar that the warships of that army were coming directly. If they were merely coming to retrieve defeated troops, they should have stopped by now, not approaching the battlefield so closely.
"Prepare for battle, enemy forces are approaching. At least get the local army to evacuate quickly!"
Ye Liuyun notified Xiao Heng, having him inform the local army to withdraw immediately. They had too many captives to process, making it impossible to evacuate the battlefield in time.
Once fighting broke out, Ye Liuyun might not be able to look after them.
So the local army commander immediately decided: all surrendered soldiers would remain in place on standby, leaving only one team to manage them and sign contracts, while the rest of the army would withdraw entirely. This way, even if more fighting erupted, Ye Liuyun wouldn’t need to concern himself with these captives.
Ye Liuyun immediately led his elite troops and Xiao Heng’s team directly into the starry sky to meet the enemy.
This army of over fifty thousand included more than ten thousand experts at the ninth-level Unity Realm—more than sufficient to face any army.
But the second clone, responsible for monitoring battlefield movements, quickly discovered that from two other directions, two more warships were also approaching. Using his golden pupils, he found that the soldiers aboard were even stronger than the army directly facing them.
The army facing them was also led by a young commander. Ye Liuyun had already learned through soul-searching that this was another young commander by Jiang Yuntian’s side, named Meng Changxing.
Even if this person had hidden cards, he only carried some life-preserving guards, numbering no more than two thousand—not difficult to deal with.
But the other two armies were led by orthodox commanders. Judging by the soldiers’ aura, they were clearly much stronger than Meng Changxing’s force. Although these commanders didn’t bring much personal strength, their entire troops’ power was extraordinary.
Ye Liuyun immediately made a decision: lead his troops to first attack one of the powerful forces, drawing Meng Changxing to pursue him for merit, thereby isolating the other force.
In this battle, the second clone didn’t need to look after the women and could participate in the fight, joining him in striking the powerful enemy ahead, while having Xiao Heng’s five thousand ninth-level Unity Realm soldiers focus on intercepting the pursuing troops from behind.
So Ye Liuyun accelerated his troops forward, then immediately turned direction, charging toward the army on the left.
Meng Changxing initially thought Ye Liuyun had fallen for the trap and immediately ordered his soldiers to disembark from the warships to meet the enemy. But when he saw Ye Liuyun veering sideways, he couldn’t wait to lead his troops in pursuit.
He had indeed fallen for the trick, seeing this as a perfect opportunity to attack Ye Liuyun’s army from both sides.
So without waiting for his army to fully assemble, he led the soldiers who had disembarked in a hasty advance. Then the soldiers behind him disembarked and followed squad by squad.
The other army, seeing their formation so scattered, had no choice but to stop and form ranks to let them pass first, lest their own formation be disrupted. They prepared to detour and strike Ye Liuyun’s forces from the side.
When Ye Liuyun saw Meng Changxing fall for the trap, isolating the other powerful army, he felt considerably relieved.
The army facing him had also begun disembarking and forming ranks, preparing to confront him head-on. But their commander had placed the lowest-realm soldiers at the very front, obviously intending to use them as cannon fodder to deplete as much of Ye Liuyun’s soldiers’ true essence as possible.
He noticed that Ye Liuyun’s side had fewer soldiers. Since they were elite troops, their consumption would definitely be severe. By further depleting Ye Liuyun’s soldiers, once he broke into their main army, he could then send high-realm soldiers to engage the enemy.
Ye Liuyun immediately had his second clone charge in with the demon beasts, while he coordinated with them to release lightning and Golden Crow Sacred Flame to annihilate the low-realm soldiers.
The second clone also immediately struck out with a full-powered slash. Despite many soldiers blocking him, this slash infused with divine essence still pierced through the enemy’s vanguard.
Afterward, Ye Liuyun’s Tribulation Thunder World Destruction and Blazing Sky Incineration both bombarded forward. With his current lightning and fire power, a single strike could wipe out a large swath of these early Unity Realm soldiers.
Once the enemy’s vanguard formation fell into chaos, Lei Ming and the other demon beasts immediately seized the opportunity to charge in and slaughter.
Lei Ming’s lightning power was no weaker than Ye Liuyun’s, and with the triple amplification of Demonic Thunder Blast, a single bombardment also turned a large area of soldiers to dust.
The White Tiger’s golden light, the Nine-Headed Demon Dragon’s poisonous smoke and flames, the Vermilion Bird’s blazing fire, and Little Lan Bing’s ice seal—all annihilated vast numbers in one strike. The two Black Tortoises also went straight for the enemy vanguard’s commander and vice-commander upon attacking, quickly killing them.
The Dragon Maiden, wearing gloves with ten times strength, could crush a swath of soldiers with one claw strike. The Megalithic Ape swung several weapons open, sweeping out a path like a whirlwind.
The Demon Lion relied on Spatial Force to take Chi Lian straight to crowded areas to absorb power of bloodline. Often by the time people reacted, they were already too weak to attack, and could only be drained dry by Chi Lian. Afterward, the Demon Vine began sweeping through, clearing away the remaining soldiers on the path.
These demon beasts quickly carved out an exceptionally wide path through the enemy’s vanguard, and Ye Liuyun led his five thousand elite troops through almost without any delay.
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