Chapter 2201: Chapter 2201 Unexpected Gain
After the experts left the Refiners Alliance, the guards imposed martial law all the way to the conveyor formations.
They didn’t return to the palace at all. Instead, they brought thirty thousand praetorians and directly blitzed to the southern ferry via the conveyor formations.
The three experts witnessed the troops board the ferry with their own eyes and once again tested the ferry. Only then did they report back to Mo Xiaotian and return to the regalty.
Mo Xiaotian let out a sigh of relief and admonished coldly, "Hmph, you want to fight me? Let’s see if you have the strength!"
Yet Ye Liuyun didn’t expect Mo Xiaotian to suddenly deploy his troops.
He couldn’t wait for the conveyor formations to reactivate, so he bid farewell and returned to Perch City via the Black Tower.
Xiao Yunfang’s army had been largely transported by this point, but Liu Yang and Mo Shaowen had not returned yet.
"Hurry back, circumstances have changed. We need to mobilize our forces early!"
Ye Liutun immediately notified them, ordering them to rush back.
Luckily, the conveyor formations were now unimpeded, and most of them managed to rush back within five days.
As soon as they returned, he began placing slaving seals on all the captured martial practitioners.
They had been out for a long time and had actually captured six to seven hundred ninth-realms.
Ye Liuyun dispatched some of them in five directions to reach the nearby five major cities through the conveyor formations. After destroying those there, they would meet up with the main forces to prevent reinforcements from suddenly appearing.
Xiao Yunfang also immediately began organizing her army. Eighty thousand soldiers suddenly donned their armour, ready to launch surprise attacks on nearby towns.
Meanwhile, the martial practitioners in the central area had just learnt a few days ago that the Revival Dynasty had dispatched thirty thousand more praetorian to cross the Endless Sea once again, and were waiting for news.
Suddenly, news came that the Dark Legion had appeared in the north, and had already begun to siege the city, creating an uproar.
Upon learning the news, Mo Xiaotian immediately dispatched ten thousand praetorian to annihilate them.
The one hundred thousand troops he could mobilize were all waiting at the southern ferry port, ready to launch an attack to the east. Some of the ferries had already set off, and it was impossible for him to call those troops back at this juncture.
So, the only forces he could quickly mobilize at this moment were the praetorian.
All ten thousand of them being experts of ninth realm and above, were even more formidable than the hundred thousand army.
So the people in the central region were also in a frenzy of discussion, paying close attention to the outcome every day.
Many people hoped that Ye Liuyun could win, and were eager to see the joke of the Revival Dynasty.
However, faced with ten thousand praetorian, everyone knew that the pressure on the Dark Legion was enormous.
In the face of these guards, Ye Liuyun simply gathered the hundred soul cultivators who were guarding the Eastcloud Palace. He didn’t make too many preparations, let alone borrow the Soul Forging Hammer and Yin-soul troops from the Ghostic World.
He took in all the soul cultivators into his own spatial world, absorbing soul power along with the three hundred men and the Blade Legion.
The Devil Vine was also constantly devouring and enhancing its strength.
Their encounter of ninth-realms from the city lord manors during the siege served as experience for them in fighting against experts.
After a few days, Ye Liuyun found that the eighty thousand new soldiers were adapting well, and the casualty numbers were getting smaller and smaller.
By this time, the men Ye Liuyun had sent out to sabotage the conveyor formation had all rushed back and joined the army. He then took them all into his spatial world.
Knowing that the praetorian had reached the city via the conveyor formation, he rushed ahead to find ways to deal with them.
He had traveled for three days before he saw Mo Xiaotian’s praetorian in a distance.
From afar, he observed their formation. The troops were divided into ten columns, very tidy, indeed much more intimidating than the ordinary army, yet their arrogant attitude was distinctly different from the Dark Legion.
This regiment was moving at full speed, flying towards the battlefield.
"The way they are going, they will have exhausted at least a third of their genuine energy by the time they reach the battlefield."
Ye Liuyun silently calculated their pace and their energy consumption.
"Stop them! Increase their exhaustion."
Ye Liuyun instantly made the decision.
He instructed Liang Xue, Dragon Lady, and Lei Ming to hand over their Concealcapes to Xuan Yun, Xuan Song, and Xuan Feng, three veteran experts, to ambush the enemy.
Their power was formidable under ordinary circumstances, magnified by the Concealcapes, there should be no issue as long as they escape the guards’ encirclement.
Ye Liuyun and his clone donned their Concealcapes as well, prepared to launch a surprise attack on their leaders amidst the chaos.
Completely unsuspecting, the praetorian were caught off guard when they came under fierce attacks from three directions - front, middle, and the back of their formation.
In particular, the blow to the head and end of the formation caused the death of dozens of guards.
To make things worse, they couldn’t see who or where their opponents were.
The three experts not only had a higher realm but their all-rounded powers had also surpassed the praetorian after years of cultivation.
At this moment, Ye Liuyun and his clone each launched an attack. One shooting out white light, the other using the Divine Bow to lock onto the vice commander.
The two commanders of the troop had met their ends in succession.
Next, the Xuans ceaselessly shifted positions, targeting areas with high concentrations of soldiers to launch their attack.
The praetorians immediately dispersed to minimize damage.
Ye Liuyun had initially intended to intercept them, to strike at their morale and deplete their genuine energy.
However, looking at the current situation, it surprisingly worked in his favor.
Thus, he released a few hundred of captive experts and ordered them to attack the enemy.
His black-armored soul cultivators would follow behind, attacking the divine souls of the praetorians, providing opportunities for these martial practitioners to strike.
Ye Liuyun just wanted to experiment if this method of attack could work.
The Xuans continued their sneak attacks on the enemy, cutting their formation in the middle to prevent them from assisting each other.
Then, only Xuan Yun stayed behind to watch the rear army to prevent reinforcement, while Xuan Song and Xuan Feng moved to attack the front.
These once arrogant praetorians, without the command of their leaders, did not dare to cross the line and assist the front.
The recent captives were incredibly brave under the control of his Slaving Seal, especially when nearly two hundred soul cultivators were assisting them.
The moment they engaged, the praetorians were immediately disrupted by soul attacks.
So, as soon as the fighting began, they were cut down en masse, hardly having a chance to retaliate.
Ye Liuyun was overjoyed and considered it an unexpected gain. He initially planned to use these six hundred people to gauge the enemy’s strength, but it turned out that they were nothing but a paper tiger.
He had not even brought out the Blade Legion and was already suppressing the praetorian.
Ye Liuyun quickly followed suit and started capturing some injured or soul-controlled martial practitioners. After planting the Slaving Seals, he took them all back into his spatial world.
