Chapter 2223: Chapter 2223 Full-scale Attack
The outcome of this conflict was eagerly anticipated across the central area.
Ye Liuyun’s prediction came true as ten thousand praetorians charged Xiao Yunfang’s army in a ferocious assault as the conflict commenced.
But with Qiong Qi present, the defence formation was simply too strong to overcome.
After three days of fighting, they still hadn’t broken through, and Qiong Qi had already eliminated almost 500 of their soldiers with his numerous traps.
Even worse, they were oblivious to the fact that they had fallen into Qiong Qi’s trap. Xiao Yunfang’s soldiers and Qiong Qi were now merely observing their every move.
The forces under Xiao Yunfang’s command did not launch any kind of attack. The Revival Dynasty saw this as an indication of weakness.
After considering this point, Mo Xiaotian changed his mind and instructed his team of praetorians to keep attacking with all their might.
As for Tiger Head and Ye Liuyun’s army, he was curious to observe who among them was stronger, hoping to find out which soldiers were Ye Liuyun’s primary force.
However, before Ye Liuyun and Tiger Head’s army met, the first wave of the praetorians had already been mostly exhausted.
They fought valiantly for days, but Qiong Qi’s elaborate formations were too strong to overcome. It seemed like their attacks merely caused a little dent in the formation, which would be repaired by Qiong Qi almost immediately. It would only exhaust all their energy on the relentless attacks.
Xiao Yunfang and the others were now prepared to join the fight.
Ultimately, the initial wave of Praetorians temporarily halted their assault to recuperate. Suddenly, a series of explosions erupted in their encampment, blasting many praetorians into the air.
What came right after was an unending sword intention attack falling from the sky, causing another massive loss to their armies.
More than half of their encampment was trapped within the Formation and was now being attacked by multiple formations.
At the same time, in the city, Xiao Yunfang and her slew of martial practitioners launched an assault, prompting the soul cultivators, led by Mo Shaowen and Liu Yang to launch an assault on the pretorians outside the formation.
Qiong Qi didn’t sit idle either; he helped capture numerous praetorians during the battle.
The praetorians trapped within Qiong Qi’s formation couldn’t escape and many were wiped out.
Qiong Qi’s Formation was made to block attacks from internal to external. However, it did not bar attacks from outside. Hence, many of the praetorians trapped inside became easy prey.
Occasionally, some praetorians grouped to break through the formation to escape. However, what awaited them outside was another trap Formation by Qiong Qi.
The entire battlefield was layered with Qiong Qi’s Formation, making it impossible for them to escape.
Liu Yang and Mo Shaowen continuously captured prisoners.
The two thousand prisoners that Xiao Yunfang obtained from Ye Liuyun quickly slew the few praetorians who dared to charge at her forces.
The previous arrogance of these praetorians was utterly extinguished. Trapped by the Formation and hunted down by Xiao Yunfang’s formidable army, they were eventually annihilated.
During this full-scale attack, Xiao Yunfang ended up killing more praetorians than she had anticipated, mainly because she didn’t completely trust Qiong Qi’s formation.
Even though they only managed to capture less than a thousand prisoners, this battle was ultimately a major victory.
Mo Xiaotian’s earlier delightful countenance turned grave.
He promptly informed the other two troops of praetorian to be cautious and to conserve their strength.
At this moment, Ye Liuyun and Tiger Head’s armies finally encountered each other.
As soon as they encountered each other, a legendary showdown broke out.
Instead of letting the songstress take action, Ye Liuyun allowed her to rest in the Spatial world. With just the Blade Legion under his command, they swarmed Yuan Hao and his 500 praetorians, scattering them and causing chaos in their ranks.
"Retreat!"
After encountering Ye Liuyun’s Blade Legion, Yuan Hao made up his mind on the spot to retreat. Despite his own considerable strength, he chose not to risk a head-on collision with Ye Liuyun’s main force.
However, Ye Liuyun did not intend to let him just leave and missed the golden opportunity to seize Yuan Hao. He rallied his forces in a relentless pursuit.
The disparity between them widened as Yuan Hao, under his expert leadership, held off Ye Liuyun’s pursuit with his 50,000 soldiers.
In his retreat, Yuan Hao avoided Regalty and chose to escape toward the north.
As for the fifty thousand soldiers standing against Ye Liuyun, none were spared. They were all annihilated. The Devil Vine took this opportunity to reap great benefits, ceaselessly devouring his prey.
When it ultimately could no longer devour, it resorted to storing the unfinished corpses in the Interspatial Ring. It even generously shared a significant amount of Vistuosos with Dragon Lady and Lei Ming.
Without rest, Yuan Hao marched his army northward with Ye Liuyun hot on his heels.
Yuan Hao’s attempt to deflect Ye Liuyun’s main force was obvious, but Ye Liuyun paid little attention to the tactic.
Yuan Hao continued his run towards a small, desolate town until he thought they were at a distance Ye Liuyun’s main forces couldn’t arrive in time for reinforcements and halted there.
During his previous rally, he had his troops to get this city ready.
The civilians had been evacuated, defensive formations had been arranged both inside and outside the city and were ready to retreat upon order.
The moment he entered the city, he activated the defensive Formation and was prepared to engage Ye Liuyun in a drawn-out battle.
At the same time, Mo Xiaotian found out the strength of Ye Liuyun’s army force.
Mo Xiaotian was informed by Yuan Hao that the Blade Legion was Ye Liuyun’s primary force. Yuan Hao then requested Mo Xiaotian to deploy the praetorians for a joint siege to attack Ye Liuyun’s force. However, when Mo Xiaotian heard that Ye Liuyun’s main force had merely 3,000 soldiers, he found it unbelievable.
According to the prior battle intel he received, he was told that Ye Liuyun’s special forces team reportedly included over 10,000 soldiers.
As a result, he believed Yuan Hao was inflating the Blade Legion’s strength. With just 500 praetorians, Yuan Hao’s loss to Ye Liuyun’s 3,000 soldiers was not surprising. This fact was unable to establish Ye Liuyun’s army’s strength.
So, he didn’t deploy all of his 10,000 praetorians. Instead, he let the other two praetorian teams withdraw after a brief fight to defend Regalty.
He was more worried about Yu Xiaofeng’s army launching an ambush on Regalty.
When the second team of 10,000 praetorians attacked Pei Yong’s city, they feigned a few light attacks before they retreated.
Surprisingly, Pei Yong commanded a pursuit with his army, prompting them to turn around and flee.
The third group of praetorians did not attack Inferno City at all but retreated for fear of being surrounded by Pei Yong’s army.
They were the most deadly since they were the furthest away and deep in the eastern region.
The third group of praetorians, fearing being intercepted by Pei Yong’s massive army, was divided into three routes, with each more than 3,000 soldiers. They were scattered to retreat to Regalty.
As soon as Xiao Yunfang recognised the chance to seize prisoners, she dispatched Qiong Qi, Liu Yang, and Mo Shaowen with fifty soul cultivators and 3,000 captives to let the second team of Praetorians pass and intercepted the dispersed third squad.
Thus, Xiao Yunfang captured almost 2,000 captives after Qiong Qi’s formation halted one of the forces.
Mo Xiaotian had no choice but to cuss at this moment. He had neither the strength nor the bravery to deploy more troops.
Therefore, Ye Liuyun instantly altered his strategy, sending Pei Yong to rush southward, joining forces with Xiao Yunfang to move towards Regalty.
Yuan Hao sighed deeply upon hearing of the praetorian’s defeat and the fact that Mo Xiaotian had failed to deploy more reinforcements.
"Such an incredible opportunity will never come around again!"
