Chapter 2225: Chapter 2225 Strongest Opponent
Both Ye Liuyun and his clone have been diligently tracking the Deliverance’s Hill movements recently.
On this night, Yuan Hao’s army began to gather their forces. Ye Liuyun quickly informed Yu Xiaofeng of their impending move as soon as they took action.
After that, he and his clone alternated watching the enemy’s position and counting their vanguard troops.
In order to covertly approach Soulspire City, Yuan Hao immediately sent 5,000 ninth-realm martial practitioners as a vanguard, instructing them to split into ten routes while hiding their forms.
As they continued their rapid ascent towards Soulspire City, his massive army hot on their heels.
Ye Liuyun, Qiong Qi, and Yu Xiaofeng all made the necessary preparations in accordance with Yuan Hao’s plan.
Ye Liuyun would breathe a sigh of relief when Yuan Hao and his troop withdrew from Deliverance Hill.
He has long fretted that once Yuan Hao is unable to withstand his advances, he would dare to traverse the Deliverance Hill in pursuit of safety in the western region.
With Yuan Hao’s army closing in on him, he has no intention of letting them go.
He had "Songstress" lead Liu Yang, Mo Shaowen, and all the soul cultivators to bypass Yuan Hao’s army and rush to the Deliverance Hill to guard it ahead of time, preventing anyone from passing.
He, Qiong Qi, and "Thousand Faces" left the city immediately to intercept the ten routes of martial practitioner. In preparation for the major battle in a few days, Yu Xiaofeng rallied the troops to protect the city.
Unfortunately, Ye Liuyun’s Blade Legion only managed to ambush Yuan Hao’s vanguard along one route. Upon noticing something was amiss, Yuan Hao promptly gave the order for the vanguard troops to withdraw.
Despite Ye Liuyun’s best efforts, he was only able to catch up to one squad while the other vanguard troops swiftly retreated to Yuan Hao’s army.
Ye Liuyun also decided against continuing the chase and quickly withdrew.
The news reached Yuan Hao as well, that the Blade Legion was the one standing in their way.
It was unbelievable to him that Ye Liuyun had also come after him so swiftly. At first, he thought it was just a small group of Blade Legion soldiers.
Furthermore, he was now in an impasse where he could do nothing but act. Thus, he abandoned his ambush plans and instead ordered his entire army to advance on Soulspire City.
Ye Liuyun assembled all of the Nine Level Realm’s martial practitioners and dispatched them to weaken Yuan Hao’s army. Ye Liuyun’s Blade Legion served as the second wave, leading a full counterattack with the army.
Ye Liuyun encountered his most formidable adversary to that point in this conflict, which also happened to be his final stand against the Revival Dynasty’s armies.
After this battle, the Revival Dynasty would no longer have a large army!
Therefore, Ye Liuyun planned to surprise Yuan Hao by launching a full-scale attack from the outset.
Ye Liuyun deployed the first wave of martial artists into battle by ordering his formation master, Qiong Qi, to launch the formation.
Because of this, Yuan Hao was already in a weak position.
Previously, Yuan Hao had assumed that Yu Xiaofeng would prioritize defense and seize the opportunity to counter. By then, he could have gotten around Soulspire City, moved on to the Revival Dynasty, and lured Yu Xiaofeng into an open confrontation.
His capabilities had been exposed, yet he didn’t think Yu Xiaofeng would dare to contend with him.
Judging from the current situation, it seemed that Yu Xiaofeng had absolutely no intention of playing defense.
He now began to wonder if Ye Liuyun had indeed arrived with his Blade Legion.
He realized that the martial practitioner advancing were the captives that Yu Xiaofeng and his men had earlier abducted. Nevertheless, he did not command a complete retreat but rather an aggressive push.
Just as Yuan Hao’s army was about to charge in, Qiong Qi’s formation went into action, resulting in heavy casualties for Yuan Hao.
"What a powerful formation master!"
It was clear that this array was not the work of a mere Formation master. The depth of its coverage and the strength of its attack left Yuan Hao gasping in disbelief.
Once again, he realized Ye Liuyun’s strength. Now that he was stuck, his only option was to gather all his strength and try to breach Soulspire City all at once.
A significant portion of Yuan Hao’s army was slaughtered by the Formation and the martial practitioner dispatched by Yu Xiaofeng.
At that moment, the Soulspire City gate opened. Ye Liuyun, in charge of the Blade Troupe, killed his way out once more. Yu Xiaofeng’s 100,000-strong army then descended from the city wall and poured in their direction.
"Ugh!"
Yuan Hao cried out in surprise, realizing he had been tricked.
This was clearly a way of fighting where they were prepared to exhaust him completely.
But now, it’s not the time for him to order a retreat. The retreat would be a complete disaster if it began right away, and Ye Liuyun would pursue and attack him from behind.
"Follow me!"
At the command of Yuan Hao, he and his guards hurried over to Ye Liuyun.
As things stood, his only hope was to eliminate Ye Liuyun as quickly as possible.
Now, he was certain, Ye Liuyun was real. The Blade Legion accompanying Ye Liuyun was the identical group he confronted previously.
He knew the strength of this Blade Legion.
The members of the Blade Legion possessed a minimum of mid-stage cultivation at the ninth level.
He could contend with three soldiers of the Blade Legion, achieve a stalemate with six. However, he lacked confidence against a contingent of nine.
As he was poised to attack Ye Liuyun, a black-armored guard adjacent to Ye Liuyun abruptly unfurled a fan and struck at him.
"Thousand Faces!"
Upon observing that fan, Yuan Hao realized he had no prospect of prevailing against Ye Liuyun.
With a swift motion, he unsheathed his prized weapon, a black spear, and drove it firmly into the ground. He grasped it firmly with both hands, thereby countering the forceful wind from the fan.
Concurrently, a subtle black protective barrier was projected by the spear, encasing him within it.
"Ah!"
However, the guards accompanying him emitted cries of terror and were ultimately carried away by the force of the wind.
The fan was a celestial relic that contained numerous wind blades capable of piercing the most fortified armor and repelling all attacks.
A sudden white light emanated from Ye Liuyun’s vicinity, impacting Yuan Hao’s spear and resulting in a portion of it disintegrating.
Upon the spear’s fracture, his protective shield vanished, and he was immediately engulfed by the cyclone generated by "Thousand Faces."
When the storm ceased, Yuan Hao’s armor was shattered, and his body was in tatters. Fortunately for him, he sustained no significant injuries.
Nevertheless, the guards adjacent to him had transformed into sieves, their bodies riddled with holes inflicted by the wind blades.
Without missing a beat, Yuan Hao hurled the shattered spear handle towards "Thousand Faces" to delay his assault. Then, he swiftly spun around and ran away, though not in a straight line.
He redirected his path a few steps later and set out for Deliverance Hill, harnessing the power of Spatial Force in the process.
At this very moment, the Blade Legion troop of Ye Liuyun was effortlessly charging forward, with Yu Xiaofeng’s army sweeping across the battlefield in close pursuit. Despite the formidable strength of Yuan Hao’s army, they were falling one after another.
When some of the soldiers saw Yuan Hao run away, they realized the tide had turned and fled as well.
Even Ye Liuyun was surprised when his white light beam was blocked.
Although he had refrained from firing a powerful beam of white light in order to conserve energy, the fact that it was blocked by the spear indicated that it was not ordinary.
Without rushing to pursue Yuan Hao, he picked up the two halves of the broken spear and returned them to his Spatial World.
The "Thousand Faces" didn’t chase after Yuan Hao either. It continued to fan its fan, assisting the Blade Legion’s advancement.
Ye Liuyun released Devil Vine to clear the battlefield before pursuing Yuan Hao in the direction he had fled.
Although Yuan Hao was vastly stronger than him, he did not dare to turn back and face him. The white light from before had left him deeply shaken.
Although he had no idea what the white light was, its ability to melt a Immortal Level weapon in a single strike made it clear why Yuan Hao dared not challenge him. For now, he had no choice but to flee as Ye Liuyun relentlessly pursued him.
