Chapter 2490: Chapter 2490
"Ha! So that’s why they started fighting among themselves—that kid pulled it off again!" Liu Kui couldn’t help but admire Ye Liuyun’s handiwork.
But with the battle raging on, there was no time to dwell on it.
"All units, advance! Deploy every last Swallow fighter!" Liu Kui immediately ordered a full-scale assault.
Meanwhile, the warship Ye Liuyun had seized sailed farther and farther away under the cover of the Falcon squadrons. Everything was going smoothly—so smoothly, in fact, that the Falcons managed to wipe out over half of the pursuing Swallows.
Wan Teng, now regaining his composure, recalled the remaining Swallows to assist in defense. Facing the full might of the Sacred Dynasty’s offensive, his forces were stretched thin. Watching helplessly as their warship was stolen was a bitter pill to swallow.
The earlier chaos had left the base’s commanders and soldiers utterly bewildered. None of them even knew who to fight anymore.
"Fall back!" Wan Teng had no choice but to sacrifice some troops as a rearguard, allowing the bulk of his forces to retreat into the remaining warships.
Once again, the Sacred Dynasty emerged victorious, breaching the alien base and undoing all of the enemy’s previous efforts.
The alien forces suffered another devastating loss—over a hundred thousand soldiers and nearly all of their Swallows, leaving only four or five thousand fighters operational.
After securing the win, Liu Kui wisely refrained from pressing the attack on Wan Teng’s warships and promptly withdrew. His own Falcon squadrons had taken heavy losses and needed replenishment.
Still, he made sure to send out a thousand Falcons daily to harass the alien warships, steadily draining their energy reserves.
As for Ye Liuyun, once he had steered the stolen vessel clear of Satellite Island, he ordered the Demon Vine and the Sealing Stele to conduct a thorough sweep of the ship.
Only after confirming that no one remained aboard—aside from Nolin, who was guarding the energy orb—did Ye Liuyun store the alien reserves of Swallows and warships into his spatial ring.
Nolin, however, was kept under separate confinement—a bargaining chip for later.
He stored all the alien weapons and armor into a separate Interspatial Ring. Then, he deactivated the energy shield and opened all the ship’s hatches to release the lingering odors. Leaving a clone behind to wait until the smell dissipated before retrieving the battleship, Ye Liuyun immediately returned to the battlefield.
After the fierce battle, the soldiers of the Sacred Dynasty had only collected the bodies of their fallen comrades, along with the damaged Sky Swallows, armor, and weapons—salvaging them as materials for forging.
As for the alien corpses, though some could be exchanged for spirit stones, such instances were rare, so they were seldom gathered. These were typically left for the aliens themselves to retrieve. The aliens, in turn, collected the bodies as both food and cultivation resources.
Ye Liuyun hurried back to allow the Demon Vine and the Demon-Sealing Stele to absorb their fill, rapidly boosting their combat power.
The Sacred Dynasty, as the victors, had just finished clearing the battlefield. Before the aliens could emerge to scavenge, the Demon-Sealing Stele and the Demon Vine began their voracious absorption.
To the aliens, these corpses were valuable resources—how could they simply yield them? They immediately dispatched troops to reclaim them. But Ye Liuyun swiftly released thousands of hunting falcons, driving the aliens back.
Only after the Demon Vine and the Demon-Sealing Stele had drained the alien corpses into withered husks did Ye Liuyun finally recall them.
The alien commander, Wan Teng, was baffled by the Demon-Sealing Stele and the Demon Vine, unsure of their origins. Yet he could sense the oppressive aura of the stele and knew it was their natural nemesis.
Liu Kui, observing from a distance, was equally intrigued.
"Could these also be part of Ye Liuyun’s power?"
But with Ye Liuyun concealed under his invisibility cloak, Liu Kui couldn’t see him—only speculate.
Nevertheless, he reported the entire battle to the Sacred Dynasty and also requested reinforcements of Sky Swallows.
As the news spread, both the martial cultivators and common folk of the Sacred Land couldn’t stop talking about Ye Liuyun, marveling at his resourcefulness. With just one move, he had already helped the Sacred Dynasty secure three consecutive victories.
After the odors inside the battleship had completely dissipated, the avatar shrank the colossal warship and stored it away in the spatial realm, handing it over to Tongxin and Qiong Qi.
Once reunited with Ye Liuyun, they returned to Satellite Island. After reverting to his original appearance, Ye Liuyun rejoined the martial cultivators’ camp to await the next major battle.
No sooner had he returned than Xiao Mu’an sent word, expressing interest in purchasing not only the massive warship but also the battleships and Swift Swallows within it.
He even wanted to buy the alien armor and weapons Ye Liuyun had seized, suggesting that their own supply of forging materials was running low.
Apart from the colossal warship, Ye Liuyun agreed to all his requests, exchanging those resources for a substantial amount of divine crystals.
As for the massive warship, Ye Liuyun didn’t outright refuse but instead said he needed to study it first.
Ye Liuyun was quite pleased—today’s gains had been significant.
But to his surprise, that very night, the aliens launched a counterattack. Even Ye Liuyun had assumed they no longer had the strength to strike back.
This immediately made him realize that the alien commander, Wan Teng, was no ordinary foe—he had caught them completely off guard.
Much like Ye Liuyun, the Sacred Dynasty’s soldiers, buoyed by their overwhelming victory during the day, had grown complacent, believing the aliens were no longer a threat. That night, their vigilance waned. Many removed their armor to celebrate, leaving them unprepared for the sudden assault.
The aliens struck with devastating force, led by their elite warriors. The Sacred Dynasty’s forces suffered heavy losses, and countless soldiers were bitten by the aliens, transforming into hordes of undead fiends.
Using their remaining five thousand Swift Swallows, the aliens also attacked the Sacred Dynasty’s aerial base. Many of the Swift Swallows were obliterated before they could even activate their defensive shields.
The battle raged for half the night. By the time it ended, the Sacred Dynasty’s remaining Swift Swallows had been annihilated, and nearly 1.5 million soldiers lay dead or wounded—half of them turned into undead thralls of the aliens.
The martial cultivators’ camp where Ye Liuyun was stationed was nearly wiped out, with many cultivators transformed into fiends. Only by relying on his Cloak of Invisibility did he manage to evade the attacks of the alien elites.
However, he also utilized soul attacks to eliminate two powerful alien warriors, extracting their memories to uncover their plans.
"Nearly all the elite alien forces have been mobilized—this is our chance!" Ye Liuyun confirmed the intel, convinced that this was an absolutely golden opportunity.
Earlier, after taking control of Lido, he had learned their strategy for dealing with the Gold-Devouring Beast—also relying on soul attacks.
That was why Ye Liuyun had refrained from unleashing the beast while their strongest fighters were present.
But now, with the alien elites all deployed, this was a rare opening. If he could destroy their warships, they would lose their most formidable defenses—and perhaps even eliminate Wan Teng in the process.
So Ye Liuyun ignored the ongoing battle, despite receiving Xiao Mu’an’s desperate plea for help.
He figured the massive army of three million soldiers could hold out for a while—even if the enemy slaughtered them one by one, it would take ages.
"Fine, I’ll save them—but the battlefield cleanup is mine," Ye Liuyun demanded outright.
"Deal!" Xiao Mu’an agreed instantly. At a time like this, survival was all that mattered—there was no room for bargaining.
