Chapter 2572: Chapter 2572
Ye Liuyun, his doppelgänger, and the Vermilion Bird all launched spiritual attacks, subduing one silver-armored alien after another until the entire enemy force was wiped out.
"Fall back!"
Ye Liuyun immediately withdrew with all the Dominator-level powerhouses and the three-eyed aliens he had subdued, retreating to the rear of the army. This battle had already yielded a substantial haul of captives—more than enough to justify their efforts.
The remaining skirmishes were left to Dian Qing’s Dominator-level fighters and the Third Heaven Realm martial artists. This way, the stronger warriors wouldn’t risk being ambushed by the three-eyed aliens again.
The Demon-Sealing Stele, the Demon Vine, and the two undead half-beast puppets—immune to the three-eyed aliens’ attacks—continued fighting. Their main task was to eliminate any three-eyed aliens lurking among the First and Second Heaven Realm enemy troops and to scour the battlefield for spoils.
Ye Liuyun was mainly concerned about missing out on storage rings buried in the chaos of battle, not that anyone would dare snatch them from him.
Once safely back, he cheerfully began tallying his loot.
His ranks of subdued aliens had grown significantly. Aside from the three exceptionally powerful golden-armored elders—Hong Guang among them—he now commanded sixteen Dominator-level aliens. As for the three-eyed aliens, apart from Mulai, he had twelve more under his control.
"Let’s capture a few more."
The thought struck him that he could still expand his forces. Stashing the subdued aliens into his spatial realm, he, his doppelgänger, and the Vermilion Bird turned invisible once more and slipped back onto the battlefield to hunt for more three-eyed captives.
The battle was clearly tipping in their favor.
Their Dominator-level and Third Heaven Realm martial artists not only outmatched the enemy in strength but also in numbers.
The aliens, desperate, unleashed all their hidden three-eyed warriors. This played right into Ye Liuyun’s hands—his team snatched them up one by one, swiftly stowing them away in his spatial realm to prevent accidental casualties.
Before long, all twenty three-eyed aliens accompanying the enemy’s Third Heaven Realm fighters had been captured.
Meanwhile, those Third Heaven Realm aliens were being swiftly cut down by the Dominator-level martial artists.
Seeing the situation was under control, Ye Liuyun promptly withdrew. Even though there were still ten three-eyed aliens among the enemy forces at the first and second levels of the Celestial Realm, they could no longer turn the tide of battle.
The vast army of millions gathered behind these elite alien warriors was utterly demoralized. They had never expected their formidable ranks to be decimated—some slaughtered, others captured. The remaining soldiers knew they stood no chance of altering the outcome.
The aliens had already foreseen the inevitable. If the enemy’s top-tier experts intervened during the battle, they would be massacred in droves.
While the Demon-Sealing Stele continued its relentless slaughter, the Demon Vine and the two half-beast corpse puppets focused on scavenging resources and clearing the battlefield.
For the Demon Vine, dispatching third-level Celestial Realm aliens was effortless. As it gathered resources, it would occasionally lash out with its vines, dragging a few unfortunate aliens underground to be devoured.
As the number of third-level Celestial Realm alien elites dwindled, the Dominator-level martial cultivators on their side also began to retreat.
Once they regrouped, Dian Qing took stock. Only eleven Dominator-level warriors remained—eight had fallen. Among them, one had been slain by a silver-armored alien, while the other seven had fallen to the three-eyed aliens.
"These three-eyed aliens are truly formidable," Dian Qing mused.
With that thought, he donned his invisibility cloak and set out to capture some three-eyed aliens.
As a Dominator-level expert himself, even if his soul power wasn’t as strong as Ye Liuyun’s, subduing a few first or second-level Celestial Realm three-eyed aliens was child’s play.
Thus, all eight three-eyed aliens accompanying the first and second-level Celestial Realm warriors became his prisoners. The remaining two met different fates—one was slain by a third-level Celestial Realm martial artist, while the other was devoured by the Demon Vine.
However, among the eight three-eyed aliens he captured, four were only at the ninth level of the Immortal Realm, making them significantly weaker.
Upon seeing his captives, Ye Liuyun immediately performed a soul search on the two recently captured golden-armored alien elders to uncover why the three-eyed aliens sent this time were of such low cultivation.
But much of their memories had been erased. The only clue he found was that the higher-realm three-eyed aliens had been repurposed for other uses.
In truth, the aliens had used them to crossbreed with the golden-armored aliens, turning them into cultivation resources for the golden-armored three-eyed hybrids.
However, this memory had been completely erased, leaving Ye Liuyun unable to uncover the true reason. Yet, he still had a vague sense that the alien races might be planning something big—they were currently amassing their strength.
The battle raged on for a while longer before Ye Liuyun recalled his two half-beast corpse demon puppets, not wanting them to expend too much energy.
As for the Demon-Sealing Stele and the Demon Vine, he let them feast freely on the battlefield, curious to see just how much stronger they could become.
The Demon Vine, with its countless tendrils, devoured the alien warriors while simultaneously stuffing corpses into storage rings. Naturally, it would outpace the Demon-Sealing Stele in power growth.
By now, the battlefield was littered with corpses, and the alien forces had dwindled significantly. Since all spoils belonged to Ye Liuyun, the Tianhong martial cultivators refrained from looting after eliminating their foes.
Aside from Dian Qing capturing eight three-eyed aliens, they hadn’t touched any resources.
Truthfully, Ye Liuyun didn’t mind if they took some supplies. He even told Dian Qing that if needed, they could capture more aliens to replenish their forces.
But Dian Qing wasn’t keen on using aliens as combat assets and chose not to act.
Ye Liuyun, too, refrained from capturing any aliens below the Sovereign realm. His spatial world already held over twenty Celestial-tier aliens for training purposes—more than enough.
So they simply watched as every alien warrior of Celestial rank and above was systematically wiped out.
The battlefield was now strewn with desiccated alien corpses, while all other resources had been scavenged by the Demon Vine.
Not just the aliens—even the fallen human martial cultivators weren’t spared. The Demon Vine intended to bring them back as resources for the Nine-Headed Demon Dragon, the White Tiger, the Stone Ape, and other beasts.
Meanwhile, Yu Xiaofeng had already begun mobilizing the army. The moment the last of the alien elites fell, all the Swiftwings took to the skies, launching the first wave of attacks.
Right after, Qin Peng led a charge of three hundred thousand Death Legion soldiers.
With war chariots, puppet beasts, and energy cannons leading the assault, the soldiers advanced, their armor-mounted shields deflecting alien arrows as they swiftly tore into the enemy ranks.
The two three-eyed aliens, cloaked in invisibility, shadowed Qin Peng closely, assisting him in eliminating enemy commanders.
Meanwhile, Yu Xiaofeng advanced steadily with an army of eight million soldiers. The battlefield roared with the blare of war horns, the thunder of drums, the battle cries of warriors, and the howls of the alien foes.
Ye Liuyun observed the battle from a distance, refraining from direct involvement. Even when he spotted the three-eyed aliens, he left them for the soldiers to handle.
Within the massive army, a three-eyed alien could at most slay a dozen soldiers before exhausting its energy, making their impact negligible to the overall battle. Even if they managed to kill a commander, a deputy would immediately take charge, ensuring the tide of war remained unchanged.
Besides, Qin Peng had two invisible three-eyed aliens by his side, ready to counter any threats from their own kind.
