Chapter 2591: Chapter 2591
Seeing that the alien warriors were still preoccupied with eliminating the Flying Swallows and hadn’t fully turned their attention to the allied forces, the coalition immediately seized this opportunity to intensify their offensive.
Only about half a million alien troops had initially engaged in battle with the alliance. But just as the alien forces were on the verge of being wiped out, reinforcements arrived—ten thousand at a time, relentlessly pouring onto the battlefield.
Though outnumbered, the aliens maintained a steady stream of reinforcements, never allowing their ranks to fully collapse. Each time the allied forces believed they were about to eradicate the enemy, another wave of ten thousand alien soldiers would surge forward.
Lured by the illusion of imminent victory, the alliance refused to retreat, continuing to grind down their forces in a brutal war of attrition. It wasn’t until their numbers dwindled to roughly a million that they finally realized the dire situation and attempted to withdraw.
But by then, it was too late. The alien elites and their remaining million-strong army launched a sudden, devastating counterattack, catching the coalition completely off guard. The allied lines crumbled into chaos.
Commanders like Lie Du and Liu Kui managed to escape swiftly, but the bulk of their forces suffered catastrophic losses. Under relentless assault from the alien warriors, fewer than half a million soldiers made it back to their base.
Only then did the alliance realize they had likely fallen into a carefully laid trap. Desperate, they began calling for reinforcements from all sides.
It was at this point that Ye Liuyun learned of the staggering losses—over five and a half million troops decimated in battle. The news shocked him, and he pressed Lie Du and Liu Kui for a detailed account of the entire engagement.
"You were far too careless!" Ye Liuyun said sharply after hearing their report. "This was clearly a trap—a war of attrition designed to bleed you dry!"
"So what do we do now?" Lie Du and Liu Kui were utterly disoriented. They had already lost the majority of the alliance’s forces and were now encircled by the enemy. The scale of their defeat was devastating.
"Retreat," Ye Liuyun stated bluntly. "Staying any longer is pointless. Even if you send more troops, the aliens will just match your numbers."
"But what about the alliance?" Lie Du pressed.
Ye Liuyun replied calmly, "Leave that to me. I’ll handle negotiations when I arrive. For now, return and regroup your remaining forces. Be ready to rejoin the fight when the time comes."
Realizing the foreign tribes had already set their trap, he saw no need to rush in. Let the Ye Clan stew in their confusion for a while.
Moreover, he strongly suspected the Zhou Tribe was trying to frame them. Even if it wasn’t deliberate, they were clearly setting them up for a fall.
Given the enemy’s tactics, even the numerically superior Zhou forces wouldn’t last long. The fact that they had pushed the allied army to test the waters suggested they already knew about the ambush.
So he had no intention of negotiating with the Zhou Tribe right away. First, he needed to investigate.
He sent out his doppelgänger to scout ahead while he continued advancing slowly with A’Xing, Wu Qingcheng, and the others, drawing the enemy’s attention.
The doppelgänger wasn’t in a hurry either, practicing spatial manipulation along the way.
When Meng Qingyin received the news, she immediately contacted Ye Liuyun, asking if she should join the battle.
She wasn’t sure why, but her first instinct was to seek Ye Liuyun’s advice—perhaps because she believed he had the power to turn the tide.
But Ye Liuyun replied calmly, "No need. By the time you get there, it’ll be too late. Keep clearing out the enemy strongholds—killing them here is no different from killing them there."
"I need to investigate first before making a decision. I suspect the Zhou Tribe in the east is up to something—they might be setting us up."
Hearing this, Meng Qingyin relaxed slightly. Still, she pressed, "Then when do you think the allied forces will strike again? I need to prepare my troops."
Ye Liuyun paused, then said, "Seems you haven’t fully grasped the Death Legion’s training philosophy. From the moment they were formed, they’ve been in a constant state of readiness. There’s never an excuse for being unprepared."
Meng Qingyin froze for a second before it finally clicked.
"Understood!" she replied before returning to lead her troops against the enemy.
At last, she realized why the Death Legion was so strict about conserving energy—and why they seized every moment after battle to train.
In the ensuing battles, she meticulously implemented these details, keeping the soldiers in a constant state of combat readiness.
Ye Liuyun, meanwhile, halted his eastward advance and instead began sweeping horizontally through the alien strongholds. He even deployed the team led by the Demon Vine, allowing them to join the fray.
Their own combat pace accelerated as they aimed to eliminate as many alien outposts as possible.
Each time he struck, Ye Liuyun would first use spatial power to lock down the majority of the aliens within a world before leading Wu Qingcheng and the others in a swift extermination. He left a few weaker foes for A Xing and her team to practice on while he simultaneously harvested the essence energy.
Once he finished extracting the essence, if A Xing and the others were still engaged in battle, he would assist them by using his soul power to devour the aliens’ spiritual energy. Then, without delay, he would gather everyone and race to the next alien stronghold at his top speed.
The Demon Vine followed a similar approach, annihilating every alien in its path. Though it showed no signs of a breakthrough in cultivation realm, its strength had grown significantly—so much so that even the white beams from the three-eyed aliens could no longer harm its vines or body.
Moreover, Ye Liuyun had begun instructing it to collect two portions of essence energy for every one it absorbed itself. As a result, a single strike from the Demon Vine was now beyond what an ordinary Dominator-level expert could withstand.
Even those Dominator-level warriors who drew upon the power of their spatial worlds might fail to block its full-force attack. A single lash of its vines could split an entire alien stronghold into several fragmented pocket dimensions. Thus, their speed of destruction rivaled Ye Liuyun’s own.
By the time Ye Liuyun’s clone arrived at the world where the Zhou Clan resided, he and the Demon Vine had already wiped out a third of the alien strongholds in the eastern region, carving out a hollowed-out zone in the aliens’ eastern theater of war.
Only then did Ye Liuyun resume his eastward slaughter.
Their sudden acceleration left the aliens in disarray, uncertain whether to engage him directly.
The three-eyed golden-armored aliens, painstakingly cultivated by their kind, were now nearly capable of facing Ye Liuyun in battle—though they still lacked absolute confidence in victory.
Thus, the alien chieftain, Xing Yan, resolved to continue biding his time.
Having already decimated a significant portion of Ye Liuyun’s allied forces, Xing Yan believed he had severely weakened the enemy. He was convinced that Ye Liuyun would eventually seek an alliance with the Zhou Clan before launching an assault on their stronghold.
So the aliens gritted their teeth, enduring the losses and allowing Ye Liuyun to strike at will.
Upon reaching the Zhou Clan’s territory, the clone first surveyed their domain from the void. Through his golden pupils, he detected traces of sinister alien energy lurking within some of their strongest warriors.
The realization struck him immediately: *"It seems the situation with the Zhou Clan is far more complicated than I anticipated. They’re not just scheming to pit us against the aliens—they’ve got traitors in their midst."*
