Chapter 2607: Chapter 2607
After surveying the area, the doppelgänger noticed something peculiar—the three-eyed aliens were nowhere to be seen. This led him to suspect that the enemy forces present weren’t the full extent of their strength.
Ultimately, Ye Liuyun chose a heavily fortified alien altar as the landing point for the alliance army. He handed an invisibility cloak to the captured golden-armored alien and instructed him to sneak close to the altar, awaiting further orders.
The plan was simple: the alliance forces would land near the altar, and the captive golden-armored alien would then demolish it at the critical moment.
Ye Liuyun had sent the golden-armored alien precisely because he feared the enemy might detect his own scent—or that of the Vespera warriors—and uncover their strategy.
With that settled, the doppelgänger remained cloaked in the void, silently monitoring the aliens’ movements while keeping an eye out for any sign of the three-eyed ones.
Before approaching the alien stronghold, the alliance forces had all switched to 100,000-class battleships to ensure a faster landing.
A fleet of that scale charging toward the enemy base was impossible to miss, even without scouts. Predictably, the aliens dispatched swarms of "Swiftwings" to intercept them long before they could land.
Yu Xiaofeng immediately deployed all available "Hawks" to counter the attack, sparking a fierce battle in the depths of space.
Only after repelling the alien Swiftwings did the alliance forces accelerate toward Ye Liuyun’s designated landing zone. The Hawks flanked the fleet, providing cover for the landing operation.
Meanwhile, the golden-armored alien, following the doppelgänger’s earlier instructions, suddenly struck the altar, reducing it to rubble. Seizing the moment, the doppelgänger and the three Vespera beasts charged down, cutting down the alien elites.
With the altar destroyed, the aliens could no longer use it to teleport reinforcements.
Even if some of their stronger warriors rushed in from space to intercept, they would only meet the Hawks’ relentless defense. At worst, a few Hawks might be lost, but the main fleet would remain unharmed.
Ye Liuyun’s million-strong vanguard was the first to land.
The moment they touched down, they began clearing the surrounding aliens, swiftly wiping out all resistance in the area. Soon after, the rest of the alliance forces arrived smoothly, disembarking and forming ranks without a hitch.
After personally eliminating several aliens attempting to disrupt the landing, Ye Liuyun quickly regrouped with the main force. He then released Qiong Qi and the other formation masters to set up defensive barriers and teleportation arrays, ensuring a steady flow of reinforcements and supplies for the alliance.
Ye Liuyun also released the alien powerhouses like Hongguang, equipping them with invisibility cloaks to destroy the surrounding altars.
Cloaked in invisibility, these alien warriors couldn’t even be detected by their own kind by scent, making them the perfect choice for the mission. However, the enemy was also reinforcing their troops through nearby altars, so clashes were inevitable once they struck.
With the aid of Mulai and his three-eyed kin, Hongguang and his team swiftly eliminated the guardians of two altars and demolished them. But another group of martial cultivators encountered a golden-armored, three-eyed alien and were completely wiped out. The moment Ye Liuyun received the news, the slave marks he had planted on them vanished.
He sensed they had been obliterated by a flash of white light—so fast they hadn’t even realized they were dead.
His doppelganger immediately rushed to the scene with a few Xuanwu beasts in tow. There, they discovered a golden-armored, three-eyed alien whose power had already reached the Dominator level, flanked by a host of elite warriors and over a dozen more three-eyed beings. Reinforcements were continuously pouring in through the altar.
Assessing the overwhelming strength of the enemy, the doppelganger ordered the Xuanwu beasts to hold back to avoid detection. They would wait for Ye Liuyun’s arrival before making a move.
Meanwhile, the doppelganger froze time with temporal power, then channeled the energy of his spatial realm into a devastating palm strike aimed directly at the altar.
He withdrew immediately after, watching from a distance.
The impact was cataclysmic.
The altar shattered instantly, and the guardians around it were reduced to dust. As time resumed, a deafening explosion erupted. Even the Dominator-level warriors farther away, who had desperately reinforced their defenses with spatial realm energy, suffered heavy casualties.
Their combined efforts did mitigate some of the destruction—the doppelganger’s strike left only a deep crater rather than leveling the entire area. After all, their numbers were substantial, and their pooled spatial power was no small force.
However, most of the alien warriors were severely wounded.
Ye Liuyun arrived with the alien warriors under his control and immediately launched an attack on the injured foes. Mu Lai and the others unleashed beams of white light, eliminating many of the aliens. But the three-eyed golden-armored alien deflected the white light, turning it against Mu Lai and killing him instantly.
Badly wounded and unable to flee, the golden-armored alien was ambushed by Xuanwu, who extinguished its soul with a blast of black light.
"They’ve bred stronger three-eyed golden-armored aliens!"
Ye Liuyun instantly realized this was the enemy’s hidden trump card—and that there might be more of these enhanced warriors.
"Fall back!"
Once the remaining alien warriors were wiped out, Ye Liuyun swiftly led his forces away, collecting all the alien corpses into his spatial realm. He made sure not to overlook the golden-armored alien’s body, Mu Lai’s remains, or the third eyes of the three-eyed aliens.
Upon returning, he immediately distributed the third eyes and clones among his allies before retreating into his spatial realm to refine them.
Though his white and black light abilities far surpassed Mu Lai’s, the fact that some aliens were stronger than Mu Lai suggested there might be others even more powerful than himself. Strengthening his golden pupils was now a necessity.
Under his strict supervision, his companions donned double-layered armor for added protection. Even the two half-beast corpse demon puppets were deployed to patrol the camp, while captured aliens were organized into patrol squads to guard against surprise attacks.
Ye Liuyun also released the Demon Vine in advance, stationing it underground to detect any alien ambushes.
Fortunately, the time acceleration in his clone’s spatial realm gave him an advantage. Before the aliens could launch their assault, he completed the refinement process.
As he absorbed the power of the three-eyed aliens, he sensed that the golden-armored alien’s third eye was nearly on par with his own golden pupils. This time, his ocular abilities underwent a significant enhancement.
Moreover, that golden-armored alien was capable of emitting both white and black beams. It simply hadn’t had the chance to unleash the black beam before the Vespera ambushed it.
Fortunately, Ye Liuyun had destroyed the surrounding altars, preventing the alien forces from launching an immediate counterattack. Whether rebuilding the altars or deploying reinforcements, they would need time.
By now, the Alliance Army had completed all defensive and teleportation formations, marking a successful landing.
"Reinforcements—now!" Ye Liuyun commanded without hesitation. "Deploy every warrior, soldier, and piece of equipment available."
If they lost this battle, all four allied dynasties would face certain annihilation.
