Chapter 2613: Chapter 2613
Yu Xiaofeng had refrained from deploying troops primarily out of concern that if Leyton and his forces returned, they wouldn’t have enough time to withdraw, which would result in heavy losses. Instead, he sent only a few elite martial cultivators to eliminate the alien soldiers.
When Leyton and his group rushed back and received the report of Xingyan’s death, he immediately left one elder in charge and led his forces back to the front lines. He quickly realized they had fallen for Ye Liuyun’s diversion tactic—luring the tiger away from the mountain—but by the time he returned, it was already too late.
The Demon Vine had wreaked havoc, devouring numerous Dominator-level experts. Dian Qing and Zhou Ning had also unleashed their full strength, slaughtering many alien soldiers. However, the alien forces still had plenty of Dominator-level powerhouses remaining, so the human side only managed to catch them off guard without gaining a decisive advantage.
When Ye Liuyun returned, he used his spatial powers to effortlessly wipe out swathes of enemy soldiers before swiftly retreating with his group. By the time Leyton arrived, Ye Liuyun and his forces—including the Demon Vine—had already withdrawn to their base.
Leyton let out a cold snort but chose not to attack immediately.
That night, however, Leyton led a group of alien elites to unleash beams of white light through the defensive formations, targeting the central command tent of the allied forces. The attack obliterated the alliance leader, Cang Jinsong, along with three other alliance elders.
Just like Ye Liuyun, they retreated the moment they struck—clearly intending to retaliate in kind. By the time Ye Liuyun realized what had happened, they had already vanished back into their own ranks.
At the time, Ye Liuyun had been sorting through the spoils from their earlier victory. Xingyan’s spatial ring contained a wealth of resources, including cloaks of invisibility and primordial energy. He summoned Yu Xiaofeng and the others to distribute these treasures, inadvertently saving their lives—had they not been away receiving the cloaks, even Yu Xiaofeng and Qin Peng would have been killed in the tent.
Among the loot was a small golden orb, which Ye Liuyun refined and discovered was called the "Diamond Shield"—an incredibly resilient defensive artifact. Even when struck by the white light, it remained fully functional.
Powered by the user’s martial energy, it could amplify defensive force dozens of times over. As long as the wielder had Xuan Yuan energy, it could be used indefinitely. Recognizing its value, Ye Liuyun kept it for personal protection.
As the former chieftain of the Golden Armor aliens, Xingyan’s hoard was vast—so much so that Lan Xin and the others were exhausted just cataloging it all. The resources left behind by the two other Golden Armor elders were equally substantial.
Ye Liuyun immediately retreated back into the spatial realm of his doppelganger to refine the newly acquired Three-Eyed Alien. Even though figures like Cang Jingsong had been slain, he had no time to deal with it—leaving everything to his doppelganger to handle, appointing Elder Lie Du as the temporary alliance leader.
The aliens’ retaliation this time was remarkably successful, sending shockwaves through the alliance forces. Many commanders afterward dared not remain in their own tents, choosing instead to mingle among the soldiers for safety.
Yu Xiaofeng also intensified patrols, even deploying falcons for reconnaissance missions. These falcons were resilient; even if attacked by powerful foes, they could still relay critical information before perishing.
Recently, the aliens and the alliance had clashed in a fierce aerial battle involving flying swallows. Both sides nearly exhausted their forces before withdrawing. The aliens refrained from assaulting the defensive formations, while the alliance hesitated to launch reckless offensives.
Subsequently, ambushes and traps targeting key figures became frequent, resulting in casualties on both sides.
With the aliens possessing more elite warriors, prolonged attrition would inevitably disadvantage the alliance. Thus, after fully refining the Three-Eyed Alien, Ye Liuyun prepared to strike again.
First, he surveyed the battlefield. Around their encampment, Dominator-level aliens lurked in hiding, while others—appearing as mere second or third-tier Celestial Realm fighters—openly attacked the falcons, clearly baiting the alliance’s elites into action.
If the alliance held back, the aliens would continue downing the falcons. Yet if they dispatched their own elites, the alliance couldn’t sustain the attrition.
Ignoring these traps, Ye Liuyun instead focused on the alien army and the hiding spot of Reydon.
Ultimately, he targeted the alien forces stationed to the left of their encampment—a legion of over ten thousand Celestial Realm aliens.
Ye Liuyun unleashed the Violet Kylin while closely monitoring the movements of Reydon and other powerhouses.
The Violet Kylin wielded temporal power, slaughtering swathes of aliens. Though its temporal abilities didn’t last significantly longer than Ye Liuyun’s, it could repeatedly activate them, making its destructive efficiency far greater. Meanwhile, his doppelganger collected numerous alien corpses.
By the time Reydon and his forces charged over, Ye Liuyun had already withdrawn them into his spatial realm, relocating to strike elsewhere. Simultaneously, the Demon Vine launched a sudden assault on the alien encampment, eliminating their elites.
When Reydon rushed to the scene, he received reports of the encampment under attack and hurried back to reinforce—only for Ye Liuyun to strike again from another direction.
Ye Liuyun’s relentless maneuvers were all part of a calculated strategy to scatter Leyton’s elite forces. But Leyton wasn’t fooled—he only dispatched ordinary alien overlords to reinforce various fronts.
He had already guessed that Ye Liuyun was deliberately provoking them. In retaliation, they regrouped and launched another barrage of white light attacks on the Alliance’s encampment, wreaking havoc indiscriminately.
No matter how formidable the formations set up by Qiong Qi and the other array masters were, they couldn’t fully block the white light—only prevent the enemy from breaching the defenses. As a result, countless human martial cultivators perished under the onslaught.
Adapting swiftly, Ye Liuyun adjusted his tactics. He sent his doppelganger with the Purple Kylin Snake while he himself wielded the Demon-Sealing Stele, striking from different locations. The moment Leyton emerged, they would retreat immediately, allowing the Demon Vine to launch its own assault on the enemy camp’s martial cultivators.
Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun also unleashed the Vespera and other demonic beasts, tasking them with ambushing alien elites lurking around the perimeter.
If Leyton only sent overlord-level aliens, they were swiftly eliminated. In short, unless Leyton’s forces split up, Ye Liuyun refused to engage them head-on. This left Leyton and his cohorts utterly frustrated, their only recourse being retaliatory strikes against the Alliance—killing a few martial cultivators here and there.
But under Ye Liuyun’s relentless guerrilla warfare, they gained no advantage. Their casualties far exceeded the Alliance’s, especially with the Demon-Sealing Stele and the Demon Vine seizing every opportunity to slaughter alien elites.
Both had grown terrifyingly powerful—even overlord-level foes couldn’t escape once targeted. As for celestial-tier aliens? They were mowed down in droves.
The Demon Vine was even more monstrous than the stele, its countless tendrils snatching dozens of alien elites at once, devouring them whole.
Even the corpses of enemies slain by others were eventually fed to the two, fueling their strength. With such an influx of overlord and celestial-tier energy, the Demon Vine finally sensed an impending breakthrough.
Of course, Leyton wasn’t about to sit idle. Once he discerned their pattern, he rallied his forces and charged toward the direction where the doppelganger and the Purple Kylin Snake had appeared.
