Chapter 2750: Chapter 2750
Although Ye Liuyun was confident with the aid of the Demon-Sealing Stele and the Demon Vine, he wasn’t reckless enough to charge headlong into battle against the alien horde with just three thousand men.
The moment he saw the enemy’s defensive formation, he realized their intent was to encircle and starve him out. Instead of breaking through, he commanded the Wolf Hunt Legion to weave through the hundred-thousand-strong army, circling and striking without committing to an escape. He even ordered his soldiers to collect the corpses of fallen aliens, stockpiling resources while gradually whittling down the enemy forces at a deliberate pace.
The other two alien armies could only watch helplessly. If they joined the chaotic fray, their formations would collapse, giving Ye Liuyun the upper hand. So they had no choice but to hold their positions and wait.
Once he had slaughtered his fill, Ye Liuyun suddenly charged toward the two alien commanders. The two immediately reached for their weapons—only to find their storage rings empty. Panic flashed across their faces as they wondered when their belongings had been stolen. Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun was already upon them, his twin blades slashing toward each in a deadly arc.
The commanders hastily ordered their soldiers to raise shields as barriers while they scrambled to borrow weapons from their troops. But makeshift arms were no match for their usual gear, and their movements turned clumsy.
At that moment, the Demon-Sealing Stele came crashing down like a mountain, pulverizing the shield-bearing soldiers into bloody paste with a thunderous boom. It then soared back into the air before hurtling toward one commander from behind. Simultaneously, the Demon Vine erupted from the ground beneath the other, its countless tendrils coiling around him like a cage before dragging him toward Ye Liuyun.
Without hesitation, Ye Liuyun unleashed a soul attack, branding the trapped commander with a slave seal before tossing him into his spatial world. The remaining commander paled—he had sorely underestimated Ye Liuyun. The moment the Demon-Sealing Stele had struck nearby, he had felt his energy being drained away.
He tried to retreat, but the stele smashed into him, hurling him back. Ye Liuyun teleported behind him in a flash of spatial power, delivering another soul attack and enslaving him as well.
Then, the planet itself began to fracture. Its core energy had already been siphoned away by Ye Liuyun, and the combined force of the Demon-Sealing Stele’s impact and the Demon Vine’s upheaval from below shattered the world apart. The alien soldiers, caught off guard, descended into chaos.
But Ye Liuyun’s Wolf Hunt Legion had prepared for this. Seizing the opportunity, they tore through the enemy’s outer defenses.
Of the three hundred thousand alien troops, a third had already been broken in spirit from the relentless slaughter. The remaining two hundred thousand, disoriented by the planet’s sudden collapse, failed to hold their lines—especially after witnessing their commanders captured before their very eyes.
With the Demon-Sealing Stele crushing them relentlessly, the Demon Vine devouring them alive, and the combined assault of the Nine-Headed Netherdrake’s miasma, the Vermilion Bird’s flames, and the Wolf Hunt Legion’s elite warriors, their defenses crumbled instantly.
Even the hundred thousand soldiers in the second layer of encirclement fell into disarray in an instant.
The alien soldiers began scattering in all directions. Even before Ye Liuyun could reach the third layer of their encirclement, their formations had already crumbled into fragments. The commanders of the smaller alien battalions, realizing they couldn’t hold back Ye Liuyun and his forces, had already begun ordering retreats.
Now unrestrained, Ye Liuyun unleashed his full power, slashing wildly with his Demon-Slaying Blade as he pursued the fleeing enemy. The Wolf Hunt Legion also dispersed, hunting down the routed troops in every direction.
Far away, the scouts sent by Liu Haotian to observe the battle were utterly stunned by the spectacle. Never had they witnessed three thousand soldiers chasing down an army of three hundred thousand—this was truly an eye-opening sight. The aliens were being slaughtered in droves, and the scouts could barely contain their excitement.
After a while, Ye Liuyun called off the pursuit, ordering his men to scour the battlefield before returning to their warship to extract and refine the alien energy cores, replenishing their own depleted reserves.
Trained under Ye Tiandao’s discipline, the Wolf Hunt soldiers needed no urging to restore their energy swiftly. Once aboard the ship, they immediately harvested the alien cores, converting them into usable power through energy-transfer stones, then replenishing their own reserves and storage stones.
The remaining corpses were left for the Demon-Sealing Stele and the demonic vines to absorb. Ye Liuyun then steered the warship toward the hidden scouts, handing over the three captured alien commanders and the squad leader who had previously ambushed him.
The scouts were taken aback—they had thought their hiding spots were secure, but clearly, Ye Liuyun had known of their presence all along.
"Commander Ye, won’t you return with us?" one of the scouts asked casually.
"No," Ye Liuyun replied. "With this army of three hundred thousand defeated, the remnants will surely flee back to their stronghold. I’ll follow and see if there’s anything else to gain. Take these prisoners back to the Grand Commander—I’ve already subdued them. They won’t give you any trouble."
"Yes, sir!" the scouts acknowledged.
Without delay, Ye Liuyun turned the warship toward the direction the aliens had fled.
"That Commander Ye is truly something," one scout muttered in admiration. "Daring to scout the alien stronghold alone!"
The scouts wasted no time in heading back themselves. These alien commanders were valuable sources of intelligence, and they couldn’t afford to be careless. They immediately reported to Liu Haotian, including the astonishing feat of Ye Liuyun’s three thousand soldiers crushing an army of three hundred thousand.
Liu Haotian hadn’t expected Ye Liuyun to complete the mission so swiftly. But upon hearing about the destruction of an entire planet, he promptly summoned his advisors to review the situation on the sand table.
After removing the planet that Ye Liuyun had obliterated, he suddenly realized the situation had turned in their favor—the alien forces had instantly lost a crucial buffer zone.
"That kid! He’s really something else!" Meng Wenxiang couldn’t help but marvel at Ye Liuyun’s foresight.
None of them had noticed before that the planet served as both a stepping stone and a buffer for the aliens, allowing them to gather intelligence and conceal their troop movements.
"Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!" Liu Haotian exclaimed three times in admiration for Ye Liuyun.
"A commander with such strategic vision, capable of breaking through conventional thinking, is truly a rare gem! Now it’s clear—he’s both bold and resourceful, a master at leading troops!"
He then recounted how Ye Liuyun had led just three thousand soldiers to dismantle an alien ambush, crush an army of three hundred thousand, and capture four enemy commanders. The other commanders in the room were stunned into silence.
"He’s already sent the prisoners back," Liu Haotian added.
"Then where is he now?" Han Qiao pressed.
"Care to guess?" Liu Haotian teased, withholding the answer.
Meng Wenxiang studied the sand table again before venturing a bold guess: "Don’t tell me he’s gone straight to the alien stronghold?" Even as he said it, the idea seemed too audacious to believe.
"Hah! Exactly! That kid’s headed right for their lair!" Liu Haotian burst into laughter.
"This..." The assembled commanders gaped in shock.
"He actually dared to..." Meng Wenxiang shook his head with a wry smile.
