Chapter 2764: Chapter 2764
"Roar!"
The moment the demon army emerged, the Tiger-headed Beast King let out a thunderous roar, spurring his forces into a full-scale assault.
Fresh from another battlefield where they had fought alongside Ye Liuyun’s doppelganger, the demon army had seized vast resources, elevating their strength to the equivalent of a third-level Dominator. Their combat prowess was formidable, further bolstered by the presence of numerous giant demons among their ranks. These towering warriors matched the alien invaders in size and physicality, even surpassing them in sheer intimidation.
"Holy hell! The kid’s been holding out on us!" Han Qiao blurted, his shock now so routine it barely lasted a second before he snapped back to reality.
He and Meng Wenxiang’s forces stood by, watching the spectacle unfold as the demon army encircled and annihilated another fifty thousand alien reinforcements.
Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun retreated into his doppelganger’s spatial realm to accelerate his recovery, replenishing his depleted energy in case of further battles.
The elite vanguard unit, after a fierce charge alongside Ye Liuyun to eliminate the alien commanders, was also recalled into the spatial realm to rest and recuperate.
Under the doppelganger’s command, the demon army pressed on, slaughtering the remaining invaders. The doppelganger himself refrained from direct combat, instead surveying the battlefield and keeping a vigilant eye on the cosmos for any surprise attacks from the aliens or the Star Disk Empire.
The Demon Vine, the Sealing Stele, and the Vermilion Bird eagerly rejoined the fray—each battle a feast of power for them. While the others were too exhausted to continue, these three only grew stronger with every clash.
Seizing the opportunity, the doppelganger devoured the souls of fallen aliens to strengthen himself, even aiding the Tiger-headed Beast King, Hatu, and other demonic beasts in enhancing their spiritual energy.
As the alien forces crumbled, Meng Wenxiang and Han Qiao swiftly mobilized their troops to drive the remnants back. The fifty thousand reinforcements were utterly wiped out. Once the battlefield was cleared, the demon army vanished back into the spatial realm.
Ye Liuyun then released Pei Yong, while the doppelganger shed his invisibility cloak, resuming his guise as the deputy commander to greet Meng Wenxiang and Han Qiao.
"Our commander, Ye Liuyun, extends his deepest gratitude for your assistance," the doppelganger said with a respectful nod.
"Tell that kid I’m officially in awe," Han Qiao declared, grinning. "If I ever get kicked out of the Empire, I’m enlisting under him!"
Meng Wenxiang, ever reserved, simply bid a quiet farewell, explaining they had orders to report back.
"Alright, we’ll stay in touch through the messenger talisman if there’s another mission!" The clone clearly had no intention of returning with them.
After parting ways, Ye Liuyun instructed Pei Yong to return to the spatial realm for cultivation, while he himself donned the invisibility cloak once more and vanished into the night.
This time, his target wasn’t just the alien races—he also intended to scout the Empire’s military deployments and the locations of their strongest warriors.
Since the Empire wanted him dead and had even set traps for him during battle, he wasn’t about to let that slide. Revenge was the only way to ease the simmering fury in his heart.
Once he had identified his targets, he ordered the captive aliens to accelerate their training. Those injured were given Life Spring water to heal. The prisoners he had captured included one at the eighth level of Dominance, forty-two at the seventh level, and one hundred eleven at the sixth level—more than enough to inflict severe damage on the Empire’s elite forces.
And Ye Liuyun wasn’t one to delay vengeance. The moment these alien warriors recovered, he unleashed them against the Empire’s strongest fighters, even stealthily assisting from the shadows to capture several powerful Imperial martial artists, stockpiling them as potential recruits for Ye Tiandao.
The battle was devastating. Sixty-two seventh-level Dominance warriors and over two hundred sixth-level fighters from the Empire were wiped out in a single strike. Afterward, Ye Liuyun quietly withdrew the remaining aliens into his spatial realm and disappeared without a trace.
The sheer scale of the attack left Liu Haotian, Meng Wenxiang, and Han Qiao with no doubt about who was behind it—yet none of them spoke a word.
"He finally retaliated," Liu Haotian murmured with a sigh, offering no further comment. When reporting to his superiors, he simply blamed the aliens for the assault.
"I say he did well! After all the humiliation he’s endured, it’s about time those Imperial bastards got a taste of their own medicine," Han Qiao scoffed, unbothered.
"I’m worried that if things continue like this, we might end up facing him as enemies one day," Meng Wenxiang fretted.
"That’s the Empire’s doing. But for my part, I’ll never raise a hand against him," Han Qiao declared firmly.
Liu Haotian and Meng Wenxiang remained silent, though both privately feared that such a confrontation might become reality sooner rather than later.
The alien ambush had dealt a heavy blow to the Empire’s martial elite, sending shockwaves through the Imperial ranks. Unaware of Ye Liuyun’s involvement, they genuinely believed it was retaliation from the alien races.
In response, they simply dispatched more elite warriors to the frontlines and ordered Liu Haotian to tighten defenses around the military camps.
At the same time, news of Ye Liuyun, Meng Wenxiang, and Han Qiao’s army of four hundred thousand annihilating one and a half million enemy troops spread like wildfire across the empire.
Though the official records refused to acknowledge the staggering number—since Meng Wenxiang and Han Qiao couldn’t produce the corresponding corpses or enemy equipment as proof—every high-ranking commander in the military knew the truth. They were well aware of the enemy’s forces, and the sudden disappearance of a hundred and fifty thousand troops from the battlefield could only mean one thing: they had been wiped out. The empire was simply making excuses to withhold their rewards.
Moreover, the commanders all understood that the true backbone of the victory had to be Ye Liuyun’s forces. No matter how formidable Meng Wenxiang and Han Qiao were, their troops had clear limitations—they simply couldn’t have achieved such a feat alone.
As for the rumors of capturing a Dominator-level enemy warrior at the eighth tier, opinions were divided. Some believed it, others didn’t. After all, tracking such a powerhouse was impossible—no one could confirm whether he had been taken prisoner or had escaped.
Only Liu Haotian learned the truth from Meng Wenxiang and Han Qiao’s own accounts. The revelation of Ye Liuyun’s strength left him utterly stunned.
"So, he has warriors surpassing the eighth-tier Dominator level, not to mention his two hundred thousand troops and an additional hundred and fifty thousand demon army. Who knows how many more soldiers, beasts, and elites he has hidden..."
In the end, even Liu Haotian had to admit the obvious—Ye Liuyun was unbeatable.
"Exactly. Just the enemy prisoners he captured alone are already a formidable force. And that was a Dominator-level warrior at the eighth tier!" Meng Wenxiang sighed in agreement.
Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun showed no signs of stopping. He had already infiltrated the enemy’s stronghold, setting his sights on yet another eighth-tier Dominator.
He had never treated the war against the enemy as some assigned mission, waiting for Liu Haotian’s orders. To him, every opportunity was a call to strike.
Thanks to his doppelganger’s time-acceleration ability, his forces inside the spatial realm had fully replenished their energy reserves. Now, he was ready to move again.
The enemy base housed only two hundred thousand troops—elite, perhaps, but no match for his Wolf Hunters. As for high-tier warriors, he had his elite Vanguard Corps and the captured enemy fighters. Numbers were no longer a concern.
So, he prepared for another devastating ambush.
