Chapter 2784: Chapter 2784
Ye Liuyun also suspected that this blue-armored alien with the broken horn hadn’t revealed its full strength yet. At the very least, escaping shouldn’t be a problem for it.
He could tell from its strategy—it clearly intended to exhaust all the alien soldiers and warriors before making its move. Besides, an elder of its status would surely possess life-saving treasures. Even if it tried to flee, Ye Liuyun doubted he could stop it.
"Get ready to strike!"
With that thought, Ye Liuyun signaled his doppelganger to prepare for a coordinated attack.
If he wanted to deal with this broken-horned elder, he had to act first. Both he and his doppelganger had already gathered their black-and-white energy, not even considering capturing it alive. Killing it outright would be achievement enough.
Just as the demon forces were surging with momentum, poised to wipe out the remaining aliens, the broken-horned elder suddenly unleashed another fifty thousand blue-armored warriors from its spatial realm.
Most of these warriors were at the fifth or sixth level of the Dominator realm, with nearly five thousand at the seventh level.
The sudden reinforcements caught the demons completely off guard. Their own elite fighters were already spent, their numbers dwindling, and their energy depleted. Facing a fresh army at this moment was a guaranteed defeat.
Seizing the opportunity, the broken-horned elder joined the fray, wielding two serrated-edged shields. It charged into the demon ranks, swinging them with brutal efficiency.
The demon elites tried to smash through the shields with weapons and artifacts, but to no avail—likely because the shields themselves were powerful treasures, combining both defense and offense.
The timing of the alien elder’s assault was flawless. With the blue-armored army surging forward, they swiftly overwhelmed the demons and pushed toward the rear, aiming to break through.
"Now!" Ye Liuyun hesitated no longer, fearing the old creature might slip away.
He struck first, freezing time with his temporal power before rushing toward the elder. The moment he reached it, he unleashed his divine soul, invading its consciousness.
Inside its mind, a defensive artifact lay in wait—a crossbow-like weapon, its arrow aimed outward.
Ye Liuyun barely avoided impaling himself on the arrow as he charged in, twisting aside at the last second. Without wasting a breath, he seized one of the elder’s soul fragments, dragged it into his own consciousness, and branded it with a slave seal. Then he repeated the process with the second soul fragment, ensuring both were firmly under his control.
"That went surprisingly smooth!" Ye Liuyun hadn’t expected things to proceed so effortlessly. After his divine soul returned to his body, seeing there was still time, he swiftly confiscated the creature’s weapon and Interspatial Ring as an extra precaution.
The Interspatial Ring contained numerous treasures and resources. Ye Liuyun meticulously inspected them, destroying all the communication talismans before stashing away the rest of the loot.
He then returned to his original position and allowed time to resume its normal flow.
The broken-horned elder, mid-charge, suddenly halted—his weapon gone, his divine soul now under control.
At that moment, both Ye Liuyun and his doppelganger’s golden pupils detected an even more formidable divine soul emerging within the elder’s consciousness.
"Holy hell, it’s got three divine souls! And this one’s even stronger!" Ye Liuyun was taken aback—he hadn’t anticipated the creature cultivating multiple souls.
Acting in perfect sync with his thoughts, the doppelganger immediately manipulated time once more, forcibly yanking out the stronger soul and dragging it into Ye Liuyun’s consciousness before returning to his main body.
As time normalized again, the golden radiance of the Ten Thousand Divine Edict enveloped the broken-horned elder’s soul. This time, Ye Liuyun didn’t bother with implanting any slave seals—he directly devoured the soul.
Meanwhile, the doppelganger began controlling the elder through the existing slave seal, compelling him to halt the advancing army and recall all the blue-armored aliens back into their spatial realm.
The demonic forces assumed the elder was attempting to flee, but none dared intercept him.
Instead, the elder walked straight toward Ye Liuyun and bowed in submission.
Having just completed a soul search, Ye Liuyun confirmed the creature had no further hidden capabilities. However, several artifacts still caught his attention.
One resembled an unassuming miniature pavilion—utterly inconspicuous yet functioning like a teleportation array capable of transporting living beings. No matter which spatial realm it was trapped in, this artifact could instantly return it to the aliens’ true stronghold.
Another was the defensive crossbow hidden within its consciousness, specifically designed to annihilate any divine souls attacking its mind. The third was a defensive treasure—those twin shields that could merge into an impenetrable barrier, impervious to any weapon.
"No wonder this bastard remained so calm—he came fully prepared!"
With these treasures at its disposal, it had no fear of being trapped. The moment its shield closed to block attacks, it could activate the teleportation artifact and instantly return to the alien stronghold.
Fortunately, Ye Liuyun struck first, preventing it from escaping outright.
Ye Liuyun demanded the teleportation pavilion but left the other treasures for Broken Horn.
"From now on, you’ll be called Broken Horn," Ye Liuyun commanded. "You’ll lead this alien battalion. And release all the blue-armored aliens from your spatial world—they’ll swear loyalty to me."
"Yes!"
Under the control of Ye Liuyun’s Slaving Seal, it had no choice but to obey. As the blue-armored aliens emerged, Ye Liuyun discovered two hidden among them—both at the eighth level of Dominance.
After pledging their allegiance, these aliens joined Ye Liuyun’s forces, now unified under Broken Horn’s command. Ye Liuyun promptly recalled the other battalions, ordering them to regroup and recruit.
Once the battlefield was cleared by the demonic forces, the corpses were handed over to Ye Liuyun, who fed them to the Demon-Sealing Stele and the Demon Vine.
Then, he departed via the Black Tower’s teleportation to rejoin his demonic army.
Yu Xiaofeng had expanded the demonic forces to a million before halting their advance. The clones had gathered enough planets and stockpiled demonic recruits—it was time to pause.
After absorbing vast numbers of aliens, the Demon-Sealing Stele and the Demon Vine both broke through to the eighth level of Dominance. The Vermilion Bird’s strength also replenished, finally matching its spiritual power. With three eighth-level Dominance powerhouses by his side, Ye Liuyun’s confidence soared.
Those capable of wielding the black-and-white light refined numerous alien third eyes, with leftovers distributed to the three-eyed aliens in the battalion to enhance their abilities.
Later, Ye Liuyun had the clones store the demonic army in their spatial worlds. His greatest gains from this campaign were the million-strong demonic army and thirty thousand elite demonic warriors.
Once the forces were secured, they donned cloaks of invisibility and slipped away without further disturbing the demons.
Upon returning, Yu Xiaofeng expanded Man Feng’s battalion to a million. All units were busy recruiting, training, and reorganizing.
Yuan Hao even requisitioned twenty thousand elite martial artists from the Vanguard Regiment to form a special force. With the Vanguard Regiment overstaffed, Tian Dao Ye gladly offloaded the weaker members to him.
