Chapter 2818: Chapter 2818
To ensure the aerial restriction array wouldn’t be easily dismantled, Wen Yuan had previously set up multiple layers of defensive formations around the source energy.
Ironically, these very defenses now became obstacles to their own dismantling efforts. Even now, the outer formations remained partially intact, preventing them from reaching the core restriction array.
The doppelgänger immediately activated temporal powers, immobilizing Wen Yuan first and sealing him within a spatial realm. Next, the foreign elites from the Golden Tiger Battalion assigned to protect Wen Yuan were swiftly captured and confined as well. Without hesitation, the doppelgänger then raced toward Enke’s position.
Meanwhile, the Black Mountain fleet was rushing back at full speed to reinforce Enke. At the same time, the spectral army surged forward in a relentless assault.
The three-eyed and crimson-armored foreign warriors guarding Enke desperately fended off the encroaching wraiths.
Suddenly, the Demon Vine launched a sneak attack from below, firing beams of white light upward at the unsuspecting three-eyed warriors. Engaged in repelling wraiths from the front, sides, and sky, they never noticed the threat beneath their feet. In an instant, seven or eight fell to the vine’s deadly assault.
Some three-eyed warriors retaliated with downward strikes, but even when hit, the Demon Vine remained unfazed.
The vine swiftly coiled around the fallen warriors, absorbing them. When facing formidable foes, it simply blasted them apart with white light before devouring them. One of its tendrils slithered toward the Demon-Sealing Stele, scavenging easy prey.
The foreign warriors confronting the stele were already struggling—suppressed by its power while resisting its energy-draining force. With little capacity left to defend against attacks, they fell victim one by one as the vine effortlessly dragged them away.
With the Demon Vine’s assistance, the stele pressed downward relentlessly, its pull growing so intense that even Enke could feel its grasp.
"Retreat!"
Helpless, Enke ordered his remaining warriors to fall back and regroup with the approaching Black Mountain fleet.
The battlefield was now a cacophony of millions of shrieking wraiths, drowning out all sound. Communication through spiritual sense became impossible—especially for the Golden Tiger Battalion, completely encircled by the spectral horde. Their messages couldn’t penetrate the suffocating darkness, and even their souls risked being devoured.
Enke had lost all contact with the main force. The army was now nothing but a swirling mass of black mist, consumed by countless wraiths. Only agonized screams echoed from within.
The entire battlefield had transformed into an impenetrable void—layer upon layer of writhing shadows and spectral energy, an uncountable legion of the damned.
Now the wraiths had completely surrounded them, and it could only faintly make out the approaching warships from Black Mountain. There were still half of the alien elites from Black Mountain’s side—perhaps they could carve a path through the chaos and escape.
As for the Golden Tiger Corps, it had already given up hope of saving them.
Seeing the dire situation, Black Mountain realized the warships were too slow. Without hesitation, he ordered everyone to disembark, sending the Three-Eyed Aliens and Red-Armored Aliens to spearhead the charge toward Enke.
At that moment, Ye Liuyun and his doppelganger arrived. Instead of rushing into battle, they focused on replenishing their temporal energy, biding their time. The battlefield was in such disarray that the aliens had no capacity to detect their presence.
This was the Golden Tiger Corps’ most chaotic and devastating defeat.
The wraiths not only outnumbered them but also employed pack tactics, using their spatial and speed advantages to attack the soldiers from all directions, tearing at their souls.
Most soldiers lacked specialized defenses and could only rely on brute soul force to resist—only to be overwhelmed and devoured by the relentless wraiths.
Even the alien elites at the ninth level of Dominance, despite their formidable soul power, couldn’t withstand the endless waves of wraiths assaulting them from every angle. After repeated attacks, their souls were shredded and consumed.
Black Mountain managed to cut a bloody path through the horde and reached Enke, but they were soon encircled by a massive swarm of wraiths.
The sheer number of wraiths surrounding them was impossible to count—only a thick, impenetrable shroud of black mist was visible. Occasionally, when the mist thinned or was blasted apart, the horrifying, twisted faces of the wraiths would emerge, lunging at them relentlessly.
By then, Ye Liuyun and his doppelganger had fully restored their temporal energy and rejoined the fray.
This time, Ye Liuyun focused on Black Mountain. As a high-ranking deputy commander with formidable strength and experience in training soldiers, capturing him would be worth the effort, even if it proved challenging.
But the moment his soul entered Black Mountain’s consciousness, he discovered a powerful Red-Armored Soul already lurking within.
Unconcerned whether it was controlling Black Mountain or aiding in his defense, Ye Liuyun simply planted a slave seal on Black Mountain’s soul before incinerating the Red-Armored Soul with Netherflame. Then, he swiftly stashed Black Mountain away in his spatial world.
With the remaining time, Ye Liuyun casually snatched a few Three-Eyed Aliens, leaving Enke for his doppelganger to handle.
At this moment, Enke had also unleashed its most powerful divine soul to battle the wraiths. Its soul force was indeed formidable—several alien wraiths at the ninth level of Dominance were utterly annihilated by its attacks.
The moment Ye Liuyun restored the flow of time, Enke immediately noticed that Black Mountain had vanished. Realization struck—Ye Liuyun had arrived. Its divine soul swiftly pinpointed Ye Liuyun’s location and surged straight into his consciousness.
The instant Enke’s soul invaded, Ye Liuyun’s own soul burst into laughter. "Haha, I was waiting for you to take the bait! Did you really think I’d let you find me so easily?"
Unfortunately, the clone was a step too late.
As soon as Enke’s defensive soul was ensnared by the golden light of the Ten Thousand Gods Decree, leaving its consciousness unprotected, a powerful wraith seized the opportunity to invade its mind, tearing apart its two weaker remaining souls.
"What a waste!" Ye Liuyun could only sigh in regret as he swiftly extracted whatever military training and tactics he could from Enke’s captured soul. Then, with a command to the Ten Thousand Gods Decree, he obliterated it completely, absorbing its essence to nourish his own soul.
Meanwhile, the clone sprang into action, continuing to capture alien elites. At this stage of the battle, they were seizing every opportunity they could.
Rather than idly waiting for his temporal power to replenish, Ye Liuyun wielded his black light to eliminate aliens with particularly strong soul forces, minimizing losses among the wraiths.
The Demon-Suppressing Stele had finally crushed all the alien warriors beneath it into the earth. The Demon Vine, having spent this time voraciously devouring the corpses of fallen foes—far outpacing the stele’s absorption rate—was now searching for fresh prey.
"Hey, glutton! Quit scavenging and lend a hand—every kill counts!" Ye Liuyun called out, urging it to target living enemies instead of just feasting on the dead.
Obedient as ever, the Demon Vine immediately lashed out at a three-eyed alien. The creature retaliated with a beam of white light—only for the vine to reflect it straight back.
