Chapter 1233: Taking the Initiative

Let me try taking the initiative! I can't just keep waiting for them to attack!

Ye Liuyun suggested to Emperor Xia.

"Alright! But you must not go too deep, lest you lose support and get trapped by the Foreign Tribe!" Emperor Xia reminded Ye Liuyun.

"Okay!"

Ye Liuyun acknowledged, then he and Qin Peng researched the target for taking the initiative.

He had already given Qin Peng a copy of his map.

Recently, the demon cultivators who came to sneak attack also learned about the troop deployments of several nearby cities.

After he told Qin Peng all this information, the two of them selected; the most suitable target was not the few nearby cities, but rather required going beyond the Foreign Tribe's defenses to sneak attack a small town.

This small town is a transfer station for the Foreign Tribe's great army; various supplies are transferred here. Perhaps there are also abundant resources stored inside.

But doing so would be too dangerous. Ye Liuyun would need to penetrate the enemy's defenses, after which all sides would be enemies, and there would be no support.

"Too dangerous!" Qin Peng did not advise Ye Liuyun to take the risk.

"It's very likely to be blocked inside by the Foreign Tribe's great army."

Ye Liuyun thought for a moment and asked: "If I can mobilize the Foreign Tribe's vanguard army, wouldn't that create an opportunity for you?"

"What if they don't move?" Qin Peng countered.

"If they don't move, we'll attack them from both sides!" Ye Liuyun said.

"That could work! But your risk is still not small. Once my side's attack is blocked, you might not be able to get out!" Qin Peng hesitated.

The battlefield situation changes rapidly; he also dared not guarantee that he could definitely tear open a gap for Ye Liuyun.

"Don't worry! It's decided. When can you make it back?" Ye Liuyun directly made the decision.

"At the earliest, it will still take ten days!" Qin Peng estimated.

"Alright, the timing is about right; I'll set out tonight!"

After Ye Liuyun and Qin Peng finalized the plan, he began making arrangements.

The demon cultivator army is too conspicuous; he cannot bring it. Leaving this army behind also allows a handover with Qin Peng.

Three thousand metal puppets, with relatively low cultivation realms, were also not brought.

Finally, Ye Liuyun only brought three hundred for the stone men.

Before leaving, he recorded the city's coordinates in the Black Tower. Even if an accident occurs, he will definitely be able to return.

Afterwards, Ye Liuyun took advantage of the night, donned the Invisibility Cloak, and quietly left the city.

His current position is at the forefront where the two armies face off.

Both sides have patrol units going back and forth to prevent spies from crossing the defenses to gather intelligence.

The Foreign Tribe's patrol units are composed of demon cultivators and corpse demons. This not only allows them to analyze the situation but also to detect scents, making them far stronger than Ye Liuyun's side's patrol units.

Ye Liuyun even finds this first checkpoint difficult to pass.

If he rode an Evil Dragon and flew over from the sky, he would certainly be discovered by the Foreign Tribe, provoking them to encircle and capture him.

He still, as before, released demon qi to disguise himself as a demon cultivator, which would still fool them somewhat.

But even so, he still dared not be careless; his Golden Pupil and Divine Sense constantly monitored the surroundings.

Suddenly, Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil discovered that ahead lay a dense forest, with many corpse demons buried beneath the ground.

This is all deliberately done by the corpse demons. Once a human martial cultivator or a fierce beast thinks passing through the forest would be relatively safe, they will be detected by the corpse demons underground.

"This trick is really not bad, quite concealed!" Ye Liuyun praised in his mind and detoured around the dense forest.

But after he continuously chose several routes, he found that corpse demons were hidden in ambush everywhere.

Helpless, he could only continue searching along the Foreign Tribe's defenses.

Ye Liuyun circled for a full two hours before barely finding a spot with weaker defenses and breaking through.

But shortly after, he encountered a second line of defense.

Fortunately, the density of this second defense line is much sparser than the first; he didn't take long to pass through it.

Afterwards, the journey became much easier. Along the way were entire patrol units; relying on his powerful Divine Soul Power, he managed to detour around them in advance.

Moreover, after daylight, Ye Liuyun's travel was actually much smoother than during the day.

The Foreign Tribe's patrol units are relatively lax during the day; in the areas they can see, they won't come nearby to check.

Ye Liuyun reached the outskirts of the target city before nightfall on the second day.

However, outside the city there are also many corpse demons hidden in the dark conducting surveillance, arranged in three layers inside and three outside; without Ye Liuyun's strong Divine Sense, one could not detect the interior situation.

Moreover, even if he could sense the interior situation, the central area of the city was still slightly beyond his range, so he could not detect what was inside.

Ye Liuyun circled the city for a week, and the situation remained the same.

"It seems this city's defense is indeed very tight! No wonder it's their supply transfer station."

Ye Liuyun thought to himself, but did not dare to act immediately.

Inside the city, corpse demons are not many, about twenty thousand or so. Demon cultivators, however, are not few, numbering over thirty thousand.

The key is that he hasn't scouted the central area's situation clearly, so he dares not act rashly.

Anyway, time is still plentiful; Ye Liuyun patiently lurked for three days, each day continuously circling the city. But the observed situation remained the same.

"Could it be that the central area has no one?"

Ye Liuyun wondered in his heart, unsure whether to act.

Just on the night of the final day, a transport team of over ten thousand people, escorted by several Tianzun Realm experts, entered the city.

Ye Liuyun immediately energized himself and observed carefully.

"Nobility of the Foreign Tribe!"

Ye Liuyun realized that this city's central area is not simple; there certainly are strong beings inside, and he was glad he had not acted rashly.

After the transport team entered the city, they directly delivered the supplies to the central area. And coming out from the central area to greet them was actually a Foreign Tribe member wearing silver-scaled armor!

Just as Ye Liuyun was pondering a countermeasure, a sudden situation occurred.

Five Martial Cultivators wearing Demon Cultivator cloaks silently drew near the city.

Their communication was all through Divine Sense Transmission Voice, and Ye Liuyun did not know what they were saying.

But these people were clearly scouts from his own side.

Their realms were at the first or second tier of Earth Sovereign, they bore no Demon Qi, merely disguising themselves as Demon Cultivators.

After observing for a while, those few scattered in all directions, continuing toward the city.

Ye Liuyun originally wanted to warn them that a Corpse Demon was hidden underground ahead, but he thought perhaps they had missions to carry out and should not be disturbed.

Moreover, since the people in the city's central area stayed hidden, making it hard to discern reality, he could use this chance to lure them out, flush out the hidden foes, and eliminate the inner masters in batches.

Or he could seize a Demon Cultivator, search its soul, and learn the situation inside the city.