Chapter 1248: Heavy Losses

Ye Liuyun has been maintaining Transmission Voice with Qin Peng.

"Don't rush; proceed steadily. The Foreign Tribe wants to wipe us out completely. The more such a moment, the more careful we must be. I can hold my side! And even if I can't resist in the end, I have a way to retreat, so you don't need to worry about me!"

Ye Liuyun comforts Qin Peng, fearing he might act rashly, and confines himself within the encirclement.

"Understood!"

Qin Peng has also long been seasoned in battlefields. Though his heart is anxious, his command of troops shows no trace of haste.

He knows that if he makes a mistake, not only will he fail to rescue Ye Liuyun, but he will also abandon the two hundred thousand troops he brought here.

Fortunately, the Foreign Tribe truly cannot dispatch more forces. If the commotion grows larger, they also fear Ye Liuyun will discover it early.

Thus Qin Peng still holds the advantage and continues to advance steadily.

It is also thanks to their good equipment. In the past, when the Great Xia Empire fought the Foreign Tribe, they needed larger numbers to gain the upper hand.

On Ye Liuyun's side, the number of Kuailei is decreasing sharply.

Mainly because the opponent's realms are often higher than theirs. So in close combat, they are at a disadvantage.

Although Demon Cultivator soldiers and Kuailei hide within the Formation, when too many enemies break into the Formation, they sometimes reveal their positions.

Especially the Kuailei, which cannot move and only obeys lethal orders.

The Zao Hua Realm Metal Puppets suffer the greatest loss. In roughly two shichen, more than two thousand Metal Puppets were destroyed.

The Stone Persons have slightly higher realms, yet they also lost nearly a hundred, a situation a bit better than the Metal Puppets.

The hard‑won Kuailei, losing so many at once, makes Ye Liuyun feel great anguish.

The Demon Cultivator soldiers, however, suffer little casualties. They can move autonomously, avoiding detection.

On the Foreign Tribe's side, the losses are even more severe. Corpse Demons' bodies have piled several layers on the ground.

To avoid hindering the Formation's operation, Ye Liuyun pauses time, pulls his troops back, then activates the Formation, clears it with flame, and fights again.

The Foreign Tribe's Grand Leader Tuomu Hai, at this moment, sits in his large tent listening to his subordinates' battle reports.

He too feels deep anguish. To avenge Ba He Lei, the price is too high!

Ye Liuyun's Warships, Formation, and Magic Vine have already wiped out seventy thousand of their troops.

Adding the nearly eighty thousand troops lost while intercepting Qin Peng.

In two shichen, the Foreign Tribe has already decimated one hundred fifty thousand troops and a large number of Warships.

They have many Corpse Demon soldiers. But acquiring Warships is difficult for them.

The Foreign Tribe's current Warships are some purchased from the merchant guild before the war as reserves, and others seized from the guild or captured on the battlefield after the war began.

They lack the alchemy and artifact alliance that Ye Liuyun has. Thus, for them, each Warship used means one less.

And Warships, whether attacking or defending, play a huge role.

"Alas!"

Tuomu Hai sighed helplessly.

"I'm afraid that even with such a huge cost, we still cannot eliminate that Ye Liuyun!"

He learned from his subordinates' report that Ye Liuyun's reinforcements will soon charge over.

And Ye Liuyun's Formation shows no sign of being broken; his Demon Cultivators and Kuailei have suffered little loss, meaning his combat power has not decreased much at all.

His prediction was indeed correct.

When Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense detects Qin Peng's army, he immediately orders the Demon Cultivators to prepare for a strike.

The remaining two hundred plus Stone Persons act as vanguard, covering the Demon Cultivators' outward charge.

The remaining over a thousand Metal Puppets, of lower realm and little use in close combat, are directly reclaimed by Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun summons the Magic Vine behind to cut off their retreat, then folds the Formation Flag, releasing the Evil Dragon in the sky to coordinate with the Stone Persons' charge.

Xiao Lanbing, cloaked in an invisibility garment, and Xuanwu, also invisible, follow Ye Liuyun and his clone, safeguarding them from any celestial strongmen of the Foreign Tribe's army who might ambush.

Ye Liuyun and his clone, leading the Demon Cultivator soldiers, charge toward Qin Peng's direction.

Qin Peng immediately mobilizes Warships, carving a blood path for Ye Liuyun as much as possible.

The Evil Dragon spews fire from the sky onto below, while the Stone Persons, leveraging their sturdy bodies, make a straight, fierce charge.

Thirty thousand Demon Cultivator soldiers form a battle array, focusing defense on the flanks.

With the Magic Vine at the rear, they need not worry about rear defense, so progress is swift.

The encircling Foreign Tribe army, upon seeing Ye Liuyun attempt to flee, repeatedly launches fierce assaults.

Having already paid a huge price, letting Ye Liuyun escape unscathed would be too costly for them!

Thus, Corpse Demons from all sides swarm toward them densely. Even though the Demon Cultivator soldiers' battle array is strong, occasional gaps appear.

And once Corpse Demons find a gap, they cease fighting and pounce to protect the Demon Cultivator soldiers from being torn.

Ye Liuyun also unleashes his various abilities: Spiritual Arrow Rain, Spatial Power, Buddha Light Power, Golden Crow Holy Fire, etc.

But even though each of his attacks can fell a swath of Corpse Demons, it is only a small portion.

Now the Corpse Demons surrounding their unit are too numerous to count.

The Demon Cultivator soldiers keep slashing, yet cannot stop the speed at which Corpse Demons pounce.

Where they pass, they leave a field of corpses.

Even the Magic Vine is too busy to absorb them. The outermost vines swing directly, striking the charging Corpse Demons apart.

Ye Liuyun waves the Hundred-Refined Soul Banner, releasing Yin Souls to disrupt the Corpse Demons' attacks, but with little effect.

Hundreds of thousands of Corpse Demons surround them, mindlessly lunging upward, not a battle at all—just pure instinct.

The number of Demon Cultivator soldiers beside Ye Liuyun is also sharply decreasing, with Demon Cultivators constantly falling.

"Hold on a little longer!"

Ye Liuyun cheers the crowd.

They can already see Qin Peng's fleet, concentrating fire and charging toward them.

The stone men rushing at the front are now almost gone.

Stone men are twice the size of a normal person, making them ideal for charging.

However, those corpse demons actually launch suicide-style attacks. Often a dozen or more corpse demons swarm together, pounce, knock over the stone men, then tear them apart.

Ye Liuyun now feels heartbroken, but there's nothing he can do.

At this moment, an evil dragon suddenly let out a miserable cry and fell from the sky.

Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil swept over and discovered that three Foreign Tribe members at the Tianzun Realm were surrounding and attacking that evil dragon.

They ran onto the evil dragon's back to attack it, making it unable to shake them off.

"Black Tortoise, go kill them!"

Ye Liuyun immediately dispatched the Black Tortoise to finish off those three Tianzun Realm Foreign Tribe.