Chapter 1286: Pressing the Advantage

Tuomu Hai immediately ordered the remaining Tianzun Realm strongmen to disperse and each flee for their lives, and he himself took only a few followers and left the main army.

The base camp where he was stationed split on the spot into small units, which gradually withdrew in various directions.

From the pattern of the Underworld God's attacks, he saw that the Underworld God despises striking a single Foreign Tribe member; each strike always involves mass killing of Foreign Tribe.

As expected, after the Underworld God fought here, it truly grew too lazy to pursue them and instead turned back to chase Ye Liuyun.

The Underworld God's sudden arrival and sudden strike on the Foreign Tribe ultimately became a mystery.

No one knows why the Underworld God did this. Everyone speculates it may be related to Ye Liuyun.

After the Underworld God left, the army of Emperor Xia's Empire immediately began a pursuit on the heels of victory.

Whatever the reason, they cannot afford to pass up this ready-made advantage.

The various armies joined forces to retake lost ground. Qin Peng also joined the battle.

The Foreign Tribe army had already suffered heavy losses and could no longer withstand the attacks of the various armies, retreating step by step, and half of the Southern Region was returned to Emperor Xia's Empire.

The people of Zhongyang Dalu were also excited. Recovering so much lost land at once was indeed an uplifting event.

Many who were originally from the Southern Region also returned to their former cities to rebuild their homes.

It was not until the army of Emperor Xia's Empire worried about subsequent supply issues that their counterattack temporarily halted, and the Foreign Tribe managed to temporarily steady its position.

Tuomu Hai led his men to reestablish a new base camp, then began gathering the defeated troops and redeploying.

They also do not know where they offended the Underworld God. But since the Underworld God wants to strike them, it can only mean the Underworld God is an enemy, not a friend.

With such a powerful enemy, Tuomu Hai's days were of course difficult, feeling daily shrouded by the shadow of death. He would naturally be much more cautious in future deployments.

Moreover, now their Foreign Tribe army is at a disadvantage. Not only are they outmatched in manpower, but they are also scarce in resources.

Their own manufacturing ability is poor; they rely on plunder. If they fail to plunder, they fall into resource scarcity.

So in the next stage, Tuomu Hai shifted his focus to cultivating Demon Cultivators to produce equipment, changing from an offensive stance to a defensive one.

Emperor Xia's Empire did not continue its offensive.

Having fought for so long, they also needed replenishment of troops and supplies. So they took this time to rotate rest, conscript soldiers, and replace equipment.

Qin Peng also led his unit back to Moyu Yi Cheng for repairs. They were originally not under the Empire's control nor had its resources, so they were free to come and go.

Nevertheless, Emperor Xia still granted some rewards to show his goodwill.

The entire Zhongyang Dalu, after the Underworld God's departure, returned to calm.

Everyone focused their attention on Ye Liuyun, wanting to ask him about the Underworld God's situation.

However, Ye Liuyun has now vanished as well; no one knows where he went.

The Imperial Family, based on Ye Liuyun's earlier conversation with himself, speculated that Ye Liuyun led the Underworld God away from Zhongyang Dalu.

This is a good thing for Zhongyang Dalu.

Inviting a god is easy, sending one away is hard. If the Underworld God stayed here, they truly wouldn't know how to deal with it.

But whether Ye Liuyun can return became the issue everyone was concerned about.

Gradually, the matter spread, and everyone learned about Ye Liuyun and the Underworld God, realizing that the terrifying sense of death was brought by the Underworld God.

The majority did not have confidence in Ye Liuyun's outcome, yet no one dared to act rashly.

Ye Liuyun's power is now established; no one dares to challenge him lightly.

Especially at a time like this, if anyone dares to step forward, Ye Liuyun's subordinates will certainly eliminate them with thunderous means, to warn other restless people.

No one wants to be the early bird. So everything proceeds as usual.

Ye Liuyun received a message from his family and felt very gratified.

The Underworld God did not cause trouble; everything at home is normal, and he can finally put his mind at ease.

He also wondered in his heart why the Underworld God struck the Foreign Tribe.

But he has no way to ask.

He asked Xiuluo. Xiuluo also did not know.

In fact, Xiuluo knows very little about the Underworld God's situation. He doesn't even know how strong the Underworld God actually is.

In the time ahead, Ye Liuyun and his clone take turns piloting the Flying Shuttle to travel and cultivate, constantly seizing time to advance their realm.

Fortunately, his distance from the Underworld God is great, giving at least two months.

Moreover, the Flying Shuttle's speed is not much slower than the Underworld God's, so for a while the Underworld God cannot catch up.

He also put on the pair of Sky‑Roaming Boots in advance, just in case.

The Underworld God also noticed that Ye Liuyun's escape speed was very fast.

If it does not accelerate, it would take half a year still unable to catch Ye Liuyun.

So it slightly increased its speed, yet still did not exert full effort.

Ye Liuyun also noticed it had sped up.

"Alas! This speed, I cannot match! It seems if the Underworld God puts its life on the line, it would be even faster."

Ye Liuyun could only sigh in his heart and then continue cultivating.

"Damn it, you're running quite fast! I'll catch you and make you suffer!" the Underworld God cursed Ye Liuyun in its mind.

"Anyway there are still two or three months, no rush. You can take your time chasing!"

On Ye Liuyun's side, things are much more relaxed; when he has time he can accompany Liang Xue, and chat with Lei Ming and Long Nv, checking on their cultivation progress.

Lei Ming and Long Nv had both asked Ye Liuyun to have them intercept the Underworld God.

Ye Liuyun could not feel at ease and firmly refused.

"We'll talk about it when I finally duel the Underworld God; you all first work on strengthening yourselves! Anyway, aren't we fine as we are now? We can even return to Cangyun Continent to take a look!"

Ye Liuyun saying this reassured Lei Ming and Long Nv.

However, after they left the Triangular Chaos Realm, things began to become unsettled.

After Ye Liuyun unified Moyu, he purged some disobedient, malicious Demon Cultivators.

Some were forced to run to the south, becoming accomplices of the Alien Evil Artifact; others fled to the Triangular Chaos Region, but were then driven out by Lan Ruobing's forces.

So after leaving the Triangular Chaos Region, this area became relatively chaotic.

As soon as Ye Liuyun's Flying Shuttle appeared, some bandit gangs set their sights on it.

These bandit gangs each have two or three hundred members, and they contain both Demon Cultivators and ordinary Martial Cultivators.

They are all people who were driven out of Moyu and the Triangular Chaos Region, gathered together. Their leaders lack organizational ability, so they never formed a large force.

But their greed is not diminished in the slightest.

Especially upon seeing a Divine Rank Flying Shuttle, it's impossible not to be moved.