Chapter 1937: Huge Cost

After the Sealing Demon Tablet was smashed, the Magic Vine took advantage, sucking each Demon Race member dry into corpses, not leaving a single one.

Ye Liuyun, with his clone and those nearby, devoured the Divine Soul Power on the side, wasting none.

Then He Lian Xiu sent troops to collect the Storage Rings, stringing up the corpses and hanging them properly.

"Lie in ambush here, wait for their reinforcements to catch up, and wipe them out in one fell swoop!"

Ye Liuyun also did not let the main force advance; instead, he had them split into several routes right there, keeping far away.

They only needed to wait for Ye Liuyun's order, then converge here from all sides.

Ye Liuyun and his clone used the advantages of Soul and Golden Pupil to observe the enemy situation.

The soldiers also took this time to rest fully, preparing for the big battle.

When the Demon Race Leader brought his troops chasing to this point, he was also shocked beyond belief.

This time, the Demon Race soldiers strung up were all desiccated corpses.

He wasn't sure whether the Death Legion had done it or some monster later had produced them; he could only first report to the Demon Race Clan Chief.

But suddenly, a huge mountain fell from the sky, smashing toward their warship.

With a "Boom—", a warship was smashed onto the ground.

"Get off the warship quickly! Join forces to bombard that mountain!"

The Demon Race Leader immediately issued the order; the Martial Cultivators who had disembarked from the warship at once began bombarding the Sealing Demon Tablet.

However, the Demon Race's strength could not budge the Sealing Demon Tablet at all.

After a series of "Boom—boom—boom—" sounds, most of the Demon Race's warships were smashed to pieces.

Many soldiers crawled out in disarray from the fallen warships.

Although it caused no major casualties, they were inevitably dazed and unable to form any formation for a while.

Immediately afterward, a group of soldiers at the rear were encircled by the Magic Vine, and then the Sealing Demon Tablet directly cooperated with the Magic Vine to smash the soldiers inside the encirclement.

"Form ranks, form ranks!"

The Demon Race Leader also kept shouting loudly, organizing the soldiers to attack the Magic Vine.

But as soon as they approached, the Magic Vine shrank back underground, then also encircled the newly arriving soldiers.

Suddenly, an anomaly occurred again; the Demon Race Leader, while shouting, abruptly fell motionless and collapsed.

There was a fine wound on his back that pierced through the heart.

That was an assassination carried out by the clone wearing an Invisibility Cloak.

Afterward, he continually launched Soul Attacks or assassinations, directly killing some deputy leaders and team leaders.

Next, Ye Liuyun also led the Sharp Blade Squad, attacking from the flank.

At the same time, soldiers rushed out of the warships speeding in from both sides, forming ranks.

And on those warships hung the banners of the Death Legion.

"Death Legion! We're surrounded!"

The Demon Race soldiers lost their overall commander, falling into utter chaos.

Even if some captains led troops to resist Ye Liuyun and the Sharp Blade Squad, they were like mantises trying to stop a chariot, being slaughtered wholesale by the Sharp Blade Squad.

When other Death Legion units rushed forward, they still couldn't hold them off, and morale collapsed completely.

Only now, when they truly clashed with the Death Legion, did they realize how terrifying these people were.

Each one was ruthless as a demon, and their coordination left the Demon Race dazed and confused.

Often they didn't even see who their opponent was before being run through by a shot, unable to attend to front or sides.

Moreover, the Magic Vine and Sealing Demon Tablet behind them kept encircling people, the booming smashes and the Demon Race's anguished cries also made them tremble with fear.

Ye Liuyun's arrangement also emphasized attacking from the rear to the front.

Thus these Demon Race members were forced to flee forward.

One person started to run, and as more followed, gradually the entire Demon Race army began to collapse.

Ye Liuyun then led the Death Legion in pursuit from behind.

He only let He Lian Xiu bring a squad to clean up the battlefield in the rear.

From time to time he also let some soldiers board the warships, chase ahead, cut off the tail of the fleeing enemy, and then engage in another bout of fighting.

After several rounds of pursuit, the Demon Race soldiers fled ever more scattered.

At this point the clone released Demon Beasts to start driving the Demon Race soldiers together into a group.

The Demon Beasts were much faster than Martial Cultivators and had greater stamina, making them ideal for driving them.

Once they were gathered, Ye Liuyun led the troops in to slaughter them again.

Sometimes the Sealing Demon Tablet and Magic Vine would suddenly drop from the sky or leap up from the ground, wiping out clusters of Demon Race members.

Ye Liuyun led the troops in continuous pursuit for several days, until he had completely scattered this Demon Race army, only then halting to set up camp, sending men to meet He Lian Xiu to help clean up the battlefield.

Such a long battlefield required a long time to clean up.

Ye Liuyun also released the Sealing Demon Tablet and Magic Vine to let them pick up the leftovers.

After this battle, the strength of both of them would also greatly increase.

Several days later, He Lian Xiu finally brought the battlefield-cleanup soldiers to join Ye Liuyun.

The Sealing Demon Tablet and Magic Vine also returned.

As soon as the Magic Vine returned, it went into the Xuan Kong Shi to sleep and digest.

"The Demon Race corpses have been strung up all along!"

He Lian Xiu reported to Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun also said: "That's exactly the effect we want! Let everyone know this is what happens when you provoke our Death Legion! If the Demon Race doesn't apologize, I truly don't mind marching straight to their main city to slaughter them."

Ye Liuyun also said, "That's the effect we want! Let everyone know this is the fate of provoking our Death Legion! If the Demon Race doesn't admit fault, I truly wouldn't mind marching straight to their capital to kill them."

Afterwards, Ye Liuyun ordered the army to rest and reorganize, and to sort out resources.

Prepare for the upcoming battle.

The battle that took place here among the Demon Race quickly spread throughout the entire Southern Region.

「From the Demon‑Sealing Pass onward, stretching over millions of li, it is littered with the corpses of Demon Race soldiers! 」

「Now you know what the Death Legion is, right? 」

They are all a bunch of demons! Nobody is a match for them!

「In that light, the Death Legion has been lenient toward us! If the Demon Race messes up, they might be wiped out this time! 」

「That's just a part of the Death Legion.

The main force is still near the Royal City! I heard another detachment has already marched north to the border!

「Wherever the Death Legion passes, corpses litter the fields, like a hell on earth……」

All kinds of legends have begun to spring up one after another.

However, the actual scene has been witnessed by many people.

Especially the twenty thousand soldiers newly stationed at the Demon‑Sealing Pass in the Southern Region, upon seeing the corpses of Demon Race soldiers hung all over the ground below the city, were stunned on the spot.

Nobody dared to take them down, for fear of angering the Death Legion.

Thus those corpses remained there, untouched.

Ye Liuyun also wanted to leave them there, so that any future Demon Race coming here would see that this is the fate of their greed.

Inside the Demon Race's main city, everything fell into complete chaos.

Two hundred thousand of their main forces were wiped out entirely.

Along the way, over ten cities, just the Demon Race garrisons numbered anywhere from five thousand to twenty thousand.

Just the Demon Race soldiers alone numbered nearly five hundred thousand killed by Ye Liuyun.

This does not even count the Demon Race people inside the cities.

All together, it amounts to roughly over a million.

The key point is that now nobody can stop Ye Liuyun's advance.

If this continues, the Demon Race will likely suffer a grave blow to their vitality.