Chapter 2192

"They've rebelled! Mobilize twenty thousand soldiers from the east and wipe out those several City Lord mansions!"

Mo Xiaotian also added new and old grudges together, and began to move troops against the several major cities controlled by Ye Liuyun.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun was hoping he would send troops! Their strength is growing, and sooner or later it will be impossible to conceal.

Rather than miss this opportunity, let's set an example for all Martial Cultivators in the territory and take the lead in rebelling against the Zhongxing Dynasty.

Although it might not succeed, as long as there is someone who takes the lead, there will be a next one.

After a few more times, the foundation of the Zhongxing Dynasty's rule will be shaken.

Song An also previously selected a foothold in a northern region for Ye Liuyun.

Once this foothold is breached, they will immediately relocate.

So when Ye Liuyun learned that the Zhongxing Dynasty had sent only twenty thousand troops to suppress them, he became even more confident.

"I never expected that this first battle would already serve as a demonstration!"

When the Zhongxing Dynasty's twenty-thousand-strong army arrived at nearby cities via the Teleportation Array, Xiao Yunfang also began openly recruiting troops in the areas they controlled.

This news immediately caused an uproar throughout the Central Region.

It has been a long time since anyone dared to openly oppose the Zhongxing Dynasty.

Although many people were not optimistic about Ye Liuyun and his group, they secretly admired their courage.

In the areas under Ye Liuyun's control, recruitment proceeded smoothly, and they quickly gathered thirty thousand soldiers.

However, after these thirty thousand soldiers and the more than ten thousand soldiers Xiao Yunfang had secretly recruited earlier signed loyalty contracts, they were sent in batches back to the Royal City for training.

The ones truly responsible for combat were still the fifty thousand soldiers of the Death Legion and Ye Tiandao's Vanguard Squad.

Upon hearing that someone had rebelled and was still recruiting, Mo Xiaotian of the Zhongxing Dynasty immediately urged the twenty-thousand-strong army to march straight over.

As a result, the news that shocked the entire Central Region again spread out.

"The Zhongxing Dynasty's twenty-thousand-strong army was completely wiped out.

while the other side only paid a price of five thousand casualties!"

This news was like a heavy bomb, spreading rapidly throughout the Central Region.

It spread even faster than the news of the Soul-Crossing Mountain initially did.

The Zhongxing Dynasty had already accumulated many grievances among the populace, so many people were taking pleasure in its misfortune.

When Mo Xiaotian heard the news of the defeat, he was completely dumbfounded.

"No way! How could temporarily conscripted Martial Cultivators be so strong! They must have been plotting for a long time!"

Mo Xiaotian connected it with the previous replacement of city lords, and knew those several cities had long been brewing rebellion.

"Mobilize all the armies at the eastern ferry crossing and continue the encirclement and suppression."

At the same time, he also dispatched a thousand Imperial Guard troops to rush reinforcements.

These thousand Imperial Guard troops are all experts of the Ninth Realm.

After the battle, Ye Liuyun's side was also summarizing the experience.

Inflicting twenty thousand enemy casualties while losing five thousand of our own—this is also the highest casualty ratio the Death Legion has ever seen since its establishment!

Although they had previously thought Central Region soldiers would be tough to deal with, they never imagined they would be this difficult.

Moreover, the enemy's numbers will definitely be even greater in the next battle.

If they cannot find an effective method, Ye Liuyun would rather withdraw than engage in a head-on clash with the Zhongxing Dynasty.

Xiao Yunfang and Ye Tiandao also immediately gave the conclusion: "Our equipment and weapons are not up to par!"

Although their soldiers' cultivation realms are somewhat lower, with good coordination they do not suffer much in battle.

Coupled with the advantage of the Vanguard Squad's strength, working together they should not have incurred such heavy losses.

The main reason is still that their equipment and weapons are inferior by one tier, lacking sufficient defense and attack power.

Ye Liuyun immediately sought out the local Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance.

But before he could even speak, they directly quoted him the price for the equipment, and fifty thousand sets had already been prepared.

The armor, shields, and spears were all crafted according to the Death Legion's style.

"Lord Ye's actions can be hidden from the Zhongxing Dynasty, but not from us!"

The Alliance's Administrator laughed and said to Ye Liuyun.

They had actually seen through Ye Liuyun's identity.

Ye Liuyun was astonished: "The Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance does business like no one else!"

"Hahaha, we will still need to rely on Lord Ye's support in the future! Our Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance here is different from the eastern one—absolutely fair, and we will not involve ourselves in power struggles!"

The Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance's Administrator also laughed and explained.

"Saying we don't participate in power struggles, but in reality we still have a leaning!"

Ye Liuyun secretly thought.

Fortunately, the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance leans toward him and does not aid the Zhongxing Dynasty.

Ye Liuyun also did not dwell on it.

Through that Administrator, he expressed thanks to the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance.

He knew that since the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance did not sell out his information, they were helping him.

This favor, he will certainly accept.

Thus he paid Divine Crystals and began immediately replacing the equipment for the fifty-thousand-strong army.

And the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance also recycles the equipment that is taken off, so he does not consider it a major expense.

Therefore he also ordered another hundred thousand sets of equipment from the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance.

Still using the same method—old for new, with the price difference made up by Divine Crystals.

The soldiers immediately changed their equipment.

After Ye Liuyun received news that the Zhongxing Wangchao had sent a ninth‑layer Imperial Guard force of a thousand, he also felt it was somewhat tricky.

"Ambush them!"

Song An gave Ye Liuyun an idea: "After they mobilize their troops, before they engage us, they will definitely take a brief rest. Seize this opportunity—take the soul and martial cultivator experts and ambush them."

"As long as we can throw them into disarray, we have a chance to win!"

"Alright, let's switch from defense to offense!"

Ye Liuyun also made up his mind, immediately using the Black Tower teleport to return to the Underworld, borrowing Zhuge Feiyu's soul banner and the Asura's Yin Soul army.

After the battle with the Spirit Clan, the gates of the Underworld swung wide open, the number of Yin Soul experts surged, and the strength of the Asura's Yin Soul army was instantly boosted.

All of them were replaced with Yin Souls from the seventh to ninth layer of the Divine Mirror.

Moreover, as the war continued, the number of Yin Soul experts in the Underworld kept increasing.

Therefore, Ye Liuyun dared not borrow those powerful Yin Souls of the Spirit Clan.

If they were not stationed in the Underworld to guard it, he would worry that the Underworld would erupt in major chaos.

With this Yin Soul army at his disposal, Ye Liuyun needed not only to ambush but also to launch a direct assault.

He and his clone also had to participate directly in the battle.

Ye Liuyun stored the Vanguard Blade Squad in the Space World, and he and his clone, wearing invisibility cloaks, set out from the city ahead of time.

The Death Legion then followed out of the city to meet the enemy.

The Magic Vine was also released early by Ye Liuyun, burrowing into the ground to lie in ambush.

The Zhongxing Wangchao army, after their Divine Sense detected the Death Legion, indeed stopped early to rest briefly, preparing for battle.

Just as their leader had just issued the rest order and the soldiers had just sat down, suddenly two blazing Golden Crows began rampaging through the ranks.

Wherever they passed, the soldiers were all set ablaze by the flames.

Soldiers of low cultivation were directly burned to ashes.

Then came four, then six…

"Ambush! Ambush!"

A great chaos erupted in the army.

The Imperial Guard experts wielding Ice Power immediately sprang into action, releasing Ice Power to extinguish the flames.

But the Blazing Golden Crows then appeared again in places they couldn't attend to, and by the time they arrived, they had already caused considerable damage.