Chapter 2299: Rescuing the Tough Man

Although their information is incomplete, everyone could hear from the Leader's words that the people of the Holy Land have a lofty sense of superiority.

They don't care about the lives of people from other worlds, believing they should all sacrifice for them.

The worlds outside are killing fields where they plunder resources and train troops.

Ye Liuyun's Space World is now large enough; after pulling all soldiers and Warships into the Space World, he takes Qiong Qi to enter this Dao xu for on‑site reconnaissance.

Ye Liuyun first observed the island from Xingkong, using the Golden Pupil to grasp the general situation.

The Holy Land's great army has already reached the central region of this world.

Most local Martial Cultivators are also concentrated within a single city.

The populations of other cities are not particularly large.

Here they have only gathered over 50,000 people, which is half the number of the Holy Land's army.

Both sides' cultivation realms are similar, but the locals are merely Martial Cultivators without an organized army.

It seems their forces have already been scattered, and now these Martial Cultivators are preparing to ambush the Holy Land's army here.

The Holy Land's army dispatched only 50,000 troops to surround this city, while the other 50,000 are resting.

Among their forces is a special camp imprisoning tens of thousands of women for the soldiers' pleasure.

Some cities behind these armies are already in ruins, apparently having faced fierce resistance.

Both inside and outside the city there are many uncleaned corpses.

Around the Holy Land's army there are small groups of Martial Cultivators, seemingly ready to conduct guerrilla attacks and occasional reprisals.

"Among this army there are no soldiers who surrender! They also don't clean the battlefield!"

Ye Liuyun found these scenes rather strange.

At that moment, he saw a Martial Cultivator squad of over twenty suddenly launch an attack on the resting camp.

But they were spotted by patrolling soldiers who raised the alarm.

After a few failed assaults, they began to retreat.

Judging from the Holy Land soldiers' tactics and formations, they clearly have coordinated formations.

Ye Liuyun estimated that these soldiers' combat power is not inferior to his own army.

Soon a hundred‑person squad from the camp rushed out to chase the fleeing Martial Cultivators.

Seeing this, Ye Liuyun immediately took Qiong Qi and hurried there.

Among the twenty‑plus, someone was wounded, slowing their escape, and eventually they were all surrounded by that squad of soldiers.

"If you surrender, we won't kill you and we'll even release your women!"

The squad leader shouted at them.

"Dream on! We men of the Sky Wolf Realm would rather die in battle than ever surrender to you!"

A leading man outright refused.

Yet a young man beside him stepped forward, visibly agitated.

"Meng Tuo, what are you trying to do?"

The leading man rebuked.

"I…," the boy named Meng Tuo, his face flushed, choked for a while, then with a sobbing voice said to the leading man, "Brother Zheng Huan, I want to save my sister! She's still young; I don't want these scums to defile her!"

At that moment, the squad leader immediately added, "No problem, as long as you surrender you can save anyone you wish."

The leader, with a smug grin, taunted the others, "What, you have no one you want to save?

As long as you surrender, I can guarantee your family's safety! Otherwise, it'll be too late once they're assigned to the soldiers!"

Hearing this, the others were all conflicted, each gritting their teeth with hatred, clutching their weapons tightly.

Zheng Huan looked at Meng Tuo and, sorrowful, said, "Meng Tuo, not only do you have family in the hands of these Demons.

I understand how you feel.

But these beasts aim to utterly destroy our world.

Saving one person, what good does it do?

Will they ever spare you in the end?

Will they spare your sister?"

Meng Tuo was clearly torn as well; tears kept streaming down as his knife‑gripping hand trembled uncontrollably.

Finally, he let out a loud "Ah!" and charged at the squad leader with his blade.

"Meng Tuo!"

Zheng Huan also shouted, leading the group to rush forward together.

"Stubborn and dull!"

The squad leader was about to gesture the soldiers to attack, but suddenly froze on the spot.

Yet a soldier immediately rushed in to block Meng Tuo's attack for him.

Suddenly, a group of black‑armored soldiers appeared on their flank, startling both sides into a freeze.

"Leader!"

A soldier called out to their leader, but the leader stared blankly and walked forward, as if offering himself to Meng Tuo to kill!

At this moment, Ye Liuyun and Qiong Qi also manifested their forms.

"Kill!"

At Ye Liuyun's command, the black‑armored soldiers immediately attacked those soldiers.

This squad of Holy Land soldiers rushed to resist, while Zheng Huan gathered his people together cautiously.

Meng Tuo seized the chance, rushed forward and slashed the approaching squad leader in two, then fell back to Zheng Huan's side.

Zheng Huan patted his shoulder, said nothing, and did not blame him.

The soldiers of both sides are fighting together; these soldiers are really not simple.

If Ye Liuyun hadn't unleashed his battle-hardened Death Legion, and if their forces weren't three times the enemy's, it would still be truly not easy for him to defeat them.

"These people also have some skill!"

Even Qiong Qi could see the trick.

"Hmm, their formation is also very powerful!"

Ye Liuyun also nodded in agreement.

"Thank you for saving us; which city-state are you from?"

After these Holy Land soldiers were all slain, Zheng Huan clasped his fists and thanked Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun also returned the salute with clasped fists, and began to tell his background to the man named Zheng Huan.

He intervened to save them because he felt they were at least somewhat stalwart fellows, and he also wanted to befriend them.

Upon hearing that Ye Liuyun and his group were outsiders, Zheng Huan and the others immediately changed expression.

"Since you saved us, we will certainly not repay kindness with enmity by attacking you."

"We just hope you won't be like them and come again to harm us."

"As for the alliance you mentioned, you can go to the city and talk to the elders of the City-State Alliance; we don't have the final say."

"However, I kindly remind you that we do not welcome outsiders here now; you might come under attack."

Ye Liuyun also didn't mind their attitude.

"After all, they just suffered an invasion by outsiders, so it's normal for them to be prejudiced against outsiders."

He simply said: "I will lead troops in a surprise attack to rescue all the trapped women."

"Can you provide us with some information?"

"After the people are rescued, you also need to take them away."

Zheng Huan and the others looked at each other: "You only have three hundred men; you can probably only cause a disturbance."

Ye Liuyun however laughed and said: "Of course it's not just three hundred! The specifics of how to fight don't require you to worry, nor do you need to lift a finger; you just need to watch from afar."