Chapter 2374: Self‑Awareness

Zhenxing Wang saw that Marquis Wanwei had not sent anyone to seize the garrison's leadership position, and he felt rather satisfied.

"Marquis Wanwei has no troops under him; it shouldn't be his doing!"

So in his mind he also thought that Marquis Wanwei lacked that capability.

"Alright! Since you have no suitable candidate, I'll arrange people to go over as soon as possible!"

Zhenxing Wang immediately agreed.

During Ye Liuyun's recuperation period, which was also a time to replenish supplies, he began fully equipping the Lingyun Legion according to the previous standards.

When the war chariots, Puppet Beasts, Energy Cannons, Storage Yuan Stones, Exchange Yuan Stones and other gear arrived, the legion's combat power would be greatly enhanced.

After undergoing real combat, the army's fighting ability was fully manifested.

Pei Yong not only trained the legion, but also cultivated rear‑support forces.

He continued to intensify training of the new recruits.

Once Ye Liuyun's equipment was complete, he began to act again.

He directly captured a major city within Marquis Jinqiang's territory.

He also gathered a lot of Martial Cultivators and resources.

In particular, Formation Masters, Alchemists and Artificers were targeted for capture by Ye Liuyun.

At this time, Marquis Wanwei's garrison had already been assigned a new commander by Zhenxing Wang.

He immediately led his legion to cooperate with Marquis Jinqiang, and together with Jinqiang's two forces, to flank Ye Liuyun.

When the legion moved, Marquis Wanwei informed Ye Liuyun.

"If these two hundred thousand troops were all annihilated by me, what would be the outcome?"

Ye Liuyun asked Marquis Wanwei.

"Then Zhenxing Wang's position would become precarious.

And Marquis Jinqiang would inevitably become a scapegoat!"

Marquis Wanwei said cheerfully.

"Very well! Then let's have a great battle!"

Ye Liuyun also made his decision.

However, he also knew that Marquis Wanwei had not told him the whole outcome.

After this battle, things would certainly flare up; Zhenxing Wang would likely be unable to cover it up, and the Holy Land Dynasty would surely send a massive army here to exterminate them.

By then, he should also vanish.

If he does not disappear voluntarily, Marquis Wanwei would also kill and silence him.

Ye Liuyun was quite self‑aware about this, knowing that his relationship with Marquis Wanwei was merely cooperation.

Once the Holy Land Dynasty intervenes, he would become a hidden threat to Marquis Wanwei.

After preparing himself mentally, Ye Liuyun let his legion go first to confront Marquis Wanwei's garrison.

The new commander of that legion had just arrived and had not fully mastered the forces, so there were bound to be lapses in command, making it relatively easier to handle.

Moreover, among Ye Liuyun's legion were several hundred elite soldiers from that unit, who were especially familiar with it.

Therefore, for this battle, Ye Liuyun felt fairly confident.

As soon as the fight began, war chariots, Puppet Beasts and Energy Cannons bombarded them into utter chaos.

Then Ye Liuyun immediately led his troops to split and surround them, and the newly appointed commander was killed on the spot.

After Pei Yong had subjugated the Reinforcement Troops, Ye Liuyun first ushered them into the Space World, then promptly returned, dashing to strike at Marquis Jinqiang's army.

Marquis Jinqiang's army, upon receiving the news, was also greatly shocked by the Lingyun Legion's combat power.

But they assumed that the legion had just fought a major battle and that its soldiers' True Essence would be depleted, so they began a static defense, intending to further drain the Lingyun soldiers' True Essence before launching a counterattack.

Unexpectedly, Ye Liuyun's legion was already equipped with Storage Yuan Stones, making them unfazed by consumption.

The counterattack they expected never materialized.

Ye Liuyun once again completely defeated the legion, capturing over fifty thousand prisoners.

However, in this battle, Ye Liuyun's legion also lost over ten thousand men, all of whom were insufficiently trained recruits.

Yet Ye Liuyun did not halt his legion's advance; he immediately continued leading his troops to assault Marquis Jinqiang's mansion, frightening Jinqiang into fleeing early to Zhenxing Wang's mansion.

Ye Liuyun then extensively scavenged resources, Martial Cultivators and Divine Masters, and used the teleport Black Tower to return directly to the Divine Realm, abandoning Wang Wei altogether.

On the other side, Marquis Wanwei had already made arrangements: after this battle, he would have Ye Liuyun return to Wanwei City, then seize the opportunity to eliminate Ye Liuyun and claim his legion as his own.

Marquis Wanwei had even informed Wang Wei, asking him to prepare to cooperate in taking action against Pei Yong.

But unexpectedly, Ye Liuyun acted ahead of schedule, disappearing with his entire legion.

Upon receiving the news, Marquis Wanwei could only sigh, "That guy is far more difficult to handle than I imagined!"

Wang Wei felt even greater admiration for Ye Liuyun in his heart.

"Brave and cunning, a bold retreat in the torrent!"

That was his comment on Ye Liuyun.

After the final battle, Ye Liuyun captured 120,000 Reinforcement Troops and scavenged a large amount of resources and talent.

As for where Ye Liuyun actually went, neither Marquis Wanwei nor Wang Wei could guess.

From then on, Marquis Wanwei also had a lingering hidden threat, but he was powerless to deal with it.

After Ye Liuyun returned to the Divine Realm with these people, he had Pei Yong reorganize them.

What he gained was not only over two hundred thousand soldiers and resources, but mainly those Artificers, Alchemists and the like.

Ye Liuyun temporarily left them in the Space World, letting Tong Xin, Lin Luoyi and others first study with them to improve their own Artificery and Alchemy skills.

He then returned again to the Holy Land Dynasty, retrieved his clone from the Space World, and went to the Black Killing Secret Realm in Zhenxing City to continue undertaking Black Kill missions.

Guxing, Huzi and other Black Kill members also followed Ye Liuyun here to cooperate with him.

At the same time, all the armies dispatched by Ye Liuyun reaped considerable gains.

Especially the unit led by Ye Tiandao and Yuan Hao, after several major battles, defeated three armies of the Holy Land Dynasty and captured many prisoners.

They also, relying on the Flying Swallow in Xingkong, directly annihilated two reinforcement armies of the Holy Land Dynasty.

Currently, a 100,000-ton warship can no longer hold them.

Tong Xin and the others have already given them two more 100,000-ton warships and various supporting equipment.

The other several armies: some found abundant resources, and some also captured powerful Martial Cultivators.

The strength of Ye Liuyun's allied army is also growing stronger.

The Holy Land Dynasty has recently been troubled endlessly.

The armies they dispatched have been repeatedly wiped out, yet they still do not know who the enemy is.

But at this time, the affairs of the Zhenxing Dynasty could no longer be concealed, causing a shock to the Holy Land Dynasty, which immediately dispatched a million-strong army and many powerful Martial Cultivators to the regions controlled by the Zhenxing King to search for Ye Liuyun's whereabouts.

Ye Liuyun worried that Marquis Wanwei would leak his information, so he changed his identity badge in Black Kill, fabricated a new false identity, making it impossible for anyone to find him.

The name "Liuyun" in Black Kill, he does not need to change it; besides himself, no one knows the connection between these two names.

Moreover, under the identity of Liuyun in Black Kill, he has already risen to level seven, higher than most Black Kill members' levels.

Soon, within the domain of the Zhenxing King, a chain reaction emerged, causing great changes; the major powers suspected each other, and Black Kill's missions also increased more and more.