Chapter 2385: Supplies First

"So it's you after all!"

Marquis Wanwei and Wang Wei saw him and only then were enlightened.

"It's me, but you must know, it's not I who wants to deal with you, it's the Holy Land Dynasty!"

Ye Liuyun explained to them, "And it's not just you; Zhenxing Wang is also involved!"

Marquis Wanwei immediately reacted, "It seems the Holy Land Dynasty thinks our factional disputes have gone too far!"

"Indeed!"

Ye Liuyun confirmed.

"Then are you sent by the Holy Land Dynasty?"

Wang Wei asked in surprise.

He thought Ye Liuyun's previous conduct seemed more like causing trouble for the Holy Land Dynasty.

Ye Liuyun gave no reply, but drew the Demon Slaying Sword: "Fine, now even if you die, you can close your eyes in peace!"

Marquis Wanwei let out a sigh, accepted his fate, and only asked Ye Liuyun to spare his family; Ye Liuyun agreed.

He was immediately beheaded by Ye Liuyun with a single slash, and the Space World was withdrawn.

With Marquis Wanwei's death, Wang Wei's Divine Soul Contract in the Sea of Consciousness was instantly terminated.

Ye Liuyun immediately placed a Slave Seal on Wang Wei: "You know how I manage resources; from now on stay in the army and manage resources for me!"

"Yes!"

Wang Wei saved his life, so naturally he wouldn't resist.

And with someone helping Ye Liuyun manage supplies, future worries would be less.

After the battle, Ye Liuyun began letting the troops loot resources throughout the city.

His clone rushed to the Black Killing Secret Realm to deliver the mission.

Not only Marquis Wanwei, but also several figures from major powers were on Black Kill's Assassination List.

Thus Ye Liuyun's rank immediately rose to Level Five.

Logically, he should go find Wu Hen to continue training.

But his realm has not yet reached the Tenth Tier.

Going now would be useless; better to use the chance to expand the Martial Corps.

Wu Hen's estimate, based on his and his clone's cultivation speed without any resources, is at least two to three years.

But Ye Liuyun reckoned his time would be greatly shortened.

Because he and his clone always have one of them cultivating inside the Space World, saving a lot of time.

After emerging from the Black Killing Secret Realm, Ye Liuyun began reorganizing the army and training the new recruits.

The Martial Corps captured over ten thousand soldiers in Wanwei City, and the army expanded further.

Wang Wei helped Ye Liuyun sort the resources looted in Wanwei City.

"These resources can supply the army for ten years!"

Wang Wei told Ye Liuyun.

"Ten years aren't enough!"

Ye Liuyun knew the army's current equipment was far inferior to a real legion.

So after completing basic training locally, he let the army press toward Zhenxing City, fighting and looting along the way; especially the merchant guilds, Chengzhu Fu, and some wealthy households in each city became their targets.

Robbing these rich households is undoubtedly a way for the army to quickly amass resources.

As the saying goes, "the troops may not move, but supplies must go first"; he will use every means to stockpile resources.

Besides resources, Ye Liuyun also captured many alchemists, craftsmen, and Formation Masters.

He formed a massive resource supply team.

While marching, Ye Liuyun also had the craftsmen equip these soldiers.

But Ye Liuyun only let the army stockpile; he didn't let them use the gear, so they could catch opponents off guard later.

The blue armor count ran short, and his army swelled to one hundred thousand.

Yuan Hu had only given him fifty thousand sets of armor before.

He hadn't expected Ye Liuyun's army to grow so fast.

Moreover, this standardized armor differs from the Holy Land Dynasty's army armor, so the Dynasty has no extra stockpiles.

Thus, Ye Liuyun distributed the looted armor from the merchant guilds to the soldiers, making the army's armor multicolored, turning it into a ragtag force.

Yet the army's combat power was not to be underestimated; wherever they went, the defending troops fled.

Ye Liuyun led the Martial Corps, finally using the Teleportation Array to sweep city after city, encountering almost no resistance.

It wasn't until he reached the Royal City that he found its Teleportation Array sealed.

Obviously, Zhenxing Wang had also prepared for battle.

Zhenxing Wang recently gathered all soldiers from nearby cities into the Royal City, even mobilizing garrison troops from across the lands, amassing a half‑million army.

Soldiers filled the Royal City inside and out.

However, Zhenxing Wang positioned several main forces outside the city, ready to clash with Ye Liuyun there.

The defenders inside were garrison troops that had fled from elsewhere, possessing little combat strength.

Ye Liuyun's army at this point had grown to one hundred fifty thousand.

Besides the ten thousand veterans hardened by battle, the fifty thousand new recruits had seen no major combat.

"All soldiers will have their armor replaced.

The fifty thousand new recruits wear blue armor, while the remaining hundred thousand are equipped with Holy Land Dynasty armor."

Ye Liuyun issued the order to the army.

Besides the Holy Land Dynasty armor he already had, Ye Liuyun's recent spoils were enough to equip a hundred thousand troops.

Thus, his original hundred‑thousand‑strong army immediately received uniform equipment.

However, these hundred thousand soldiers each had a white cloth tied around their right arm to distinguish them from the enemy.

Then Ye Liuyun packed fifty thousand soldiers into the Space World and departed first.

His clone, meanwhile, led the hundred‑thousand‑strong army, using the fifty thousand newly recruited soldiers in blue armor as the vanguard, slowly advancing toward the Royal City.

Wang Wei immediately understood that Ye Liuyun was again preparing to sacrifice those fifty thousand new recruits.

This time he simply threw fifty thousand men out as bait—Ye Liuyun really was willing to do so.

Ye Liuyun really had no choice, after all the enemy fielded a fifty‑thousand‑strong army; though their strength wasn't great, their absolute advantage was obvious.

He could only sacrifice part of his forces to stall them, creating an opportunity for himself to sneak‑attack from within the city.

Inside the Royal City, the Black Kill members under Ye Liuyun's control had already gathered all the information for him.

Currently, the Royal Mansion housed ten thousand Imperial Guard sentries.

The city's defending troops numbered about thirty thousand as well.

Ye Liuyun, leading fifty thousand elite troops, was more than enough to deal with them.

After the Great Ye Liuyun slipped into the city, he did not act immediately but waited for movement from his clone's side.

When his clone arrived, he did not order the army to attack; instead, he had them hold their position.

Moreover, the vanguard remained highly vigilant, ready for battle at any moment, while the rear set up tents and the soldiers entered to cultivate.

The fifty‑thousand‑strong army deployed by Zhenxing Wang also began to speculate on their intentions.

"They're definitely trying to lure us into sending out troops!"

An army leader speculated:

"What's there to fear? We have five hundred thousand to their one hundred thousand—let's charge straight in and fight!"

"Not bad! In the face of sheer strength, any scheme is useless!"

Some leaders also advocated going straight into battle.

"Let's just observe a bit longer—they're not in a hurry, so why are we?"

In the end, a leader proposed to wait and see.

Thus the two sides faced off for two days, with nothing happening.