Chapter 2386: Holding Back the Grand Army

The Leaders were not in a hurry, but Zhenxing Wang grew impatient.

The whole city being in a tense state could not be dragged on for long.

The Leader who advocated an immediate battle also lost patience.

Having no choice, the Leaders of the five armies decided to act together.

These five armies, with two main combat armies at the front, three at the rear, and covering the flanks, pressed against the Martial Corps.

"Blue‑armor vanguard, retreat!"

The clone immediately ordered the front army to withdraw, never actually engaging them.

Thus the Martial Corps' front army became the rear army.

The rear army then became the vanguard.

But the enemy's several armies had already moved; after the Leaders consulted, they decided to continue the attack and rushed straight at the rear army.

"Engage!"

At the clone's command, the 50,000 black‑armor army moved forward to meet them.

Two hundred thousand troops attacked fifty thousand, originally holding an absolute advantage.

But the combat power of those fifty thousand elite soldiers was too strong.

The clone also released a swarm of Demon Beasts into the local Formation, so they gained no benefit.

As soon as the fight began, Ye Liuyun shattered their front army and even aimed to strike their middle army.

At that moment, their two flanking armies of 100,000 each moved to encircle and reinforce, so Ye Liuyun withdrew the fifty thousand soldiers, fell back behind the blue‑armor army, and set up camp again.

"Do they look down on us?"

The two belligerent Leaders, having taken a loss, saw the army that had just fought them now resting; angry, they intended to lead troops to charge the rear army.

But the two were blocked by others.

"Their combat power is extremely strong; we must not rush in.

If we fall into their trap, even two hundred thousand men cannot retrieve their hundred thousand."

"Indeed, as long as we hold steady and keep advancing, maintaining our advantage, they certainly cannot match us."

The other three Leaders eventually persuaded the two to stand down.

Thus, after steady reorganization, they attacked the blue‑armor army again.

When they made contact with the blue‑armor army, Ye Liuyun's side immediately acted.

He released all fifty thousand soldiers, all charging toward the Royal Mansion.

The Royal Mansion's Defense Array was already active, but Ye Liuyun equipped his soldiers with Puppet Beast, war chariots and Energy Cannon, and in almost no time shattered the Defense Array.

"Kill!"

The Royal Mansion rang with deafening battle cries, yet the war chariots and Puppet Beast surged forward, quickly breaching the Imperial Guard's defense; with the Energy Cannon's barrage, any Imperial Guard sent in would be annihilated.

All the Martial Cultivators and city‑guard soldiers in the city were stunned, not knowing where this rebel force originated.

The fifty‑thousand‑strong army, loaded into the Space World and brought over, was beyond anyone's imagination.

Zhenxing Wang panicked, immediately ordering the city guards to reinforce the Royal Mansion and the five armies to redeploy for aid.

But at that moment, the fifty thousand blue‑armor army was already fighting together with their two hundred thousand troops.

If they withdrew now, the two hundred thousand troops engaged in the mêlée would be in danger.

The five Leaders gathered immediately to discuss.

"If we return now, it will probably be too late.

The rebels have already breached the Royal Mansion's Defense Array."

"Moreover, if we pull back now, our losses on the battlefield would be even greater!"

"Indeed, with ten thousand Imperial Guard, thirty thousand garrison troops, and numerous powerful Martial Cultivators inside the city, let them hold on a little longer!"

"We must first annihilate the fifty thousand blue‑armor army before we can send reinforcements!"

After they consulted, no one attended to Zhenxing Wang's request for aid.

They did not expect the Royal Mansion's guard forces to be so weak.

In fact, the Royal Mansion's defenses were not weak; Ye Liuyun had dispatched soldiers in recent days to familiarize them with the equipment.

Once the equipment was employed, the Imperial Guard had no means to counter them, merely standing there awaiting death.

When Ye Liuyun breached the Royal Mansion, he positioned ten thousand soldiers against the city‑guard troops, using the mansion's walls as cover.

As for the major forces inside the city, seeing so many troops assault the Royal Mansion, they dared not intervene.

They only watched the city guards rush inward.

Although the city guards were numerous, their cultivation realms were low; their strength was far below Ye Liuyun's elite soldiers, and after a short assault they were encircled by the ten thousand garrison left by Ye Liuyun and gradually exterminated.

At this point Ye Liuyun had already slain the Imperial Guard, and led his soldiers into the Grand Hall.

Zhenxing Wang repeatedly appealed to the outside army and the internal powers for aid, but aside from the city guards, no one came to reinforce.

Seeing Ye Liuyun storm the Grand Hall, he realized his fate was sealed and resolved to go with a few men to fight him to the death.

Ye Liuyun directly used Golden Pupil to fire a Technique, killing them.

With another Yi Dao he decapitated them, taking the Storage Ring and the corpse.

He then rushed straight to the Treasure Vault of the Royal Mansion.

When Zhenxing Wang died, the remaining Imperial Guard all surrendered.

After looting the Royal Mansion, Ye Liuyun immediately commanded his army, splitting into routes to storm the merchant guild and several major forces.

Outside the city, the blue‑armor army continued to fight tenaciously, holding the two armies firmly.

The other three armies also monitored the movements of the fifty thousand troops behind them, unwilling to withdraw lightly.

Seeing there was still time, Ye Liuyun took the opportunity to seize additional resources.

The entire Royal City was in chaos at this moment, and all the major powers were robbed.

Especially the Royal City's merchant guild, which made Ye Liuyun earn a huge profit.

He also captured many of the refiners and Alchemists from the Royal Mansion and the merchant guild.

In the end, he could no longer even attend to the strong Martial Cultivators.

After robbing them, he immediately gathered the soldiers at the city gate, ushered everyone into the Space World, then donned the Invisibility Cloak and left the Royal City.

At that moment, his clones had already gone around each large tent, bringing the fifty thousand soldiers into the Space World.

They also wore the Invisibility Cloak, leaving behind an empty camp.

The fifty thousand blue‑armored soldiers who were sacrificed fought until the very end.

Yet their combat power was formidable, nearly wiping out the hundred‑thousand‑strong army.

After annihilating that blue‑armored force, the two armies that had just entered the battle were almost half destroyed.

They immediately acted as the rear unit, while the other three armies surrounded the martial corps' rear camp.

But when they rushed in, they found the tents completely empty.

"Where are the people?"

"Damn! We've been fooled!"

At that moment, the five Leaders finally realized they had been restrained by Ye Liuyun.

They immediately sent troops back, but before entering the city they discovered the chaos inside.

"It's over, Zhenxing Wang seems to have been taken out!"

"It ended so quickly?"

"Could he have hidden?"

These Leaders were completely stunned at that point.

Rushing over to investigate, they finally confirmed that Zhenxing Wang had indeed been killed.