Chapter 2504: Stalemate Phase

Ye Liuyun tried to control the Sealing Demon Tablet to press it onto the Gold‑armored Alien Tribe, but the strong one noticed, brandished a bone‑staff‑like weapon and smashed it; an extremely powerful True Essence then blasted the Sealing Demon Tablet into the air.

The force of that smash was related to his own strength and also to the strange weapon in his hand.

The Sealing Demon Tablet, unwilling, tried to rise again, but Ye Liuyun stopped it, secretly gave it Transmission Voice, telling it to preserve its power and improve quickly.

So the Sealing Demon Tablet went on frantically smashing the other Alien Tribes.

The strong one no longer paid attention, but kept watching Ye Liuyun's direction.

Ye Liuyun, helpless, having no chance to ambush him, could only finish this battle for now before anything else.

With the combined effort of the Flying Swallows, Warships, Energy Cannons, Ye Liuyun's army and the Martial Cultivators, the Alien Tribe lost nearly fifty thousand Flying Swallows in this battle, and almost two million soldiers were killed, corpses littering the field.

Ye Liuyun's army also suffered losses of several ten thousand, and the Martial Cultivators' casualties were even heavier; from the earlier three hundred thousand and the later one million, only a little over four hundred thousand remained.

The clones, with their own people and Monster Beasts, even if wounded were not seriously hurt, but the third and second tiers of Tianren each lost half of their captives.

But they also killed twice as many Alien Tribe strong ones.

Overall, Ye Liuyun's side achieved a complete victory.

But the battlefield scene was terrifying; because the battlefield was not large, the corpses underground piled up three layers.

The fresh blood seeped several zhang deep beneath the yellow sand.

This made the Magic Vines lying in ambush underground too busy to keep up.

Throughout the battle, it barely had a chance to act, constantly scavenging corpses underground was enough.

Eventually, after the Alien Tribe established a Defense Array, their soldiers all retreated into the array.

Ye Liuyun also ordered his soldiers to withdraw and hurried back to rest.

The Martial Cultivators were tasked with cleaning the battlefield, leaving some Hawks as cover.

Each battlefield cleaner used three Storage Rings: one for metal, one for Martial Cultivator corpses, and one for Alien Tribe corpses, and somehow left nothing for the Alien Tribe.

In response, the Alien Tribe soldiers were angry, but without orders they dared not rush out to loot, watching helplessly as Ye Liuyun's side took everything away.

The Magic Vines underground kept devouring while still stockpiling food.

When the battle ended, it returned to the Xuan Kong Shi and fell asleep again.

Ye Liuyun immediately assigned people to sort the Storage Rings used for cleaning, and all the metal was handed to the Holy Land Dynasty to forge Flying Swallows.

Ye Liuyun's Hawks were also destroyed nearly a hundred in this battle, but that was already a great prize.

He also retrieved the fragments, gave them to his own artificer, and many damaged ones needed immediate repair.

The remaining Alien Tribe corpses he gave to the Magic Vines and the Sealing Demon Tablet, letting the two continuously absorb energy to first boost their power.

Human Martial Cultivator corpses were given to Ferocious Beasts and Demon Beasts as food.

Liu Kui helped collect the Sea Beast's Yuan Dan, and Ye Liuyun distributed them to the soldiers as resources for cultivation and improvement.

Next, the battle entered the Stalemate Phase.

The Alien Tribe began constructing bases and strengthening defenses, while Ye Liuyun's side hurried to reorganize troops and forge equipment.

Ye Liuyun also informed the Poison Scorpion Monster Beast, letting her send subordinates to help monitor the Alien Tribe's movements, lest any of them slip out at night to open another battlefield elsewhere.

At the same time, he also dispatched Warships and Hawks to encircle the Alien Tribe base for blockade.

This battle also let Martial Cultivators who had never seen a warfield witness the cruelty of battle, how insignificant personal strength is on a battlefield.

Many people lamented that a life not cared for was lost, some didn't even know how they died.

Those Martial Cultivators who fought, after returning, began sharing their experiences.

However, those Martial Cultivators all knew that if they all retreated, the world would end up covered with Corpse Demons, an even worse outcome.

Thus the Martial Cultivators felt heavy‑hearted, no longer buoyant as before, yet they did not retreat.

Even Xiao Muan sent a royal representative to join the Martial Cultivator battalion, leading by example.

Ye Liuyun also devised an information bulletin system: daily battlefield reports were sent to all corners of the Holy Land, letting every Martial Cultivator learn the true situation, even including Liu Kui's side's progress, with battle reports released.

The purpose was to involve everyone, boosting enthusiasm to oppose the Alien Tribe.

When urgent need arises, it also facilitates re‑mobilization.

The Holy Land's artificers also worked day and night forging Flying Swallows.

Among all equipment, Flying Swallows have the greatest impact in combat.

Ye Liuyun can also give the Hawk designs to them for forging, but the Holy Land lacks the materials, so giving them is useless.

It's not that he is unwilling to give the Holy Land materials.

Rather, Ye Liuyun realizes that many places in the Xingkong are being invaded by the Alien Tribe, and he may later go to aid others, so materials must be conserved.

Meanwhile, the Alien Tribe side is also busy, hastening base construction.

Soon, their Formation Masters set up a shielding array that prevented outside observation of the array's interior, but the shielding could not block Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil.

Ye Liuyun discovered that the Alien Tribe had already moved the Altar out.

The Alien Tribe strong one's Space World was also reclaimed by him; it seems the Alien Tribe in the Secret Realm has all been moved out.

But the Altar was damaged during the move and is currently being repaired.

As long as the Altar remains, they may continue dispatching troops later.

Thus Ye Liuyun sent many Martial Cultivators to take turns attacking the Alien Tribe's Defense Array; even if they cannot break the array, they must keep it from being idle.

However, he did not send his own main army to attack.

Because the Alien Tribe's current Defense Array is too small, his main army cannot be deployed fully, unable to exert its full power.

The Alien Tribe now essentially has everyone curled up inside the array, packed together.

They also often send troops attempting to push back Martial Cultivators to expand the Defense Array.

But since they never get a chance to form a formation each time, they gain no advantage in the melee.

And once they line up, Ye Liuyun will mobilize Flying Swallows to strike their army.

If the Alien Tribe also sends Flying Swallows to fight, Ye Liuyun will dispatch Hawks to destroy their Flying Swallows.

The Foreign Tribe has never found a good way to expand their base.

Unless they launch another great battle, sacrificing massive casualties, it might be possible to expand the base.

But if that were the case, they might have few survivors left, and Ye Liuyun could press the whole army forward, unleash full firepower, and in one blow break through their Formation defenses.

But if they take no action, with millions of Martial Cultivators taking turns each day to assault their Formation, they will eventually not be able to hold out.