Chapter 2606: Gathering Intelligence

Ye Liuyun immediately briefed the Alliance on the situation here, analyzed both sides' strengths and weaknesses, told them not to worry, but also urged them to concentrate all forces to oppose the Foreign Tribe.

At the same time, he had Yu Xiaofeng dispatch patrolling Flying Swallows to expand the warning perimeter.

Qiong Qi and the other Formation Masters again reinforced the Defense Array.

The Alliance also began mobilizing the various dynasties.

For this final battle, each dynasty sent their best Martial Cultivators, soldiers, and equipment.

Even Xiao Muan, Sang Han, Ling Xiao and others personally led Martial Cultivators to the front.

They all knew that if this battle were lost, their thrones would ultimately not be secure.

And not only them; a large number of lower‑level Martial Cultivators were also prepared, now gathered at each dynasty's Teleportation Array, ready to rush to the battlefield when needed.

Ye Liuyun was not idle; he and his clone split up to gather intelligence.

The clone went to nearby Foreign Tribe settlements, while Ye Liuyun went into the starry sky to observe the tribe's overall movements.

Both wore Invisibility Cloaks and fully employed Spatial Power, so Foreign Tribes with weak Spatial Power would not detect them.

The starry sky was already filled with the tribe's Flying Swallow fleet, evidently surrounding and monitoring them.

Ye Liuyun, using his Golden Pupil, saw the tribe teleporting a massive army through the Altar nearest to their base.

So far over ten million have already been teleported, yet the flow continues.

Near that Altar, Ye Liuyun also spotted a Gold‑armored Three‑eyed Foreign Tribe and a large number of Zhuanzai Jingjie Martial Cultivators and more than ten Three‑eyed Foreign Tribes.

And these were only the overt forces; it was unknown how many more would be teleported later.

The clone also noticed that around their base, many Foreign Tribe squads had appeared, gathering information.

However, because they had also released Flying Swallows, those tribes could not approach the base too closely.

Ye Liuyun immediately summoned a Purple Qilin, a Vermilion Bird, and a Nine‑headed Demon Dragon to destroy the Flying Swallows in the starry sky, reducing the overhead surveillance.

Although the tribe might still send Flying Swallows later, eliminating some was still beneficial.

He remained invisible nearby, watching whether the tribe would send strong reinforcements to the Flying Swallows.

Unfortunately, the tribe ignored the loss of those Flying Swallows, evidently tolerating the casualties for a larger scheme.

Seeing a good opportunity, Ye Liuyun and his clone withdrew to their main army's base to devise a plan.

After discussion, they still lacked knowledge of the tribe's movements, so Ye Liuyun needed to capture a strong tribe member for Soul Search to obtain information.

The main army temporarily adopted a defensive stance, holding position without attacking.

The burden fell again on Ye Liuyun; capturing some strong individuals among the tens of millions of troops was indeed a difficult task.

Ye Liuyun and his clone once more became invisible and left the base, scouting the surroundings and the sky.

They indeed encountered many scouting tribe members, but the information they possessed was scant, as they were only tasked with their own missions.

So Ye Liuyun and his clone again probed the tribe's Teleportation Altar.

The army there had already teleported nearly twenty million, with a huge number of Gold‑armored and Silver‑armored tribe strongmen.

Even five Gold‑armored tribe Elders had already been teleported.

The previously seen Three‑eyed Gold‑armored tribe and some Zhuanzai Jingjie strongmen had been circling the Altar, guarding it.

With so many strong ones present, if Ye Liuyun wanted to act, he would have to use Time Power.

However, he could not be sure whether his Time Power could last that long.

Now that so many strong ones had projected Divine Sense over the area, Ye Liuyun would need to pre‑activate Time Power to approach them, capture, then withdraw…

The worst part was that these individuals all carried Defense Artifacts against Spiritual Soul Attack; controlling them required even more time‑consuming steps.

"We have no choice but to take a risk!"

Ye Liuyun and his clone deliberated for a while but still decided to act.

Otherwise, as the tribe's strong ones increased, it would become even harder to strike.

So the two coordinated: the clone first used Time Stasis, allowing Ye Liuyun to approach the Three‑eyed Gold‑armored tribe.

During this, they minimized Time Power consumption, froze time briefly, translocated Ye Liuyun's true body via Space Translocation, then immediately restored time.

Even though they were careful, a slight spatial fluctuation occurred, and the Three‑eyed Gold‑armored tribe instantly glanced toward the invisible Ye Liuyun.

However, it only suspected and did not act immediately.

Ye Liuyun, leveraging Time Power, rushed forward and first snatched away its Defense Artifact against Spiritual Soul Attack.

He then unleashed a Spiritual Soul Attack into its Sea of Consciousness.

Within its Sea of Consciousness was a black mass of Demon Qi mixed with evil aura.

Ye Liuyun used Golden Light to disperse the evil aura, and discovered another Soul Treasure—a sharp spire pointing directly at him.

Under normal circumstances, once someone breached its Sea of Consciousness, the spire would launch an attack.

Fortunately, with time frozen, the spire remained inert.

Ye Liuyun skirted the spire and placed a Slave Seal on its Soul.

However, this Three‑eyed tribe had previously signed a Divine Soul Contract.

Ye Liuyun erased its Divine Soul Contract, which would soon be noticed by the one who had signed it.

Then its Soul quickly retreated, was pulled into the Space World, shed the Invisibility Cloak, transformed its appearance with Thousand Illusion Technique, donned its Soul Defense Treasure, mimicking it perfectly, and only then restored time to normal.

This series of actions brought him close to the limit of his Time Power control.

To activate Time Power again, he would need to pause briefly.

Ye Liuyun worried that capturing a single person was unsafe, so he aimed to seize two at once.

Thus he had to take the risk, staying here until his Time Power recovered.

The clone, positioned at a distance, was responsible for maintaining Time Stasis and extracting him at a critical moment.

For Ye Liuyun, the greatest danger now was not the tribe's scent being exposed, but that the one who signed the Divine Soul Contract with this Three‑eyed Gold‑armored tribe likely already knew it had been controlled.

He hoped the tribe's strong members here would discover the news only later.

So he and his clone's Golden Pupil were both watching the changes of these Foreign Tribe strongmen.

Suddenly, the clone realized that the five Gold‑armored Alien Tribe Elders he had been watching all turned toward Ye Liuyun at the same time.

"You exposed yourself!"

The clone reminded Ye Liuyun.

"Hold on for now, first buy a little more time; when the Time Power recovers a bit, I can capture two more of their Gold‑armored Alien Tribe Elders."

Ye Liuyun told the clone to hold steady; just get ready.

At this moment, the five Gold‑armored Alien Tribe Elders were already slowly moving toward Ye Liuyun, and even used Transmission Voice to inform some Foreign Tribe strongmen.

At that moment, within the Altar, a powerful aura surged outward, indicating that a strong individual was about to be teleported here.