Chapter 2782: Strike First

Ye Liuyun still thought that this broken‑horn blue‑armored alien might have more power than shown. At the very least, his escape should not be a problem.

Because Ye Liuyun could see its arrangement, it was clearly intended to consume all these alien soldiers and strong ones before stopping. Moreover, an alien elder of its status could not possibly be without some life‑saving treasure. To escape, Ye Liuyun guessed it would be hard to keep it.

"Prepare to strike!"

Ye Liuyun thought of this and notified his clone, preparing to cooperate with him in the strike.

To deal with this broken‑horn blue‑armored elder, he had to strike first. He and his clone had both prepared the Black and White Light and did not intend to capture it alive. He thought killing it would be fine.

And just as the Demon Race's morale surged, aiming to annihilate all aliens, that broken‑horn elder suddenly released fifty thousand blue‑armored aliens from its Space World.

Most of those fifty thousand blue‑armored aliens were armies that dominated the Fifth and Sixth Layers, and nearly five thousand of them were at the Seventh Layer realm.

This caught the Demon Race off guard. Their strong ones were already exhausted, their numbers were already low, and they were all fatigued; facing this fresh force at this moment was undoubtedly a certain defeat.

At this moment the broken‑horn elder also entered the battle, wielding two edge‑toothed shields, and after brandishing them, charged into the Demon Race.

The Demon Race's strong ones tried various weapons and treasures to smash its shields, but to no avail; the shields themselves were likely treasures possessing both defensive and offensive properties.

The broken‑horn alien seized the moment perfectly, and with the blue‑armored army instantly overwhelmed the Demon Race, fleeing toward its rear.

"Strike now!" Ye Liuyun did not hesitate further, fearing the old guy would flee.

He immediately struck first, using Time Power to freeze time and then rushed toward it. Upon reaching it, he released his Soul straight into its Sea of Consciousness.

Within its Sea of Consciousness there was a Defense Artifact, resembling a crossbow bolt, with the arrow pointing outward beyond the Sea.

Ye Liuyun surged in, almost colliding with that bolt. Fortunately his reflexes were quick and he had prepared, so he sidestepped. Then he pulled one of its Souls into his own Sea of Consciousness, planting a Slave Seal, and did the same with another Soul, planting a Slave Seal on both.

"That actually went smoothly!" Ye Liuyun hadn't expected this

... smoothly; after the Soul returned to its body, seeing there was still time, he confiscated its weapon and its Storage Ring, just in case.

Inside its Storage Ring were many treasures and resources; Ye Liuyun inspected them, destroyed all its Transmission Talismans, and then collected the resources.

Afterwards, he returned to his position and restored time to normal.

The broken‑horn elder was charging forward, but its weapon was gone and its Soul was controlled, so it stopped immediately.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun and his clone's Golden Pupil saw a stronger Soul appear in that broken‑horn elder's Sea of Consciousness.

"Whoa, it has three Souls! And an even stronger one!" Ye Liuyun hadn't expected the creature to have cultivated so many Souls.

The clone and he were of one mind, and immediately used Time Power again, pulling that stronger Soul out, dragging it into Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness, then returning it to its body.

When Time Power recovered, the Ten Thousand Gods Command's Golden Light enveloped that broken‑horn's Soul. This time Ye Liuyun did not plant any Slave Seal, but directly devoured that Soul.

At this point, the clone also began controlling it via the Slave Seal, ordering it to halt the army and recall those blue‑armored aliens back to the Space World.

The Demon Race still thought it was about to flee, but none dared to intercept.

Yet it walked straight toward Ye Liuyun and came to salute him.

Ye Liuyun had just scanned its Soul and knew it had no further hidden power. Yet it still possessed several treasures, which caught Ye Liuyun's attention.

One treasure resembled a small pavilion, unremarkable, but it was a device similar to a Teleportation Array Disc, capable of transporting living beings; no matter what Space World it was confined in, it could send it directly back to the aliens' true stronghold.

Another was the defensive bolt in its Sea of Consciousness, which specifically shot down Souls attacking its Sea. There was also a defensive treasure: the two shields, which could combine and seal shut, impervious to any treasure's attack.

"No wonder this guy wasn't panicked at all; he was prepared from the start!"

With these treasures, it need not worry about being trapped; once the shields close, they can block attacks, and it can immediately use the teleportation treasure to return to the alien stronghold.

Fortunately, Ye Liuyun acted first

and struck, preventing it from escaping directly.

Ye Liuyun made it hand over that teleportation pavilion; he took none of the other treasures, leaving them all to the broken‑horn.

"From now on I'll call you Broken‑Horn; you will lead this alien battle team! Also, hand over the blue‑armored aliens in your Space World, and have them sign loyalty contracts with me," Ye Liuyun instructed it.

"Yes!"

Under Ye Liuyun's Slave Seal control, it could only obey, releasing the blue‑armored aliens from the Space World. Only then did Ye Liuyun discover that its Space World also concealed two blue‑armored aliens that dominated the Eighth Layer.

After these aliens signed loyalty contracts with Ye Liuyun, they joined Ye Liuyun's alien battle team, unified under Broken‑Horn's command. Ye Liuyun immediately gathered the other armies in turn, sending them back to reorganize and recruit troops.

After the battlefield Demon Race cleaned up, they handed all the corpses to Ye Liuyun. Ye Liuyun left them all for the Sealing Demon Tablet and the Magic Vine.

Then he used the Black Tower's teleportation to leave, heading to rendezvous with his own Demon Race army.

Yu Xiaofeng expanded the Demon Race army to one million and then halted its advance. The clone had collected enough Xingqiu and also stockpiled many Demon Race troops; it was time to pause.

After the Sealing Demon Tablet and Magic Vine stirred again, they absorbed a large number of aliens, and both realms broke through to dominate the Eighth Layer. The Vermilion Bird's realm strength was also replenished, finally catching up with Divine Soul Power. With these three Eighth‑Layer dominators by his side, Ye Liuyun felt even more confident.

Everyone capable of wielding Black and White Light refined many alien three‑eyed beings, and even had some left over, which they gave to the three‑eyed aliens in the alien battle team so they could also boost their three‑eye power.

Afterwards, Ye Liuyun had the clone pull the Demon Race army into the Space World as well. This time Ye Liuyun's biggest gain was the one‑million Demon Race troops and thirty‑thousand Demon Race strong ones.

After they stored these Demon Race troops in the Space World, they donned Invisibility Cloaks to hide their forms and no longer disturbed the Demon Race.

After Yu Xiaofeng returned, he expanded Man Feng's army to one million. Several armies were replenishing troops, training, and reorganizing.

Yuan Hao also requisitioned twenty thousand Martial Cultivator strong ones from the Elite Squad, forming a strong‑man unit. Ye Tiandao, because the Elite Squad had too many people, consequently handed some weaker ones over to Yuan Hao.