Chapter 3148: with translation of chapter title

"Master, I..." Xiao Heng's face turned bright red, wanting to apologize to Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun didn't let him continue, only said: "Mercy does not lead troops. You are not fit to be a Leader!"

After speaking, Ye Liuyun hurried back to retract the Magic Vine, then went to capture the entire Xingqiu. Over at Li Zhaoyuan, the soldiers had just been pulled into the Space World, the Xingqiu trembled, then vanished.

Ye Liuyun waved a hand, pulling the two clones and Li Zhaoyuan into the Space World, then used the Black Tower to teleport to the He family's next Mineral Vein Xingqiu.

Afterwards, they indeed captured five Xingqiu in succession. However, in each planet's battle, Li Zhaoyuan's command was only passable; the advance was too slow, the killing insufficient, far from Ye Liuyun's standards.

Ye Liuyun suddenly realized that these Leaders lacked combat awareness and had not grasped the cruelty of war. Thus their commands ignored the bigger picture, and the troops they tamed were not ferocious enough.

When they were capturing the last Xingqiu, He family's reinforcements arrived, forcing the first clone to unleash a Magic Flood Dragon and a Demon Race army to intercept. As a result, one Magic Flood Dragon was injured, and the newly formed Demon Race cavalry suffered over three hundred casualties among Demon Beasts and soldiers.

Ye Liuyun felt deep sorrow for his own Demon Race troops. The losses could have been avoided; it was Xiao Heng and his group that slowed the progress.

In his fury, after returning he let those five thousand soldiers fight the Ancient Demon Legion, and in a single battle the Ancient Demon Legion easily wiped out three thousand of them, all becoming food for the Ancient Demon Legion.

In the end only two thousand of the strongest soldiers remained, and Ye Liuyun finally called a halt. The Ancient Demon army had lost just over a hundred.

"A bunch of trash!" Ye Liuyun couldn't help but mutter inwardly; he never expected Xiao Heng and Li Zhaoyuan to be defeated so badly.

So after the battle ended he ignored them and simply left them where they were.

Ye Liuyun actually didn't expect this army to achieve the effect of the Death Legion. As long as they could cooperate to seize five Mineral Veins, that was enough.

He just felt Xiao Heng and Li Zhaoyuan disappointed him too much; the two had no clear understanding of war's cruelty.

But he currently has no Leaders with sufficient realm, and doesn't want Ye Tiandao, Xiao Yunfang, and Meng Qingyin and others to train soldiers, which would waste his cultivation time.

So he simply took those Imperial Guard Leaders away, letting them join the strong side's ranks and fight directly in the future. As for those soldiers, Ye Liuyun no longer wishes to waste resources raising them.

He tossed those people onto a Demon Race world belonging to the first clone, so they could be used for others to practice on later.

Xiao Heng and Li Zhaoyuan also understood that Ye Liuyun was displeased with them. They proactively sought advice from Black Rock, Black Mountain and other Demon Race Leaders on how to improve.

Black Mountain and the Tiger Head Beast King have seen the Death Legion and the Spearhead Squad many times.

The Tiger Head Beast King bluntly said, "Your momentum is far behind that of the Death Legion. In the Master's eyes, you truly are a bunch of trash! Don't think your realms are high; you can't even defeat us."

Black Mountain also pointed out their problem: "As Leaders you fail to complete missions, so it's no wonder the Master says you're unfit to be Leaders. Know that the casualties of our subsequent hundreds are all caused by your delays."

These Demon Race folks speak quite directly, never caring about saving face, but their words are very sincere.

Afterwards, various Monster Beasts and Term (generic, exclude) came to use those soldiers for practice, and Ye Liuyun no longer provided them cultivation resources, not even Healing Elixir after they were wounded.

Term (generic, exclude) are fine, fighting only one or two at a time. But the Monster Beasts care less, both fighting and devouring; each Monster Beast can kill over ten soldiers in a single go.

Xiao Heng and Li Zhaoyuan grew anxious, realizing Ye Liuyun was about to abandon them. So they could only again seek advice from Black Mountain and the Tiger Head Beast King on how to change the situation.

"The Master has several women, all of whom were once Leaders of the Death Legion and the Spearhead Squad. You should go ask them," the Tiger Head Beast King suggested.

So Xiao Heng and Li Zhaoyuan found

Ye Tiandao, Xiao Yunfang, and Meng Qingyin. After the three women discussed, they understood that Ye Liuyun didn't let them lead troops simply because he didn't want them to delay cultivation.

Moreover, they now truly need to seize every moment for cultivation, lest they fall too far behind Ye Liuyun, and indeed have no time to help train his troops.

Thus Ye Tiandao passed the Spearhead Squad's training methods to Xiao Heng and Li Zhaoyuan, also giving them some visual data for reference. As for how far they could study, that depended on them alone.

After Xiao Heng and Li Zhaoyuan saw the formations and battles of the Spearhead Squad and Death Legion, and then observed the killing intent and cold eyes on them, they immediately realized the gap between themselves and those people.

"No wonder the Master calls us trash. Compared like this, we really are far behind!"

They then returned to the army, passing all this information to the soldiers to view. Then they began training according to the method Ye Tiandao had given them...

The eliminated soldiers were all given to Monster Beasts and Term (generic, exclude) for practice.

Their movements could not escape the first clone's Divine Sense. Ye Liuyun, seeing their ambition, began giving them some cultivation resources. However, the resources were enough for only half of them, so those who wished to recover through cultivation had to use sparingly; those with poor training results received no resources and were eliminated.

All soldiers were desperately completing training tasks, because being eliminated meant almost certain death. Moreover, their realms are now high, so they don't need formation training, only focus on mutual coordination. Thus, after intensive training, the soldiers' strength improved greatly.

Ye Liuyun didn't really care about their hardships. Even if he gave them some resources, it could make them stronger, providing better practice for Monster Beasts, and wasn't a waste.

However, during Xiao Heng's troop training, he was inspired and summoned Wu Xiang, having him collaborate with Yu Xiaofeng and others to devise a combined attack formation suitable for high-realm soldiers.

After they developed it, they handed the formation to Tang Xinyao's team for drills, then continuously refined and compared it. Ultimately they settled on a five-person combined attack formation plan.

Then Tang Xinyao and others began practicing the formation, sparring with the Return to One Eight Layers Imperial Guard. They identified issues and improved coordination. After the formation's combat power increased, they used Return to One Nine Layers Martial Cultivators for practice, until they mastered it enough to face strong opponents of the Return to One Nine Layers Late Stage.

Ye Liuyun also teamed up with Tang Xinyao and others to test it, feeling the combined attack power of this formation was indeed far stronger than single combat. Thus the formation was finally confirmed as the combined attack formation for future large armies.

Then he had Tang Xinyao pass this formation to two Demon Race armies and Xiao Heng's team, letting them try practicing it first to see the results.