Chapter 3173: Too Many Reinforcement Troops

"That's right. If I give them to you to kill and you all don't dare, then they'd truly be useless!"

Ye Liuyun smiled, and the armored soldiers on his side all charged forward. The captured Ninefold Strong soldiers, however, did not move at all.

Jiang Yunfei and his side were also speculating whether Ye Liuyun had some ulterior motive, so they stayed on high alert. The Ninefold Strong under his command also guarded Jiang Yunfei, daring not to act.

Ye Liuyun waited until his Time Power recovered, then struck again, and went to Jiang Yunfei's side to seize over a hundred of the strongest soldiers and bring them back.

Jiang Yunfei could no longer wait, realizing that if this continued, the strong ones around him would eventually all be captured. He immediately took some strongmen and guards, launched a Flying Boat, and fled.

"That useless one, runs way too fast!"

Ye Liuyun muttered in his mind, and could only command all the Ninefold Strong to attack the remaining Leader on the other side.

When Jiang Yunfei ran, his soldiers already realized they were doomed, so morale instantly collapsed. Now, struck by these strong soldiers, even those bound by contracts dared not charge recklessly.

Ye Liuyun used his Time Power to first kill their Grand Leader and several key Leaders; their soldiers then lost even more will to resist.

Thus the remaining Ninefold Strong soldiers surrendered first. Then Jiang Yunfei's entire army followed suit, and even the Reinforcement Troops also surrendered together.

Ye Liuyun hadn't expected Jiang Yunfei's army to be so unstoppable in battle.

With so many Reinforcement Troops, he was too lazy to deal with them, so he released the two squads led by Xiao Heng and Cui Daoran, letting them first subdue those Reinforcement Troops.

The Ninefold Strong soldiers were all released by Ye Liuyun, and on the spot they began handing over resources and selecting troops, together with his previous four hundred men, forming an elite force of five thousand. He then had the craftsmen and Alchemist prepare equipment and pills for them.

These five thousand elite soldiers were almost all strong Martial Cultivators from the later stages of the Ninefold Strong. If he were to store them all in the Space World, the consumption of his Primordial Power would be huge.

But this didn't trouble Ye Liuyun; among the Ninth Realm soldiers eliminated, he selected twenty individuals whose Space World was large enough and whose Primordial Power was relatively strong, and had them pack all five thousand soldiers into their own Space Worlds to consume.

After arranging these matters, Ye Liuyun finally took out the Transmission Talisman to see what Jiang Yuntian had told him.

The initial Transmission Voice consisted of explanations, pleas to stop, offers of compensation, and finally negotiations with Ye Liuyun about terms, offering to release the soldiers in exchange for a ransom.

Ye Liuyun, however, never replied to Jiang Yuntian.

"Let him figure it out on his own slowly."

Ye Liuyun smiled, released the Monster Beast in the Space World, Tang Xinyao's team, and Term (generic, exclude), letting them freely find Reinforcement Troops to spar with.

Xiao Heng and Cui Daoran, seeing so many Reinforcement Troops, were thrilled; they first gathered all the troops' resources, then began selecting soldiers.

Cui Daoran first selected a thousand soldiers with relatively solid realms from the Ninth Realm, then let the two unselected soldiers challenge each other; only those who could withstand attacks from both would be taken.

He ultimately chose five hundred soldiers, replacing his original Seventh/Eighth Level Realm soldiers. Though these were not the strongest in the Ninth Realm, they were certainly far stronger than the Seventh/Eighth Level troops.

Xiao Heng and Li Zhaoyuan first consolidated all soldiers together, then began training the later-stage soldiers of the Ninefold Strong. Soldiers eliminated during training were given to Cui Daoran for sparring.

For Reinforcement Troops of other realms, he simply reorganized them to become sparring partners, using their numerical advantage to train against his trained soldiers.

After training ended, those lower-realm soldiers were all exhausted, leaving Xiao Heng with fewer than fifty thousand soldiers. Yet the killing intent and combat awareness of those fifty thousand soldiers had noticeably improved.

Magic Vine seized the opportunity to devour corpses en masse, accumulating energy.

During the soldiers' training, Ye Liuyun remained focused on cultivation.

Jiang Yuntian remained unrelenting, contacting Ye Liuyun several times through Jiang Yunmo.

When Jiang Yunmo first learned that Ye Liuyun had trapped Jiang Yuntian's fifty thousand soldiers, he was very surprised and immediately praised Ye Liuyun: "You're really capable! I've never seen anyone trap Jiang Yuntian so badly."

Ye Liuyun calmly replied, "If he hadn't tried to trap me first, I couldn't have trapped him either."

"What about his troops, how do you plan to handle them? The terms Jiang Yuntian offered seem decent to me!" Jiang Yunmo also asked.

He laughed, "His fifty thousand soldiers—some replenish my own troops' losses, some die in battle, and the rest I keep as sparring partners for my soldiers!"

"Even the corpses I couldn't return to him; they are all resources for my Demon Race army's cultivation and food."

Jiang Yunmo thought for a moment and asked Ye Liuyun, "You aren't also trying to raise an army to become a king, are you? How much power do you have now? Are the resources sufficient?"

Ye Liuyun didn't care whether she was probing his limits; he simply wouldn't reveal his true strength.

He merely retorted, "Resources are certainly insufficient. You ask this—do you have a good way to acquire resources?"

Jiang Yunmo voiced his idea: "You now have too many troops; the Dynasty will surely see you as a thorn in its side. How about using my name to incorporate you into the Dynasty Army's organization? You could continue leading troops to attack Xing Xi and acquire resources, without any hindrance."

Ye Liuyun realized she intended to bring this army under her name first, then later find a way to seize command. At the same time, he could be sent to fight for Jiang Yunmo, assisting the Fire Seal Dynasty in attacking other Xing Xi.

So he chuckled inwardly: "Does this woman think that without the Fire Seal Dynasty I can't survive? I have my own troops; I can fight anyone I wish. Why must I sell my life to the Fire Seal Dynasty?"

But he still asked Jiang Yunmo, "What benefit do I gain from being incorporated into the Dynasty?"

Jiang Yunmo counseled, "With a large army in my hands, I can claim the Bridge Xing Xi from the Dynasty, develop my own power, and continue recruiting more soldiers. That would essentially give you your own stronghold, wouldn't it?"

Moreover, the Dynasty would provide you with equipment, Alchemist pills, and some resources; though not abundant, it's still better than nothing, right?

Ye Liuyun thought it over and felt he wouldn't lose out. As for Jiang Yunmo's plan to develop his own strength, Ye Liuyun didn't mind.

"The Dynasty won't force me to relinquish command and impose many restrictions, will it?" Ye Liuyun asked again.