Chapter 3185

Ye Liuyun also got plenty of practice in battle, but he disguised himself as a soldier and wasn't discovered by the enemy. However, his Divine Core, bloodline, Heaven and Earth Power, and Spatial Power also got plenty of tempering.

Many of the remaining strong soldiers also scattered, but Ye Liuyun didn't send anyone to pursue them; instead, he called it a day, quickly gathered the troops, collected everyone into the Space World, then returned to the Death Legion's base to handle the surrendered troops.

In this battle, with a force of fifty thousand, he successively defeated five hundred thousand enemy troops. First he routed two large armies, then defeated another large army, repelling two large armies. The surrendered troops he collected numbered over one hundred thousand.

Among them, there were also several thousand experts at the Ninth Realm, enough for him to replenish his losses, with even more to spare. All of these required him to spend time marching, reorganizing, and dealing with them.

Moreover, he also worried about retaliation from the Fire Seal Dynasty, which would send a large army to attack his Death Legion. So as soon as he returned, he sent his two avatars far away to monitor the movements in the Starry Sky.

Then he released the surrendered troops and began to reorganize them on the spot.

The monster beasts and women had just recovered, and Ye Liuyun then sent them a considerable number of the eliminated soldiers, letting them fight to their heart's content, after which he returned to cultivate and raise his realm.

The two legions of the Demon Race and the Death Legion were also collected into the Space World, so as not to be harmed by the dynasty's retaliation.

Outside, only Xiao Heng and the just-subjugated over one hundred thousand surrendered troops were left, conducting training and reorganization. This way, even if the dynasty sent people to inspect, they would temporarily notice nothing unusual.

The soldiers under Ye Liuyun and Xiao Heng who had participated in the battle were also resting and reorganizing inside the Space World.

Ye Liuyun also, at the fastest speed, picked out nearly a thousand Ninth Realm mid-to-late stage experts and added them to his elite troops. After counting, the number of his elite troops became over five thousand five hundred, actually five hundred more.

The over one hundred thousand troops outside, after being reorganized, basically remained stationary. Among them, the soldiers who had unified into the Ninth Realm numbered over three thousand; other soldiers who had unified into the late stage numbered nearly thirty thousand; the majority of the rest were at the mid-stage of the Unified Realm, with only a small portion at the initial stage.

Ye Liuyun actually thought that this could be considered a somewhat weak army. If the dynasty sent people to inspect, it would indeed match the current state of their army. Moreover, these soldiers' armor were the dynasty's standard uniform, so they didn't need to replace them.

He also had Xiao Heng and Li Zhaoyuan take turns coming out to conduct formation training for this army. Even if it was just for show, it had to look the part.

But actually, whether it was Ye Liuyun's elite troops or Xiao Heng's fifty thousand soldiers, they were currently cultivating and recovering inside the Space World. The resources they used were all gathered from this army, so Ye Liuyun didn't need to provide any himself.

As for this army, it was miserable—it basically had no cultivation resources and could only recover by absorbing spiritual energy.

Not long after Ye Liuyun returned, Jiang Yunmo contacted him via Transmission Talisman: "You went to annihilate the Great Prince's 300,000-strong army?"

Ye Liuyun didn't deny it, but directly countered: "Jiang Yuntian sent people to attack my women; can't I retaliate a little?"

"'Ah, you can retaliate against him, but you wiped out the dynasty's 300,000-strong army—that's rebel conduct! Father King won't stand by and do nothing!' Jiang Yunmo sighed to Ye Liuyun."

Ye Liuyun countered her: "Then what do you say I should do to retaliate against him? Jiang Yuntian has hundreds of thousands of troops around him; if I don't first wipe out these soldiers, I can't reach him!"

Jiang Yunmo directly said: "Just kill the people he sent out or go cause a ruckus in his army—that's enough! He's the prince favored by Father King; you still want to take him on? Thank goodness you didn't directly attack him, otherwise the trouble would be greater!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Liuyun laughed angrily: "According to your logic, I can't act against him, but he can keep attacking me without end?"

"'He's a prince! One person below, ten thousand above!' Jiang Yunmo said offhand."

"'So what?' Ye Liuyun retorted disdainfully."

"'You...' Jiang Yunmo was momentarily choked by Ye Liuyun and didn't know what to say. Faced with someone who fears neither heaven nor earth, she suddenly felt that saying anything was superfluous."

She paused for a moment, then quickly changed the subject, asking Ye Liuyun: "You've stirred up such a big mess—how are you going to wrap it up? The dynasty will soon send people to investigate you!"

"'Whatever, anyway the fighting is over!' Ye Liuyun said indifferently."

"'At worst, I'll just run away!' he thought to himself."

"'Let me give you a suggestion: you can bring the army back to the Duqiao Star System, then hand over military authority to me, and I can protect you and your army.'" Jiang Yunmo suggested.

Ye Liuyun, however, secretly chuckled: "Hmph, this is just another idea to attack my army! These princes and princesses seem to think I absolutely must cling to the Fire Seal Dynasty."

But he directly refused: "No need! I have my own way to deal with it!"

Jiang Yunmo then explained to Ye Liuyun: "Don't think I want to seize your military authority. I'm doing this to protect you."

Several other princes have already applied to the dynasty to seize your military authority. If you don't give it to me, it will eventually be taken back by the dynasty and given to other princes. It's better to give it to me directly. Once military authority is in their hands, they won't protect you.

Upon hearing this, Ye Liuyun merely smiled indifferently: "Rest assured, my military authority, no one can take it from me!"

"'Ah! I know you're unwilling, but the dynasty will definitely send strongmen to attack you, and you definitely aren't a match for those strongmen of the dynasty!'"

"'For that kind of strongman, having many troops isn't useful……'"

Jiang Yunmo painstakingly explained to Ye Liuyun for half a day, but Ye Liuyun had already grown tired of listening and simply tossed the Transmission Talisman aside.

After she finished speaking, Ye Liuyun only replied with an 'Oh.'

Jiang Yunmo's words actually reminded Ye Liuyun. Since the dynasty is going to act against him, maintaining troop numbers is useless; it would be better to select some elite troops from this over-one-hundred-thousand army, and then use the rest as cannon fodder for training.

To deal with the dynasty, one must still have strong personal strength.

So he immediately returned to the Duqiao Star System, brought Cui Daoran over as well, and then had Cui Daoran and Xiao Heng immediately select troops and train them.

The remaining over three thousand soldiers who had unified into the Ninth Realm were immediately divided up by Xiao Heng and Cui Daoran.

Cui Daoran expanded his own fierce bandit troop to two thousand people, then began using soldiers who had unified into the Seventh/Eighth Level Realm to hone his skills.

Xiao Heng also selected some satisfactory soldiers from those who had unified into the Eighth Realm, expanded his own legion by another ten thousand, then began using soldiers who had unified into the Unified Mid-stage to hone his skills.

The other eliminated soldiers were kept for everyone to practice on, while the corpses were all given to the Magic Vine to devour.

The monster beasts and women, Ye Liuyun also had them cultivate for a while inside the Space World of his avatar, then come out to practice; after a hearty battle they would return to continue cultivating.