Chapter 3189: A Grudge Must Be Repayed

"Are all the people of the Fire Seal Dynasty a bunch of idiots? I even killed the prince; do you expect me to just stand still and let you hit me?"

Ye Liuyun merely muttered a scornful remark in his heart, too lazy to argue with that Leader.

The snow wolf under his command didn't pause at all, and followed the five thousand surrendered Imperial Guard, slashing into the enemy Imperial Guard formation.

These five thousand newly surrendered Imperial Guard had been ordered to fight to the death, so they all thought they were doomed and fought with a grief‑filled fury. Though they lacked armor, their combat power was considerably stronger than the armored Imperial Guard soldiers on the opposite side.

Thus, at the initial head‑on clash they suffered no loss. Later, when Ye Liuyun and Cui Daoran arrived, they were swept aside in a one‑sided harvest. Those five thousand newly surrendered Imperial Guard, as the battle went on, glimpsed hope and gradually began to display the advantages of their own realms.

The two duplicates at this moment, each with a pair of black‑armored elite troops, sliced the hundred thousand Imperial Guard into several sections. Then Xiao Heng released over six thousand soldiers of the Return to One Ninth Realm from his hand, charging toward the rear of that Imperial Guard.

These hundred thousand Imperial Guard were cut into several large chunks by Ye Liuyun and his squads. Yet each chunk contained more than twenty thousand soldiers, so the combat pressure on each was considerable.

The pressure on Ye Liuyun's side was even greater; those assassins and Martial Cultivators were all striking at him.

However, the Martial Cultivators with strong Divine Soul were at a loss as soon as they engaged. Several powerful souls scrambled to burst into Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness, hoping to kill him and claim merit, but none emerged; instead they were back‑fired upon.

Those assassins, as soon as they approached Ye Liuyun, were seized by his Divine Soul's red eye, their forms revealed and then cleanly cut down by the men led by Cui Daoran behind them, without Ye Liuyun needing to act.

Ye Liuyun's current Divine Soul power is not only strong offensively but also far more potent in detection; these assassins, from the moment they became invisible, have been continuously within his detection range, none escaping.

The opposing Imperial Guard Leader was also suppressed by Ye Liuyun's bloodline and then slashed with a single strike; he never expected Ye Liuyun's bloodline power, blade intent, and True Essence to be so strong.

The Imperial Guard's Deputy Leader had been guarding the rear; when the first duplicate split their formation, he casually used the violet eye of his Divine Soul to fire violet light at the opponent's Divine Soul, shattering it completely, leaving him unable to react.

His nearby guards didn't even know how he died. No one noticed this hidden Divine Soul attack method.

Thus, Xiao Heng's side progressed much more smoothly. Though he lacked a very strong master in his hand, the rear Imperial Guard's strength was also weak.

Especially after Ye Liuyun gave him a Void‑grade weapon, he could even contend with Return to One Ninth Realm soldiers for a while, no longer needing to hide behind the guard squad.

More than twenty thousand Imperial Guard, pursued and slain by them, were quickly driven out of the main army's formation, then surrounded; ultimately over six thousand captured more than ten thousand.

The two duplicates, leading fewer than three thousand black‑armored troops, killed most ruthlessly, treating those Imperial Guard as practice targets; after initially splitting them, they formed an encircling formation, attacking from the outside in. In the end only about ten thousand remained, at which point they halted and accepted the Imperial Guard's surrender.

Ye Liuyun's side, with Cui Daoran, cut straight through the Imperial Guard's front line and then looped around from both sides to encircle. Ye Liuyun indeed enjoyed a thrilling charge, and the Demon Slaying Sword also got its fill of excitement.

Later, Ye Liuyun released the Magic Vine and the monster beasts, letting them train together. The Imperial Guard's combat experience was so poor that, unless they faced Return to One Ninth Realm late‑stage soldiers, Ye Liuyun thought Lei Ming and Long Nv could defeat them.

As a result, of the hundred thousand Imperial Guard, more than half were slain, and the final number of surrenderers was under fifty thousand.

Ye Liuyun, the two duplicates, and the monster beasts all had their fill of battle, so they left no one for practice and handed those people to Cui Daoran for training.

Using the previously surrendered five thousand Imperial Guard as an example, Ye Liuyun now no longer thinks these Imperial Guard are worthless; when forced into a corner, they can also appropriately erupt with bloodlust...

"These people are yours; train them to develop bloodlust, and when they're spent, capture them!" Ye Liuyun told Cui Daoran.

"Got it!" Cui Daoran cheerfully agreed, taking the soldiers away for training.

Ye Liuyun immediately returned to the Space World to absorb True Dragon Essence blood, boosting his bloodline power.

Having witnessed Jiang Yuntian's bloodline power, he thought it prudent to further increase his own bloodline power, lest he be suppressed by Jiang Yuntian's bloodline in a confrontation.

The Magic Vine stayed outside, devouring and collecting the corpses of strong beings on the battlefield, then returned to the Duplicate Space World to sleep.

Xiao Heng and Cui Daoran were both seizing time to train troops. They knew Ye Liuyun's temperament; since he had already torn the Fire Seal Dynasty's face, he certainly wouldn't care about any prince. Especially Jiang Yuntian, they would eventually have to kill back.

Those surrendered Imperial Guard also became practice targets for their troop training, which was likewise a grind for the Imperial Guard. Thus Cui Daoran and Xiao Heng each led a team and launched straight into real combat.

The Fire Seal King's two assembled armies quickly had one route arrive here first. Upon arrival, they found both sides fighting merrily, locked in desperate melee, which didn't look like training at all.

This left them a bit stunned, unsure which side belonged to Ye Liuyun. After landing, they formed a triangular stance to confront the two sides, but before they could adjust their formation, the two forces simultaneously charged at his army.

At this moment Ye Liuyun had not yet refined much True Dragon Essence blood, yet he still brought the monster beasts and women out to join the fight, taking the opportunity to act.

This time, he used only blade intent, leading the women to charge at Return to One Mid‑Realm soldiers, while releasing the Magic Vine to encircle soldiers of that realm.

The two duplicates led the monster beasts to slay Return to One Late‑Stage soldiers, employing not only blade intent but also Divine Core and Spatial Power. Meanwhile Cui Daoran and Xiao Heng led Ninth Realm soldiers to charge the Ninth Realm troops within that army.

As for the lowest‑realm soldiers in the opposing army, Li Zhaoyuan led sixty thousand Return to One Eighth Realm soldiers to encircle and eliminate them.

Everyone was seizing time to use these people for practice. Ye Liuyun and the duplicates, their swords in hand, were exhilarated, enjoying the fight. Moreover, they never accepted surrender, fighting until they were drenched in blood, only stopping when their Divine Core was exhausted.

Ye Liuyun, with the women, after the others' True Essence was depleted, gathered them back into the Space World, and together with Ye Tiandao and A Xing, used only blade intent to train his sword on those soldiers.

This hundred‑thousand‑strong army was also unlucky; not only did Ye Liuyun and the duplicates refuse surrender, but Cui Daoran's side also refused surrender.