Chapter 3261: First Battle, Grand Victory

The several columns of troops behind the Fire Seal Dynasty fleet, seeing no chance to charge hard, could only temporarily retreat into Xingkong, exiting the firepower warcar's attack range.

After the boom subsided, Yu Xiaofeng finally ordered the firepower warcars to be withdrawn.

Xiao Heng's hundred‑thousand army and the two Demon Race legions then charged forward again, pursuing the several columns of troops that had retreated.

Their Leader only now halted the retreating troops, preparing to meet the enemy. Although the formations they can still keep number less than half of a legion, they are still confident against this sub‑twenty‑thousand army.

The frontal clash between the two sides finally began.

"Kill!"

The Leaders on both sides gave the order simultaneously and charged together.

Xiao Heng's hundred‑thousand army faced three columns of hundred‑thousand troops. His forces suddenly split into three columns: two opened a path for the two Demon Race legions, forming a unit with them, while the third continued the assault, and then Xiao Heng suddenly released Ye Liuyun's black‑armored elite soldiers, charging straight at the enemy forces in front.

The black‑armored elite soldiers, once deployed, cut down a large swath of the opposing troops, unstoppable like a bamboo shoot breaking through.

The other two columns, though divided and not numerically superior, still held absolute advantage thanks to the overall strength of the army.

The soldiers in the Dynasty army had previously been merely Martial Cultivators, never having experienced such a massive battle; faced with soldiers from all directions, they could not defend any side, and were cut down jointly by these troops.

Moreover, Ye Liuyun's side fielded troops whose poorest equipment was genuine ninth‑grade, and the lowest cultivation level among the soldiers was Guoyi eighth rank; they crushed the enemy formation as they advanced, after which the Demon Race legions became the main killing force. The higher‑ranked soldiers then focused their attacks on the enemy's strong units.

The black‑armored elite soldiers in the middle column killed the fastest, quickly cutting through the entire front column.

The opposing army's Leader, seeing this, dispatched the last hundred‑thousand column to help repel the middle column's attack.

"Continue the charge!" Yu Xiaofeng also ordered the black‑armored elite soldiers to keep pressing forward.

Then the Death Legion's 150,000 soldiers, following the Demon Race legions, began a encirclement slaughter of the remaining troops.

Xiao Heng and the Demon Race legions focused their killings on the enemy.

The mid‑stage Guoyi soldiers in the army were the main targets; the early‑stage Guoyi soldiers who were scattered were ignored and slain outright, conveniently handing them over to the Death Legion.

At this point, Cui Daoran also divided the remaining bandit‑group soldiers and the soldiers guarding the firepower warcars into several squads, taking the warcars to sweep the rest of the troops across the entire planet. Pei Yong also began dispatching people to collect the Reinforcement Troops.

Ye Liuyun and a Clone, together with the monster beasts, the women, Tang Xinyao, the Tang family disciples, and Luo Yu, rushed through a Teleportation Array to the surrounding planets to clear soldiers who had fled there and some opportunistic Martial Cultivators.

The Fire Seal Dynasty's last intact hundred‑thousand legion was again scattered by the black‑armored elite soldiers; even their Leader, leading a guard unit, was slain outright by them. The Dynasty army's defeat was sealed.

Jiang Yuantang had originally hoped that this million‑strong army could stalemate Ye Liuyun's forces for over ten days, allowing the follow‑up troops to arrive and complete the encirclement of Ye Liuyun.

But they did not expect an immediate crushing defeat; there was not even a proper battle, and they were wiped out in a one‑sided slaughter.

Nevertheless, Jiang Yuantang did gain something: he learned the size and strength of Ye Liuyun's army and discovered that Ye Liuyun possessed firepower warcar equipment, giving him a counter‑strategy for future battles.

On the battlefield, when the Dynasty army's Leader died, the remaining soldiers began to surrender. These Martial Cultivators, faced with such mass slaughter, were completely terrified.

Pei Yong sent all his subordinates out to gather Reinforcement Troops, then deployed those troops across the planet where the next battle would occur, reorganizing them there on the spot.

The Formation Master hurried over and helped set up various Defense Arrays, turning the planet into a forward outpost. Other armies lacking manpower could also come here to recruit.

After Cui Daoran captured and killed all the scattered soldiers on this planet, he went to assist Ye Liuyun in cleaning up the surrounding planets as well.

According to the final tally, they captured over 500,000 Reinforcement Troops in this battle alone.

Pei Yong immediately led troops to reorganize, forming a hundred‑thousand army which he promptly stationed on other planets, where the Formation Master then set up Defense Arrays.

These soldiers, in frontal combat and

attacks are ineffective, but when used to rely on Formation defenses, they are enough to block a truly powerful army.

Thus, around Ye Liuyun's garrison planet, five more guarded planets were added. Their security was greatly reinforced.

Cui Daoran, again leading the bandit group, surveyed all the surrounding planets once more before returning to rest. The Demon Race legions and the Death Legion also finished cleaning the battlefield and withdrew.

Yu Xiaofeng, Yuan Hao, Qin Peng, Tie Jun and other Leaders rushed to the Reinforcement Troop corps to train them; each column of troops was also equipped with an old‑model firepower warcar.

The black‑armored elite soldiers and Xiao Heng's hundred‑thousand army, after the fight, returned to cultivate and recover.

The Clone immediately ushered these armies into the Space World, giving them time to cultivate and improve.

At this moment, the Clone's Golden Pupil spotted a team of strong Martial Cultivators dressed in soldier uniforms approaching from another direction. Though they were still two days away and had not yet hidden, it was unexpected that anyone could detect them from so far.

"These soldiers' uniforms differ from those of the new recruits earlier; they are scouts from a formal army column," the Clone told Yu Xiaofeng.

"Capture them and perform Soul Search to learn their intentions and location!" Yu Xiaofeng suggested directly to the Clone.

Ye Liuyun immediately emerged from the Space World, boarded a virtual‑level Flying Boat, and rushed toward those soldiers. Dealing with such elite soldiers required his own intervention.

The soldier unit became highly alert; upon spotting a Flying Boat heading toward them, they instantly dispersed, using various powers to conceal their forms and continued fleeing toward Ye Liuyun's garrison.

Their strength was also Guoyi ninth‑layer mid‑late stage; their Spatial Power and Heaven and Earth Power were not weak, and while concealed, they would be hard to detect unless Ye Liuyun had pre‑locked them.

Ye Liuyun individually captured them, performed Soul Search to learn the movements of this army column. Since these people's Divine Soul Power was weaker than his, he simply employed Time Power, easily placing Slave Seals on those soldiers.

He immediately returned and discussed with Yu Xiaofeng: "This is the nearest army column to us, returning ahead of schedule, preparing to join the other armies.

"Shall I take the black‑armored elite soldiers and Xiao Heng's hundred‑thousand army to eliminate them first?"