Chapter 3331: with translation of chapter title

The firepower war chariots then immediately caught up again with the remaining Demon Race.

That Demon Race Leader, seeing that there was no way to escape, simply led the remaining twenty or thirty thousand and charged back.

After breaking through the firepower war chariots' blockade, half of those Demon Race soldiers died, and the Ninefold Strong in Xiao Heng and Li Zhaoyuan's army then fought them using formation plates.

The formation plates released by Xiao Heng and Li Zhaoyuan's soldiers could each hold ten soldiers; some used shields to defend, some used crossbows to shoot Demon Race soldiers, and through mutual cooperation they suppressed the Demon Race's charge.

Afterward, Ye Tiandao's female troops came chasing again, and then the Puppet Army also surrounded them; the Ninth Realm Kuailei handled combat, while the Eighth Realm Kuailei used strong crossbows in coordination to kill Demon Race soldiers.

Under the female troops' Bloodline Pressure, the Demon Race soldiers' strength was limited, while the Kuailei's combat power was unaffected at all. In the end, the entire hundred thousand elite Demon Race troops hardly exerted any strength before being wiped out cleanly.

However, these Demon Race soldiers were actually very loyal; aside from those wounded, captured, or controlled by Spiritual Soul Attack, the soldiers did not surrender, and only after they all died in battle did the fighting completely end.

All the Demon Race corpses and their Storage Rings were directly distributed to the Demon Race Army; other armies had no use for these resources.

The acquired crossbow bolts were all distributed to Xiao Heng and Li Zhaoyuan's army, giving them the strength to engage that Demon Race elite force with crossbows.

The withdrawing Demon Race army then all retreated into the Fire Seal Dynasty's Royal City, relying on formations to hold the line; they possessed strong crossbows, and a fierce assault would indeed cause heavy casualties.

So Yu Xiaofeng also did not rush to act. He did not reclaim the Xingqiu yielded by the Demon Race army, merely letting his forces advance forward to standoff against the Demon Race army.

Martial Cultivators of the Huo Yin Star System, seeing the Demon Race holed up in the Royal City, immediately dispatched troops to retake the Xingqiu occupied by the Demon Race, fearing that Ye Liuyun's army would seize those Xingqiu.

They saw the firepower war chariots in the army fighting the Demon Race and knew Ye Liuyun had returned; however, many of their royal family members held no good impression of Ye Liuyun and were even less willing to bow to him.

These royal family members even planned to wait until Ye Liuyun and the Demon Race fought to mutual ruin, then swoop in for a gain.

Yu Xiaofeng and the Demon Race, seeing the remaining army of the Fire Seal Dynasty, went on to occupy those Xingqiu, and both were quite dissatisfied.

Yu Xiaofeng felt that these people of the Fire Seal Dynasty, instead of seizing the opportunity to build good relations with them, were taking advantage of the situation without even a greeting, clearly harboring ill intent.

Meanwhile, the Demon Race thought that some desperate dogs dared to seize Xingqiu while they were defending, and they needed to teach them a lesson.

Thus Yu Xiaofeng's side dispatched Ye Tiandao's female troops, while the Demon Race side sent a hundred-thousand-strong army, simultaneously attacking the Fire Seal Dynasty army occupying those Xingqiu.

The Fire Seal Dynasty's army originally had little left after being beaten by the Demon Race; facing the Demon Race's large army, it certainly could not hold.

But they did not expect that facing Ye Tiandao's ten thousand female troops, they were equally no match. Ye Tiandao first used some firepower war chariots to blast through their formations and defenses, then led the female troops forward to shoot those soldiers with strong crossbows.

When melee came, the female troops jointly released Bloodline Pressure, limiting those soldiers' combat power, easily defeating them; ten thousand scattered the hundred-thousand army.

The Demon Race army also dared not clash with them, so both sides tacitly attacked their own Xingqiu, non-interfering, quickly routing the Fire Seal Dynasty's army and emptying those Xingqiu.

Then neither side took anything; after cleaning up the battlefield, they immediately withdrew.

The Fire Seal Dynasty's royal family members also understood that this was Ye Liuyun warning them: as long as they did not bow and surrender, they should not even think of retaking those Xingqiu.

However, they felt that with those Demon Race blocking the front, they did not have to immediately retake those Xingqiu; they simply stayed put, waiting for Ye Liuyun and the Demon Race to fight.

The Demon Race, through this battle, also felt that Ye Liuyun's army was not coming to aid the Huo Yin Star System, so it

They, as long as they did not clash with Ye Liuyun, Ye Liuyun would not attack them.

Thus, after a few days, emboldened, they dispatched a hundred-thousand-strong army to continue attacking the Xingqiu occupied by the Fire Seal Dynasty, wanting to see Ye Liuyun's reaction.

And indeed, Ye Liuyun's army took no action at all—neither striking at the army they dispatched, nor seizing the opportunity to assault the city.

The units the Demon Race sent out also dared not linger; after a strike, they gathered some corpses and withdrew.

Ye Liuyun's army instead reinforced its Defense Array and rested in place. Some soldiers practiced with strong crossbows; Ye Tiandao's female troops recovered their True Essence, while the Demon Race Army utilized the received resources to cultivate.

Only Jiang Yuanhai's three armies were engaged in defense and preparation; occasionally they would dispatch one army to use firepower war chariots to strike the Demon Race's Defense Array, provoking them.

The Demon Race had also once sent ordinary soldiers to fight them, but the firepower war chariots' power was too great, causing massive Demon Race casualties, after which they no longer came out to engage.

After the Demon Race had held out for a while, with resources dwindling, they again, emboldened, dispatched an army to attack the remaining Xingqiu of the Huo Yin Star System.

On Ye Liuyun's side, not only did they not send troops, but even Jiang Yuanhai halted his attacks on the Demon Race's defenses, as if deliberately letting them assault the Fire Seal Dynasty.

This time, the Demon Race did not immediately withdraw either; instead, boldly, they wiped out a resisting force and then began killing Human Martial Cultivators everywhere.

They also kept watch on Ye Liuyun's side; only after their army had withdrawn back and indeed saw no movement from Ye Liuyun's side did they finally relax completely.

And after they withdrew, Jiang Yuanhai again led troops to continue attacking their Defense Array.

"Their intentions are obvious. They are not here to help the Fire Seal Dynasty! Humans have never been united. It seems even if we exterminate all the Fire Seal Dynasty's people, they still will not intervene!" The opposing Demon Race Grand Leader made that judgment.

At this point, Ye Liuyun had already conducted experiments on the captured Demon Race prisoners. These Demon Race individuals had all undergone the Nine Nether Prelude's baptism, so his Nine Nether Prelude had limited effect on them—at most it could prevent them from attacking himself.

The Demon Race still had three hundred thousand well-equipped, strong troops; they definitely could not launch a direct hard assault. Moreover, now going head-to-head with the Demon Race army, they also had to watch out for the Fire Seal Dynasty behind them.

Thus Yu Xiaofeng then ordered the army only to standoff, not to attack, letting the Demon Race army wear down the local Martial Cultivators. The Fire Seal Dynasty's remaining Xingqiu are dwindling; they likely cannot hold out much longer. If they do not fight desperately, they will be annihilated.

When the Demon Race army saw them sortie, Ye Liuyun's army remained still, their boldness growing; not long after, they dispatched two forces of a hundred thousand each equipped with strong crossbows to attack two Fire Seal Dynasty Xingqiu respectively.