Chapter 3335

"Master, judging by the current situation, we can break through this demon race vanguard and retreat from the other side." Heishan, after observing the battlefield, felt he could wipe out these demon elites, so he suggested to Ye Liuyun.

"No, that would easily let them surround us, and the soldiers' casualties would be too great. You must immediately arrange to fight while cleaning the battlefield, preparing to retreat." Ye Liuyun did not accept Heishan's suggestion; he did not want to incur heavy casualties by taking a risk.

His forces are already few, and he still needs to attack the Holy Demon Star System later; for the sake of a dynasty like the Seal Imprint Star System, he won't have his soldiers die for it.

Moreover, he only wants to inflict heavy damage on the demon army, not to wipe out their main force entirely. Otherwise, this army might flee back to their Holy Demon Star System.

He intends to return about two hundred thousand of the demon army's remaining main force, letting them continue to stalemate with the Seal Imprint Dynasty, making them unwilling to leave here, and wait until Jiang Yuanhai's great army arrives, then wipe them out in one fell swoop.

So he only had Heishan advance while cleaning the battlefield, and also prepare for retreat.

"Yes!" Heishan carried out Ye Liuyun's order without any hesitation.

He had the vanguard continue advancing steadily, while the rear immediately began cleaning the battlefield and gathering resources.

The previous battlefield was littered with corpses; the demon army hadn't had time to clean them up, which conveniently benefited Ye Liuyun's army. The ancient demons following at the rear took advantage to collect all the corpses, weapons, and equipment into their storage rings while moving forward.

After Ye Liuyun waited for the demon armies on both flanks to come around, he also had his clones immediately act, releasing the female soldiers to operate firepower war chariots as a block, supplemented by strong crossbows, to intercept reinforcements as much as possible. At the same time, the clones also released spirit qi giant beasts to disrupt the demon ranks.

He also constantly observed the battlefield's progress, continuously condensing spirit qi giant beasts to slay demon soldiers.

The demon race supreme leader, seeing the flanking reinforcements blocked, also worried that Ye Liuyun's army would directly break through them, so he proactively ordered his troops to retreat.

Ye Liuyun felt they had killed enough; the demon soldiers on that side were left with only about two hundred thousand or so, so he also gave Heishan the order to retreat.

Thus, both demon armies began to withdraw simultaneously, and the empty space in the middle of the battlefield kept growing larger.

The demon armies' flanking reinforcements also halted their charge and began to retreat slowly. Ye Liuyun also did not order the female soldiers to pursue.

Instead, after waiting until the distance between the sides was sufficient, he gathered all his forces into the Space World, released a flying boat, and flew straight away into the distance, letting the demon army watch him leave this battlefield.

The demon supreme leader was also puzzled that Ye Liuyun did not pursue them after his victory. If Ye Liuyun continued to chase them, the flanking reinforcements would again fail to protect them, and that force of over two hundred thousand might truly be annihilated.

After thinking for a long time, it could only conclude that Ye Liuyun did not want to fight them to the death; he was satisfied with his gains and withdrew.

And after Ye Liuyun let the flying boat fly far away, he then recalled the flying boat, used Spatial Power to return to the battlefield, and monitored the demon army's movements.

The demon side merely sent some soldiers to pick up the remaining scarce resources, then returned to their main camp to reorganize those two hundred thousand core fighting forces.

Those two hundred thousand demon soldiers originally belonged to five armies; now they can only be reorganized into two armies of one hundred thousand each.

Azure Wind Wolf

He had his two clones take the female soldiers and rush straight to the Seal Imprint Dynasty to keep an eye on its movements, while he himself remained here to monitor the demon army's movements.

Afterward, if no suitable opportunity arose, he would not act against this demon army again.

Ordinary Martial Cultivator

"These demons are really tough. Even after more than half of their main force has been wiped out, they still keep advancing!" Ye Liuyun inwardly admired the demons' toughness.

But even now their total combat power is only...

Having lost six hundred thousand, the Zhangyin Dynasty is still not their opponent. However, the Demon Race's main army's later battles are all extremely cautious, and the main forces generally will not venture into combat lightly.

The Demon Race's main army is clearly giving the opportunity for refinement to the regular army, directing the acquired resources toward them, hoping to cultivate another elite unit.

Even the original main force, when it goes into battle, only sends out one main force at a time. Even if they fight more slowly, they no longer deploy both main forces.

Next, the Zhangyin Star System continuously organized Martial Cultivators to rush over, and staged several Martial Cultivator counterattacks, all of which ended in failure. M..

Ordinary Martial Cultivators, in front of the large army, even if their strength is slightly higher than the previous soldiers, their combat power is still inferior to those of lower realms. A single barrage of heavy crossbows can kill more than half of them each time.

In the following month, the Demon Race continuously seized Xingqiu after Xingqiu. After occupying each, they did not leave troops to garrison, but instead slaughtered each planet, storing the corpses as food and cultivation resources.

Soon, the Demon Race's main army was already not far from the Zhangyin Royal City.

At that moment, Ye Liuyun also received synchronized information from his clones: the Zhangyin Royal Family had begun to flee in batches.

"Intercept them and annihilate them!"

Ye Liuyun immediately ordered his two clones to act.

The two clones focused on the Flying Boat carrying the prince, princess, and several royal officials; once they entered Xingkong, they conjured a spirit‑energy giant beast to blast the boat apart, then seized all the resources they were carrying.

Each clone was accompanied by five thousand female soldiers; even though the dynasty deployed escort forces, they were no match for these women, becoming merely training partners for them.

The female soldiers fought those people without mounts, without heavy crossbows, and without Bloodline Power, relying solely on their newly enhanced strength to eliminate the escorts.

Through Soul Search, the two clones learned that the remaining protective forces within the Royal Palace were few, so one clone directly launched an attack on the palace, using a spirit‑energy giant beast to wipe out the strong ones, then released five thousand female soldiers.

The Treasure Vault inside the Royal Palace, as well as the Zhangyin King and the remaining royal members who had not yet been evacuated, were all slain, their resources seized, and the corpses fed to the female soldiers' green‑wind wolves.

Once the royal family was annihilated, no one remained to organize Martial Cultivators to sacrifice themselves, so the other Martial Cultivators all withdrew early when the Demon Race was about to launch its attack.

Only a few Martial Cultivators spontaneously organized themselves to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Demon Race's main army, with the strong striking and then retreating, which actually slowed the Demon Race's advance.

Each time the Demon Race captures a Xingqiu, merely eradicating the Martial Cultivators waging guerrilla warfare against them takes even longer. Consequently, more and more Martial Cultivator units adopt this tactic, and the Demon Race's casualties have become greater than before.