Chapter 3498: Target of the Grand Army

Half a day later, Ye Liuyun was beaten until his body was covered in scars and drenched in blood, and the Martial Cultivators inside the Mineral Vein were completely slain by him, so he had to stop.

Afterwards he began to clean the battlefield and gather resources. Many of the ore the Sun family had excavated but not yet moved also went to Ye Liuyun.

He also collected the massive corpses and gave them to the Death Legion's Qingfeng Wolf as food and cultivation resources.

After this frenzied battle, Ye Liuyun's mood became much smoother.

When Ye Liuyun returned to rejoin the large army, the subjugation of over thirty‑thousand prisoners had already been finished.

Ye Tiandao had these people sign loyalty contracts, then brought them all into the Space World. The soldiers were rushing to cultivate and recover, preparing for the next battle.

After returning, Ye Liuyun showed no abnormality, speaking to the crowd as usual, and treating Chen Yueying with no special expression.

He also ordered Peng Lie to bring all the Martial Cultivator experts to join the next battle, lest the Death Legion suffer excessive casualties. In that battle the Death Legion lost over three hundred people, more than half of the participants.

The Demon Race army also lost several thousand, but because the Demon Race has many soldiers they did not mind the loss. However, the Death Legion only has a hundred thousand in total, and each soldier is extremely precious to him.

After returning, Ye Liuyun did not immediately dispatch troops again, but instead refined the Jade Divine Bone on the spot. This time he refined the Jade Divine Bone up to the head and neck, protecting the most vital parts.

The Artifact Refining Master he captured was named Sun Yuntong, who is well known throughout the Central Region's imperial lands. At the Taixu Liu Chong realm one can forge eighth‑grade weapons and treasures.

Ye Liuyun immediately put him to use, having him upgrade Long Nv's Panlong Staff first. Then all other people's weapons and armor were upgraded as well. Afterwards he temporarily had him teach higher‑level refining methods to Tianhuo Laozu, Tong Xin and others.

Sun Yuntong accelerated the forging of weapons and treasures inside Ye Liuyun's Space World, while more than forty days passed outside. Moreover, Ye Liuyun often helped him refine some materials with flame, saving him a lot of time.

When everyone's weapons and armor had basically been upgraded to Seventh Tier, Qi Tianlin's injuries also early

had already healed, he then led everyone to rush to the next city.

Qi Tianlin was also assigned to Ye Tiandao, letting him join the Death Legion, training together with the newly recruited prisoners, familiarizing himself with the training process; thereafter the task of training new soldiers was all handed to him, so he wouldn't die on the battlefield again.

When Yu Xiaofeng, Pei Yong and others also broke through to the Taixu realm, Pei Yong would also help guide Qi Tianlin in managing the Reinforcement Troops.

In the next two battles, although the Death Legion achieved victory, acquiring massive cultivation resources and capturing nearly one hundred thousand prisoners, over a thousand soldiers also perished.

If this result were achieved by other armies, they'd be ecstatic, but Ye Liuyun was not satisfied.

He immediately ordered Ye Tiandao to train troops: "Let the units all return to cultivate, and after raising their realms, go out to fight again; open the resources for them to draw on. Those Reinforcement Troops can be given simple drills; the qualified soldiers selected will be added to the army."

Afterwards, he seized the entire planet. The planet contained many Mineral Vein resources usable for refining, and Ye Liuyun did not want to leave them to the Sun family.

Some scattered Martial Cultivators were thrown into the Xingkong. Ye Liuyun was too lazy to chase them, and simply boarded the fastest Flying Boat, continuing forward to search for suitable planets.

In the following two months, they actually encountered three relatively suitable planets. However, because the Death Legion was still cultivating, and when the Demon Race army emerged, the Martial Cultivators fought to the death against the Demon Race.

Thus after several great battles, the Demon Race's massive army suffered over ten thousand casualties. Yet resources were abundant, even enough to reserve for the Demon Race that was about to break through.

The Martial Cultivators around Ye Liuyun now number only over forty, all among the strongest.

The Monster Beasts fought with great relish, participating in every battle. Chen Yueying also fought each time, and whatever Ye Liuyun commanded, she executed without objection or hesitation. Ye Liuyun was quite pleased with her progress.

Chen Yueying learned alongside Lei Ming and other Monster Beasts; in combat she doesn't think at all, just like the beasts—whatever Ye Liuyun commands, she fights.

But what makes her stronger than the Monster Beasts is that after each battle she reviews the entire fight, and if there are parts she doesn't understand, she seeks advice from Ye Tiandao and others.

Therefore she

her progress is also rapid; many times when Ye Liuyun issues a command, she can already guess his intention. Moreover, she increasingly admires Ye Liuyun, finding him thorough, bold yet meticulous, and far‑sighted. Almost before each battle she has already considered most of the issues.

Yet she truly witnessed the cruelty of war; every battle left corpses strewn everywhere. She also learned that once fighting starts, it's hard for either side to decide when to stop.

Only when most of the soldiers who had emerged from the Death Legion had advanced to the Second Layer of Taixu did Ye Liuyun let them strike again, seizing a city on a planet and temporarily camping there while awaiting more soldiers to break through to the Taixu realm.

The Demon Race's massive army was the same; many Demon soldiers broke through their realms, and soon the number of soldiers ready for battle reached one hundred thousand.

"After you few break through your realms, I will hand this place over to them and take the Demon Race to the Southern Region's dynasty for a raid."

Ye Liuyun was also discussing with Yu Xiaofeng and others what preparations needed to be made in advance.

The Death Legion's soldiers who have broken through realms are also increasing, reaching over thirty thousand, currently in the adaptation phase. This number is already considerable, though their combat power is still weak.

"With this strength, fighting these scattered planets is manageable. Once we reach other major star systems beyond the domain, it will probably be insufficient!" Yu Xiaofeng analyzed.

Ye Liuyun nodded: "Hmm, then we'll rest here, and once these soldiers have adapted, we'll go attack more planets, conscript, continue sweeping the outer domains, and when our strength is sufficient, launch a counter‑offensive against the Western Region's dynasty."

"Not bad, the Western Region's strength seems not hard to defeat. It's just uncertain whether their other dynasties will send reinforcements then." Yu Xiaofeng concurred with Ye Liuyun's idea.

Ye Liuyun suggested: "We'll see then. I can go back to scout and provide you with information, and also take a look at the Demon Race. Since we've set our main base beyond the domain, we can attack when we advance, defend when we retreat. If it doesn't work, we'll withdraw."

Thus the several Leaders temporarily set this goal. Their objective is known only to those Leaders and will not be disclosed in advance.