Chapter 3853: Blood‑Stained Battle Garb

Ye Liuyun and his group were not idle on the road; just a few days after setting out, they encountered a reinforcing army. Apparently the great city had already received the message.

The force numbered over twenty thousand, and its strength was comparable to the previous garrison.

They came up and surrounded Ye Liuyun and his companions, asked no reason, and charged straight ahead.

Ye Liuyun naturally would not tolerate their mistake. He also released the Dragon Beast and Little Witch, letting them fight freely to gather resources.

Just as they finished wiping out those soldiers, hundreds of Cave Heaven Realm Martial Cultivators arrived.

Ye Liuyun and his group fought a bloody battle all the way, giving everyone a satisfying fight.

At this time inside the great city, the City Lord, upon learning that neither the army nor the Martial Cultivators could stop Ye Liuyun's party, immediately requested aid from the dynasty, portraying Ye Liuyun's group as allies of the Demon Race.

Because several Demon Beasts were among Ye Liuyun's ranks, they were at once labeled a Demon Race gang that threatened the entire Xing Xi, drawing the dynasty's attention, which began mobilizing troops and gathering Martial Cultivators to support the city's defense and interception.

Ye Liuyun didn't mind; day after day he kept advancing amid bloody battles.

When exhausted from fighting, he let Magic Vine and the Kuailei defend while he led everyone in cultivation to recover, then fought again.

Ye Liuyun and the Clone Puppet also began fighting with swords, because the number of Cave Heaven Realm strong opponents they had to face kept growing.

They cultivated Soul resources and harvested plenty, to the point they couldn't use them all. His Soul Refining Cauldron ran nonstop each day. Not only the Souls he captured needed condensing; everyone else likewise required refining into Soul Sources.

The Dragon Beast and Little Witch have already begun being picky about the resources they obtain, turning away those of lower realms. Only Magic Vine is indiscriminate; any energy it can absorb, the more the better.

Everyone's bodies were splattered with blood. Even the beauty‑loving women were too lazy to change. After so many battles, swapping several outfits a day became a hassle for them.

The Monster Beasts simply stayed in their true forms, too lazy to shift into humanoid shapes.

By the time they reached that great city, the city was already filled with Martial Cultivators sent to reinforce them, and outside lay a two‑hundred‑thousand‑strong army ready to encircle them.

"Why does no one ask us why they're blood‑sweeping that small city? Is the whole dynasty in league with those bandits?" Liang Xue was very puzzled by their actions.

Ye Liuyun merely gave a helpless smile.

"They think that although our combat power is strong, we're few in number, so they can defeat us.

Do you believe that if I now release Skeleton Soldiers, or let Zhan Kong and other Cultivation Realm Kuailei act, they'll immediately send someone to negotiate peace?"

"If we can beat them, we'll fight; if not, we'll reason," Liang Xue confirmed with Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun nodded, then told everyone: "We'll charge straight into the city and set up Defense Arrays inside, letting them besiege us!"

"Alright!" the group replied, readying for battle.

"Charge!"

Seeing everyone equipped, Ye Liuyun immediately ordered the Clone Puppet, leading some Cave Heaven Realm Kuailei ahead to clear a path, while the Demon Blade slashed with full force, cutting the city gate open.

Ye Liuyun led the Monster Beasts and the women right behind, charging back into the city. Zhan Kong and the Formation Master concealed their aura, following at the rear.

As for Hou Yunfeng, Ye Liuyun never let him emerge. His aura was so strong that any move would reveal they had Cultivation Realm strongmen.

"Let them come in and die!"

The defending City Lord hadn't expected them to dare charge into the city, but since they came to die, he naturally didn't block them.

Thus the defending soldiers and Martial Cultivators barely intercepted, allowing Ye Liuyun's group to storm the city, only acting when they reached near the city's central district.

On Ye Liuyun's side, the Formation Master had already set up Defense Arrays and kept adding more layers of ground arrays, no longer fearing their siege.

The City Lord also sent several Martial Cultivators with strong Spatial Power, attempting to breach the arrays from the void, but without Zhan Kong's intervention, the Clone Puppet eliminated those strong ones in the void.

Ye Liuyun's current Spatial Power was not at all intimidated by the Spatial Power of Cave Heaven Realm strongmen. If his own strength were insufficient, he wouldn't need the Clone Puppet to act.

The City Lord then felt some regret, not expecting they had such a powerful Formation Master, but now could only let the others keep besieging, having no better solution.

Their Formation Master's speed at breaking formations was still slower than the opponent's Formation Master's speed at setting them up.

Ye Liuyun's group occupied advantageous terrain, forcing the enemy to keep besieging. Whenever they paused, he had the Formation Master expand the array's range, inch by inch outward.

The City Lord feared the entire city would be enveloped by Ye Liuyun's tactics, so he dared not relax, rotating Martial Cultivators and the army to attack.

Ye Liuyun's side would go out to fight after resting enough, and return to rest when tired, allowing continuous combat.

Aside from Zhan Kong and the Formation Master, the other Kuailei also joined the fight, targeting only late‑stage Cave Heaven Realm Martial Cultivators.

The number of Martial Cultivators inside the city was sharply decreasing, and the soldiers' numbers were also dwindling.

Lei Ming, Zhu Que, Chi Lian, Magic Vine, Dragon Beast and other Monster Beasts could circle around and drain massive soldier life, causing heavy losses to the army.

The City Lord's complexion turned extremely grim; he hadn't expected these people to be so hard to kill—none had been seriously wounded yet, while his side suffered heavy casualties.

But the city was his, and he couldn't abandon it. While he was in a dilemma, he finally received the dynasty's order to retreat.

"Using demons to counter demons? That's a good method!"

He praised it with a sigh and ordered all Martial Cultivators and soldiers to withdraw outside the city.

"Huh? Why are they running?"

The Monster Beasts, who had been enjoying the fight, noticed them withdrawing toward the outskirts.

"They're abandoning the city?"

The women were also curious.

"I guess they're about to send stronger forces and made these withdraw because they're a nuisance!" Ye Liuyun analyzed.

He already suspected that they intended to unleash monsters against him. If they were Martial Cultivator strongmen, the forces inside the city wouldn't need to retreat.

He immediately recalled the Dragon Beast, ordering it to gather Demon Humans, preparing to go out to acquire resources.

Since the opponent intends to release Demon Beasts, he'll retaliate in kind.

The Dragon Beast recently brought many corpses back to those Demon Humans, who had been coveting them; hearing that resources could be obtained, they promptly gathered eagerly, awaiting orders.

Ye Liuyun led everyone to immediately begin city defense, having the Formation Master use arrays to envelop the entire city, and letting Magic Vine spread vines throughout to re‑inspect for any overlooked details.

The Demon King and Bà Tiān also released their Yin Souls to assist in the search, capturing any missed Yin Souls.

The Demon Human army was released and gathered together on standby.