Chapter 3918: Drawing Attention

Ye Liuyun had the artist set up a large Defense Array.

To deal with the nearby garrison, the Defense Array and Skeleton Soldiers were already sufficient.

The busiest were the Magic Vine and the Sealing Demon Tablet, which harvested abundant resources each battle.

Their combined strength rose another layer, reaching the level of Hédào Wǔchóng, and the Magic Vine also stored a lot of energy, now they can't even absorb it all.

Other Monster Beasts act according to the situation; when their cultivation gets stagnant they go out to move around.

Each battle seemed sizable; nearby reinforcements arrived in hundreds of thousands, yet most fights were handled by the Skeleton Soldiers.

Ye Liuyun, seeing no Hédào Jìngjiè strong ones arriving, guessed that the Faction intended to keep them here with these troops until stronger reinforcements arrived.

But he calculated the time; at least two or three months before the opponent's true strong ones could arrive, so there was no rush.

After waiting over a month, the Faction's main army dwindled, reinforcements from nearby Xing Xi were nearly exhausted, and he suddenly left, rushing toward the surrounding star systems.

Now the surrounding star systems had no troops to block, only local evil creatures could organize a counterattack. Ye Liuyun's side found it much easier; a thousand Skeleton Soldiers could breach their defenses.

They also suddenly accelerated, finishing one Xing Xi and immediately rushing to the next, with routes chosen arbitrarily, striking wherever they thought of.

Lei Ming each time emerged to continue capturing evil creature prisoners, eventually swapping all Hédào Yīchóng captives and handing them to the clone. The clone then had more than twenty Hédào Yīchóng evil creatures, releasing them each battle to aid the fight.

Just these twenty‑some Hédào Jìngjiè evil creatures acting together could severely damage the defensive forces of each Xing Xi.

They quickly swept three more Xing Xi, and even the Demon Race received the news, drawing attention.

"They really came to the Western Region, and caused such a big commotion!"

Yan Tang also excitedly reported to the Clan Chief.

Clan Chief Fan Tian warned Yan Tang: "Those not of our kind surely have ulterior motives. Their strength is too great; you must be more vigilant, find a way to obtain useful things from them to boost our Demon Race's power."

However, they can share our pressure, which is a good thing; many large armies from the Eastern Region heading to the front line have been drawn away by them, making things much easier for us.

These aren't enough. I estimate the Faction has another way to deal with them; otherwise their front‑line strong ones wouldn't all be holding back.

Yan Tang also agreed and withdrew, hoping inside that Ye Liuyun would push harder to attract those evil creature strong ones as well.

Ye Liuyun's side has been much quieter lately, with no Faction troops disturbing them.

He calculated the time, felt the opponent would arrive soon, and gathered the Sealing Demon Tablet and Magic Vine, having them quickly refine the absorbed energy, preparing for a great battle.

Monster Beasts and those around him rarely acted; only the women, under the clone's protection, led Skeleton Soldiers to sweep some planets for practice.

Ye Liuyun also personally went into Xingkong to observe passing Warships and Flying Boats, watching the Faction's movements.

Mo Yuhan led fifty thousand Evil Cult Army, along with over three hundred Hédào Sānchóng and Hédào Sìchóng strong ones, almost bringing all the guardian power of the old nest.

Now inside the old nest, aside from a few Elders digging, only one Hédào Sixth Stage strong one is secluded for cultivation.

These fifty thousand Evil Cult Army were almost all at Dòngtiān Jiǔchóng and Hédào Yīchóng levels. Their strength was already terrifying.

They rode Warships straight to Ye Liuyun's base, with no concealment at all.

Before they arrived, Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil had already spotted them.

"These people's combat power isn't weak at all; there are also over twenty Three‑eyed Evil Creatures and Red‑armored Evil Creatures, some are hard to deal with!"

Ye Liuyun immediately guessed these were the Faction's Trump Card.

Moreover, they are living beings with decent intellect; in battle they'll be far more agile than Skeleton Soldiers, which lose any advantage.

Moreover, the opponent's camp has many Faction strong ones, whose Spatial Power is certainly strong; if he rashly takes the Monster Beasts out, they might not be able to guard them.

"Deploy the Hédào Wǔchóng and Hédào Sānchóng Skeletons, then use Time Power to ambush several of their strong ones and the army leaders, causing internal chaos," the clone suggested.

"Well, since they've taken out their trump cards, if we want to confront them we must also show some power. But we can't reveal everything."

"We need to make them think they still have a chance to fight us, so they'll keep sending troops here; otherwise they'll, like last time, surrender outright."

Ye Liuyun and the clone discussed how much power was needed to be on par with the opponent, and also to keep them at a disadvantage.

Finally they decided to send fifty Hédào Wǔchóng and three hundred Hédào Sānchóng Kuailei, and of course all Hédào Yīchóng Skeleton Soldiers must join the battle.

The rest were left to Ye Liuyun, the clone, the Sealing Demon Tablet and the Magic Vine. Lei Ming, Long Nv, Nine‑headed Demon Dragon, as well as Hou Yunfeng, Qi Yue and Qi Heng stayed within the Formation.

Lei Ming first released evil creatures to fight, using Dragon Soul together with Zhenmo Tower to capture nearby Faction strong ones. Hou Yunfeng and others provided ranged attacks.

After the arrangement, Ye Liuyun had the artist set up the Defense Array, then released all the Skeleton Soldiers.

The Skeleton Soldiers in his hand totaled less than seven thousand; many had suffered battle damage and were not repaired.

Sun Que would no longer forge such low‑level Kuailei; he plans to exhaust these before crafting higher‑level Skeleton Kuailei.

After Mo Yuhan landed with the Evil Cult Army, he also learned Ye Liuyun's side's strength.

"Only seven thousand Kuailei, not our opponents!"

He didn't regard those Kuailei highly. His Evil Cult Army's strength could indeed crush those Skeleton Soldiers.

However, he arranged the battle cautiously, not rushing to attack; instead he first sent a squad of soldiers with some strong ones to probe the situation.

Ye Liuyun immediately activated Time Power, freezing time and summoning a Time River.

The star‑bright Time River was far brighter than the one he previously summoned, showing his Time Power had indeed increased considerably.

But because the opponent had too many strong ones, to be safe he borrowed some Chaotic Azure Lotus power before acting.

He didn't strike directly at Mo Yuhan; instead he first acted on a Faction strong one beside Mo Yuhan, using Soul Search to learn about these people and the army's origins.

"It turns out they're the Clan Chief and the guardian forces!"

After Ye Liuyun placed a Slave Seal on that strong one, he no longer attacked Mo Yuhan.

If Mo Yuhan were killed, the Faction without its Clan Chief would likely fall into chaos, giving the Demon Race a chance to profit. So he kept the Clan Chief alive.

Then he also acted on several other Faction strong ones, even placing Slave Seals on those Three‑eyed Evil Creatures.