Lord of All Gods

After Ye Liuyun and the others finished clearing the battlefield, they immediately gathered the entire army into their respective space worlds and hurried toward their target planet. They released the Death Legion, which soon captured another planet and temporarily used it as a foothold.

The demon army, meanwhile, marched out in full force. After occupying the planets they had abandoned, they once again began devising a plan to completely encircle the planet where Ye Liuyun was stationed.

𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

“How much longer until you arrive?” Ye Liuyun and Yu Xiaofeng also contacted Jiang Yuanhai and the others.

“Two more days!” Jiang Yuanhai replied with certainty.

“That’s enough time! Even if we rely on the formations to delay them, we can hold them off for two days!” Ye Liuyun reassured Yu Xiaofeng, then had Qiong Qi and the other formation masters set up defensive formations around the army’s camp.

The Death Legion, the puppets, and the black-armored soldiers were all released to guard the camp. The demon army, meanwhile, was reorganized within the First Clone’s Spatial World. The female soldiers focused on restoring their true essence as quickly as possible.

Ye Liuyun also returned to the clone’s Spatial World and began dealing with the soul power they had acquired.

He had kept that soul power in reserve instead of absorbing it directly. Now, he divided it into two batches and sent them into the Soul Refining Cauldron, refining them into two slightly weaker soul origins. He then handed them over to the soul origins of his two clones to envelop and assimilate.

Since these soul origins were not of the same origin as his own soul power, refining them would likely take longer. In any case, the clones’ soul origins could slowly refine them whenever the clones were not needed in battle. During combat, they could simply enter Ye Liuyun’s sea of consciousness, so this would not interfere with anything.

The demonic energy carried within those soul origins was all absorbed by the First Clone, allowing him to refine a soul origin imbued with demonic energy.

Leiming, the Nine-Headed Demon Dragon, and the Demon Lion went to Heishan and asked for quite a few demon soldiers who had been eliminated. They extracted the soldiers’ souls and, together with all the demon souls the demonic beasts had helped them collect from the battlefield, placed them in the Soul Refining Cauldron to refine a powerful soul origin for each of themselves.

From then on, they could slowly nurture and assimilate them in their seas of consciousness. Once the refining was complete, Ye Liuyun would no longer need to worry about the soul power of the three of them.

The demonic beasts were on good terms with one another now, so they first cooperated with the three demon beasts to enhance their soul power. Any soul power absorbed afterward would be distributed among the other demonic beasts. The other beasts would absorb the soul power, while the three demon beasts would absorb only the demonic energy.

“Next time, capture some demon souls for Fei’er too, so she can refine a soul origin.”

Ye Liuyun had not forgotten that Lin Feier, among his women, was also a demonic cultivator. There were others who cultivated Buddhist-Demonic power as well, and they could all use the Soul Refining Cauldron to absorb and refine it.

So he emptied several Soul-Sealing Beads and gave them to some black-armored elite soldiers with powerful soul power, instructing them to capture more demon soldiers’ souls during their next battle.

Two days later, Jiang Yuanhai and Xiao Heng’s army of five hundred thousand had already drawn near the star system. Ye Liuyun told them to wait where they were and observe the demon army’s movements before deciding what to do.

Both he and Yu Xiaofeng estimated that the demon army might make a major move this time. From what they had observed, the remaining one and a half million demon soldiers were all actively preparing for battle.

All the shields and other defensive weapons capable of withstanding bombardment from the firepower battle wagons had been distributed among the various armies.

“If they attack with their entire force, how long can we hold out?” Yu Xiaofeng asked the formation masters and the others.

According to everyone’s final calculations, the formations and all the firepower battle wagons could withstand one uninterrupted day of attacks from the one and a half million demon soldiers. Ye Liuyun would also need to help deal with some of the demon experts at the peak of the Ninth Stage.

“One day will be enough for Jiang Yuanhai and Xiao Heng’s armies to launch a surprise attack and open a breach for us. We’ll withdraw if we can’t hold out, depending on the situation,” Ye Liuyun suggested.

“Yes. I just hope this surprise attack can kill enough of the demon army. Otherwise, the next battle will still be difficult.” Yu Xiaofeng was not worried that the surprise attack would fail. He was worried that it would have too little effect.

“When the time comes, I’ll also lead the female soldiers and black-armored soldiers to support them,” Ye Liuyun volunteered.

“Then we’ll defend our position for now. But the black-armored soldiers must be held back until the very end. If the situation changes, we can rely on them to fight our way out,” Yu Xiaofeng said, still exercising some caution.

Ye Liuyun agreed. After they finished discussing the plan, he returned to resume his accelerated cultivation.

Two days later, the demon army finally finished preparing and advanced toward the planet where they were stationed. This time, they moved forward in dispersed formations.

The Great Commander of the demon army led five hundred thousand soldiers straight toward their camp. The remaining one million soldiers advanced to encircle them directly, with some groups moving in forces of one hundred thousand and others in forces of two hundred thousand.

Yu Xiaofeng immediately called Ye Liuyun over to confirm the attack plan with him.

“Have Jiang Yuanhai’s three hundred thousand soldiers attack the five hundred thousand troops under their Great Commander directly from behind. Once those five hundred thousand troops are thrown into chaos, you’ll lead the female soldiers and demonic beasts in a frontal assault.

“Xiao Heng and Li Zhaoyuan’s two hundred thousand soldiers will launch a surprise attack on the two-hundred-thousand-strong force to our left. The puppets will coordinate with them in a pincer attack. We’ll decide how to deploy the black-armored soldiers at the end, depending on the situation.”

“No problem. Make the arrangements!” Ye Liuyun had no objections and immediately went to make preparations as well.

In the starry sky, the fleets led by Xiao Heng and Jiang Yuanhai also started up and sped off in different directions.

Their warships were fast and were expected to reach the battlefield in half a day. On Ye Liuyun’s side, the Tiger-Headed Beast King also brought out fifty thousand demon soldiers, who used powerful crossbows to help the Death Legion defend the camp.

The formation masters were all inside the main tent, monitoring the formations so they could go out and repair them at any time.

Many tents for the black-armored soldiers had also been erected throughout the army camp. After entering the camp, the black-armored soldiers even dispatched patrols to prevent enemy experts from launching a surprise attack.

The demon army’s one and a half million soldiers surrounded Ye Liuyun and the others in the center, their demonic energy roiling. Moreover, there were fifty thousand demon soldiers in Ye Liuyun’s camp as well, so the demonic energy merged into a continuous expanse across the sky. From a distance, it was impossible to distinguish the two armies’ exact positions with the naked eye.

Only Ye Liuyun and the others, with their Golden Eyes, could clearly distinguish how many demon soldiers were gathered in each location.

Once the demon army had all taken position, it did not wait any longer and immediately launched its charge. First, several thousand-man units advanced with their shields raised to test the waters, but they fell into the formations from every direction and were completely wiped out in less than fifteen minutes.

Next, the various armies advanced together and bombarded the formations. Inside Ye Liuyun’s camp, the firepower battle wagons also opened fire, shooting down some of the approaching demon soldiers.

The battle between the two sides officially began. As the attacking force, the demon army naturally suffered heavy casualties at the outset. But the Great Commander of the demon army was determined to annihilate Ye Liuyun’s force. Even if half the army died here, it was willing to pay that price.