Chapter 1730 - 1713: Crossing the Battlefield
An Invincible Spirit Rank expert, Blue Demon, suppresses a star domain, exerting dominance over all directions. Even the notorious boundary bandits dare not act recklessly within the Blue Demon Star Domain.
Yet this time, these boundary bandits risked such peril, stirring up conflict within the Blue Demon Star Domain, which defies logic.
Even a fool could guess that these boundary bandits definitely have ulterior motives.
However, despite several years of war breaking out, there has been no definitive conclusion regarding the intentions of these boundary bandits.
Xiao Ye never expected that as soon as he set foot on the battlefield, he’d receive relevant information.
"Speak!"
Xiao Ye stared at the two Spirit Kings in front of him.
"Xiao Ye Spirit King, we’ll tell you, but you must promise to let us go..." Xiong Feng hurriedly said.
However, his words were coolly interrupted by Xiao Ye.
"You are in no position to negotiate with me now."
"Even if you don’t tell me, I simply need to lock onto the Demon Weapon, and I will naturally learn the treasure’s secret. It’s your choice."
Xiao Ye said indifferently.
"I... I’ll speak!" Xiong Feng gritted his teeth and retrieved a Jade Scroll from the Space Ring, tossing it to Xiao Ye.
"Is this a map?" Xiao Ye accepted the Jade Scroll and released his Spiritual Sense, revealing a vast starry sky map that appeared before his eyes.
Starry sky maps in the Three Thousand Great Realms are mostly made from Jade Scrolls. By releasing Spiritual Sense, you can explore them conveniently.
"This map was a loot we retrieved from a group of boundary bandits, which is the reason these bandits ravage the Blue Demon Star Domain."
"Now famous boundary bandits within the Blue Demon Star Domain have almost all emerged, coming specifically for the treasure of this map."
"But what exactly the locations on the starry sky map are, no one can say for certain," Xiong Feng confessed with a bitter smile.
Even among the boundary bandits, few possess this starry sky map; they obtained it purely by chance.
As for their own Spirit Kings within the Blue Demon Spirit Army, the number of holders is even more scarce.
They initially planned to deal with Wu Guang, earn sufficient war merits, and then follow the Demon Weapon, but didn’t expect Xiao Ye to appear halfway.
Faced with Xiao Ye’s threat, they had no choice but to reveal everything they knew.
After learning everything, Xiao Ye didn’t immediately kill them but instead restricted the actions of these two Spirit Kings, casting them towards Wu Guang’s lair.
The outcome, whether life or death, relied on their own fortune.
Along with Wu Guang being killed by Xiao Ye, his subordinate boundary bandits scattered like a falling tree, pursued for tens of thousands of miles by the Eighth Series Blue Demon Spirit Army, abandoning their armor.
On this Ancient Star, corpses were piled up everywhere.
The Eighth Series Blue Demon Spirit Army was exceptionally fierce, with their strength soaring after cultivating the Ten Thousand Army Strategy, losing only a thousand warriors.
As for the Spirit Army led by Ma Mengyou, the losses were severe, dropping from a million to fifty thousand, even with Xiao Ye’s timely arrival.
"Xiao Ye Spirit King, regarding the treasure, I won’t involve myself."
"Rest assured, I will treat this matter as unknown and won’t mention it to anyone else."
Seeing Xiao Ye obtain the starry sky map firsthand, Ma Mengyou wasn’t tempted at all and instead wore a helpless smile.
In this battle against Wu Guang and the boundary bandits he led, he realized his own inadequacies deeply and that his Spirit Army suffered heavy losses. Even if there really is a treasure, it’s unlikely to fall to him.
"Very well!"
Xiao Ye nodded.
If the starry sky map in his hand is real and if the Demon Weapon has already headed there, the ensuing battle will be intense, and he likely won’t have time to worry about others.
"Wu Guang was killed by you, and so were these boundary bandits by your Spirit Army. A substantial portion of the rich war merits belongs to you."
"I’ll return to the Spirit Capital now and handle the war merits for you."
After speaking, Ma Mengyou set out with the Spirit Army under his command.
Killing boundary bandits can establish war merit, but you must return to the Battle Merit Tower in the Spirit Capital for the transaction. The Battle Merit Tower naturally has formidable means to confirm this.
"Let’s head out as well!"
Xiao Ye’s eyes flashed with determination as he led the Eighth Series Blue Demon Spirit Army aboard the Flying Warship, then into the vast starry sky.
"Heh heh, didn’t expect following Xiao Ye Spirit King this time would yield such big results."
"The gains are indeed huge, perhaps we might even get some treasure."
"Remember, we mustn’t let this leak; otherwise, when the Five Law Enforcement Envoys arrive, it won’t be our turn."
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The three Army Commanders beside Xiao Ye wore faces full of anticipation.
This starry sky is the area ravaged by boundary bandits, where many Spirit Kings are intercepting them, turning the conflict into a Nine-layered Heaven-level battlefield.
Along the way, Xiao Ye surveyed the scene, with Ancient Stars shattered and many corpses floating in the starry sky.
Clearly, Xiong Feng Spirit King hadn’t deceived him; the starry sky map he held is seldom seen even among boundary bandits, who search the star domain like headless flies.
News of Xiao Ye entering the battlefield spread like a storm.
Yet afterward, Xiao Ye and the Eighth Series Blue Demon Spirit Army didn’t make overly dazzling moves.
They avoided direct confrontations with boundary bandits, progressing at full speed!
As a result, the attention from many Spirit Kings gradually turned to cold sneers and ridicule.
Without establishing war merits on the battlefield, is Xiao Ye lacking strength or just scared?
Unfortunately, they failed to notice that the Eighth Series Blue Demon Spirit Army under Xiao Ye’s command quietly passed through the fiercest zones of conflict.
In a blink, three months passed.
"Indeed, the Demon Weapon is no longer in this area, and some strong bandits have also left. Otherwise, traversing this battlefield wouldn’t have been easy."
Standing on the deck, Xiao Ye took out the Spirit King Order and viewed the War Merit List.
Xiao Ye ranked tenth on the War Merit List, with 1.2 million!
Although this war merit is impressive, other Spirit Kings haven’t been idle, continuously accumulating war merits.
For instance, the Demon Weapon now holds a staggering war merit of 2 million, ranking first among many Spirit Kings, second only to the Five Law Enforcement Envoys.
"Killing Wu Guang and so many boundary bandits under him only increased my war merit by 150,000," Xiao Ye remarked with a slight, bitter smile.
During these three months, he also killed some boundary bandits, but since he didn’t return for war merit transactions, the 150,000 increase was due to Wu Guang’s death.
The speed of establishing war merits by killing boundary bandits is far slower than collecting Purple Light Stone Milk.
"But no matter," Xiao Ye glanced at the starry sky map, his eyes burning with intensity.
Since obtaining this starry sky map, establishing war merits has been secondary; his goal is the treasure depicted in the map!
Over these three months, he led his Spirit Army following the map’s target, now traversing the entire battlefield, almost leaving this starry sky engulfed by war.
With many Spirit Kings preoccupied with intercepting boundary bandits to earn war merits, alongside his deliberate low-profile actions, who would notice him?
"If I’m correct, in three days, we’ll reach our destination, and then I’ll meet the Demon Weapon," Xiao Ye murmured as he gazed at the vast starry sky ahead.