Chapter 3330

Before Ye Liuyun had even landed, he saw Li Wufeng waiting in front of the Li family stronghold with a large number of martial cultivators, all prepared for battle.

The other members of the Li family clearly had no intention of fighting. They had distanced themselves from the others and were waiting to watch the spectacle.

Ye Liuyun immediately guessed their intentions, but he would not give Li Wufeng and Li Hongwu the opportunity.

“They still want to fight without taking responsibility! Fat chance!”

He had always believed that if he did not fight, then he would not fight at all—but if he did, he would see it through completely.

Li Wufeng had brought nearly thirty thousand people to block the way. Besides those he had summoned earlier, he had recruited quite a few more from among the martial cultivators who had fled and returned. This was already shaping up to be a major battle.

Ye Liuyun would never let them fight whenever they wanted and then shift all the blame onto the dead after they were defeated.

“Everyone, demons, and feral beast, prepare for battle. This time, we’re going to fight a big one!” Ye Liuyun immediately mobilized everyone as well.

The Li family disciples who had fled back from other places, along with the people managing various Li family businesses, all gathered inside and outside the Li family stronghold. There were over two or three hundred thousand of them in total—a truly considerable number.

Thus, the female soldiers and demon army prepared the artillery chariots and powerful crossbows, while the puppets were fully charged with energy.

Ye Liuyun’s landing point was also not far from the Li family stronghold. He simply did not want to give them a chance to make any further preparations.

As soon as he landed, he released the demon army. The demon army immediately formed a single line, with the energy cannons at the front and the puppets holding powerful crossbows behind them. Behind them were the demons and demi-humans, also holding powerful crossbows.

Among them were sixty thousand demon soldiers who had surrendered and had already been reorganized and fully acclimated. They already knew how to use powerful crossbows, and having them operate this equipment would make it even more formidable. Last came the tall Ancient Demons, bringing up the rear of the army.

Ye Liuyun did not release the female soldiers and feral beast for the time being. Instead, he divided them into two groups. Ye Tiandao and Yueying each led five thousand people, riding Azure Wind Wolves and carrying powerful crossbows, ready to carry out flanking attacks during the battle.

Ye Liuyun also divided the nearly three hundred thousand feral beast into two groups, having them follow the female soldiers to surround and assault the Li family stronghold. During the battle, the demon army would continuously advance from the front. Ye Liuyun led the demons in the center of the army, while his two clones went to the flanks to lead the female soldiers and feral beast respectively.

After arranging everything inside the spatial world, the two clones also appeared and joined Ye Liuyun in keeping an eye on the several powerful sword cultivators.

“Attack!”

At Ye Liuyun’s command, the demon army began beating the war drums for the attack.

“Boom, boom, boom...”

The demon army advanced with orderly footsteps, rumbling forward.

The Li family disciples had never experienced such a formation before, and they were all deeply shaken by its imposing momentum.

When Li Wufeng saw that Ye Liuyun had not moved and was at the very rear of the army, he could not help frowning.

He had thought that the commander of the army would charge at the very front, but he had not expected Ye Liuyun to hide at the back. If he wanted to kill Ye Liuyun in one strike, he would probably have to expend a great many Li family disciples.

But now that the arrow was nocked, he could only call on the disciples to prepare to charge and meet the enemy. He also used his sword intent to rally them, leading the more than thirty thousand people in a charge toward the demon army.

“Roar!”

After seeing that the distance between the two sides was close enough, Heishan, the commander of the demon army, immediately ordered the energy cannons to begin firing.

The bombardment of the energy cannons actually included Li Wufeng in its range. One of the energy cannons blasted at him several times in succession, forcing him back instantly.

Under those few blasts, he had already unleashed his strongest sword intent and true essence to resist them, barely managing to block them. Otherwise, that attack alone could have taken his life.

When he looked at the martial cultivators around him, he saw that they were in a miserable state. The artillery chariots had blown a large swath of them apart, sending mangled corpses and blood flying in every direction.

The artillery chariots had not finished firing. They continued advancing while bombarding the enemy. The martial cultivators under Li Wufeng had never witnessed such a chaotic scene, and under the dense barrage of energy cannons, they began turning around and fleeing one after another.

“Haha, what a bunch of useless fools! I thought they were so brave, but they’re already running away! Pursue them!”

Ye Liuyun could not help laughing from the rear. He had not expected these martial cultivators, who were usually so arrogant and overbearing, to be so utterly vulnerable now.

The demon army immediately increased its advance, chasing after those martial cultivators and bombarding them. The martial cultivators were in complete disarray, and Li Wufeng could not call them back no matter how much he shouted.

Li Wufeng was helpless as well. Several artillery chariots were focusing their fire on him, leaving him able only to defend himself from the moment the battle began, with no chance to attack.

As a result, more than half of his true essence had already been depleted. He did not want to clash head-on with these chariots, since he still had to save his strength to deal with Ye Liuyun. Thus, he could only retreat together with the martial cultivators.

When Li Hongwu and the other elders saw this, they could not help becoming extremely tense, afraid that these people would lead the demon army into the Li family’s stronghold. They could only order the Li family’s defenders to form a human wall and stop Li Wufeng’s people.

Those martial cultivators truly fled quickly. They soon shook off the chariots and reached the front of the human wall. Only then did Li Wufeng begin reorganizing them. “Disciples of the Li family, we cannot retreat any farther. If we do, we will lead these demons into the heart of the family. We have only one path left: fight to the death.

“Sword cultivators, follow me at the front and clear the way with your sword intent. Everyone who has treasures capable of long-range attacks, use them all. Together, we will counterattack! Kill with me!”

Under the leadership of Li Wufeng and several other experts, the martial cultivators finally regained their composure. Gritting their teeth, they charged back alongside Li Wufeng.

Just then, Ye Liuyun and his two clones suddenly appeared at the front using Spatial Force. Immediately afterward, the bodies of the three men began expanding at the same time, instantly becoming dozens of times larger than their original size and surpassing even the Ancient Demons in stature.

The first clone then raised his hand and brought his blade down at Li Wufeng with all his strength. The enlarged blade intent was even more terrifying, and it struck toward Li Wufeng in an instant.

Li Wufeng was still marveling at Ye Liuyun’s sudden increase in size when he suddenly saw a domineering blade intent descend upon him. This blade intent was even stronger than his sword intent. With the true essence he had left, it was already difficult for him to resist.

With no other choice, he began borrowing the power of his spatial world to save his life.

When Ye Liuyun and his two clones saw him borrow the power of his spatial world, their bodies expanded once again. Then the three of them took turns striking at Li Wufeng, one blade after another. They struck three rounds in total, landing nine blows on him.

Li Wufeng finally got his wish and was able to fight Ye Liuyun head-on. The artillery chariots on Ye Liuyun’s side were not attacking him at this moment either; instead, they were blasting the sword cultivators around him to death.

But Li Yuanfeng’s spatial world power had already been greatly depleted. If he borrowed any more, his spatial world itself would regress.

However, Ye Liuyun and his clones once again intensified their blade intent. This time, they were drawing upon the power of Heaven and Earth.

Their enormous bodies stirred the surrounding momentum of Heaven and Earth, driving it outward together with their blade intent. At this point, Ye Liuyun did not even need to use divine essence; even if Li Wufeng borrowed the power of his spatial world, he probably still would not be able to withstand it.