Chapter 3334

The old man, leading the many young people behind him, saluted Ye Liuyun and said, “Young Master, we come from the Zhangyin Star System ahead. It is currently under attack by the demon race.

We are members of the Li family who fled from Nanxing Planet within that star system. I am Li Xinghai. I humbly ask all of you to help save us.

We fled in such a hurry that we have few resources, but we are still willing to offer all our storage rings as a token of our gratitude!”

Ye Liuyun returned the salute courteously and said, “Senior, there is no need to be so polite. Since we happened to come across this situation, we will naturally lend a hand. We do not need any reward, either. Take shelter behind us for now. Leave those demons to us!”

“Thank you! Thank you!” Li Xinghai repeatedly thanked Ye Liuyun.

However, he merely directed the young people behind him to take shelter behind Ye Liuyun and the others. He himself did not take cover, clearly unwilling to let Ye Liuyun and the others face the enemy alone and intending to join the battle as well.

There were not many people on Ye Liuyun’s side, and Li Xinghai could not see through Ye Liuyun’s strength. Since these people were kindly offering their help without asking for compensation, he naturally had to do his part as well.

When the young people saw that he had not followed them, some of them came back.

“Elder, we can fight too!” they explained to Li Xinghai.

“Nonsense! All of you, get behind us. Why are you causing trouble at a time like this?” Li Xinghai shouted angrily and drove them back again.

Then, afraid that Ye Liuyun and the others might misunderstand, he explained, “These are all young disciples of our Li family. The martial cultivators in our star system generally have low cultivation realms. The strongest among them has only reached the third level of the Guiyi Realm. They are no match for those demon soldiers. If we let them join the battle, we would have to save them later, and they would only become a burden to us.”

Ye Liuyun merely smiled and reassured him, “It is fine, Senior. You need not worry. The people on our side are more than enough to deal with these demon soldiers.

We can use them to practice a little. Senior, you need not fight either. Just stay here and watch the show!”

“This...” Li Xinghai hesitated for a moment. Seeing how firmly Ye Liuyun spoke, he eventually agreed. “All right, then. If you need help, I’ll join the battle later.”

The demon warship soon drew near as well. All three hundred demon soldiers disembarked. They did not maintain any formation; as soon as they left the warship, they charged straight at Ye Liuyun and the others, intending to surround them.

Ye Liuyun did not fight himself. Instead, he remained where he was, watching the battle with the members of the Li family.

The demonic beasts immediately charged toward both flanks, driving back the demon soldiers who were trying to surround them. The others then charged forward together and engaged the demon soldiers in battle.

As soon as the two sides began fighting, Li Xinghai also got a clear picture of Ye Liuyun’s group.

“So many demonic beasts!” The moment the demonic beasts revealed their true forms, he was given quite a shock.

Looking at the other women, Li Xinghai saw that although their cultivation realms were not high, they possessed extremely rich combat experience. Whether they faced demons at the same realm or at a lower realm, they could kill them with a single move. The demonic beasts were even more powerful, and nearly all of them could challenge opponents at a higher level.

Thus, although Ye Liuyun’s side had fewer people, they held the advantage and were overwhelming the demon soldiers. Moreover, it was obvious that they were forming a counter-encirclement, apparently intending to kill all these demons.

The demon soldiers also realized that they could not defeat these demonic beasts and martial cultivators, and some of them immediately drew powerful crossbows.

Although their armor blocked all the crossbow bolts, everyone’s offensive immediately weakened. In particular, several of the demonic beasts had to split their attention between dodging the bolts and using treasures for defense.

“Charge! Counter them with powerful crossbows!”

Ye Liuyun immediately ordered the dozen or so puppets behind him to charge forward and fire their powerful crossbows at the demon soldiers who had drawn their own crossbows. Worried that there would not be enough of them, he released thirty more puppets.

With that, they killed the demon soldiers even faster. Before long, all three hundred demon soldiers had been wiped out.

Li Xinghai and the Li family disciples finally relaxed completely. They also grew curious about the forces Ye Liuyun carried with him.

Li Xinghai first led the disciples in thanking Ye Liuyun. Although Ye Liuyun had not revealed his cultivation realm, Li Xinghai did not dare look down on him in the slightest.

Just from the fact that Ye Liuyun dared to remain among them alone, he could infer that Ye Liuyun’s true strength was likely far greater than his own, which was why he could not see through Ye Liuyun’s realm.

Only then did he ask Ye Liuyun where those crossbows had come from. He could tell that the powerful crossbows held by the puppets were the same as those used by the demon army. They were not only powerful, but also had considerable range.

Ye Liuyun did not hide it from him. “We come from the Huoyin Star System. We just annihilated a million-strong demon army there and seized some of their equipment.

We came here this time to scout out the demons first, and happened to be passing through. The main army will be able to arrive here in a few months.”

When Li Xinghai first heard that Ye Liuyun’s group had annihilated a million-strong demon army, he became excited. But upon hearing that their main army would not arrive for several months, he could not help letting out a sigh of despair.

Only then did he ask Ye Liuyun, “Mr. Ye, when your army reaches the Zhangyin Star System, will you launch an attack on the demons there?”

“If those demons are still there by then, we will certainly take action!” Ye Liuyun replied.

“Several months... The demons should still be there by then. But I fear that by that time, everyone in our Zhangyin Star System will already have been slaughtered by them! We can only hope that you will exterminate the demons and avenge the martial cultivators of the Zhangyin Star System!” Li Xinghai said helplessly.

“That may not necessarily be the case. I still have some forces at my disposal and can try to slow their advance. I was planning to go there and take a look anyway. If you have a map of the Zhangyin Star System, Senior, could you transmit it to me?” Ye Liuyun asked Li Xinghai.

He had never intended to take Li Xinghai and these disciples back with him. He could not guarantee that the demon forces under his command would be able to withstand the attack of the demon army. If the demons did not split up, he would have no opportunity either.

The feral beast under his command were capable of dealing with martial cultivators, but they were no match for an army. They could not even withstand the demons’ powerful crossbows.

“Of course, that will not be a problem. I also know quite a bit about the demon army, and I can transmit all that information to you!” Without hesitation, Li Xinghai immediately transmitted the relevant information to Ye Liuyun through his divine sense.

Ye Liuyun quickly learned that the Zhangyin Star System had more than three hundred planets in total, of which the demons had already conquered more than thirty. However, the entire star system was already surrounded by a five-hundred-thousand-strong demon army.

The demon army numbered one million in total, but only five hundred thousand had been deployed to carry out the attack.

The Li family’s Nanxing Planet was being abandoned because the demons were about to attack it, so they had sent some of the family’s disciples away in the hope of preserving their bloodline.