Chapter 3338

An Qing glanced at Ye Liuyun upon hearing this.

He had already begun to suspect that Ye Liuyun had seen through their intentions.

“The dynasty is incredibly shortsighted to make an enemy of someone like him! They haven’t even dealt with the demon race yet, and now they’ve created another powerful enemy for themselves!” He merely lamented inwardly, wondering if there was any way to reduce the soldiers’ casualties.

Ye Liuyun did not avoid his gaze either, looking at An Qing with a faintly amused smile.

“Let’s not talk about that anymore!” An Qing immediately changed the subject and began explaining the strength of the demon army to Ye Liuyun.

As the commander of the troops, he provided an extremely detailed account. Knowing that Ye Liuyun was preparing to deal with the demon race, he focused on the star systems Ye Liuyun would need to know about. The value of this information was far greater than what Li Xinghai had told him.

“Commander An, what exactly do you mean by telling me all this?” Ye Liuyun asked after hearing him out.

An Qing merely smiled. “I hope it’ll be of some help when you attack the demon race! We soldiers have no choice in the matter. Even if we’re defeated, I hope we can at least wear down some of the demon soldiers. As for the rest, I’m afraid we’ll have to rely on you!”

Hearing this, Ye Liuyun understood that An Qing had also realized he could not hold Ye Liuyun here. That was why he had provided information that might help him fight the demon race, hoping that Ye Liuyun would kill fewer of his soldiers.

Ye Liuyun nodded in understanding. “All right, then. I’ll accept this favor, Commander An. After all, you’re only following orders. I understand. Go attend to your duties. You don’t need to keep me company!”

As soon as he finished speaking, An Qing rose, clasped his fists toward him, and excused himself, saying that he had something to attend to.

The moment An Qing left, Ye Liuyun immediately brought Li Xinghai into his spatial world. He understood that An Qing was about to carry out the dynasty’s orders and move against him.

The army’s deployment was also essentially complete. A million troops had been divided into several groups, encircling the entire central command tent and military camp.

“Boom, boom, boom!” The war drums soon began to thunder.

With a group of guards beside him, An Qing shouted toward Ye Liuyun from outside the central command tent, “Ye Liuyun, by order of the dynasty, I am to temporarily imprison you to prevent you from colluding with the demon race.

Surrender peacefully, and this will be easier for both sides. If you dare defy the order, the dynasty has commanded that you be killed without mercy!”

Ye Liuyun also walked out of the central command tent. He glanced at An Qing and said loudly, “I came all the way here to help the Zhangyin Star System exterminate a hundred thousand demons, and I even requested cooperation so that we could continue killing demons.

I never expected the Zhangyin Dynasty to be jealous of the capable. Not only are they unwilling to discuss cooperation, they even want to kill me! A dynasty like this will be destroyed sooner or later!

There’s no need for any more nonsense. Just attack me directly! If you want me to surrender, you’ll have to prove that you’re capable of making me!”

Like An Qing, he deliberately proclaimed these words in front of the soldiers so that they would all learn the truth.

“Since you insist on resisting, I have no choice but to carry out my orders! Seize him!”

An Qing shouted as well, ordering the soldiers to move.

However, Ye Liuyun merely put on an act, using Spatial Force and the power of heaven and earth to blast aside some of the soldiers. His figure then turned illusory before he slipped into the void and left the military camp.

This way, he had not killed any soldiers, and An Qing could give the dynasty an explanation. Their soldiers were weak, all of them only at the early stage of the Unity Realm. Even the army’s strongest experts could not stop Ye Liuyun. They simply were not strong enough, so the dynasty could not blame An Qing.

However, Ye Liuyun did not go far. He traveled directly to the skies above the palace. He then used the power of time to freeze time and condensed a giant spirit-energy thunder dragon beast, allowing it to wreak havoc and kill at will inside the palace.

Afterward, Ye Liuyun did not linger. He left immediately, leaving the thunder dragon beast to fight on its own until its spirit energy dissipated. He then hurried to the front line to inspect the battle situation in person.

By doing this, he was also telling the Zhangyin Dynasty that they had become sworn enemies. From now on, the Zhangyin Dynasty could forget about coming to him for help again.

When An Qing learned of this, he merely gave a bitter smile and inwardly cursed the royal family for being too stupid. However, he could only continue carrying out the royal family’s orders. Once another million troops had assembled, they set out together for the front line to stop the demon army.

These two million troops were also going with the resolve to die, hoping to wear down as many demon soldiers as possible. The royal family had not sent many powerful experts with them.

Throughout the entire Zhangyin Dynasty, even within the royal family, martial cultivators at the eighth or ninth level of the Unity Realm were considered top-tier experts. They did not even have a martial cultivator at the mid-ninth level of the Unity Realm.

Moreover, when the spirit-energy thunder dragon beast Ye Liuyun released wreaked havoc inside the palace, it wiped out half of their experts, leaving them with even fewer people to send.

At this moment, the royal family was mobilizing every martial cultivator to go to the front line and face the enemy, wearing down the demon soldiers as much as possible. If they still could not hold them back, the royal family was prepared to flee.

Across the entire star system, any martial cultivator with even a little courage was rushing to the front line to resist the demon race. Some of the major clans were doing their best to send their younger generations away.

After Ye Liuyun broke the demon race’s encirclement in outer space, its forces became too scattered, and it also realized that it could no longer hold the starry skies.

Moreover, with the dynasty’s army and martial cultivators all rushing to the front line, the demon race simply withdrew the four hundred thousand troops in outer space and began conquering the planets one by one.

By the time Ye Liuyun reached the front line, he had also learned about the demon race’s strength.

This army’s combat strength was comparable to that of the demon army he had previously encountered in the Huoyin Star System.

But he currently had only a little over a hundred thousand demon troops at his disposal, so he definitely could not act rashly. If they were surrounded, his losses would be severe.

Thus, he could only urge Jiang Yuanhai’s army to hurry over while waiting for an opportunity.

He felt that when the demon race engaged the dynasty’s army, he might have a chance to deal it a heavy blow.

Jiang Yuanhai’s army was already traveling at full speed. But Ye Liuyun estimated that by the time they arrived, the demon race would probably have conquered nearly all the planets in the area.

If he could delay this demon army for a while, perhaps some of the planets and their inhabitants could still be saved.

As for the Zhangyin royal family, it would be best if the demon race wiped them out. Otherwise, Ye Liuyun would attack the royal family himself, plunder all their resources, and bring about their complete destruction.

However, while Ye Liuyun was waiting for an opportunity, the planet where Li Xinghai’s family lived had already been conquered by the demon race. Ye Liuyun had no way to investigate the Li family’s exact casualties. He guessed that, at the hands of the demon race, they had probably been unable to escape being slaughtered to the last man.

Ye Liuyun could only inform Li Xinghai and tell him that there was nothing he could do about it.

After Ye Liuyun brought Li Xinghai back into his spatial world, Li Xinghai told the Li family disciples how the royal family was jealous of the capable and unwilling to cooperate with Ye Liuyun, arousing indignation in every one of them.

Now that they learned the Li family had been destroyed, they felt even less goodwill toward the royal family. One after another, they said that a dynasty like this deserved to be destroyed.