Lord of All Gods

Chapter 1234: Chapter 1234 Storming Fortresses

Right now, Ye Liuyun couldn’t count on the Great Hsia Dynasty at all. The dynasty itself can’t even prepare adequately for its own defense, so it certainly won’t be able to provide support to him. ƒгeewёbnovel.com

When Ye Liuyun arrived, he was mentally prepared for this. He knew that he would have to bear all the expenses of this war on his own.

But what he didn’t expect was that Zhuge Feiyu told him that, due to the help of Emperor Xia, the Cern family, the Fyeng family, and the Alchemist Alliance, the entire Central Continent was now donating resources to Liang Xue’s trading company. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

Spiritual stones and food were the most abundant resources being donated. So ensuring their ample supply should not be a problem.

"You are now a hero throughout the entire Central Continent! So before the end of the war, you need to find an exit strategy for yourself. Don’t let the royal family use you up and then discard you!" Zhuge Feiyu reminded Ye Liuyun.

"Alright, I’ll keep that in mind!" Ye Liuyun silently admired Zhuge Feiyu’s forward-thinking.

This was something he hadn’t considered before.

Even if he had thought of it after the war ended, it would have been too late. To diminish his influence and attribute the achievements to the royal family before the war concluded was a brilliant strategy.

"Several princes have also led troops to the front lines. You can attribute the merits to them as well!" Zhuge Feiyu suggested.

"That’s great!" Ye Liuyun felt that these princes had arrived at just the right time.

Supplies were arranged by Zhuge Feiyu and sent by Lan Ruobing.

Zhuge Feiyu assigned some martial practitioners at the Sacred Majesty level to Lam Ruobing to augment their strength.

During the war, Lan Ruobing focused most of her efforts on ensuring the safe transportation of supplies.

In fact, the foreign race had targeted their supply lines.

During the entire war, more than eighty Sacred Majesty-level experts were killed, all due to foreign race ambushes during transport.

Zhuge Feiyu sent three batches of martial practitioners at the Sacred Majesty level to assist Lan Ruobing, with even more at the Sacred Terra level.

More than thirty thousand common soldiers lost their lives during transport.

But every delivery was safely completed.

After joining forces with Left Mu, Ye Liuyun led an army to attack other cities shortly afterward.

They alternated advances with Qin Peng’s forces and focused on attacking rather than defending. Once they captured a city, they handed it over to the recently arrived princes to arrange for the defense.

When reporting to the royal family, they attributed the victories to the princes.

Emperor Xia knew what was happening but didn’t make any public statements. He secretly praised Ye Liuyun’s intelligence and realized that Ye Liuyun genuinely didn’t care about fame and fortune.

From Ye Liuyun’s swift deployment of troops to using his own resources in the war, and now to his lack of desire for recognition, Emperor Xia was highly satisfied with Ye Liuyun.

Within a month, Ye Liuyun led his army to capture over ten recently lost cities.

Not even Emperor Xia had anticipated this speed.

The foreign race had not expected this turn of events, and they paused their attacks to gather information about Ye Liuyun.

Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun’s army took advantage of this lull to rest and regroup.

Qin Peng led his troops back to Yicity to exchange them for another twenty thousand soldiers, allowing the previously engaged forces to rest and replenish their ranks.

Zuo Mu led the Devil Clan’s army back to their stronghold for defense.

Ye Liuyun stationed himself at the frontlines in An Ding City, along with his stone and metal puppets, as well as thirty thousand devil cultivators.

Anding City was strategically located at the forefront, closest to the foreign race’s army. To its rear, on the left and right flanks, were two other cities, each containing a hundred thousand soldiers led by the Fourth Princes and the Crown Prince.

Once the princes understood that Ye Liuyun had taken the initiative to deploy his forces ahead of them, they also realized that he had initially refused to lend them troops to prepare for this campaign. As a result, they had no objections to his actions.

However, Ye Liuyun didn’t have high expectations for them.

Both princes lacked extensive combat experience, and the troops they commanded were borrowed and less reliable.

Therefore, Ye Liuyun had already prepared himself for the possibility of handling the situation on his own until Qin Peng returned with reinforcements.

Qin Peng’s return would take some time since he needed to visit the Devil Lord Sect and bring back a hundred thousand devil cultivator disciples to replenish Ye Liuyun’s army.

After conquering over a dozen cities consecutively, Ye Liuyun’s devil cultivator army had sustained a thirty percent loss and required personnel reserves and replenishment.

Furthermore, as their battlefield expanded, the initial force of thirty thousand was insufficient.

Although Ye Liuyun had pre-selected individuals from the Devil Lord Sect, the process of forming troops, issuing equipment, familiarizing soldiers with their gear, and allocating resources would take time.

Preparing one hundred thousand troops wasn’t something that could be done overnight.

With an increased number of troops, the supply of provisions also needed to be prepared in greater quantities.

ll donated supplies had to be centralized in Yicity and then delivered to Qin Peng, who would decide how much to reserve and distribute.

Therefore, it would certainly take Qin Peng at least ten days to half a month to return.

Fortunately, Ye Liuyun’s stone and metal puppets did not experience fatigue. As long as there were enough spiritual stones, they could keep fighting.

However, Ye Liuyun had taken precautions by deploying his Formation Flags around the city walls in case of unforeseen circumstances.

Among the combatants by his side, the strongest was Little Blue Serpentine, a Sacred Majesty of the fourth rank.

On the other hand, it was certain that the foreign race had individuals with higher cultivation ranks.

In the event of a foreign race ambush, even if he used the Devil-sealing Stele, there would inevitably be some losses in an instant.

Thanks to Ye Liuyun’s early deployment of Formation Flags, every night since he arrived in Anding City, they had trapped two to three Sacred Majesties and over ten Sacred Terras among the devil cultivators.

These devil cultivators had been modified by the foreign race and emitted a distinct aura of malevolence.

Ye Liuyun actually hoped that these individuals would attempt an ambush. Not only could he gain information about them through soul-searching, but he could also use them to replenish the Yin-souls for the Hundred Refinements Soul Flag.

The most crucial piece of information he obtained was that the foreign race had cultivated a devil cultivator army of two hundred thousand people.

After conquering the southern regions, many martial practitioners were forced to cultivate devil techniques and were tainted with an aura of malevolence, falling under the control of the foreign race.

The fighting capabilities of this devil cultivator army were likely not inferior to Ye Liuyun’s devil cultivator army, only differing in equipment by one or two grades.

Ye Liuyun immediately contacted Emperor Xia, relaying this information to the imperial court to prepare in advance.

"The foreign race has developed too rapidly! We must not allow them to enter the central regions! We need to ensure this," Emperor Xia remarked, deeply concerned.

If the foreign race were allowed to enter the central regions, it would essentially provide them with additional sources of troops.