Chapter 3315

Half a day later, Ye Tiandao’s female soldier regiment had pursued and annihilated the majority of the demon army.

The last remaining powerful experts among the demon forces were taken down by the combined efforts of Mo Shi’s Wind and Thunder Fan and Shi Yuan, while the female soldiers used their bloodline pressure to suppress the demons’ ability to fight at full strength.

Ye Tiandao’s leadership and her regiment’s performance had been witnessed by Yu Xiaofeng and other commanders. After their return, Yu Xiaofeng dispatched them to sweep through various demon-occupied planets.

The demons had left only small garrisons on each planet, providing perfect combat experience for these female soldiers. The captured planets were split evenly—half taken directly by Ye Tiandao into her spatial world, half left for the main army.

With Fire Seal Galaxy’s population drastically reduced, there was no need to retain so many planets. Leaving them half would suffice.

Jiang Yuanhai’s three hundred thousand troops also divided into three routes to sweep through demon-occupied planets, striving to seize as many as possible before the demons launched their full counteroffensive.

The powerful demon crossbows and bolts captured in this battle were distributed among the female soldiers and demon puppet legions to enhance both soldier and puppet combat effectiveness.

After analysis by artifact refiners, both crossbow and bolt materials proved exceptionally high quality—likely sourced from rare premium ores found in the demons’ home world.

These crossbows could kill ninth-realm martial cultivators. In same-realm soldier combat, they could completely suppress opponents.

The crossbow and bolt design also utilized energy crystals for propulsion, delivering sufficient power without requiring soldiers to expend true essence.

Yu Xiaofeng and other commanders learned about demon military strength through captured prisoners.

They had dispatched one million troops total, including two elite hundred-thousand-strong formations composed almost entirely of ninth-realm demon soldiers. Another three hundred thousand troops included this attacking force they had just faced—these routes all represented their crack troops equipped with these powerful crossbows.

The remaining five hundred thousand were ordinary demon soldiers; one hundred thousand already dispersed across garrison duty on various planets. These five hundred thousand lacked such crossbows entirely.

This million-strong demon army originated from a world called Saint Demon Galaxy—to that galaxy alone, this million represented merely ten percent of their military might.

The black ore used for refining these crossbows was Saint Demon Galaxy’s specialty resource, locally called "demon iron," their primary material for forging weapons and armor production.

These demons themselves possessed no artifact refinement, alchemy, or formation arrangement capabilities—they relied entirely on captured human refiners and alchemists forced into labor. With insufficient refining capacity, they couldn’t equip every soldier with such weaponry.

Having obtained this intelligence, Yu Xiaofeng and fellow commanders designated Saint Demon Galaxy as their next offensive target.

Leading ten thousand female soldiers while practicing crossbow use in actual combat, Ye Tiandao quickly mastered the weapon. With their strength level sweeping through small planetary garrisons proving smooth sailing—perfect rotational training opportunities—their combat skills rapidly improved alongside growing confidence. Having fought zombies once and demons once now immunized them against battlefield shock from monstrous appearances regardless of future enemies’ looks!

After absorbing several planets Ye Tiandao expanded her spatial world too—providing emergency refuge where she could draw upon its power when endangered...

Jiang Yuanhai’s three-route armies advanced rotationally even faster than Ye Tiandao! Meanwhile Ye Liuyun plus his clone made one circuit collecting all remaining worlds into spatial storage...

Only Ye Liuyun possessed sufficient collection speed for continuous absorption; others required lengthy refinement periods between taking one or two worlds...

Thus when demonic forces finally counterattacked? No worlds remained near their garrison—just empty starscape everywhere!

Fire Seal Galaxy now stood largely vacant: surviving worlds numbered merely one-third original count—and half those remained under enemy control!

Demons ceased attacking other worlds instead concentrating all forces intending numerical superiority overwhelming Ye Liuyun decisive annihilation battle...

Yu Xiaofeng meanwhile contracted all forces defensive positions relying formations protection fire chariots attrition warfare...

Five-six days continuous assaults cost twenty-thousand-plus ordinary casualties without breaching defenses! Fire chariots plagued them terribly—these vehicles combined devastating offense formidable defense...

They retained hundred-thousand ninth-realm elite rearguard withdrawal positioning formations strongpoint defense inviting Ye Liuyun’s attack... Never imagining he’d dare strike these elites—even if attempted certain destruction awaited!

Yu Xiaofeng certainly wouldn’t let this opportunity to annihilate an elite enemy unit slip by. He immediately ordered two demon legions to launch a frontal assault on this elite demon force—first advancing with fire chariots, then having puppets defend with shields and attack with crossbows, trading volleys with the enemy unit.

The flanks were handled by Xiao Heng and Li Zhaoyuan, who coordinated charges with fire chariots while using shields for defense. Ye Tiandao’s female soldiers remained prepared to pursue fleeing demon troops.

Hei Shan led the main army with demon legions at the front, while the massive ancient demon legions followed far behind as a show of force and to clean up the battlefield. Then he had the fire chariots and puppets advance.

The opposing demon army was quite interested in this approaching demon legion. Confident in their own strength, they had no intention of fleeing—instead, they chose to engage in a head-on confrontation.

However, seven thousand puppets were equipped with void-grade armor and wielded the same crossbows as their enemies, giving them no real advantage. Combined with fire chariots attacking from three sides, within half an hour nearly all of these demons’ vanguard forces had been wiped out.

Meanwhile, not a single puppet on Liu Yun’s side had been lost—even when hit by arrows, their armor deflected the blows.

The commander of that elite demon unit finally issued the retreat order. But all three legions pursued relentlessly, hammering them all the way into the starry void.

Whenever the demon commander released flying boats, they were destroyed by fire chariot bombardment; his soldiers simply had no time to board warships and escape.

Left with no choice, he could only leave ten thousand soldiers behind to block the pursuers. But at this moment, Ye Tiandao led her female soldiers charging forward—first closing distance using shields and crossbows, then engaging these troops in close combat.

The three armies continued pursuing the main demon force without mercy, denying them any chance of escape.

That demon commander could only leave another ten thousand soldiers behind to block pursuit. But this time, besides half being obliterated by fire chariot bombardment, remaining puppets also charged in—first trading crossbow volleys before closing for melee kills.