Zhou Yan had already crippled him, and now the leader of this black-robed demon race had his cultivation reduced by several notches. According to Zhou Yan's estimation, if this continued, the leader of the black-robed demon race would die within another ten years.
"What, sir, your cultivation has been reduced? Who did it?" the demon asked in surprise. In his impression, the leaders of the demon race were usually very powerful. Even if they encountered immortals, they might not be able to do anything to them. After all, the physical defense of the demon race was very strong, and the toughness of their bodies could increase their combat power, making them difficult to defeat.
"I don't know. I'm still investigating. However, no matter who they are, they are definitely not enemies of our demon race, and they haven't exposed themselves yet. So, I think we should wait and see," the leader of the black-robed demon race said.
He was also very frustrated. How could he have been ambushed? If his strength wasn't so great, he would probably be dead by now.
"Then, sir, you mean that these attackers are not here to deal with us?" the demon soldier asked happily.
"Yes, these people are not targeting us, so we don't need to worry. Let's continue to scout the surroundings," the black-robed demon leader said, and then he left with these soldiers.
After the black-robed demon left, Zhou Yan's troops began to move. However, the soldiers were all very excited now.
Although they had fought against those alien soldiers many times before, they had never been so magnificent as they were today, so the soldiers were all very excited.
These alien soldiers were merely experience points in the eyes of Zhou Yan and his men, so Zhou Yan and his men would absolutely not give up these experience points.
"General, these alien soldiers are too weak. It's not worth us deploying so many soldiers," one soldier said.
"Heh, they are not weak, but our current strength is too strong, which is why it is like this," Zhou Yan explained with a smile. These alien soldiers posed no threat to Zhou Yan anymore, so he didn't mind playing with them. It was also a good opportunity to train his troops and see what level their strength had reached.
"Yes, what the General said makes a lot of sense, haha." A soldier next to him laughed heartily.
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As time passed, all the alien soldiers were wiped out.
At this moment, the entire forest was filled with corpses, and blood flowed everywhere, looking very tragic. The faces of Zhou Yan's soldiers were also much more rosy. During this period of training, Zhou Yan's soldiers had learned to conceal their auras, otherwise, their strength would improve even faster, and they might even attract the attention of demonic beasts.
"Marshal, what should we do now?" Li Hu asked Zhou Yan in Zhou Yan's camp.
"Continue north and strive to occupy a piece of land as soon as possible to establish our own territory," Zhou Yan said.
"Yes!" Li Hu agreed immediately.
"Now, our strength has almost reached its peak. You have all trained very hard during this period. I have decided that this batch of you will be the main force for the next battle. I hope your performance will not disappoint me," Zhou Yan said.
"Thank you, Marshal, for your trust. Your subordinate will not let you down!" Li Hu said happily.
Although Zhou Yan mentioned the next battle and not this one, this order was enough.
"Yes, but this time, don't be too eager for success. After all, we are the true invaders now. We must proceed steadily, understand?" Zhou Yan reminded again.
"Understood!" Li Hu and the others responded again.
At this time, Zhou Yan and his men continued to advance. Along the way, Zhou Yan noticed that the people in the surrounding villages were all fleeing, and they looked very dishevelled.
"What on earth happened? Why are the people from these villages all running south? Won't this hinder our actions?" Zhou Yan said strangely.
"Report, Marshal! These are signal flares left by those people last night. Now, all the people in the empire know that we have conquered the surrounding human villages and towns, so many civilians are fleeing," a soldier reported.
"Oh? It was premeditated. It seems they also knew we would come here, so they made preparations in advance," Zhou Yan said.
Zhou Yan now understood why these people had set up traps here. It turned out to be deliberate. Their target was himself.
"Inform all troops to hide and not expose their tracks. Tonight, we will go and capture those people and kill them directly. Remember, absolutely do not harm innocent civilians," Zhou Yan said to the messenger.
With so many soldiers gathered together, if they were discovered, something would surely happen. They could only wait until tonight to quietly infiltrate and capture those people.
Now that the alien soldiers were all dead, ordinary people posed no danger. Zhou Yan and his men found some houses to hide in at night because they were operating secretly and did not dare to make a sound.
At midnight, these people quietly crept towards the city. At this time, Zhou Yan and his men were no longer in a hurry. Anyway, the city was in chaos, and these people were incapable of organizing any resistance. Therefore, they only needed to search slowly. He believed that it would not be long before the nobles in this city knew about this matter.
As expected, as soon as Zhou Yan and his men approached the enemy's camp, they heard intense shouting from that direction, accompanied by bursts of flames. Zhou Yan's heart tightened, knowing that the human soldiers and alien soldiers must have started fighting. This was the outcome they most hoped for, because only then could the alien soldiers not retreat easily, and at the same time, it would reduce the losses for their own soldiers.
However, Zhou Yan thought to himself, "If all my subordinates were such soldiers, I would probably conquer this place in a few years."
"General, our men have already charged into the villages. The civilians in those villages have all surrendered," a soldier reported upon returning.