Yi Tianyun was maneuvering around here, and aside from stalling for time, he was primarily earning experience points. With experience increasing rapidly, he would soon be able to level up drastically. By then, he would surely launch a counterattack.
At the same time, many members of the Evil Spirit Race received the message and began fleeing from the Evil Spirit God Territory. Though they weren't exactly afraid of death, faced with the Myriad Venerable God Tower, they felt utterly powerless. They simply couldn't resist and could only choose to retreat for now.
If they kept stubbornly defending that area, the result would just be heavy casualties, which was by no means a wise decision. Moreover, this was an order from the elders, urging them to retreat as soon as possible instead of dying stubbornly on each major planet.
For the first time, they felt so miserable and powerless. In the past, they had always been arrogant, charging into other planets and rampaging, killing until the enemies knelt down and begged for mercy or scattered in all directions.
Now it was their turn. They were finally experiencing this feeling, full of despair, fury, and unwilling humiliation!
"Quick, run away from here! If that giant rushes over, we're finished!"
"Yeah, hurry and escape. Who on earth is controlling that treasure? So bold to cause chaos here!"
"No matter who it is causing trouble, we need to retreat first. Otherwise, we're doomed."
Their cultivation wasn't high, only at the Heaven Monarch and Earth Monarch levels, obvious cannon fodder. Those at the God Monarch level could still dodge swiftly, but as for them, they couldn't even escape in time. They would instantly be crushed into dust by one stomp from the Myriad Venerable God Tower.
Of course, the attacks hadn't reached them yet. They had merely received the order to retreat in advance and fled immediately. If they just kept guarding this place, who knows, perhaps the killing would arrive any moment?
As they flew out in groups through the passageways, preparing to settle across the major outer planets, suddenly patches of dark shadows drifted in. Before they could react, those shadows pounced and tore them to pieces.
"It's, it's the Stars Sea Monsters!! S-So many!"
Seeing the swarming shadows, they immediately recognized them as dense clusters of Stars Sea Monsters, numbering in the tens of thousands, completely surrounding the passage.
The moment they exited, they were shredded into pieces, gnawed to the point not even bones remained.
And not just here, other passages were also blocked by the Stars Sea Monsters. As long as any Evil Spirit Race members tried to break out, they were instantly torn apart.
Some were even allowed to fly a bit farther out before being secretly surrounded and torn up, just to avoid scaring them back into retreat.
The gathering of Stars Sea Monsters here was naturally the doing of the Star Overlord. After Yi Tianyun promoted the Star Overlord to the God Monarch level, its control ability soared, easily commanding a large batch of Heaven Monarch-level Stars Sea Monsters.
With its assistance, more than half of the exits were sealed off. Groups of Evil Spirit Race members were shredded, but sadly Yi Tianyun couldn't gain much experience, after all, these weren't his own pets. Even if the Star Overlord controlled them to attack, he still couldn't earn much experience.
In another region, as groups of Evil Spirit Race members escaped and scattered in all directions, figures suddenly emerged around them. As they dispersed, those figures struck out, viciously killing them!
This group was actually Yue Ming and the others. They too had received Yi Tianyun's orders and were lying in wait for an ambush here. As soon as any Evil Spirit Race members emerged, they would strike!
Then came the final group, the Divine Spirit Race! They were more than willing to come and slay the Evil Spirit Race. After receiving Yi Tianyun's order, their top powerhouses all rushed over.
At first, when Yi Tianyun proposed attacking the Evil Spirit God Territory, it gave them quite a scare. But seeing he was serious, they agreed as well.
They chose to believe in Yi Tianyun instead of questioning him. In their view, Yi Tianyun wouldn't act recklessly.
When they arrived, they thought they would charge in together. However, Yi Tianyun had them remain outside, waiting for the Evil Spirit Race to flee. Once they came out, the Divine Spirit Race would immediately hunt them down, preferably in waves to avoid alerting the others.
Altogether, there were three teams: one led by the Star Overlord with the Stars Sea Monsters, another by Yue Ming's group, and finally the Divine Spirit Race. Yi Tianyun had wanted support from the Three Realms too, but their cultivations were relatively weak and could only contribute a little. For now, their main task was to protect the Three Realms.
Or rather, their purpose was to spread influence outward. The Three Realms had already expanded significantly, occupying many regions in the Mortal Territory.
Under the combined force of these three powerful groups, unless one was an absolute defying existence, the only path was death. As for those God Monarch Elders, they wouldn't leave without orders, and had no idea there was an ambush outside.
If they had known, they would've ordered everyone not to escape. But it was already too late. Massive numbers of Evil Spirit Race members had been wiped out silently. Even if they couldn't destroy the Evil Spirit God Territory completely, this battle had at least dealt a devastating blow. It would take tens of thousands of years before they could recover.
This was the result of united cooperation, working together to annihilate the Evil Spirit Race and harvest them completely!
"It really happened just like Master said, they're all fleeing out!" Yue Ming was thrilled. Normally, they couldn't even enter the place to kill. But now, it was different. Once the enemies came out, it was like they had stepped out from behind thick city walls, time for the slaughter to begin.
The Divine Spirit Race felt the same. They were stunned by this outcome. Just like Yi Tianyun predicted, they fled one after another.
Judging by the ferocity of the Myriad Venerable God Tower, it was certain to scare the enemies witless. Escape was inevitable. Even if they were intercepted by the Evil Spirit Territory Lord, it would only be temporary. In the end, they would all scatter and flee. What was happening now was just an early wave of escapees.
And just as they fled, they fell right into the trap of the Heavenly Net, unable to escape at all.
While countless Evil Spirit Race members were being hunted outside, those inside were being crushed by the Myriad Venerable God Tower, deaths and injuries piling up rapidly.
Yi Tianyun, meanwhile, was darting around to avoid the Evil Spirit Territory Lord's attacks. In fact, if he just kept dodging, he could very well win this round.
After all, the Evil Spirit Territory Lord's full-power outburst couldn't last long. As long as Yi Tianyun stalled enough, he could outlast him.
"Get over here and die! If you've got guts, stop running!" The Evil Spirit Territory Lord was nearly bursting with rage. Yi Tianyun was doing exactly what he had done before, running everywhere, dodging the relentless attacks.
If this kept up, defeat was inevitable.
"It's about time." Yi Tianyun's eyes gleamed, and he sneered coldly: "Level up!"
"Ding! Successfully consumed 150,000 compressed experience points."
"Congratulations to player 'Yi Tianyun' for successfully breaking through to God Monarch Level 5!"
At last, after all that stalling, Yi Tianyun had leveled up.