Chapter 2402: The Legion of Divine Sons!

"Ni Xuan, commander-in-chief of the human army, pays respects to Lord Azure Saint!"

Before Ye Yuan stood an old man who appeared to be in his sixties.

This Ni Xuan was the supreme commander of the human army, a supreme expert at the level of Heavenly Human Five Declines!

However, Profound Mechanism Heavenly Emperor had already informed all races that the Azure Saint had returned and must be treated with the highest courtesy.

Ni Xuan was now sizing up this young man, inwardly shocked.

He was a supreme expert who had attained enlightenment in this era and had not experienced that age; he found it somewhat hard to understand why Lord Profound Mechanism showed such respect to a junior.

Ye Yuan nodded and asked, "Tell me the current situation."

Ni Xuan felt a slight displeasure at Ye Yuan's attitude, but still truthfully reported the current state of affairs.

The Divine Race, emerging from the eight realms of the Western Boundary's Abyss-Suppressing Realms, had advanced with irresistible force and was already approaching the Central Realm.

The allied forces of various races fought while retreating, finding it difficult to hold back the Divine Race army.

The individual combat strength of the Divine Race was extremely high, and once they formed a scale, the other races found it even harder to resist.

The eight supreme demonic races originally living in the Abyss-Suppressing Realms had suffered heavy losses.

Fortunately, reinforcements from other races arrived, barely managing to halt the Divine Race army.

Even so, the number of fallen experts from all races was already incalculable.

However, the top experts on both sides were still exercising restraint and had not truly engaged in all-out battle.

Otherwise, the war situation would be far worse than this.

Of course, that day would not be too far off.

Ye Yuan listened and frowned slightly.

In his view, the Divine Race's unstoppable advance was not because they were too strong, but because the allied forces were too scattered.

The performance of the Children of Misfortune was also a microcosm of the current state of all races.

Whether human, demon, or devil, their will to fight now was simply incomparable to that of the past.

Lacking the courage to face death, how could they resist the mighty Divine Race?

The comfortable life bought by the blood of Shang Heng and others—who knew whether it was right or wrong.

Profound Mechanism Heavenly Emperor was also helpless about this situation.

Some things could not be changed by human effort.

Profound Mechanism had contacted a million Children of Misfortune, but in the end, only managed to recruit a hundred thousand troops.

This hundred thousand troops were now placed under Ye Yuan's command and brought to the front lines.

"Below nine patterns, I want to go to the most dangerous places!" Ye Yuan said directly.

Ni Xuan thought for a moment and said, "Now that Lord Azure Saint mentions it, there is indeed a matter that requires your presence!"

Ye Yuan raised an eyebrow and said, "Oh? Tell me about it."

Ni Xuan said, "A few days ago, a dragon army was suddenly attacked by the Divine Race and suffered heavy losses. Fortunately, there was a young girl in that army with extraordinary talent; her loud crying triggered a heavenly catastrophe, allowing them to escape disaster. However, they are still trapped in Shangyuan Valley and unable to break free. I sent an army to rescue them, but it was ambushed by the Divine Race army and annihilated! In my judgment, this army is likely the Divine Race's Legion of Divine Sons, extremely powerful. Lord Azure Saint's army is just right for the task!"

Ye Yuan's expression had already changed halfway through the account.

Loud crying triggering a heavenly catastrophe—wasn't that Long Xiaochun?

Long Xiaochun was now trapped in Shangyuan Valley?

He frowned and asked, "Is there still hope for that dragon army to survive?"

Ni Xuan shook his head and said, "That can no longer be determined! Shangyuan Valley is itself a deadly and extremely dangerous place. They only managed to escape disaster by relying on the terrain. Even if they can evade the pursuit of the Legion of Divine Sons, they may not survive the dangers of Shangyuan Valley."

Ye Yuan's heart immediately sank to the bottom.

"Alright, there's no time to lose. I'm going to Shangyuan Valley now!" Ye Yuan said without another word and turned to leave.

...

Along the way, Ye Yuan led the army at lightning speed.

Thinking of the adorable little girl Long Xiaochun, Ye Yuan felt a pang of heartache.

He only hoped that Long Xiaochun would not come to harm.

Ye Yuan had also heard from Ni Xuan that this Legion of Divine Sons was a renowned army of the Divine Race.

It could be said that they were almost invincible!

Once, a human army led by a Heavenly Human Second Decline commander was defeated by this Legion of Divine Sons, and the commander fell!

This showed how formidable this army was.

It was said that this Legion of Divine Sons was composed of all the former eliminated divine sons of the Divine Race, numbering no less than two hundred thousand, almost all of them super experts at the late stage of Eight-Pattern Dao Realm!

Every divine son of the Divine Race had extremely strong combat power.

Even eliminated divine sons should not be underestimated.

Though not as strong as the divine sons, they were not far off.

With such a scale of experts, numbering two hundred thousand, their combat power was simply terrifying.

"Lord Azure Saint, if we rush over recklessly like this and get ambushed by this Legion of Divine Sons, we will suffer heavy losses!" Wan Zhen reminded Ye Yuan from beside him.

"Hmph! Although you are the Azure Saint, I hope you cherish the lives of these Children of Misfortune! Everyone is here to temper themselves, not to die!" Pang Zhen snorted coldly.

Ye Yuan was not angered, but said calmly, "Don't worry, they won't ambush us."

Throughout this rapid march, the army had not even sent out scouts.

Although Wan Zhen and the others had never experienced war, they knew this approach was very unreliable.

According to normal procedure, they should send some experts with keen perception to scatter and gather intelligence.

But Ye Yuan, in his haste to save people, had even forgotten this.

At this point, Wan Zhen was also somewhat angry.

Had Ye Yuan, having traveled through time and returned as the Azure Saint, become deaf to the wise advice of others?

He had been present when Ni Xuan spoke and knew that Ye Yuan had loved ones trapped in Shangyuan Valley, but were the lives of his loved ones the only ones that mattered? Weren't the lives of these Children of Misfortune also lives?

Before the army had even engaged in battle, internal discord had already arisen.

"Everyone, halt!" Suddenly, Pang Zhen stopped and said in a deep voice.

With his action, the army had no choice but to stop.

Pang Zhen was the son of a Dao Ancestor; though not as highly esteemed as Ye Yuan, his influence was still considerable!

Most importantly, this time he was in the right!

These Children of Misfortune had come to temper themselves; they could accept death, but they could not go to die senselessly!

Pang Zhen snorted coldly, "Lord Azure Saint, I apologize! It's not that I, Pang Zhen, am afraid of death, but your method of marching is far too dangerous. If we go any further, we could be ambushed by the Legion of Divine Sons at any moment! If you want to save your own people, I won't stop you, but you cannot let everyone throw away their lives for nothing!"

Even Wan Zhen now sided with Pang Zhen and said earnestly, "Ye Yuan, now that you've become the Azure Saint, have you turned a deaf ear to everyone's sincere advice?"

The others also showed expressions of indignation, clearly unhappy with Ye Yuan's actions.

Ye Yuan's expression was very calm, and he said with a faint smile, "I am very pleased that you care about the soldiers! However, I am not sending you to your deaths! The Legion of Divine Sons is hiding in the forests three hundred thousand li away! I am leading you to ambush them, not letting them ambush us!"