Chapter 819

Chapter 819: Officially Launching the Troops

Unfortunately, the twelve level 230 strong fighters had no idea that Yi Chen was no longer interested in collecting ransom from the three races.

As he practiced, he began to cast the Luck Technique.

The combined luck of the twelve level 230 strong fighters was drained in just four or five minutes.

After successfully extracting their luck, the immortal sword quietly appeared in Yi Chen’s hand.

The faces of the twelve level 230 strong fighters changed drastically.

Before they could even start to plead for mercy, streams of Sword Energy began to slash out.

The bodies of the twelve level 230 strong fighters shattered instantly.

Their souls, however, remained bound together by the Binding Immortal Rope.

With a few more strikes, the souls of the twelve level 230 strong fighters were left fragmented, falling into a coma state.

Yi Chen then activated the Soul Searching Technique to extract their memories.

They were merely a group of fighters at the same level.

The extraction went quickly, taking less than half an hour.

Yi Chen had extracted all the memories of the twelve level 230 strong fighters.

With another sword strike, the shattered souls of the twelve level 230 strong fighters completely vanished.

“There are quite a few, but unfortunately, these twelve level 230 strong fighters only knew that the elder team of the three races was arriving at the Golden Cloud Star Cluster and had no idea about their current location.”

Yi Chen felt a sense of regret.

The elder team of the three races was extremely cautious. These twelve level 230 strong fighters didn’t even know the coordinates of the elder team or their next steps.

Right now, having dealt with this group of twelve level 230 strong fighters skilled in concealment would likely make the elder team even more cautious.

The only way to find them was to hope that the Great Flame Empire’s army, after launching the Fourth Round of Expansion, could successfully predict their movements and locate the elders among the Cracked Shell Tribe.

Having considered this, Yi Chen stopped wasting time and focused on his training.

At the same time, he kept his divine consciousness at its strongest to prevent the elder team from sending a second group over.

…

Just ten minutes later, the elder team of the three races, having just arrived in the territory of the Cracked Shell Tribe, confirmed that this group of level 230 strong fighters had been completely wiped out.

The reason was simple: they had gone missing.

This news left the elders of the three races stunned for a while.

In their hearts, they secretly rejoiced that they had not gone over.

It seemed that the traps set by the strongest member of humanity at their base still existed, and they were even stronger than they had anticipated.

Even the twelve level 230 strong fighters, skilled in stealth techniques, were discovered by the traps laid with barriers.

If it weren’t for this situation, they could not understand why these careful and cautious level 230 strong fighters were still detected and killed.

This also meant that even if they, the level 240 strong fighters, went over, they would not be able to escape disaster.

Though their mission began poorly, the elders felt somewhat disheartened.

However, the task still needed to be accomplished.

After a brief silence, the Second Elder of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe spoke up, “Just because we failed over there doesn’t mean our mission will fail too. We should continue with the original plan.”

“However, it is best to be even more cautious! We cannot repeat the same mistakes.”

The elders all nodded in agreement.

After discussing the details again and making minor adjustments, an elder took out the communication stone and began to contact the leader of the Cracked Shell Tribe.

An hour later, the strong fighter teams of the three races arrived at the star system of the life planets where the Cracked Shell Tribe’s lair was, using a Large Battleship.

Out of caution, they did not set up an ambush too close to their original plan.

The main reason was that twelve level 230 strong fighters were killed simultaneously.

Yi Chen would definitely suspect that there were more strong fighters lurking in the Golden Cloud Star Cluster.

He might even figure out that their targets were the strong fighters of the Great Flame Empire and the eastern human army.

Ambushing on the territory of the Cracked Shell Tribe was the most likely scenario.

The elders of the three races were not worried about facing Yi Chen in a direct battle.

However, they were concerned about the possibility of the plan failing.

Both Yi Chen and the Shadow King excelled in stealth techniques.

If they were too close to the life planets of the Cracked Shell Tribe’s lair, it would be easy for Yi Chen and the Shadow King to locate them.

This would leave them vulnerable to Yi Chen’s attacks.

Although the elders were confident they could withstand Yi Chen’s ambush and assassination attempts, they could not guarantee that no elder would get injured.

If they attacked the level 230 and level 220 strong fighters, it would be an instant kill.

In turn, it would be difficult for them to track down Yi Chen for a counterattack.

Thus, it was safer to keep their distance.

Once the strong fighters and army of the Great Flame Empire appeared, they could swiftly launch their attack.

…

Five days later, the Great Flame Empire officially completed its Consolidation.

Though the high-ranking members of the Military knew that the three races had formed an alliance and that the elder team had arrived at the Golden Cloud Star Cluster, they still proceeded with the predetermined plan and launched the Fourth Round of Expansion.

Moreover, the entire plan remained unchanged from before.

They still relied on celestial forces suddenly appearing at the life planets of their target races, then captured the high-ranking members of those races using the assassination team, leveraging the powerful army of humanity to destroy the confidence of these racial leaders, forcing them to surrender for the survival of their races.

With the elder team of the three races in the Golden Cloud Star Cluster, proceeding with this plan would undoubtedly lead to the possibility of the three races’ elder team splitting up and sending out elders with a group of strong fighters to lie in wait at the lairs of these racial life planets to seize the opportunity to attack.

And this situation was highly likely to occur.

Knowing this, they continued with their actions because the elder team of the three races clearly intended to focus on defeating and capturing rather than totally destroying the strong fighters and elite army of the Great Flame Empire.

Additionally, Yi Chen had already made trips back and forth around the life planets of various races, setting up teleportation arrays near these life planets.

Once he received news, he could quickly travel between different locations of the Golden Cloud Star Cluster to swiftly eliminate these elders and strong fighters.

Both sides had their own calculations.

It all came down to whose strength was greater.

As the elders of the three races figured, the Fourth Round of Expansion of the Great Flame Empire had a significantly raised target.

In the third round, the Great Flame Empire aimed to conquer two medium-sized races and twenty small races.

This time, however, the goal became one large race, seven medium-sized races, and over one hundred small races.

Though these races seemed numerous, in reality, they had secretly formed various alliances.

Once these large and small alliances were eliminated, the task would be completed.

Thus, the army of the Great Flame Empire split into ten divisions.

Compared to the last expansion, they only added one more division.

Yet their strength had surged by over ten times.