Chapter 792

Chapter 792: The Second Round of Expansion

"What should we do?"

The high-ranking leaders of the Federal Parliament and the Military exchanged uncertain glances.

They understood that at first glance, Yi Chen and the Great Flame Empire in the super star cluster still seemed insignificant.

However, with Yi Chen’s talent, it probably wouldn’t be long before he could kill level 240 strong fighters, even the strongest members of the three dominant races.

Moreover, the Great Flame Empire would closely follow his lead, making rapid advancements and replicating the terrifying growth they had experienced in this star cluster.

One day, even the Tree-Dwelling Tribe might have to bow beneath the feet of the Great Flame Empire.

When that day comes, where would the human federation stand?

"We can only contact the Revival Army and see if Yi Chen can give us one last chance; we, the human federation, are willing to be loyal to him," Lu Qingxian said helplessly.

Everyone nodded instinctively.

This was indeed the last opportunity.

At present, Yi Chen and the Great Flame Empire had just arrived in the super star cluster and were still in the initial stages.

The human federation, having achieved remarkable successes with the Large Battleships, received huge rewards and could provide substantial help to the Great Flame Empire.

More importantly, the vast population resources could lead to a significant population boom for the Great Flame Empire.

No matter how much Yi Chen resented the human federation, as a member of humanity, he could not harbor hatred against the children of the human federation.

"The Tree-Dwelling Tribe… has caused great harm!" one high-ranking leader of the Parliament couldn’t help but sigh.

If it weren’t for the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, perhaps they would have continued their strategy to control Yi Chen in order to preserve their power.

But under the oppression from various races in this star cluster, to ensure the survival of the human federation, they ultimately would choose to pay any price, even handing the rule over to Yi Chen to achieve reconciliation.

This meant that without the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, the human federation would very likely have started its advance into the super star cluster under Yi Chen’s leadership.

It was precisely because of the seemingly incredibly strong Tree-Dwelling Tribe that the human federation made one wrong step after another, leading them to their current predicament.

…

Soon, the Revival Army conveyed the meaning of the human federation’s high-ranking leaders to Yi Chen.

Yi Chen instructed the Revival Army to inform the human federation that they should wait to be conquered.

His attitude was very clear.

The human federation would at most become a first-rate conquered race or force under the vassal races of the Great Flame Empire.

Not to mention just the human federation, even the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, a dominant race now willing to ally with the Great Flame Empire, would only qualify as a first-rate race within the governance of the Great Flame Empire.

Because the Great Flame Empire no longer needed vassal races.

They could either be conquered by the Great Flame Empire and, depending on the strength of their resistance, become a conquered race of various ranks, or they would face total annihilation.

Two months passed quickly, as the Great Flame Empire successfully conquered the Zhanxin Clan, incorporating all the life planets ruled by the Zhanxin Clan into the territory of the Great Flame Empire.

Yi Chen’s talent bonus saw significant improvement; just like his breakthrough from level 224 to level 225, he reached level 226 in only three months.

With his current strength and the treasure in his possession, even facing opponents head-on gave him a great chance to solo defeat level 240 strong fighters.

Thanks to the Perception Ability shielding function of his flying treasure, executing a close-range ambush was incredibly easy.

Just two days after Yi Chen broke through to level 226, the Great Flame Empire’s expeditionary army officially commenced its second round of expansion.

Hundreds of billions of troops split into three routes, heading towards the home planets of three surrounding smaller races.

Unlike the last time, this expeditionary army’s main force changed from the Shadow Clan to the Zhanxin Clan.

Among the hundreds of billions of troops, there were a hundred billion Zhanxin Clan fighters, all elite fighters above level 160.

Of course, this was the publicly displayed main force.

The true main force was still the Great Flame Empire’s more than twenty million human army.

Over the three months, thanks to the ten times the flow of time benefit from the Fifth Generation Cave Paradise, the average cultivation level of the human army increased from level 140 to level 145.

Their overall strength increased at least more than double.

Even though the troops split into three paths, each segment of the human army only numbered over seven million, yet they still held the power to easily destroy any smaller race’s elite army.

Similar to the first round of expansion, the hundreds of billions in the expeditionary army quietly reached the home planet of their target races with the help of Large Battleships and flying treasures.

On Karl Planet, the home of the Leaf Lion Clan, news suddenly spread of nearly a hundred billion troops and celestial forces appearing in outer space around Karl Planet.

After a brief moment of panic, the clan leader of the Leaf Lion Clan calmed down.

He immediately dispatched someone to inform the top-ranking elders to discuss a countermeasure.

The arriving elders, although looking serious, remained composed.

Everything was due to their psychological preparation.

The Zhanxin Clan had surrendered their entire race three months ago, swiftly conquered by an unknown force called the Great Flame Empire, which had set the surrounding races on alert.

Various tribes also prepared for a response.

The Leaf Lion Clan did the same.

During these three months, their top-tier combat power and elite army had secretly assembled on Karl Planet and the nearby star fields, preparing to guard against the Great Flame Empire attempting to conquer the Leaf Lion Clan in the same manner.

“First, capture the clan leader and elders of the Leaf Lion Clan!”

The Great Flame Empire’s Marshal Iron Blood sent a notification to the leader of the assassination teams, Mares.

The expeditionary army split into three routes, and the assassination teams followed suit.

They had plenty of manpower.

After the split, the Shadow Clan sent two Shadow Kings in one group and one Shadow General in another.

Though the Shadow General was only at level 200, he could still easily conceal himself beside level 220 strong fighters without being detected.

The strength for assassination was most affected as only Mares and the Boljin Tribe strong fighter were level 220.

These two could only take charge of one route each, leaving one route unmanned.

Fortunately, after conquering the Zhanxin Clan, the level 210 clan leader and several Zhanxin Clan elders were temporarily assigned to the assassination teams.

While the Zhanxin Clan mainly focused on mental attacks, they could easily kill level 220 strong fighters when joining forces for an ambush.

Additionally, with twenty Shadow Generals, the third route was not lacking in strength.

At the very least, against the level 220 assassination targets, the effectiveness wouldn’t differ significantly.

Only when attempting to assassinate level 230 strong fighters did the third team, thrown together without a dedicated level 220 strong fighter, face a much higher chance of failure compared to the other two teams.

Currently, the three targets of the second round of expansion were all smaller races.

The strongest members of the three races only reached level 210, so there was no issue at all.

Accompanying the army from Marshal War City were Mares and an assassination team led by a Shadow King.

However, there were no other personnel beneath them.

All the Shadow Generals and Zhanxin Clan elders gathered in the third team.

Because a Shadow General had been sent earlier to infiltrate the Leaf Lion Clan for intelligence, upon receiving the notification from War City, the Shadow King quickly took Mares to the hiding place of the high-ranking members of the Leaf Lion Clan.