Reality was just as Ye Tianze had expected.
After the demons retreated, not only did they not reduce the number of soldiers stationed at the human border, they even increased the number by 100,000, as if to prevent the humans from attacking.
Lu Xiufu was the exact opposite. Now that the humans were in a good situation, he could do much more.
Therefore, he was very clear about the reason why the Demon Race had placed 600,000 elites at the Human Race's border. In order to intensify the conflict within the Demon Race, he naturally would not send an army to threaten the Demon Race. Instead, he ordered the two armies that were dealing with the Demon Race to retreat to their original position ten miles away from the battlefield.
This caused many people to be dissatisfied. Ye Tianze had killed the Demon Crown Prince, so shouldn't he take advantage of the situation and attack? No matter what, he should give the demons a taste of their own medicine.
But they didn't expect that they would retreat ten miles.
Was the previous situation going to repeat itself? Many people had pinned their hopes on Shi Cheng, and because of this, the several generals of the army had received a lot of criticism.
Half a month after the human army retreated, the Demon Master in charge of the demons' border army was removed from his position and ordered to return to the demons for questioning.
When Lu Xiufu received the news, he was overjoyed. He knew that from now on, the demons would be embroiled in a long-term internal conflict.
Half a month after the Demon Master was removed from his position and left the border, the demons withdrew 300,000 of their 600,000 soldiers from the border. They kept the 300,000 soldiers that had been sent to deal with the humans.
This was because they had encountered greater pressure at the border with the Wu people. They had no choice but to do so.
Now, the only threat to the humans was the Shura Race, who bordered the humans at Mount Buzhou.
The Shura Race bordered the God Race. Under the pressure of the God Race, the Shura Race had to send most of their troops to the Wu people.
Although the humans had fought with the Shura Race, neither side had gained the upper hand.
In order to reassure the demons, Lu Xiufu ordered Long Yan to focus his attention on the Shura Race and launch an offensive against them.
The White Tiger Army, 200,000 soldiers, and 100,000 soldiers of Long Yan's army, launched wave after wave of attacks against the Shura Race.
This was also one of the few times that Lu Xiufu had taken the initiative to attack since he had taken control of the White Tiger Legion.
According to their understanding of the human race, the Shura Tribe felt that the human race's attack was only symbolic and that they would withdraw in less than half a month.
But this time, they were wrong. The humans seemed to have been injected with chicken blood and launched a continuous attack on the Shura Race for nearly a month.
As a result, the Shura Tribe had no choice but to withdraw a portion of their troops from the Wu people to deal with the possible full-scale attack of the human race.
However, when the Shura Tribe's expeditionary army retreated, Lu Xiufu stopped fighting and immediately ordered the army to return to their original positions. He didn't want to fight at all.
The Shura Race's commander believed that the human race's unusual attack this time could not be sustained. Under the pressure of the God Race, he immediately sent out the expeditionary force.
After the Shura expeditionary army left, the Protoss would face greater pressure from the Wu people.
However, as soon as the Shura Tribe's expeditionary army left, Lu Xiufu ordered the army to prepare resources and launch a second round of attacks.
Just as Ye Tianze expected, the Yao Race fell into a state of internal friction after the human race launched a fierce attack on the Shura Race.
Under the Yao Emperor, the eight princes attacked each other in order to fight for the throne.
The Yao Emperor had nine direct descendants. These nine princes were born in the Nine Great Tribes of the Yao Race.
These Nine Great Tribes were the rulers of the Yao Race and each had their own territory according to the Yao Race's custom.
When the Yao Emperor ascended to the throne, no matter which tribe he belonged to, he had to marry with one of the Nine Great Tribes and give birth to a direct descendant.
The Yao Emperor could choose one of the Nine Great Tribes as his successor.
The Yao Crown Prince originally belonged to the Golden Crow Tribe of the Nine Great Tribes. The Golden Crow Tribe was fully deserving of the title of royalty among the Yao Race.
The first Yao Emperor was the Golden Crow Tribe.
This generation's Yao Crown Prince was expected by everyone. Even after the great defeat in the Southern Land, his position was still firm under the protection of the Yao Master.
But this time, Ye Tianze directly killed the Yao Crown Prince. The throne was empty, and the Eight Great Tribes had the qualifications to fight for it.
The Yao Emperor looked at his eight direct descendants and found that their strength and ability were similar. Then, he looked at the Nine Great Tribes under him and knew that no one would be convinced if he appointed a Crown Prince.
Helpless, he issued a decree. Whichever prince of the Nine Great Tribes could avenge the Crown Prince would be the next Crown Prince.
A stone stirred up a thousand ripples, and the entire Yao Race was in an uproar.
Unfortunately, Ye Tianze, who killed the Yao Crown Prince, was in the Human Race's Stone City, and now the Stone City was a solid piece of metal.
Needless to say, Ye Tianze's strength was not weak. It was obviously not that easy to take Ye Tianze's head.
The Eight Great Tribes made two preparations. One was to plot to kill the direct descendants of the Yao Emperor, and the other was to enter the Human Race and find an opportunity to kill Ye Tianze.
However, almost all the experts sent by the Eight Great Tribes to the Human Race did not return. This made them understand that it was obviously more difficult to kill Ye Tianze than to directly kill the direct descendants of the Yao Emperor.
The Stone City suffered several sneak attacks from the Yao Clan experts, but these Yao Clan assassins were killed before they could even see Ye Tianze's face.
Lee Chao-young took the opportunity to carry out a bloodbath on the remaining forces of the Three Great Alliances. She completely cleaned up the forces of the Three Great Alliances in Mount Buzhou.
The Stone City was no longer as strict as before. The forces of Mount Buzhou could enter the Stone City. They could choose to join the army of the Stone City, or they could choose not to join the army of the Stone City and the Two Great Alliances to climb the mountain.
The previous restrictions were completely lifted. However, they had to pay taxes in the Stone City. Compared to the Two Great Alliances, they had to pay less taxes.
It took Ye Tianze two months to lead 70,000 Huben soldiers from the second level to the fifth level.
Except for the obstruction of some demons on the fifth level, the other four levels had established strongholds of the Stone City. The Two Great Alliances followed closely behind and established strongholds on the first four levels. Under the impact of the huge benefits, the Two Great Alliances seemed to have forgotten the humiliation of being forced by Lee Chao-young.
The demons on the third to fourth levels had to choose to surrender under the pressure of the army.
Ye Tianze would not reason with them, because his words were the truth. If they did not choose to surrender, they could only leave Mount Buzhou.
However, Ye Tianze also felt the pressure on the fifth level.
It was not that the old monsters here like the Sky Sword Elder were difficult to deal with. With Tang Yuan guarding the stronghold on the fifth level, these old monsters did not dare to approach the stronghold of the Stone City.
What really made Ye Tianze feel the pressure was the spirit beasts. With every level, the strength of the spirit beasts would increase by a level.
When establishing a stronghold, a beast tide was unavoidable. However, when blocking the beast tide on the fifth level, the stronghold's losses were the greatest.
"Sir, it's better to digest the fifth level first before entering the sixth level. If we enter the sixth level now, even if we establish a stronghold, I'm afraid we will suffer heavy losses."
Zhuge Qi's suggestion was to first digest the first five levels.
When the army expanded, they would send more people up the mountain to establish more strongholds. They would stabilize the current territory and then expand.
Ye Tianze naturally understood this principle. The reason why he felt uncomfortable now was naturally because of the limit of his strength. With the current strength of the Stone City, it was already a miracle that they could advance to the fifth level.
If this continued, the difficulty of establishing a stronghold would only increase, and there might even be a price of complete annihilation.
After defending the stronghold on the fifth level, the Seven Divisions of the Huben Army lost nearly 5,000 people. Even when fighting the Three Great Alliances, they had not suffered such heavy losses.
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