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Facing Xiang Shan's doubts, Yang Kai explained, "This technique of mine requires a suitable carrier. At that time, there was no such condition."

Universe World, who had been refined into a World Bead, was its carrier. The Black Ink Clan had occupied the 3000 Worlds for thousands of years, all of the universe world had been destroyed, so it was naturally impossible for him to do anything.

He had brought some World Beads from the Myriad Monster Territory, but they were all food prepared for A' Er and A' Er.

Xiang Shan nodded in understanding and put away the World Bead that contained the entire Blood Flame Army.

Yang Kai began refining the second universe world.

After this series of actions, the universe world where the twelve main ary is located had been turned into World Bead, which will be kept by their respective Ninth Order.

Outside the No-Return Pass, there was only one Pure Yang Pass left. The Central Army's soldiers and even the two Giant Spiritual God were gathered in the square.

By the time Yang Kai finished refining Pure Yang Pass with the Space-Time River, only a group of Ninth Order cultivators remained.

Mi Jinglun turned around and looked in the direction of the No-Return Pass, saying in a clear voice, "All of you must do your best to guard this place. If one day the army returns, it will be the day of victory. If one day…" He paused for a moment before continuing, "If there is any bad news from the front lines, all of you will seal the Domain Gate and return to the 3000 Worlds."

As the army set out, there were still some soldiers left behind to guard the No-Return Pass. After all, this was the gateway to the Heavens, so they couldn't just ignore it.

The only difference was that the remaining soldiers were all heavily injured in the previous battle, all of them with broken arms and legs. There were only a few tens of thousands of them.

Previously, when Mi Jinglun had ordered them to remain behind in the No-Return Pass, these tens of thousands of soldiers had even come to the Head Office to complain. Although they were already crippled, they still had the will to kill their enemies. Even if their strength was damaged, they still had the courage to perish together with their enemies.

For this reason, Mi Jinglun had spent a long time trying to appease them before finally allowing these tens of thousands of soldiers to stay and guard the No-Return Pass.

Everything had to be done just in case. Half a year ago, they conquered the No-Return Pass, and although they had nearly wiped out the entire Black Ink Clan army, it was extremely likely that some of them would slip through the net on such a vast battlefield. The strength of these Black Ink Clan masters may not be very strong, but if they were to really run into the 3000 Worlds, they would definitely cause great losses to the Human Race who were guarding the rear.

After all, there weren't many masters amongst the Human Race who were guarding the rear.

For this reason, Yang Kai had deliberately left behind a sealing technique. If there really was an irreversible situation, even if the tens of thousands of soldiers were to retreat, they could use this sealing technique to completely seal off the Domain Gate!

With Yang Kai's current methods, the Sealing Technique could only be broken by a large number of Pseudo-Royal Lords or Royal Lords.

If such an expert really appeared in the No-Return Pass, it would mean a loss on the frontlines and the destruction of the Human Race.

After Mi Jinglun gave his orders, the tens of thousands of soldiers who had remained behind all cupped their fists and shouted, "Yes!"

The Ninth Order masters took one last deep look at the Domain Gate that led to the Heavens before turning around and flying off into the void.

This time, it was unknown how many people would survive.

Behind him, in the No-Return Pass, a soldier suddenly called out, "I wish all of you great lords a triumphant return!"

Tens of thousands of voices rang out, "I wish all of you great lords a triumphant return!"

…

With the help of the Universe Temple and Space Arrays laid in advance along the road by the Void Guard, the thirty Ninth Order masters arrived at the border between the Ink Battlefield and the Ancient Battlefield in just a few days.

After calculating the distance, the Ninth Order masters appeared in the last Universe Temple and immediately met up with the Void Guard stationed here to gather information.

Soon, the Void Guard reported everything they had learned.

After hearing this, Yang Kai said, "If that's the case, the Black Ink Clan's reinforcements must have decided to ambush us in the Ancient Battlefield."

The Void Guard soldier who spoke nodded and said, "It seems they have this plan. Half a year ago, when the battle at the No-Return Pass is over, this group of reinforcements suddenly stopped. At that time, we didn't know what had happened, but after that, we understood that they must have received some news from the No-Return Pass."

Mi Jinglun nodded, "Mo Na Ye was sending out a message before he died, so it should be his arrangement."

On that day, Yang Kai had killed Mo Na Ye with his spear while Mi Jinglun had taken out a small Ink Nest from him. At that time, Mo Na Ye had obviously used the Ink Nest's power to send a message to the reinforcements on the road.

"The current situation is very clear. The Black Ink Clan reinforcements know that their existence has been exposed, and they also know that the No-Return Pass has been conquered, so under Mo Na Ye's arrangements, they chose a suitable battlefield to ambush us."

"However, they didn't expect us to arrive so quickly."

At a normal pace, even if the Human Race were to set out on an expedition from the No-Return Pass, it would still take them more than a decade to reach this place.

At that time, no matter how strong the Human Race's forces were, they would still be exhausted, and the Black Ink Clan would be able to easily catch the Human Race unprepared.

However, in reality, after the Human Race took down the No-Return Pass, they had spent half a year cultivating before arriving here in just a few days.

From the looks of it, establishing the Void Guard on that day was a wise decision, unknowingly resolving a great crisis for the Human Race.

This kind of misinformation could be used to their advantage.

Yang Kai pondered for a moment before raising his head and saying, "Senior Brother, please rest for a moment while I go investigate."

Mi Jinglun nodded, "Then I'll have to trouble Junior Brother."

A Void Guard soldier immediately stepped forward and offered a Space Spirit Bead to Yang Kai. Yang Kai reached out and took it, quietly activating the power of the Space Spirit Bead for a moment.

With a flash of light from the Space Spirit Bead, Yang Kai disappeared.

In the next instant, he appeared in the void with a figure beside him. It was Li Wuyi, who had been monitoring the movements of the Black Ink Clan's reinforcements.

This was how he had come to find Li Wuyi last time.

Seeing Yang Kai, Li Wuyi let out a sigh of relief. Being here alone to monitor the situation was a bit stressful, but now that Yang Kai had arrived, he felt the burden on his shoulders relax.

"The No-Return Pass is conquered?" Li Wuyi asked.

Although Li Wuyi had already learned the results of the battle at the No-Return Pass, he couldn't help asking.

"Yes!" Yang Kai nodded.

"It's good that it's conquered," Li Wuyi smiled, but he quickly restrained himself and whispered, "How are the casualties?"

"It's not too big, it's within the tolerance."

Li Wuyi nodded and didn't ask any more questions. The only thing he knew was a series of cold numbers, but each number represented a Human Race soldier, so the price to pay in battle was always extremely heavy.

"How's the situation here?" Yang Kai looked around but didn't see any traces of the Black Ink Clan's reinforcements, so he couldn't help feeling puzzled.

"I knew you were coming, so I retreated a bit to avoid being detected by the Black Ink Clan. I couldn't see anything from this position," Li Wuyi explained, "Half a year ago, they stopped and were building their defensive line."

"Set up a defensive line?" Yang Kai raised his brow, somewhat surprised.

Li Wuyi nodded, "They dragged many dead Universe World from nearby to act as a shield, seemingly intending to build a camp there."

Yang Kai said thoughtfully, "So they don't plan on ambushing us and instead want to fight us head-on?"

"They have the qualifications to do so!" Li Wuyi's expression became solemn. Hundreds of Pseudo-Royal Lords, tens of millions of High Rank Black Ink Clan at the very least. Even if they didn't have a Royal Lord or Ink Giant Spiritual God, they were still a force to be reckoned with.

"It should be Mo Na Ye's arrangement," Yang Kai suddenly understood, "They don't have any hope of stopping our expedition, all they want is to weaken the strength of the Human Race as much as possible. As long as the Human Race's strength is weakened to a certain extent, even an expedition won't have much meaning, so instead of hoping for an ambush, they might as well set up a defensive line. They even hope that the Human Race can discover their tracks."

Li Wuyi thought for a moment before nodding, "Indeed."

Yang Kai asked again, "How vigilant are they?"

Li Wuyi replied, "It's just so-so. They didn't expect the Human Race's army to arrive so quickly, so they didn't have too many scouts scattered around, and their range of detection wasn't very large either. Those Black Ink Clan scouts were only able to investigate nearby, but because of this, it's not convenient for me to get too close."

Half a year ago, he had been able to monitor the movements of the Black Ink Clan's army from the closest distance, but after the Black Ink Clan had set up camp, he didn't dare to get too close lest he expose himself.

"I'll go take a look," Yang Kai said before asking for directions and flying deeper into the void.

Although he hadn't discovered any Royal Lord-level masters when he came to investigate last time, there was no harm in being careful, so it was best to carefully confirm it again. Otherwise, if a great battle broke out, the mistakes in the intelligence report would likely result in many unnecessary losses for the Human Race.

After flying in that direction for a while, Yang Kai saw the traces of the Black Ink Clan's army.

He activated Thunder Shadow's Natal Divine Ability, concealing his figure and aura as he approached.

Looking around, everything was just as Li Wuyi had said. The Black Ink Clan's army had already set up camp in this empty region. The dead Universe World had been dragged over from various parts of the void and set up a natural defensive line here.

This place was still the Ancient Battlefield. In the Ancient Era, the Human Race and the Black Ink Clan had fought fiercely on this vast battlefield. Countless powerful masters and sages had died in battle, leaving behind many restriction and traps that had not even been activated, including Divine Ability and Secrert Technique lying in dormant.

These were all advantages the Black Ink Clan could use.

As Yang Kai approached the Black Ink Clan's reinforcements, he scanned his surroundings.

A short while later, Yang Kai arrived at the closest position and carefully examined it. After confirming that this Black Ink Clan's reinforcements really didn't have a Royal Lord-level master guarding them, Yang Kai immediately relaxed. Although this group of Black Ink Clan reinforcements had quite a number of them and could be considered elites, their lack of information made them like turtles in a jar.

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