Not long after their conversation ended, they saw high-level dark creatures beginning to appear in the darkness.
“It’s a fourth-tier bronze-headed creature. It’s a gregarious dark creature, and it’s very high-level! There will definitely be higher-level ones following us. We need to retreat!” Wang Xinghe said to Ye Chen.
"Okay, notify the new recruits to prepare for retreat. I'll cover the rear this time. Let's meet at the usual place!" Ye Chen nodded and said. When conquering a star field, it's difficult to escape unless you have extremely fast speed, if no one covers the rear.
"Alright, then you can do it this time! Do you need me to leave some manpower for you?" Wang Xinghe didn't stand on ceremony, clearly acknowledging the other party's abilities!
"No need, Fatty can stay with me!" Ye Chen shook his head and refused.
"Alright, then be careful!" Wang Xinghe nodded and began to lead the lords in a retreat.
Ye Chen did not send any more troops out, and with the withdrawal of Wang Xinghe and others, he began to shrink the battle line, relying on fire crows, goblins and jade rabbits to continue to resist the impact of dark creatures.
"Roar~~~" The violent energy shockwave bombarded the surrounding darkness, startling the many new lords who were retreating, while also making them admire Ye Chen's strength even more.
As a fourth-tier dark creature race, the Bronze Heads are different from the more common Dark Predators. They are a special group of life forms born from a metal mutation, possessing a steel-like metallic body. Their defense and attack power are both enormous, and their powerful defense is so strong that even the Dark Predators cannot break through it.
As a body constructed of metal, it also possesses unparalleled strength, far surpassing Zhou Wenbin's mountain giant. After all, one is a rock life form, and the other is a metal life form, inherently differing in terms of sturdiness and density.
Among creatures of the same level, few can match the strength attribute of the Bronze Head; even dragons have to bow down and admit defeat.
However, having power does not mean being strong. The high strength and high defense of the Bronze Head come at the cost of low agility and intelligence.
A fifth-tier bronze-headed creature is less agile than a fourth-tier howling moon wolf king, and its intelligence is nonexistent. It could probably be comparable to a first-tier goblin.
During the Dark Invasion, the Bronze Heads generally act as vanguards and meat shields, obeying the commands of other Dark races and fighting on the front lines of the interdimensional war.
However, the creation of bronze heads is not easy, so although they live in groups, their numbers are not large. Only some large dark legions can possess them. The fact that Ye Chen and his group encountered them here can only mean that the dark creatures in this star field are much more powerful than they imagined.
"Brother Chen? What do you mean? Shall we go in and take a look?" Fatty asked Ye Chen with a smile as he watched everyone leave.
"Do you have enough energy crystals?" Ye Chen asked the fat man.
"Hehe! I don't have enough energy crystals, but I have enough merit points!" the fat man chuckled, raising his hand to transfer over a hundred million merit points to Ye Chen.
The recent bombardment brought Fatty a lot of merit points. Although purchasing energy crystals also requires merit points, it was still a profitable deal overall.
"You made over a hundred million points in one go, looks like you just made quite a bit!" Ye Chen teased.
"Hehe! That's all I have, I'll run out of points!" the fat man laughed awkwardly. He only seemed generous; in reality, he really only had that many merit points left.
"How many goblins do you have available for battle right now?" Ye Chen nodded and asked.
"Around 30,000! Less than 40,000!"
"Quite a lot!" Ye Chen nodded, quickly completed the exchange of energy crystals, and sent them all to the fat man.
The fat man was stunned when he saw the mountain of energy crystals piled up in his territory.
"Holy crap, over 30,000 Tier 5 crystals? You paid for them yourself?" the fat man asked in shock. He had only planned to have Ye Chen exchange them for a batch of Tier 4 energy crystals!
"Take it. I'll hold them off here for a while. You quickly bring the goblins back and replace the energy crystals. If you want to go deeper, your fourth-tier combat power won't be enough!" Ye Chen said casually.
After two rounds of battle, his gains were much higher than the fat man's. Even though he was given more than 30,000 fifth-tier crystals, he still had hundreds of millions of merit points. Not to mention the Jade Rabbit, the gains from the three million fire crows were already no less than those from the goblins!
"Alright! I'll get them dressed up right away!" the fat man said excitedly, eager to engage in a fifth-tier battle.
With the goblins' retreat and the loss of suppressive fire, the pressure on Ye Chen's side increased significantly.
Moreover, neither the Fire Raven nor the Jade Rabbit are melee-oriented races. They are fine when facing the Bronze Head, but once attacked by the Dark Predator, they are easily killed in the darkness, and the casualties are constantly increasing.
"All tribes of the Witch Clan, heed my command! Warriors of the fourth rank and above, prepare to march!" Ye Chen stood on the Baixian Platform and gave the order to the various tribes of the Witch Clan.
The tens of thousands of members of the Wu Clan were Ye Chen's most powerful warriors. In particular, the tribal chiefs had already reached the peak of the fifth rank and were no less capable of fighting against sixth-rank units. Even Tao Ping could not completely defeat any of the tribal chiefs in sparring.
Moreover, with Ye Chen leading the various tribes of the Wu Clan, after thirty years on the Primordial Star, she and the other Awakened Ones had managed to reach the peak of the 3rd rank through an unlimited supply of high-grade medicinal herbs. As for her main combat force, she had even reached the 4th rank in one go. Now, with her leading the team, tens of thousands of Wu Clan members were all shrouded in a layer of holy radiance.
This is her divine aura, which imbues all attacks with divine power, causing immense damage to dark creatures.
"Kill!" The Wu Clan members, who had been sent into the starry sky, roared and charged directly into the boundless dark creatures, showing no fear or dread whatsoever.
These great shamans were equally brave, protecting themselves with various laws and powers. They then fought against the dark creatures with their powerful physiques. Some of the bolder and more warlike shamans even challenged the bronze leader, wanting to take him on. Naturally, they were taught a lesson and ended up with bruises and swelling, but most of them only suffered minor injuries and were not in any life-threatening danger.
Ye Chen and Fatty were speechless at the sight. They could only say that these witches were true warriors. Not only did they use their flesh and blood to fight against steel head-on, but they also fought with such passion and excitement. Ye Chen suddenly felt that the extinction of the witch clan in the prehistoric world was not without reason. If they didn't die under the great calamity, they would probably have killed themselves in the end.
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