The three Heavenly Kings agreed to Gao Yuan's request in the end.
Even though they already held the absolute advantage, if Gao Yuan were to disregard everything and fight with his life on the line, he would definitely cause enormous damage to them. It was even possible that one of them would die because of that.
Duan Feibai, for example, had already been severely injured in the battle to kill Gao Ming. If he continued to fight with Gao Yuan, he would definitely become Gao Yuan's main target.
In addition, if Gao Yuan went crazy and led the many experts of the Winged Clan to attack the many cultivators of the Ministry of War, more than half of the millions of soldiers here would be wiped out.
No matter how they looked at it, agreeing to Gao Yuan's request seemed to be the safest way.
It didn't matter whether Gao Yuan surrendered three days later. Three days was enough for the three Heavenly Kings of the Ministry of War to recover from their injuries.
More importantly, the army of the Ministry of War had already surrounded the core of the Winged Clan. Three days was enough for the Ministry of War to set up layers of defense around the Winged Clan's Sky City.
With this, even if the Winged Clan wanted to resist, the losses they would cause to the Ministry of War would be much smaller.
"Retreat." The many generals of the Ministry of War began to issue orders.
The strict organization of the Ministry of War was fully displayed.
The generals scattered in all directions, in charge of assisting the many cultivators of the Ministry of War below and preventing the Winged Clan from launching a sneak attack.
The remaining soldiers of the Ministry of War slowly retreated under the leadership of the generals and captains.
Soon, a huge military camp appeared at the edge of the battlefield.
In the sky, huge chariots flew into the sky and surrounded the floating Sky City at an extremely high position in the sky.
The Starry Heavenly King, Murong Xian, personally led many Origin Formation Masters to set up Origin Formations around the Sky City.
…
In the huge military camp, the cultivators of all levels of the Ministry of War were not idle either. The previous battle with the Winged Clan had caused the army of the Ministry of War to suffer heavy losses. Many teams had even been wiped out. The teams that lacked manpower also needed to be redeployed.
Among these groups of warriors, Ye Chen walked in the camp with a worried look on his face.
The team that he led had returned in one piece this time. Not a single person had died.
However, the problem was that Ye Chen had kept all of them in the Budur Ancient Pagoda in order to protect them.
By now, these team members must have discovered the secret of the Budur Ancient Pagoda and the existence of the World Divine Tree.
In order to prevent the news about the World Tree from leaking out, Ye Chen should have detained them in the small world inside the Budur Ancient Pagoda, just like Li Mengyao and the other two.
However, these members were all martial artists of the Ministry of War and had the mark of the Ministry of War on them. Now that the army of the Ministry of War had returned and the Ministry of War reorganized their forces, they would definitely discover that these members had disappeared.
As the leader of this team, Ye Chen would have a hard time explaining the reason behind his actions.
"It seems like I can only resort to violence," Ye Chen muttered to himself as his consciousness entered the Small World inside the Budur Ancient Pagoda.
Inside the Small World, Qi Lingyu and the others were huddled together in shock as they looked up at the huge Tree of God above them.
"The leader's strength is so amazing, and he actually has such a treasure. It's no wonder that he could become Taishō's personal disciple."
"Not only that, the leader only went to the North Sea Star Island for half a year and managed to accumulate hundreds of millions of military credits. Otherwise, how did the leader obtain the title of Heavenly King of Military Credits?"
"Speaking of which, I looked down on the leader at first. I thought that a person who exchanged for military credits was simply a joke. Now, it seems like the leader probably had his reasons for exchanging for this title."
…
The group of team members huddled together and muttered to themselves.
Only Qi Xingyu stood at the side with a joyful look on her face. She was definitely on Ye Chen's side, so when she heard the other team members slandering Ye Chen, she was already displeased.
Now that these team members had taken the initiative to admit their mistakes, Qi Xingyu was very happy.
Whoosh!
Ye Chen's figure suddenly appeared beside everyone.
"Leader." Qi Xingyu and the others looked at Ye Chen together.
Ye Chen nodded slightly at everyone. Then, he looked at them and said, "The battle outside has ended. You can go out now."
"It's over." The group of team members was instantly overjoyed.
Being able to survive a battle of such a scale could only be attributed to luck.
Of course, these team members knew very well that they had survived not because of luck, but because they had followed the right leader.
"Leader, the four sacred trees are very precious. This information must not be leaked. If we leave just like this, what if we accidentally leak the information about the World Sacred Tree?" Qi Xingyu looked at Ye Chen with a serious expression.
Ye Chen looked at Qi Xingyu, somewhat speechless.
Among the many martialists who had entered this pocket dimension, Qi Xingyu was the first to take the initiative to raise this issue.
Moreover, from her words, it was clear that she was reminding Ye Chen not to let them go so easily.
Although Qi Xingyu's actions might be unfair to her team members, Ye Chen was very touched by Ye Chen's actions.
Ye Chen waved his hand and looked at everyone. "Xingyu's words are not without reason. Do you know how many martialists were imprisoned in this pocket dimension before you came in?"
With a wave of his hand, Qi Xingyu and the others immediately followed Ye Chen to various places in this pocket dimension.
This was the Beast Clan's Supreme Dao elite, the Golden Lion.
This was the Star God's Emissary who dominated the North Sea Star Island.
These two were the famous Jade Pool Fairy, Li Mengyao, and the Killing Blade, Ning Xiu 'er.
Every time Ye Chen said a name, the team members' expressions would change.
There was no other way. Almost every martialist that Ye Chen had imprisoned here was much stronger than the ordinary soldiers of the Ministry of War.
Ye Chen could even imprison all these martialists here. Naturally, he could imprison them here as well.
"Leader, the secret of the four sacred trees is indeed very important. Therefore, even if you leave us here, it doesn't matter. Anyway, the spirit energy here is very dense and the various nomological laws are rather clear. If we stay here, we might be able to cultivate faster than outside," one of the team members said with a grin.
"You are all members of the internal division of the Ministry of War. Even if I want to keep you here, I'm afraid I can't."
Ye Chen shook his head and said, "Furthermore, the war outside has already ended. The Ministry of War is counting the casualties. If you disappear directly, I won't be able to answer to the Ministry of War. Therefore, you have to leave this place and continue to fight the Winged Clan with me."
Most of the team members' faces were filled with joy.
To be honest, although what the team member said was right, the environment in this pocket dimension was special and it might not be a bad thing to stay here and cultivate.
However, this was not the Hidden Dragon World. If they could leave as soon as possible, they would still want to leave as soon as possible.