Chapter 1223 -59: Beginning_2
Yu Venerable was equally full of anticipation, with a hint of murderous intent in his voice, “The other four domains have all announced their abandonment, only the Sword Sect insists on going its own way, acting as a lone hero.”
“This time, let the Sword Sect know that being a lone hero isn’t so easy.”
“As for the Sword Sect’s Cross-Domain Teleportation Formation,” Soul Venerable paused, “In any case, as we expected, apart from the Sword Sect, other Human Race forces are unwilling to support Central Spirit.
Whether this teleportation formation is activated or not makes little difference now, so let’s just put this matter aside for now.”
Destroying all Cross-Domain Teleportation Formations was, in their anticipation, a foolproof move that was a sure bet.
The so-called sure bet means that even if there are some minor lapses, the impact won’t be too significant.
Moreover, aside from the Yi River platform’s teleportation formation, there is no other teleportation formation on Central Spirit now, which can be considered as basically achieving the planned goal.
Of course, the most important thing is that the Demon Race’s army of the Incessant Domain is now advancing eastward in the western region of Central Spirit.
While Yi River platform is located in the northern region of Central Spirit.
The two are separated by ten million eighty thousand li.
Leading the Demon Race’s army to flatten the Yi River platform is evidently unlikely.
“The Human Cultivators are gathering at the Changye Mountains, preparing to build a new fortress there to block our army,” Yu Venerable said again.
Changye Mountains, this is a natural barrier stretching between the east and west of Central Spirit, like a natural city wall, resembling a corridor.
The Human Race distinguishes between the east and west of Central Spirit with this mountain range as the boundary.
East of the Changye Mountains is the eastern region of Central Spirit.
“A new grand fortress cannot be built in a short time, and besides, this time there’s no Ancestral Daoist Xia to set up a Divine Formation for the Human Race.”
“Without a Divine Formation, how can a fortress block us?” Soul Venerable was extremely confident in the strength of the Incessant Domain’s Demon Race, “No matter how tall or sturdy it looks, it’s just a paper tiger, one blow and it topples.”
“But once the grand fortress is built, it will surely delay our Soul Snatching pace and increase our losses,” Yu Venerable said solemnly.
“Our army is too large, making it inconvenient to move, making it difficult to execute quick assaults, and with the masses of Demon Beasts accumulated by the Rinsing Spirit Sect over millennia, coordination is challenging.
At this rate of advance, it will take at least three months to reach the Changye Mountains.”
“In three months, the Human Race can build a sufficiently strong fortress between the Changye Mountains.”
“We’d better split our forces, dispatch part of our strength, and rush straight to the Changye Mountains. Even if we cannot directly eliminate the Human Cultivators there now, at least we can disrupt their city-building efforts.”
“And then? Originally, our overall strength was overwhelming against the Human Race, but once we forcefully divide our strength into two, the Human Race can contend with us,” Soul Venerable opposed.
The Incessant Domain’s strength, although extremely formidable compared to Central Spirit, still had reservations.
Firstly, the second War of the Dao and Demons had not yet begun, and the Incessant Domain was the first to start the Soul Snatching battle.
At this time, the other Seven Domains were in a stage of “idleness,” which meant that while the Heart Demon clan invested heavily on the frontlines, the rear must guard against “home-stealing” by the Seven Great Holy Demon Clans.
Among the Demon Race, there is only brutality, only cold-bloodedness.
If they truly leave the Incessant Domain unguarded, then the other Seven Great Demon Clans acting against the Incessant Domain is almost inevitable.
By then, even Bing Demon and Giant Spirit — clans who had allied with the Heart Demon clan — wouldn’t pass up this opportunity to invade.
For the other Seven Great Holy Demon Clans, it’s as if a domain is being handed to them for free.
The Heaven-given opportunity, if not seized, will bring disaster.
The claim that the Incessant Domain is at war with the Human Race and isn’t dragging the Demon Race down is too naive.
In the Abyss, profit always comes first.
The naive can’t survive, not in the Abyss, nor in the Sky Dome Heaven.
Thus, considering this point, Soul Venerable and Yu Venerable must leave fifty percent of their forces to guard the Incessant Domain.
And in the Dragon City Pass battle, although the Demon Race achieved glorious results, wiping out the strongest group of Central Spirit’s cultivators overnight, they did not come without losses.
— In the desperate resistance of the Dragon City Pass cultivators, they lost nearly ten percent of their forces there.
This means, up to now, the Heart Demons can only deploy forty percent of their forces to Central Spirit.
If forty percent is divided in two, that becomes twenty percent.
Facing Central Spirit’s Human Cultivators from regions other than the west and the Sword Cultivators westward campaign with twenty percent of the forces means the Human Race isn’t without a chance of victory.
“With twenty percent forces, the outcome is uncertain, but with forty percent forces, it is crushing.”
“The approach of overall crushing may be simpler, slower, but it wins in steadiness, minimizing unexpected incidents.”
“The Human Race has a saying, which I think makes a lot of sense…” Soul Venerable said slowly.
“The good doctor has no great name, the good warrior, no illustrious fame!”
“Individual combat might be reversed through strategy, through tactics, but at the level of war, plotting and tactics become secondary, the most important and crucial must be strength.”
“Walking by the river often, will you not get your shoes wet?”
“Playing with plots too often, there will eventually be slips, but strength is eternal.”
“As you mentioned, splitting our forces, if successful, would indeed eradicate Central Spirit’s last forces of resistance in one blow, thus reducing our Soul Snatching losses.”