Chapter 236: Refining Gan Ning! Conquering the Corpse Lich! The Methods of the Eternal Poison Strategist!
Damn it!
He had fallen for another trap!
This was all a trap!
The instant Skeleton Gan Ning was pulled into the stone coffin.
He realized he had fallen into Jia Xu's scheme.
The stone coffin concealed another world!
After Gan Ning entered it.
He discovered that the interior was not cramped at all. Instead, it was remarkably spacious.
This was a place without light. Eyes were completely useless here. A firm surface lay beneath his feet, and the entire area resembled a vast, pitch-black chamber shrouded beneath a curtain of darkness.
"Welcome to my private domain," Jia Xu's voice echoed throughout the space.
Skeleton Gan Ning gripped his twin blades tightly.
"Stop hiding! Get out here and fight me!"
Although he had once lost to Jia Xu.
He never believed himself weaker than the man.
Back then, Jia Xu had only won because he absorbed the power of the formation.
In a fair duel.
Gan Ning would never lose!
"This space was temporarily created through the Abyssal Stone Coffin. Since it exists outside the plane we currently inhabit, and because I possess certain techniques capable of concealing heavenly secrets, even your lord cannot project his vision here."
Jia Xu continued speaking calmly.
"Likewise, your Shadow Leap is completely useless within this space."
This warlock could actually block a lord's perception and observation?
If Jia Xu chose to seal him inside this space.
Escape would be nearly impossible.
Without Dead Bones Gan Ning.
The Corpse Lich Territory's frontline forces would lose one of their strongest combatants.
The threat they posed to the human territory and army would be greatly reduced.
Before he had time to think further.
A figure launched an attack from behind.
It was Su Fei, who had also entered the coffin.
He was still controlled by nearly invisible threads.
These threads were so fine they could scarcely be seen with the naked eye, and ordinary methods could not sever them.
Their opposite ends stretched straight upward into invisible void above.
The entire space had become a puppet theater.
Jia Xu stood outside the stage as the puppeteer.
Looking down from above.
Manipulating every puppet upon it.
Everything within this space seemed nothing more than toys under his complete control.
"Xingba, be careful!"
Su Fei unleashed a tremendously powerful slash.
Sending Gan Ning flying back over ten meters.
His armor shattered piece by piece.
Before he could steady himself.
The next attack had already arrived.
Although Skeleton Gan Ning far surpassed Skeleton Su Fei in strength.
Gan Ning valued loyalty and brotherhood above all else.
There was no way he could kill the friend who had once saved his life.
Especially while Su Fei still retained his own consciousness.
After dozens of exchanges.
Su Fei had suffered almost no injuries.
Instead.
Gan Ning's wounds grew increasingly severe.
His situation worsened with every passing moment.
"Xingba, what are you still hesitating for? From the moment I was captured, I became nothing but a burden upon the territory!"
Su Fei continued persuading him.
"Your abilities surpass mine tenfold. Your strength surpasses mine tenfold. You're far more valuable to His Lordship than I am. You must survive at all costs! Kill me! Do it!"
"Bullshit!"
Gan Ning finally snapped.
"You're Su Fei! Not the lord's lapdog! And definitely not some tool for the territory!"
"You're my brother!"
"My only friend left in this world!"
Another slash landed.
Gan Ning collapsed to the ground.
His injuries became even more severe.
Yet compared to his physical wounds.
The heart he no longer possessed seemed to ache even more.
Su Fei gathered another powerful blade light.
This strike came directly toward Gan Ning's face.
Although seriously injured.
Avoiding it would not have been difficult.
Yet Gan Ning had already lost all desire to live.
All these years.
He had never escaped the shadow of his former humanity.
The friends and loved ones sleeping within Buried Bones City.
Along with Su Fei, who had remained by his side through life and death.
Had been the only reasons he managed to continue existing.
At this very moment.
He finally realized.
His lord had deceived him.
The people buried within Buried Bones City.
Who had been transformed into the Dead Bones race.
Had long since lost both their humanity and memories.
They had become nothing more than obedient servants beneath their lord.
As for Su Fei...
He had changed completely as well.
He had almost entirely lost his humanity.
His dignity.
Even the brotherhood they once shared.
If Su Fei had willingly sacrificed himself purely out of brotherly loyalty.
Gan Ning might have accepted that sacrifice.
Killed him with his own hands.
Then devoted everything he had to avenging his fallen brother.
If that had been the case.
Even if it cost him everything.
He would have slain Jia Xu.
To avenge this blood debt.
To make the mastermind.
Who treated them like toys and forced brothers to kill one another.
Pay the price.
But.
Su Fei wasn't sacrificing himself out of brotherhood.
It was solely because of his absolute loyalty to his lord.
He simply believed Gan Ning was more useful than himself.
Simply believed he had become a burden to the territory.
So he willingly accepted death at Gan Ning's hands.
That was something Gan Ning absolutely could not accept.
Su Fei was utterly loyal to Xie Ming.
Even willing to give his life for the territory.
But in the eyes of those Corpse Fiends.
What was he really worth?
Nothing more than slightly higher-grade expendable material.
Xie Ming had deceived everyone.
So why should they continue serving him?
That damned Corpse Fiend didn't deserve it!
At this moment.
Gan Ning hated Xie Ming even more than Jia Xu.
Because although Jia Xu manipulated them like toys.
He stood on the opposite side.
The law of the jungle.
The victor became king while the defeated became prey.
They were enemies.
There was nothing to complain about.
Xie Ming was different!
Gan Ning had long grown sick of his current existence.
Even more sick of bowing before an alien race.
If he possessed the ability to raise his blade against Xie Ming.
He would do so without the slightest hesitation.
Unfortunately.
As a subordinate servant bound by the Starsea Mark.
He could never threaten Xie Ming.
Enough.
Let everything end here.
After all.
Su Fei had once been his brother.
Even if that brother had already lost his humanity.
Gan Ning still couldn't bring himself to kill him.
He abandoned all desire to survive.
No longer blocking.
No longer dodging.
Compared to dying while serving a lord who enslaved him.
Dying at Su Fei's hands.
Was a far better ending.
When life became meaningless.
Death became liberation.
His only regret.
Was that the hatred accumulated within him had nowhere to be vented.
Just as Gan Ning prepared to embrace death.
Something entirely unexpected occurred.
The blade light that should have split him in two.
Suddenly stopped less than half a foot before his face.
Why hadn't it struck?
As Gan Ning stood bewildered.
He suddenly heard a sigh.
"You two are truly admirable men of honor."
"Unfortunately, fate toyed with you and reduced you to this state."
Jia Xu slowly emerged from the surrounding darkness.
Gan Ning was shocked.
Although they had fought several days earlier.
Jia Xu had then appeared in his Ghost Warlock form.
Now.
He stood before him in the appearance of an ordinary human.
His aura was completely undisguised.
Both possessed the Authority Level of an Abyss Overlord.
Yet Founder of Extreme Yin Jia Xu stood among the first-rate Bosses.
While Skeleton Gan Ning was merely an entry-level Boss.
Furthermore.
Jia Xu had already reached Level 30.
And remained in perfect condition.
Skeleton Gan Ning.
After countless battles.
Was battered.
Badly wounded.
The difference in strength between them could not have been greater.
Only now did Gan Ning realize.
Jia Xu was even more terrifying than he had imagined.
From the very beginning.
He had never possessed any chance of victory.
Now trapped within this space.
Escape itself had become impossible.
"What do you want?"
Gan Ning found this man incomparably terrifying.
Yet he couldn't understand his intentions at all.
"I do not kill men of honor."
"But since we are enemies, releasing both of you would be difficult from my perspective."
Jia Xu wore an expression of helplessness.
"How about this? One of you may live. The other must die. You may choose for yourselves."
He waved his hand.
The puppet threads disappeared.
He released the puppet under his control.
Su Fei immediately felt control return to his body.
"This..."
Gan Ning stood frozen.
No matter how hard he tried.
He couldn't understand it.
Jia Xu held absolute superiority.
He could have ended the battle immediately.
Why resort to such elaborate tricks?
Simply to toy with people's hearts?
Simply because he found it amusing?
Forcing brothers to fight each other wasn't enough.
Now he even handed them the choice of who lived and who died.
Was he trying to manipulate human nature?
Trying to turn them against each other?
Or merely hoping to witness the ridiculous spectacle of both brothers competing to sacrifice themselves?
How despicable.
How sinister.
His twisted amusement was laid completely bare.
"You bastard! I don't need your charity! A true man may be killed but never humiliated!"
Gan Ning struggled to his feet.
"Su Fei! Don't fall for it! We'll fight him together!"
His soul fire blazed fiercely.
Even if he died.
He would die in battle.
Never in such humiliation.
Although he knew he was probably no match for Jia Xu.
He refused to be manipulated like this.
Su Fei, however, thought differently.
While under Jia Xu's control.
He had personally experienced just how terrifying this human warlock truly was.
Simply put.
His own strength.
Meant absolutely nothing before Jia Xu.
Even Gan Ning stood no chance.
Much less now.
When Gan Ning was already gravely wounded.
To fight head-on.
Would lead to certain death.
There would be no miracle.
It was better to seize even the faintest glimmer of hope.
No matter how unreliable it seemed.
It was still better than having none at all.
Su Fei asked,
"Will you keep your word?"
Jia Xu smiled.
"I don't have many virtues. But I do value morality and always keep my promises."
"Good."
"I'll die."
"Xingba... you must survive."
Su Fei looked one final time at Gan Ning.
Who was struggling to stand.
The soul fire within his eyes seemed to regain a trace of humanity.
Then.
He reversed his saber.
And decisively severed his own head.
His body shattered into countless fragments.
His soul fire flickered like the last candle before the wind.
Then completely dispersed.
From that moment onward.
There was no more Dead Bones Skeleton Su Fei.
"No!"
Gan Ning was too late to stop him.
He could only roar in despair.
Jia Xu sighed.
"What a truly noble warrior."
"Since your good brother gave his life for yours, I shall honor my promise and spare your life."
Gan Ning treasured friendship and brotherhood more than life itself.
Now.
His closest friend had died before his eyes.
This life granted through charity.
A life exchanged by his friend's death.
Was ten thousand times more painful than death itself.
Infinite agony.
Powerlessness.
Rage.
Unwillingness.
Confusion.
All piled together.
Until something inside him finally snapped.
The desire for death overwhelmed him.
Jia Xu summoned an exit.
"You may leave."
"I'll spare you this once."
"Next time."
"You won't be so fortunate."
"After all, you only had one brother willing to trade his life for yours."
He genuinely appeared ready to honor his promise and let Gan Ning go.
But would Gan Ning simply leave?
Obviously not.
As expected.
After several moments of silence.
Gan Ning finally spoke.
"Your secret technique controlled Su Fei."
"Can you use the same technique on me?"
Jia Xu narrowed his eyes.
"What are you trying to do?"
"Take revenge."
"So..."
"You wish to kill me?"
"I do want to kill you."
"But there's someone I want to kill even more."
The soul fire within Gan Ning's eyes blazed fiercely.
"Those Corpse Fiends from the Starsea are the true culprits!"
"They turned me into this!"
"I don't want to live anymore."
"Before I die, I just want one satisfying chance to vent everything!"
"Oh?"
"You seek revenge for yourself."
"For Su Fei."
"And for the people of Jiangxia Commandery?"
Jia Xu pretended to understand.
"But you're restrained by your territory."
"You cannot raise your blade against the Corpse Fiends."
"So you hope to borrow my power."
"I suppose that's exactly what you and the lord behind you wanted all along."
"My strength may not equal yours."
"But I can still be useful."
"I can certainly help you."
Jia Xu nodded.
"However, I possess two different puppet secret arts."
"The first is the Extreme Yin Domination Secret Art."
"Its advantage lies in rapidly controlling multiple targets during battle."
"However."
"It cannot control existences of equal Authority Level."
"So it cannot be used upon you."
"The second is the Extreme Yin Soul Refinement Secret Art."
"It can indeed control someone of your level."
"It also functions regardless of distance."
"However."
"The ritual is extremely complicated."
"The target must cooperate willingly."
"And once the Puppet Soul Refinement Talisman is activated."
"It can never be reversed."
"You will forever become my puppet."
Both puppet techniques.
Jia Xu had already used before.
The former manifested through puppet threads.
It was the same technique he used to control the Acolyte Secret Guards in New Wan City.
As well as Su Fei.
It allowed rapid control during battle.
Turning enemies into temporary allies.
However.
With Jia Xu's current strength.
It could only reliably control commander-level targets of comparable level.
If the target possessed equal or greater Authority Level and strength.
Control became unstable.
Furthermore.
The visual signs were far too obvious.
Even a fool could tell the victim had been controlled.
The latter technique.
Was entirely different.
Its effects were far more concealed.
Jia Xu had used the Extreme Yin Soul Refinement Secret Art before.
Back when Luoshui first expanded into the Wan City map.
He immediately sensed the disturbance.
So he dispatched one of his disciples.
He Song.
To investigate.
When he sensed He Song facing imminent death.
Jia Xu activated the Soul Refinement restriction implanted within him.
Remotely seizing control of He Song's body.
Using his disciple's body.
He spent a period of time communicating directly with Lord Hang Yu.
If the Domination Secret Art created temporary control.
Then the Soul Refinement Secret Art created permanent puppets.
The latter was vastly more difficult to perform.
Unless the target willingly accepted it.
Failure was highly probable.
So that was it.
Gan Ning finally understood.
From beginning to end.
He had been inside Jia Xu's trap.
The moment Jia Xu first laid eyes on him.
The entire plan had already been completed.
Every subsequent step.
Had merely been arranged in advance.
Back in New Wan City.
Ghost-form Jia Xu hadn't lacked opportunities to kill Gan Ning.
Yet he deliberately refrained.
Even intentionally allowed Gan Ning to escape.
Because although he possessed a fifty to sixty percent chance of killing him then.
He had no means of capturing him.
Nor any ability to refine him into a puppet.
Instead.
He captured Skeleton Su Fei.
Already laying the groundwork for everything to come.
Over the following days.
Jia Xu reconstructed his body.
Recovered his strength.
And completed an entirely new scheme.
Now.
Although it appeared Gan Ning had proposed this arrangement himself.
Everything.
Had always been the inevitable conclusion Jia Xu intended.
When Gan Ning realized this.
A chill ran through his entire body.
They had only met once.
Yet Jia Xu had completely seen through him.
More than that.
This terrifying man.
Had predicted every single one of his reactions.
His perfect understanding of human nature.
His absolute mastery over it.
His ruthless.
Cunning.
Bottomless schemes.
Inspired terror from the depths of one's soul.
Jia Xu still smiled gently.
"Have you made up your mind?"
"I dislike forcing others."
Although Gan Ning had already realized.
Everything had been part of Jia Xu's design.
Jia Xu didn't even bother concealing it.
But what else could Gan Ning do?
Return.
And continue serving the Corpse Fiends like a dog?
He could no longer find any meaning in living.
Nor did he wish to continue existing in this body.
He wanted only revenge.
Against the Corpse Lich Territory.
For himself.
For Su Fei.
For every citizen of Jiangxia Commandery.
He wanted that Corpse Fiend lord.
Who had lured tens of thousands of innocent people into ruin through lies and temptation.
To pay the price.
He wanted those beings.
Who treated his people as disposable servants.
To witness the rage he had suppressed for countless years.
It was unbearable.
Too unbearable.
This frustration had not accumulated over a day or two.
It had merely reached its absolute limit.
Like a volcano.
Or a flood waiting to erupt.
So.
He wanted only one thing.
Release.
Even knowing Jia Xu was using him.
Even knowing he would become Jia Xu's puppet.
This was his only opportunity.
As long as his goal could be achieved.
Nothing else mattered.
Only Jia Xu could grant him that chance.
"I, Gan Ning, have never owed anyone a debt of gratitude."
"I don't need anyone's charity to survive."
"If you can fulfill my wish."
"If you can let me enjoy one final satisfying battle."
"Then take this body of mine as payment."
Jia Xu nodded with satisfaction.
His objective had been achieved.
He immediately began arranging the ritual.
Planting the Puppet Soul Refinement Talisman within Gan Ning.
The talisman was extremely well concealed.
As long as Jia Xu didn't activate the technique.
Gan Ning would appear completely normal.
He could first return to the enemy camp.
Then.
At the crucial moment.
This hidden piece would finally be used.
This.
Was the decisive chess piece Jia Xu had prepared.
To deal with Xie Ming.
……
An hour later.
Jia Xu returned to Sanxiang City.
He looked utterly exhausted.
Preparing Gan Ning as this hidden piece.
Had drained him tremendously.
What hard work...
He really wanted to lie down forever.
Still.
After making such a great contribution this time.
He should finally be able to spend a while lazily resting.
His lord was generous.
Surely he would understand how hard his subordinate had worked.
At that moment.
Zhang Zhongjing cast numerous restorative alchemy techniques upon him.
Combined with several recovery pills.
Jia Xu quickly regained his condition.
Allowing the next stage of the plan to proceed.
"Strategist!"
Chimera Wraith approached Jia Xu.
She had been assigned to accompany the army attacking Shangting Hamlet.
Since she had returned.
The operation had presumably succeeded.
Just as expected.
"General Wen and General Zhou have returned!"
Chimera Wraith reported.
"We've successfully reclaimed the Blessing Points at Shangting Hamlet and Mountain Pass Village. The Corpse Lich Territory forces didn't resist very fiercely."
Jia Xu wasn't surprised at all.
Everything had unfolded exactly as he predicted.
Wen Pin and Zhou Cang had led a large force of Azure Dragon Guards.
Along with the newly established Tiger Hawk troops.
Launching a fierce assault.
With only their limited defenses and manpower.
Those two Blessing Points had never been capable of holding out.
Unless Xie Ming personally entered the battlefield.
He would never take such a risk.
Two low-level Blessing Points simply weren't worth it.
The Corpse Lich Territory would inevitably contract its front lines.
Concentrating all forces within Huangmei Hamlet.
Doing so preserved their strength.
Retreated in order to advance.
And consolidated their frontline fortress.
Using this nail driven into the human territory's Woniu Mountain.
To wage a prolonged defensive war of attrition.
However.
By doing so.
They had completely fallen into Jia Xu's layout.
After losing Shangting Hamlet and Mountain Pass Village.
The Corpse Lich Territory could no longer establish additional teleportation nodes within Woniu Mountain.
At this moment.
Huangmei Hamlet had become a tightly sealed sack.
Once the soldiers stationed inside were trapped.
They would have no opportunity to escape.
And that.
Was the foundation required.
To wage a true annihilation battle.
Although Huangmei Hamlet possessed formidable defenses.
And concentrated massive military strength.
It had no remaining retreat.
Despite appearing close to the Corpse Lich Territory itself.
As long as the offensive remained swift and overwhelming.
The Corpse Lich Territory would never have time to reinforce it.
A few minutes later.
Jia Xu.
Wen Pin.
Zhou Cang.
Zhang Zhongjing.
Along with Calamity Army representatives Ye Li Meng and Chimera Wraith.
Gathered once more within the Lord's Hall.
Wen Pin reported.
"We've followed your deployment and successfully reclaimed the two Blessing Points. Only Huangmei Hamlet remains under the Corpse Lich Territory's control."
Zhou Cang added.
"Although only one stronghold remains."
"Huangmei Hamlet contains numerous Starsea Buildings."
"They've also constructed countless traps and formations."
"The defending force numbers at least seven or eight thousand."
"Even with our strength."
"A direct assault would not breach it quickly."
"If we fail to capture it rapidly."
"Corpse Lich Territory reinforcements may exploit the opening and threaten Sanxiang City."
Ye Li Meng and Chimera Wraith both looked grave.
They understood.
The true battle was only just beginning.
This would be an incredibly difficult fortress to crack.
A truly brutal battle.
Zhang Zhongjing asked,
"How should we break this deadlock?"
Jia Xu leisurely took a sip of tea.
"The deadlock has already been broken."
"Why break it again?"
"I suggest everyone reserve the victory banquet at Kiba Grand Restaurant in advance."
"I believe we'll be using it tonight."
Everyone present was completely dumbfounded.
The real battle hadn't even begun!
Given Huangmei Hamlet's defenses.
Even besieging it for ten days or half a month wouldn't have been surprising.
Yet Jia Xu...
Hadn't even begun fighting.
Didn't even know the enemy's current condition.
And he was already arranging tonight's celebration banquet.
"Strategist Jia."
"The banquet is a trivial matter."
"So long as we can reclaim Huangmei Hamlet."
"Remove the Corpse Lich Territory's foothold."
"And rescue our trapped Calamity Army."
"Our War God Hall Legion will gladly pay every expense for the celebration."
"You'll be completely satisfied."
Ye Li Meng paused before continuing.
"The problem is..."
"We haven't even started."
"Booking the banquet now seems a little too early."
"Based on my limited life experience."
"Opening the celebratory wine halfway through the battle..."
"Isn't exactly a lucky habit."
Jia Xu calmly set down his teacup.
"Very well."
"Then we'll capture Huangmei Hamlet first."
"The celebration can wait until afterward."
Everyone exchanged bewildered glances.
Judging from Jia Xu's attitude.
Huangmei Hamlet was already in his pocket.
Its Corpse Lich lord.
Its seven or eight thousand elite soldiers.
Its dozen or twenty Starsea Buildings.
Its hundreds of formations.
Its countless traps and fortifications.
Were nothing more than chickens and clay dogs.
Jia Xu no longer kept everyone guessing.
He wanted to finish quickly.
Then return to peacefully lazing about.
He casually picked up three white chess pieces from the board.
"Although Huangmei Hamlet has only recently fallen under the Corpse Lich Territory's control."
"The Corpse Lich lord has invested enormous resources into it."
"It now possesses considerable defensive strength."
"Attacking from outside."
"Cannot break it quickly."
"Even if we eventually breach its defenses."
"We'll still face an extremely bloody battle."
"And even if we win."
"We'll suffer enormous casualties."
"I believe."
"Such a victory."
"Is not what any of you desire."
"And certainly wouldn't satisfy our lord."
Hearing this.
Ye Li Meng and Chimera Wraith both sighed in relief.
It seemed the strategist fully understood the battlefield.
Jia Xu placed the three chess pieces upon the board one after another.
"I intend to divide the Woniu Mountain forces into three armies."
"The first army."
"Will be led by General Zhou."
"It will march directly upon Huangmei Hamlet."
"Attack from the front."
"And draw away the defenders' attention."
"Simply create pressure."
"There is no need to force a breakthrough."
"The second army."
"Will be led by General Wen."
"It will remain stationed at Sanxiang."
"Prepared to activate Blessing Point teleportation at any moment."
By this point.
Everyone had become increasingly puzzled.
Wen Pin asked,
"My force will remain far away in Sanxiang City."
"Although this guarantees Sanxiang's safety."
"Even using the nearest Blessing Point."
"It would still take at least half an hour to reach Huangmei Hamlet."
"If the frontline encounters danger."
"General Zhou's army may be left completely isolated."
Ye Li Meng and Chimera Wraith also found Jia Xu's arrangement strange.
If they intended to attack.
Why not send Zhou Cang and Wen Pin together?
Only with both generals combined.
Could they balance offense and defense.
Only together.
Could they truly threaten the enemy.
Unable to hold back any longer.
Chimera Wraith asked,
"General Wen commands one army."
"General Zhou commands another."
"That makes only two."
"Where is the third army?"
Jia Xu did not immediately answer Wen Pin's question.
Instead.
He placed the third chess piece onto the board.
"This third army."
"Is not inside Sanxiang City."
"It is already deep within the enemy camp."
"And using this army properly."
"Will be the true key to victory."
"As well as minimizing our casualties."
Ye Li Meng's eyes widened.
"The third army is already inside the enemy camp?"
"Strategist..."
"You don't mean the Calamity Army?"
"Precisely."
Jia Xu nodded.
"To be honest."
"The Fate Skill I awakened."
"Happens to completely counter enemy spellcasters."
"It can nullify their spells."
"In other words."
"I can remove the seals placed upon the Calamity Army whenever I wish."
"That is why I wasn't in a hurry to rescue them."
"And instead allowed them to be imprisoned inside Huangmei Hamlet."
The moment everyone heard this.
Their eyes widened.
It felt as though lightning had struck their minds.
So that was why Jia Xu never rescued the Calamity Army!
Their capture.
Originally a devastating defeat.
Had instead been transformed by Jia Xu into an opportunity.
Allowing the Calamity Army to infiltrate the enemy's very core.
Everything suddenly connected.
The first army.
Led by Zhou Cang.
Appeared to launch the main assault.
But was actually only a feint.
Designed to attract attention.
The second army.
Led by Wen Pin.
Appeared to defend Sanxiang City.
But in reality.
It was preparing for the decisive strike.
The true key.
Was the third army.
The Calamity Army itself.
Jia Xu would remove their seals.
Allowing this large imprisoned force to revive from within Huangmei Hamlet.
Becoming a heavenly army descending directly inside the enemy stronghold.
Completely beyond the Corpse Lich Territory's expectations.
Jia Xu instructed,
"Legion Commander Ye."
"I know your people possess methods to communicate with the sealed Calamity Army."
"So make absolutely certain."
"That every soldier prepares in advance."
"The instant they awaken."
"They must seize Huangmei Hamlet's Blessing Point at all costs."
"As quickly as possible."
"Once reclaimed."
"Most of Huangmei Hamlet's Starsea Buildings will immediately become inoperative."
"The instant the Blessing Point falls into our hands."
"General Wen's army will teleport directly from Sanxiang City."
"Then establish defensive positions around the Blessing Point."
"Providing cover for the Calamity Army."
"You must hold the Blessing Point firmly."
"And prevent the Corpse Lich Territory from recapturing it."
"General Wen and General Zhou."
"Will attack from inside and outside simultaneously."
"They'll provide cover and blockade the enemy."
"They needn't personally engage in prolonged slaughter."
"The Calamity Army."
"Can repeatedly charge."
"Using their immortal advantage."
"And continuously eliminate the enemy's living forces."
"..."
After hearing Jia Xu's complete plan.
Ye Li Meng and Chimera Wraith couldn't help leaving their mouths hanging open.
From deliberately allowing the Calamity Army to be captured.
To reclaiming the two Blessing Points.
Severing the Corpse Lich Territory's escape route.
To every subsequent deployment.
Every tiny detail.
This left the Corpse Lich Territory absolutely no path to survival.
Under such a strategy.
Huangmei Hamlet's defenses became meaningless.
Because the moment the Blessing Point returned to human hands.
Most of its Starsea Buildings would immediately cease functioning.
Meanwhile.
The Calamity Army could endlessly revive in Sanxiang City.
Teleport directly through Huangmei Hamlet's Blessing Point.
And pour an infinite stream of reinforcements into battle.
Combined with Wen Pin and Zhou Cang attacking from both inside and outside.
Under Jia Xu's arrangement.
Huangmei Hamlet had become an enormous millstone.
Once the Corpse Lich Territory's army entered it.
Escape became virtually impossible.
Their only fate.
Would be to be ground into nothing.
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