Chapter 749: Chapter 304: The Defeated Longyou Army, Xia Army Cannot Escape, Holy Tripod
“Invincible Long Mountain…”
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In just a moment, roars erupted continuously from the direction of the military camp, rapidly invigorating the soldiers’ spirit.
Determining an army’s combat power relies not only on cultivation, but also on morale.
Xia Hong knew that by withdrawing everyone from Wushuang and letting them find nothing, it would dampen the first wave of morale from the Longyou Army. Naturally, Li Xuanling also had ways to boost her own side’s morale.
The Cold Resistance Level personnel, knowing that Long Mountain was under attack and worried about their families stationed there, were eager to break into the main building, which instantly boosted their morale. The Longyou Army soldiers were no exception.
Watching the army’s morale gradually rise, Li Xuanling finally relaxed a little, when suddenly Li Xuandu quietly spoke to her.
“Have you ever thought, why does Great Xia guard the main building?”
Why does Great Xia guard the main building?
Li Xuanling turned her head and stared at the main building for three or four breaths, quickly realizing the true meaning behind Li Xuandu’s question, her expression immediately froze.
Indeed, the main building is the strongest structure in the entire construction area, but in the end, it’s just a building. Under such a large-scale army assault, it offers essentially no protective effect.
On the contrary, because the main building is located at the center of the entire construction area, guarding it puts Great Xia at risk of being surrounded on all sides.
The Xia Army’s cultivation and combat strength were inferior to the Longyou Army; their only advantage was numbers. To increase their chances, they had to reduce the contact surface with the Longyou soldiers as much as possible, preventing the Longyou Army from exerting their full strength.
From the last round of engagements, it was clear that Xia Chuan understood this. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have stationed three thousand men on the main building to suppress the rear of the Longyou Army with arrows, stopping them from rushing to the front.
Knowing this, he should choose a sufficiently narrow area to defend, engaging the Longyou Army from only one or two directions, thereby increasing the probability of holding the line.
The Beehive’s construction area spans about two kilometers, with many such regions.
Why didn’t Xia Chuan choose those and instead chose the main building, which is vulnerable from all sides?
“The main building has an exit, a passage connecting to the ground. They want to escape!”
Li Xuanling suddenly exclaimed in shock, instantly freezing the expressions of Li Xuandu and the other nearby figures.
They all turned to look at the main building on the south side, urgency written all over their faces.
Despite the Xia Army still surrounding the main building, they had no idea what was happening inside.
What if Xia Chuan really was trying to escape?
“Don’t worry, they won’t get away!”
Li Xuanling was already anxiously looking toward the military camp, clearly intending to forcibly organize the yet-to-fully-recovered Longyou soldiers and make them attack early.
Just as she was about to speak, a voice suddenly rang out beside her.
The speaker was Li Xuantiang.
As soon as Li Xuantiang spoke, the crowd immediately wore relieved expressions and fell silent.
Li Xuanling was no exception. However, besides relief, her eyes also showed signs of struggle and hesitation. She didn’t even turn to look at Li Xuantiang, just nodded and softly said, “That’s good, let’s wait another half an hour for the soldiers to recover, and then we’ll attack.”
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“What, the ground is covered in white mist and Cold Beasts?”
In the main hall of the Hive Main Building, Xia Chuan, wrapped in bandages, turned his pale face towards Yue Feng, full of disbelief.
Inside the hall, all twenty-six Cold Resistance Level individuals were present.
That is, counting the three bodies covered with black cloth on the floor as well.
Eighteen of them, like Xia Chuan, were also wrapped in bandages, and compared to them, Xia Chuan, who could sit up and turn his head, was in a relatively good condition. Eight lay on the ground unconscious.
The foremost five were injured as well, just with fewer bandages, still retaining some mobility.
At this moment, Yue Feng, whom Xia Chuan had inquired of, was one of those five.
Yue Feng, his clothes stained with mud, looked quite disheveled. With a grim expression, he responded, “Indeed so. I only peeked for a moment, the ground above the main area is covered in white mist. I don’t know the range, but many Cold Beasts have come, mostly Intermediate Cold Beasts, with some Advanced Cold Beasts as well, numbering in the hundreds at least.
We made too much noise during the battle just now, shaking the entire underground main area, so many Cold Beasts came to the surface, and we were completely unaware.”
Hundreds of them, even if all were Intermediate Cold Beasts, were quite terrifying.
Let alone mixed in with Advanced Cold Beasts!
Most of the Cold Resistance Level attendees present now wore expressions of despair.
Right after the recent battle ended, upon returning and tallying the casualties, including Xia Chuan, everyone realized instantly that should the Longyou Army launch another attack, they almost had no chance of holding them off.
Among the Cold Resistance Level, 3 were killed in battle, and of the 19 seriously injured, 8 had completely lost the ability to fight again, while even the remaining 11 who could fight couldn’t give their all. The other five lightly injured excluded Xia Chuan and Chen Yingyuan.
At the Earth-digging Realm, 2,782 were killed in battle, and 924 were seriously injured. Life force at the Earth-digging Realm isn’t as robust as the Cold Resistance Level, with the seriously injured essentially unable to fight again, leaving less than 5,700 combat-ready soldiers.
Xia Chuan saw clearly, having sacrificed so many, they might have killed less than six hundred Longyou soldiers, only about a fifth.
And this was with the advantage in numbers of Teng Jiao Poison, Snow Bamboo, and Iron Arrows.
The second wave, couldn’t be fought.
Or rather, if they really had to fight, they should be prepared to lose their lives here.