I Can See Your Combat Power
Chapter 1490 - Chapter 1490 Chapter 5 Perilous_2

Chapter 1490: Chapter 5: Perilous_2 Chapter 1490: Chapter 5: Perilous_2 Every day, in the Lingjiang Seven Cities, there are at least a hundred fighters from the Fierce Realm participating in battle, and regardless of victory or defeat, the preparation of healing herbs is mandatory.

For the Longxi Alliance, bereft of medicinal supply, Aran Mountain was the pharmacy of the Seven Cities, and now that the pharmacy had encountered problems, it was far more alarming than a major defeat in regional combat.

The heads of both the Xue and Zhang Families of Lanshan City immediately leapt up to blame Cui Ying.

“Cui Family Head, give us an explanation. You initially claimed that more elite troops couldn’t be drawn for the great battle at Nanji’s border because they were needed to heavily guard the Longxi Alliance’s herb garden. Now that there’s an issue with the herb patch, how do you explain this?”

“Xue Family Head is right. If it weren’t for the Cui Family’s cowardice in battle, the great battle at Nanji’s border wouldn’t have been such a complete disaster. Those brats from the Justice Alliance wouldn’t have gained momentum and pushed all the way to Jiejiang City!”

“How can these two matters be conflated!”

Cui Ying, furious, slammed his hand down on the table and stood up: “The Martial Ancestor stationed at the herb garden patrols day and night without negligence. As for the great battle at Nanji’s border, is it not due to the excellent command of both family heads?”

“It’s already being whispered about outside. The orders you gave to the clan’s Martial Ancestors were to never engage in prolonged combat. Once they had unleashed their Spirit Art, they were to activate the Xuanji Jade and flee, prioritising their own survival. The other side had all the sects’ elites. With such commands from you, even if the entire Cui Family fought, there would be no chance of victory!”

“Enough!”

Tang Hongjun, the Second Elder of the Tang Clan, said displeasedly: “We called this urgent council meeting today for you to think of solutions, not to point fingers at each other. Now that Jiejiang City has fallen, and the patriarch has set up camp at Boma to confront the Justice Alliance, this is precisely the time when we need a large amount of material support…”

“More resources!?”

Cui Ying, with eyes reddened, said: “Warriors, materials, we have given everything we could in these past few months, but what about the battle situation? It’s still desperately tight. If Tang Zhi isn’t up to it, he should relinquish the command authority sooner!”

“Changing generals on the battlefield is a major taboo in military strategy. Surely, Clan Head Cui knows this?”

“Taboos are better than dying together!”

Cui Ying shouted angrily: “Where are Tang Luo and Tang Sen? It’s already August, can’t they return from Yuanzhou by now? Did they go to relocate their relatives or to secure passes? What’s next, will the Tang Clan also head to Yuanzhou, leaving us to fend for ourselves here?”

“Clan Head Cui.”

Tang Hongjun, his voice laced with anger: “Your words do not honor the First Head of the Martial Hall who died fighting in Jiejiang City, nor do they honor the sacrifices of several martial experts from the Tang Clan.”

In his indignation, the Second Elder’s Spiritual Power surged, his domineering aura instantly sobering Cui Ying, who quickly pleaded for forgiveness: “Please forgive me, Second Elder. I am just worried about the war and had no intention of questioning the valor of the Tang Family’s warriors. Please, forgive me!”

“Hmph!”

Tang Hongjun sat back down, expressionless, and said: “Please, all Clan Heads, think carefully about how to resolve the current difficulties in Lanshan City.”

Resolve, what solution could there be when they didn’t even know the source of the problem?

The challenging council meeting was once again brought back to the main topic, and the progress of the collective strategy session was not as smooth as their quarrelling.

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Boma City

This highland mountain city at the end of Lingjiang had now been transformed into a war fortress.

A snake has its path, a rat has its trail; for certain special warriors, only during wartime could they wield their greatest usefulness.

Such as Ling Craftsmen, Array Masters, Trap Masters, and so on, when else would any power offer them a high price if it were a time of peace and prosperity.

Thus, good or evil was irrelevant; what mattered was who could afford their price, and as for the poison left behind afterward, well, they were just there to work, what did such details matter to them?

Array Masters recruited at a high cost added several arrays both outside and inside Boma City each day and transformed civilian homes into cunning and venomous traps.

And the original residents of Boma City?

They had long been relocated to Andong City further back, and now Boma City was left with only warriors and necessary logistical personnel, nothing more.

This was done to avoid provocation from the Bounty Guild, who could have guessed that this assassin organization, previously overlooked by everyone, had now become so terrifying.

The issues that had once been criticized were unprecedentedly improved after the addition of organizations from Longzhou’s underworld like the Xiong Ya Mansion, Demon Slaughter Palace, Blood Martial Gang, Blood Prison, and Black Devil World.

While the Tang Clan had been amassing their armies to meet the forces from Nanji, the completely transformed Bounty Guild had directly cooperated with the Four Great Families to strike, and if not for the powerful members of the Tang Clan left behind and the alliance’s clans fighting with their lives, it’s possible that by now, all of the Lingjiang Seven Cities would have already fallen.

However, with several switches in offensive and defensive roles, the alliance’s Primary Qi had been greatly depleted. The cities were supposed to be places for warriors to recuperate after battle, but if one had to be wary of assassinations even within the city walls, then this battle would indeed become very difficult to fight.

Of course, the battle now was also not easy to fight. In the war room of Boma City, Xiao Jinlin was very stressed.

“We are seriously lacking in masters right now.”

On the sand table were confrontations between Boma and Jiejiang, and a dense array of small flags in various colors.

The white flags represented the Tang Clan’s Fierce Realm, while the black ones represented the Fierce Realm of the Justice Alliance.

The two sides were barely even in total numbers, but the internal composition was vastly different.

Among the four hundred Fierce Realm warriors of the black flags, most were disciples of sects who, even when newly entered into the Fierce Realm, had combat power comparable to that of seasoned Martial Ancestors from the noble families (excluding the Tang and Xiao families).

There were masters like Duan Siping and Duan Zhenyao, who had the authentic teachings of the top sects of Zhongzhou.

The former could reverse the tide of battle with their own strength, and although the latter didn’t have such exaggerated combat power, thanks to the teachings of their sects, they had an extraordinary understanding of the way of fighting with Spiritual Power.

Despite seemingly equal numbers, the latter had vastly superior focus fire and defensive capabilities.

Hence, the commanders of the Justice Alliance simply didn’t play with those flashy formations and instead split their forces, sending elite squads to constantly harass the enemy.

Once they achieved a numerical advantage, they would consolidate their forces and press in, leaving the Longxi side with no choice but to flee.

Although the enemy’s tactics were simple, they were effective because the Longxi Alliance simply couldn’t spare enough masters to resist the elite squads of the Justice Alliance.

Of course, gathering all the elite forces in one place would be sufficient, but the four corners of Lingjiang were still under the covetous gazes of the Four Great Families and the Bounty Guild of Longzhou.

No wonder Xiao Jinlin was sighing that there were too few masters.

Even the Martial Ancestors, considered extremely strong by the noble families, were having a hard time facing the sect disciples on their own, let alone fighting against many.

Hence, the current situation of the Longxi Alliance was that they were being pushed back into their own cities by the Justice Alliance of Jiejiang City, where they were defending by relying on terrain and formations.

But this stalemate wouldn’t last long because the Evil King Palace was not willing to engage in a war of attrition with them.

Taking a new batch of black flags into his hands, Xiao Jinlin inserted them into the range of Jiejiang City and said to the others in the war room, “When the walls fall, everyone pushes. Following Da Lin Commerce Alliance spreading the news of the Alliance’s defeat, more and more Fierce Realm have joined the Justice Alliance. Now within Jiejiang City, there are no less than six hundred Fierce Realm warriors, and with two masters continuously announcing they will plant the flag of justice on the peak of Aran Mountain by harvest time!”

“So, Xiao believes that by September at the latest, they will launch a general offensive together with the Four Great Families and the Bounty Guild. In this grand battle, they will not care about civilians, will not accept surrenders, and don’t need prisoners!”

“What lies before us are only two paths. Either let their momentum reach a peak and push over the Lingjiang Seven Cities in one stroke, or gather the Martial Ancestors and counterattack Jiejiang City!”

The people in the war room looked at each other, and eventually, the old patriarch of the Cui Family said in a low voice, “May I ask Master Xiao, with our last defeat at the borders of Nanji, and now with the Justice Alliance’s even greater might, where lies our chance of victory?”

“We only have a chance to win if we can disrupt the organization of the Justice Alliance.”

Xiao Jinlin, with a fierce look in his eyes, slowly said, scanning the people around him, “If we wait any longer, the Longxi Alliance will face only destruction.”

Having heard Xiao Jinlin’s words, an inexplicable chill was felt by everyone in the war room.

The great war had just begun, so why would their highest combat power claim defeat?

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