Chapter 376: Invisible Squad (1/2)

The encirclement put pressure on the civilians of Siren City. Many pet-like beastmen panicked, hiding in their houses.

Meanwhile, Huangjin Monastery's monks, orcs, and combatant beastmen were stationing on the walls, ready for the upcoming battle and protecting the north gate and the north wall.

Ma Moxi, Jia Wenhe, and his newly trained clansmen were in charge of guarding the south wall, facing Zhang Ren's army.

As for Mao Xueyan, Mao Dandan, and their 1,000 combat beastmen, they handled the east gate, confronting the massive army of Yuan Shaoqing.

Chang'e and the non-combatant mermaids hid in the city. However, they promised that they would provide support, such as medic duties.

As for Zhao Bao, Fogan, Ju Shoufen, Wei Yuan, Zhao Yun, and other yin slaves stayed at the center of the city, preparing to assist the other groups if they were to be besieged by super experts.

Also, anti-air arterially cannons had been installed behind every wall. Even the concealment and projectile barrier arrays had been reinforced.

Lu Fengxian, the acting commander of the city, had used the tower and the spring water reservoir as the main energy supply of his newly made traps, which had been hidden behind the concealment arrays.

Siren city had been fortified. Everyone was prepared to face the invader.

While everyone was nervous, Lu Fengxian stood on top of the pylon tower, observing the alliance armies.

'Are they playing a mind game, or are they just plain stupid?'

Lu Fengxian raised his eyebrows, checking the movements and the body language of each commander. Strangely, Zhang Ren and other military commanders simply stood in front of their men, staring at the city wall without doing anything.

The ex-immortal snorted and ignored them since they were harmless. He focused further east, where he could also sense super experts among them. Several 8th-stage cultivators and a 9th-stage cultivator had been hiding within these troops.

It was odd. They could have destroyed everyone in the city by just sneezing. Yet, they hid behind the weaker allies.

Their actions reminded him of his previous life. When Kishin Douji brought his demon armies to his world, his allies never cooperated and refused to take appropriate actions when opportunities arose.

This showed how selfish and unorganized humans were. Even in this mortal world, they were the same as immortals that Lu Fengxian knew.

'I guess I can't change their nature. It's better to raise new armies and discipline them myself! I rather have weak but trustworthy allies than strong but stupid friends. The brat that I fought was one of the moronic fools. Even if he's talented, his arrogance will kill his allies when he confronts real gods and immortals. I rather raise Miaomiao and Moxi instead.'

…

After Sun Wentai's army had reached the rendezvous point, he pretended to deploy his troops and stayed idle, watching the city wall from the southeast.

Despite having the advantage of flying battleships, Jiangdong White Tiger Sect and the Sun Clan refused to take the vanguard role or make the first move.

After all, they had another hidden agenda behind this deployment.

Sun Wentai had been standing on top of his flying mountain island, gazing at Siren City and Yuan Shaoqing's camps. He also glanced at Liu Biao's forces, who had been deployed behind them.

Huang Gongfu had also been staying by Sun Wentai's side, waiting for his lord's order. He looked at Liu Biao's fleet of battleships, which had been parking a kilometer east from them.

”It seems Liu Biao doesn't trust us,” Huang Gongfu shook his head.

Sun Wentai sarcastically smirked, ”Are you going to join the Huang Clan like your other relatives?”

”No, my lord. I don't like my patriarch. He's too selfish and arrogant for a 6th-stage cultivator.”

”That's probably because of Huang Hansheng's presence.”

”… Probably so.”

Huang Gongfu was dejected as their strongest clansman, Huang Hansheng, decided to accompany Liu Clan's forces.

The situation became complicated. Had Huang Gongfu followed through with Sun Wentai's plan, he might have had to fight against his clansmen, including the 9th-stage super archer.

Furthermore, Huang Hansheng could singlehandedly destroy Siren City before Sun Wentai's forces could even defect to Miaomiao's side. Even if they were to switch sides first, Huang Hansheng could still obliterate Jiangdong White Tiger Sect and the Sun Clan's fleets alone!

Sun Wentai was now stuck in a rock and hard place. He couldn't make the right decision under this circumstance.

The lord grumbled, ”I guess we have to maintain our formation and wait for the right opportunity. Tell our men not to make a single move.”

”Understood, my lord.”

…

As Siren City refused to fight outside the city while the invaders never took an initiative, everyone simply had a staring contest, glaring at their enemies.

The attacker's side had it easy since they had more room to relax, and they didn't think that Siren City's forces would come out to fight in the open.

On the other hand, the defenders suffered from the pressure of being surrounded by overwhelming joint armies. They maintained their focuses, believing that they might be attacked at any moment.

They were mentally exhausted just by standing still and waiting for the start of a battle.

The trend continued until nightfall.

Seeing the current action of Yuan Shaoqing's alliance, Lu Fengxian had concluded that the enemies wouldn't attack them with their large forces. He sent the yin slaves to relay his messages to the sentries.

[Arrange troops into three units. Let them guard the city in shift, 8 hours at a time. Even if we're under attack, don't let the resting soldier fight until it's their shift.]

The defenders immediately reorganized their soldiers to ease the pressure. Two-third of the troops were pulled off from the wall to rest while the others continued to pay attention to the frontline.

However, Lu Fengxian wasn't satisfied with just defending.

That night, he deployed Ma Moxi, who specialized in hiding his presence, to make things a bit more complicated for the attackers.

…

11 PM

Ma Moxi, Ku'er, Chang'e, and 50 mermaids moved like the wind, sprinting from the east gate toward Yuan Shaoqing Mercenary's camp. Their transparent bodies blended in the night even though the plowed plain, east of Siren City, had nothing to hide them.

Chang'e had a hard time following Ma Moxi as she couldn't sense or see his trace. The only way she could detect the general direction of her leader was Ku'er, who could sense her husband's location.

This mermaid was the same entertainer that Miaomiao had encountered at a brothel when he had plotted against Ma Moxi. She and her friends had secretly sneaked in Siren City's sewer system and bypassed the defensive mechanism of Jia Wenhe.