Chapter 1796: Not Enough (1/2)

The golden light in the sky faded, and the Archangel's Holy Spirit Dance also concluded.

Yali's face had turned quite pale, and Tang Wulin had to support her as she descended to the ground.

She shook her head with a resigned expression, and said, ”It's not enough; they've gathered the power of too many vengeful spirits. Holy energy can only weaken the array, but is unable to truly damage it unless my Archangel's Holy Spirit Dance can reach the godly level.”

Thankfully, Archangel's Holy Spirit Dance hadn't been completely ineffective; the Blood River Godslayer Array had been stopped in its tracks.

Everyone in the main control center could naturally also see this, and they were all waiting with bated breath.

Only 10 minutes later, the Blood River Godslayer Array began to travel slowly toward the encampment of the Western Legion again.

Tang Wulin and the others attempted a few more rounds of attacks, but all they could do was only delay the Blood River Godslayer Array in its advance.

The resistance continued into the night, and at this point, the array was only 100 kilometers away from the Western Legion's encampment.

The soldiers standing on lookout on the mountaintop could already clearly see the array from this distance, and their hearts were filled with dread.

How were they supposed to keep such an opponent at bay? This was a hopeless task, but they couldn't just give up as the outcome of that was very clear.

All of the soldiers were standing resolutely in their positions, blocking the path to further inland, so none of the other legions would be able to transfer over to reinforce them. Even if reinforcements could arrive, they wouldn't be able to do anything.

At the current rate of advance, the Blood River Godslayer Array would arrive at the Western Legion's encampment by dawn the next day at the latest.

Dong Zi'an had already enquired countless times about Eternal Heaven's modifications, but they were still incomplete.

At the Western Legion control center.

”They must be doing this on purpose! Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect must be intentionally stalling for time to take advantage of this opportunity to weaken us!” Dong Zi'an roared with fury.

At this moment, Qiangu Dongfeng and many other high-ranking members of the Spirit Pagoda were also present with him in the Western Legion control center.

A lieutenant general said in an urgent manner, ”You have to make a decision soon, Commander! That Blood River Godslayer Array is definitely not something we can resist; our brothers would be giving their lives for nothing if we don't do anything!”

Dong Zi'an's breathing was quite heavy as he replied, ”Shut up! Do you think I don't know that? Chairman Qiangu, do you have any ideas?”

Qiangu Dongfeng shook his head with a wry smile. ”I'm afraid not. The array contains too much energy, so we don't have any way to oppose it, either. Eternal Heaven is our only hope. I truly didn't think that the Holy Spirit Cult would be capable of creating such a powerful entity. The only viable option right now is to retreat.”

”Retreat?” Dong Zi'an's hands immediately balled up into tight fists. What did retreating entail? It entailed giving up their current encampment.

Setting up defensive infrastructure took time, as did disassembly, and there was no time available to them, which mean that once they abandoned these defenses, there was no way that they would be able to re-establish them.

Furthermore, if they were to retreat, the abyssal army would have a clear path further inland, allowing them to reach deeper into the continent.

However, if they didn't retreat, then they would have to face the Blood River Godslayer Array directly, and the consequences of that would be catastrophic for the Western Legion.

”We can't retreat. If we do that, we'll be traitors of the federation,” Dong Zi'an said as he closed his eyes with a pained expression.

Qiangu Dongfeng suggested, ”What if we only feign a retreat? I strongly suspect that Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect are intentionally refraining from using Eternal Heaven with the objective of allowing the Blood River Godslayer Array to severely weaken us first. On top of that, the explosion of Eternal Heaven would be sure to affect us as well, thereby inflicting further damage. As such, why don't we pretend to retreat and see how the main control center reacts?”