Book 7, Chapter 26: Surprise Attack (1/2)

Book 7, Chapter 26: Surprise Attack

Skywild Plains

This place was located in the western stretches of the Primordial Continent, and sat in the center of the untamed wilderness occupied by the Beasts

Skywild Plains was one of the most fertile locations on the entire continent Its size was quite lirew in abundance here, and all kinds of naturally-occurring treasures could be found Soed to h treasure to buy an entire city Any resource found here was extre it the treasury of the Primordial Continent

Apparently, this was also the final gathering place for the Beasts after the Origin Energy available in the environun to decline

This idea was soon validated, as Su Chen could sense that the Origin Energy in this place was far richer than anywhere else

Everyone’s Origin Skills and Arcana Techniques would be stronger here, and they would consuy The battle would be much more brutal as a result

After the main army arrived at the Skywild Plains, they soon found a suitable location for the duel: the North-Facing Slope

Terrain was still an important factor in battles between cultivators What her but rather whether it would be possible to assein Formations could be deployed, the y around the North-Facing Slope was quite dense, and the area’s strong in Foran to split off fro up forht out plans for this process, as their hter seehed

Merely fro up the for Slope was extremely suited to the Boundless Sect’s needs

“Sect Master, Le Feng sent word that Sky City will get here in about three days,” Lin Shaoxuan reported excitedly

Reaching the Skywild Plains first was an extre there first wouldn’t guarantee victory, but the first to arrive would still have an advantage They would be able to set up Origin Fore, and scour the place for precious resources and herbs, refining them into usable consumables in battle

Morale would also increase In battle, morale was still quite iht a battle they knew they had no chance of winning The reason why their fight against the Beasts had been relatively easy was because of Su Chen’s declaration that the Sovereigns were fleeing, which had totally destroyed the Beasts’ morale That hy their forces had collapsed

Reaching the Skywild Plains had its benefits both in ter benefits, as well as for strategic preparations No wonder Lin Shaoxuan seemed so excited

“Three days?” Su Chen’s eyebrow jumped

“Yes, sir,” Lin Shaoxuan replied “Does Sect Master feel we don’t have enough ti quite fast, it seems”

Unexpectedly, Su Chen shook his head “I don’t think we have too little time, I think we have too much”

Tootoo much time to prepare? Lin Shaoxuan didn’t understand

Su Chen continued, “Sky City started fighting the Beasts at around the saer of running into a counterattack was greatly reduced If they had rushed forward as quickly as possible, it’s still likely that one of us would have gotten here first, but the gap shouldn’t be so big”

Lin Shaoxuan replied, “Sky City is incredibly powerful, but it’s not exactly known for its speed There’s no way it would be faster than our dragon boats”

“But it shouldn’t be this much slower”

Jun Moxie spoke up “I heard that Sect Master played a hand in the dae that Sky City sustained this tie” Su Chen shook his head “I did accidentally stir up some commotion near the Sark’s Nucleus, but I have no idea how iven how important Sark’s Nucleus is to Sky City, they would never let Le Feng find out that their ravely injured by the Harpies, would you not have kept the matter a secret so as not to disturb morale?”

Everyone fell silent, stunned

Su Chen said, “I’ve exchanged bloith Eternal Night before, so I know just how tricky he can be Never underestiht suddenly surprise you with a sneak attack”

Everyone present grew serious when they heard this

Even Li Wuyi nodded “Eternal Night is the ruler responsible forhiht is in fact purposefully slowing Sky City down, that begs the question: why?”

The old Gu Huiht is purposefully taking his ti for us at the Skywild Plains”

The reasoning was quite siiven the Boundless Sect an opportunity to arrive at the Skywild Plains first, that ements for ould happen here as well

Once this becauess

“Could it be a Desolate Beast?” Chu Yuan immediately wondered

The Desolate Beasts were an unavoidable hurdle for the Intelligent Races, as well as the guardian angels of the Beasts

No one kne many Desolate Beasts were in hibernation, but they would definitely appear whenever the Beasts were in dire straits, repelling the invading Intelligent Raes

After the defeat the Beasts had suffered, Desolate Beasts could appear at any tiical that a Desolate Beast could appear in the Skywild Plains

The only question was: hoould the Harpies control it?

Someone pointed out this contradiction “The appearance of the Desolate Beasts is quite randons can control theht not even be capable of awakening a Desolate Beast,it to the Skywild Plains”

That was true Fro this was far too difficult If even the Sovereigns had great difficulty, how could the Harpies do anything?”

However, Su Chen said firmly, “No, it must be a Desolate Beast!”

If he had still been unsure only o, that hesitation had now disappeared