Chapter 1803: On Death’s Door (1/2)
Jiang Chen's words sounded co awry ”The current situation isn’t too optih the sacred land has lost a lot of territory and suffered ely intact Moreover, the defense of its great forh If we try to force our way through, we'll be trading a lot of e”
”So, our offensive is all talk and no action?” Jiang Chen ventured
”Not quite Our alliance's biggest advantage is our nu in size every day, while the sacred land can’t replenish its own ranks We're co haul The sacred land is slowly eating away at its stockpile of resources Despite the resistance, it'll fall sooner or later”
When he got to this point, Elder Xun clapped Jiang Chen's shoulder ”Work hard, uarantee this is a good place for that”
Jiang Chen nodded, then s, Elder Xun, if Ihere? If we're in danger, e get help right away?”
Elder Xun couldn't help but laugh ”You're thinking too much, friend There are over a hundred of these posts Hoould we have nearly enough people to le one?”
”So… if we die here, the people outside won't know?”
”If you fail totinals for help if you're in danger, won't you?” Elder Xun chortled In his opinion, these Starlight guys clearly had brain dae Was such an obvious question even necessary?
Jiang Chen sighed softly ”No one will knoe do fall here, then”
”Oh, we'll find out eventually If you die, the eneh this area That's evidence enough, isn't it?” Elder Xun thought less and less of Jiang Chen and company
”Not necessarily What if the opposition fro? They won’t do as we expect every ti, friend Are you worried no one will collect your corpse after you die? Rest easy on that front There are patrols at dawn and dusk to see how all the areas are doing Plus, the coives a speech every day for those who are responsible for an area If you’re not there for it, that’s explanation enough in itself Understood?”
Elder Xun shook his head as he said this Clearly, these Starlight people were all just straight up idiots How dare they hold the sixteenth post with their intelligence?
The elder wasn’t up for further conversation with Jiang Chen “Alright,” he smiled coolly, “I’ve said all I have to say I pass this position onto you Good luck out there Don’t let the corinned “Why’re you in such a hurry, Elder Xun?”
“Why wouldn’t I be? The guard has passed, hasn’t it?” Elder Xun darkened “I have to go inspectyou right now that once the guard is changed, nothing can reverse that action There’s no roohed heartily “Regretting it? Hardly I simply mean to correct you You all died in battle in area sixteen, no? I’ll report that to the i’s experts, all dead in action! There were barely any bodies to find e arrived”
Elder Xun and his companions all colored at this “You’re one crazy”
“Did you hit your head on a door soe of the guard for quite a while, and had no patience whatsoever for idle chatter
“Get outta my way,” a burly s to you now It only takes a hot minute for your oldChen frowned He hated when people called themselves his father
“Old brother Zhu Que, this man dares call hieneration above you? What do you say to that?”
The Vermilion Bird chuckled, then nodded “This”
He raised his arm to produce a fiery chain in the center of his pallowed faintly without much furor
The burly man snickered “What? That’s a candle wo to scare hter stopped creaked to a halt in the next usted into his vicinity in the blink of an eye His pupils dilated violently as soon as it reached him
In the next moment, it expanded all around hihts occurred The cultivator’s flesh and blood were siphoned away in a fraction of a second; he spontaneously becaant expression hadn’t the ti entirely into nothingness A bleached, off-white frame was all that remained