Chapter 1097 - Dragon Coil, Control (1/2)
Night fell, and lanterns were lit.
The headquarters of Lovely Land was brightly lit. Lanterns were risen high above the rows of hitching posts outside. The lights lit up a circular area of 656 feet.
Rumble!
A stream of people rushed to Ghost’s Domain.
Evil Emperor had not gotten out of jail yet, but Lovely Land had already begun to make preparations for war in a tense atmosphere. Even though Lovely Land members were practically nonexistent in the branches, there were plenty of members in the headquarters. Countless members rushed past the walls of the headquarters, and they were ready to fight.
The walls were dozens of feet tall now, and even a regular elite could only dream about jumping over to gain a footing.
The hall in the front yard could already fit in seven thousand to eight thousand people. The imposing atmosphere they gave off was much more substantial than any sect in the past, and it instilled more fear into all those who saw it.
“So… a headquarters built outside a city could actually be so strong? The territory we occupy is at least two times bigger than Wind Assault Tower’s headquarters in Beijing…” There are a few Lovely Land members who were originally in Wind Assault Tower among the crowd heading to Lovely Land’s headquarters right now. Some of them began to gasp in astonishment.
“Duh!” A companion beside them cast a glance at his friend. This friend of his had only joined Lovely Land because he suggested it. “A sect built outside the city doesn’t have the protection and limitations set by the imperial court. The players will need to provide for themselves. It’s only normal if the walls are sturdier and the territory is larger, otherwise, if enemy sects ambush us while our guard is low during the night and easily destroy our headquarters, no one will dare set up their sect outside.”
No one said anything, but plenty of people heard this, and they agreed to it quietly.
The number of people going back was still increasing drastically.
The headquarters seemed like a palace that could accommodate an endless number of people.
The Lovely Land members who returned to the headquarters saw the astonishing scene in the headquarters, and all of them were incredibly excited and worked up. This was the first time they saw a defensive war of such a scale.
“How many people are in our headquarters right now?”
Occasionally, someone who just joined them would ask this question, and the people around him would immediately answer in great pride and smugness. “Seventy thousand to eighty thousand. I heard that there are tens of thousands of people stationed at Ghost’s Domain. One Emperor is even personally guarding that place. If there is a need, they will rush over in ten minutes to provide reinforcements.”
Those people would fall silent in shock when they heard this.
“Where’s our sect master? Is he in the headquarters?”
“Of course!”
“This is an important moment. He will definitely fight with us.”
When Happy flew over the air, he was just in time to hear a few people’s conversation crawl into his ears. He smiled in his heart.
The start of this war was because Evil Emperor wanted to take revenge. The man had already sent Happy a letter just now, and he said that he wanted to fight properly against Happy to erase the humiliation he suffered before this. There was no way Happy was going to be absent from the fight, because he had no reason to be absent.
But now, there was still around an hour before Evil Emperor got out of prison.
Happy did not intend to just wait around foolishly and let time pass.
Lovely Land’s headquarters had just created its sect prison and Pill Refinement Hall yesterday. Happy had repeatedly verified the other profound technique in Dragon Coil in the sect prison yesterday. At the same time, he also practiced Full Winds in Long Skies.
Unfortunately, since he was short on time and the Inaction Realm prisoners in the sect prison simply could not withstand Full Winds in Long Skies (they could not even withstand a normal Full Winds in Long Skies delivered at them using a normal masterpiece), the speed of prisoners increasing in the sect prison simply could not catch up to the speed Happy killed or injured them.
*****
[It’s not very appropriate for you to go out now, is it?]
Right when he reached Ghost’s Domain, Happy received a letter from Wandering Know-it-all. When he saw the resigned and tense tone from the letter, he smiled in his heart.
From Wandering Know-it-all’s letter, Happy could already guess that he was most likely sitting in front of his Eight Trigrams Chart and Universe Secrets Inkstone to continuously figure out the positions of a few people in the Chinese server. In fact, he might be playing a tense and exciting simulation of the upcoming war with Wind Chimes’ help.
[Don’t worry. I just want to search for someone to help me train the newest skill I learned. I don’t want to miss a good chance to attack Evil Emperor when I fight against him.]
[Be careful. The people from Class One Hall have already begun gathering outside Beijing. Dream Clouds should have spies in many of the cities Lovely Land is currently occupying. My initial estimation is that Lovely Land’s headquarters might be surrounded by at least three hundred and fifty thousand people!]
Happy said nothing about that.
[Class One Hall might have been suppressed badly during this period of time, but the forces affiliated to Class One Hall across the land did not suffer huge losses. Most of them still retained their power and have the ability to suppress the branches of Lovely Land. That’s why, once war breaks out, they won’t switch battlefields and will focus all the firepower at your headquarters. You best be prepared.]
The suggestion and reminder Wandering Know-it-all gave were rather neutral and accurate. It was the same as the judgment Happy gave Lovely Land.
‘If Wild Wolves were not around, Lovely Land could destroy Class One Hall, Blood Alliance, the twelve Beijing sects, and the other affiliated sects in a month!’
But since they still had Wild Wolves around, they had a force strong enough for them to turn the tides around at any moment. Hence, even if Lovely Land had Happy and One Emperor defending it, they had to face the trouble of being attacked on all fronts.
This battle would decide Lovely Land’s survival.
In more accurate terms, Happy and Evil Emperor’s fight would determine who the final victor of the entire war was.
His reply to Wandering Know-it-all was very simple. There were only two words in the letter.
[Got it!]
*****
Similar to Wandering Know-it-all, Phantasmal Shadow was also observing the north while she remained far away from the place that was about to go into an intense war.
Phantasmal Shadow absolutely did not expect that Lovely Land would be able to reach this extent in the north. The fifty billion revenge fund that appeared out of nowhere had allowed Lovely Land’s members to shoot up to seven hundred thousand people, and that number was already incredibly close to the lineup Wind Assault Tower only managed to get after spending four years in the game.
Phantasmal Shadow had not just told Happy that if she knew that the north would turn out like this a long time ago, she would definitely not head south to stage another war. Instead, she would use Lovely Land’s strength to launch a pincer attack against Class One Hall and the twelve Beijing sects. Even if they only had two days left before Evil Emperor got out of jail, they would still be able to completely change the situation in the north.
Of course, the answer she received was rather comforting.
[If Wind Assault Tower had not left Beijing and headed south, the people around Beijing would not have joined Lovely Land without hesitation.]