Unfathomable Senior

Chapter 675

“So you have chosen to stand with the demon? Are there no honorable warriors left? Will you all just stand by while our Empire crumbles in a mindless sea of carnage?”

Long Shen who was acting as the leading general proclaimed after his long speech had ended and no gates were opened. The other side wasn’t budging at all, no one was willing to join their side. Usually, the name of the Azure Emperor was enough to open all doors before them but this time around, they were getting nothing else than animosity.

“Stop babbling nonsense, if you cared about the Empire you’d have helped us against the demi-human scourge!”

“That’s right, where were you and that Azure Emperor of yours when our family members were being devoured by those monsters?”

“My entire family was killed by blood-sucking monstrosities and you did nothing! Now you want to spout some nonsense about honor? Go screw yourself!”

“Screw the Azure Emperor and the Long Clan!”

“Yeah! Screw them!”

A large number of angry voices echoed back at the end of the speech. Many people that were here were ones that joined up with the United Element Sect after losing their loved ones to the other invading Empire. Before Zhang Dong interfered in the city raids, millions of people had already perished. At that time there just wasn’t enough manpower to defend the whole western region.

The only one that could have pulled it was the Long Clan and they had ignored the plight of the people that were now blaming them for the deaths. The United Element Sect’s chosen method was impeccable. People that could betray them would not be allowed to participate in the border defense. There was no possibility of their own forces joining the other faction but this was not set in stone for the other side.

Long Shen’s speech was interrupted by the shouting and the sound magnified in various ways. The Long Clan was still only a clan and not a sect, they did not really allow outsiders to be part of their inner core. They still somewhat relied on forces from branching clans to assist them in large skirmishes like this. Their rule had been unopposed for millenia and thus they had grown somewhat ignorant.

“The Azure Emperor is a monster and so is anyone who follows them!”

“No one wants an incompetent leader to rule over us, now is the time for change. We need someone like the great leader Zhang Dong who actually cares about us instead!”Follow the latest novels at novelhall.com

“Yeah, down with the tyrant the old dynasty needs to end for the Empire to be reborn!’

While this didn’t sound like anything new and the members that belong to the Long Clan didn’t take it to heart, some of the people there did. Branching families had heard about the accusations of demonic origins. A secret investigation had also been launched into the debacle with the secret base. It had vanished just like some of the surviving elders had said and was filled with a strange veil of darkness.

“It does seem so, where there any orders from the supreme elders?”

“No, they told us to hold out for now until they gather enough information for a counter-attack.”

After a few days of the continued siege, a problem arose. Most believed that the grand barrier was big and strong enough to last through any attacks even if they took weeks or months. Yet their enemy was the Long Clan, their flying ships were a lot more powerful than they had anticipated and one major flaw in this type of defense arose. As long as the other side could circle out their weaponry, sooner or later this side would become overwhelmed. Unless they supplied the shields with unlimited energy, it just wasn’t sustainable.

“Do they at least know how much time we have?”

“Some say, that we have around a month's time until the shields become too weak to hold, writhing that time we must come up with a solution.”

The Long Clan was in a more favorable location with a giant spirit vein inside the central region. They could route all that spiritual energy into their flying armada to replenish its energy. With a constant stream of new flying monstrosities on their side, the energy resource they were using was practically unending. If something wasn’t done about it, then soon one of the core points of this formation would break and then they would lose their advantage over their enemy.

‘It’s good that they don’t know who I am...’

Zhang Dong thought to himself while coming up with a solution to the problem. His side didn’t want to give up the defensive advantage by sending in their own ships to chase the Long Clan armada. Their side was probably already waiting with a counter-offensive if they attempted to push in. While throwing everything into the battle could produce results, a lot of lives would be lost. The only other option would be to somehow cut off their enemy's supply lines.

“Could I propose a solution to our problem?”

“Elder Yinglo? Could there be something that we missed?”

He was not alone in this place and this time around he wasn’t playing on going in solo either. While it was possible for him to just teleport behind enemy lines, battling all those nascent soul masters by himself would be draining. It was possible for the Azure Emperor to be waiting for such a tactic.

“What if I told you about a way of getting around their defenses? If all goes well, then we will be able to strike at their backs when they least expect it.”

“Oh? Such a way exists?”

“Yes, what we can do is...”

Thus he started explaining his new battle plan, while it had some problems it was better than just waiting here. Before their defenses became overrun by their enemy cannon fire, they would cut off their never-ending supply of energy.