Chapter 1144

"This time I only went to Black Crystal Town. It was very lively there, with people of all races, but… it seemed quite complicated inside."

Li Ruanyu smiled and said, "Of course. Lots of people, lots of races, lots of factions, all mixed together, and on top of that it's a trade town, so naturally it's complicated. But as long as you're careful and keep a low profile, it's not a bad place."

Zhao Chi said, "The main thing is Captain Tie and Captain Mo are very reliable. I could feel it the whole way — with them around, our caravan was very safe."

Li Ruanyu smiled and said, "What, Tieshan told you to praise him? Wanting a bonus?"

Zhao Chi was taken aback.

How did Li Ruanyu know?

Zhao Chi didn't know what to say, just laughed.

Li Ruanyu smiled and said, "Their bonuses won't be small — after all, this kind of mission is still very dangerous, even more dangerous than going out to fight directly. When you go out to fight, you can still roughly scout the enemy's combat strength, but in a spatial rift, what kind of enemy you'll run into is anyone's guess."

Thinking about that environment, indeed it was.

Li Ruanyu said, "During the time you were out, we launched another attack. Now the entire Horn Cliff Town, including the seven villages under it, is already our territory."

Su Qin had just told him about this when she was draped over him earlier.

The Breaking World Army had won a great victory and firmly established a foothold in the southwest corner.

The two towns in the far northwest had already been Breaking World Army territory. Adding the current Horn Cliff Town, the Breaking World Army now had three town-level territories in the Great World.

Village-level territories numbered just under thirty.

These territories weren't very large in area.

The surrounding resources were also pretty ordinary.

Moreover, the Breaking World Army still had quite a few unregistered territories elsewhere.

But these Great World locations had to be occupied.

The most important reason was the formation arrays.

They needed the formation arrays' energy, needed the formation arrays' power.

Formation arrays were the city walls.

Within the formation arrays, one could receive protection, allowing everyone to become a single whole, sharing the danger from outside enemies together.

Even a weak lord could pick even weaker enemies to deal with.

Or several weak lords could join forces against a slightly stronger enemy.

Being able to actively choose opponents, divide the enemy, and defeat them one by one — that was an extremely powerful terrain advantage.

Even with weak combat strength, with the help of formation arrays, it was possible to defeat a strong enemy.

But outside the formation arrays, everyone could only fend for themselves.

Even teammates found it hard to fully look out for each other.

Once the enemy invaded, it was essentially a head-on, brute-force clash.

Without the protection of the formation array "city wall," the initiative was entirely in the attacker's hands.

They could attack whoever they wanted; even against very powerful lords, they could actively swarm them.

The defending side would be inherently passive.

So for long-term development, formation arrays were absolutely essential.

But formation array energy was limited, and each formation array could only connect to a limited number of territories.

Unless one controlled the grand array of an entire city.

Otherwise, one had to constantly take control of small arrays.

The Breaking World Army now had more and more lords, and the demand for formation arrays across the various territories was growing stronger and stronger.

Su Qin and the others' battle this time captured all the formation arrays beneath Horn Cliff.

This further strengthened the Breaking World Army's power.

Zhao Chi understood the general situation.