Chapter 1460

Up to now, the battle has been going on for nearly three hours, and the number of wolf-race lords has dropped to just over 78,000, with more than 9,000 already defeated.

That's a fast pace.

The nobles lost another 105, and the Breaking World Army lost over 200 as well.

Hard to believe that in such an advantageous battle, the Breaking World Army still suffered losses…

It is combat, after all.

Lives are on the line.

The wolves are at a disadvantage, so they'll fight even more desperately. Add in the inherent unpredictability of battle, and it's no surprise the Breaking World Army lost some lords.

Let's look at the enemy lords' situation.

Village-level lords are completely gone.

Town-level lords have also dropped significantly — all the low-combat-power ones have vanished, leaving only those with relatively higher combat power.

County-level lords suffered the heaviest losses, even more than town-level lords.

Although fighting low-combat-power enemies is safe, low combat power means being poor.

So the Breaking World Army's county- and commandery-level lords, both for their own safety and for greater gains, have all set their sights on county-level wolves.

Commandery- and state-level wolves, on the other hand, haven't disappeared in large numbers.

Just as he had predicted.

After moving things over in a while, he could consider taking on another wolf with combat power around 8,000 to 10,000.

Then force it to summon its companions.

Truly a move that kills several birds with one stone.

There are still quite a few enemies in this combat-power range.

They fall into the category of stronger town-level lords, or weaker county-level lords.

Zhao Chi was watching when he suddenly felt a ringing in his ears.

Buzz————

Immediately after, the world became utterly silent.

A second later, it returned to normal.

As if nothing had happened at all.

Zhao Chi 【Gu Qing, did you hear that?】

Zhao Chi had never left Gu Qing's body.

After all, Gu Qing now has 4,800 points of spiritual power, so Zhao Chi could stay inside her for several days with no problem at all.

Gu Qing 【Of course… you heard the ringing through my ears, so naturally I heard it too】

Zhao Chi 【What's going on?】

Gu Qing 【I was about to ask you the same thing — this is my first time encountering something like this too. Could something have happened in the Greater World?】

The Greater World?

Zhao Chi quickly opened the group chat channel, but there was no information inside.

That's to be expected… the Clear Bamboo Group basically never posts messages in the chat.

He then opened the Jade Squad communication channel — there was a flood of messages inside, but none related to this ringing.

Next, he opened the Breaking World Army's faction channel.

Zhao Chi didn't have permission to speak in it, but he could browse the contents.

There was no relevant information there either.

Zhao Chi even opened the Zhao family group and the Stream Village group.

But likewise, there was no news at all.

Could it be a problem with Taoyuan Village?

That shouldn't be the case.

Perhaps the event was so brief that everyone hadn't reacted yet.

While he was thinking, a notification suddenly arrived.

It was issued by the official Breaking World Army.

【Emergency Notification】:

【The alien race has just used the power of formation arrays from other central regions to forcibly break through the 98th reset of Region 9's formation array】

【Unconnected aliens have broken free from the formation array's restraints and are transferring to other regions】

【All lords are requested to end combat as soon as possible and return to defend, guarding against alien lords attacking our territories】

【Lords who have already ended combat should not return to the Greater World on their own — you are very likely to be attacked. Wait until we transfer and reconnect our territories before coming to the Greater World】

【Lords with spare capacity, please participate in the rescue battles as much as possible, swiftly supporting allies and ending this combat】

【After combat ends, all lords should restore their combat state as soon as possible and be ready to face the aliens' retaliatory actions at any time】

【However, the enemy has already withdrawn, and our strategic objective has been achieved. This operation is a success, thanks entirely to everyone's dedication and contribution】

【Thank you all】

【Estimated to disengage from current coordinates in 5 minutes — please prepare】

It's over already?

The remaining wolf lords all ran?

Zhao Chi opened the matchmaking page, and sure enough, it was completely empty.

The remaining 70,000-plus wolf lords had all vanished.

The other side was quite decisive, too.

After all, losing over 9,000 lords in just 3 hours meant they had to retreat whether they wanted to or not.

If they forced themselves to hold on, the losses would only be greater.

Cutting losses in time, cutting losses despite the pain — that was still an excellent decision.

Just before the battle began, Zhao Chi and the entire Jade Squad had arrived at that desolate territory, and then their allies collectively changed the territory connection passages.

So the location now connected to the greater world was District 9.

If Zhao Chi went to the greater world, he would arrive at District 9, not at the little stone cottage he shared with Su Qin.

Although he really wanted to see what District 9 looked like, if there was danger, he absolutely would not go.

Besides, this fit Zhao Chi's goals perfectly.

He had originally wanted to develop steadily first, after all he still needed time to replace all the fashion items.

He also needed to make new super-improved wooden carts.

It was all work.

Ending the battle now wasn't bad either.

At this moment, Li Ruanyu's notification also arrived.

【Everyone, this is Li Ruanyu】

【Don't worry, everyone. For now, finish the current battle properly, don't be affected】

【The probability of the alien races attacking our Horn Cliff Town is very small. After all, our town is the farthest from the central district, they have no reason to seek far when near is available】

【We've left behind roughly one squadron's worth of forces in Horn Cliff Town, even if enemies enter they can hold out for a while】

【There are lords in the squad requesting reinforcements, those who can help, please do so as soon as possible】

【The battle on my end will still take quite a long time, I may not be able to reply to everyone in time. If you have matters, post them in the group】

【That's all】

Horn Cliff Town was at the very southwestern corner of the entire Snowfield City.

If the alien races of District 9 wanted to come over, they first had to pass through the Poshi Army's West Abyss County defensive zone, then through the Heavenly King Army's Binghe County defensive zone, before they could finally arrive here.

Rather than worry about the werewolves, better to worry about the Heavenly King Army.

And the reason Horn Cliff Town was important — what was important was not Horn Cliff Town itself.

Horn Cliff Town's territory, lands, and buildings were all unimportant.

What was important was the formation.

Right now, the territory connection points for Zhao Chi and the others were all at Horn Cliff Town.

If the enemy successfully invaded Horn Cliff Town, it would be equivalent to being directly exposed before the enemy.

The enemy could follow the formation's connection points straight through to each lord's territory.

The formation was like a city wall.