Chapter 2674

Although the werewolves had occupied it for several days, their energy had only recovered a small portion.

But now, the lords of more than two werewolf regiments were crammed inside.

Every lord required energy, and with so many lords packed into a single county-level territory, the formation's energy simply wasn't enough to go around.

The formation energy of Binghe County would not only fail to increase, but would be over-consumed every day, steadily dwindling.

It wouldn't be long before it was completely drained.

Normally speaking, a county-level territory was indeed garrisoned by a regiment-level unit.

But the problem was that a regiment-level unit garrisoned the entire county, including all the subordinate towns and villages.

Not just a single county town.

But the towns and villages under Binghe County's jurisdiction had been violently raided by the White Tiger Regiment a few days prior, resulting in the loss of many village werewolf lords.

Afterwards, the werewolves voluntarily abandoned the town and village territories, concentrating all their lords onto the front line.

So with these two-plus regiments of werewolves crammed into a single county town, of course the energy wasn't enough.

Now the situation had completely reversed.

The werewolves were besieged within the county town.

Meanwhile, the World-Breaking Army coalition outside was in no rush to attack.

After an entire day of pursuit and combat yesterday, the werewolves had once again lost nearly half a regiment's worth of troops.

From the original two and a half werewolf regiments, only a little over two remained.

Although no brigade-level werewolf units had been destroyed during the pursuit, several battalion-level ones had been eliminated.

Dozens of company-level and squad-level werewolf units had also been wiped out.

All added together, it amounted to the lord count of two full werewolf brigades.

So now the World-Breaking Army coalition was in no hurry.

They besieged the werewolves while resting and recuperating, rapidly digesting the spoils of war.

They could also wait for Binghe County's formation energy to dwindle a little more.

The werewolves were now in a very passive position.

But they didn't dare attack rashly either.

After all, they had already been at a disadvantage, and had suffered further losses from pursuit and interception during their retreat.

Although they clearly knew waiting would make them even more passive, the werewolves truly had no good options at the moment.

At this point, both sides had fallen into a stalemate once more.

In the center of Snowfield City, the werewolf main force and the noble royal clan were locked in a stalemate in Core Area 1.

Area 8 also had large numbers of werewolves and nobles locked in stalemate.

The west had the Heavenly King Army, the north had the Blade Army, the Iron Blood Army, and the Heavenly Court Army.

On top of that, resistance flared up from time to time in various occupied zones…

Every position was tying down the werewolves; everything was in stalemate.

The werewolves' situation was truly not looking good.

In fact, the werewolves' strategic shift this time was not wrong.

If they really could annihilate the World-Breaking Army… even if not annihilate, at least if they could drive them back, then the remaining factions would be no trouble at all.

At that point, with no external distractions, the werewolves could concentrate their external defense forces to deal with the nobles in the center full-force, and their advantage would be enormous.

What a pity.

The World-Breaking Army held firm.

Although they had suffered considerable losses, lost several battles, and endured painful defeats, they had not reached the point of grievous damage to their vital essence.

Instead, the werewolves' position had now become extremely unfavorable.

Just two days ago, the werewolves still held the advantage.

But now the situation had taken a sharp turn for the worse.

War was like that.

The situation could change in the blink of an eye.

Many things could set off a chain reaction affecting the whole body.

So even though the World-Breaking Army coalition now held the advantage, they didn't dare attack rashly.

After all, in war, until the very last moment, an advantage wasn't truly an advantage.

In the final analysis, the advantage just wasn't that great.

Once the advantage turned into a winning momentum, then it would be secure.

But that moment hadn't arrived yet.

A stalemate was fine.

A stalemate benefited the World-Breaking Army.

Zhao Chi also liked the stalemate.

Every extra day of stalemate meant another day of growth for Zhao Chi.

"My lord… it's coming…"

Qiyue's entire body tensed up.

Zhao Chi also felt an enormous soft force pressing against him.

He nodded and gently pulled away.

Pop!

Qiyue shuddered violently, then began to tremble all over.

Zhao Chi opened the system.

Although a full day had passed in the Great World, even fewer experience fruits had been sold, with over 39.6 million still remaining.

He opened the bounty page.

A few more bounties had been completed.

But the number was far less than yesterday.

It seemed yesterday had already drained the stock in Shuibei Town; with such a huge bounty sum, if no one had completed it, then there really was nothing left.

He'd go to the trading point to collect the money in a while, then head to the mission hall to bring back the supplies.

He just didn't know what the situation was on Shopkeeper Wanyan's side.

She said she'd bring news today, but it was already past four in the afternoon and there was still no word.

Zhao Chi wasn't afraid she'd run off with the 200,000 gold coins — he was afraid she was dead.

Gold coins no longer held much meaning for Zhao Chi.

Making money was easy.

But finding a trustworthy merchant still took time.

Zhao Chi was short on time now.

Besides, working with Shopkeeper Wanyan had been pleasant, and Zhao Chi couldn't be bothered to switch.

Anyway, he couldn't reach her now, so he'd wait a bit longer.

Qiyue had finally calmed down.

She lay sprawled lazily across the table, not wanting to move at all.

Zhao Chi understood Qiyue.

Although the energy had finished gathering, this was the moment of relief — he shouldn't disturb her.

He'd have to wait a while longer.

First, he'd call Tang Ruan back, and they'd go to the mission hall together in a bit.

Tang Ruan arrived at Phoenix Chant Tower shortly after.

Seeing Qiyue resting on the table, he grinned and said, "Qiyue, your stamina's no good anyway, so why do you always strike that kind of pose? If I were my lord, I'd definitely come over to you."

Qiyue gave a light snort and stood up.

She was still a bit languid.

But she'd recovered somewhat.

Tang Ruan smilingly handed over a warm, damp towel and a brand-new outfit, which Qiyue took after thanking him.

Soon, the two were ready.

Zhao Chi said, "To avoid drawing too much attention, you two put your armor out."